July 22, 2006

Thousands rally for Lebanon in London

I wasn't at today's demo but it seems to have had a good turnout.
In London police estimated that about 7,000 people began a march from Whitehall through the centre of the West End, past the United States Embassy and on to Hyde Park.[at other demos the police estimate is usually a tenth of the organisers' estimate, except when it's a right wing cause or police pay and conditions in which case the police and organisers tend to agree.]

Figures at the front of the protest included leaders of organisations such as the Muslim Association of Britain and anti-war campaigners like Respect MP George Galloway and writer Tariq Ali.

The vast majority of demonstrators, which included men, women and children, shouted slogans such as "peace for Lebanon" while carrying banners and a Lebanese national flag.

However, a handful of more boisterous protestors chanted "Hezbollah" and "down down with Israel".
They chanted "Hezbollah!" They chanted "Down with Israel!" How could they? If this is allowed to happen they'll be cheering for elected representives of Lebanese people next. And where might that lead? They'll end up cheering for the demise of a colonial settler state based on ethnic cleansing, racist laws and relentless aggression to civilians in its midst and in the front line states. They'll end up with slogans like "Hezbollah" and "down with Israel."

Zionists for mass murder are rallying in London tomorrow, in a Jewish school of all places. Imagine the zionist indoctrination of children at a school that would host such a ghoulish event.

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