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Today a demonstration against terrorism was held outside the Simon Wiesenthal Center, near the remains of bus 19, which was blown up by terrorists in Israel on January 29th, 2004.
Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, spoke, and called for a U.N. resolution declaring that terrorist killings of civilians are a crime against humanity.
L.A. Mayor Jim Hahn spoke in support of Rabbi Hier’s demand to the U.N.
Nonie Darwish of Arabs for Israel spoke powerfully. She’s a firecracker. She was born in Egypt, raised until the age of 8 in Gazaa, and until the age of 30 lived in the culture that she now speaks out against.
Terrorism is a symptom of a very sick society where tyrants and despots hide behind terrorists from the age-old yearning of people for freedom.
...Shame on the people who call them freedom fighters!
...The epidemic of terrorism will not end until change comes within the Islamic Community.
We Americans of Islamic descent have the duty to speak up and call for change.
She gave a powerful, moving speech. I asked her afterwards for the text of it, and she said it may appear on her web site later this week. I’ll keep an eye out for it and link to it if I find it. In the meantime you can find articles she’s written published by FrontPage, here and here.
Now, take a look at this bus. This is what it looked like as we walked up to it:
And here’s a shot showing the interior:
There were people in there when that happened. 11 died; 50 more were injured. This is a crime against humanity.
Update 1-30-05: Instalanche. Thanks, Glenn, and welcome, Instapundit readers!
Photos of the event (7 in all) are available in an image gallery.
