Iqbal Khaldun: Here are some pics from the protest against the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, Saturday 9 June 2007. The organisers said around 20,000 people attended which may have been a slight over estimate, but not by much.
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My favourite speech was my Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti. Barghouti was the reason why I went from quiet sympathy to relatively active support for the Palestinian cause. He was visiting Australia in 2001 or 2002 and spoke at Gerard Henderson's right wing Sydney Institute. With courage and professionalism he explained just how bad the occupation was for the Palestinians. I still remember the way a few audience members jumped up and heckled him, only to be met by his quite fearless yet unthreatening face.
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Ellis Sharp: Thousands marched through central London this afternoon in the capital's biggest ever pro-Palestinian protest, given particular topicality in view of the 40th anniversary of the 1967 war. Not that you'd know it from the BBC, which seems to have completely blanked the protest. It was a very much bigger march than the two previous ones I've been on. The organisers put the turn-out at 20,000 and I'm prepared to believe this is not an exaggeration, having watched the entire procession go past.
The march went from Lincoln's Inn Fields, down Kingsway, the long way round Aldwych and along The Strand to Trafalgar Square.
Here's some pics.
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George Galloway's speech at the Enough Occupation rally in London 9th June 2007.
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