Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Ramallah - Nearly 3,000 Palestinians demonstrated Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest at the United States veto of a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, Palestinian media reported.
Some the demonstrators changed "Get Out, Obama!" in the Al Manara main square of the city.
Members of Fatah, the party of the Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, also gave speeches criticizing the veto.
The US veto "is against the Palestinian people and its freedom, and it supports Israeli injustice, oppression and occupation," Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Alul said, according to Palestinian news agency Maan.
The US voted Friday against a resolution at the United Nations Security Council which condemned Israeli settlements, describing them as illegal, and called on Israel to stop all building activities in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
The other 14 Security Council members voted in favor.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/368293,ramallah-us-veto-un.html.
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