MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Over 40 Palestinians, mostly young men and a few women, have been killed since the start of October after stabbing Israeli security officials or attempting to set off explosive devices.
"We will not surrender to despair – we will stand together," organizers of the event, the left-wing Meretz party, wrote on their Facebook event page.
Rally goers held up placards with "Jews and Arabs against hatred" and "Jews and Arabs against racism" written on them, as seen on video footage broadcast online.
Lefty rally in Jerusalem: "incitement starts in the offices of the government";"Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies" pic.twitter.com/Z1tReOXvhj
— Elisheva Goldberg (@ShevGoldberg) October 17, 2015
The crowd was estimated to reach 400 people and growing, said a CNN report on the scene.
I cant see beginning or end of us. It's now thousands demonstrating against occupation & violence in Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/cgppDe4Uoy
— Jessica Montell (@JessicaMontell) October 17, 2015
One of the witnesses described a "small cluster of right-wing counter-demonstrators" chanting "death to leftists" among other slogans.
The latest reports claim four additional Palestinians were shot dead in east Jerusalem and the West Bank in separate knife attacks on Saturday.
