{"id":19189,"date":"2026-07-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=19189"},"modified":"2026-07-25T09:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:59:58","slug":"lebanon-ceasefire-now-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=19189","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon: Ceasefire Now! – 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Downing St, Westminster<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Lebanon:<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lebanon: Ceasefire Now!<\/strong>: In July 2006 there were protests in London over Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. There had been a large march on 22nd July and the pictures here are from a second protest on the following Friday, July 28th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lebanon:<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I posted about the first of these events here last week<\/a> and you can read further details about what was happening around the world including in Lebanon and Palestine on July 28th on Wikipedia<\/a>. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was on that day in Washington holding talks with President George W. Bush on the crisis in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lebanon:
Police officer remonstrates with a child using megaphone in the prohibited area<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lebanon:
Andrew Murray of ‘Stop the War’ who organised the demo was allowed to make a brief address<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t write much about this protest at Downing St: “Several hundred demonstrators lined up on the pavement in Whitehall opposite Downing Street. They included a number of Jewish protesters who also felt that the Israeli bombing and invasion was an entirely disproportionate action, as well as supporters of Hezbollah<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lebanon:
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\"Lebanon:
A delegation prepares to take a letter to Downing St demanding that Blair calls for an immediate ceasefire (he didn’t)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lebanon:<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The presence of many Jewish protesters has been a continuing feature of all the protests against the Israeli attacks on Palestine and Gaza, something which is seldom mentioned or given any prominence in media coverage or the comments by politicians on these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jew and Arab in solidarity opposing the Israeli action<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Accurate reporting on these events and an end to government ministers and leading politicians describing them as hate marches and respecting those Jews who feel compelled to protest against the Israeli government actions – rather than promoting the views of pro-Zionists would I am sure have lessened both the rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia we now see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact me to buy prints or licence to reproduce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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