Oakland, CA – Hundreds of demonstrators, gathering at the Port of Oakland, prevented the unloading of an Israeli cargo ship.
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The demonstrators, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, picketed at Berth 58, where a ship from Israel’s Zim shipping line was scheduled to dock. The day shift of longshoremen agreed not to cross the picket line.
International pressure to end the Gaza closure has increased since Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla of ships attempting to run the blockade on May 31, killing nine people. Last week, Israeli officials announced that they would loosen but not lift the blockade, allowing more goods to enter the impoverished area.
“Our view is that the state of Israel can not engage in acts of piracy and kill people on the high seas and still think their cargo can go anywhere in the world,” said Richard Becker, an organizer with ANSWER, one of many peace and labor groups involved in Sunday’s action.
Becker estimated that 600 to 700 people joined the demonstration. Oakland police, who estimated the crowd at 500 people, reported no arrests.
The demonstrators want to block the unloading of the Zim ship for a full day. The ship was scheduled to arrive in mid-afternoon.
oy bleeding heart liberals
The irony is that the ship wasn’t even in port. The protesters essentially arrived on the wrong day.
Where is law and order in the State of California? Can anyone in the U.S.A. disrupt a business which he has personal grievances against the business? Does the state of California allow anarchy? Does this mean that anyone anywhere can do as he pleases without interferences from those that are paid to maintain law and order?
get out the paintball guns.
So, if israel started flying missions dropping supplies to the kurds in northern iraq, Mr Becker would condemn turkish planes for intercepting them, and would they attempt to intercept them, and be met with deadly force by the israeli supply planes, Mr becker would condemn the turkish people for those acts of aerial piracy. Am I correct?
Mr becker, you are a fraud, a phony, the only thing you truly care about is your own 15 minutes of fame, hope it was worth it, in exchange for the eternity you’ll spend in hell. I condemn you for your incitement to violence. You are a terrorist enabler, and I pray for the day that you and your family members fall victim to the terror you support.
Thanks to obama’s weak support of israel, every antisemite is lifting his head.
Before the Final Solution of the Nazis, there was widespread boycott of all things Jewish. Things are moving once again in this direction. The question this time is will the world allow the trend to accelerate. Fellow Jews, be prepared to defend yourselves.
Lets here from Governor Swartzeneger!
Hey moron – Hows that apartheid wall doing in the southwest of your country i.e. California, Arizona and Texas?
Brain less people, they have no concept to what the reality is. They will wake up soon.
do we ever here these idioten ever mention that the israelies were attacked first with intent to kill and kidnap? Proven by the ‘activists’ own videos, that they were looking for “martydom”. What is it only one side of story is out to these leftest petsim? And what about yudenrein gaza, evacuated by the gazan first jews who were thanked by thousands and thousands of rockets, scaring the lives of countless jewish children, any one remember the mother and children shot point blank. They got their gaza, free of jews, and the greenhouses and etc. Why is this other side of the story not mentioned. So we should let the flotilla flot in more weapons and monies for terror. ok
california freaks don’t eat israeli hummis, as for me if its ISREALI i am proud to buy.
Roifebabayit, a proud JEW
Looks like Richard Becker the organizer of the protest is a Yid.Quite unbelievable!Turkey is a country that killed about 3 million Armenians in the late 1890’s and in 1915/16 and they are the big talkers and these uninformed yiddelach are joining hands with these mishchusem!
The world has officaly gone nuts. Fighters against terror are demonized and the terrorist is lauded. FYI the alleged impovershed Gazans is a product of their own devices. Produce is pleantyfull with hundreds of tons given to them for free by israel. I say no matter what we do we will always be the demon in the worlds eyes. Give them Gaza cut all supplies water and elect. And if they cross the border wipe them out.