Activists protest Moscow's defense of Assad in Tel Aviv

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As the body count rises in Syria, a group of activists held a candlelight vigil Saturday night outside the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv to protest Moscow’s defense of the Assad regime.

In the Facebook event page advertising the event, organizers called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to "take a brave action and announce the opening of the northern border of Syrian refugees those looking for shelter from murderers without humanity by the army of dictator Assad."

Organizers said the event was held in order to show support for the Syrian people "who are being butchered" by the Assad regime, and to voice their protest at Russia and China, who secured a veto in the Security Council last week against a resolution condemning Assad’s crackdown.

Across the street from the embassy Saturday evening, a woman with a megaphone lead a chant in Arabic of “Get out Assad! Get out you liar!, you killer!”. By the third refrain, the Jews and other non-Arabic speakers had picked up the words and the cadence, but the lights inside the Russian embassy remained off.

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=257427

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