Posted on 03/30/2009 7:47:54 PM PDT by forkinsocket
DEIR HANNA, Israel (AFP) — Thousands of Arab-Israelis on Monday demonstrated against what they called Israel's "racism" at a rally commemorating the killing of six people in a 1976 protest against land grabs.
Arab-Israeli MPs, mayors and other dignitaries were among the demonstrators in the annual Land Day protest at Deir Hanna village in Israel's Galilee region.
Waving Palestinian flags and green banners -- the colour of the Islamic movement -- as well as the symbols of the various Arab-Israeli parties, the demonstrators chanted their support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the wake of Israel's deadly onslaught in December and January.
Organisers said the rally was also aimed at protesting against "racism and fascism in Israel" which will swear in one of the most right-wing governments in its 61-year history on Tuesday.
A prominent member of the cabinet will be ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman, who will serve as foreign minister in the government of hawkish premier-designate Benjamin Netanyahu.
Lieberman made headlines with his virulent diatribes against Arab-Israelis during campaigning for the February 10 election, in which he ran under the slogan "no citizenship without loyalty to the state."
"This year, we mark Land Day at a time when we face an erosion of democracy and regression of Arab rights... racism, fascim," the head of the Deir Hanna municipal council, Raja al-Khatib, told the crowd.
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Guess the froggies don't like assertive Jews much, do they.
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