WHY ARE WE GATHERING: Shamefully, over 50 Israeli-associated New York organizations are at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan to commemorate Israeli soldiers and civilians who lost their lives during Operation Protective Edge, the bombing campaign of Gaza, without one mention of Palestinian lives lost. We are appalled at this blatant valuing of Jewish and Jewish Israeli lives over the nearly 2,000 Palestinians, including hundreds of children, who have been massacred by the Israeli army. To express our opposition to a perverse ethic that values only Jewish lives and ignores Israeli war crimes, the siege of Gaza, and an ongoing brutal occupation, please join us in a silent vigil across from the JCC. WHAT WE ARE DOING: We want to create a quiet presence that speaks loudly and clearly, with our signs and banners and the names of Palestinian dead, that many Jews and others on New Yorks Upper West Side stand in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers and staunchly oppose a politics of Israel right or wrong. co-sponsored by: Jewish Voice for Peace-NYC, Jewish Voice for Peace--Westchester, Jews Say No!, Women in Black-NY, WE WILL NOT BE SILENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 12th, from 6 – 7 PM 75TH and Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side, Manhattan
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:33:38 +0000