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Mass protests mark anniversary of UN vote on creation of Israel The Associated Press Nov. 30, 2002 Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in a day of solidarity with Palestinians, with marchers calling for trying Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a war criminal and punishing the United States for its support of Israel. Friday is the anniversary of the United Nations vote in 1947 that enabled the creation of the Israeli state. Iranian President Muhammad Khatami joined the estimated 10,000 people who converged on Teheran's Enqelab Square in the annual protest for Jerusalem Day. Accompanied by a squad of bodyguards, Khatami walked with the crowd to the nearby Teheran University where he took part in Friday prayers. "Sharon is a war criminal and must be punished!" the demonstrators shouted. Protests also were held Friday in Cairo, Damascus, and Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon to mark Al-Quds Day - Al-Quds, meaning "the holy," is the Arabic name for Jerusalem. Held on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the protest day was declared by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to celebrate Jerusalem as an Islamic city. In Teheran, former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered the Friday prayers sermon, saying the West remained indifferent to the suffering of Palestinians in the ongoing fighting with Israel, "despite pictures and [TV] films showing Israeli brutality." In a warning to Israel, he said: "Don't think the war will be over if you expel Palestinians from their homes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank." "We saw an example of that in Kenya on Thursday," Rafsanjani said, referring to the suicide bomb attack outside Mombasa that killed 12 people at an Israeli-owned hotel. This article can also be read at http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ ShowFull&cid=1038652837248 [ Back to the Article ] Copyright 1995-2002 The Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
