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Duelling Rallies [IvP]

Posted: 2012-11-19 05:45am
by The Grim Squeaker
Just saw the most surreal thing (outside of a dream) since the start of the year - .. two opposing protests/rallies in the Hebrew university today at the same time and place. One pro hamas, one against the rockets attacks/pro Israel. Totally unreal.
It DOES Make me incredibly proud of our country and people.

Seriously, if you had a bunch of Germans doing a pro-Deutschland rally in the middle of the blitz, or a group of NY Imans protesting pro Al-Quida the day after 9/11... They'd not only have not gotten permission (and uni provided security), they'd probably have risked physical violence (or getting lynched in the USA).
Here, the worst that happened was some shouting from a (Jewish) man whose brother died from a rocket a few days ago, and aggressively toned singing of the national anthem (with only half the crowd singing).
Fucking Surreal..

More photos to come later, right now I only have the one from the camera phone.
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Re: Duelling Rallies [IvP]

Posted: 2012-11-19 06:27am
by The Grim Squeaker
Some other pics.
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Re: Duelling Rallies [IvP]

Posted: 2012-11-19 06:31am
by salm
Bizzar indeed. People here would throw bottles at each other.

Re: Duelling Rallies [IvP]

Posted: 2012-11-19 06:36am
by The Grim Squeaker
salm wrote:Bizzar indeed. People here would throw bottles at each other.
Glass or Molotovs?

Re: Duelling Rallies [IvP]

Posted: 2012-11-19 12:47pm
by eyl
Which campus is this?

Re: Duelling Rallies [IvP]

Posted: 2012-11-19 12:57pm
by The Grim Squeaker
eyl wrote:Which campus is this?
Mt Scopus - the one in East Jerusalem. (The original Pre 1948 campus). Social and liberal sciences/humanities.

Re: Duelling Rallies [IvP]

Posted: 2012-11-19 03:47pm
by salm
The Grim Squeaker wrote:
salm wrote:Bizzar indeed. People here would throw bottles at each other.
Glass or Molotovs?
Nah, not molotovs. Just regular bottles. Usually empty. CanĀ“t waste the good beer after all. :)