OVER 1,000 PEOPLE IN ANTI-ISRAEL DEMO

BALING (Malaysia), Jan 15 (Bernama ) -- More than 1,000 people of various races in northern Baling and Sik districts Wednesday staged a peaceful demostration against Israeli atrocities on Palestinians.

Organising committee chairman Mohamad Khairul Azhar Abdullah urged the
government to take proactive measures to put the message across.

He urged the Islamic Affairs Department (Jakim) to withdraw halal
certification given to companies with links to Israel and the United States.

"The move will stop Muslims from buying products from the two countries.
People of all races should boycott American goods to apply pressure on the
country," he added.

The demonstrators also carried slogans and burned an effigy of out-going US
President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

The organisers distributed over 1,000 leaflets calling on the people to
boycott American products as a show of protest.

A fund in aid of Palestinians was also launched.
--BERNAMA