Gaza
Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington, London
December 29, 2008
Every day outside the Israeli Embassy, pro-Palestine protesters are gathering to demonstrate against Israel’s air strikes on Gaza.
I haven’t been to a protest in quite some time, and I used a flash for the first time 
There were at least a few hundred people when I arrived, and it was difficult to get anywhere near the front, so I mostly stayed out of the main area.
This man below was pro-Israel and was questioning the beliefs of the protesters, claiming they were inciting hate with their chants.
The “Palestinian Jews” as they call themselves, arrived.
I’ve taken pictures of them before where I even interviewed them for someone! They seem to take part in all Pro-Palestine protests – the placard sums up their beliefs.
Bad composition, but I thought this was a cute moment:
This woman was giving quite a heated interview. It was interesting listening to her.. she seemed to be talking about peoples’ views on Islam, as opposed to the issue in Gaza. The two are definitely not mutually exclusive, I think it’s fair to say. Is a war on Gaza/Palestine, a war on Islam?
The road had been shut for the protesters and bystanders looked on bemused, but this street cleaner casually carried on sweeping while having a smoke – I loved that.
I’d normally provide a link that gives more information on the subject, but I’m not sure if I can find an unbiased article, or at least one that isn’t seen to be biased. Funnily enough, I’ve heard many anti-Israeli people claim that mainstream news channels such as the BBC are biased towards Israelis,but pro-Israel people claim the same.
I hear things like “the BBC always show the one Israeli that was killed, but never the hundreds that have died in Gaza, or the suffering there”. I also hear “the BBC shows all those people in Gaza injured and in despair, but never show how the Israelis suffer”.
I thought this Wikipedia article on the topic of media coverage surrounding this conflict was interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Arab-Israeli_conflict
I was also interviewed for a BBC report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7805228.stm
