“America is the head of the snake, Blinken out” – anti-US demonstration in Ramallah

The Quds News Network, which is identified with Hamas, posted this video of a protest in Ramallah against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Israel and the PA during Hamas’ terror war against Israel:

Posted text: “News coverage:

A rally in Ramallah protesting the visit of American Secretary of State [Antony Blinken]: ‘America is the head of the snake, Blinken out.’ Here is what the national forces said:

Unidentified speaker 1: “The US is a full partner in the aggression against our people (i.e., Israeli counter-terror operation against Hamas).” …

Unidentified speaker 2: “The message is that Blinken is a war criminal just like [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu. He is coming to Ramallah at the height of insolence, like a murderer who wants to march in the funeral of the murdered.”…

Protesters’ signs:

Signs in English and French: “O sons of our Arab nation

*Expel USA and UK

*Attack its interests

*Boycott its goods”

A protester is holding a sign with a picture of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
 

Text on sign in English: “How does it feel to be complicit in genocide?”

Text on sign in English: “Blinken, blood is on your hands”
 

Protesters set a picture of Antony Blinken on fire.
 

Protesters chant slogans:

Protesters: “Popular intifada! ...

America is the head of the snake! …

Blinken out, out! From Baghdad and from Ramallah!”

A masked man wearing a yellow Fatah headband and a shirt of the Fatah Shabiba Student Movement featuring former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat attempts to set a picture of Antony Blinken on fire but is unsuccessful, and instead steps on the picture and rips it apart.

[Quds News Network (Hamas), X (Twitter) account, Nov. 5, 2023]

Hamas war on Israel October 2023