Friday
16Jan2009
Palestinian, Jewish, US activists shut down Israeli Consulate (San Francisco)
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 2:51PM
Solidarity actions in the US...
A group of nine activists – Palestinian, anti-Zionist Jewish, and immigrant rights activists – blocked the entrance of the Israeli Consulate beginning at 8:30am today, in nonviolent protest of Israeli apartheid and its current attacks on Gaza. The activists chained themselves together using handcuffs and locks, locked the doors to the building, and were joined by a diverse rally of over 40 supporters. The action was organized jointly by local Palestinians and Jews in support of: an immediate ceasefire; the opening of land, sea, and air borders to allow in emergency supplies; and an end to US financial and political support for Israel.
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GOD BLESS THEM.
This is what I mean by the One-ness of humanity, where there is no Jew, no Palestinian, no African when it comes to fighting for justice. We can all live our lives the way we choose based on our beliefs and values. But no one can tell me that the slaughter of Palestinians is based on any human values or beliefs. Zionism, colonalisation, capitalism, apartheid are all based on greed. This shames those who pray to a god day in and day out, and yet they cannot fight for justice on behalf of God's people, because the God of the Palestinians is the same God of the Jews and He/She/It is my God too. This shames Mubarak and the Muslim leaders who bow to Allah day in and day out and yet sell their brothers and sisters to American greed because they are also driven by greed and MONEY.
Palestine is the graveyard of Zionism. Despite the gloom and darkness faced by my Palestinian brothers and sisters, my heart rejoices with each resistance that unites Jews and Palestinians worldwide.