Thousands of Indonesians protested outside the US Embassy in Jakarta on Sunday. The protestors called on President Joe Biden to stop supporting Israel’s attack on Gaza, which has taken many lives and has displaced more than 1.9 million people since the October 7 attacks.
A majority of Indonesian protesters dressed in white and black and wearing traditional Palestine scarves as they chanted, “Gaza, Gaza, don’t you cry, Palestine will never die” in front of the US embassy. They carried Palestinian flags and banners reading “Stop Genocide, “Ceasefire Now,” and “Israeli genocide funded by the US.” The demonstration, organized by a few Islamic mass organizations, denounced US support for Israel and its most recent veto against a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza at the UN Security Council.
Nazar Haris of the executive committee of the Islamic Mass Organization Council said, “Palestine is our spirit and soul. We oppose what is done by America and Israel. We call on President Joe Biden and the US government to stop the war crimes.”
Nurjannah Hulwan, head of the KPIPA women’s coalition, said, “Every day, Israel shows its ignorance to the world. Today, we ask countries around the world, where is your humanity? To my fellow Muslims, today we show our solidarity with Palestine. As long as Palestine is not free, Indonesia still carries a debt.”
Indonesia has remained a staunch supporter of Palestine for decades, with its people and government seeing Palestinian statehood as decreed by the nation’s constitution.
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