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Call to protest: Oppose warmongers and haters on both sides
[UPDATE] Event recap & photos here.
A rhyme in Hebrew which says, “In Gaza and in Sderot, little girls want to live.” Derived from Israeli graffiti circa the 2006 Lebanon War.
On Sunday, January 11, a coalition of New York-based Jewish and Zionist organizations will be holding a mass demonstration outside of the Israeli consulate on 42nd Street and 2nd Avenue in unreserved support of Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip. AIPAC, the ADL and several other groups will join forces to proclaim in the name of American Jewry that it is Israel’s right and responsibility to decimate Hamas, even at the cost of hundreds of civilian Palestinian lives and thousands more injured.
Also on Sunday, a mass demonstration by pro-Palestinian activists will transpire in Times Square, where protesters will condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza and — in all probability — justify Hamas’ attacks on Israeli civilians as a legitimate response to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, its multiple violations of the 2008 ceasefire agreement, and the international community’s failure to adequately address these matters.
Both of these groups will likely demonize one another — the Jews decrying the Palestinians and the pro-Palestinian activists maligning the Jews — each engaging in gross displays of hatred, and advocating not in favor of peace, but in one side’s victory over the other.
I wish to propose a third way: A counterdemonstration to both the pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations. That is, I wish to propose a pro-peace demonstration.
I invite individuals who favor an immediate ceasefire, oppose the occupation, support the two state solution, and who believe in the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security to join in action against those who justify violence and hatred on either side, and against those who claim a monopoly on representing our voices in this matter.
I wish to see not just a contingent waving Israeli flags and another waving Palestinian flags, but also a contingent waving Israeli and Palestinian flags together, carrying peace signs and banners with slogans like, “Fighting for peace is like f*cking for virginity” and “Peace cannot be achieved militarily.”
I call on all organizations — Jewish, Arab and otherwise — which advocate in favor of peace, dialogue and coexistence to join in this action by encouraging their constituents to come out in full-force. (If your organization is interested in cosponsoring this event please be in contact.)
Those who truly believe in peace should and must make a showing and demonstrate that there are significant numbers of us who differ from both sides in their responses to this latest round of violence.
We have been granted permission by the NYPD to assemble south of the consulate on 2nd Avenue near 41st Street from 11AM-1PM. I hope to see you there.
Sign up on our Facebook event page and help spread the word!
Download posters here!
This rally has been endorsed by Jerusalem Peacemakers, The Muslim-Jewish Journal and Jewschool.com.
[UPDATE] Event recap & photos here.
Tags: demonstration, gaza, israel, palestine, Peace, protest, violence
This is fantastic Dan! Great news. I’d like to help as much as possible with this. My quick suggestion list for any kind of planning committee would be:
- make it clear who is an approved sponsor and who is not, and what the process is for joining.
- assign well marked ushers to get rid of signs that are off message.
- have an online list of people who say they are coming, so we can message/coordinate up to Saturday night
- organize a stock of signs prepared in advance to hand out to folks who show up.
- make sure that any prominent/interesting people are made visible to media. (I’d exclude, off the bat, anyone who is a usual suspect: academics, 25-40 year old white guys, and anyone with purple hair.)
I verbally support this action, as I am unable to physically participate.
Good luck.
Two things, surely as anarchists we should support a no state solution
Secondly, its a shame you have to get permission to protest, I thought the US was still more advanced in that respect than the UK… (although in the interests of ensuring a peaceful demonstration cooperating with the police is probably a good idea).
Invite Hillary Clinton, Nadler, Anthony Weiner, or Mike Bloomberg to your demo. See if any of them comes.
The only meaningful demonstration I could think of. Too bad that Hamburg, Germany, is slightly far away. Blessings and success!
I’m there.
With you in spirit, in hope and in solidarity.
My politics aren’t as lefty as yours (I don’t necessarily agree that an immediate cease fire would be the best option), but I 100% support the spirit of this. The world absolutely needs more people waving Palestinian and Israeli flags together.
Do you know which side of 2nd Ave you’ll be on? If not, please tweet it once you figure it out. I’m going to try to come if I can, but since I’ll likely have babymicah along for the ride, I don’t want to end up stuck in a scrum of Kahanist or Jihadist mouth breathers.
[...] are some posters for Sunday’s rally against Israeli & Palestinian violence. They are available as PDFs for download and are in high-resolution format for large-scale printing [...]
I wish I could be there. There is no alternative 3rd way demonstration that I know of in Palm Beach county, where I live. As a Jewish educator I plan on going to the “support Israel rally” wearing my Shalom Achshav T-shirt.
Only tangentially related, but did the grafitti actually make the bet degusha in “u-viSderot”?
it’s u’bsderot – and in sderot
I wish the people of Israel and the people of Palestine would just learn to get along. I am only intolerant of intolerance. All people deserve to be treated equally, and that includes Israelis and Palestinians!
Israel is by any measure and means, an occupier of stolen lands and a government which has institutionalized murder, theft, torture and deceit.
The Israelis should be the guests of the host country and act accordingly. Imagine someone coming into your home, stealing your belongings, killing your children, then criminalizing you for defending yourself.
This is Israel — and you cannot defend or justify its crimes at all.