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By adamg - 9/18/12 - 7:42 am
Open Media Boston alerts us that the Boston Hummus Campaign continues to try to get the board of the Harvest Co-op to let members vote on whether to ban Israeli hummus.
By adamg - 2/18/12 - 10:34 am
Matthew Wilding reports stumbling onto an exhibit by six contemporary Egyptian artists (one of whom died in Tahrir Square) at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.
I don’t know whether this exhibit was "good art" (though it's affiliation with the MFA infers it). I do know that it was incredibly effective. It was interesting and beautiful, and it made me relate to the core with people I very rarely find common ground with or think about.
By adamg - 11/6/11 - 10:54 pm
A small group of Occupy Boston protesters marched from Dewey Square to Park Plaza Friday evening and held a brief sit-in in the lobby of the office building that houses the Israeli consulate.
The protesters, who chanted against "Israeli apartheid," did not actually get up to the consulate and were ushered out by police after about 15 minutes.
Sen. Brown, however, today denounced this "invasion of the Israeli consulate in Boston:"
It was shocking to hear the protestors chanting anti-Israel slogans in support of the terrorist-backed intifada uprising, which has created so much misery and death in Israel. There should be no mistaking which side America is on in the fight against terror, and I want to make it clear that I stand with Israel.
By adamg - 4/2/11 - 1:58 pm
Martin Solomon reports (with photos) that pro-Israel demonstrators countered a pro-Palestine protest outside the Park Street T stop the other day not with megaphones of their own but with tables from which they gave out samples of Israeli hummus:
Commuters flocked to the tables to sample the delicious spread.
By adamg - 2/26/11 - 1:41 pm
BostonTweet (above) and Neal Gaffey took photos of the protest against the Libyan government today.
By adamg - 2/15/11 - 12:45 pm
The Daily Beast profiles Gene Sharp and his Einstein Institution, which preaches non-violent revolt:
By adamg - 1/29/11 - 1:49 pm
Young protester. Photo by Jillian York.
John Pouliot tweets on the protest that started in Central Square:
300+ ppl Signs: "Freedom for Egypt" "Down with Mubarak" & in Arabic.
More protesters. Photo by ChinatownKicks.
Protesters in the Back Bay. Photo by Nancy & Ronan.
Scott Eisen took lots of photos of the march. More photos by York.
Top photo used under this Creative Commons license by Jillian York. Second photo copyright ChinatownKicks. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr. Third photo copyright Nancy & Ronan. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.
By adamg - 5/7/10 - 9:39 pm
Hillel Stavis reports on the dustup between Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain and the Jewish Community Relations Council.
By adamg - 10/8/09 - 7:28 am
Gosh, why would they do that? Martin Solomon posts some e-mail from one of the organizers:
The effect of a silent march through the (mostly but not entirely) liberal Jewish neighborhood on the Sabbath with a banner saying Freedom and Equality for Palestine! should be strikng indeed...
And yes, there will be pro-Israel counter march, with people standing outside the temples along the route.
By adamg - 6/22/09 - 8:43 am
Scooterdude, the guy you see sailing around Copley Square with his plastic sail, was out yesterday enjoying a ride (yes, in the rain), when a family got out of a car and walked to the center of the park with a flag and then stood there:
... I approached them and asked about the flag and their purpose.
They explained that it was the flag of Iran and that they were there to continue a witness to the ordeal the Iranian people are currently suffering in their homeland.
I couldn't help but admire their solitary witness, their commitment and resolution that, despite this dismal day of wind and wetness, they came out to stand for their people and for the democratic principles that all of us share. ...
By adamg - 2/19/09 - 8:36 am
Solomonia reports that Geert Wilders, the Dutch lawmaker banned from Britain for criticizing "the creeping tyranny of Islamization," will speak at a Stoughton temple on Feb. 25.
By adamg - 1/16/09 - 3:33 pm
The Bulletin reports it's a particular issue in Allston/Brighton, which has a relatively large Jewish population, but that police are keeping a closer eye on institutions across the city.
By adamg - 12/30/08 - 8:54 am
Dennis Fox held a sign in support of Gaza in Coolidge Corner yesterday:
... I had two decent conversations with supporters of Israel that went beyond sloganeering, until in both cases they had enough and moved away. I don't believe such conversations will change many minds, and I doubt that changing individual minds will change Israeli policy, but it was more pleasant than mutual screaming.
One of my fellow protestors asked me what I thought made sense to do. I didn't have a good answer.
Miss Kelly, meanwhile, notes a pro-Gaza rally at 5 this afternoon in front of the Israeli consulate in Park Plaza, urges Israeli supporters to attend:
... Please go and show your support for Israel tomorrow. Don't let the Hamas-supporting, Muslim Brotherhood-backed Boston Muslim American Society get all the press coverage.
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