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Julie Webb-Pullman Photo Essay: Hamas 24th Anniversary, Gaza
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 4:10 pm
Article: Julie Webb-Pullman
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Photo Essay - Hamas 24th Anniversary in
Gaza
Julie Webb-Pullman
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Al Katiba was everyone's destination
today...350,000 people today gathered in
Gaza to celebrate the 24th Anniversary of the founding of
the Islamist movement Hamas, and to affirm their resistance
to Israeli occupation. Prime Minister and Gaza Hamas leader
Ismail Haniyeh addressed the crowd, assembled in front of a
boat-shaped stage with a 16 metere high replica of the
Al-Aqsa mosque.
A Hamas Press Statement said, “On this
day in the year 1987, our people started their revolution
against the Israeli occupation, and made thousands of
sacrifices for the sake of their land and holy sites...Our
people are still steadfast, determined to achieve full
unity, and despite Israel’s excessive use of force, and
bombardment, they are determined to achieve liberation, and
to establish their independent state.”
The event was
punctuated by sonic bombs from Israeli military aircraft
overhead.
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...
families
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friends
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old
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and
young
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surrounding
the mosque
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and cramming the adjoining park with 350,000
people
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to celebrate the 24th anniversary of
Hamas
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Women
young
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and
old,
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kids
big
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and
small
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affirming continuing
resistance
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and
determination
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for a
Palestinian state
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along
with Jerusalem
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Tahrir
was remembered
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Some took
a drink of water
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a
break
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or a nap
on Dad's shoulder
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before
heading
home********
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