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Al Mayadeen's correspondent: An Israeli drone targeted a residential apartment in the al-Natour Square in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif urges Arab and Islamic nations to stand up for Gaza

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 18 Oct 2023 09:40
4 Min Read

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif calls for a radical reconsideration of the Arab and Islamic nations in their reliance on Europe, America, and the West, urging Palestinians to remain steadfast in the face of the occupation.

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  • Protesters hold a Palestinian flag reading 'Al-Aqsa flood in Arabic, as they leave Friday prayers at al-Azhar mosque, the Sunni Muslim world's premier Islamic institution, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP)
    Protesters hold a Palestinian flag reading 'Al-Aqsa flood' in Arabic, as they leave Friday prayers at al-Azhar mosque, the Sunni Muslim world's premier Islamic institution, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP)

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif called on the Arab and Islamic nations to invest their strength, money, wealth, and equipment and to stand up in support of Palestine and its oppressed people who face an enemy that has lost conscience, feelings, and emotions and has turned its back on humanity and morals.

In a statement issued on Wednesday morning, Al-Azhar noted that the Islamic nation must radically reconsider its dependence on the "arrogant European-American West".

"The Palestinians must trust that the West, with all its military capabilities and destructive machines, is weak and afraid when it meets you or you meet it," the statement stressed, adding that "It fights on a land other than its own and defends outdated and outdated beliefs and ideologies that have become a crying joke."

Al-Azhar further emphasized that after the Israeli occupation massacre of al-Ahli Hospital, “the Palestinians must confront the enemy by remaining steadfast in the face of its brutal and barbaric attacks."

The spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Ashraf Al-Qudra, stated that there were hundreds of casualties in the targeting of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital and announced that electricity had been cut off from Al-Shifa Hospital and that the wounded were being treated on the streets without anesthesia.

The Baptist Hospital massacre received widespread Arab condemnation and led to massive demonstrations in Arab and foreign countries.

Read more: 'Israel' pursues aggression on Gaza despite al-Ahli Hospital massacre

Angry protests in condemnation of Israeli massacre, Western complicity

Angry protests erupted in several parts of the world following the massacre that the Israeli occupation committed against civilians in al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

In Washington, DC, demonstrators outside the White House accused US President Joe Biden's administration of aiding the Israeli occupation in committing the massacre, which resulted in the martyrdom of at least 800 people.

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The protesters chanted slogans calling on the US government to condemn the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to stop financial support to the Israeli occupation military amid the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Protestors raise the #Palestinian and Hamas flags over the fence at the #US embassy in #Lebanon.#PalestineGenocide #GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/rR7qacpON0

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 17, 2023

In Lebanon, hundreds of angry youths raising Palestinian flags and koufiyyeh scarves demonstrated outside the US embassy in the suburb of Awkar and the French embassy in Beirut, denouncing the two country's complicity in the Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian refugee camps in the southern cities of Saida and Tyre erupted in anger as Palestinian factions in Lebanon called for mass rallies on Wednesday to condemn the al-Ahli Hospital massacre.

Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati declared Wednesday a national day of mourning. Similarly, dozens of protesters attempted to storm the Israeli occupation embassy compound in Amman, Jordan yesterday.

Thousands of Jordanians march toward the Israeli embassy in rejection of the Israeli massacre in the #BaptistHospital.#Jordan #PalestineGenocide #GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/e0nLMNLJpn

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 17, 2023

Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the French embassy in Tunisia on Tuesday, also denouncing the US.

The protesters demanded the recall of both countries' ambassadors and shouted: "No American embassy on Tunisian territory."

Several hundred people protested in Tripoli and other Libyan cities late Tuesday after the massacre.

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