Posted on 07/13/2006 5:56:42 PM PDT by buccaneer81
2 sides face off at Gaza protests Israeli official plans to meet with Christian leaders
By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff | July 13, 2006
Israel's top diplomat in Boston has agreed to meet next week with local Christian leaders, including some whose unhappiness with the Israeli military offensive in Gaza fueled contentious protests outside the Park Plaza consulate yesterday.
hed at mJewish community leaders said the meeting between the consul general, Meir Shlomo, and the Christian denominational leaders was in the works before yesterday's protests and was in response to the concerns over the Gaza situation .
The protest highlighted the rising unease among critics of Israel, including some Jewish groups as well as Muslims and Christians, who want Israel to withdraw its troops from Gaza. Israeli troops have launched an offensive in Gaza to rescue a kidnapped soldier and to limit rocket attacks . Yesterday, Israel also sent forces into Lebanon after an attack by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group.
At the protests yesterday, about 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including Episcopal Bishop M. Thomas Shaw and several other Episcopal priests, called on Israel to pull its troops out of Gaza. The protesters held signs reading ``Stop Collective Punishment" and ``Stop the Siege."
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