ERBIL — Iraqi Shia cleric and the leader of Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, has called for nationwide demonstrations in Iraq to burn the US and Israeli flags in support for Palestine.
Sadr said the demonstrations will take place as the Iraqi government has lifted the COVID-19 lockdown in all of the provinces.
“Tomorrow, simultaneously in all provinces and in designated locations, there should be demonstrations,” the Shia cleric said in a statement.
“The demonstrators should burn the flags of the US and Israel to condemn the occupation of Palestine and to denounce all those who support this [occupation],” reads the statement.
He also encouraged his supporters to reject the normalizations of diplomatic relations between the Arab states, including Iraq, with Israel.