Bethlehem Solidarity March with Syria

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (ST) _The  people ‘s Committee in Defense of Syria on Friday   organized in Bethlehem,  South of the West Bank a solidarity rally  with Syria and its people against acts of  destruction and killing perpetrated by terrorist groups supported and funded by Western and Arab Gulf countries  and Turkey.

Hundreds of Palestinian  marchers  who raised Syrian and Palestinian flags ,roamed Dheisheh camp alleys  in Bethlehem confirmed their  full support to Syria,  and rejection of foreign interference in its internal affairs.

The participants raised slogans “Do not kill Sham .. Arabism is defeated without Sham ” and paid tribute to the Syrian Arab army in defending the honor of the Arab nation, stressing that the Syria and Palestine are  exposed to the same conspiracy to  liquidate its case.

Several Members of the Popular Committee in  Defense of Syria in Bethlehem including  Talal Shehadeh  and Ahmad Hanin stressed  that the solidarity march expresses  rejection of massacres against the Syrian people by terrorist gangs. 

A  statement by the  People’s Committee in defense of Syria  in Bethlehem confirmed  that Syria ‘s army, people and leadership will be victorious as  a guarantor for the restoration of Palestinian national rights , referring to the common destiny  and struggle of the Syrian and Palestinian  people  and the  historical and geographical union  between Syria and  her Palestinian south .

 On the other hand, Bishop Atallah Hanna Archbishop of Sebastia Orthodox  voiced solidarity with Syria who ” sided with the Palestinian people since the Nakba in 1948 , welcomed  received the Palestinian refugees and embraced their cause  and  resistance fighters and heroes who stood in the face of Israel.” 

Bishop Hanna  also held on Friday  morning a  Mass at the Church of the Resurrection in old occupied Jerusalem , attended by a group of priests and deacons, and a crowd of worshipers in solidarity with the two bishops : Paul Yazigi Metropolitan of Aleppo and Iskenderun and Surroundings Orthodox and John Ibrahim Metropolitan of Aleppo and surroundings  for  the Syrian Orthodox who were abducted by terrorist groups in Aleppo countryside with all the abductees and those who are suffering in Syria.

T. Fateh