Arab demonstrations support weapons, rather than initiatives towards Israel

Thousands of Arabs in Libya, Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan have demonstrated calling for resorting to weapons instead of peaceful initiatives to challenge Israel, in a step which revealed the rejection of the Arab citizens for the Arab summit in Beirut to open the road before establishing normal relations with Israel.

Thousands of Libyans took the streets in the streets of Benghazi to the northern East of tripoli demanding the Arabs to be "up to the level of heavy sacrifices given by the Palestinian people." The demonstrators raised banners expressing solidarity with the Palestinians and condemning the " terrorism conducted by the Israeli forces against them." The participants in the demonstration which toured the streets of the city said in a statement that "the terrorist acts carried out by Sharon against the Palestinian people, backed by the evil forces which support this racial entity, will not undermine the ill of the Palestinians and the flame of the Intifada will continue."

In Damascus, more 50,000 Syrian and Palestinian citizens, including human rights activists demonstrated on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the UN in Damascus demanding the Arab leaders to give support for the Palestinians and to take tough measures towards Israel.

In Cairo, a demonstration was held denouncing the initiative of the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz. The demonstrators said " liberation can be made by weapons, rather the Saudi initiative." They chanted " You coward Arab governments, either resistance, or treason." In Amman, some 200 trade unionists held a sit in for last an hour and urged the Arab leaders who are meeting in Beirut to support the Intifada. Most Jordanian trade unionists stopped working for five minutes in protest for the Israeli practices against the Palestinians.

In Baghdad, some 1000 students of Baghdad university demonstrated in support of the Intifada.