In NY, silent protest greets architect of Gaza onslaught

Alex Kane at the Indypendent has a report on the silent march tonight by hundreds outside the Waldorf, where an IDF fundraiser featured the Israeli military’s chief of general staff, Gabi Ashkenazi:

“Our idea is to show the totally atrocious contradiction of having a $1,000 a plate dinner for people who a year ago killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians,” said Dorothy Zellner, a founding member of Jews Say No!  “People who commit these kind of war crimes should not be celebrated and should not be welcome here in our city.”

Many lamented the fact that while [dinner speaker and IDF chief of general staff Gabi] Ashkenazi may be fearful of being arrested in European countries that adhere to the principle of universal jurisdiction, he is worry free about the United States.

“A terrorist, a war criminal, should not be dining in the streets of New York.  He belongs in jail,” said Dima Abisaab, a Lebanese-American activist with Al-Awda New York:  The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, which organized a separate rally across the street from the Waldorf…

Amer Shurrab, a Palestinian from the Gazan city of Khan Younis and a graduate of Middlebury College, participated in the silent protest.

“I’m here for my two brothers, who were shot at by the Israeli army over a year ago.  They were shot at, left to bleed to death by the Israeli army and denied medical help,” he said.  “I’m here for them, and I’m here for the over 1,400 innocent civilians who suffered the same fate and were subject to Israeli army war crimes.”

Related posts:

1. NPR describes Gaza onslaught as ’striking targets’
2. NPR describes Gaza onslaught as ’striking targets’
3. Natonal Lawyers Guild says Israel’s ‘onslaught’ in Gaza violated U.S. law

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