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JAKARTA, April 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Some ten thousand
people took to the street on Sunday in front of the US Embassy, demanding the US
government to clarify its stance over the occupation of Al-AqsaMosque by the
Israeli Jewish radicals.
The members and supporters of the Indonesian Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS) also demanded to know
whether the United States is part of the recent Israeli terrorism, the PKS
chairman Tifatul Sembiring said.
"We call on the government to save Palestine from
Israel's threat," the PKS leader said.
This is the largest mass rally in recent months in
Jakarta, which was also covered by Al Jazeera, an influential Abrabic TV station
and was broadcast live.
In addition to demanding the US clarification of
Israel's terrorism, the PKS also appealed to all communities to boycott products
of Israel.
"It is proven that many of Zionist products have been
used to strengthen Israeli armament which was then used to suppress
Palestinians," Tifatul said.
The Muslim-based PKS party also called on the world
communitiesto make utmost effort to help Palestinians in their struggle for
self-determination.
Speakers at the rally said the occupation by Jewish
radicals against a holy Al Aqsa mosque is not an attack against Moslems in
Arabic land, but an attack against the human beings. Therefore allpeople in the
world should resist the barbaric action by Israeli radicals.
In a statement, the PKS urged President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono to provide support for freedom of Palestinians and to save Al
Aqsa Mosque.
The party also urged delegations at the Asia Africa
Summit, scheduled to be held on April 22 to 23, to have an agreement on
deployment of international peacekeeping force to Palestinian territory that had
been occupied by Israeli's troops.
The demonstrators also called on the United States to
stop economic and military support for Israel, because the aid had beenmisused
to suppress Palestinians. Enditem
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