Fatah supporters demonstrate against Gaza deaths

Tuesday November 13, 2007 14:18 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The Fatah movement on Tuesday organized two separate rallies, one in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the other in the southern west Bank city of Bethlehem, in protest against Monday's violence in the Gaza Strip that left seven dead and at least 150 injured.

Fatah supporters commemorate Arafat's death – photo by Ghassan Bannoura - 2007

In Ramallah, scores of Fatah supporters took to the streets carrying black flags and banners calling for Hamas to halt its attacks in the coastal region.

In Bethlehem, Fatah activists gathered in the city center then marched to the city's Presidential compound, where a series of speeches were delivered.

Sources at the protest told IMEMC that the Fatah Movement in the Bethlehem district issued a press statement demanding that municipality members of the Hamas faction be removed from their posts and barred from working for the Palestinian Authority.

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