Vigil and Peace Rally at City Hall At this vigil for the Qana massacre on August 4, 2006, the November 16 Coalition worked with members of various faith communities, labour, and elected officials to fill the Hamilton City Hall Council Chambers to demand an immediate and unconditional ceasefire among all parties
Panelists from left to right include: Ray Cunnington of Physicians for Global Survival and Project Ploughshares, Environmentalist and Jewish Peace Activist David Cohen, Vice President Rifat Dyrmishi of the Muslim Association of Hamilton, and Lebanese Canadian and trustee of the Hamilton Islamic Centre Abbas Hamade To the left of the aforementioned speakers are Hamilton Mountain MP Chris Charlton and Hamilton East MP representative Juanita, standing in for Wayne Marsden
Diane Baltaz and Reverend Sue Jackson lead a Christian prayer for peace following the Muslim prayer for peace The Imam Sheikh Abdul Raouf
Reverend George Addison, Senior Chaplain in Brock University's department of Campus Ministries
Reverend Sue Jackson of the United Church Elias Butt, President of the Muslim Association of Hamilton
David Cohen speaking
Abbas Hamade begins his slide show
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