[Sundaycommunity] FW: A Rally for Palestinians this morning - a hopeful sign

[Dwyer Sullivan]

Thanks MaryEllen,
Very Very encouraging in these days of Canadian government apathy and
Israeli only support. I have attended 2 rallies here in KW, on Jewish ld
and one Palestinian led. I was very impressed with the HUGE turnout of
Jewish groups in Washington DC. There are peace/justice peop[el around -
just not making a stand in the US and Canadian government policies.
Peace and thanks for being part of that group, Mary Ellen,
Peace, Dwyer

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 4:55 PM David Walsh via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

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> *From:* Mary-Ellen Francoeur <sistermef at gmail.com>
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> The other day I sent you an email from Rachel Small in which she named
> three actions for Peace in the Middle East.  One was a Rally organized by
> Jewish groups in the GTA  called "Jews Say No to Genocide in Gaza".
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> I joined the Rally at 8 a.m. at the Israeli Consulate  where the
> Bloor-Yonge intersection was closed to traffic and the Rally moved onto the
> street.  I want to share the experience with you as it was extremely
> impressive.  They made it clear that they represented 20 different Jewish
> groups in the GTA.  People were of all ages with a very significant number
> of younger persons.  The signs they held spoke to "smashing Apartheid",
> End the Occupation,  Stopping the Genocide of Palestinians, Solidarity with
> Palestinians,  and others, like mine saying  "Ceasefire Now!"  They were
> very disturbed by the massacre of Palestinians, by the slow trickle of AID
> trucks getting through when there is such desperate need.
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> In good Jewish style, there was chanting.  We were given song sheets with
> peace songs in Hebrew and Yiddish.  I sang along. One was a traditional
> Hebrew song of peace which I knew from my choir, and it was fun singing it
> in Hebrew as well as English.  One person seemed to be saying a prayer
> which included the 12 Commandments.
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> Many times we shouted out the call:  "Ceasefire Now!!!"
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> Just amazing being amongst such a powerful, energetic, passionate Rally of
> Jewish people with a voice in such contrast from the leaders of the world.
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> Not only were they calling for justice and healing for the Palestinians,
> but they also spoke and sang of a world of caring, cooperation and
> nonviolence.
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> I was with God this morning!
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> Peace to you and all,
>
> Mary-Ellen
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