By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: People in large number have been turning up across several towns and cities to protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza. While condemning the attack on innocent civilians, protesters have expressed their solidarity with Palestinians.
Several groups protested on Thursday and Friday that were joined by people of all faith, besides several human rights activists.
Protest outside Israeli Embassy in Delhi on Friday
On Friday afternoon hundreds of people had gathered once again outside the Israeli Embassy and protested against the attack. Friday protest was jointly called by several Muslim organizations including Jamaat e Islami Hind, Welfare Party of India, etc . All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, Welfare Party of India General Secretary SQR Ilyas, former Member of National Integration Council and Secretary of South Asian Council for Minorities, Navaid Hamid, among others participated in the protest and spoke against Israeli aggression in Gaza.
The Israeli Embassy has been put under tight security cover as protests over Gaza attacks continued for fifth day.
Protest in Lucknow on Thursday led by Maulana Kalbe Jawad
A candle March was organized in Lucknow in solidarity with the innocent civilians killed in Iraq and Palestine under the leadership of Shia cleric Moulana Kalbe Jawad. Hundreds of protesters gathered at Maqbara saadat Ali Khan and marched up to GPO Park, Lucknow on Thursday, 17 July. They also pledged to boycott Israeli products of known big brands like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Maggi, Nestle, Johnson and Johnson, etc.
Students of Aligarh Muslim University and Resident Doctor’s Association, JNMC AMU also staged a protest. Thousands of the people marched from Jamia Masjid, Sir Syed Hall AMU to Bab-e-Syed in the Campus to condemn the massacre of the innocent civilians in Palestine.
Protest at AMU condeming attack on Gaza.
They also sent memorandum to President of India, Pranab Mukherjee urging condemnation of the Israeli attack and shiver ties with them.
A massive protest was also held in front of Town Hall in Bangalore on Thursday, adding voice to a growing number of protests around the world against Israel’s aggressive military offensive on Gaza, Palestine.
Protest in Bangalore condemning Zionism and Israeli occupation.
On Friday protests were also organized at Jaipur, Malerkota and Chandigarh in Punjab, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Mumbra, Malegaon, and several other parts of Maharashtra, Kolkata, Hyderabad, several parts Kerala, Chennai, etc.
Protesters have also been questioning India’s shift in policy and criticized the government for failing to out-rightly condemn the attack on innocent civilians.
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