Monday, May 31, 2010

Long past time to boycott pariah nation

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Hundreds of peace activists, some solemn, some angry, turned out on a few hour's notice in downtown San Francisco this afternoon to express their outrage over Israel's attack on ships carrying humanitarian supplies to blocked Gaza.

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The assault, which killed some number of the people bringing the supplies, confirms the truth of this gentleman's sign.

As Naomi Klein says,

It's time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa.

1 comment:

Nance said...

Who ever thought there'd be the need for a call like this? We live in strange times.