Palinurus
The Living Force
A local newspaper (Dutch only) reported a small demonstration (ca. 300 in attendance) in favor of the Palestinians on the steps of the national monument at the Dam in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) today:
_http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/225/BUITENLAND/article/detail/3349665/2012/11/17/Israel-protest-op-de-Dam-verloopt-rustig.dhtml
_http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/225/BUITENLAND/article/detail/3349665/2012/11/17/Israel-protest-op-de-Dam-verloopt-rustig.dhtml
Bing translation said:The protest on the Dam against the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip Saturday noon ' quiet and peaceful '. Reports that a spokesman for the police. No incidents took place.
An estimated 300 people gathered on the square with signs, flags and banners. The Organization, the Palestine Komitee, had about 500 demonstrators expected.
The protest began with a deafening sound of a bombardment. ' This is like now in Gaza sounds and that is why we are here at the National Monument on the Dam, symbolically, for the freedom that we have and the Palestinians are denied, "said Wim Lankamp, President of the organization.
Jaap Hamburger of Another Jewish Sound spoke moments later: ' war can in no way provide a solution to the underlying problem, namely that there is still no independent State, Israel still not an independent Palestinian State permits. '