Hundreds of pro-Palestinians rally at Israeli Consulate in L.A., calling for end to invasion of Gaza
Hundreds of people participated in a pro-Palestinian rally and march Saturday in front of the Israeli Consulate in West Los Angeles, condemning Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas' brutal attack last month on its neighbor. Waving Palestinian flags and chanting 'Cease-fire now!' the demonstrators rallied in front of the consulate on Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood at about 1 p.m.
' “I’m safe because I’m not in Gaza, but I don’t have a normal life because of the psychological damage on refugees and Palestinians all over the world,' Takruri said. 'How am I supposed to go to work and go about my life when my people are being massacred?” Another protester, Wesam Eltohamy, 50, said that for the Israeli government to simply allow Palestinians to flee Gaza is not an acceptable solution.
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