Scores of Syrians and Palestinians commemorated Quds Day Friday by marching through the streets of Damascus whereas chanting anti-Israel slogans.
The protesters walked from the Hamidyeh market within the previous metropolis of Damascus to the Umayyad Mosque waving Syrian and Palestinian flags.
Hamid Hassan, 73, a Palestinian, acknowledged that the occasion “means a lot to us. Jerusalem is an Arab land and it’s the land of all religions.”
He added: “We will not stop to offer martyrs until we liberate it. We will never kneel.”
Rallies are additionally happening in Iran and throughout the Muslim world. Chanting “Death to Israel,” demonstrators in Tehran protested Israel’s management of Jerusalem, town the place Muslims consider Islam’s Prophet Muhammad started his journey to heaven. Palestinians need East Jerusalem for his or her future capital.
Syrian nationwide Samah Abdullah, 42, mentioned the difficulty of Jerusalem is the trigger of all Muslims, including that commemorating the day is a “motivation for us and for all Palestinians to restore the occupied land.”
The Iran-backed occasion happens yearly on the final Friday of Ramadan because the 1979 Islamic Revolution within the nation, and this yr comes simply three days after the Palestinians’ Naksa Day on June 5, which commemorates the Arab loss within the 1967 Six Day War.
“Al-Quds” is the Arabic title for Jerusalem, and Iran says the day is an event to categorical assist for the Palestinians.
On Thursday evening, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani issued an assertion on his web site calling on Iranians to attend the rallies in giant numbers.
“Quds Day is a historic day when everybody protests against tyrants and voices support for an oppressed people who have been displaced from their homes during the past 70 years,” he's quoted as saying by the official Mehr News web site.