MANAMA (Dispatches) –
Thousands of people have staged demonstrations across Bahrain in solidarity with the Palestinian people on the occasion of International Quds Day, and demanded expulsion of the Zionist ambassador to Manama in response to Israeli forces’ incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and violent attacks on Palestinian worshipers.
Demonstrators took to the streets in the villages of Abu Saiba, Shakhura, Ma’ameer, al-Musalla, Shahrakan, Dumistan and Nuwaidrat on Friday to condemn heinous crimes committed by the regime against the Palestinian nation and urge the international community not to keep silent on the issue.
People also staged a rally in Bilad al-Qadeem suburb of the capital, Manama, to mark the International Quds Day and express their support for Palestinians.
In another protest rally in Sitra Island, which lies 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) south of Manama, people marched along streets to voice their solidarity with the Palestinian nation.
The demonstrators carried various placards, reading “Israel! Your house is that of a spider [fragile],” “West Bank is the shield of Al-Quds” and “Bahraini nation rejects normalization” in Arabic.
The Bahraini protesters once again expressed their fierce opposition to normalization of relations between Manama and Tel Aviv, and underscored their support for the Palestinian issue and the resistance of its people against the occupying regime.
The demonstrators emphasized that they will continue to fervently support the oppressed Palestinian nation against the Zionist regime’s atrocities, and will never abandon the issue of Palestine as the foremost and principal issue of the Muslim world.
They also called for the expulsion of the ambassador from Bahrain and the rejection of any cooperation with the Zionist regime.
Every year on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, worldwide rallies are held to commemorate the Palestinian people’s resistance against the occupying regime and their struggle to liberate their territories, which have been occupied for decades.