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01-14-2009, 06:00 PM
Members of the Palestinian community in the DR and members of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) held a protest in front of the Israeli Embassy in Santo Domingo yesterday. Protestors called on Israel to stop the bombing in the Gaza strip. The conflict has been going on for three weeks. Arwad Darwiche, speaking on behalf of Dominican Palestinians, said that more protests would take place over the next few days. CNDH president Manuel Maria Mercedes is asking for the Israeli Ambassador to be removed from the DR as well as having the DR Ambassador in Israel removed.

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