Activists lead symbolic funeral in Oslo to commemorate killed Gaza journalists
Pro-Palestinian supporters led a large march in the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, to commemorate journalists killed in Israel’s wars, footage verified by Al Jazeera shows.
The protesters organised a march carrying a coffin wrapped in the Palestinian flag – a symbolic funeral for the tens of thousands of people killed by Israel in more than a year. Activists denounced the ongoing Israeli wars on Gaza and Lebanon, and called for the liberation of Palestine.
Leading the march were people holding pictures of dozens of killed journalists while other protesters raised Palestinian flags.
This event coincided with the 107th anniversary of the “Balfour Declaration”, which turned the Zionist aim of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine into a reality when UK Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour pledged to establish “a national home for the Jewish people” there.
Turkey delivers UN letter demanding halt to Israeli arms sales
Turkey’s foreign ministry says it submitted a letter to the United Nations, signed by 52 countries and two organisations, calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel.
“We have written a joint letter calling on all countries to stop the sale of arms and ammunition to Israel. We delivered this letter, which has 54 signatories, to the UN on November 1,” said Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at a press conference in Djibouti, where he attended a Turkey-Africa partnership summit.
“We must repeat at every opportunity that selling arms to Israel means participating in its genocide,” said Fidan. The letter is “an initiative launched by Turkey”.
Among the signatories were Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Algeria, China, Iran and Russia, with the two organisations being the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
