http://english.hizbollah.tv/essaydetails.php?eid=7087&cid=214 Tens of thousands of Lebanese, Palestinians and Arabs responded Monday to Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and gathered in Beirut's southern suburb in solidarity with Gaza and to pay tribute to the 318 martyrs who fell so far in the "Israeli" barbaric attack on the Strip. Despite the cold weather and rain, the Raya field and surrounding areas in Dahiye were full with protesters hours before the rally began. The waved Palestinian, Lebanese and Hizbullah flags and shouted anti US and "Israeli" slogans and calls for Egypt to take a historic stance in support of Gaza amid a suspicious official Arab silence. Sayyed Nasrallah addressed the protesters through a wide screen and praised their resolution and determination to support their brothers in Gaza. "I thank you and appreciate your response to the call to support Gaza. Today you are expressing your constant commitment to respond to this yearly call (Ashoura) and today is ...
Seven people were arrested after a second day of protests outside the Israeli Embassy in west London over Israel's air raids on Gaza. The arrests were for public order offences including assaulting police. Objects were hurled at the embassy and a cone and policeman's hat set alight. The BBC's Colette McBeth said there were "at least 500, perhaps more" people outside the Kensington building. There were 10 arrests for public order offences at a protest there on Sunday. Ms McBeth said Monday's protest blocked the road outside the embassy and brought traffic to a standstill. The British government will have to do something Ahmed Saif Protester She said she saw the objects being thrown towards the Israeli embassy and a traffic cone and a police helmet set alight. However Ms McBeth added that by about 1900 GMT the number of protesters had dwindled to a "hardcore" of about 100 and the overall level of conflict with police had been lower than on the first day of protests. The protesters vowed to return ...
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