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eumeliaJust got back from the demo.
It was huge.
It had been planned before the flotilla disaster to mark 43 years of Occupation since 1967 and the Six Day War, but obviously, the agenda expanded.
It was different from other demo's I felt. It was the largest Left demo not in a time of war (yeah, we're not at war. Yet) and it felt very powerful.
Inside the blocs.
I rushed to get there (fucking public transport) and on the way I saw the counter demonstration - Israeli flags, Beitar flags and people yelling "Death to Leftists" and "Traitors". I almost tripped because I couldn't stop looking in their direction.
So fucking scary.
I went with my "This is What a Feminist Looks Like" shirt and I put on my Keffiyah when I got into the mass of people, amazing how going to these things used to make me feel unsafe and now with all these people I couldn't have felt more secure (despite the huge amount of police). One of my friends was running late and she asked me to save a red flag for her to carry, which I did, and I waited for her at the convergence area in Rabin Sqaure and as the procession got more distant and I stood in a black and white keffiyah with a red flag, the insults were hurled.
It's always heartening to be told that you're a traitor and that I should be murdered for hating my country.
Hey, better than being told I should be murdered for being a dyke.
Or something...
After the march, during the rally, some Right Winger threw a smoke bomb into the crowed. I was on the outskirts of the crowd so I didn't inhale any toxins, but it was so surprising... the police apprehended the person very quickly, thankfully.
After the demo I packed away my keffiyah and as the people dispersed, the counter-demonstrators arrived.
They are so violent. They attacked a friend of mine and ripped a contact sheet out of his hands. We all went back to his place after for pizza, tea and coffee.
I arrived home about 40 minutes ago.
What an evening... compounded by the fun morning and day I had with the family at the Jerusalem Botanical gardens and it was a very long day with a lot of walking.
My feet!
Sleepy time now.
It was huge.
It had been planned before the flotilla disaster to mark 43 years of Occupation since 1967 and the Six Day War, but obviously, the agenda expanded.
It was different from other demo's I felt. It was the largest Left demo not in a time of war (yeah, we're not at war. Yet) and it felt very powerful.
Inside the blocs.
I rushed to get there (fucking public transport) and on the way I saw the counter demonstration - Israeli flags, Beitar flags and people yelling "Death to Leftists" and "Traitors". I almost tripped because I couldn't stop looking in their direction.
So fucking scary.
I went with my "This is What a Feminist Looks Like" shirt and I put on my Keffiyah when I got into the mass of people, amazing how going to these things used to make me feel unsafe and now with all these people I couldn't have felt more secure (despite the huge amount of police). One of my friends was running late and she asked me to save a red flag for her to carry, which I did, and I waited for her at the convergence area in Rabin Sqaure and as the procession got more distant and I stood in a black and white keffiyah with a red flag, the insults were hurled.
It's always heartening to be told that you're a traitor and that I should be murdered for hating my country.
Hey, better than being told I should be murdered for being a dyke.
Or something...
After the march, during the rally, some Right Winger threw a smoke bomb into the crowed. I was on the outskirts of the crowd so I didn't inhale any toxins, but it was so surprising... the police apprehended the person very quickly, thankfully.
After the demo I packed away my keffiyah and as the people dispersed, the counter-demonstrators arrived.
They are so violent. They attacked a friend of mine and ripped a contact sheet out of his hands. We all went back to his place after for pizza, tea and coffee.
I arrived home about 40 minutes ago.
What an evening... compounded by the fun morning and day I had with the family at the Jerusalem Botanical gardens and it was a very long day with a lot of walking.
My feet!
Sleepy time now.
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Date: 2010-06-05 10:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-05 10:57 pm (UTC)It really irritates me that the critical Israeli voice is silenced so hard, both within Israel and around the world. We were thousands tonight.
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