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The Indonesian capital, Jakarta, witnessed massive demonstrations denouncing the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and demanding a ceasefire. The American capital, Washington, also witnessed the largest demonstration in its history to demand an end to the Israeli war on Gaza.
Participants in the demonstration called by the Indonesian People’s Alliance to Support Palestine raised slogans demanding the lifting of the siege on the Gaza Strip, the entry of humanitarian aid, and an end to the war.
Government ministers, party leaders, parliamentarians and leaders of Indonesian Islamic organizations participated in the demonstration.
The organizers estimated the number of participants in the demonstration at about one and a half million people, noting that Indonesia had witnessed many demonstrations in support of Gaza and denouncing the Israeli war on it during the past weeks.
The Israeli army continues its war on Gaza for the fifth week in a row, launching intense raids on residential neighborhoods, leaving nearly 9,500 martyrs, most of them women and children, according to official data, after the Palestinian resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on the seventh of last October.
Medical ship for Gaza
Yesterday, Saturday, Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto said that his country’s government is ready to send its medical ship to the waters near Gaza to provide medical treatment for victims of Israeli attacks, according to the Indonesian news agency “Antara.”
Subianto revealed that the Indonesian government plans to coordinate with countries neighboring the Gaza Strip, including Egypt, to obtain approval to send the medical ship.
He said during his visit to the Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Base in Jakarta yesterday, Saturday, “The Indonesian Defense Forces are ready to send a medical ship, and will be ready there to provide more assistance.”
The largest demonstration in Washington
The popular movement in support of Gaza is escalating around the world, as thousands participated – yesterday, Saturday – in a massive demonstration in the American capital, Washington, to demand an end to the Israeli war on Gaza, denouncing the policies in support of Israel, and the role of President Joe Biden, whom demonstrators described as “an accomplice in genocide.”
The demonstrators marched through the streets of Washington, waving Palestinian flags, and chanting slogans including: “Biden, Biden, you cannot hide. You participated in genocide.” Then they gathered at Freedom Square, steps away from the White House.
According to what was reported by Agence France-Presse, this demonstration is the largest demonstration in the American capital since the start of the war on Gaza. Many supporters spent long hours arriving in Washington to participate.
Amanda Eisenhower (24 years old), who came from Virginia, told Agence France-Presse, “Allowing the loss of such a large number of innocent lives is unacceptable, and we cannot consider this an equal conflict.”
She added, “It is a stain on our history and I cannot accept, as a citizen, that the taxes I pay should fund this.”
