Palestinian cities witnessed several demonstrations yesterday, under the name of “Day of Rage”, in which thousands participated, at the invitation of the government and the factions, to protest the recent American position towards the Israeli settlements. To tears towards them.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a week ago that the United States considers that settlements in the occupied West Bank are not contrary to international law, Israel welcomed the US decision, while the Palestinian Authority announced that it would call for an international investigation into the legality of Washington's position.
Palestinian forces called for a "day of anger," and the government allowed employees and ministries to leave their places of work to participate in the demonstrations. "We are here to say with a clear and loud voice that we want to end the occupation, we want the right of return, our right to our land, and these strangers in the settlements have no place on our land."
Participants in the demonstration went to the northern area adjacent to Beit El camp north of the city, where the young men blocked the main road with burning tires and threw stones at the Israeli army.
The clashes erupted between the youths and the Israeli occupation forces, who fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the youths, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the number of injuries at all points of contact 63 injuries.
Thousands demonstrated in Gaza, including students and university professors, as part of the “Day of Rage” activities. In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, a march of about 4,000 people arrived in the city center, carrying slogans condemning settlement policy. Contact points in the center of the city, as well as in the cities of Halhul, Dura, Beit Ummar and al-Arroub refugee camp, following a march in which about 2,000 people arrived in the city center.
According to an AFP correspondent, the Israeli soldiers responded by throwing stones at Palestinian children with sound bombs and tear gas.
Moreover, the Arab League condemned the Israeli occupation crime against the prisoner Sami Abu Dyak, who was martyred in the Israeli jails due to medical negligence.
The Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories at the Arab League, Dr. Said Abu Ali, said in a statement yesterday that the martyr Abu Dyak is the fifth martyr of this year of the movement's martyrs.
He cautioned against the silence of the international community and the international organizations concerned about this new crime as its predecessors. From the countries and peoples of the world and its human rights and humanitarian organizations.
«Arab League» condemns Israeli crimes after the death of Sami Abu Dyak in the prisons of the occupation.