Pro-Israel rallies call for peace

They marched in New York, Marseille and in London – pro-Israel, anti-war protesters. As many as 20,000 people joined a rally in the southern French port. Pro-Israel rallies call for peace Guarded by 4,000 police officers the crowd converged on the Israeli consulate building but there was no repeat of the violent incidents during a pro-Palestinian rally in Paris a day earlier. In London’s Trafalgar Square a gathering of 4,000 pro-Israel demonstrators passed off relatively peacefully. The rally called for an end to violence in the Middle East. Organizers said they wanted the people of Gaza and Israel to live in peace but said Palestinians must accept some responsibility for the current conflict. Thousands of supporters of Israel rallied near the United Nations on Sunday to declare that the Jewish state's two-week-long military action in the Gaza Strip is an act of self-defense. "For the last three and a half years, Israel's been bombarded daily by a number of rockets coming from Gaza," said Gov. David Paterson, one of a dozen elected officials who addressed the crowd that filled a block of 42nd Street in Manhattan. "The founding charter of Hamas calls for the obliteration of the state of Israel." New York Gov. David Paterson speaks at a rally in support of Israel (Beta)

Pro-Israel rallies call for peace

Guarded by 4,000 police officers the crowd converged on the Israeli consulate building but there was no repeat of the violent incidents during a pro-Palestinian rally in Paris a day earlier.

In London’s Trafalgar Square a gathering of 4,000 pro-Israel demonstrators passed off relatively peacefully.

The rally called for an end to violence in the Middle East.

Organizers said they wanted the people of Gaza and Israel to live in peace but said Palestinians must accept some responsibility for the current conflict.

Thousands of supporters of Israel rallied near the United Nations on Sunday to declare that the Jewish state's two-week-long military action in the Gaza Strip is an act of self-defense.

"For the last three and a half years, Israel's been bombarded daily by a number of rockets coming from Gaza," said Gov. David Paterson, one of a dozen elected officials who addressed the crowd that filled a block of 42nd Street in Manhattan.

"The founding charter of Hamas calls for the obliteration of the state of Israel."