From India News Network(INN) STUDENTS AND YOUTH COURT ARREST IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE New Delhi, October 16: Hundreds of students and young men and women belonging to the DYFI, SFI, and Janwadi Mahila Samiti along with Palestinian students demonstrated in front of Israeli Embassy against the killings of Palestinian people by the Israeli army. The rally and demonstration was stopped and all present were placed under arrest. The demonstration started from Hotel Taj Man Singh and reached the gate of Israeli Embassy. The demonstrators were shouting slogans against the Barak government and US imperialism. The main slogan of the demonstration were: Hands-off East Jerusalem, Stop killing innocent people of Palestine, US Imperialism down-down and struggle of Palestinian people long live. The protest meeting was addressed by DYFI Delhi state secretary, Mahesh Kumar and SFI Delhi state joint secretary, Vijoo Krishnan. Anurag Saxena, SFI, Delhi state secretary presided over the protest meeting. Mahesh Kumar in his speech criticised Israeli government for instigation of violence and killing of innocent Palestinian people. He attached US administration for playing dubious role in the whole episode and also said that the Israel government has become a stooge of US imperialism. He also lambasted the Israeli government for openly violating the UN assembly resolution in this regard and demanded the early liberation of East Jerusalem from Israeli. Vijoo Krishnan, former JNUSU president asked the UN to pressure on Israeli government to immediately stop the killing of innocent people and for the immediate restoration of peace. What is of even greater concern is the departure of the present government from our nation's earlier stand to extend support to the cause of the Palestinian people. Vijoo also asked the UN to exert maximum pressure on the Israeli government to find peaceful solution to this problem. While he was addressing the gathering police intervened and forcibly stopped the meeting proceedings. All the demonstrators were then taken to the Tughlak Road Police station. Protestors while going to the Police station shouted slogans against the highhandedness of Delhi police. All the protestors were detained for about one hour and released. eom
