LEBANON: THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS CONDEMN ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN AREAS

Record ID: 400932

  • Title: LEBANON: THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS CONDEMN ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN AREAS
  • Date: 12th April 2002
  • Summary: AEN EL-HILWEH CAMP, SOUTH LEBANON (APRIL 11, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. SLV DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING CARRYING PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT'S PICTURES AND PALESTINE FLAGS; MV STUDENTS CHANTING SONGS IN PRAISE OF ARAFAT; SLV STUDENTS / PROTESTERS MARCHING (7 SHOTS) 0.40 2. MV PROTESTERS SET ON FIRE BOXES OF U.S.-MADE CIGARETTES THEN BURN AND STAB EFFIGY
  • Embargoed: 27th April 2002 13:00
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  • Location: BOURJ EL-BARAJNEH CAMP, BEIRUT AND AEN EL-HILWEH CAMP, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVA6AOYBZ1O2E1CFE8T54IEOEQXK
  • Story Text: Thousands of Palestinian protestors have demonstrated
    in Beirut and south Lebanon camps slamming Israel's occupation
    of Jenin, in the West Bank and denouncing some Arab
    leaders for their seeming reluctance to support Palestinians.

    Thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon demonstrated
    on Thursday (April 11, 2002) in a show of support for Palestinians
    in the West Bank, and denounced Arab leaders whose countries
    have signed peace with Israel.

    Nearly 8,000 demonstrators at the Aen el-Hilweh camp in south
    Lebanon, waved Palestinian flags and carried pictures of
    Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, confined to his office in
    the West Bank town of Ramallah by the Israelis.

    The protesters set on fire boxes of U.S-made cigarettes to
    express their belief in Washington's bias against the Palestinians.

    At a separate demonstration at the Bourj el-Barajneh camp in
    Beirut, nearly 1,000 Palestinians marched, chanting obscene
    slogans about Jordanian King Abdullah and Egyptian President
    Hosni Mubarak, whose countries have signed peace with Israel.

    "Where is (Egyptian president) Hosni Mubarak, where is (Jordanian)
    King Abdullah?" asked one demonstrator.

    "Even if it costs a million martyrs we will go back to Palestine."
    said another.

    Ignoring calls from U.S. President George W. Bush to halt its
    offensive, Israel launched fresh raids into two Palestinian towns
    and a refugee camp on Thursday, but said it had withdrawn
    from dozens of other places in the past 24 hours.

    The raids were part of a military campaign launched by
    Israel on March 29 after a Palestinian suicide bomber
    killed 27 Israelis in a seaside hotel.

    A suicide attack which killed eight Israeli bus passengers
    on Wednesday and Palestinian charges that 500 of their
    brethren have been killed in Israel's 13-day-old military
    campaign undermined hopes of staunching the violence.

    In Lebanon, the Hizbollah guerrilla group offered to free
    captive Israeli colonel Elhanan Tannenbaum in return
    for the safety of some 100 Palestinian fighters besieged
    in Jenin refugee camp.

    At least 1,256 Palestinians and 445 Israelis have
    been killed since the uprising began in September
    2000 after talks on a final peace settlement stalled.
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