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DESCRIPTION:The raising of the Israeli flag at SF City Hall will be first time in the 
 USA . . .\nby repost Monday May 05, 2003 at 08:51 PM\n\n\nThis *is* 
 happening! I'm outraged!\n\nDo YOU Think the Israeli Flag Should Fly Over 
 SF City Hall?? \n\nThe raising of the Israeli flag at City Hall will be 
 first time in the USA. \n\nThis *is* happening! If you think it's 
 inappropriate, I urge you to come out and protest. This just seems wrong to 
 me - Americans are being bulldozed and Britons are being shot. Even today 
 the parents who came to see where their son was murdered were shot at! In a 
 UK Embassy armoured vehicle! And this is on top of the horrific daily 
 treatment of the Palestinians, the breaking of UN resolutions, and 
 possession of illegal nuclear weapons. \n\nThis is a religious state! 
 \n\nAt the very least, both the Israeli and the Palestinian flags should 
 fly together. Both people's are deserving of equal treatment, not favored 
 status for one. I seriously doubt there is ANY celebration in the city for 
 anything Palestinian. Peace involves both sides, not just one side. 
 \n\nHere is the notice: \n\nBy the initiative of the United Humanitarian 
 Mission, on the Independence Day of Israel on May 7th at 11:00a.m., at the 
 City Hall of San Francisco, the State Flag of Israel will be raised. The 
 General Consul of Israel will be present. \n\nHere's the number to call if 
 you are not convinced this will be happening: \n\nCall the Protocol Office 
 at City Hall at 415-554-6674 and ask for Matthew. \n\nPlease come out and 
 protest! 11AM!\n\n\nadd your 
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 | Privacy \nraelis fire on parents of injured British peace activist\nby 
 The Independent, UK Tuesday May 06, 2003 at 07:47 AM\n\n\nIt was a measure 
 of the insanity that can take hold here." said British diplomats who were 
 fired upon by the Israeli soldiers. The 21-year-old student, Tom Hurndall, 
 is in a coma in an Israeli hospital after he was shot three weeks ago. He 
 was hit by a high-velocity bullet fired by an Israeli sniper as he moved 
 towards two frightened Palestinian children in daylight. \n\nIsraelis fire 
 on parents of injured British peace activist \nBy Cahal Milmo 06 May 2003 
 \n\nThe parents of a British peace activist who was shot in the head by 
 Israeli troops came under fire themselves as they travelled to the spot 
 where their son was critically injured. \n\nAnthony and Jocelyn Hurndall 
 were in a British diplomatic convoy entering the town of Rafah in the Gaza 
 Strip when Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint fired a shot, which passed 
 narrowly over the top of their vehicles. \n\nThe incident on Saturday 
 afternoon took place despite the Israeli Army being given notice of the 
 journey on at least three occasions – the last minutes before the convoy 
 arrived. \n\nThe Foreign Office said last night that an explanation had 
 been requested from the Israeli authorities for the warning shot, which was 
 fired as the two armoured Range Rovers entered the Abu Khouli checkpoint on 
 the edge of Rafah at about 1pm. \n\nConcerns were being raised yesterday 
 over the conduct of Israeli soldiers in the south of the Gaza Strip. The 
 incident in which the Hurndalls were fired at comes not only after their 
 son was shot in Rafah, but after two other Westerners were killed in the 
 city. \n\nThe Hurndalls, whose eldest son, Tom, is in a coma in an Israeli 
 hospital after he was shot three weeks ago while trying to reach two 
 Palestinian children, were being accompanied by Tom's youngest brother and 
 the military and political attachés to the British embassy in Tel Aviv. 
 \n\nMrs Hurndall, a schoolteacher from Tufnell Park, north London, said: 
 "We were passing through the checkpoint very, very slowly when there was 
 the sound of a bullet – it was like the sound of a large stone coming off 
 the car. \n\n"What struck me was the ludicrousness of the situation. Here 
 we were, the parents and brother of someone who has been wounded by Israeli 
 Defence Forces and who then fire a warning shot over our car for no 
 apparent reason. \n\n"It was a measure of the insanity that can take hold 
 here." The single shot was fired from one of two watchtowers that stand 
 above the checkpoint, causing the two British cars, identifiable by their 
 white diplomatic plates, to come to an immediate halt. \n\nNot until the 
 defence attaché, Colonel Tom Fitzalan-Howard, had stepped from the car 
 with his hands in the air to talk with the soldiers inside the tower was 
 the convoy able to proceed. \n\nNotice that the cars would be passing 
 through Abu Khouli was given at least three times – in the days before 
 the trip, just as it was setting off and 10 minutes before it arrived. 
 \n\nA Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "A single warning shot was fired as 
 our staff were crossing the checkpoint. No-one was injured but the incident 
 has been raised with the Israeli Defence Forces." \n\nIt is understood that 
 an Israeli Army captain at the checkpoint later told members of the convoy 
 that the shot had been fired because the vehicles had not stopped. There 
 was no order to do so. \n\nThe journey by the Hurndall family to Rafah, 
 where they met peace activists from the International Solidarity Movement 
 who had been working with Tom, was made as they launched an appeal to raise 
 £20,000 to bring him back to Britain by air ambulance. \n\nThe 21-year-old 
 student, who was studying photography at Manchester Metropolitan 
 University, was hit by a high-velocity bullet fired by an Israeli sniper as 
 he moved towards two frightened Palestinian \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Protest Israeli Flag Raising at City Hall, Israel Consul General will be there
LOCATION:City Hall
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