Popular Anger Continues Al-Ahmar, Al-Zindani and Ahmed Saif Call for Jihad [Archives:2000/43/Local News]

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October 23 2000

Speaker Sheik Abdullah Bin Hussein Al.Ahmar, Sheik Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani, chairman of Al-Shoura council and Sheik Omar Ahmed Saif, the councilor of the congress party called for Jihad and opening military training camps as the first stage to liberate Palestine.
In an interview with Al Jazeera space channel, President Ali Abdullah Saleh called people to donate for the Intifada and to support it with money and weapons.
The call for Jihad by Al-Ahmar , Al-Zindani and Omar Ahmed Saif took place in the university of Sanaa last week where about ten thousand people gathered.
Protests against Israeli acts in the occupied territories continue in many governorates of Yemen. Taiz witnessed last week a rally in which all parties representatives took part.
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hussein Al-Ahmar has donated part of his property to the people in Palestine. Al-Mahra, Mareb and Al-Hodeida witnessed similar rallies.
All Yemeni political parties and organizations have condemned Israeli atrocities in the occupied territories and called on all Arab leaders to take courageous decisions.

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