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Finland : Thousands hold pro-Israel rally

Friday, June 11, 2010 , Ynet, By Aviel Magnezi

While Israeli flags are being burned in many European capitals in the aftermath of the deadly flotilla raid, thousands of people took part in a pro-Israel rally in Helsinki on Thursday.

The Finnish capital’s streets were filled with Israeli and Finnish flags as participants marched towards the port while chanting slogans in support of the Israel Defense Forces and waving banners protesting what they claimed was the biased media coverage of the flotilla raid.

The protestors also sang “Hevenu Shalom Aleichem (We Brought Peace Upon You)".

Itzik Moyal, an Israeli who lives in Helsinki, estimated that more than 2,000 people took part in the rally. "Most of them are not even Jewish, they came here following a call by a pro-Israeli Christian organization, which coordinated the event with the Jewish community," he told Ynet.

"Seeing this support brought a lot of joy, particularly in light of the local media’s blitz on Israel in the days that followed the incident at sea. The picture is beginning to balance out due to the photos of the weapons that were found on the (Gaza-bound) ship," said Moyal.

The Jewish community in Finland numbers some 1,500, among them 200 Israelis.

Slobodni prijevod

U vrijeme kada su se  spaljivale izraelske zastave u mnogim glavnim  gradovima Evrope, nakon napada na "flotilu", tisuće ljudi je u četvrtak sudjelovalo na pro-izraelskom mitingu u Helsinkiju.

Ulice glavnog grada Finske bile ispunjene izraelskim i finskim zastavama dok su učesnici "marširali" prema luci , uzvokujući slogane za potporu Izraelskim obrambenim snagama i protestirujaći  protiv  načina na koji su mediji prikazali  napad na "flotilu". Također se pjevala pjesma "Hevenu Shalom Aleichem".

Itzik Moyal, jedan od Izraelaca koji žive u Helsinkiju, u  svom govoru za Ynet , procjenjuje da je u protestu sudjelovalo oko 2.000 ljudi.

"Većina od njih nisu ni Židovi, oni su došli na poziv pro-izraelske  kršćanske organizacije , koja je koordinirala događaje zajedno sa Židovskom zajednicom".

"Ta je podrška donijela veliko zadovoljstvo, osobito zbog načina na koji su lokalni mediji napadali Izrael (u danima nakon incidenta na moru). Slika je "uravnoteženija" nakon što su viđene fotografije oružja koje je nađeno na  brodu".

Židovska zajednica u Finskoj ima oko 1.500 članova, od toga je 200 Izraelaca.