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Protest over visit by IDF Colonel Geva Rapp

Mike Wells | 30.01.2009 14:37 | Anti-militarism | Palestine

Colonel Geva Rapp who it is alleged was the head of the ground operations in Gaza He was visiting London to give a talk. A protest was organised outside the building where he was due to talk.

Protester sit down
Protester sit down

Met police guarding entrance also some other "private security" in plain cloths
Met police guarding entrance also some other "private security" in plain cloths

climbs up
climbs up

on ledge
on ledge

climbs down and arrested
climbs down and arrested


A more than a hundred people turned up to demonstrate against the visit of Colonel Geva Rapp. The demo took place on Euston Road near the juction with Upper Woburn Place. Most of the changing at the demo revolved around the fact that the colonel may be guilty of war crimes. Demonstrators were urging the police to arrest Colonel Rapp. However this did not come to pass and instead there were a handful of protesters arrested, though it was not clear why these arrests were made. One protester climbed up onto on ledge that surrounds the building. The crowd were very supportive of his actions.

Mike Wells

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So, Next Time, Have him (her) Arrested, It's the Law!

30.01.2009 16:56



So, the next time, have him arrested for War Crimes..."crimes against humanity"......check out your local Palestinian organisations, amnesty international, google, etc. to find out how.........if he's in the UK (and a lot of other European countries!), he can be arrested, on the spot!

......from Israeli newspaper:Haaretz:

"The moment an Israeli soldier whose identity is known finds himself on the soil of a country that claims universal jurisdiction, (i.e. the UK) a writ can be issued that would lead to his arrest and perhaps even his trial."

kl

Nice demo, what was he talking on?, whats woburn upper place?

30.01.2009 17:09

shame on police & the government for letting this guy in the country, shame

James