[Green-Activist] Israelis against the war: reports, links

[Roy Garner]

1  Hundreds of anti-war protestors in Haifa and TA 
Hundreds demonstrate in Haifa against IDF operations: Wave Palestinian 
flags, call Olmert murderer. Thousands protest in similar rally in Um 
al-Fahem. Gush Shalom and Hadash activists in TA protest Qana incident; 
labor party youth movement rallies in support of government ...
Attila Somflavi
more at:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3283901,00.html
...

2.  More than 500 protest in TA against IDF raids in Lebanon, Gaza
The protesters called the IDF's operations an unnecessary war, and 
demanded that the government hold negotiations on a prisoner exchange.
"We have learned from history that military solutions don't bring 
anything other than death and destruction," said Abir Kobti, an 
activist in the Coalition of Women for Peace. "We are calling on the 
government to regain its composure, come down from the tree, and solve 
these problems with negotiations to save us from more deaths on both 
sides," she said.
Kobti said the media diminishes the attacks on Lebanese civilians as 
outcomes of a military offensive, thus "portraying it as a necessary 
war surrounded by full consensus."
A women's protest was also held Sunday next to the central Haifa train 
depot where a Hezbollah rocket landed early Sunday, killing eight 
people. The women said that in the coming days, they would be 
assembling a new group of Arab and Jewish women against the war.
...
more at:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/739042.html

3.  Conscientious objection in Israel
http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/Objection.htm
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