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Islington Tribune - by SIMON WROE
Published: 16 January 2009

Protesters opposite Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s house on Friday

Protesters take peace campaign to Foreign Secretary’s doorstep

THE police carried sub-machine guns, the protesters waved home-made banners. Heavy weaponry and moral outrage came face to face on the doorstep of the home of Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Friday in a demonstration against the continuing Israel-Gaza conflict.
The announcement of a British-drafted ceasefire resolution last Thursday did not stop dozens of pro-Palestinian campaigners setting up camp in front of Mr Miliband’s Primrose Hill home.
An equal number of police, several armed and wearing flak jackets, watched testily from the other side of the street.
Yael Kahn, Israeli founder of Islington Friends of Yibna (IFY), who organised the protest, said the ceasefire proposal passed by the Security Council was not enough.
“People think the problem has been sorted out but the situation is still desperate. This ceasefire allows Israel an opportunity to continue doing as much damage as it wants with impunity,” she added.
The Foreign Secretary had been targeted because of his significant role in negotiating the ceasefire, she said.
Israel began air attacks on Gaza on December 27 in response to rocket attacks. Israeli ground troops advanced into Gaza last week.

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