On Saturday, about 1,00,000 protesters gathered in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to condemn the Israeli action in the Gaza Strip. According to reports, dozens of thousands of protesters in the Suhraward’s park in the Dhaka University area gathered on Saturday.
Dhaka’s grandstand said that political parties, Islamic scholars and people from all areas of life had previously expressed solidarity with this program that caused the masses to participate spontaneously.
Bangladeshi Nationalist Party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Islamist groups and parties, also expressed their solidarity with rally.
On Saturday she flooded the protest videos on the social media. One of the video showed protesters standing on the flag of Israel. Many protesters could see how to hold Palestinian flags. They chanted slogans like “Free, Free Palestine”.
“The human flood in the streets of Bangladesh to support people in Gaza,” he wrote a social media user while sharing a video showing the sea of the crowd of waving the Palestinian flag.
In another video, people could see the masks of US President Donald Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu with red stains – depicting blood – on their clothes. During the rally, symbolic coffins and portrait representing civilian victims were transmitted.
Mint could not verify the authenticity of these videos.
Meanwhile, the hashtags were – #freepalestine, #marchforgaza #palestinesolidaritymovementbangladesh, #bangladesh_for_palestine – widely shared on social media platforms.
What do Bangladeshi protesters want?
Representatives of political forums and religious platforms along with hundreds of thousands of people under the auspices of the “Palestinian Solidarity Movement of the Bangladesh movement” announced four sets of requirements. According to the tribune of Dhaka Tribune included:
1 .. Instant end of mass killing in Gaza
2. The prosecution of Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
3. Department of all diplomatic, economic and military ties with Israel Muslim governments
4. Store of business sanctions and boycott without delay.
The movement also called on the Bangladeshi government to restore the clause “besides Israel” on the Bangladeshi passport, re -confirmed the rejection of the state to recognize Israel and take immediate steps to strengthen medical and humanitarian aid to Gaza.
They also demanded reforms in national educational policy to include the history of Palestine, Al-Aqs and the legacy of Muslim resistance.
The Palestinian Solidarity Movement Bangladesh also urged the national boycott of companies, products and services that directly or indirectly support Israeli actions – forced people to transfer the Gaza spirit to their homes, classrooms, culture and economics.
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