Monday, February 11, 2008

Sderot residents set to protest in Tel Aviv

From Ynet News, 11/2/08, by Shmulik Hadad:

Inhabitants of the embattled southern town plan to disrupt traffic, demonstrate in front of Defense Ministry [Tel Aviv]. Later, furious citizens to set up protest tent and hold rally in Jerusalem.....

According to the protest organizers' plans, they will hold a protest march around the Azrieli towers and the Kirya military compound. Afterwards, the group intends to return to Jerusalem to set up a protest tent in front of the Knesset where they plan to hold another rally with the participation of Knesset members and public officials

Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal is expected to take part in the demonstrations.

The campaign is being directed by Alon Davidi from the Headquarters for Security in Sderot.

According to him, the decision to commence protests outside of Sderot was made after "we saw that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert divides the country into two: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the rest of the cities – against another country which is (comprised of) Sderot and the Gaza vicinity, where it is okay to forsake the residents and not give them protection."....

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