Uri Avnery: Israel; "The Government Is Drowning Us All" (2010) – Veterans Today | Military Foreign Affairs Policy Journal for Clandestine Services
By First published on VT June 6, 2010 A disaster was averted yesterday (June 5) at Tel-Aviv’s Museum Square, when rightists threw a smoke grenade into the middle of the protest rally, obviously hoping for a panic to break out and cause the protesters to trample on each other. But the demonstrators remained calm, nobody started to run and just a small space in the middle of the crowd remained empty. The speaker did not stop talking even when the cloud of smoke reached the stage. The audience included many children. Half an hour later, a dozen rightist thugs attacked Gush Shalom’s 86 year ...