NEW YORK, USA: Gathering to remember 2nd anniversary of Israel’s assault on Gaza 11Jan11
Commentary by Chippy Dee, Photos by Bud Korotzer –
Desertpeace – 11 January 2011
Close to a thousand people gathered under sunny skies on
Broadway and 34th Street on Sunday to mark the 2nd
anniversary of the Israeli massacre in Gaza where homes,
hospitals, farms and schools were destroyed and over
1,400 people, including almost 500 children were
murdered 2 years ago. Under sunny skies speaker after
speaker spoke of the tragedy, and the fact that Gaza is
not being allowed to rebuild, that murders are
continuing daily, that people are starving, that their
organizations would continue to support the Palestinian
people, and that support for the Palestinian people was
growing rapidly throughout the world. Many noted the
complicity of the US government in the war crimes that
took place in Gaza. One speaker told the crowd that an
American boat, the Audacity of Hope, would be sailing in
the next flotilla going in the spring and Rabbi Lynn
Gottlieb announced that she would be on that boat
attempting to break the siege of Gaza.
After the rally the activists marched to the Israeli
Consulate carrying their signs and flags, both American
and Palestinian, chanting, “When people are occupied,
resistance is justified”, “From the river to the sea,
Palestine will be free”, and “Gaza, Gaza, don’t you cry.
Palestine will never die.”
http://australiansforpalestine.com/36312
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