Thousands To Attend Israel PR Protests Against Hamas Gaza Terror Attacks

By Monique Lester
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem --- January 2, 2009...... Thousands of Jews and Christians from New York, London, Toronto, Miami, Washington, Los Angeles and Tel Aviv are expected to protest Hamas terror attacks from Gaza this Saturday.

The Join Us to Counter-Protest Against Hamas Terrorism will take place in New York on Saturday, at 1 p.m., on Jan. 3, at Times Square, (42nd St. and 7th Ave.). Israel public relations organizers are requesting that the protesters bring signs.

Organizers state: "that Israel's enemies have planned their rallies for Saturday to avoid a counter-rally. Even on Shabbos, the Jewish people must resist when it is a matter of life and death. Stay in the City and walk to the event." The contact in New York for the pro Israel protest is Buddy Macy of Grassroots Activists For Israel at telephone 973-785-0057.

The Toronto Israel Counter-Rally against Hamas terrorism in Gaza is organized by The Jewish Defence League which will lead a Counter-Protest of this rally in Toronto, Canada this Shabbat, January 3rd at 2:00 in the afternoon. The Israel protest against Hamas terrorism in Gaza will be held at Dundas Square, which is on the SE Corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets.

Israel PR organizers for the Israel Counter-Rally against Hamas terrorism in Gaza are requesting protesters to gather at 1:30 p.m. at the Southwest Corner of Dundas and Yonge Streets, in front of the Eaton Centre. Organizers request that demonstrators bring Israel Flags and ask others to join.
Protesters can call the Jewish Defence League office for Shabbat arrangements at 416-736-7000, or email us at: jdl@jdlcanada.ca.

In Miami, the Israel protest against Hamas terrorism in Gaza will take place on Sunday.
The Rally For Israel to Destroy Hamas will take place at 11 a.m. on January 4th, at the Holocaust Memorial at Miami Beach, Fla., Meridian and Dade Blvd. The contact for the Miami Israel protest is Bob Kunst, president of Shalom International at 305-864-5110, www.defendjerusalem.net.

There is going to be a huge anti Israel rally this Friday, January 2, at 11 am. in front of the Federal Building in Westwood, Los Angeles at 11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles.

Organizers state: "We need to get the message of support for Israel and Democracy out and bring a huge PR counter demonstration with signs, flags, and bullhorns. This is a war, and it trumps all other obligations and we need your help. This is our Israel IDF reserves activity for the Israeli people.
Please forward these Israel protests against Hamas terror in Gaza to your network. Go to www.standwithus.com for the signs. Bring bullhorns and American and Israel flags."

The Evangelical, Copt, Mormon, Jewish, Christian and other pro-Israel groups will stand together for democracy and against radical Islam.

In Tel Aviv, Israel the protest for democracy and against Islamic terrorism will take place on Saturday, at Kikar Rabin on Ibn Givrol Street, January 3, 2009, 5:30 pm to 10:00 p.m.

In London, England the Israel protest for democracy and against Hamas terrorism in Gaza will take place on January 3, at 11:00 a.m. at Trafalgar Square.

Around the world over 35,000 people have joined a Facebook community forum to express their support for the men and women of the Israel Defense Forces in their fight to counter terrorism against innocent civilians in Israel from Gaza.

The Facebook group is located at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69810300128

Facebook is the largest Web 2.0 social networking Website on the Net, ranking as the fifth largest Website in the world with over 140 million active users.

The pro-Israel, pro-democracy and anti-terrorism site named: "I Support the Israel Defense Forces In Preventing Terror Attacks From Gaza" was created by Internet journalist, marketing, PR and SEO pioneer Joel Leyden.

The Facebook social networking Web 2.0 site, which is now the largest pro-Israel interactive forum on the Internet, states: "Responding to unprovoked terror rocket attacks from Hamas terrorists in Gaza against Israeli civilian populations, the Israel Defense Forces has launched a massive counter attack. This Facebook forum supports the brave men and women in the Israel Defense Forces who by air, water and ground protect Israel's democracy and sovereign borders."

Leyden, an IDF veteran, states: "The group is open 24/7 as public opinion directly affects life on the ground. Please forward this Facebook room to your family, friends and the media. Let them know that Israel wants peace but will defend herself when attacked."

"As the media changes we're trying to change also," said Asaf Shariv Israel General Consul in New York.

Shariv says that new Web 2.0 media like YouTube is allowing Israel to fight the perception that civilians in Gaza City keep getting killed by Israel bombings. "We are showing from the air what the airplanes are filming and you can tell they are terrorists," he says.

 

The Israel government is also using blogs, Facebook, MySpace, and Tuesday on Twitter it held a "news conference" where it answered questions from the public.

"We succeeded in that we showed reality in Israel. I think when people see reality in Israel, they change their perception," says David Saranga, a spokesman for the Israeli Consulate.

"In August 2005, Israel left Gaza. Every soldier was withdrawn. Every Jewish settlement was evacuated, in a process requiring 45,000 police and costing $2.5 billion. Politicians staked their reputations on a courageous step towards peace," said Israel Ambassador to the UK Ron Prosor. "They hoped Gaza could provide a blueprint of Palestinian autonomy, a precursor to a Palestinian state."

Prosor continued: "Tragically, Hamas chose violence, rejecting the chance to develop Gazan society and opting instead to attack ours. Missiles from Gaza have blighted the lives of Israeli civilians since 2001. The withdrawal should have brought calm, but 5,000 missiles and mortars have since rained down on Israel.

As I write, Hizbollah flags flutter in the Kensington streets outside my Embassy. Agitators hail the Hamas leadership that created the crisis. In Gaza, protestors dissenting against Hamas face the death sentence. With the blessing of Iran and Hizbollah, Hamas has turned Gaza into a theocratic nightmare."

The White House has condemned Hamas for starting the violence.
US President George W. Bush believes the first steps in any cease-fire in the ongoing violence in the Mideast will require the Islamic terror group Hamas to agree to stop firing rockets into Israel now and in the future, the White House said Wednesday.

From his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Bush called Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the first time since the conflict escalated between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.

"I think President Bush thinks that Hamas needs to stop firing rockets and that is what will be the first step in a cease-fire," White House deputy press secretary Gordon Johndroe told reporters covering the president's stay in Texas. Johndroe said that Hamas also needs to stop smuggling weapons into Gaza - a move that would show it doesn't intend to continue to target Israel.

Hamas has stated that it's goal is not peace nor land, but rather the complete destruction of the State of Israel. Hamas views all Jews and Christians as "Infidels" which the Islamic Quran instructs must be murdered in an Islamic Jihad or Holy War. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah all celebrated when al Qaeda attacked both New York and Washington in the 9/11 terror attacks. Islamic groups supported by Iran, Syria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have also carried out suicide bombings and terror attacks in London, Paris, Madrid, Iraq, India, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Moscow.

The Israel Defense Forces say that some 640,000 people live within range of Hamas' terror rockets. The missiles are crude and inaccurate, but they wreak a devastating psychological toll on the civilian population in Israel.

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