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August 30th, 2006, 1:17:11 PM
Article Last Updated: 08/26/2006 12:22:43 AM MDT
SLC to issue permit for the 'Death to Israel' rally
Day of protests: Jewish community concerned, but acknowledges First Amendment rights
By Heather May
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City will allow local defense attorney Robert Breeze to hold a "Death to Israel" demonstration Wednesday despite concerns from the Jewish community.
The permit will be approved next week, after the city and Breeze finalize where the demonstration, one of several planned for that day, will be held. It will run from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Breeze, 52, said his goal is to protest "the torture and murder inflicted on Muslims by Israel and the penetration of the U.S. media by Israeli intelligence."
While he said his group - the Center to Prevent Corporate Media Lying - has other members and financial donors, Breeze wouldn't name them. And he acknowledged some of his past protests against media coverage of the Iraq war that he held in front of the KSL studios included paid participants from the homeless shelter.
Some demonstrators Wednesday also may be paid.
"They're called 'vicarious protesters,' " he said.
When asked if he wants to see the elimination of Israel, Breeze said: "The President of Iran has an excellent idea. . . . I would like to see them move Israel to Virginia and put all the current Virginians in a concentration camp. Then we'll see how popular Israel is [in the United States]."
Last year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," to the condemnation of several world leaders.
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4242208
SLC to issue permit for the 'Death to Israel' rally
Day of protests: Jewish community concerned, but acknowledges First Amendment rights
By Heather May
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City will allow local defense attorney Robert Breeze to hold a "Death to Israel" demonstration Wednesday despite concerns from the Jewish community.
The permit will be approved next week, after the city and Breeze finalize where the demonstration, one of several planned for that day, will be held. It will run from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Breeze, 52, said his goal is to protest "the torture and murder inflicted on Muslims by Israel and the penetration of the U.S. media by Israeli intelligence."
While he said his group - the Center to Prevent Corporate Media Lying - has other members and financial donors, Breeze wouldn't name them. And he acknowledged some of his past protests against media coverage of the Iraq war that he held in front of the KSL studios included paid participants from the homeless shelter.
Some demonstrators Wednesday also may be paid.
"They're called 'vicarious protesters,' " he said.
When asked if he wants to see the elimination of Israel, Breeze said: "The President of Iran has an excellent idea. . . . I would like to see them move Israel to Virginia and put all the current Virginians in a concentration camp. Then we'll see how popular Israel is [in the United States]."
Last year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," to the condemnation of several world leaders.
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4242208