“No, No, Fascism Will Not Pass”
Local Editor, 23-01-2010
At least 15 protesters were arrested yesterday as several hundred Palestinians and left-wing ‘Israelis' held their biggest demonstration yet against demolitions and evictions of eastern Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Palestinians designed to make way for Jewish settlers, The Independent reported.
The protest took place in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the inner-city district that has rapidly become the main flashpoint of the struggle.
Organizers said that two Palestinians had been injured by stone-throwing settlers during the demonstration.
The Zionist entity insists it annexed the eastern Arab sector of Al-Quds after the Six-Day War in 1967, the matter which is rejected by most of the international community who believe Al-Quds is the capital of the Palestinian state.
194 people were forcibly displaced from their homes in eastern Al-Quds by evictions and demolitions in the first half of 2009 alone, according to UN figures.
Prime Minister of the Zionist entity Benjamin Netanyha has repeatedly insisted that he has no intention of halting settlement in eastern Jerusalem (Al-Quds).
Yesterday's protest, the sixth of what has become a regular weekly event, was joined by prominent figures on the ‘Israeli' left, including Yossi Sarid, former leader of Meretz, and a prominent Haaretz columnist; Avraham Burg, a former Knesset speaker; the veteran human rights and political campaigner Uri Avnery; and Yariv Oppenheimer, former director of Peace Now.
Brandishing banners linking Jewish settlement with apartheid, some of the demonstrators chanted slogans like "No, no, fascism will not pass", "Don't despair Sheikh Jarrah, we will end the occupation" and "One two three four Occupation no more/five six seven eight, ‘Israel' is a fascist state."
One ‘Israeli' demonstrator hoisted on to his shoulder a small Palestinian boy who had been watching the protest so that he could lead the crowd in an Arabic chant of "Sheikh Jarrah for the Palestinians; evacuate the settlers."
Arab Knesset member Mohammed Barakeh told the crowd: "The issue isn't about a house here and a neighborhood there, but about the intention to empty Jerusalem of its Arab citizens. This is a crime against the Arab population and a crime against the peace process."
Mr Sarid said recent pessimistic remarks by Barack Obama about the prospects for a breakthrough had deepened his "disappointment" with the US and Europe for not doing more to end the conflict. "Without determined and active involvement of a third party there is not going to be a breakthrough," he said. "And without a breakthrough there will be another wave of bloodshed."
At least 15 protesters were arrested yesterday as several hundred Palestinians and left-wing ‘Israelis' held their biggest demonstration yet against demolitions and evictions of eastern Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Palestinians designed to make way for Jewish settlers, The Independent reported.
The protest took place in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the inner-city district that has rapidly become the main flashpoint of the struggle.
Organizers said that two Palestinians had been injured by stone-throwing settlers during the demonstration.
The Zionist entity insists it annexed the eastern Arab sector of Al-Quds after the Six-Day War in 1967, the matter which is rejected by most of the international community who believe Al-Quds is the capital of the Palestinian state.
194 people were forcibly displaced from their homes in eastern Al-Quds by evictions and demolitions in the first half of 2009 alone, according to UN figures.
Prime Minister of the Zionist entity Benjamin Netanyha has repeatedly insisted that he has no intention of halting settlement in eastern Jerusalem (Al-Quds).
Yesterday's protest, the sixth of what has become a regular weekly event, was joined by prominent figures on the ‘Israeli' left, including Yossi Sarid, former leader of Meretz, and a prominent Haaretz columnist; Avraham Burg, a former Knesset speaker; the veteran human rights and political campaigner Uri Avnery; and Yariv Oppenheimer, former director of Peace Now.
Brandishing banners linking Jewish settlement with apartheid, some of the demonstrators chanted slogans like "No, no, fascism will not pass", "Don't despair Sheikh Jarrah, we will end the occupation" and "One two three four Occupation no more/five six seven eight, ‘Israel' is a fascist state."
One ‘Israeli' demonstrator hoisted on to his shoulder a small Palestinian boy who had been watching the protest so that he could lead the crowd in an Arabic chant of "Sheikh Jarrah for the Palestinians; evacuate the settlers."
Arab Knesset member Mohammed Barakeh told the crowd: "The issue isn't about a house here and a neighborhood there, but about the intention to empty Jerusalem of its Arab citizens. This is a crime against the Arab population and a crime against the peace process."
Mr Sarid said recent pessimistic remarks by Barack Obama about the prospects for a breakthrough had deepened his "disappointment" with the US and Europe for not doing more to end the conflict. "Without determined and active involvement of a third party there is not going to be a breakthrough," he said. "And without a breakthrough there will be another wave of bloodshed."
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