PHOTOS OF ANTIZIONIST PROTESTS IN DC, SAN FRANCISCO & AROUND THE WORLD Protesters decry US Support of Israel's Aggression and Israel's bombing of Lebanon and Palestine, denouncing occupation by Ryme Katkhouda DC INDYMEDIA August 12, 2006 http://dc.indymedia.org/
The National Council of Arab Americans, the Muslim American Society-Freedom Foundation and the International ANSWER-Act Now to Stop the War and End Racism organized protest was held in Lafayette Park starting at noon. The organizers said that the large crowd which came reaching 30,000 came from as far as Michigan, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and 50 buses from NY City, trying to surround the White House. Meanwhile the White House had mounted police riding amidst the crowd keeping the counter protestors at bay. An additional nominal security barrier divided Pennsylvania Avenue in front of Lafayette Park, creating a larger perimeter. The speakers and the crowd, mostly Muslims, but also Jewish, and Christian, atheists, revolutionaries, socialists, Right Wing Lebanese, Republicans, and Arabic moms-n-pops-n-grand-children, many of them new to DC's protest scene, denounced Israel's Zionism, its aggressive wars and what they called 'bogus' alibis of self-defense, as well as United States complicity in what now amounts to a targeted carnage of lives and infrastructures. Floating the Lebanese and Palestinian flags, they also talked of the occupation of Iraq, the blockade on Cuba, and refuted Bush's associating of Islam and FascismÂ… At times, the chants, dances, and speeches also celebrated the indigenous resistance fighting for self-determination and liberation from the claws of the global colonizers. Many left with a sense of hope, pledging to fight locally in the war of ideas, and saying victory shall be won. http://dc.indymedia.org/ --- PHOTO SECTION: WORLDWIDE Story and photos from Sydney rally against Israel's war on Lebanon & Palestine Alex Bainbridge 12 Aug 2006 http://newswire.indymedia.org/en/2006/08/844614.shtml Photos of worldwide protests against the zionazi horror in Lebanon http://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2006_08_12_annies-letters_archive.html Other worldwide protests against zionists: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=protest&n=100&c=news_photos - PHOTO SECTION: SAN FRANCISCO SF Voice For Israel Sounds Like Old Fashioned Racism And Bigotry by Scary Saturday Aug 12th, 2006 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/12/18296586.php At the August 12th protest against the destruction of Lebanon, hundreds of pro-Israel protesters showed up to try to chant down the anti-war speakers. While some signs called for peace, many were extremely racist or called for more killing. - August 12th Anti-War Protest - SF I Bill Carpenter Saturday Aug 12th http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/12/18296550.php Pictures From August 12th Rally For Lebanon and Palestine by Z Saturday Aug 12th, 2006 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/12/18296616.php Thousands rallied in San Francisco as Israel's ground troops continued to enter South Lebanon and Israeli bombs continued to fall on civlians and infrastructure across Lebanon Police Aggression at Civic Center Rally by Copwatch ( berkeleycopwatch [at] yahoo.com ) Saturday Aug 12th, 2006 Video footage of police assaulting protestors at the Civic Center protest against the war in Lebanon. Duration 3:03 minutes. A series of stills taken from the video. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/12/18296641.php Pictures From August 12th Rally In san francisco For Lebanon and Palestine by Robert B. Livingston ( gruaudemais [at] yahoo.com ) Saturday Aug 12th, 2006 Here are some snapshots I took at the rally and march held this afternoon in San Francisco at which thousands turned out. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/12/18296689.php Rally for Lebanon and Palestine by Charles Slay ( slaycslay [at] aol.com ) Saturday Aug 12th, 2006 Thousands of people attended the rally at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza on Saturday, August 12, to show their support for the Lebanese and Palestinian people. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/12/18296680.php Aug 12 Palestine/Lebanon Rally by Max Diorio, Not In Our Name Saturday Aug 12th, 2006 Thousands rallied and marched in San Francisco today demanding an end to Israeli occupation and bombardment of Palestine and Lebanon. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/12/18296605.php --- PHOTO SECTION: WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC Demonstrators march past the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. Thousands of people demonstrated outside the White House to protest Israel's US-backed military operations in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.(AFP/Mandel Ngan) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060813/photos_ts_afp/aae0fd404c1f012991b4a3db65636a70 Peace activists shout slogans during a rally at Lafayette Park across from the White House in Wasington, DC. Several thousand people demonstrated outside the White House to protest Israel's US-backed military operations in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.(AFP/Mandel Ngan) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060813/photos_ts_afp/0c8985ccdf3dfe5440a4bc8717efbff4 Demonstrators carry flags of Lebanon and Palestine during a march near the White House in Washington, DC. Several thousand people demonstrated outside the White House to protest Israel's US-backed military operations in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.(AFP/Mandel Ngan) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060813/photos_ts_afp/22688e6388b4aa9c875246f1a50d6de2 People gather in Lafayette Park near the White House to protest against the Middle East conflict, in Washington August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060812/ids_photos_ts/r2685469099.jpg People march in a rally in Lafayette Park near the White House to protest against the Middle East conflict, in Washington August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060812/ids_photos_ts/r3920493747.jpg Muslim men pray in Lafayette Park near the White House before marching in a protest against the Middle East conflict, in Washington August 12, 2006. 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