Supporters of the Islamic militant group Hamas march with their flags
during an anti-US and anti-Israeli rally in Gaza Strip June 28, 2002.
More than of 1,500 Palestinians, supporters of various nationalistic
and Islamic groups gathered to commemorate the annexation anniversary
of Jerusalem by Israel in 967, a step that remained unrecognized
internationally. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Islamic militant
group Hamas, defied on Friday a house arrest ordered on him by the
Palestinian Authority by attending the rally. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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