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Venezuela Gaza-painted Israel Get Out and Lon - March in Caracas against Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip, Chavez
01/08/2009
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NAME: VEN DEMO 20090108I TAPE: EF09/0030 IN_TIME: 11:03:54:19 DURATION: 00:02:55:06 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Caracas, 8 Jan 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1. Wide of crowd outside Israeli embassy 2. Mid protesters waving Lebanese and Palestinian flags 3. Mid of protesters outside embassy, setting makeshift Israeli flag alight 4. Various Israeli flag burning 5. Close up of protesters stamping on burning flag 6. Wide protesters stamping on burning flag 7. Pan of crowd throwing shoes at Israeli embassy 8. Close of burnt Israeli flag and shoe lying outside embassy 9. Pan of protesters spraying graffiti on walls of embassy building 10. Wide and mid of protesters spraying graffiti on embassy building, reading: (Spanish) "long live a free Palestine" 11. Pan of protesters jumping over fence outside Israeli embassy 12. Wide police stopping some protesters spraying graffiti 13. Wide window smashing in Israeli embassy building and glass falling to the floor 14. Mid protesters throwing shoes at embassy building in front of police 15. Wide of banger going off in front of embassy building 16. Pan from Israeli embassy building to protesters 17. Various of old woman shouting 18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daisy (no last name given), Colombian Muslim protester, vox pop: "I would like other countries, both Arab and non-Arab countries to take the same initiative (of expelling their Israeli ambassadors) so that the Israeli people realise that the whole world is against this massacre that they are carrying out." 19. Wide top shot of protesters marching 20. Wide of protesters holding placards and Palestinian flags 21. Mid Palestinian flag reading: (Spanish) "stop the massacre" 22. Close up of feet of protesters marching 23. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miguel Nazor, Venezuelan protester of Palestinian parentage, vox pop: "I want to add my voice of protest to the indignation of the terrorist acts that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people, the women and children of the Gaza strip." 24. Tilt up of protesters marching 25. Close up of protesters marching, one with placard reading: (Spanish) "it's not the fault of the Jews, it's Hitler's fault, he didn't finish the job." STORYLINE Protesters condemning Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip sprayed graffiti and hurled shoes at the country's embassy in Venezuela on Thursday, backing President Hugo Chavez's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador. Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted "Gaza, hold on! The world is rising up!". Journalists estimated the crowd at about 1,000 people. Some threw shoes and firecrackers at an outer wall, while others spray-painted "Israel Get Out" and "Long live a free Palestine." Objects hurled by protesters smashed several windows of the seven-story building that houses the embassy along with businesses. The protest came two days after Chavez ordered Ambassador Shlomo Cohen to leave in protest over the current Israeli onslaught against Hamas militants in Gaza. Israel says Cohen has been given until Friday to leave, and the nation is considering expelling Venezuelan diplomats in response. More than 700 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched the offensive December 27, aiming to halt Palestinian rocket attacks into southern Israel. The protesters included Venezuelans of Arab descent as well as Chavez supporters with no links to the Middle East. Chavez has long been critical of Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians. He accuses the Israeli government of acting as an arm of Washington.
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