Los Angeles 3/27/04
Free Palestine supporters met at the
Israeli consulate to voice outrage over the killing of Shaykh Ahmed Yassin and honor him in martyrdom.
Earlier in the week Israeli helicopter gunships fired three rockets at the wheelchair-bound political leader of HAMAS as he exited the Islamic Association Mosque in the densely populated al-Sabra neighborhood in the center of Gaza City. This, the second assassination attempt on the 66-year-old Yassin, was successful. Israel’s targeting campaign has killed over 337 Palestinians with 40% of the victims being non-combatants since September of 2000.
World leaders and governing institutions have denounced the extra-judicial killing. The United States characterized the US equipped attack as “Deeply Troubling”. Yassin’s murder has sparked outrage in the region and beyond.
portions adapted from Nigel Parry, The Electronic Intifada
