Palestinians hold symbolic Arab League funeral over its failed action on UAE-Israel deal
Palestinians have held a symbolic funeral for the Arab League in protest against the body’s failure to act against the backdrop of a normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel.
The protest took place in the Qalqilya area in the occupied West Bank on Friday.
4 إصابات بنيران الاحتلال إحداها لصحفي خلال المواجهات مع الاحتلال في قرية كفر قدوم شرق قلقيلية. pic.twitter.com/SVEmmddOSP
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) September 11, 2020 ">http://
4 إصابات بنيران الاحتلال إحداها لصحفي خلال المواجهات مع الاحتلال في قرية كفر قدوم شرق قلقيلية. pic.twitter.com/SVEmmddOSP
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) September 11, 2020
Palestinians were seen symbolically performing a burial prayer behind a coffin covered with the flag of the Arab League before carrying it as part of a funeral procession.
#شاهد نشطاء يقيمون جنازة رمزية لجامعة الدول العربية في قرية كفر قدوم شرق قلقيلية؛ تنديدًا برفضها مشروع قرار فلسطيني ضد التطبيع. pic.twitter.com/arjZZgpeZY
#شاهد نشطاء يقيمون جنازة رمزية لجامعة الدول العربية في قرية كفر قدوم شرق قلقيلية؛ تنديدًا برفضها مشروع قرار فلسطيني ضد التطبيع. pic.twitter.com/arjZZgpeZY
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) September 11, 2020
Israeli forces were not idle. They started shooting rubber bullets towards the protesters.
Four Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured.
Others reported feeling asphyxiated as a result of Israeli tear gas.
In a separate incident in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), a child was reportedly injured after being shot at by Israeli forces.
An Arab League meeting was held on Wednesday in an apparent reaction to the UAE-Israel deal, which was announced last month. The meeting, however, failed to condemn the US-brokered normalization agreement.
The deal is to be formalized at a signing ceremony at the White House next week.
The agreement has been met with uniform condemnation of all Palestinian factions, who have called it a stab in the back of Palestine and a sheer betrayal of their cause.
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