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Egypt and Jordan crack down on anti-Israel rallies
Jordanian and Egyptian riot police cracked down on Friday on protesters demanding an end to Israel's attacks on Gaza and to ties with the Jewish state.
Israel's week-old offensive has sparked daily protests around the world and Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, also saw angry demonstrations in Kashmir, Turkey and Iraq.
Jordanian police fired tear gas to push back hundreds of people marching on the Israeli embassy in the capital Amman.
Chanting "No Jewish embassy on Arab land," worshippers set off from a mosque to the nearby Israeli embassy. Police fired tear gas at around 1,500 demonstrators, forcing them to retreat, and beat and arrested several of them.
Protesters chanted slogans backing the Islamic militant group Hamas that controls Gaza. "Revenge ... revenge ... Hamas, bomb Tel Aviv," they shouted.
Watched by riot police, at least 60,000 people headed later to Amman sports stadium for the largest rally in decades by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood. Its leader told a cheering crowd Palestinians should intensify an uprising against Israel.
In Cairo, police beat opposition Islamists with batons when they tried to stage a rally downtown, witnesses said.
A rally in the costal town of El-Arish in North Sinai turned violent when protesters tried to force their way through a police cordon.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50138J20090102
Jordanian police fired tear gas to push back hundreds of people marching on the Israeli embassy in the capital Amman.
Chanting "No Jewish embassy on Arab land," worshippers set off from a mosque to the nearby Israeli embassy. Police fired tear gas at around 1,500 demonstrators, forcing them to retreat, and beat and arrested several of them.
Protesters chanted slogans backing the Islamic militant group Hamas that controls Gaza. "Revenge ... revenge ... Hamas, bomb Tel Aviv," they shouted.
Watched by riot police, at least 60,000 people headed later to Amman sports stadium for the largest rally in decades by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood. Its leader told a cheering crowd Palestinians should intensify an uprising against Israel.
In Cairo, police beat opposition Islamists with batons when they tried to stage a rally downtown, witnesses said.
A rally in the costal town of El-Arish in North Sinai turned violent when protesters tried to force their way through a police cordon.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50138J20090102
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The day is not over yet… Extensive coverage with photos and field reports from our correspondents in Cairo and the provinces will be available in tomorrow’s issue of el-Badeel… Stay tuned…
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