Ankara, Oct 7 (AP) Protesters gathered in several countries on Tuesday to condemn the war in Gaza as Israelis marked the second anniversary of the Hamas attack that sparked the fighting that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and spilt violence across the Middle East.
More than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the US Embassy in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta to denounce Israel’s blockade of Gaza and the detention of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla that tried to break through last week.
Chanting “Free free Palestine" and waving flags, demonstrators called for the activists’ release and condemned two years of Israeli military action in Gaza.
Authorities in Indonesia — the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation and one that has no formal ties with Israel — dep