A demonstration in Whitehall, opposite Downing St on Saturday afternoon called to an end of the siege on Gaza. Pictures are copyright.
Free Palestine - End Gaza Seige
It's Kosher!
Whitehall was a busy place for democracy on Saturday afternoon. While the Freedom for Protest demonstrators were facing police outside Downing St, across the road there were two other demonstrations, one calling for an end to the seige on Gaza. There seemed to me to perhaps be a hundred or so people taking part, though I later watched an Internet TV report in which they were described as 'thousands'. I think more supporters arrived after I left, including Tony Benn.
Included among them were Jewish demonstrators, and a banner annnounced it was kosher to boycott Israeli products. This was from 'Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods', the J-BIG campaign set up last year as a part of the overall campaign to boycott Israeli goods (The BIG Campaign:
http://bigcampaign.org/.) These British Jewish peace activists feel that they will not be open to the charges of anti-Semitism often made by the Jewish community against those who oppose Israel's policies and in particular the occupation of Palestinian lands.
Included among them were Jewish demonstrators, and a banner annnounced it was kosher to boycott Israeli products. This was from 'Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods', the J-BIG campaign set up last year as a part of the overall campaign to boycott Israeli goods (The BIG Campaign:
http://bigcampaign.org/.) These British Jewish peace activists feel that they will not be open to the charges of anti-Semitism often made by the Jewish community against those who oppose Israel's policies and in particular the occupation of Palestinian lands.
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