On Monday, May 18 – a group will be holding a rally in support of Israel across the street from the White House in Washington DC’s Lafayette Park from 10 AM to 3 PM. We are told that this rally will address the extremist threat to Israel. Our concern is that those factions promoting extremism have made repeated threats towards the destruction of Israel.
The coalition states: “Please plan to join a rally in support of the State of Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu across the street from the White House, rain or shine, at:”
“Lafayette Park
Washington, DC
May 18, 2009
10am-3pm ”
Point of Contact: Hillary Markowitz
kensy7@aol.com
If you are taking the Washington DC subway (Metro), you should exit at the Farragut West (Orange/Blue Lines), Farragut North (Red Line), or McPherson Square (Orange/Blue Lines) metro stops:
FARRAGUT WEST METRO STATION (Orange/Blue Line) to LAFAYETTE PARK:
- Exit station through 18TH & I (EYE) ST NW entrance.
- Walk approx. 1 block S on 18th St NW.
- Turn left on Pennsylvania Ave NW.
- Walk approx. 2 blocks SE on Pennsylvania Ave NW.
FARRAGUT NORTH METRO STATION (RED LINE) to LAFAYETTE PARK:
- Exit station through CONNETICUT AVE & K ST NW entrance.
- Walk a short distance S on Connecticut Ave NW.
- Walk straight on 17th St NW.
- Walk approx. 1 block S on 17th St NW.
- Turn left on I St NW.
- Walk a short distance E on I St NW.
- Turn right on Connecticut Ave NW.
- Walk approx. 1 block S on Connecticut Ave NW.
- Bear right on Jackson Pl NW.
- Walk approx. 1 block S on Jackson Pl NW.
Comment on Code Pink Disruption:
At the rally, Code Pink attended and attempted to disrupt individuals in the pro-Israel rally. Regardless, I want to point out that the Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) organization respects their freedom of speech as we respect all freedom of speech. We do not respect any who would deny freedom of speech in any way. Moreover, we also do not agree with and publicly condemn those individuals at the pro-Israel rally who appeared to shove one of the members of Code Pink. R.E.A.L. is and will continue to be a non-violent, human rights organization and we completely and utterly reject such unacceptable behavior. We went to check on the members of the Code Pink group after this pushing incident to make certain that they were not harmed in any way. We reject violence and support freedom of speech for all people. We deplore those who felt this was necessary, and publicly condemn their actions.