Tamarod protest fails in Gaza
After months of hype, Nov. 11 passed without a hitch in Gaza as Tamarod was a no-show.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Tamarod movement in Palestine had called for toppling the Hamas government on Nov. 11. But that day has come and gone peacefully, contrary to what was expected.
The Gaza streets were almost empty on the morning of Nov. 11, except for some security men at the main intersections in Palestine Square and at university crossroads. New photos of the Al-Qassam Brigades’ former chief, Ahmed Jabari, who died in the November 2012 war, decorated those areas.
“This photo was posted on the evening of Nov. 11 to spite the Tamarod movement and remind everybody of the Hamas movement’s glory. Rumor has it that the name of the square will be changed from Palestine Square to Jabari Square,” a local taxi driver told Al-Monitor.
Not far from another photo of Jabari, at the gate of the building of the faculty of sciences at Al-Azhar University, Al-Monitor witnessed skirmishes between students and security men who entered the building.
