A few thousand Muslim Brotherhood supporters rallied on Friday at the Cairo Stadium in a Global March to Jerusalem, marking the 46th anniversary of the occupation of east Jerusalem and its Judaization, according to a report in Ahram Online on Friday.
The march began after Friday prayers at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque led by Salah Sultan, secretary general of Al-Azhar’s Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. Culture minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz took part in the rally and Prime Minister Hesham Kandil was also to attend according to Sultan.
Marches were also planned for the Palestinian territories, Germany, Lebanon, Canada, the US, Tunisia, and Malaysia, according to the report.
"The marches aim to highlight the issue of Jerusalem … by which we point out the racism and Judaization practices of the occupying state against Jerusalem and Palestine," Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Ahmed Aref said on Thursday.
Other Islamist parties also participated in the rally.
A video report by AFP quoted a protestor who said, “Today we say to Israel that we are here and one day we will liberate Jerusalem from the Jews.”
“It is a message to Israel that Jerusalem is Arab land and it must become Arab territory again,” said another participant.