Indonesians Light a Thousand Candles for Peace in Palestine

Written byMong Palatino
Read this post in Español, Swahili, বাংলা, عربي
Posted 13 July 2014 12 years ago

Scores of Indonesians gather in central Jakarta, the country's capital, to light 1,000 candles in protest to the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

Indonesians pray for the Palestinians who were killed in the airstrikes launched by Israel. Photo by Abdullah Arief Siregar. Copyright @Demotix (7/11/2014)

Indonesians pray for the Palestinians who were killed in the airstrikes launched by Israel. Photo by Abdullah Arief Siregar. Copyright @Demotix (7/11/2014)

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