Counter Al-Quds Day demonstration in Berlin

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 18: Participants take part in a counter demonstration against Al-Quds Day as the event is held across the street on August 18, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Al-Quds Day, named after the Arabic word for Jerusalem, began in Iran in 1979 and is held there annually on the last Friday of Ramadan. It is intended to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, including rallying against Israel's control over Islam's third holiest city after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, and has been criticized as a 'hatefest' against 'world Zionism.' The motto of the Berlin variant of the event, versions of which have been held since the 1980s, is 'Together Against Zionism and Antisemitism.' (Getty Images)