Dec. 29th, 2008
Three Mothers Arrested @ Israeli Embassy, DC,
Protesting Bombing of
(Clare Grady & Ellen Grady,
-Heidi
Press Release
For immediate release:
Contacts:
(in DC) Danny Burns 1-607-280-0369
(in DC) Kate DeMott Grady 1-607-216-2043
(in
December 29, 2008 - As part of a group of 60 people from the
Atlantic Life Community, three mothers, Heidi Schloegel and Ellen
Grady and Clare Grady of the Grady clan of
arrested outside the Israeli embassy. The group was petitioning
embassy officials for an end to Israeli air strikes on
approached the embassy gate singing "Peace, Salaam, Shalom" and
holding signs which read, "Peace. Stop the killing," and "Stop the war
on the children." They knelt and prayed before being arrested. The
three mothers are being held over night, and it is anticipated that
they will appear tomorrow for arraignment in Superior Court of the
The action was part of a three day retreat organized by the
Atlantic Life Community to commemorate the biblical Feast of the Holy
Innocence and to protest the slaughter of the innocent of today:
"When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in
a dream. Get up, he said, take the child and his mother and escape to
the child to kill him. So he got up, took the child and his mother
during the night and left for
of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the
prophet: Out of
been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill
all the boys in
under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then
what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: "A voice is
heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her
children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more." -
Matthew 2:16-18
Earlier Monday, Dec. 29th, the group held a vigil at the
Pentagon on the retreat's theme of empire and children. Eleven of the
seventy vigilers were arrested and charged with "disobeying a lawful
order" for holding signs outside of the Pentagon's designated free
speach zone. They are scheduled to appear in court on the 6th of
March, 2009.
The action at the Israeli embassy was a part of protests against
Israeli war crimes and air strikes on Gaza, protests that are
happening throughout the
Ellen and Clare Grady.
The
Tues. Dec. 30th, 2008
3:30 - 5:30 pm
RT. 13 &
bring banners and
call for info: 607-280-8797
For further info on protests in different cities, check the web site
of US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Check Electronic
Intifada web site: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/
--
Mary Anne Grady
1-607-273-7437/ 1-607-280-8797
"If you think one person can't be effective, you've never been in bed
with a mosquito"-War Resister's League
www.hebronorphans.blogspot.com
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