By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz – 6 June 2009
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1090746.html
Protestors held a rally in Tel Aviv Saturday to mark 42 years since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
Around 1,000 demonstrators marched in the rally, which led from Rabin Square to the Tel Aviv museum.
MK Nitzan Horovitz (Meretz) addressed the crowd, calling on Israel to stop settlement building and heed calls by U.S. President Barack Obama to restart the peace process. “The negative reactions to Obama’s initiatives are only coming from Al Qaida and [Israeli right-wing party] the National Union,” Horovitz told the crowd, adding “this is the time to end the occupation.”
Head of the far left Hadash party Mohammed Barakeh also addressed the demonstration.
