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Protestors at the Western Wall Monday. (Reuters) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 20:25 26/11/2007 Right-wing activists hold anti-Annapolis rally at Western Wall By Haaretz Service Tags: U.S. Jews, peace process  Around 15,000 people on Monday took part in a demonstration at the Western Wall to protest the Middle East peace summit being held Tuesday in Annapolis, Maryland. Protest organizers questioned whether Israeli government representatives at the summit were heeding the wishes of the Jewish people and argued that the current Israeli government is behaving like a dictatorship. A separate protest organized by the West Bank Settlement Council is scheduled to be held Monday night at the Paris Square in Jerusalem. Advertisement The rally is part of ongoing efforts by right-wing activists to protest what they fear could be plans to divide Jerusalem and evacuate settlements in the West Bank. A coalition of dovish American Jewish organizations were to hold a rally for Israeli-Palestinian Peace to coincide with the peace conference on Tuesday. The rally, which will be held near a church in the Maryland city, will be jointly sponsored by Americans for Peace Now, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, Ameinu, Meretz USA, Habonim Dror, Hashomer Hatzair, Union of Progressive Zionists, The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, and Kesher ARZA. On Sunday, a march to an interfaith rally in Annapolis was called off because organizers were told local police could not spare the extra personnel needed along the route. Organizers had planned to walk from Temple Beth Shalom to a World War II memorial overlooking the U.S. Naval Academy, where the peace conference is scheduled for Tuesday. Participants ended up taking school buses to the rally instead. "As you can see, the march didn't happen, but that is a police decision and not a synagogue decision," Rabbi Ari Goldstein of Temple Beth Shalom told participants at the memorial. Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, president of The Israel Project, which helped prepare for the event, said authorities told organizers that there were not enough officers available to spread along the planned route. Several Anne Arundel County police monitored the flow of traffic at the memorial. "This conference is putting tremendous strain on the local security establishment," Mizrahi said. To have so many world leaders coming here, it's quite a strain." Related articles: Bush: Annapolis is a chance to 'redouble' bid for 2-state solution The Rosner Annapolis reader Making History: Key Mideast Documents More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us Do Jews have a say? How much influence should Diaspora Jews have over Israel's decision? Nixon's nuke concern Former U.S. president feared Israeli nukes would spark an arms race.   1.   Workmen`s Circle a bunch of Bundists 18:13  |  McQueen 26/11/07   2.   Sucking Up to Jew Haters - A Jewish Lefty Specialty 18:35  |  Tod Zuckerman 26/11/07   3.   What surprise - the "Jewish" leftists at a church 18:43  |  Binyamin Dissen 26/11/07   4.   #2 NEAR a church... 19:07  |  mich 26/11/07   5.   A anti-peace rally 19:14  |  Wendy 26/11/07   6.   2,000 attend anti-Annapolis `counter conference` in Gaza 19:21  |  Dov 26/11/07   7.   They should form a collation with Hamas. 19:29  |  emad matahin 26/11/07   8.   ROFL Secret about the picture 19:34  |  Nephtaly 26/11/07   9.   How many of these posters have been to the West Bank? 19:41  |  Don Camillo 26/11/07   10.   "Right Wing Activists" vs. "Dovish Coalition" 19:45  |  Aryeh 26/11/07   11.   re: #9 - "no reasonable person wants israel to dissapear"??? 21:41  |  david 26/11/07   12.   #9 Don Camillo and internationally designated borders 21:56  |  mich 26/11/07   13.   #9 for Don Camillo again 22:02  |  mich 26/11/07   14.   Israel`s Hizbo/Hamas partners 22:47  |  Cynical 26/11/07   15.   Internationaly Designated Borders 23:08  |  Yosef ben Shalom 26/11/07   16.   don camillo and international borders 23:24  |  victor hardman 26/11/07   17.   Peace Rally 23:48  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 26/11/07   18.   Why there is no Palestine the Palestinians are not Philistines 23:52  |  J. Isenhower, Yussef 26/11/07   19.   Right-wing rally 00:08  |  Gemma 27/11/07   20.   Oh how many of the Israeli protestors 02:12  |  dovale 27/11/07   21.   re: Dovale 06:45  |  Sam 27/11/07   22.   biased article title 06:47  |  Fred 27/11/07   23.   to Dovale, #20, re: army service 08:57  |  Eitan 27/11/07   24.   # 5 response 15:53  |  Christian Zionist 27/11/07   25.   #9-history lesson 00:08  |  scott 28/11/07   26.   Diaspora 07:27  |  Rachel Giambrone 30/11/07

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