SLC to issue permit for the 'Death to Israel' rally

[oberliner]

Salt Lake City will allow local defense attorney Robert Breeze to hold a "Death to Israel" demonstration Wednesday despite concerns from the Jewish community.
The permit will be approved next week, after the city and Breeze finalize where the demonstration, one of several planned for that day, will be held. It will run from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Breeze, 52, said his goal is to protest "the torture and murder inflicted on Muslims by Israel and the penetration of the U.S. media by Israeli intelligence."
While he said his group - the Center to Prevent Corporate Media Lying - has other members and financial donors, Breeze wouldn't name them. And he acknowledged some of his past protests against media coverage of the Iraq war that he held in front of the KSL studios included paid participants from the homeless shelter.
Some demonstrators Wednesday also may be paid.
"They're called 'vicarious protesters,' " he said.
When asked if he wants to see the elimination of Israel, Breeze said: "The President of Iran has an excellent idea. . . . I would like to see them move Israel to Virginia and put all the current Virginians in a concentration camp. Then we'll see how popular Israel is ."

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[orwell]

1. Now this is productive...

...sheesh...

Utah should be so proud... :sarcasm:

[w13rd0]

2. I'm not a fan...

...of the manner in which Israel was created, but it strikes me as interesting that those who advocate "relocating the Jews" always propose the use of someone ELSE's land. If he would have put his money where his mouth is and said Utah rather than Virginia it would have been more interesting at least...

[CrushTheDLC]

3. According to Mormon theology, Utah is the "New Zion"

Mormons couldn't care less about Israel, because they don't see anything special about the revival of the ancient country. Rather they believe that Brigham Young, just like Moses, led his people to the new "Promised Land", and that when Jesus Christ returns, it won't be to the literal Jerusalem, but to the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City.

Now of course this doesn't make all Mormons anti-semites, but it does explain why they wouldn't go out of their way to oppose such a protest.

[msongs]

4. does it explain how they treated the original utah inhabitants?

their promised land being previously occupied by non-white, non-christians, that is.

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[CrushTheDLC]

5. Oh, you mean the Lamanites?

That's a whole other story ;)