Labor Beat: Stop the Siege on Gaza Now

On January 29, 2008 a spirited protest took place in front of a North Side Chicago theater that was hosting a benefit for the "young leadership of the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces". The IDF has blocked humanitarian supplies going into to Gaza, which has been put under siege by the Israeli government. This type of collective punishment is a war crime. The action was endorsed by a number of organizations, including International Solidarity Movement, ANSWER-Chicago, Palestinian Solidarity Group, ISO, and others.

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• Gaza
• Zionism
• Siege
• Israeli
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• Forces
• Palestine
• War
• Crime

[CreativeSlug]

If you murder innocent civilians; mothers/children,indiscriminat­ely killing. It is the extermination of the Palestinans

[jrfinkel]

"ichirojm" asks, "What difference is there from the Germans doing to [Jews] in the 40s then what [Jews] are doing to the Palestine people now?"

Israel does not act in the name of all Jews. Many of us oppose their atrocities.

But, Israel is not exterminating Palestinians, as the Nazis did to Jews and Roma. Their actual atrocities should not be hidden behind a lie that equates Israel with the Nazis. It is harmful to the movement for justice.

[ichirojm]

what difference is there from the Germans doing to you in the 40's then what you are doing to the Palestine people now.You have live in a dream for the last 60 years,because of your power,you have gone on to take their land,have taken their dignity,their souls,their children,they are broke,humiliated,barred from thier homes like dogs,and you are asking for peace under your terms!give them what they want,their land.Give their their respect and they will respect you,say the magical word SORRY.lve

[mianym123]

israelies and anyone else who thinks that what israel is doing is self deffence is a RACIST NAZI who is very stupid or/ and thinks the world is stupid. israel chose war over peace by commiting a REAL holocaust against palistinan civilians on top of the occupation, siege and building more settlements....I tell israel you may try to control the media in the west as much as you can but the truth will always surfice.the whole world is watching what you're doing. no justice no peace

[sootykettel]

Its not just the illegal settelments, land confisication and the apartheid wall

Its not just your nasty online misinformation networks and hate bloggers

Its not just the turning of Gaza into the worlds larges prison and starving and bombing its ppl

Its not just because of you created the phony war on terror

Its not just that you've undermined the democratic system of the USA to your advantage

But that you still convince yoursleves that YOU are the victims that I find offensive.

[tareekhnawees]

It was Israel which broke the truce on the day of the US presidential elections, November 4:

Israel used this distraction to break the ceasefire between itself and Hamas by bombing the Gaza strip. Israel claimed this violation of the ceasefire was to prevent Hamas from digging tunnels into Israeli territory.

The very next day, Israel launched a terrorizing siege of Gaza.

[soliman120]

Israel is evil

[JohnnyRock2000]

The Jewish State is racist and evil. Ironic that it was established in part because of the same characteristics of Nazi Germany. Time to stop all support of Israel. Time to investigate all Jewish organizations throughout the world, starting with the U.S. All Jews are not racist but because the vast majority support Israel, they are guilty of supporting a racist and evil nation.

[jimj122680]

"israel" = terrorist state.

[araamb]

قال رسول الله (ص): الملک یبقی مع الکفر و لا یبقی مع الظلم