Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Lake Worth commissioner says her protest in Miami was personal

PB Post article - click above. Be sure not to miss the four pages of reader comments following the article! (link to video mentioned in article click here - Warning: content offensive)

An excerpt:

Organizers of the Miami protest included the South Florida Palestinian Solidarity Network, which also organized a Dec. 30 protest in Fort Lauderdale in which a woman was captured on a widely circulated video telling pro-Israel demonstrators to "go back to the ovens."

A spokesman for the pro-Palestinian group, Muhammed Malik, said his group condemns racism on both sides of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the woman in the video was "an individual" who did not speak for the group. Malik noted his organization has worked with a group called Jews For Justice, which also opposes the Israeli government's actions.

Andrew Rosenkranz, the Florida regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, said many of the rallies around the U.S. protesting the Israeli government's actions have attracted anti-Israel extremists. Because of that, Rosenkranz called Jennings' participation in the Miami event "disturbing at the very least."