[Elder of Ziyon] GMJ organizer furiously backtracks on"'two million" claim

Last Monday:

Two million Arab and international protesters will march toward the borders of Israel and take part in activities designed to highlight Jerusalem's Arab character on Friday, the event organizer claims.

Ribhi Haloum, general coordinator of the "Global March to Jerusalem," said in a press statement that volunteers from 80 countries will take part in the march. Jordan and Lebanon will send protesters to the border, whereas Egypt will organize a solidarity marathon from Cairo University to the pyramids in Giza and a large rally at Al-Azhar University.

Now that the marches are over and they missed their goal by at least 99.8%, Haloum has changed his tune:

Organizers of the Global March to Jerusalem commemorating Land Day say the march on Friday made big strides as most of its goals were realized.

General coordinator of the march Ribhi Halloum told Ma'an from Jordan that the organizers put forward three major goals....

The organizers, added Halloum, do not pay great attention to the number of participants in the rallies, but rather to the number of countries joining the protests, as that reflects the support for Palestine.

By the way, the goals that he says that the organizers set for the marches are not mentioned on the GM2J website. In fact, one of their main goals mentioned there is

We aim to make this march a turning point in the nature of the confrontation, with the occupation having to face millions of protesters and demonstrators demanding Freedom for Palestine and its capitol Jerusalem.

I love how they change their goals after the fact to save face.

--
Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder of Ziyon at 3/31/2012 10:45:00 PM