YEMENI WOMEN PROTEST EGYPT’S RULING AGAINST HAMAS

Sana’a, 20 Jumadil Awwal 1436/11 March 2015 (MINA) – The Women of Palestine Committee on Monday evening staged a sit-in in the Yemeni capital Sana’a in protest at the recent Egyptian court verdict that had classified the Hamas Movement as a terrorist organization.

The sit-in was organized in cooperation with Yemeni woman groups in the country under the slogan “Hamas…the shield of the nation,” The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

During the protest, Hamas representative in Yemen Abdul-Muti Zaqqout hailed the positions of the Yemini people, especially the role of their women in backing and extending every help to their Palestinian sisters in the country.

Zaqqout condemned the court ruling against Hamas as arbitrary and urged Egypt to revoke it.

For her part, Yemeni political activist Nour Ba’abad stated in a speech that the Yemeni women are important part of the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation, and called on the Egyptian leadership to renounce its position against the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.

She stressed the need for reviving the Arab support for the Palestinian people to strengthen their steadfastness in the face of the Israeli occupation and their struggle for the liberation of Palestine.(T/P008/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)