Palestinians, Libyans march in solidarity for Gaza protests
Palestinians hold solidarity march for Gaza protests in Valletta.
A protest was held in Valletta by some 30 members from the Palestinian and Libyan community, calling for Palestinian unity.
"People here are calling for an end to political division. They say they are not calling for the overthrow of Hamas or Fatah, but for a united Palestine," Miriam Dalli, who was at the protest, said.
The protest march was organised by the Arabic Culture Information Society, joining the protests that took place in all the cities of Gaza and West Bank and all around the world last Tuesday.
"The idea came up from a group of Palestinian youths from Gaza who used Facebook as a tool and created a page in both Arabic and English where they called for protests across the Palestinian territories and refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon and all around the world on 15 March 2011. ACIS felt that Malta should also join in this call for Palestinian unity," Sanaa el-Nahhal said.
"The goal of the protest is to force an end to the political divisions among Palestinians. The Palestinian youth are not demanding the overthrow of the Hamas government in Gaza nor the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. They are calling for one united Palestine."