Thursday, 4:30 PM
Protest of Israeli airstrikes at South Station draws curiosity, anger
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Globe Correspondent
Fifteen people lay motionless on the tile floor at South Station South Station this morning, flat on their backs with arms extended arms and closed eyes, simulating death.
Commuters met the mock dead with looks of curiosity, annoyance and anger, rushing past the "Die In" staged by local Jewish youth to protest civilian deaths in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes.
"People need to see these images and have these conversations about what large scale civilian death looks like, and what we can do to make it end," said Liz Jackson, a 27-year-old protest organizer.
Protesters wore black shirts reading "Not all U.S. Jews support Israel's actions." They moved from South Station to the plaza in front of One Financial Center as hundreds of people hustled to work.
Some passersby stopped to ask questions or to express their support or disagreement. Others ignored the scene.
Jessica Majno, a religious studies student at Brown, stopped to watch.
"It's easy to slip into your daily life and forget what's going on in the other side of the world," she said. "It's important for people to be thinking about it."
