Thousands protest in Gaza against 'vampire' Bush
Some 20,000 Hamas supporters rally in Gaza, saying US president's visit is skewed towards Israel; protestors hold up posters depicting Bush as vampire drinking Muslims' blood
Some 20,000 members of the Islamist group set US and Israeli flags alight. Bush was a "butcher" whose first presidential visit to the Holy Land was skewed towards helping Israel, they said.
Protestors torch Israel, US flags (Photo: Reuters)
"In his first words Bush talked about Israel, its security, its democracy and the right of America and Israel to defend themselves," senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar told
reporters at the rally. "He did not talk about settlements or the assaults against our people."
Protesters in Gaza waved green Hamas flags as well as posters with pictures of Bush as a vampire drinking from a cup marked "Muslim blood".
Hamas said tens of thousands attended the protest while witnesses put the number at about 20,000.
