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Israeli Consulate's balloon exhibit near UN building in New York. (Photo: Hilla Hoitash)
Last update - 06:45 25/01/2008
Israeli mission in N.Y. displays 4,200 balloons, one for each Qassam
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israeli Consulate 

As the United Nations Security Council deliberates over the crisis in Gaza, the Israeli Consulate in New York organized a display featuring 4,200 red balloons - each balloon symbolizing a Qassam rocket fired by Palestinians at Sderot and nearby communities since Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip - in front of UN headquarters on Thursday.

"The object of the display is to highlight the suffering of the residents of Sderot to the world," said David Saranga, the Media and Public Affairs Consul who introduced the idea. "To this day, all efforts at bringing this issue onto the U.S. media agenda have not succeeded. On the contrary, recently the coverage of the suffering of the people in Gaza has increased in the wake of Israel's measures."

Saranga said the purpose of the display is "to emphasize the incessant barrage of Qassam rockets and to call on the international community to stop ignoring what takes place in Israel."
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      1.   We should also have a virtual baloon exhibit 22:38  |  Michael 24/01/08
      2.   Lebanon 23:03  |  Mike 24/01/08
      3.   Cheap balloons, 4200 balloons for $1 23:07  |  John The Baptist 24/01/08
      4.   Rockets in Israel 23:07  |  Martha Yager 24/01/08
      5.   you bet your ... 23:16  |  Faris 24/01/08
      6.   How About 4200 IDF Missiles For Each Kassem 23:20  |  Raoul Isaac 24/01/08
      7.   Beter buy lots more ballons 23:21  |  spyguy 24/01/08
      8.   balloons 23:23  |  sharona 24/01/08
      9.   Why not lollipops they suck too 23:25  |  Nussan 24/01/08
      10.   Please recast this article 23:35  |  Iz Ray Leigh 24/01/08
      11.   propaganda at its best 23:42  |  attack 24/01/08
      12.   Is this the best Olmert can do against rocket assaults on us? 23:51  |  bat yam 24/01/08
      13.   how about 4000 baloons for every dead Palestinian 23:52  |  Leona 24/01/08
      14.   If Israel deals with baloons and Pals with kites 23:53  |  dovale 24/01/08
      15.   For an even bigger show in front of the UN 23:54  |  Clickfool 24/01/08
      16.   100,000 balloons for each israeli missle fired into gaza 00:05  |  avi 25/01/08
      17.   #2 faris...really? 00:10  |  DR 25/01/08
      18.   not enough balloons 00:12  |  pal 25/01/08
      19.   Yawn! 00:12  |  Paulo 25/01/08
      20.   baloons, would you believe! 00:27  |  hollingsworth 25/01/08
      21.   I popped a balloon 00:37  |  Sam 25/01/08
      22.   Stupid jews trying to appease the goyim 00:49  |  Ben 25/01/08
      23.   #5 Raoul: I nominate you for PM of Israel 00:51  |  Ben 25/01/08
      24.   Balloons are not the only ones full of hot air 01:02  |  Bryan 25/01/08
      25.   Baloons ain`t gonna solve the main problem"THE OCCUPATION" 01:12  |  Hipocrisy Monitor 25/01/08
      26.   Hey Jew-Haters: You know that Retaliatilon is caused by QASSAMS!! 01:19  |  Vittorio 25/01/08
      27.   FEAR THE QASSAMS! 01:35  |  David 25/01/08
      28.   such hypocrits 01:39  |  Ben 25/01/08
      29.   # 9 bat yam....every nasty racist member of the UN 01:42  |  Lynn 25/01/08
      30.   I vote for displaying huge photographs..... 01:58  |  Deborah 25/01/08
      31.   Faris Zaidan`s Brain Is Off 02:09  |  Tex 25/01/08
      32.   Jew Haters Flocking to Haaretz 02:13  |  Tex 25/01/08
      33.   And I thought it`s 1 baloon for each dead Palestinian 02:24  |  Roi 25/01/08
      34.   How about one red balloon for every Israeli cluster bomb 02:28  |  Olmert 25/01/08
      35.   22 Lynn. Whoopee. While the racists have to walk past balloons... 02:44  |  bat yam 25/01/08
      36.   One red balloon for every Jew killed by a Kassam 02:58  |  Gever 25/01/08
      37.   Balloons for dead Palestinians 03:02  |  Upholder of Truth 25/01/08
      38.   Beware naughty children, they love deflating balloons 03:04  |  nobodysacred 25/01/08
      39.   14,600 ballons for every day of occupation 03:04  |  JJ 25/01/08
      40.   how very vulgar 03:09  |  jan 25/01/08
      41.   The balloons-theatre 03:11  |  Nixo 25/01/08
      42.   A desperate act 03:17  |  M.O. 25/01/08
      43.   Full of hot air..just like Israel 03:38  |  Tim 25/01/08
      44.   4200 missiles each sent for one purpose.Kill Israeli civiillians 04:13  |  PETER SM 25/01/08
      45.   SAM.Why not protest Pals.sending their children into harm 04:25  |  PETER SM 25/01/08
      46.   What about the photos... 04:25  |  Maureen Ann 25/01/08
      47.   Save em 04:31  |  Denise 25/01/08
      48.   4,200 balloons, i.e. ONE for each Qassam 04:32  |  Serge 25/01/08
      49.   Sam, destroying property in NYC? 05:07  |  It`s vandalism 25/01/08
      50.   Qassams, Shmassams 05:09  |  Gray 25/01/08
      51.   IMPOTENT DISPLAY:RETAKE GAZA,WIPE OUT TERROR,PROTECT ISRAEL,DO SM 05:12  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 25/01/08
      52.   DEBORAH I vote for huge photos of racist incitement in Pal media 05:12  |  PETER SM 25/01/08
      53.   what should israel do bryan? 05:18  |  ben 25/01/08
      54.   Not winning the propaganda war, guys..... 05:22  |  Johnboy 25/01/08
      55.   Hey Arab-Haters: You know that Qassams are caused by IDF bombs 06:17  |  Gray 25/01/08
      56.   It`s Vandalism 07:22  |  Sam 25/01/08
      57.   Ben - move beyond cheap slogans 07:38  |  Bryan 25/01/08
      58.   JOHNBOY not winning the commonsense or honesty war 07:50  |  PETER SM 25/01/08
      59.   Israeli propaganda efforts have not entered the 21st century yet 07:57  |  Natallie Durson 25/01/08
      60.   balloons 10:38  |  tina 25/01/08
      61.   There are not enough balloons in the world 16:55  |  John 25/01/08
      62.   proposal 17:34  |  hollingsworth 25/01/08
      63.   25 19:01  |  Joey 26/01/08
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