Cork rally for Gaza 05.06.10

A few hundred people turned up today in Cork city centre to voice their outrage at the murder of aid workers by Israeli commandos.

Organised by the Cork Branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign the rally started at the plaza outside Brown Thomas at the junction of Winthrop Street and Patrick Street.

There was a mix of people from all spheres of life in the city including a sizeable number from the Middle Eastern communities. Speaker after speaker condemned Israel's action as an act of terrorism and a violation of international law. Speakers included city councillors Chris O'Leary (Independent), Mick Barry (Socialist Party), Ted Tynan (Workers Party), Senator Dan Boyle (Green), Jim Bowen (Ireland Palestine Solicarity Campaign), Edmund Smith of the Indpendent Workers Union, a speaker from UCC students union, speakers from the Palestinian and Turkish communities in Cork and a speaker on behalf of the Cork Gay Pride March which also took place in the city today.

The names of the 9 innocents slaughtered by Israel

Preparation for the rally

Symbolic boat