We urge all of our members and friends to come out and participate in the Rally and March on Saturday January 3, 2009.
Rally at Times Square, 42nd and 7th Avenue, 1:00 PM March to the Israeli mission on 42nd and 2nd Avenue.
Adalah-NY and friends will gather 12:40 PM at the North East corner of 39th St and 7th Ave. At 1:10 PM, we will join the protest and try to be near 41st St. and 7th Ave. Join us!
Saturday: we urge all of our members and friends to come out and participate in the Rally and March on Saturday January 3, 2009.
Rally at Times Square, 42nd and 7th Avenue, 1:00 PM March to the Israeli mission on 42nd and 2nd Avenue.
Adalah-NY and friends will gather 12:40 PM at the North East corner of 39th St and 7th Ave. At 1:10 PM, we will join the protest and try to be near 41st St. and 7th Ave. Join us!
Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East Media Contacts: info@adalahny.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York, NY – For the second day in a row, over a thousand New Yorkers marched through midtown Manhattan, chanting and carrying signs and Palestinian flags, to voice opposition and demand an end to Israel's assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In the last three days, Israel's bombing of Gaza has killed over 360 Palestinians. Reports indicate that at least 60 of those killed were women and children.
The Monday evening protest, which drew a diverse and noisy crowd of more than a thousand as well as substantial media, began at 5 PM with leafleting and chanting at Union Square and Herald Square. The energy grew during a symbolic funeral procession for Gaza's dead from Herald Square to Bryant Park, as marchers carried aloft two stretchers covered in black shrouds and flags, similar to those used in Palestinian funeral processions. The march culminated with loud chanting at the Israeli Consulate at 8:30 PM. It comes on the heels of a Sunday afternoon Manhattan march that drew over two thousand protesters, and will be followed by a Tuesday evening protest at the Israeli Consulate beginning at 5 PM.
