from: William Hughes

On Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, Human Rights activists staged a demonstration and march, in Washington, D.C., in solidarity with the beleaguered Palestinian people of Israeli-Occupied Gaza. The rally began at the Israeli Embassy. One of the speakers was Ibrahim Ramey. He is the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation’s Civil and Human Rights Director. For background, please see,
http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=3729
and http://masnet.org/. In his remarks, Mr. Ramey urged the large crowd of activists to “stand up” for the suffering people of Gaza and to work “by nonviolent means” for peace and justice. He directed some of his remarks to President-Elect Barack Obama. For related videos on the demonstration at the Israeli Embassy, check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=788fxH2ccjI&feature=channel_page
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRX_OFOV08&feature=channel_page
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUtMFyhqjNo&feature=channel_page
For the latest updates on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, please see: http://www.pchrgaza.org/;
http://www.phrmg.org/; http://www.wrmea.com/;
http://justiceandaccountability.org/Home.html; and,
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/.