Approximately 10,000 Muslim South Africans rallied against Israel’s policies, with some demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags and others holding signs comparing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Hitler. One protester, Mohamed Chung, told The Associated Press he would like to put his “faith in God and become a suicide bomber.”
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