User:Tiamut/Draft section on demonstrations

January 3
*Tens of thousands of Arab citizens protest the Israeli assault on Gaza in Sakhnin in the biggest protest in years
 * Hundreds protest in downton Chicago

January 2

 * Sean O'Brien writes a poem for Gaza called Katyusha, Katyusha.


 * Press conference by Annie Lennox, George Galloway et al. calling for an end to the Israeli offensive

*Israeli activists protest at Sde Dov air base and are 21 are arrested

January 1
*Christian groups in Indonesia protest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza with peaceful demonstration and mass prayers, releasing 100 "Save Palestine" balloons *1,000 students in Bernama protest "Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip" *Hundreds of students in Tehran, Iran demonstrate against Israeli strikes on Gaza and express their readiness to travel to Gaza to fight Israel.  *Protestors in Minneapolis occupy Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Minneapolis office, demanding that the Senator take a stand against the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. After two hours, they got a meeting with Senator Klobuchar. 

December 31
*New Haven, Conneticut, 30 protestors outside the federal courthouse demanding an end to Israel's bombing of Gaza and an end to US military aid to Israel

December 30

 * During a demonstration in Yemen, 20 protestors broke into the Egyptian embassy in protest against Egypt's attitude towards the attacks on Gaza, calling for the Rafah border to be opened.
 * 5,000 people protest outside the White House in Washington DC; 10,000 protest outside the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, thousands outside the consulate in New York City, and thousands in Dearborn, Michigan. Other smaller protests took place in San Diego, Anchorage, Alaska; Phoenix, Arizona; Modesto, Sacramento, San Jose, and Santa Rosa, California; Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado; Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Ocala, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Honolulu, Hawaii; Chicago, Illinois; Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Ann Arbour, Flint and Kalamazoo, Michigan; Concord and Portsmouth, New Hampshire; New Brunswick, New Jersey; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, New York state; Cincinnati, Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Knoxville, Tennessee; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Norfolk, Virginia; Bellingham, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington state; and scores of other cities and towns in US. Protesters even lined the street in front of US President-elect Barack Obama’s vacation compound in Kailua, Hawaii.

December 28
*A protest condemning Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip was targeted by a suicide bomber in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, killing one civilian and wounding 16. Suicide Bomber Targets Anti-Israel Demo in Mosul and Suicide Bomber Targets Anti-Israel Demo in Mosul. (added by Chesdovi (talk) 17:59, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Pro-Palestinian protests denouncing the Israeli attacks in cities across Canada

Cyberattacks

 * over 10,000 pages hacked since Saturday
 * Bannk Discount webpage hacked