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Indonesians Light a Thousand Candles for Peace in Palestine

Categories: East Asia, Indonesia, Politics, Protest

Scores of Indonesians gather [1] 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) [2]

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