Demonstration Held in Paris for Peace in Middle East

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Demonstration Held in Paris for Peace in Middle East

About 10,000 people on Saturday afternoon demonstrated in Paris, demanding a just peace in the Middle East.

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About 10,000 people on Saturday afternoon demonstrated in Paris, demanding a just peace in the Middle East.

It is the most important marching in solidarity with the Palestinian people since the beginning of the second wave of Intifada (Palestinian uprising) in the Middle East, according to police and organizers of the rally.

Demonstrators carried placards in support of the Palestinians and shouted slogans demanding "the application of United Nations resolutions and Geneva conventions of human rights" in settling the 18-month Israeli-Palestinian crisis.

They called for a "just and durable peace between Palestinians and Israelis within secure and recognized borders" and an " international peace force in Palestine."

More than 50 associations, labor unions and parties jointly launched the demonstration, including the International Federation of Leagues of Human Rights, the French Jewish Union for Peace, the Franco-Palestinian Solidarity Association, the French Communist Party and the Green Party.

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