Protesters march to US Embassy in Jakarta in protest against airstrikes on Gaza

(20 Oct 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jakarta, Indonesia - 20 October 2023
1. Wide of Pro-Palestinian protesters holding banners and flags in front of US embassy chanting "Go to Hell America, Go to Hell Israel"
2. Mid of protestors UPSOUND (Arabic) "God is Great!"
3. Mid of US flag flying in front of the embassy building
4. Pan right of women protesters holding banners
5. Close of woman protester holding banner "We are like one body, when one part aches, the whole body aches. #SavePalestine."
6. Various of protest
7. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Ika Lutfia, protester:
"What Hamas and the Palestinian people did against the invaders (Israel) was their way of fighting to achieve their independence. There is nothing wrong because that is also what the heroes of the Indonesian nation did when they fought to achieve independence. So, make no mistake, this is an issue about occupation."
8. Close of protesters holding sign reading (English" "Occupation and peace can never coexist #FreePalestine"
9. Mid of protestors holding pro-Palestinian signs
10. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Ika Lutfia, protester:
"Let's open our eyes, open our hearts. Is there a more appropriate word than genocide for the attacks launched by Israel which in a matter of hours killed thousands of people, many of whom were children?"
11. Close of a protester holding a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reading (Arabic, English, Hebrew) "War Criminal"
12. Various shots of protesters burning Israeli flag and Netanyahu poster
13. Various of protestors burning Israeli flags
14. Various of protest

STORYLINE:
Protesters marched from several mosques to the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in Indonesia’s capital Friday to denounce the staunch American support for Israel and demand an end to Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

Similar protests also took place in front of the United Nations mission, a few kilometers (miles) from the embassy, and in the compound of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Authorities estimated that about 1,000 people participated in the rallies across Jakarta following Friday prayers in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

A brutal incursion into southern Israel by Hamas fighters on Oct. 7 provoked Israel to declare war against the militant group that rules Gaza.

Nearly two weeks after the Hamas attack in Israel, such protests continued as Israel prepared for an expected ground invasion of Gaza.

Waving Indonesian and Palestinian flags and signs reading "I stand with Palestine," more than 100 demonstrators gathered along a major street in Jakarta that runs outside the embassy.

Some protesters voiced their anger by burning portraits of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

About 1,000 police office were deployed around the embassy, the nearby presidential palace and the U.N. mission.

Indonesia does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel, and there is no Israeli Embassy in the country. It has long been a strong supporter of the Palestinians.

AP Video shot by Andi Jatmiko.

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