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Déjà vu.
At first, the pro-Israel, anti-terror rally, Sunday, Jan. 11 at Colorado’s State Capitol evoked the scenario of a family that has gathered too often in a short period of time for funerals.
Despite the weariness of having to come together to eulogize another loved one, the mourners nonetheless focus all their attention on the specific life that was lost.
So, too, once again, Americans Against Terrorism called a rally to support Israel while calling public attention to the worldwide threat of Islamic terrorism.
Like AAT’s rallies in 2003 to oppose Saddam Hussein and in 2006 to oppose Hezbollah in Israel’s war in Lebanon, this was held on the West steps of the State Capitol, and attended by many non-Jewish supporters of Israel. It also included some of the same speakers.
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