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2019-10-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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[JPost] A pro-Kurdish protest rally organized by IDF ex-officers is expected to take place in Tel Aviv on Tuesday afternoon following an official appeal to Defense and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.

The protesters are expected to gather at around 4 p.m. local time near the Turkish embassy and march toward the American Embassy on Yarkon Street in Tel Aviv, accompanied by a representative of the YPG ‐ the People's Protection Units of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, also known as Rojava.
Post rally report from the Jerusalem Post:
More than 100 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Tuesday to protest Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria, calling on the international community to stop the “genocide of the Kurdish people.”

Organized by political activist Maj. (res.) Yair Fink, the demonstration began in front of the Turkish Embassy on Hayarkon Street and continued south to the US Embassy branch office.

“It’s our moral obligation as Jews to help them,” Fink told The Jerusalem Post during the rally, adding that Israel should help the Kurds in northern Syria by providing ammunition and clothing, and “convincing the world to be on their side and not ignore them.”

Fink penned a letter last week signed by more than 150 IDF reservists calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi to provide military and humanitarian support to the Kurds.

“We, as Israelis and Jews, must not stand by when we see another nation abandoned by its allies and is left defenseless,” read the online petition. “We remember very well the blood of our people, what happens when the nations of the world abandon the fate of a people.”

While neither Netanyahu nor Kochavi have responded to the petition, Fink said that 100 people showing up to demonstrate was a success.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 Oi vey, oi vey, oi vey.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-16 00:56||   2019-10-16 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Support the Kurds all they want. Do the Kurdish defense forces accept Israelis?
Posted by jpal 2019-10-16 11:05||   2019-10-16 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Were the Syrian Kurds rebelling before the US got involved to help, or were they just model citizens until the US tricked them by getting involved in Syria?
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-10-16 14:46||   2019-10-16 14:46|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm guessing Benny's friends ?
Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-16 15:06||   2019-10-16 15:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Re #1: Also aiiyah, awuee, and uff da! (all of which can be translated as "aw shit!"
Posted by Mercutio 2019-10-16 19:28||   2019-10-16 19:28|| Front Page Top










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