The Muslim world is exploding in a series of protests against the "heartless" Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, even though (a) the blockade is entirely justified (and largely self-inflicted), and (b) Israel has already chickened out and partially re-opened the borders. Here's a round-up of the raging peacefulness of the international ummah, just for the record. Feel their rage! After all, it is all they have to offer the world.
Protesters shout anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration against the Israeli lockdown of the Gaza Strip and military operations on the territory in Sanaa January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN)
I'll be rounding up these pictures as the day progresses. There'll undoubtedly be an excess of rage that'll need to be burned through before news of Israel's capitulation puts the kibbosh on these little outbursts of peace and tolerance.
Update: Here's some sheer brilliance on the notion of "humanitarianism," courtesy the ever-eloquent Soccer Dad.
Yemen
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN)
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN)
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN)
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN)
Sudan
Sudanese men, carrying banners which read, 'Death for Israel and Shame on Arabs' during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. Several hundred Sudanese demonstrated Tuesday in front of a United Nations building in Khartoum to show their solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and demand the U.N. intervene in the crisis. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
(AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
(AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla (SUDAN)
REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla (SUDAN)
REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla (SUDAN)
Arab-Occupied Israel
Members of the Islamic Movement in Israel hold a banner during a protest against Israel's blockade of Gaza, at the Erez crossing just outside the northern Gaza Strip January 22, 2008. Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL)
REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL)
REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL)
Jordan
Jordanian opposition supporters shout anti-Israeli slogans against a fuel blockade which led to power cuts in Gaza during a rally for the Islamic Action Front in Amman January 21, 2008. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)
(Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)
Jordanian opposition supporters shout anti-Israel slogans during a rally against a fuel blockade which led to power cuts in Gaza, in Amman January 21, 2008. (Majed Jaber/Reuters)
Lebanon
Palestinian schoolchildren carry banners during a sit-in in front of the International Red Cross offices, to protest against the Israeli blockade the Gaza strip held in Shatila refugee camp, in Beirut January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON)
REUTERS/ Sharif Karim (LEBANON)
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Comments:
#2 soccer dad 22-Jan-2008
They're protesting in the Sudan!
And it appears that Israel's "confidence building measure," rebuilt the confidence of the terrorists!
And it appears that Israel's "confidence building measure," rebuilt the confidence of the terrorists!
#3 Kevin 22-Jan-2008
"Worldwide Anti-Israeli Day of RAGE!"
As opposed to...? Is there some 'non-rage' day I'm unfamiliar with?
As opposed to...? Is there some 'non-rage' day I'm unfamiliar with?
Islamic "freedom fighters" only kill, mutilate, main, torture, execute, hang, stone, rape, molest, beat, dismember, decapitate, behead, mangle, kidnap, enslave, oppress, disfigure, massacre, murder, destroy, and slaughter.
But the eeeeevil Joos cut off supplies for a day. How cruel is that?!?