Thousands back Israel in Ukraine rally

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24894433.htm

Thousands back Israel in Ukraine rally

KIEV, July 24 (Reuters) - Several thousand people, mostly Ukrainian Jews, gathered in central Kiev on Monday to voice backing for Israel fighting Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

About 5,000 students, schoolchildren and veterans waved Israeli flags and held aloft placards saying "Ukraine against terrorism" and "Yes to Israel, No to terrorism".

"We came here to show our support for Israel in its fight against the Hizbollah organisation," Vadim Rabinovich, head of the Jewish community, told the crowd.

In contrast with protests elsewhere denouncing the campaign in Lebanon, Ukraine's 100,000 strong Jewish community, turned out to show its support for the Jewish state.

[anotherdrew]

1. bah

[smacky44]

2. These are the people I believe the Refusenik on Democracy Now

was talking about. Brain-dead and brain-washed.

[IndianaGreen]

3. I think they have the right to express their views, just as we do ours

No one is in support of terrorism. The difference between us and our friends in the Ukraine is that while we all agree that blowing up a bus or a pizzeria in Israel is terrorism, we think that bombing Lebanon is also terrorism while our Ukrainian friends don't see it that way.

[TheLastMohican]

4. I beg to differ

These people are mostly those who have relatives living in Israel, they are naturally very worried about their relatives. And Ukraine has a very large community of jews and not a large community of arabs to be heard.
And Ukrainian parliament is very pro-Israeli, since out of 465 representatives, 279 are of jewish origin.