Anti-Israeli protest, Dublin.

Hundreds of protesters took part in a peaceful demonstration in Dublin yesterday against Israel's attack on the European Freedom Flotilla and calling for the immediate expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland.
Protesters carried five coffins representing those activists who lost their lives in last Monday's attack.
The marchers gathered at the Central Bank Plaza on Dame Street. Among the speaker were Labour Party T.D. Joe Costello, Irish Anti-War Movement chairman, Richard Boyd-Barrett, Irish C.N.D president Rev Patrick Comerford and Issam Benali, Libyan-born Irish citizen and one of the activists caught up in the Israeli commando raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla.

Mr Benali gave an account of what he had witnessed and his treatment at the hands of Israeli officials. Another Libyan-born Irish citizen, Al Mahdi Alharati, was on one of the two Greek ships in the flotilla. Israeli commandos fired plastic bullets and used tazers during the raid, many of the activists were beaten, Mr Mahdi Alharati was injured when struck in the face with a rifle butt. He was hospitalized on his arrival in Ankara on Wednesday.

The protest moved on to the Daíl, there were more speeches before the march made it's way to the Israeli Embassy in Ballsbridge. Demonstrators staged a sit-in protest, there was a minute's silence for the murdered activists. A tremendous cheer went up from the crowd when a live link to activists onboard the MV Rachel Corrie finally worked.

About 50 protesters, camped outside the embassy overnight. Another protest is planned for Saturday, June 5th.