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Бойкот на израел и печелещите от окупацията! Boycott israHell and those who profit from occupation!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
25 October 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
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Israeli authorities are threatening to deport two international acvists, arrested yesterday at a non-violent action at a settlement supermarket, despite a judge ruling that they should be released. They are currently being held in immigration detention.
Earlier today, defence lawyers were informed that a judge had ruled that they should be freed without charge, but this ruling was ignored by Israeli police, who handed the two activists to the Ministry of Interior, to begin the deportation process. They could be flown back to their home countries within hours, despite never having been charged, let alone convicted of any crime. They have also been repeatedly denied contact with their lawyer.
Substantial legal costs have already been incurred. If they choose to fight this unjust deportation, then these will be even higher. We urgently need funds to challenge the Israeli tactic of deporting solidarity activists to prevent our work in the West Bank.
Freedom for international activists can also be key in legal processes for Palestinians who are arrested at the same time. Previously this month, four ISM activists and two Palestinian men were arrested. One of the Palestinian men was released just yesterday, following a judge’s decision that to keep him in prison after the international activists had been freed would be unjust and discriminatory.
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Проучване: Повечето евреи в Израел подкрепят апартейдаhttp://www.dnevnik.bg/i/uragan/img/source-reuters.gif
статия, публикувана във вестник "Дневник" на 23 октомври, 2012, оригинала: тук
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Повечето евреи подкрепят установяване на апартейд режим в Израел, ако страната анексира Западния бряг, сочи проучване, цитирано от израелския вестник "Аарец". Мнозинството евреи също подкрепят и дискриминацията към арабите, които живеят в Израел.
Проучването, проведено в навечерието на еврейската Нова година сред 503 души, показва антиарабските и ултранационалистически възгледи, споделяни от много от евреите в Израел. Въпросите са били написани от учени и правозащитници, а организацията, провела изследването, Dialog, се оглавява от професора от университета в Тел Авив Камил Фукс.
59% от евреите искат те да имат предимство пред арабите при назначаването на работа в министерства. Почти половината (49%) искат държавата да третира евреите по-добре от арабите, а 42 на сто не искат да живеят в едва сграда с араби, също толкова от евреите не желаят децата им да учат в един клас с деца на араби.
Една трета от евреите иска закон, който да забранява на арабите да гласуват на парламентарни избори, а 69% са против това 2.5 милиона палестинци да имат право на глас, ако Израел анексира Западния бряг.
74% от евреите подкрепят обособяването на отделни пътища за израелци и палестинци на Западния бряг. Близо половината (47%) искат част от арабското население в Израел да бъде преместено в палестинските територии, а 36 на сто подкрепят преместването на някои арабски градове от Израел в Палестина в замяна на някои еврейски поселения на Западния бряг.
Въпреки че териториите не са анексирани, по-голямата част от еврейското население мисли, че Израел упражнява апартейд срещу арабите. Едва 31% мислят, че тази система не е приложена. Повече от една трета (38%) от евреите искат Израел да анексира териториите с поселения на тях, а 48% се обявяват против.
Проучването отбелязва, че има разлика в мненията на различните групи евреи – секуларни, вярващи, религиозни, ултраортодокасални и бивши имигранти от Съветския съюз. Очаквано ултраортодоксалните споделят най-крайните възгледи към палестинците – 83% от тях подкрепят сегрегираните пътища, 70% са за законово отнемане на правото на арабите да гласуват, а 95% одобряват дискриминацията към арабите при наемането на работа. Значително по-умерени са светски настроените евреи и имигрантите от бившия СССР. "Аарец" отбелязва, че най-много отговори "не знам" са дали евреите в т.нар. руска общност. Тя регистрира най-голямо ниво на задоволство с живота в Израел (77%), най-недоволни са секуларните евреи (63%).
Според проучването една трета до два втора от евреите искат да живеят в държава с формална, отворена дискриминация срещу гражданите с арабски произход. Още по-голям дял от евреите искат да живеят в апартейд, ако Израел анексира палестинските територии. Организаторите на проучването отбелязват, че самият термин апартейд може би не е бил достатъчно ясен за някои от интервюираните. Въпреки това повечето от запитаните не се обявяват против това да определят начина на живот в Израел днес като апартейд, без палестинските територии да са анексирани. Едва 31% от евреите не биха нарекли системата в Израел апартейд и твърдят, че въобще няма апертейд.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Freedom for Baseem al Tamimi and other activists
the Arrest of four activists, including BassimTamimi
نشطاء المقاومة الشعبية وأجانب يقتحمون سوق "رامي ليفي" الاستيطاني المقام على أراضي مخماس، اليوم الاربعاء 24-10-2012
تصوير هيثم الخطيب
Racist anti-Palestinian graffiti, Hebron, West Bank, 22.10.2012
A Palestinian woman and children pass the slogan "Gas the Arabs! JDL" spray-painted on an exterior wall of the Cordoba School near Shuhada Street, Hebron, October 22, 2012. "JDL" stands for Jewish Defense League, an extremist group founded by Meir Kahane and designated as a terrorist group by the FBI. On February 25, 1994, JDL charter member Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Muslims at Hebron's Al-Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the Patriarchs), killing 29 worshippers and injuring 125. Afterwards, the JDL designated him "a martyr in Judaism's protracted struggle against Arab terrorism."
Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/http://activestills.org/
Sheikh Al-Azhar to Carter: the western support for Israel increases the conflict
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CAIRO, (PIC)-- Head of Al-Azhar Mosque and university Sheikh Ahmed Attayeb said that the US and European bias in favor of the Israeli regime augments the severity of tension and conflict in the Arab region and strains their relationships with Arabs.
He made his remarks during his meeting in his office on Tuesday with former US president Jimmy Carter and a galaxy of global leaders from the Elders group.
Sheikh Attayeb told Carter and his fellow leaders that the Palestinian cause is the core of the crisis in the region and there would be no lasting peace without a solution leading to the establishment of Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
For his part, Carter affirmed that the former leaders of the world in the Elders are working for peace in the region and highlight the injustice inflicted on the Palestinians in their diplomatic meetings and talks worldwide.
He noted that there are attempts underway by the Elders to reconcile between Hamas and Fatah factions and to reach a peace agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Mosque damaged in violent Israeli pounding of southern Gaza
KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- A mosque in Khuza’a town to the east of Khan Younis was partially damaged in Israeli violent artillery pounding on Wednesday, local sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that Israeli army tanks fired dozens of shells at the area to the east of Khan Younis, which is located south of the Gaza Strip.
The sources explained that at least one bomb hit the mosque’s minaret while two others hit a water tank also in Khuza’a while dozens slammed into cultivated land lots near to the border fence.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Take action: Free Palestinian human rights defender Ayman Nasser + hunger strikers Sharawna, al-Issawi and al-Barq!
One year after the historic prisoner exchange in which 1,000 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli prisons, concluding a 14-day mass hunger strike in the occupation prisons, Palestinian prisoners continue under siege. Human rights defender Ayman Nasser of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association was seized by Israeli occupation forces on October 15, while hunger strikers Ayman Sharawna and Samer al-Issawi – both re-arrested after their release in the prisoner exchange – continue their heroic fasts for freedom. Samer al-Barq, who recently concluded a 123-day strike, has resumed his strike after Israel dishonoured their agreement. Click here to act now to demand the release of Nasser and freedom for Sharawna, Issawi and al-Barq!
Palestinian former prisoners – a number of whom were displaced to Gaza from their homes elsewhere in Palestine at their release – both celebrated their freedom on the anniversary while demanding that those inside Israeli prisons be freed to join their brothers and sisters outside. Meanwhile, Nasser, a key prisoners’ rights advocate, was himself seized and detained behind bars in an Israeli occupation prison.
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Addameer reported that staff researcher and longtime prisoner advocate Ayman Nasser was abducted from his home by occupation forces early on October 15. On October 18, he appeared in a Jerusalem military court, where his interrogation period was extended by seven days. Ayman addressed the court directly: “I believe that every human being has opinions and positions and if it’s not violating the law he can freely think and speak these opinions. I am a human rights defender who supports the Palestinian prisoners and I represent my opinions in the public media. My thoughts are not secret, they are public, and everyone knows them.”
Like many Palestinian prisoners, Ayman is subject to medical neglect – he is currently only receiving two out of the five medications that he requires daily. Addameer reported, “The judge ruled that based on ‘secret evidence’ he would extend Ayman’s interrogation period for another seven days and referred the situation of the medicine to the doctor at Moskobiyyeh detention center.” Moskobiyyeh, where Ayman is now held, is one of the most notorious detention centres in the Israeli occupation system; he was interrogated for 10 hours straight on October 17 and his interrogation has continued with similar intensity since that time. On October 21, while imprisoned, it was announced that he had won a seat on his village's municipal council in the weekend's elections, while he remained in Israeli jails.
While Nasser‘s detention was being extended, and on the anniversary of his own release in the historic prisoners exchange of 2012, hunger striker Ayman Sharawna, who is now on his 114th day of hunger strike, was transferred to solitary confinement in Ramle prison.
Tadamun foundation reported that Sharawna was transferred after refusing medical services in Ramle hospital. He has lost 80% of his vision in his right eye (while already having lost vision in his left eye) and is now almost completely blind. He suffers from severe kidney problems as well as back pain, for which he is denied treatment so long as his hunger strike continues. Sharawna has been detained without charge or trial since he was re-arrested January 31 after a few short months of release.
Samer Issawi has been on hunger strike since August 1 and is now on his 83rd day of hunger strike. Issawi was also freed in last year’s prisoner exchange, and re-arrested on July 7, 2012, accused of leaving Jerusalem, to where he is restricted under the terms of his release. As reported in the Electronic Intifada, the prisoners initially refused this condition but signed to it under assurances from Egyptian officials that it was a mere formality. The International Committee of the Red Cross and prisoner support and human rights groups have been denied access to visit him; he is committed to continue his strike until freedom and has refused deportation.
Samer al-Barq, who previously ended his 123-day hunger strike on September 21 following a commitment by the Israelis to deport him to Egypt, where he sought to reunite with his Pakistani wife, resumed his own hunger strike on October 14 after the agreement was not honoured by Israel. Al-Barq has resumed his strike and is demanding his freedom. He has been held without charge or trial since 2010.
Act now!
3. Tweet #FreeAyman to draw attention to his case. Click here to see sample Tweets developed by OccupiedPalestine.
4. Join a protest or demonstration outside an Israeli consulate for Palestinian prisoners. Many groups and organizations are holding events – join one or announce your own. Organizing an event, action or forum on Palestinian prisoners on your city or campus? Use this form to contact us and we will post the event widely. If you need suggestions, materials or speakers for your event, please contact us at samidoun@samidoun.ca.
5. Contact your government officials and demand an end to international silence and complicity with the repression of Palestinian political prisoners. In Canada, Call the office of John Baird, Foreign Minister, and demand an end to Canadian support for Israel and justice for Palestinian prisoners, at : 613-990-7720; Email: bairdj@parl.gc.ca. In the US, call the office of Elizabeth Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs (1.202.647.7209). Demand that Elizabeth Jones bring this issue urgently to her counterparts in Israel.
6. Join in the call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. Boycott Israeli products, and academic and cultural institutions until all Palestinian rights (including the right of refugees to return, to be free from occupation and for full equality) are fulfilled – including freeing the thousands of Palestinian prisoners behind bars.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Israeli settlers and soldiers disrupt olive harvest, Hebron, West Bank, 22.10.2012
Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/http://activestills.org/
It's a BAD day in Gaza ... Gaza Under Attack
US, Israel begin their ‘biggest-ever’ wargames.
The US and Israel are within hours of launching their reportedly largest-ever military maneuvers, which enlists 3,500 US personnel and 1,000 Israeli troops and is to last for some three weeks.
The "Austere Challenge 2012" (AC12), which Tel Aviv is to stage in cooperation with the United States European Command (EUCOM), was to begin on Sunday, Israe
li media network Arutz Sheva reported on its English-language website.
“The scenario will focus on multiple areas and its goal will be to learn how to deal with various threats in the area,” said a source from the Israeli military.
The drills are to include review and examination of Israel’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile systems, both produced with the US assistance.
“The scenario will focus on multiple areas and its goal will be to learn how to deal with various threats in the area,” said a source from the Israeli military.
The drills are to include review and examination of Israel’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile systems, both produced with the US assistance.
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Two Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike on Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Via : Younes Arar Africa to Gaza Aid Convoy http://www.facebook.com/ |
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| URGENT: Zionist artillery is shelling several places in northern Gaza. Via : Ahmad Aqel Africa to Gaza Aid Convoy http://www.facebook.com/ |
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| He died today ... Martyr Abdul Abu Majesty 26 of the Qassam Brigades. Via : Ahmad Aqel Africa to Gaza Aid Convoy http://www.facebook.com/ |
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Occupation prevents a Palestinian from traveling to Mecca for pilgrimage
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AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation authorities prevented Imam of a mosque in the town of Beit Ummar in the city of Al-Khalil south of the occupied West Bank, from traveling to Makkah for pilgrimage.
Local sources said that the Israeli authorities refused to allow Sheikh Mohammed Ahmed Adi, 55, to cross the Karama Bridge on his way to Jordan and then to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj with his mother, and summoned him to the Etzion interrogation center on Monday.
Adi is a liberated prisoner who had served eight years in Israeli jails. He arrived at the Karama crossing on Saturday, accompanied by his mother in an attempt to head to Jordan and then to Saudi Arabia, but Israeli occupation forces prevented him from crossing the bridge and ordered him to go back for security reasons.
The occupation has prevented a number of families of prisoners and martyrs from traveling to perform the Hajj and had ordered thirteen Palestinian citizens to return back to their houses during the past few days.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Rafah crossing to open throughout Eid al-Adha
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Rafah crossing on Gaza's border with Egypt will open throughout Eid al-Adha for the first time, the Interior Ministry in Gaza City said Friday.
The terminal will open in both directions and travelers do not need to register in advance to cross during the Muslim holiday, which begins Oct. 26, ministry spokesman Islam Shahwan told Ma'an.
Rafah crossing is the only terminal Palestinians can use to enter or leave the Gaza Strip, and it usually closes on Muslim holidays.
Crossing director Maher abu Sabha told Ma'an that facilities at the terminal will be improved by November.
The Islamic Relief and the Islamic Development Bank are funding a $1.5 million overhaul of the terminal, and have installed air conditioning and new computer systems at the crossing.
The terminal will open in both directions and travelers do not need to register in advance to cross during the Muslim holiday, which begins Oct. 26, ministry spokesman Islam Shahwan told Ma'an.
Rafah crossing is the only terminal Palestinians can use to enter or leave the Gaza Strip, and it usually closes on Muslim holidays.
Crossing director Maher abu Sabha told Ma'an that facilities at the terminal will be improved by November.
The Islamic Relief and the Islamic Development Bank are funding a $1.5 million overhaul of the terminal, and have installed air conditioning and new computer systems at the crossing.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Milena, will you speak for Rachel Corrie?
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Израел пресметнал калориите на палестинци
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Израел е пресметнал колко калории на ден са нужни на палестинците, за да се избегне хуманитарна криза в условията на блокадата на Ивицата Газа, наложена от 2007 г. до средата на 2010 г. Това сочи изследване на министерството на отбраната на Израел, което то бе заставено да разкрие с разпореждане на Върховния съд, предаде Ройтерс."Това бе част от изследване, което обсъждахме, но никога не използвахме", каза Гай Инбар, представител на министерството, след като документът бе разпространен от израелската правозащитна група „Гиша”, която подаде иск до съда. По думите на Инбар целта била да се избегне хуманитарна криза в Газа. Палестинците описват блокадата, която предизвика международни критики и бе облекчена през 2010 г., като колективно наказание, задушаващо икономиката им. В проучването, озаглавено "Потребление на храна в Ивицата Газа минимумът", е изчислено, че изискваният дневен прием на калории е 2279 на човек. Броят калории бил изчислен по формула на министерството на здравеопазването и до голяма степен бил съобразен със средната консумация в Израел и с препоръките на Световната здравна организация. Според правозащитната група „Гиша” документът е доказателство, че Израел е ограничил хранителните доставки, за да окаже натиск на Хамас антиизраелската екстремистка група, която иззе властта в ивицата в средата на 2007 г. "Официалната цел на политиката бе да се води икономическа война, която да парализира икономиката на Газа и според министерството на отбраната да окаже натиск върху правителството на Хамас", се казва в изявлението на групата. Министерството на отбраната предаде на „Гиша” документа за изчислението на калориите едва след като групата подаде петиция във Върховния съд, позовавайки се на правото на свобода на информацията.Смята се, че подобно на изчисленията за прием на калории, Израел често е използвал объркващи секретни препоръки, за да направи разграничение между хуманитарно необходими и дребни луксозни стоки. В резултат военните бюрократи, наложили блокадата, позволили внос на замразена сьомга и нискомаслено мляко в управляваната от Хамас територия, но не и на кориандър и нескафе.
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New challenges for refugee children
UNICEF reports on how Palestinian children fleeing conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic face new challenges at a refugee camp in Lebanon.
Palestinian Refugees Right to Return - Al-Awda
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Baltzer: BDS Movement Strategic, Flexible, Diverse and Inclusive
Below is an article in The Jewish Week covering the talk our National Organizer Anna Baltzer gave this past weekend in New York on "The Jewish-American Relationship with Israel at the Crossroads" with Norman Finkelstein. You can read Anna's remarks here.
Has Norman Finkelstein, long reviled in the Jewish community as a vitriolic hater of the Jewish state, morphed into a defender of Israel’s legitimacy? And what does Finkelstein’s newfound “moderation” say about the current state of the anti-Israel left, exemplified by the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement?
Over the course of three decades, Finkelstein achieved superstar status on the anti-Zionist left by writing a myriad of books and articles in which he declared Israel to be “an insane state” and charged Elie Wiesel and other pro-Zionist Jews with exploiting the memory of the Holocaust as an “ideological weapon” in support of Israel.
Given that stormy history, it was strange to attend an unabashedly one-sided discussion last Saturday afternoon at the New School in Manhattan titled “The Jewish-American Relationship with Israel at the Crossroads,” and to hear Finkelstein denounce the BDS movement for refusing to affirm Israel’s right to exist within the 1967 Green Line border. Sitting next to him on the panel was Anna Baltzer, national organizer of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and a top leader in the BDS movement.
Finkelstein argued that the movement’s failure to take a clear stance on that issue will prevent it from bringing aboard the growing number of young American Jews who, he believes, have concluded that Israel’s occupation is morally wrong and must be ended.
But while the overwhelmingly anti-Israel crowd of about 500 heard Finkelstein out respectfully, they ardently applauded Baltzer when she argued that BDS movement is growing in strength and stature despite its unwillingness to take the steps Finkelstein demands; those include official embrace of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The talk, which was moderated by Adam Shatz, an editor at the London Review of Books, and which took place before the end of the Sabbath, was supposed to have also included anti-Zionist avatar Noam Chomsky, who cancelled because of laryngitis. The event seemed conceived as an opportunity for Finkelstein to showcase the argument laid out in his recently published book, “Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an End” (Or Books). In it he argues that a critical mass of young American Jews have concluded that Israeli policy toward the Palestinians is morally indefensible and that many of them can be brought into the BDS movement on behalf of Palestinian rights — as long as the movement makes clear its commitment to Israel’s survival.
However, the afternoon came to feel like a symbolic changing of the guard on the anti-Israel left.
Much of the audience appeared dubious of Finkelstein’s moderation and enthralled with Baltzer; she is an articulate and attractive 33-year-old St. Louis native who turned sharply to the left and made pro-Palestinian advocacy her top cause after being disillusioned with what she saw in Israel during a Birthright Israel trip in 2000. Her polished speaking style served to temper the impact of her full-throated advocacy for the right of Palestinians to return to within the borders of pre-1967 Israel (code to pro-Israel supporters for the destruction of the Jewish state), and her defense of Palestinian-Americans and others who refuse to affirm the right of Israel to exist.
Read more at The Jewish Week
Has Norman Finkelstein, long reviled in the Jewish community as a vitriolic hater of the Jewish state, morphed into a defender of Israel’s legitimacy? And what does Finkelstein’s newfound “moderation” say about the current state of the anti-Israel left, exemplified by the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement?
Over the course of three decades, Finkelstein achieved superstar status on the anti-Zionist left by writing a myriad of books and articles in which he declared Israel to be “an insane state” and charged Elie Wiesel and other pro-Zionist Jews with exploiting the memory of the Holocaust as an “ideological weapon” in support of Israel.
Given that stormy history, it was strange to attend an unabashedly one-sided discussion last Saturday afternoon at the New School in Manhattan titled “The Jewish-American Relationship with Israel at the Crossroads,” and to hear Finkelstein denounce the BDS movement for refusing to affirm Israel’s right to exist within the 1967 Green Line border. Sitting next to him on the panel was Anna Baltzer, national organizer of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and a top leader in the BDS movement.
Finkelstein argued that the movement’s failure to take a clear stance on that issue will prevent it from bringing aboard the growing number of young American Jews who, he believes, have concluded that Israel’s occupation is morally wrong and must be ended.
But while the overwhelmingly anti-Israel crowd of about 500 heard Finkelstein out respectfully, they ardently applauded Baltzer when she argued that BDS movement is growing in strength and stature despite its unwillingness to take the steps Finkelstein demands; those include official embrace of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The talk, which was moderated by Adam Shatz, an editor at the London Review of Books, and which took place before the end of the Sabbath, was supposed to have also included anti-Zionist avatar Noam Chomsky, who cancelled because of laryngitis. The event seemed conceived as an opportunity for Finkelstein to showcase the argument laid out in his recently published book, “Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an End” (Or Books). In it he argues that a critical mass of young American Jews have concluded that Israeli policy toward the Palestinians is morally indefensible and that many of them can be brought into the BDS movement on behalf of Palestinian rights — as long as the movement makes clear its commitment to Israel’s survival.
However, the afternoon came to feel like a symbolic changing of the guard on the anti-Israel left.
Much of the audience appeared dubious of Finkelstein’s moderation and enthralled with Baltzer; she is an articulate and attractive 33-year-old St. Louis native who turned sharply to the left and made pro-Palestinian advocacy her top cause after being disillusioned with what she saw in Israel during a Birthright Israel trip in 2000. Her polished speaking style served to temper the impact of her full-throated advocacy for the right of Palestinians to return to within the borders of pre-1967 Israel (code to pro-Israel supporters for the destruction of the Jewish state), and her defense of Palestinian-Americans and others who refuse to affirm the right of Israel to exist.
Read more at The Jewish Week
Boston, help us expose AIPAC!
October 9, 2012
Dear Milena,
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But never fear, we’ll be there, too, to give AIPAC an appropriate reception: colorful, loud, classy protests, brooms to 'sweep' them out of our town. Join us for three days of education and activism as we stand up to the Israel lobby at the Expose AIPAC Summit.
On Saturday, October 13, we’ll gather for a teach-in featuring noted speakers, including Steven Walt, (co-author of The Israel Lobby) Jamal Abdi, Representative Denise Provost, and Kristen Szremski. We will meet at the Palestine Cultural Center for Peace at 41 Quint Avenue, from 3:45-7pm.
On Sunday, October 14, we’ll bring our message directly to AIPAC and its biggest donors as they convene at the swanky Boston Seaport Hotel. We will demonstrate at the AIPAC National Summit in Boston’s Seafront District. We will meet at 12pm for a picnic, music, and to get ready for the prostest. The protest itself will begin at 1pm.
On Monday, October 15, we’ll give AIPAC a “Get Out of Our Town Party” they’ll never forget. The AIPAC conference is being held at the Boston Seaport Hotel, located at 200 Seaport Boulevard. We will meet at Eastport Park nearby at 12pm to prepare for this day of action!
For more information and a complete schedule of events, please click here.
You can find the Facebook event here.
Also, follow us on Twitter! @exposeAIPAC and @occupyAIPAC
Peace,
CODEPINK Boston
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