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Pro-Israel Rally Attended by Big-Time NY Dems Descends into Calls for 'Wiping Out' Palestinians | ForeignPolicy
Watch Max Blumenthal's exlusive video of the rally on the right-hand side of the screen. On January 11, an estimated 10,000 people rallied in front of the Israeli consulate in midtown New York in support of Israel s attack on the Gaza Strip. The rally, which was organized by UJA-Federation of ...
Gaza War Protest
Gaza War Protest
zombietime.com — Gaza War Protest and Anti-Israel Rally San Francisco, January 10, 2009 On Saturday, January 10, 2009, a large rally and march took place in San Francisco to protest Israel's invasion of Gaza. The event was one of a series of similar events held in ... (more) Gaza War Protest
 Pro-Israel Rally For Attacking Gaza, NYC, 1-11-09 (video)
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youtube.com — Pro-Israel Rally Attended by Big-Time NY Dems Descends into Obscene Calls for 'Wiping Out' Palestinians. Full story here: http://www.alternet.org/story/119372 (more) Pro-Israel Rally For Attacking Gaza, NYC, 1-11-09 (video)
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime
timesonline.co.uk — ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an act of self-defence as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention. The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas ... (more) Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence ...
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What Other Country?
TPMCafe — ... Max Blumenthal writes that, at a rally outside the Israeli UN Mission Jan. 11, "Sen. Chuck Schumer highlighted Israel's supposed humanitarian methods of warfare by pointing to its text messaging of certain Gaza Strip residents urging them to vacate their homes before Israeli forces bombed them. 'What other country would do that?'" ...

What Other Country
Matthew Yglesias — Max Blumenthal reports from a pro-war rally staged by New York politicians and some local Jewish groups: Sen. Chuck Schumer highlighted Israel’s supposed humanitarian methods of warfare by pointing to its text messaging of certain Gaza Strip residents urging them to vacate their homes before Israeli forces bombed them. “What other country would do that?” Todd Gitlin observes that this is pretty ignorant and solipsistic: The U. S., for one. According to the National Museum of the ...

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