“America is the head of the snake, Blinken out” – anti-US demonstration in Ramallah
The Quds News Network, which is identified with Hamas, posted this video of a protest in Ramallah against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Israel and the PA during Hamas’ terror war against Israel:
Posted text: “News coverage:
A rally in Ramallah protesting the visit of American Secretary of State [Antony Blinken]: ‘America is the head of the snake, Blinken out.’ Here is what the national forces said:
Unidentified speaker 1: “The US is a full partner in the aggression against our people (i.e., Israeli counter-terror operation against Hamas).” …
Unidentified speaker 2: “The message is that Blinken is a war criminal just like [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu. He is coming to Ramallah at the height of insolence, like a murderer who wants to march in the funeral of the murdered.”…
Protesters’ signs:
Signs in English and French: “O sons of our Arab nation
*Expel USA and UK
*Attack its interests
*Boycott its goods”
A protester is holding a sign with a picture of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Text on sign in English: “How does it feel to be complicit in genocide?”
Text on sign in English: “Blinken, blood is on your hands”
Protesters set a picture of Antony Blinken on fire.
Protesters chant slogans:
Protesters: “Popular intifada! ...
America is the head of the snake! …
Blinken out, out! From Baghdad and from Ramallah!”
A masked man wearing a yellow Fatah headband and a shirt of the Fatah Shabiba Student Movement featuring former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat attempts to set a picture of Antony Blinken on fire but is unsuccessful, and instead steps on the picture and rips it apart.
[Quds News Network (Hamas), X (Twitter) account, Nov. 5, 2023]
Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,200 Israelis, including over 1,000 civilians, were murdered and over 4,800 wounded, in addition to approximately 244 who were abducted into the Gaza Strip (including 110 later released or liberated and at least 26 later killed), in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Occasional rocket launches and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war. A ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal began on Nov. 24, 2023, in which Israel agreed to release 150 terrorist prisoners, pause drone surveillance in the Gaza Strip, and allow movement between the northern and southern Gaza Strip, in return for 50 Israeli female and child hostages held by Hamas. The deal was subsequently extended with additional releases, until Hamas violated the agreement and resumed attacking on Dec. 1, 2023.