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Demonstrators marching in Tel Aviv to protest against Israel's offensive in Lebanon. (Dudu Bachar)
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Anti-war Tel Aviv rally draws Jewish, Israeli Arab crowd
By Lily Galili, Haaretz Correspondent
 

More than 2,500 people on Saturday attended a demonstration against the war in Lebanon, marching from Tel Aviv's Rabin Square to a rally at the Cinemateque plaza.

The rally was the first of its kind protesting against the IDF's offensive in Lebanon. Unlike previous anti-war protests in israel, major Arab organizations in Israel - among them Hadash and Balad -participated in the event in large numbers.

They were joined by the left flank of the Zionist Left -former Meretz leader Shulamit Aloni and Prof. Galia Golan, alongside the radical left of Gush Shalom, the refusal to serve movement Yesh Gvul, Anarchists Against the Wall, Coalition of Women for Peace, Taayush and others.
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These Jewish and Arab groups ordinarily shy away from joint activity. They couldn't come up with a unifying slogan this time either, except for the call to stop the war and start talking. However, protest veterans noted that in the Lebanon War of 1982 it took more than 10 days of warfare to bring out this many protesters, marking the first crack in the consensus.

The protest drew some new faces, like Tehiya Regev of Carmiel, whose two neighbors were killed in a Katyusha attack on the city. "This war is not headed in the right direction," she told Haaretz; "the captured soldiers have long since been forgotten, so I came to call for an immediate stop to this foolish and cruel war."

The rally, which received wide international press coverage, had a theme unfamiliar from previous demonstrations here. Beside the usual calls for the prime minister and defense minister to resign, this was a distinctly anti-American protest. Alongside chants of "We will not kill, we will not die in the name of Zionism" there were chants of "We will not die and
ill not kill in the service of the United States," and slogans condemning President George W. Bush.
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  1.   Protest 23:59  |  Proud Zionist 22/07/06
  2.   protest 00:01  |  dov epstein 23/07/06
  3.   Gov`t should offer these people free mental care 00:05  |  Get well soon... 23/07/06
  4.   Shame on the demonstrators 00:21  |  Gali 23/07/06
  5.   Anti War protest by Jews 00:27  |  Siva 23/07/06
  6.   To Leon Rosgarten 00:37  |  Trond 23/07/06
  7.   History has shown that this was to be expected. 00:39  |  Ben 23/07/06
  8.   ANTIWAR ANTIBUSH 00:43  |  MARIA TORON 23/07/06
  9.   Prof. Galia Golan is a covert expansionist Zionist 00:50  |  Absolute Sweden 23/07/06
  10.   protest 00:51  |  thomas j hussey 23/07/06
  11.   Don`t you mean POST-Zionist left? 00:55  |  Gary 23/07/06
  12.   Stop Israeli terrorism 00:58  |  A Human 23/07/06
  13.   end the war? After you... 01:01  |  Sharon 23/07/06
  14.   Sivam, you mean democracy 01:01  |  Tulip 23/07/06
  15.   Unfortunally this are the worst some of the enmies 01:02  |  Cristiano 23/07/06
  16.   wonderful example for the children : 01:07  |  phil le dard 23/07/06
  17.   They couldn`t hold the guy parade march... 01:09  |  Alessandro 23/07/06
  18.   Leon`s rocket 01:10  |  Werner von Braun 23/07/06
  19.   To Leon Rosgarten 01:13  |  Pandabear 23/07/06
  20.   Reply to #6 Siva 01:14  |  Phil B. 23/07/06
  21.   Reply to proud zionist 01:17  |  woodlawn 23/07/06
  22.   GALI 01:17  |  isaac 23/07/06
  23.   Fixing the Left gene pool 01:25  |  Rajiv Singh 23/07/06
  24.   The kidnapped soldiers 01:27  |  KUTW 23/07/06
  25.   Are you guys mad? 01:27  |  Benedict White 23/07/06
  26.   Jew hating Jews 01:31  |  Bob M 23/07/06
  27.   anit war wake up you fools 01:33  |  big g 23/07/06
  28.   They should have protested in Zfat, Haifa or 01:35  |  Sal 23/07/06
  29.   Look behind the scenes to see who`s sponsoring them 01:38  |  Nannette 23/07/06
  30.   Isaac you are right 01:43  |  Gali 23/07/06
  31.   Shame On You 01:44  |  Gadi Peller 23/07/06
  32.   While Haifa and Galilee burn, Red Tel Aviv attacks Israel 02:01  |  Jake 23/07/06
  33.   woodlawn re PZ 02:02  |  KUTW 23/07/06
  34.   Stop Israeli Terror 02:06  |  ivena 23/07/06
  35.   Kudos to the Gay Pride organizers 02:06  |  Jake 23/07/06
  36.   To Siva in her safe haven of New Zealand 02:07  |  Humanitarian 23/07/06
  37.   Reply to Proud Zionish 02:08  |  Ivena 23/07/06
  38.   why not 02:12  |  LATIF 23/07/06
  39.   Pathetic 02:12  |  Leb 23/07/06
  40.   Mr Benedict White wears blinkers 02:12  |  ky s 23/07/06
  41.   voice of reason 02:14  |  alex nissen 23/07/06
  42.   22Benedict White: Are you guy mad? 02:15  |  KUTW 23/07/06
  43.   All the Power to These People!!! 02:16  |  Riki 23/07/06
  44.   Anti-War Rally 02:17  |  Irena 23/07/06
  45.   Proud anti-zionist 02:20  |  wibism 23/07/06
  46.   talk is cheap 02:21  |  hauoli 23/07/06
  47.   #9-Civilized and Human people defend civilization&Humanity 02:29  |  Ben 23/07/06
  48.   Democracy? 02:29  |  Amir 23/07/06
  49.   Hold it... 02:30  |  Scott 23/07/06
  50.   Hold it... 02:33  |  Sofer 23/07/06
  51.   ISRAEL SOLIDARITY RALLY, London, Sunday, 23 July 02:34  |  Nannette 23/07/06
  52.   2,500 protesters won`t be enough 02:34  |  Roi 23/07/06
  53.   To Leon Rosgarten 02:35  |  christoph 23/07/06
  54.   Overkill 02:37  |  Michael Cunningham 23/07/06
  55.   To Benedict White 02:38  |  Gali 23/07/06
  56.   To defend a nation with dignity #9 02:40  |  charro 23/07/06
  57.   wonderful idea 02:44  |  David 23/07/06
  58.   To Siva 02:50  |  The Truth 23/07/06
  59.   Leon Rosgarten 02:51  |  Connie 23/07/06
  60.   GROUND ZERO 02:53  |  Yuval 23/07/06
  61.   Siva 02:55  |  Connie 23/07/06
  62.   anti war demos 02:56  |  hfranco 23/07/06
  63.   Benedict White 03:07  |  Connie 23/07/06
  64.   To KY S, I don`t wear blinkers 03:09  |  Benedict White 23/07/06
  65.   wibism 03:12  |  Connie 23/07/06
  66.   to KUTW: Neither did I forget the 2 soldiers 03:15  |  Roi 23/07/06
  67.   A human in denmark? 03:23  |  Connie 23/07/06
  68.   Amir - why does it only come from one side? 03:26  |  DavidAK 23/07/06
  69.   Ricki 03:30  |  Ky s 23/07/06
  70.   Protesters are courageous and correct 03:31  |  J. Karp 23/07/06
  71.   Gush Shalom 03:40  |  Big G 23/07/06
  72.   free speech 03:45  |  the rest of us 23/07/06
  73.   Courageous protestors 03:47  |  Jeremiah 23/07/06
  74.   Most Israelis Want Peace...Why Not? 03:50  |  Peace 23/07/06
  75.   Why protest in Tel Aviv? 04:04  |  Nechama 23/07/06
  76.   Go to Iran!!! 04:07  |  Matthew 23/07/06
  77.   What`s wrong with you people? 04:07  |  Sara 23/07/06
  78.   while they are good people, it is still a sideshow 04:11  |  omolll 23/07/06
  79.   violance can only lead to violance 04:16  |  sarah 23/07/06
  80.   You address the root of terror i.e. occupation 04:23  |  aa 23/07/06
  81.   Jake (Post No. 24) 04:24  |  Johnny Weintraub 23/07/06
  82.   Put em on a bus 04:25  |  dave 23/07/06
  83.   Why not help us in the North 04:36  |  Chaya 23/07/06
  84.   tel aviv anti war rally 04:48  |  peter 23/07/06
  85.   Anti-War Tel Aviv rally 05:03  |  ned needham 23/07/06
  86.   Thanks to Roi and all Israelies 05:08  |  aa 23/07/06
  87.   Moral Country 05:10  |  Abe 23/07/06
  88.   before and after 05:19  |  Charley 23/07/06
  89.   To Humanitarian: who doesn`t understand NZ history 05:25  |  Sean 23/07/06
  90.   whats wrong with you people? 05:27  |  Ronit 23/07/06
  91.   Frightening Emtionalism 05:33  |  Harry D 23/07/06
  92.   Tulip #11 05:38  |  Harry D 23/07/06
  93.   Protesters 05:41  |  Twogunz 23/07/06
  94.   protest 06:00  |  mark katzman 23/07/06
  95.   seanirl 06:04  |  Connie 23/07/06
  96.   Anti-War Rally 06:05  |  Lynn 23/07/06
  97.   Thank you! 06:27  |  Stephan C. 23/07/06
  98.   Moral conscience 06:29  |  karma 23/07/06
  99.   anti war demonstration 06:35  |  dale 23/07/06
  100.   HAARET DID YOU PLAN ANTI-WAR TEL AVIV RALLY? 06:51  |  ROBERT 23/07/06
  101.   Answering, aa You address the root of terror i.e. occupation 06:54  |  xx 23/07/06
  102.   to proud zionist 06:57  |  tal 23/07/06
  103.   Demonstration 06:57  |  Vital 23/07/06
  104.   GILAD SHALIT,EHUD GOLDWASSER,ELAD REGEV. 06:58  |  FED UP 23/07/06
  105.   war 06:59  |  izaak 23/07/06
  106.   Protest 07:11  |  Matthew Pawlikowski 23/07/06
  107.   PS 07:14  |  Matthew Pawlikowski 23/07/06
  108.   Who is the self hating Jew? 07:17  |  Canadian 23/07/06
  109.   It`s really quite simple 07:20  |  Tim 23/07/06
  110.   "massive" protest in Tel Aviv????????? 07:20  |  in israel 23/07/06
  111.   In a democracy its o.k. Let the nuts protest 07:30  |  Judah 23/07/06
  112.   Ship the arabs from Israel to Iran and syria 07:32  |  charro 23/07/06
  113.   Re Antiwar rally, Lynn 07:38  |  Dav 23/07/06
  114.   Anti-war Rally 07:57  |  Sharon Kinski 23/07/06
  115.   To Sean of New Zealand 08:05  |  Chasa 23/07/06
  116.   Israel caught between a rock and hard place 08:14  |  Quandra 23/07/06
  117.   For non-Jewish readers 08:42  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/07/06
  118.   Respect and loyalty 08:51  |  sh 23/07/06
  119.   to 5. Riva - Anti War protest by Jews 08:54  |  Debbie 23/07/06
  120.   Re Courageous Protestors 09:02  |  Brad 23/07/06
  121.   AntiWar goes Both Ways 09:23  |  Ali Khaliq 23/07/06
  122.   protest in tel aviv 10:34  |  supporter of israel 23/07/06
  123.   Israeli protest on IDF 12:41  |  Siva 23/07/06
  124.   You are right in protesting! Just do it in Haifa or Kiriat Shmone 12:47  |  Alon 23/07/06
  125.   #29 Nanette: nowadays it`s "terrorism" 12:52  |  Bor de Wolf 23/07/06
  126.   #42 KUTW: villifying the protestors 13:00  |  Bor de Wolf 23/07/06
  127.   Thank you! 13:07  |  Israeli Girl 23/07/06
  128.   Thank you, demonstrators 13:12  |  Israeli girl 23/07/06
  129.   Protest 13:42  |  Michael Cantwell 23/07/06
  130.   Bor de Wolf versus Juffrouw Ooievaar posts 125 & 126 15:12  |  Tulip 23/07/06
  131.   Jews love to argue 15:58  |  JJ Doyle 23/07/06
  132.   Britain supports you 16:02  |  Dave 23/07/06
  133.   from australia 18:01  |  terry 23/07/06
  134.   It takes Jews to equally see wrong on both sides 18:14  |  R. Higgins 23/07/06
  135.   Psychosis 18:16  |  Purusha 23/07/06
  136.   Bor de Wolff to Juffrouw Ooievaar 19:25  |  Bor de Wolf 23/07/06
  137.   puppet 20:54  |  american 23/07/06
  138.   Anti War Demonstration KUTW 03:47  |  Lynn 24/07/06
  139.   Free mental Health care 03:49  |  Lynn 24/07/06
  140.   defensive mechanism 04:10  |  jane 24/07/06
  141.   Anti Fascist, Pro Peace 05:14  |  Spinoza750 24/07/06
  142.   anti-war rally 07:06  |  henry 24/07/06
  143.   Peace now 07:13  |  karen 24/07/06
  144.   Response to "Shame on the Demonstrators" post 12:54  |  Beatrice 29/07/06
  145.   Fascism 17:16  |  Yakov 29/07/06
  146.   antiwar protests in israel 14:37  |  ksenija gburcik 30/07/06
  147.   Reply to "History as shown..." 18:04  |  Mike 31/07/06
  148.   Deathe to Israel and all its supporters 18:15  |  Goliat 31/07/06
  149.   Amazement 21:47  |  D 31/07/06
  150.   Why 23:50  |  Dan 31/07/06
  151.   Warning - Depleted Uranium Bombs? 00:29  |  Max 01/08/06
  152.   Surprise of Surprises 01:18  |  Cadavre 01/08/06
  153.   Listen up ya`ll 02:33  |  We Are All Connected 01/08/06
  154.   bravo 06:59  |  ZK 01/08/06
  155.   PROUD MUSLIM 09:29  |  K 01/08/06
  156.   Why shame on the demonstrators? 03:04  |  Efam 04/08/06
  157.   We are our own worst enemies... 06:08  |  Laurie 09/08/06
  158.   Brilliant 20:23  |  Chig 25/08/06
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