Pro-Palestinian protests in India and Pakistan as civilian death toll rises in Gaza

Описание: (19 Nov 2012) SHOTLIST
New Delhi, India - 19 November 2012
1. Protestors attacking police barrier outside Israeli embassy
2. Mid of protestors holding anti-Israel banners and chanting slogans in front of police guarding the barrier
3. Low angle of policeman holding tear gas gun, protestors in background
4. Various of burning puppet with effigies of US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rakhi Sehgal, protester:
"We are marching to ensure that the world, particularly Israel and the US hears the voice of the Asian people, that we are not going to stand by and watch another attack on the Palestinian people."
6. Protestors marching towards Israeli embassy holding banners and chanting anti-Israel slogans
7. Tilt-up pan right from protesters marching to Obama and Netanyahu effigies
8. Tilt down from banners to protestors marching
9. Mid of police barricade outside Israeli embassy
Karachi, Pakistan - 19 November 2012
10. Various shot of Israeli and US flags set on fire during a pro-Gaza protest staged by the Jamaattud Dawah, an Islamic Kashmiri militant organisation.
11. Mid of protestors holding banners reading (Urdu): "The answer to the Israeli aggression is Jihad", chanting anti-Israel slogans UPSOUND (Urdu): "War will continue until Israel is destroyed."
12. Close of protestor chanting slogans
13. Low angle of protesters standing on US and Israeli flags
14. Wide shot of stage on back of truck
15. Close shot of banner on truck reading (Urdu): "Freeing Palestine from Israel is our religious duty."
16. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Naveed Qamar, local Jamaatud Dawah leader:
"Israel can not take this action without Obama's support. Obama is behind the aggression. America wants to divert the attention of the world from the Afghan war by spilling the blood of Palestinian people. They think that they will change the defeat into victory. But this dream will not be fulfilled."
17. Various of rally, protesters holding Jamaatud Dawah flags and chanting slogans
STORYLINE
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets in India and Pakistan on Monday in response to the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, and to the mounting death toll in Israel's 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel.
In New Delhi hundreds of protestors marched on the Israeli embassy, chanting anti-Israel and anti-US slogans and burning effigies of US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The were pushed away by the police as they tried to break the security barrier near the embassy complex.
The protest was organised by various student groups active in the country's capital.
India has traditionally supported the Palestinian people's right to a state, and while it has also been pursuing a policy of improving ties with Israel, it maintains that it will not come at the cost of ignoring Palestinians' aspirations.
Meanwhile in India's Muslim-majority neighbour Pakistan, supporters of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa Islamic militant organisation set Israeli and US flags on fire and chanted slogans calling for a Jihad to liberate Palestine from Israel.
Speakers at the rally in Karachi condemned the attacks on Gaza and accused US President Obama of supporting Israel in its actions.
"Obama is behind the aggression. America wants to divert the attention of the world from the Afghan war by spilling the blood of Palestinian people. They think that they will change the defeat into victory. But this dream will not be fulfilled," said Naveed Qamar, a local Jamaatud Dawah leader.


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