- Title: LEBANON: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ISREALI ATTACKS.
- Date: 23rd February 2002
- Summary: (U5) AIN EL HILWEH REFUGEE CAMP, LEBANON (FEBRUARY 22, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS: PROTESTERS MARCHING, BURNING EFFIGY OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON/ PROTESTERS WITH FLAGS SHOUTING SLOGANS'/ PROTESTERS BURNING ISRAELI FLAGS/ GUNMEN/ MORE OF PROTESTERS SHOUTING "Let the ground be on fire, we are still with you Abu Ammar! (Yasser Arafat
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- Location: AIN EL HILWEH REFUGEE CAMP AND BEIRUT, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Reuters ID: LVA91PQMJO92G2J6GV08EJETD8S3
- Story Text: Thousands of Palestinians have marched through the
streets of Ain El Helwa refugee camp to protest against the
Israeli attacks against Palestinians and express support to
the Palestinian cause.
The protesters burnt the effigy of Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon and Israeli flags in Ain el Helwa
refugee camp in Lebanon on Friday (February 22).
The protest took place on the first day of the Eid al-Adha
festival or Feast of the Sacrifice which is one of Islam's
most important feasts. It commemorates God's gift of a ram to
Abraham as a substitute sacrifice for his son - a central
story in Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
The protesters chanted pro-Palestinain President Yasser
Arafat slogans while burning an effigy of Sharon and the
Israeli flag.
In Beirut, Lebanese Mufti Abdel Amir Kabalan, head of
Shi'ite Muslims in Lebanon, addressed a congregation after the
Friday prayers.
"The new world order which the United States of America is
trying to implement is interpreting events and facts according
to the tragedy of the 11th of September," Kabalan told the
congregation.
He added: "America is using these actions that we condemn
and refuse as a pretext to proclaim itself the world's only
leader accusing the Arabs and muslims of terrorism,
classifying 'evil' countries and revealing its injustice by
backing the zionist occupier and providing him with funds and
weapons to carry out terror against the Palestinians."
Sharon proposed "security separation" of Israel from the
Palestinian territories on Thursday (February 21), but he left
unanswered questions about the protection of dozens of
settlements inside the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The death toll has risen sharply this week as Israeli
forces have launched retaliatory strikes by land, sea and air
after a Palestinian attack that killed six soldiers on
Tuesday. There was a lull in the Israeli raids on Friday.
At least 889 Palestinians and 274 Israelis have been
killed since the uprising began shortly after peace talks
froze.
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