Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November 2006, page 68

Waging Peace

Seattle Protesters Demand End to Israel’s War on Lebanon

UNDER A BLAZING summer sun, hundreds of anti-war protesters gathered at Seattle’s Federal Building in the heart of downtown on Aug. 12, the date designated by anti-war activists worldwide as a “Global Day of Action.”

Demanding the end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine and its 32-day bombing of Lebanon, activists throughout the Puget Sound area participated in the event initiated by International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), the National Council of Arab Americans and the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation.

Chanting, “Occupation is a Crime, from Iraq, Lebanon, to Palestine,” the crowd carried placards with such slogans as “War is Not Working” and “Stop Funding Israeli Terrorism.”

Supporters of the Green Party’s Washington senatorial candidate, Aaron Dixon, passed out information on the anti-war candidate to passersby. According to his campaign workers, Dixon believes that Democrats such as Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) have taken the Republican position on the war, contrary to constituents’ wishes, and will be voted out of office, following the example of Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), who, four days earlier, had lost his party’s Aug. 8 primary.

—Elaine Pasquini