Crowds of thousands swept into the streets of cities around the Middle East on Sunday to denounce Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
Lebanese protesters supporters of Hamas group, chant pro-Hamas slogans as they hold placards with Arabic reads:"Our souls, our blood we sacrifice for Gaza and its people," left, and "Oh our people in Gaza, you are honorable,", during a demonstration held by Islamic groups to protest Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip, in front the United Nations house, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday Dec. 28, 2008. About 1000 protesters Carrying Lebanese and Palestinian flags as well as green banners representing the militant Hamas group, chanted anti-Israeli slogans and called for an end to Israel's attacks against Gaza. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Collapse
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From Lebanon to Iran, Israel's adversaries used the weekend assault to marshal crowds into the streets for noisy demonstrations. And among regional allies there was also discontent:
The prime minister of Turkey, one of the few Muslim countries to have relations with Israel, called the air assault a "crime against humanity."
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