290,000 People Show Up for Historic Pro-Israel Rally

[marybourg]

Organizers Claim.

I watched most of it, and while it was a stand with Israel rally, and an anti-antisemitism rally it was *not* an anti-Palestinian rally. Not by a long shot; there was plenty of compassion expressed for the Palestinian people, and a Muslim speaker, a Pakistani official, was very well received.

https://www.jta.org/2023/11/14/united-states/290000-people-show-up-for-historic-pro-israel-rally-in-dc-organizers-claim?utm_source=JTA_Maropost&utm_campaign=JTA_alert&utm_medium=email&mpweb=1161-64578-20856

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Important story.

I think US Jews understand that Israel and Palestine need to find common ground.

[Glorfindel]

2. I watched part of it, then had to leave.

I thought Senator Schumer did an excellent job of speaking. Even that rePuke female senator from Iowa made a good talk, though I'm not sure how happy she'd be in Israel with no hogs to castrate.

[marybourg]

4. All the speakers I heard were excellent (except for Hogee, or whatever his name is. He

was obviously speaking out of both sides of his mouth). And it was incredibly well organized; the speakers came and went with almost military precision.

[JoseBalow]

6. There are hogs in Israel

Pigs are bred, slaughtered and processed in Israel, and Israelis by the thousands consume pork products voraciously.

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/praise-the-lard-pig-farming-in-israel/

[Glorfindel]

7. Thanks!

I had no idea. I guess Senator Ernst would feel right at home, then.

[JoseBalow]

8. birds of a feather

wallow in shit together

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[marybourg]

5. And it looked like 90% of them were young!

[MyMission]

9. Yet most MSM headlines report tens of thousands

Rather than hundreds of thousands, or almost 300,000 they all minimized the amount in their headlines about the event. At least NBC said "throngs of people." Only the Jewish news sources were reporting the real numbers in their headlines. That pissed me off.

Otherwise I was pleased and impressed at such a large turnout.
In solidarity I wore my Israeli flag pin, and watched the rally on line last night.