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STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER
No. 1066 29 December 2008
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
T: 020 7278 6694
Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk
END ISRAEL’S BARBARITY
EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
SATURDAY 3 JANUARY: ASSEMBLE 2.0 PM
CENTRAL LONDON (LOCATION TO FOLLOW VERY SHORTLY)
Israel has launched a terror bombing against the people of
Gaza, with over 300 hundred dead and many hundreds more
injured. Not content after three days of devastating
slaughter, the Israeli government promises more barbarity to
come. The head of the Israeli military says, “This is only
the beginning”. The people of Gaza are asking, if this is
only the beginning, what will the end look like? (See
Cutting the wire: Gaza today: ‘This is only the beginning’)
An eye witness describes what happens when the world’s
fourth most heavily armed nation rains down such devastation
on the civilians of the world’s most densely populated area:
“People are going through the dead terrified of recognizing
a family member among them. The streets are strewn with
their bodies, their arms, legs, feet, some with shoes and
some without… Hospitals and morgues cannot cope and some of
the dead are still lying in the streets with their families
gathered around them, kissing their faces, holding on to
them. Outside the destroyed buildings old men are kneeling
on the floor weeping. Their slim hopes of finding their sons
still alive vanished after taking one look at what had
become of their office buildings.” (See
ei: “The amount of death and destruction is inconceivable”)
Protests against these atrocities have already taken place
across the world with two big demonstrations in London,
called at the shortest notice, blocking the roads to the
Israeli Embassy.
Now a national emergency demonstration in London has been
organised for Saturday 3 January. Called by Palestine
Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim
Initiative and many more organisations, the demonstration
will assemble in central London at 2.0 pm (location to
follow very shortly).
We need to mobilise in the largest possible numbers for the
emergency demonstration. Gordon Brown needs to be reminded
that Tony Blair’s support for Israel’s attack on Lebanon in
2006 lead to him being forced from office. The British
government must call for the bombing to stop now and for an
end to Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza over the past year,
which has inflicted near starvation and lack of essential
resources on its people.
Please do all you can to mobilise for the emergency
demonstration:
* Spread the word as widely as you can among your friends,
neighbours, work colleagues, fellow students.
* Download the demonstration flyer from the Stop the War
website, photocopy or print it, distribute it as widely as
you can (available shortly Stop the War Coalition Online)
* Take leaflets to your local community centre, mosque,
church, etc. Help leaflet tube and bus stations.
Stop the War is asking all of its local groups around the
country to mobilise support for the demonstration as widely
as possible.
EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
SATURDAY 3 JANUARY: ASSEMBLE 2.0 PM
CENTRAL LONDON (LOCATION TO FOLLOW VERY SHORTLY)
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EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR FUNDS
Helping to organise national demonstrations is very costly.
Stop the War urgently needs funds for Saturday’s
demonstration and for the other activities we have planned
for the coming months. Israel’s onslaught on Lebanon, the
continuing catastrophe of Afghanistan and Iraq, the threats
to extend war into Pakistan, the instability in the
Caucasus, Somalia and elsewhere show that the need for a
strong and active anti-war movement is as necessary as ever.
Please donate as generously as you can.
DONATE:
* ONLINE: Stop the War Coalition Online
* BY POST: Cheques made to “Stop the War Coalition”. Send to
27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP
* BY CREDIT/DEBIT CARD (from 5 January): Telephone 020 7278
6694
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its v sad that Israelies, who were victims of the most notorious genocide of the 20th century, seem relatively happy to victimise the Palestinians… :hopeless:
Do you think they are getting stuck in because of the political vacuum in the US? I just don’t see why they are doing it now…
From what I’ve read, based about Obama’s cabinet choices there’s nothing to suggest he’ll be changing course on Israel & Palestine unfortunately…
STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER
No. 1066 29 December 2008 UPDATE
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
T: 020 7278 6694
Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk
UPDATE TO NEWSLETTER 1066: (See previous mailing: End
Israel’s Barbarity)
DETAILS OF NATIONAL & LOCAL PROTESTS TO END BOMBING OF GAZA
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NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 2.0 PM PARLIAMENT SQUARE, W1.
Nearest tube Westminster. Called by Palestine Solidarity
Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative
and many other organisations.
PLEASE PUBLICISE AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AS WIDELY AS
POSSIBLE.
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OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS IN LONDON:
TUESDAY 30 DECEMBER, 2 – 4pm outside Israeli Embassy,
Kensington High Street, London, W4. Nearest tube
Kensingston High Street (turn right out of tube station and
walk along the main road.
WEDNESDAY 31 DECEMBER, 2 – 4pm outside Israeli Embassy
THURSDAY 1 JANUARY, 2 – 4pm outside Israeli Embassy
FRIDAY 2 JANUARY 2 – 4 pm. Outside the Egyptian Embassy, .
26 South Street, London, W1K 1DW. Call for Egypt to open
the border immediately.
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DEMONSTRATIONS ROUND THE COUNTRY
GLASGOW
Saturday 3 January 12 noon. Outside Lloyds TSB St Vincent
Street then assemble for demo at Blytheswood Square 2pm
EDINBURGH
Saturday 3 January 12 noon. Foot of the Mound, Princes
Street
BRISTOL
Centre, opposite the Hippodrome, Tuesday – Friday 5.00 –
6.00 and Saturday 3.00 – 4.00.
CARDIFF
Tuesday 30 December 12 to 1pm. outside Cardiff Market/ St
John’s Church, the Hayes
Wednesday 31 December New Year Vigil. Nye Bevan Statue,
Queen Street
NOTTINGHAM
Tuesday 30 December 12 noon, Market Square
SOUTHAMPTON
Tuesday 30 December 12 to 2pm, West Quay Entrance, High
Street
PORTSMOUTH
Saturday 3 January 11am, Guildhall Square
Organised by Portsmouth Network for a Just Settlement of the
Arab-Israeli Conflict, and Portsmouth Stop the War Coalition
HULL
Saturday 3 January, 11am. Queen Victoria Square.
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STOP THE WAR COALITION
30 December 2008
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
T: 020 7278 6694
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: GAZA NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
The time and assembly point for the HANDS OFF GAZA national
demonstration on Saturday 3 January have been changed. The
protest will now assemble at Embankment, London WC2 at
12.30pm. An updated leaflet for printing, photocopying etc
can be downloaded here: http://tinyurl.com/97udra
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 12.30 PM EMBANKMENT, LONDON WC2
Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross
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yeah, i think its (at least partly) hilary’s gig… :hopeless:
he did great with his environmental/energy appointments, as well, so its very sad he didnt do better.
Bunsen, have a look at Avaaz.com (I think) if you’re interested in this kind of stuff. They basically send you emails every so often asking you to sign a petition or donate to their campaigns which span a number of global issues, the Israel-Palestine crisis being one of them.
the rockets coming out of gaza are unregulated what else if there to do except fight back for the isrealis
I agree mate, If someone kept firing missiles at us and wouldn’t stop then you would try and stop them, any means necessary. It is a fucked up situation but what else can israel do? Talking hasn’t worked so military use is all thats left. Hamas are the ones that have fucked it for Palestine. Thats my just opinion tho.
STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER
No. 1067 31 December 2008
CORRECTION: GAZA DEMONSTRATION
Our apologies. The wrong date was given for this Saturday’s national demonstration in the second paragraph of Newsletter No. 1067. It should read:
A national emergency demonstration has been called for Saturday 3 January by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War, British Muslim Initiative, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and many other organisations, assembling at 12.30pm at Embankment WC2.
The correct date is given in all other references:
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 12.30 PM EMBANKMENT, LONDON WC2
Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross
LEAFLET FOR DOWNLOADING: http://tinyurl.com/97udra
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STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER
No. 1067 31 December 2008
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
T: 020 7278 6694
Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk
IN THIS NEWSLETTER
1) IF BRITAIN WAS GAZA…
2) WHAT YOU CAN DO
4) LOCAL PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
3) STATEMENT FROM TONY BENN
4) TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT THE DEMONSTRATION
5) FINANCIAL APPEAL
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1) IF BRITAIN WAS GAZA… 16,000 DEAD
In the last four days, Israel has killed close to 400
Palestinians in Gaza, which has a population of one and a
half million. A proportionately similar death toll in
Britain, with a population of 60 million, would be 16,000
dead in four days. If Britain was Gaza, Israel would be
condemned by the whole world for monstrous crimes against
humanity and forced to stop the carnage. The mealy mouthed
statements by governments so far are pitiful. Israel is only
able to act in this barbaric manner because of the support
it gets from governments who habitually turn a blind eye to
its war crimes. We must create a tidal wave of opinion
demanding an immediate end to the Israeli massacre.
This is why the demonstrations in Britain and around the
world this Saturday are so important. A national emergency
demonstration has been called for Saturday 3 September by
Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War, British Muslim
Initiative, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and many other
organisations, assembling at 12.30pm at Embankment WC2.
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 12.30 PM EMBANKMENT, LONDON WC2
Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross
LEAFLET FOR DOWNLOADING: http://tinyurl.com/97udra
DEMO UPDATES: Stop the War Coalition Online)
SEE BELOW FOR LOCAL PROTESTS.
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2) WHAT YOU CAN DO
Time is short but, as we showed in the two emergency
demonstrations organised to oppose Israel’s attack of
Lebanon in 2006, tens of thousands will support a protest
against such mass slaughter and devastation, if it is
publicised widely and quickly. Please help in any way you
can, e.g.:
* Encourage your family, friends, neighbours, work
colleagues, fellow students etc to join the national
demonstration;
* Download the demonstration leaflet from the Stop the War
Website (http://tinyurl.com/97udra) for printing or
photocopying. Distribute it as widely as you can in your
community;
* Visit community and church groups, mosques etc and
encourage support for the demonstration;
* Organise with friends to leaflet tube stations, bus
stations, shopping centres etc.
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3) LOCAL PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
Everyone who can should join the national demonstration in
London. For those who cannot, there are local protests in
Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds,
Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Norwich,
Portsmouth, Preston, Southampton, Swansea and Tunbridge
Wells. Details are on the Stop the War website and we will
post details for other local demonstrations as we receive
them.
FOR FULL DETAILS OF LOCAL DEMONSTRATIONS, SEE:
Stop the War Coalition Online
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4) STATEMENT FROM TONY BENN
Tony Benn, President of Stop the War Coalition, writes:
The Israeli Government, armed and supported by President
Bush, with its savage attack on the people of Gaza now
represents the greatest threat to security in the Middle
East and the world peace movement is mobilizing on a massive
scale to defeat this aggression. I appeal to everyone who
can possibly do so to attend the many demonstrations that
are being held here so that the British government is left
in no doubt as to the strength of opposition there is to
this war.
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5) TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT THE DEMONSTRATION
* 1. Close to 400 people have already been killed and Israel
is committed to continuing the mass murder. With Israeli
elections due in two months, all Israeli leaders are
competing over who is the toughest and who is ready to kill
more in Gaza.
* 2. Most of those killed have been civilians. The figure of
60 civilians which has been given out is nonsense, based on
the exclusion of all male victims from the dead.
* 3. Over 1000 people have been injured, many of them
seriously, with loss of limbs, eyes etc.
* 4. Despite letting in a little aid one day this week,
Israel is maintaining the most severe blockade seen anywhere
in the world for over 50 years, which starves Gaza of food,
medical supplies, water, fuel and other essential resources.
* 5. UN commissioner-general, Karen AbuZayd, says the
situation in the region is desperate: “There’s no fuel,
there’s no power plant, there’s no electricity working now.”
* 6. Medical services in Gaza, already depleted by the
Israeli siege over the last year, are close to collapse,
with doctors and nurses only able to deal with the most
serious cases, many injured left to die in hospital
corridors, the morgues full and ambulances not working for
lack of fuel and spare parts.
* 7. The UN, on which under the Israeli siege most people in
Gaza depend for food, has stopped distributing food because
its agencies have run out of fuel for vehicles. Nine out of
ten Gazans live below the poverty line, with many families
forced to eat grass to survive.
* 8. The infrastructure in many areas has been so destroyed
that residents have no access to water or electricity. The
UN says the Israeli blockade has resulted in Palestinians
receiving running water only once every five to seven days
* 9. Israel is in breach of many Geneva Conventions and
international laws amounting to war crimes, including,
wilful killing, extensive destruction of property not
justified by military necessity and collective punishment.
* 10. The condemnation of Israel’s actions must become so
overwhelming that it is forced to stop its policy of mass
murder and collective punishment against a defenceless
people.
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6) FINANCIAL APPEAL
Stop the War urgently needs funds to help organise
Saturday’s emergency demonstration and for the peace
activities we have planned for the coming months. Please
donate if you can. There are three ways to donate:
* ONLINE: Stop the War Coalition Online
* BY POST: Cheques made to “Stop the War Coalition”. Send to
27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP
* BY CREDIT/DEBIT CARD (from 5 January):
Telephone 020 7278 6694
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NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 12.30 PM EMBANKMENT, LONDON WC2
Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross
LEAFLET FOR DOWNLOADING: http://tinyurl.com/97udra
DEMO UPDATES: Stop the War Coalition Online)
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STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER
No. 1068 02 January 2009
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
T: 020 7278 6694
Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk
IN THIS NEWSLETTER
1) POLITICIANS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS JOIN GAZA PROTEST
2) SHOES OF OUTRAGE FOR GAZA
3) MASS PROTEST OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY
4) HELP STEWARD THE LONDON DEMONSTRATION
5) LOCAL ACTION ROUND THE COUNTRY
6) NO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA
7) FUNDS NEEDED URGENTLY
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1) POLITICIANS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS JOIN GAZA PROTEST
Singer Annie Lennox, human rights activist Bianca Jagger,
comedian and author Alexei Sayle, Ken Livingstone, Jeremy
Corbyn MP, writer Tariq Ali and musician Brian Eno are among
the prominent politicians, musicians, activists and writers
attending a press conference on Friday 2 January to urge
people to join Saturday’s demonstration in London.
All the signs are that this will be a very large
demonstration, reflecting the anger and outrage at Israel’s
barbaric devastation of Gaza and its people. Please do all
you can to encourage friends, relatives, work colleagues,
fellow students, etc, to join us. (For those unable to join
the national demonstration, see details of local protests
below).
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 12.30 PM EMBANKMENT, LONDON WC2
Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross
MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
LEAFLET FOR DOWNLOADING: http://tinyurl.com/97udra
DEMO UPDATES: Stop the War Coalition Online
TRANSPORT FOR NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION:
Local Stop the War groups who have arranged transport to
London include Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester and
Walsall. For details go to: Stop the War Coalition Online
SEE BELOW FOR LOCAL PROTESTS ROUND THE COUNTRY
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2) SHOES OF OUTRAGE FOR GAZA
With the death toll in Gaza now over 400, with 2000 more
injured, and with the United Nations saying the population
are on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, Gordon Brown
has cloaked himself in Tony Blair’s mantle. Brown says he
supports the call for a ceasefire but, just as Blair did in
the Lebanon war in 2006, Brown has slavishly tied himself to
George Bush in blocking a move by the United Nations to call
on Israel to stop bombing Gaza immediately.
In the spirit of Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi, who
used his shoes to protest over George Bush’s war crimes, and
to register our disgust at Brown’s hypocrisy, we are asking
protestors at London’s demonstration on Saturday 3 January
to bring old shoes to leave for Brown when the march passes
Downing Street.
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3) MASS PROTEST OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY
Following Saturday’s national demonstration, there will be a
mass protest outside the Israeli Embassy from 4.00 – 6.00
pm. Please join if you are attending the national
demonstration.
MASS PROTEST AT ISRAELI EMBASSY
After national demonstration
SATURDAY 3 JANUARY 4.00 – 6.00 PM
KENSINGTON HIGH STREET W8
(Nearest tube High Street Kensington)
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4) HELP STEWARD THE LONDON DEMONSTRATION
With a large turnout expected on Saturday we need more
stewards to help organise the demonstration. If you would
like to help, call or text 07958 745802
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5) LOCAL PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
For people unable to attend the London national
demonstration there are an ever growing number of local
protests, which we are publicising as soon as we receive
details. The current list is Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol,
Cardiff, Caernarfon, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hull,
Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham,
Norwich, Portsmouth, Preston, Sheffield, Southampton,
Swansea, Tunbridge Wells, Walsall and York.
FOR FULL DETAILS OF LOCAL DEMONSTRATIONS, SEE:
Stop the War Coalition Online
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6) NO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA
* TZIPI LIVNI, Israel’s foreign minister:
“There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza and therefore there
is no need for a humanitarian truce.”
* RICHARD FALK, United Nations Human Rights Council:
The Israeli airstrikes, and the catastrophic human toll that
they caused, challenge those countries that have been and
remain complicit, either directly or indirectly, in Israel’s
violations of international law. That complicity includes
those countries knowingly providing the military equipment
including warplanes and missiles used in these illegal
attacks, as well as those countries who have supported and
participated in the siege of Gaza that itself has caused a
humanitarian catastrophe.
I remind all member states of the United Nations that the UN
continues to be bound to an independent obligation to
protect any civilian population facing massive violations of
international humanitarian law – regardless of what country
may be responsible for those violations. I call on all
Member States, as well as officials and every relevant organ
of the United Nations system, to move on an emergency basis
not only to condemn Israel’s serious violations, but to
develop new approaches to providing real protection for the
Palestinian people. (SEE ZNet – Israeli War Crimes Statement)
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7) FUNDS NEEDED URGENTLY
Stop the War urgently needs funds to help organise
Saturday’s emergency demonstration and for the peace
activities we have planned for the coming months. Please
donate if you can. There are three ways to donate:
* ONLINE: Stop the War Coalition Online ;
* BY POST: Cheques made to “Stop the War Coalition”. Send to
27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP
* BY CREDIT/DEBIT CARD (from 5 January): Tel 020 7278 6694
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NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 12.30 PM EMBANKMENT, LONDON WC2
Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross
MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
LEAFLET FOR DOWNLOADING: http://tinyurl.com/97udra
DEMO UPDATES: Stop the War Coalition Online)
MASS PROTEST AT ISRAELI EMBASSY
After national demonstration
SATURDAY 3 JANUARY 4.00 – 6.00 PM
KENSINGTON HIGH STREET W8
(Nearest tube High Street Kensington)
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im not sure whose in the right, i need to read more into this
Both sides are in the wrong on a moral scale but militarily it’s Hamas that have provoked this. Israel is demanding Hamas stop firing missiles into Israel. Hamas ain’t listening and carry on firing em. Israel launches air strikes and now a possible ground invasion. This hasn’t happened just on the whim of a few. Israel has been preparing this for the last 6 months. Hamas have only themselves to blame for this imo.
Poke a lion with a stick and it’s gonna fuck you up eventually.
Its just not cricket.
Stupid situation & one I dont want to have an opinion on.
Most people jump on the band wagon without a forethought because Palistine seem to be winning the media war. Seen the same thing happen in the Balkans crisis & Northern Ireland the side that shouts loudest and often enough wins.
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