ISRAEL: FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS LEADERS, MARCH THROUGH JERUSALEM IN SUPPORT OF VILLAGERS DEMANDING RETURN OF HOMES.

Record ID: 399629

  • Title: ISRAEL: FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS LEADERS, MARCH THROUGH JERUSALEM IN SUPPORT OF VILLAGERS DEMANDING RETURN OF HOMES.
  • Date: 24th August 1972
  • Summary: 1. GV Jaffa Gate and demonstrators assembled outside (4 shots) 0.18 2. GTV Demonstrators in procession carrying Israeli flags and placards (2 shots) 0.32 3. SV Bishops at head of procession (2 shots) 0.43 4. GTV Procession through city (3 shots) 1.00 5. GV Crowed assembled and listening to bishops speaking (4 shots) 1.20 6. GV PAN
  • Embargoed: 8th September 1972 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA5VSI8YZ8RO6MYKJB76J7PD0ZV
  • Story Text: Four thousand people marched through Jerusalem on Wednesday (23 August) to protest against a government decision not to allow the people of two villages near the Lebanon border to return to their homes.

    The villagers were evacuated form Bir'im and Ikrit in 1948 during hostilities near the border. The residents were promised that they would be allowed to return when peace was restored.

    However, a recent request by the villagers to be allowed to reoccupy their homes has been turned down by the government. Both Bir'im and Ikirt are within a few miles of Lebanon, in an area which the Israeli Government believes harbours many terrorist groups.

    The Jerusalem demonstration was led by the greek Catholic Archbishop Joseph Raya who say he was acting not for a political or religious cause, but for a human purpose. He says: "It is the right of people to live in their own country in security and peace."
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