Translated excerpts of report by YNET, the Yediot Ahronot website, dated
13:51 21 March 2003

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2509054,00.html

Tens of thousands of Palestinians demonstrated today (Friday) in most of the
cities of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in protest of the American attack on
Iraq.

The demonstrations, that were planned since the attack to take place after
Friday prayers, featured Iraqi flags, pictures of Saddam Hussein and calls
against the Arab states, the US and Israel.

Pictures of Bin Laden were carried at some of the demonstrations. The
Palestinian protesters had sharp words for the Arab leaders, particularly
the president of Egypt, king of Jordan, emir of Kuwait, king of Bahrain, and
ruler of Qatar, calling them "dogs and traitors".

The protesters said that Saddam shouldn't resign "instead those defeatist
Arab leaders who called for his resignation should themselves". American
flags were burned and the protestors called for Saddam to bomb Tel Aviv with
chemical weapons.

Officials from the Palestinian Authority were not seen participating in the
protests in Gaza but also no effort was made to remove pictures of Bin
Laden, as Palestinian police did at protests held immediately after
September 11.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il
pager 03-6106666 subscriber 4811
Website: http://www.imra.org.il