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Disruptions at Salute Israel Event

antizionist | 29.06.2008 20:11 | Anti-racism | Palestine | Social Struggles | London

A number of activists disrupted the zionist salute israel parade and rally in London today.

A large zionist propoganda machine, Salute Israel, came to London for the first time today. It is an import from the US where tens of thousands of people come together yearly to 'celebrate' the zionist project, the genocide of the Palestinian people.

I know that:

- 4 activists held a Palestinian flag on the balcony of the National Gallery overlooking the march. Samba joined them below on the pavement and were subsequently attacked by salute israel attendees.

-An activist scaled one of the large screens and disabled it.

-The fountains in Trafalgar square were (half) dyed red to represent the blood of the thousands of Palestinians killed during the 60 years of occupation

- Some people joined the march with a megaphone, attempted to chant and were pounced upon. Two others walked around the square covered in red paint and were arrested.

Thus far I think that there were at least 6 arrests made - they are all being held at Charing Cross station.

antizionist

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30.06.2008 00:15


The Samba band we're repeatedly abused, physically and verbally until the police formed a human shield around them.

Free Palestine


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30.06.2008 18:16




This guy was up there for three hours vocally protesting 60 years of ethnic cleansing. They kept the screen off during that whole period, probably for health and safety reasons.

cam


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Yay for Palestine - thank you Indymedia!

30.06.2008 05:12

"Samba joined them below on the pavement and were subsequently attacked by salute israel attendees." --- What do you expect? Try throwing a load of protesting Jews in a Hamas rally and see how long they last. Then again, who on Indymedia would protest??

"An activist scaled one of the large screens and disabled it" - Score one for Palestnine!!

"The fountains in Trafalgar square were (half) dyed red to represent the blood of the thousands of Palestinians killed during the 60 years of occupation" --- which could have been avoided entirly if the Palestinian and Arab leaderships accepted what was offered in 1939, 1947, 1970's and 2001.

"Some people joined the march with a megaphone, attempted to chant and were pounced upon. Two others walked around the square covered in red paint and were arrested." ---Score two for Palestine against evil world Jewery and their Zionist friends!!

what a load of clap-trap.
it even looks like you don't want to be there, its not quite the response Indy was hoping for... was it?

J-Man

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Stop the Zionist festival

30.06.2008 06:12

On Sunday June the 29th thousands of zionist supportters will gather in central London to celebrate 60 years since the founding of Israel by the theft and ethnic cleansing of 700,000 Palestinian arabs. See this:  http://www.salutetoisrael.org

They will be holding their festival in Trafalgar Square from 2pm. We must be there to stop them. Gather in Trafalgar Square at 1:30pm sharp. Then we will tell them no more house demolitions, no more theft of Palestinian land, no aparthied wall and no Israeli attack on Iran!

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Stop the Zionist festival


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Salute to Israel

30.06.2008 12:17

I was at the rally, and neither I, nor anyone else noticed any disruption. The event seemed to have passed off very peacefully. There was a meek opposition of about 20 Palestinian supporters, but they could not be heard.

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Just to clarify

30.06.2008 13:45

The person who scaled a screen disabled nothing and most parade attendees assumed he was a technician.

Beth


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RUBBISH

30.06.2008 14:03

I witnessed the people holding the Palestinian flag on the National Gallery balcony and saw the police tell someone with an Israeli flag that he couldn't stand with them. It was then decided by the police that the people with the Palestinian flag should get down. There was NO ATTACK. I was standing there for the duration. This is nothing but a complete fabrication and possibly wishful thinking.

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Thanks for polluting the water in Trafalgar Square guys.

30.06.2008 14:09

Good job.

London's Wildlife


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