Filipinos split on Israel-Hamas conflict

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Filipinos are divided on the conflict between Israel and Palestine as war rages on between the Jewish state and the militant group Hamas. Supporters held separate demonstrations over the weekend to show solidarity.  Daniza Fernandez gives us more details.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 There appears to be no end in sight yet to the violence between Palestinian militant

00:05 group Hamas and Israel, and Filipinos are split between the two sides.

00:10 Both Israeli and Palestinian supporters took to the streets in the Philippines to show

00:14 solidarity.

00:16 On Sunday, more than a hundred people joined a mothercade and a program in Quezon City

00:21 backing Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

00:25 Supporters blew their shofars and lit candles to mourn the dead.

00:28 "We will see a record of Israel from time immemorial.

00:31 We will see a record of what they are doing not only in their country but in the whole

00:37 world.

00:38 The Palestinians, what we get from them, nothing.

00:41 It's all chaos."

00:43 "Such solidarity between the nation is most important, especially within this struggle

00:50 against pure evil, where there is no good side or bad side."

00:55 But the secretary-general of the Philippines' Palestine Friendship Association says the

01:00 Palestinian people are the ones who've suffered under Israel's occupation.

01:05 The group calls for the return of Palestinian lands.

01:08 "We are for peace amongst all peoples, Palestinians and even Israelis.

01:17 But in this situation, the injustice is experienced by the Palestinians.

01:36 So we are for the end of the occupation."

01:53 Last Saturday, the group held demonstrations to raise public awareness on the issue.

01:58 The conflict between Israel and Palestine started in 1948, when Israel was established

02:03 as a state and Jews were given lands where Palestinians also reside.

02:07 A two-state solution was forged in the hopes of ending tensions.

02:12 But the plan failed as both sides claimed cultural and historic rights to certain areas

02:17 like Jerusalem.

02:18 The past year saw Israel forcefully occupying more lands in Palestinian territory.

02:24 Palestinian militants in other Arab countries launched attacks in retaliation.

02:29 Israel had clarified its recent offensives in Gaza are not against the Palestinian people,

02:34 but solely on Hamas after it attacked Israeli communities on October 7, killing over a thousand

02:40 unarmed men, women and children.

02:43 As Hamas is allegedly embedded in civilian communities, Israel's retaliation has also

02:48 caused thousands of civilian casualties.

02:51 Deniza Fernandez, CNN Philippines.

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