Daily Telegraph Right-wing Israelis celebrate the deaths of Gazan children Video from a far-right Tel Aviv demonstration shows the crowd chanting, there is no school tomorrow; there are no children left in Gaza By Inna Lazareva, Tel Aviv3:00PM BST 30 Jul 2014 There is no school tomorrow; there are no children left in Gaza,” chanted the right-wing extremists gathered opposite Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday night, waving Israeli flags and shaking their fingers in the air. As the the cries of “I hate all the Arabs” and “Gaza is a cemetery” intensified, some of the protestors tried to accost the participants in one of the country’s biggest anti-war demonstrations this year. “Go protest in Gaza!” they shouted at the thousands spread all over Tel Aviv’s main protest square, in a demonstration that dwarfed the extremists’ riot. In one corner of the square, just metres away from those calling for the continuation of the war, dozens of tea light candles were set up as a border around the youths crouched inside. Quietly, they lit and placed candles around photographs of both Palestinians and Israelis killed in the war so far. “Free Palestine” said one poster in shades of the Palestinian flag as it was held up by a protestor against the background of Tel Aviv municipality building which had been lit up in turn to look like a giant flag of Israel. Related Articles Orthodox Jews forced from Guatemala village 30 Aug 2014 Fresh ceasefire attempts after heaviest Israeli attack 29 Jul 2014 Israel strikes Gaza after rockets fired from Strip 08 Aug 2014 Gaza endures heavy night of bombardment 29 Jul 2014 Obama and Pope call for peace in Gaza as child death toll rises 27 Jul 2014 Gaza Strip refugee camp and hospital hit by Israeli missiles 28 Jul 2014 “We don’t want a war mongering government”, chanted the crowds in unison as nearby an all-female drums bands belted out rhythms to which people waved their placards in the air. Protests for and against the war in Gaza have been sweeping many parts of the country, from Haifa and Nazareth to the smaller Israeli-Arab towns in the north of the country. In some parts of the country, hate crime has also been on the rise. On Wednesday, three Jewish men were arrested on suspicion of assaulting two Arab residents in Jerusalem. The two were attacked on their way back from an iftar dinner (a meal which breaks the Ramadan fast after sunset every day) with iron bars and baseball bats, said the Israeli NGO ‘Association for Civil Rights in Israel’. On the same day, an Arab youth was indicted for attacking an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, beating and leaving him unconscious. In Gaza, Hamas has executed over 30 civilians suspected of collaborating with Israel, Palestine Press News agency reported. A further 20 Palestinians were reported as shot by Hamas gunmen on Monday night after a group protested the massive destruction on the Shejaia neighbourhood, blaming Hamas, Israel’s Channel 10 reported.
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