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Friday, Jan. 9: Mass Protest Against Israel's Attacks on Gaza

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• 07 Jan 2009

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• 07 Jan 2009 09:53:59 PM

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When: Friday, January 9 - 3:30 PM
Where: Daley Plaza
50 W. Washington St. - Chicago

Mass Protest Against Israel's Attacks on Gaza

Rally to be followed by march on the Israeli Consulate

When: Friday, January 9 - 3:30 PM
Where: Daley Plaza
50 W. Washington St.

Stop the Killing of the Palestinian People!
Stop the War and Siege on Gaza!
End All U.S. Aid to Israel!
End the Israeli Occupation of Palestine!

At least 789 Palestinians have been killed and 3,500 injured since the Israeli offensive began on December 27. More than 257 Palestinian children are among the dead.

Sponsored by Coalition for Justice in Palestine ( this Coalition consists of the Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Arab church groups that organized the mass protest on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 ); American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)-Chicago, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), ANSWER Chicago, Arab American Action Network (AAAN), Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Arab Student Union-Moraine Valley Community College, Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism (CCAWR), Chicago Islamic Center, Children of Palestine, Comite Anti-Militarizacion20(CAMY), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Chicago, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC), Fight Back! Newspaper, Gay LiberationNetwork (GLN), Guadalupe Mission-Little Village, International Socialist Organization (ISO), International Solidarity Movement (ISM)-Chicago, Islamic Community Center of Illinois (ICCI), Chicago, March 10th Movement, Mosque Foundation, Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation, Muslim Student Association (MSA)-University of Chicago, National Boricua Human Rights Network, Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG)-Chicago, Palestine Humanitarian Aid Project (PHAP), Palestinian American Community Center, Peace Pledge-Chicago, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)-DePaul University, SJP-Northwestern University (NU), SJP-University of Illinois-Champaign, SJP-University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), United Holy Land Fund (UHLF), United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)-Chicago, Wright College Students for Peace and Justice