Muslim groups demand closure of Israeli embassy in India
June 3rd, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Muslim organisations will Friday take out a march in the Indian capital to protest the attack by Israeli commandos on a Gaza aid flotilla that killed 16 activists May 30, and demand the closure of Israeli embassy in India.
The coordinator of the march S.Q.R. Ilyas said: “We will demand from the government of India to convey the feelings of Indian people to the Israeli government and also demand the closure of the Israeli embassy and severing of all trade and military ties with Israel.”
The Free Gaza flotilla of six ships with 700 activists on board and carrying 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid was boarded by the Israeli forces as it tried to break the Gaza embargo.
“We are organising this march to acquaint the country’s civil society about the assault by Israeli forces,” he added.
The march from India Gate to the Israeli embassy is being organised by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamiat Ulema-e Hind, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith, All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, All India MilliCouncil, Muslim Political Council of India, Indian Islahi Movement, Majlis-e Fikr-o-Amal and Students Islamic Organisation of India, a press statement said.
After the march, the protestes will submit a memorandum to the UN office in Delhi and to the prime minister.
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