Arab-Americans protest downtown
Arab-American Community Youngstown
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Tuesday December 30, 2008 rally in downtown Youngstown, OH.
YOUNGSTOWN — Violence in the Mideast brought Arab-Americans downtown to express solidarity with those in the Gaza Strip under attack by Israelis.
A demonstration was held Tuesday afternoon in front of the Thomas D. Lambrose Federal Courthouse on Market and Front streets downtown. Members of the Arab-American Community Center of Greater Youngstown said portraying Israel as a retaliating “innocent victim” is wrong.
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