Two Demonstrations Protesting the

Israeli Siege & Bombing of Gaza

Over 300 Palestinians Estimated Dead, 1400 Injured



Both on Tuesday, December 30th



WHERE: Westwood Federal Building

WHEN: 3:00 to 5:30 PM



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WHERE: Israeli Consulate

WHEN: 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM

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LA Jews for Peace Call for Demonstration to

Protest the Israeli Bombing & Siege of Gaza

WHEN: Tuesday, December 30th

3:00 PM to 5:30 PM

WHERE: Westwood Federal Building at Wilshire & Veteran



WHAT: To protest Israel's relentless bombing raids on Gaza, LA Jews for Peace asks the community to join with them and others in expressing outrage over the hundreds of Palestinians killed and wounded in the latest attacks.

WHY: The situation is Gaza has been intolerable for a long time. With the full support of the U.S. government, the Israeli blockade has deepened the shortage of food, medicine, fuel, electric power, and commercial goods. The UN Secretary General, the Swiss government, and other groups have called the situation a humanitarian crisis and a violation of the 4th Geneva Convention. It is surely a violation of Jewish and international law. The bombings and blockade are not only cruel and inhumane, but also counter-productive in that they fuel the violence and work to undermine efforts to achieve peace through negotiations. LA Jews for Peace calls for an end to US military aid to Israel, an end to Israeli raids and Hamas rocket attacks, resumption of shipments of food and medical supplies to the people of Gaza, and admittance of journalists to Gaza to report on the desperate conditions and mounting Palestinian death toll.

LA Jews will have signs & banners; but no flags since our message is internationalism & humanism, not nationalism.

www.LAJewsforPeace.org

CONTACT: 562-694-1637

info@LAJewsforPeace.org



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Also



National Day of Action

Emergency Demonstration in Los Angeles

WHEN: Tuesday, December 30th

4:30 PM 7:00 PM

WHERE: Israeli Consulate

6380 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles



WHO: The ANSWER Coalition, Muslim American ! Society Freedom, Free Palestine Alliance, National Council of Arab Americans, and Al-Awda, International Palestine Right to Return Coalition are calling for Tuesday, December 30 to be a National Day of Action to show solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and to demand an immediate end to the murderous attacks carried out by the Israeli military against the people of Gaza.

WHAT: In Los Angeles, there will be a demonstration at the Israeli Consulate at 4:30 pm. Signs, banners and Palestinian flags to show your solidarity with the suffering people and denounce the inhuman war crimes committed against the Palestinians in Gaza. Tuesday protests are also planned in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and New York.

WHY: Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza have been massacred and wounded today as Israel has launched a massive bombing campaign against the people of Gaza. The bombing r ampage took place as thousands of Palestinian children were in the streets on their way home from school. Palestinian parents were running frantically in the streets looking for their children as U.S.-provided F-16s and Apache helicopters rained down more than 100 bombs and missiles on Gaza.

The U.S.-backed Israeli Occupation Force destroyed every security station in Gaza. AFP reported: "There was no space left in the morgue and bodies were piled up in the emergency room and in the corridors, as many of the wounded screamed in pain."

Because of the U.S.-backed Israeli blockade and strangulation of the people of Gaza for the past 18 months there is little or no medicine to treat the wounded, electricity for hospitals, or food or clean water for much of the population.

An Israeli military spokesperson said, "The operation is 'only just beginning'." The Israeli Defense Ministry said in a statement: "The action will continue and will widen as much as is demanded according to the evaluation of the situation by the high command of the army."



CONTACT: 213-251-1025 or email: answerla@answerla.org --