World Jewish News
Near the Ukrainian embassy in Tel-Aviv. Photo by Ilya Sokolov.
|
Solidarity Rally With Ukraine Takes Place in Tel-Aviv
25.01.2014, Israel and the World On January 24, 2013, a solidarity rally took place near the Ukrainian embassy in Tel-Aviv. Over 70 activists from different cities of Israel came to state their protest against the dictatorship and police oppression. The participants of the rally, which had taken place both near the embassy and on the other side of the street from it, shouted slogans, including: “No to state terror!”, “Freedom to political prisoners!”, “The criminal regime must go!”, “You can’t wash your hands of blood!”, “Eternal memory to the heroes!”, “The people of Ukraine will win!”, “Freedom can’t be stopped!”, “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!” and sung the hymn of Ukraine. The participants held up posters in Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian, and English.
Photos of the civil protesters who were killed in Kyiv were placed on the embassy fence. The rallyers lighted candles next to the portraits and had a minute of silence to honor those who were killed by police terror. A seven-meter-long strip of black cloth speckled with red paint to symbolize the blood of those who were killed was put up on the other side of the road from the Ukrainian embassy.
“There is blood in the Ukrainian capital, the police are beating, torturing, and killing protest participants. The world cannot remain silent,” said one of the organizators of the rally. “This rally is against violence, it’s a memorial rally for those who were killed and an act of solidarity with the Ukrainian people.”
|
|