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Palestinians hurl eggs at Canadian FM

Arab World Materials 19 January 2015 08:24 (UTC +04:00)
Scores of Palestinian protesters on Jan.18 hurled eggs at the Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird during a visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah in protest at Canada’s diplomatic pro-Israel stances
Palestinians hurl eggs at Canadian FM

Dozens of Palestinians heckled and threw eggs at Canada's Foreign Minister following a meeting with his Palestinian counterpart in the headquarters of the Ramallah-based Foreign Ministry, IRNA reported referring to PIC.

The demonstrators denounced Canada's diplomatic support for the Israeli occupation and yelled such slogans as "Shame on you Baird" and "Canada is promoting terrorism."

Baird arrived in Ramallah from "Occupied Jerusalem" on Jan.18 morning and was expected to leave after his meeting with Riad al-Maliki.

On Jan.17, Palestinian student movements called for protesting against the top Canadian diplomat's visit.

'We're here today to say that Baird's visit in not welcome and we call on him to leave Ramallah immediately,' Essam Abu Bakr, one of the rally-goers said.

'We condemn Canada's support for Israel's terrorism and its support for the Israeli occupation in the United Nations,' he added, urging the Canadian government to side rather with the Palestinian people who have been subjected to Israeli state terrorism.

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