PROTESTERS CALL FOR FINISH TO ISRAELI ATTACKS SOME CONDEMN HEZBOLLAH.Byline: CONNIE LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer As thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , more than 1,000 people flocked to downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or to denounce Israel's military actions in Lebanon. The march began about 1 p.m. at Olympic Boulevard Olympic Boulevard may mean:
``I'm outraged at the death and destruction of the people of Lebanon and Palestine,'' protester Christine Browning said. Draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. in white from head to toe, a group of dancers marched somberly as they hoisted baby bottles and diapers to symbolize the ghosts of the youngest victims of violence. The march was organized by a number of groups including ANSWER coalition, the Muslim American Society The Muslim American Society (MAS) is a nonprofit organization. It describes itself as an Islamic revival and reform movement. It traces its 1992 origin to the Muslim Brotherhood's founding of the Muslim Students' Association, which created the Islamic Society of North America and the National Conference of Arab Americans, and was followed by a rally near the downtown Federal Building. The demonstrations were among a handful organized across the country, including near the White House, to criticize U.S. support for Israel and the violence in Lebanon. They came a day after the United Nations Security Council announced its unanimous decision to adopt a cease-fire resolution. One Lebanese woman, who would not give her name, pushed her double stroller and looked on as her young daughter danced atop a giant Palestinian flag placed on the street. The woman choked up with emotion as she described the terror being suffered by friends and family in her native Lebanon. She said her home in southern Lebanon had been destroyed by Israeli attacks, and the sons and daughters of neighbors and friends have been injured and killed. ``There are too many children dying,'' the woman said. Ahmed Azam, a representative of the Muslim American Society, said he was outraged by the United States' support of the war. ``There has to be a change in our international policy,'' Azam said. ``We cannot have $3 billion spent on killing people and supporting an unjust occupation.'' A small group of Israeli supporters mounted a counterdemonstration coun·ter·dem·on·stra·tion n. A demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration. coun that resulted in a loud confrontation with the crowd. ``I'm a Jew -- of course I'm going to support my people,'' said Lawrence Lewis, a San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. resident. ``This is the way the world works, Jews surrounded by Arabs,'' Lewis screamed as he complained to a Los Angeles police officer that the sign he carried had been ripped upon his arrival. Across the street, Lewis was joined by a small number of Israeli supporters waving the Israeli flag. ``They are claiming Israel is hurting them, but Hezbollah killed Americans and Israelis. They are no better than al-Qaida,'' Israeli Izek Shomof said. Children accompanying relatives and friends seemed unaffected by some of the graphic images of burned and maimed maim tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims 1. To disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at batter1. 2. children mounted on demonstrators' posters. ``Israel needs to stop bombing children,'' said 9-year-old Raylena Anderson, who stood on the fringes of the crowd with her grandfather and four cousins. The ethnically diverse crowd, still mostly Arab and Muslim, seemed to have every culture represented. Los Angeles resident Vanessa Garcia said while she does not support Hezbollah, she also doesn't condone the bombing of civilians. ``Collateral damage collateral damage Surgery A popular term for any undesired but unavoidable co-morbidity associated with a therapy–eg, chemotherapy-induced CD to the BM and GI tract as a side effect of destroying tumor cells is another word for terrorism,'' Garcia said. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) anti-Israel war protesters carrying a mock war victim, above, march through downtown Los Angeles to the Federal Building on Saturday for a rally. At right, marchers cover their faces with dark scarves as they protest Israeli strikes against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. Below, the marchers, waving signs and banners, get a police escort to keep the situation calm as Israel's supporters arrive. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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