Thousands of People in Norway took to the streets of the capital, Oslo, to condemn Israeli strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip and to voice support for Palestine.
“Some 3,000 people gathered outside Norway’s parliamentary building in support of peace in Gaza,” police said, press tv reported.
Representatives from the Palestine Committee of Norway and Heikkie Eidsvoll Holmas, from the Socialist Left Wing Party, gave speeches at the anti-Israel rally.
“There is one occupier and one occupied. There is one offender and one victim. We need politicians who condemn the wrong-doings of the offender,” Holmas said.
A similar rally was held in the country’s third largest city, Trondheim, where protesters gathered in the city’s town square to show their support for Palestine.
“We want to show our opposition towards the actions that Israel now exposes the Palestinian people to,” said a protester, Venke Aarethun, adding, “Once again, innocent civilians suffer. There are women and children who have to pay with their lives, and it is horrible.”
More than 160 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have lost their lives in the impoverished region since July 8. Over 900 others have also been injured in the ongoing deadly air raids.
This is while Israeli tanks have now lined up along the Gaza border, firing into the region. Tel Aviv has also mobilized some 33,000 reservists in preparation for a possible ground incursion.
Source: FARS
