{"id":500,"date":"2008-01-24T23:30:27","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T03:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/2008\/01\/24\/israeli-consulate-snubs-boston-area-"},"modified":"2008-01-29T20:36:32","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T00:36:32","slug":"israeli-consulate-snubs-boston-area-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/2008\/01\/24\/israeli-consulate-snubs-boston-area-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Consulate snubs Boston area Jews.*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span>Updated, January 25<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They came to deliver food and medical supplies for an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icahd.org\/eng\/news.asp?menu=5&amp;submenu=1&amp;item=546\" target=\"_blank\">international relief convoy to Gaza this Saturday January 26<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/files\/2008\/01\/foodmedaid.jpg\" alt=\"Bringing food and medical supplies to the Israeli Consulate at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston\" height=\"405\" width=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gaza has other problems:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/files\/2008\/01\/cleanthewater.jpg\" alt=\"Clean the Water, Turn on the Lights, Stop the War on Human Rights\" height=\"355\" width=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nClean the Water, Turn on the Lights,<br \/>\nStop the War on Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators view the Israeli blockade in response to Hamas rockets as:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/files\/2008\/01\/collective-punishment.jpg\" alt=\"Collective Punishment is a War Crime\" height=\"320\" width=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collective_punishment\" target=\"_blank\">Collective Punishment <\/a><\/p>\n<p>They wanted to speak with the Israeli Consul and ask him to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icahd.org\/eng\/news.asp?menu=5&amp;submenu=1&amp;item=546\" target=\"_blank\">let the convoy through<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/files\/2008\/01\/jhrg-pan.jpg\" alt=\"Panorama of Jews for Human Rights in Gaza trying to get in to the Israeli Consulate\" height=\"230\" width=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But they were turned away:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/files\/2008\/01\/turnedaway.jpg\" alt=\"Police turning away the Jews for Human Rights in Gaza at the Israeli Consulate, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston\" height=\"380\" width=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were some goyim<sup>1<\/sup> and the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights might include some Palestinians, but mostly the were Jews &#8211; Jews for Human Rights in Gaza and Jewish Voices for Peace &#8211; and the Israeli Consul would not see them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Saturday, January 26,<\/span><\/strong><strong><span> Local: Campaign to Break the Siege of Gaza,<\/span><\/strong><strong><span> <\/span><\/strong>12noon-1pm, Harvard Sq., Cambridge (in front of Au Bon Pain) On that day that Israeli peace groups will attempt to enter the Gaza  Strip with a convoy of essential supplies and medicines.  Gaza no longer has  sufficient fuel to keep its power station running.  Hospitals and homes are dark  and cold, remaining food stocks are being spoiled, the water and sewage  infrastructure is breaking down.  We American taxpayers \u2014 who make this  collective punishment possible \u2014 must raise our voices.  <em>Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights<\/em><\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Reverand Ralph, though sporting an Anglican collar, is Unitarian. Ah, those Unitarians, such an unruly bunch. God love &#8217;em. And as I&#8217;ve mentioned before, I am Pennsylvania Dutch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated, January 25 They came to deliver food and medical supplies for an international relief convoy to Gaza this Saturday January 26: Gaza has other problems: Clean the Water, Turn on the Lights, Stop the War on Human Rights. The demonstrators view the Israeli blockade in response to Hamas rockets as: Collective Punishment They wanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2351,776],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-never-again-to-whom","category-sand-oil-and-tears"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}