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Region-wide protests call for death to Israel

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MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Monday, December 25, 2000

NICOSIA — Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ites around the Middle East called for the destruction of Israel.

The call came during the marking of "Jerusalem Day," commemorated in Iran, Lebanon and Syria. Shi'ites and their supporters called for the liberation of the Muslim homeland in Palestine and the destruction of the current Jewish state. The day is marked on the last Friday of the Muslim fast month of Ramadan.

"We have to do everything we can militarily, economically and financially to support the Palestinian uprising and free this holy land," former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani told a huge rally in Teheran. "Israel is the most serious military threat to the region."

The demonstrations were held as in southern Iran dozens of Iranians were injured in clashes with regime forces in anti-government protests.

In Damascus, Palestinians held a similar demonstration in the Yarmouk refugee camp.

In Beirut, more than 100,000 supporters of the Iranian-backed Hizbullah attended a parade in which movement leader Hassan Nasrallah called for the destruction of Israel.

A similar call was held during a rally in the Gaza Strip organized by the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad.

Monday, December 25, 2000

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