Binlerce İnsan İsrail'i Protesto Etmek için İstanbul'da Toplandı - Thousands Rally in Istanbul to Protest Israeli Raid on Flotilla

06/01/2010 09:57:59

Thousands rally in Istanbul to protest Israeli raid on flotilla

Monday, May 31, 2010

Thousands of peoplegatheredin Istanbul to protest the attack of Israeli naval forces on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip carrying international activists including Turkish civilian volunteers.

The first protest in Istanbul was held in front of the Israeliconsulatebuilding in the central Levent neighborhood. The protestors gathered in front of the consulate at night and their numbers increased bydawn. A group of protestors tried to enter the consulate building, leading police tointervenewith tear gas and pressurized water to keep protestors away.

Protestors latermarchedto Taksim Square carryingbannerssaying, "Israel take your hands off our ships ofconscience,' "You cannot stop humanitarian aid ships' in Turkish, English and Hebrew. The most common sloganschantedon the march and in Taksim were: "Israel the Murderer: leave the Mediterranean,' "Long live the globaluprising,' "The blood of themartyrswill drown Israel,' "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, revenge forrevenge.'

Muharrem Öztürk, an unemployed economist, saidPalestineis now on everybody'sagendain the world. "By displaying their injustice, Israel let it be seen one more time that it is a terroriststate.'

 " http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/

Vocabulary Exercise

The crowd walked along the street, waving ..... and shouting angrily.
  • state
  • banners
  • revenge
 
A crowd ..... to hear the president' speak.
  • consulate
  • Palestine
  • gathered
 
The farmers worked from ..... to dusk, seven days a week in the fields.
  • dawn
  • chanted
  • intervene
 

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