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NEW YORK, NY September 21, 2006 —Thousands of people jammed Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across the street from the UN for a Pro-Israel rally yesterday.
REPORTER: Holocaust survivor Hannah Deutch says she attended to support Israel's stability as a soverign nation and wished the same for the rest of the world.
DEUTCH: We've got to have peace because if you don't have peace in Israel - it's going to spread all over the world. There are a lot of Christians here supporting Israel - it makes me happy because we all need to be together disregarding religion and color - together.
REPORTER: Many ralliers expressed disgust for Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Tuesday speech before the general Assembly - saying his remarks were anti-Israel.