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Anti-war protesters gather
SEVERAL thousand people have gathered in the centre of Sydney, calling on the world to "give peace a chance" in the Middle East.
Protesters carrying Australian and Lebanese flags and placards have converged on Town Hall and blocked off George Street, in Sydney's CBD.
Organisers are expecting up to 20,000 people to rally today and demand an end to Israel's attack on Lebanon and Palestine.
They have stressed today's protest will be a peaceful one and have warned demonstrators not to burn flags.
"For the sake of everyone and for the sake of the people we are trying to support (those in Lebanon) – they don't want this to be violent. They have had enough violence," an unnamed organiser told the crowd.
After 1pm (AEST), the crowd will march down George Street to King Street and into Martin Place.
Mid East policy a failure, rally told
July 22, 2006 04:54pm
THE deputy chairman of the Australian Arabic Council (AAC) has told a Melbourne rally against Israeli attacks on Lebanon that Australia's foreign policy is a failure.
Several hundred people turned out for the Rally for Peace and Justice in Lebanon which started outside the State Library in Swanston Street about 2pm (AEST).
The protest, organised by the Committee for Peace and Justice in Lebanon, Victorian Peace Network and AAC, called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
AAC deputy chairman Taimor Hazou, who was one of the speakers at the rally, said Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer had failed to pressure for a ceasefire.
"The inability to pressure for a ceasefire is a perfect illustration of the failure of our Middle East policy," Mr Hazou said.
"Our influence is insignificant.
"Australia has done the bidding of Israel and the US, yet the impact and relevance of this relationship is negligible when it concerns Australians or Australian interests.
"The Government should support the United Nations and demand an immediate ceasefire."
Mr Hazou said Israel had responded to the kidnapping of soldiers in Gaza and southern Lebanon with a "disproportionate use of force".
"There should be no mistake that what Israel is doing amounts to collective punishment ... it is deliberately imposing suffering and infrastructural damage on civilians in both Gaza and Lebanon," Mr Hazou said.
the_godfather4 said:Hey didnt I see you guys at Cronulla last year?????
Educate yourself with more than just CNN and then post your sweeping general statements........no wonder meatheads like G.W.Bush get re-elected........
This garbage does not even deserve correction........
I think this thread needs to be retitled "Deceptive white supremacist support"
TheAnalyst said:These statements are facts "Godfather" and dont expect us to censor facts! if you dont like it dont ask us to lie about what is really and actually going on.
You can always start a new thread.
the_godfather4
Hey didnt I see you guys at Cronulla last year?????
Educate yourself with more than just CNN and then post your sweeping general statements........no wonder meatheads like G.W.Bush get re-elected........
This garbage does not even deserve correction........
I think this thread needs to be retitled "Deceptive white supremacist support"
the_godfather4 said:Hey didnt I see you guys at Cronulla last year?????
Educate yourself with more than just CNN and then post your sweeping general statements........no wonder meatheads like G.W.Bush get re-elected........
This garbage does not even deserve correction........
I think this thread needs to be retitled "Deceptive white supremacist support"
TheAnalyst said:GodFather
what you need to do is study the whole history of Israel and the reasons for its rebirth as a nation in 1948 and find out the reasons why the Arabs hate them and want them driven into the sea and how the Arab leaders have propagated racism and lies about them. What is terribble is these people have brang their racism and murderous doctrine to our land and it was ignored from the beginning and we actually have a bigger problem than our intelligence services are telling us.
wayneL said:Fair enough Analyst. But my point is that the other mob ain't skeaky clean either. Lets not get carried away with the lop-sided analysis. Lets examine history from both points of view.
Cheers
TheAnalyst said:Hi Wayne
My point is what the protesters failed to denounce which to me and others says a lot about their real motives and have never seen Jews behave this way in Australia.
wayneL said:But have you seen the way they are behaving in Lebonon? The people being killed are not Hezbollah, just folks tryng to get by in the world.
Speaking of history, the irony is that the zionists practised terrorism against the British in palestine.
There is no difference between these two opponents. Terrorists are terrorists whether guerillas or government, whether Israeli or Arab... or American or British for that matter, muslim, jew, christian, or hindu.
What is happening in the Mid East is terrorism... from both sides. Dropping bombs or firing missiles into civilian areas is terrorism.
TheAnalyst said:Dont forget after Britian helped the Jews establish their own land again they then trained the Jordianians and the Ejyptians to kill them but the Israeli's were good at shooting down British war planes.
TheAnalyst said:So lets conentrate on what they are trying to spread in Australia.
TheAnalyst said:Just read what the protests were about Wayne a one sided story with lots of pieces missing.....you must be very niave.....leave it at that.
wayneL said:Now you're going ad hominem. That usually means someone is finding it difficult justifying their position with logic. So just start casting aspersions.
Weak as p&^%.
wayneL said:What are they trying to spread?
TheAnalyst said:Whatever Wayne.........
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