The Nation - News from April 25, 1988
About 4,500 people jammed a West Side street in New York City at a protest by Jewish groups demanding that Israel end its occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Hoisting placards advising “Enough!” and “Better That We Should Have Peace Than the Greater Israel,” the crowd burst into cheers when Peter Yarrow, of the singing group Peter, Paul and Mary, denounced Israel’s handling of violent Palestinian unrest in the territories. The protesters poured into the streets after former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban delivered a similar message to worshipers at Temple Rodeph Sholom.
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