Several thousand Israelis demonstrated here and in Jerusalem Saturday night for an end to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the Six-Day War, when Israeli forces captured the territories.
The demonstration here was organized by a group calling itself “Committee Against Occupation.” Speakers in Malchei Israel Square called for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Herut counter-demonstrators who tried to disrupt the gathering were kept away by police. Earlier in the evening, police restrained two men who tried to attack peace marchers.
The demonstration in Jerusalem was by the Citizens Rights Movement (CRM) and Peace Now. They called for an end to the occupation.
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