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More than 1,000 people have rallied in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to voice their opposition to Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip.
Demonstrators waved Palestinian and Indonesian flags while some carried banners with slogans such as "Zionist Israel Go To Hell" and "Move Israel outside Palestine land."
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation and many Indonesians have been staunch supporters of the Palestinian cause.
The protest coincided with a condemnation of the raids by Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"I have sent a letter to the secretary-general of United Nations as well as to the UN Security Council condemning the Israeli military attacks and urging swift action to resolve the conflict," Yudhoyono said.
"The Security Council must formally meet and issue a resolution to force Israel to end all attacks, so that Israeli and Palestinian can continue the peace process."
Jakarta has no diplomatic relations with Israel.
'Recruiting fighters'
Yudhoyono said the government plans to give $1 million for humanitarian efforts on top of about $181,000 in medical aid for Palestinian victims of the raids.
On Monday an Indonesian Muslim group announced plans to recruit as many as 1,000 volunteers to fight in Gaza in response to the Israeli air raids.
Ahmad Soebri Lubis, the secretary-general of the Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI), said the group would start recruiting volunteer fighters in the next few days, and would send them for training at camps in Indonesia to prepare them for the "battleground".
"Fighters should be in good physical condition, have a strong faith and be ready to die," Lubis told the Reuters news agency.
"They will be provided with a one-way ticket until we defeat Israel."
He said the group has previously sent volunteers to Iraq and Afghanistan.
However Bahtiar Effendy, professor of Political Science at the Islamic State University in Jakarta, told Al Jazeera that the FPI's aims are largely symbolic.
PHOTO CAPTION
A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, in front of U.S. embassy, in Jakarta December 30, 2008.
Al-Jazeera
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