WRAP Palestinians mark second anniversary of intifada

Описание: (28 Sep 2002)

1. Various of march
2. Man riding horse draped in Palestinian flag
3. Masked protestors
4. Protestor with gun
5. School girls chanting
6. Father with young daughter on shoulders, carrying a picture of Arafat
7. Palestinian scouts marching through street
8. Various of rally, protestors holding Palestinian flags
9. Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin arriving in car surrounded by body guards
10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas spiritual leader:
"We are here to prove that only by resistance, intefadeh in all its forms, and Palestinian unity, can we face the Israeli enemy."
11. Wide shot of banners and flags at rally
12. Woman shouting slogan whilst holding young baby
13. Various of Israeli flag being burned
14. Wide shot of protest

Kfar Manda, Israel , IBA - No access Israel
15. Wide shot thousands of demonstrators marching
16. Various of Israeli Arab parliament member marching
17. Demonstrators holding picutres of Nasser and Che Guevara
18. Demonstrators shouting and waving Palestinian flags
19. More of march

Bethlehem, West Bank
15. Pan across classroom with balloons and pictures of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
16. Various of schoolchildren writing letters to Arafat
17. Various of children writing
18. Various children coming out with balloons and pictures of Arafat
19. Other children joining them
20. Various of children launching balloons

STORYLINE:

Thousands of Palestinians marked the second anniversary of their uprising against Israel with marches and rallies on Saturday.

A crowd estimated at 25-thousand gathered in Gaza City to mark the anniversary of the 'intefadeh'.

They were expecting to hear Yasser Arafat address them via a telephone hook-up from Ramallah where he has been besieged by the Israeli army for more than a week, but the call failed to materialise.

Many of the people who came to Palestine Square for the start of the march were school children. They carried Palestinian flags and pictures of Yasser Arafat and chanted, "Yes for the intefadeh, no to occupation and surrender".

Banners were held aloft with slogans reading, "President Arafat, all of us are behind you". In line with orders emanating from the Palestinian leadership, there were very few armed men visible at the march which was led by cars with loudspeakers playing patriotic songs.

A handful of gunmen did appear and were asked to leave by march organisers, they claimed they were bodyguards for a local politician attending the event.

Along the protest route many shops and businesses were closed as merchants observed a partial commercial strike. The Gaza march continued for just over one kilometre and ended at another city square.

Hundreds of Israeli Arabs and left-wing activists marched in the Galilee town of Kfar Manda on Saturday afternoon to commemorate the thirteen Israeli Arabs killed during clashes that broke out with Israeli security forces in October 2000. Those clashes marked beginning of intifada.

The participants marched from the entrance to the village toward the monument built in memory of the 13 killed. Some of the participants wore t-shirts with the slogan "United we stand after two years", and Palestinian flags were waved. Protesters shouted "Occupation is terror."

The demonstrators called against the policies of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government, and called for support for jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti. One of the speakers who addressed the protest spoke about the Palestinian's exclusive right to the Al Aqsa mosque.



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