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San Francisco Anti-War

Pictures Of Counter Demonstrators At July 24th Palestine Protest

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

About 12 proIsrael protesters showed up a few hours after the Palestine protest started. The first ones mainly had signs against the wall Israel is building that takes away a lot of Palestinian land and divides many Palestinian communities. One of the proIsrael protesters dressed up as his version of a suicide bomber in way that was clearly a racist characture of how he thought Palestinians looked. Soon about a dozen Protest Warriors and others showed up along with some proIsrael folk who quickly left once they realized how right-wing their comrades really were (the Protest Warriors are a right-wing Republican group and some of the proIsrael folk who showed up and then left were wearing Kerry for President shirts) Here are a few pictures of the counter demonstrators (I'll try to post links later to the same Protest Warriors carrying far right signs at a few previous protests)

This Israel/Nike sign was worn by a proIsrael protester (I wonder if the person selling the t-shirts had intended it to be attacking the Israeli governments oppression of Palestinians)

§The 150 to 6 Vote in the UN this week really pissed people off

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

On Wednesday July 21st, "The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Israel comply with a world court ruling to dismantle its West Bank barrier. The vote was passed with 150 in favour, 6 opposed and 10 abstentions. All EU countries voted in support after agreeing changes to the text with Arab states, but the US opposed it."
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/07/1689478.php

§Racist

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

Im sure this guy didnt see this as racist but its comparible to dressing up in black face and making a statement about a small group of African Americans one dislikes (plus its unclear who hes trying to look like since Hamas doesnt wear a head scarf like that)

§Protest Warriors

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

Same guy at previous protest
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/06/1683383.php#1683388

§Protest Warriors

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

Same guy at previous protest
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/06/1683383.php#1683386

§Right winger

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

I've seen this guy somewhere before and I am pretty sure he's a right-wing Christian but I cant find any links yet....

§anti Che Guevera

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

Showing up in the Mission district with an anti Che Guevara T-shirt seems like sure way to make people hate your cause.

§Right Wingers At Start Of Protest

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

The guy on the left later dressed up in that weird racist outfit

§Israel Nike

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

This guy was probably thinking "Everyone love sweat shops so if I associate Israel with Nike people will support what they are doing to the Palestinians"

§Right wingers hanging out

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

§Guy with antiJane Fonda sign and loud speaker

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

I dont really like Jane Fonda, but I dont get what an antiJane Fonda hat has to do with Israel. This guy tried to shout over all the Palestinian speakers so nobody could hear them.

§Anti-ANSWER

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

You might almost think this was one of the many Anarchist groups that hate ANSWER except that most of the Anarchist groups know that ANSWER and the WWP split away from each other a few months ago.

§Israel-USA-Rowing

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Sat, Jul 24, 2004 8:20PM

This was one of many of the proIsrael people who spent most of their time filming the Palestinian protesters. Maybe they have a right-wing site where they post their pictures?

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