More than 100 protesters gathered in front of the Armory on Washington Avenue in Albany last Wednesday to protest Israeli policies in the Middle East. The protesters, who were gathered by numerous social-action organizations, including Vets for Peace, Jewish Voices for Peace, Campus Action and the Social Justice center, were calling for a peaceful compromise to the ongoing battle over the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Israel and Palestine have been fighting for years over who is the rightful owner of that land. The protesters' message was that they would like to see "the end of Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands." Simultaneously, a group of counterprotesters carried signs of their own.