Boker tov, Boulder!

The Drek

Today seems to have had a theme all its own, and that's the antisemitic drek that's out there.  Anti-Israel, anti-Jewish ignorant bigotry abounds, from the United Nations to Boulder's "peace and justice" crowd to a myriad of organizations full of Jew-hating nutcases that walk among us posing as normal people. 

We Zionists find their rhetoric offensive, but instead of opposing it, we avoid it.  And since we avoid it, it encounters no opposition. So it grows. A person can live in a totally left-wing world on the innernut and never ever see a real fact about Israel or a single pro-Israel statement. No wonder they are so bold! They think everyone agrees with them.  And indeed that's what it looks like from where they sit.

I've lectured readers and other bloggers too many times already that we should be spending at least some of our time in the trenches, where the hatemongering drek is flourishing in the dark, lacking the light that we are all in good position to shed. We, who know the facts and the truth, we who love Israel.

Of course there's too much ugliness to get to it all, but I wish more people would at least try.

That said, here's my last installment of drek for the day.  I found it published in a university campus newspaper.

A wall of oppression

President Bruininks should respond to a letter calling for a public statement defending oppressed Palestinian students.

BY Robert Downs
PUBLISHED: 01/25/2009

Likely, you’ve listened to pundits place blame about the crisis in the Middle East. The Israeli ground attack against Hamas captured a substantial amount of attention from media entities around the world.

The situation is intriguing to discuss because it is incredibly complicated and easy to justify actions of both Israel and Palestine. Hamas, an Islamist terror group, hides its fighters behind women and children and fires rockets into southern Israel, while Israel has been the occupying nation inside of Gaza since the Six-Day War in 1967 . The Israeli military controls the borders leading out of Palestine, the airspace, access to the Mediterranean Sea and has turned Gaza into an eerie ghetto for its oppressed citizens.

In order to accurately represent the causes and effects of this religious struggle for power, land and freedom, one must step back and view the entire situation for what it is: an ongoing nightmare for Palestinian citizens.

The Israeli government has escaped accountability for the killing of at least 700 Palestinian civilians . Estimates from Palestinian hospitals confirm that more than one-third of those killed were children. Imagining these large casualty estimates is not difficult, however, considering that poor conditions driven by border restrictions have forced the median age in Gaza down to 17 years old. More than 44 percent of the population is 14 years of age or younger, which is alarming considering the struggles and difficulties in receiving a quality education within the borders of the Gaza strip.

Palestinian students from Gaza are barred by Israel from studying in the West Bank and abroad, which severely restricts the opportunity for students to receive a diverse and quality education. In May 2008, the U.S. State Department revoked Fulbright scholarships from seven Palestinian students because Israel would not grant the students permission to leave Gaza. Israeli defense ministry officials made it their policy to “not recognize higher education as a humanitarian concern.” The students’ scholarships were eventually restored following intervention from the State Department — although Israel allowed only four of the seven to leave.

Border restriction of students creates pressure on Palestinian universities. The Islamic University of Gaza is the largest university in the strip, and was partially destroyed by rocket and mortar fire during the recent siege. The university was the first established in Gaza and the most important institution of higher education, serving more than 20,000 students — 60 percent of whom are women. The bombing of the University has sparked outrage in academia and has inspired faculty from universities around the country to speak out in opposition of the oppression.

Bruce Braun , University of Minnesota geography professor — and charter member of the organization Teachers Against Occupation — was among the 150 professors and graduate students who sent a letter to University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks calling for a public statement defending Palestinian students. The letter urged Bruininks — who in August 2007 joined several hundred presidents of higher education institutes in publishing a full-page ad in the New York Times rejecting an academic boycott of Israeli universities — to discontinue his silence and defend the oppressed students in Palestine. University spokesman Dan Wolter said that Bruininks has not had an opportunity to view the letter.

It is understandable that the University would be hesitant to make a stand on a complicated and controversial issue. Nevertheless, Braun feels that the oppression of Palestinian citizens and students is too profound to ignore, and that the University is putting its credibility on the line by not making a statement.

“If we don’t [speak out about this] and if we censor certain topics, we begin to lose credibility as a university,” Braun said. “If we say, ‘We can’t have that discussion,’ then the whole topic of defending higher education becomes an issue.”

Ragui Assaad, a professor specializing in international economic development at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, reasoned that releasing the border restrictions into Egypt and Israel is necessary in order to create an environment of peace.

“They need to allow food and medicine to pass without allowing weapons,” Assad said. “You essentially have over a million and a half people living in an open-air prison. You cannot punish the citizens of the country over the actions of a few people.”

When Israel became the occupying force in Gaza, they knew that they would have to encounter and administer force onto some sort of resistance. Forcing 1.5 million people who live in a meager stretch of land barely twice the size of Washington D.C., will do that. It’s time for Israel to lift restrictions on Palestinian students, as well as grant the citizens of Gaza a chance to live a life of opportunity.

Bruininks has an opportunity to make a statement to the academic community in support of the rights of Islamic students in the same way he stood up against a boycott of Israeli universities in 2007.

“I think what is disturbing at times is the assumption that the deaths [of Palestinian citizens] don’t matter,” Braun said. “Historically, the ability to kill with impunity has been meted out against minorities and occupied people. Just because it is not unique does not mean that we look away.”

Robert Downs welcomes comments at rdowns@mndaily.com.

 

You hear that? Mr. Downs welcomes comments. I hope you will oblige him because what he has written here is a pack of lies.  I imagine he learned them from the professors he mentions.

University professors inciting hatred for Jews.  There was a time when that would have sounded far-fetched, if not impossible.  Well, boker tov, boys and girls. It's a new world.  You've heard of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel? 

Well, now meet the ugly sister: the U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel.

 

People of good conscience

can no longer afford to look the other way. 

 

Banner reads, "This town is free of Jews."

 

END THE OCCUPATION wrote a letter to Obama

They want him to "become an honest and effective broker" and thereby

* Insist that Israel ends its siege of the Gaza Strip. Israel has deliberately impoverished the 1.5 million residents of the Gaza Strip and caused a humanitarian catastrophe of dire proportions by prohibiting the delivery of food, medicine, fuel, and electricity. Your Administration should insist on the illegality of collective punishment and support the human rights of Palestinians such as freedom of movement as a first step towards ending Israel's occupation of the Gaza Strip.

* Demand a freeze in the construction of settlements and Israel's Wall in the West Bank.

Israel's West Bank settlements, including those in East Jerusalem, are all illegal under international law,and the International Court of Justice ruled in 2004 that Israel's Wall is illegal and must be torn down. Halting this construction should be a first step toward completely dismantling the infrastructure of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which former President Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and others have labeled “apartheid.”

* Hold Israel accountable for its misuse of U.S. weapons. In 2007, the United States and Israel agreed to increase military aid to Israel by 25% over the next decade, totaling $30 billion. During the Bush Administration, Israel killed more than 2,000 innocent Palestinian civilians who took no part in hostilities, oftentimes with U.S. weapons in violation of the Arms Export Control and Foreign Assistance Acts. Your Administration should hold Israel accountable for these violations of U.S. law and cut off military aid as required by law, rather than increase it.

* End the U.S. veto protecting Israel at the United Nations. The United States has used its veto power at the UN more than 40 times since 1972 to shield Israel from the consequences of its violations of human rights, UN resolutions, and international law. Your Administration should work with, not in opposition to, the international community so that human rights, UN resolutions, and international law are applied and enforced uniformly.

 * Base a just peace on human rights, international law, and equality. Such a policy is the only way to ensure the legitimate security needs of all peoples and can only be achieved by engaging in dialogue with all interested parties. A just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace includes the complete end of Israel's military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip; a resolution to the Palestinian refugee issue consistent with international law and UN resolutions, including the right of return and/or compensation; and full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel. A policy denying Palestinians these internationally-guaranteed rights will only lead to yet another failed “peace process”.

 

None of that is surprising, even the fact that they falsely contend the Jew-free Gaza strip is still "occupied" by Israel.  What's amazing is the list of organizations that signed on.  We certainly do have a lot of enemies.

National Organizations

1.

African American Islamic Institute

2.

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

3.

American Jews for a Just Peace

4.

Americans for a Just Peace in the Middle East

5.

Black Voices for Peace

6.

Code Pink: Women for Peace

7.

Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

8.

Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism

9.

Council for the National Interest

10.

Doctors for Global Health

11.

Episcopal Peace Fellowship

12.

Fellowship of Reconciliation

13.

Friends of Sabeel North America

14.

Global Exchange

15.

Grassroots International

16.

Interfaith Peace-Builders

17.

International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network—U.S. Section

18.

Israeli Committee against House Demolitions—USA

19.

Jewish Voice for Peace

20.

Just Foreign Policy

21.

Middle East Children’s Alliance

22.

Middle East Peace Fellowship

23.

Middle East Research and Information Project

24

. Muslim Student Association West

25.

National Hip Hop Political Convention

26.

National Lawyers Guild

27.

Nonviolence International

28.

Peace Action

29.

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

30.

Progressive Democrats of America

31.

September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

32.

Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East

33.

United for Peace and Justice

34.

US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

35.

Voters for Peace

36.

War Resisters League

37.

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—U.S. Section

Alabama

1.

Alliance for Peace and Justice, Auburn

2. Birmingham Interfaith Human Rights Committee, Birmingham

3.

North Alabama Peace Network, Huntsville

4.

Tuscaloosa Peace Project, Tuscaloosa

5. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 64—General David Shoup Chapter, Hunstville

Alaska

1.

Alaskans for Peace and Justice, Anchorage

Arizona

1.

Islamic Reform, Tucson

2.

Falcon-Wolf Norse Alliance, LLC, Apache Junction

3.

Local to Global Justice, Phoenix

4.

Peacemaking Committee, Faith Presbyterian Church, Sun City

5.

Women in Black—Phoenix, Phoenix

6.

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—Tucson Branch, Tucson

Arkansas

1.

The Pagan Temple, Violet Hill

California

1.

14 Friends of Palestine, San Rafael

2.

Academic Mentorship Program at UCLA, Los Angeles

3.

Addicted to War, Culver City

4. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, San Diego Chapter, Encinitas

5.

Americans for a Palestinian State Political Action Committee, Oakland

6.

Americans for Democratic Action—Southern California Chapter, Studio City

7.

Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace and Justice, Oakland

8.

Bay Area Women in Black, Oakland

9. Beacon Presbyterian Fellowship, Oakland

10.

Berkeley Institute of Biblical Archaeology and Literature (BIBAL), Rodeo

11.

Coachella Valley Movement for a Democratic Society, Desert Hot Springs

12.

Conversation with Connection, Los Angeles

13.

Couples Center, Sebastopol

14.

Crabgrass, San Francisco

15.

Crown Sephira Productions, Mill Valley

16.

Deep Hum Productions, Berkeley

17.

Ecumenical Peace Institute, Berkeley

18.

El Cerrito Green Party, Kensington

19.

eSmart Solutions Corporation, Los Angeles

20.

Friends of Deir Ibzi’a, Berkeley

21.

Global Information Services, Greenbrae

22.

Greenwood Earth Alliance, San Francisco

23.

Grim Glimmerings, San Carlos

24.

Holy Cross Melkite-Greek Orthodox Church, Placentia

25.

International & Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco, San Francisco

26.

International Imaging, Pasadena

27.

Islamic Center of Inland Empire, Rancho Cucamonga

28.

Jewish Voice for Peace, South Bay/Silicon Valley Chapter, Redwood City

29. Jews against Zionism, Sacramento

30. Joining Hands, Oakland

31. Keep Hope Alive, San Anselmo

32.

Leikam Enterprises, LLC, Palo Alto

33.

MAIZ-- Movimiento de Acion, Inspirando Servicio, San Jose

34.

Middle East Needs Peace, San Jose

35. Middle East Policy Advisory Council, Oakland

36.

Monterey County Citizens for Middle East Peace, Watsonville

37.

Muslim Student Union, University of California Irvine, Corona

38.

Nick Dibs for Congress, Long Beach

39.

Northeast Los Angeles Radical Neighbors for Peace through Justice, Los Angeles

40.

Northern California International Solidarity Movement, El Cerrito

41.

Office of the Americas, Los Angeles

42.

Pacifica Peace People, Pacifica

43.

Parrot Software Services, Menlo Park

44.

Peace Action of San Mateo County, San Mateo

45.

Peace Political/Human Rights for All, Concord

46.

Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Palo Alto

47.

People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO), Oakland

48.

Progressive Democrats Sonoma County, Santa Rosa

49.

Resource Center for Nonviolence, Santa Cruz

50.

Sacred Music Events, Auburn

51.

San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper, San Francisco

52.

San Jose Peace and Justice Center, San Jose

53. September 11 Action, Danville

54.

Shomer Shalom Institute for Jewish Nonviolence, Berkeley

55.

Some of All Parts, Oakland

56.

Students for Justice in Palestine-University of California Santa Barbara, Goleta

57.

Students for Justice in Palestine—University of Southern California, El Monte

58.

The Added Edge, Inc., Vineburg

59.

Timothy Crofton Real Estate, Fremont

60. Tri-City Peace and Justice, Fremont

61. Venturans for Justice in Palestine, Ventura

62.

Vista Medical Group, Colton

63.

Western Regional Advocacy Program, San Francisco

64. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—Berkeley/East Bay Branch, Oakland

65.

Zionism Explained, Oakland

Colorado

1.

Christian Peacemakers Teams of Colorado, Longmont

2.

Colorado Jews for a Just Peace, Boulder

3.

Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Denver

4. Friends of Sabeel—Colorado, Boulder

5.

Longmont Citizens for Justice and Democracy, Longmont

6.

Musical Missions of Peace, Longmont

7.

Obamans for Change in the Americas, Glenwood Springs

8.

Pax Christi Metro Denver, Wheat Ridge

9.

Pax Christi of the Pikes Peak Region, Colorado Springs

10.

Peace and Justice Task Force, Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Denver

11.

Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, Boulder

12.

Strength through Peace, Fort Collins

13. Willow Way Wellness, Longmont

Connecticut

1.

African Leadership & Management Training Network (Afro Lead), Stratford

2.

Bridgeport Islamic Community Center, Bridgeport

3.

Cross-Cultural Consultants, Ltd., Bridgeport

4.

Greater New Haven Peace Council, New Haven

5.

People of Faith CT, West Hartford

6. We Refuse to Be Enemies, New Britain

District of Columbia

1.

Episcopal Peace Fellowship DC, Washington

2.

House of Creative Writing, Washington

3. Malcolm X Day Committee, Washington

4.

Sharing Jerusalem, USA, Washington

5.

York Zimmerman, Inc., Washington

Florida

1. AGSPEC Enterprises Inc., Delray Beach

2.

Brevard Patriots for Peace, Melbourne

3.

Florida Palestine Solidarity Network, Bradenton

4.

Florida Peace Action Network, Hudson

5.

Heritage Publishing, Inc., Jacksonville

6. Hindus for Peace and Justice, West Melbourne

7.

Humanists for Peace, West Palm Beach

8.

Jiffi Print, Coconut Creek

9.

Patriot Rebel, Santa Rosa Beach

10.

Pax Christi Naples, Naples

11.

Pax Christi Northeast Florida, St. Augustine

12.

Rise Up Tampa Bay, Tarpon Springs

13.

Society for a Just Peace in Palestine, Rollins College, Lake Mary

14. Stafford Farms, Ocala

15.

St. Pete for Peace, Tarpon Springs

16.

Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace, Tallahassee

17.

Veterans for Peace, Northwest Florida Chapter 135, Pensacola

18.

We Are Wide Awake, Clermont

19.

We Can Take It, St. Petersburg

20.

Wings for the Single Mom, Miami

Georgia

1.

Athens for Justice in Palestine, Duluth

2.

Atlanta Action, Decatur

3.

Atlanta Grandmothers for Peace, Decatur

4.

Emory Advocates for Justice in Palestine, Atlanta

5.

Foundation for Global Community, Atlanta

6.

Free All with Truth, Decatur

7.

Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, Decatur

8.

Southern Energy Network, Athens

Hawaii

1.

Center for Nonviolent Education and Action, Kurtistown

2.

World Peace Society, Holualoa

Idaho

1.

Alliance for Community Transformation, College of Idaho, Caldwell

2.

Boise Brown Berets, Boise

3. Women in Black Boise, Boise

Illinois

1.

A&H Engineering Services, Romeoville

2. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Chicago Chapter, Chicago

3.

Angel Power, Inc., Clarendon Hills

4.

Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Oak Park

5. Club of Beitunia, Palestine of Greater Chicago, Orland Park

6.

Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice, Elgin

7.

Friends of Irish Freedom, Chicago

8.

Hammerhard Media Works, Chicago

9.

Jewish Voice for Peace—Chicago Chapter, Chicago

10.

Jill Brazel Photography, Evanston

11.

Loyola Students against Sweatshops, Chicago

12.

MoraCo Imports, Chicago

13.

Muslim Voters of America, Evanston

14.

One Penny Consulting, Oak Park

15.

Palestine Solidarity Group—Chicago, Chicago

16.

Philologie, Evanston

17.

Strategic Development Consulting, Chicago

Indiana

1. Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Indianapolis

2.

Lafayette Area Peace Coalition, West Lafayette

3.

Law Offices of Bryan K. Bullock, LLC, Merrillville

Iowa

1.

Americans and Palestinians for Peace, Muscatine

2.

Iowans for a Free Palestine, Cedar Falls

3.

Methodist Federation for Social Action—Iowa Chapter, Des Moines

4.

People for Justice in Palestine, Coralville

5. Sabeel Iowa, Muscatine

Kansas

1.

Citizens for Justice in the Middle East, Fairway

2.

Citizens for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land, Fairway

3.

Fairmont United Church of Christ, Wichita

4.

Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, Lawrence

5. Kansans for a Just Peace in the Middle East, Lawrence

6.

Peace and Social Justice Center of South Central Kansas, Wichita

Kentucky

1.

American Palestine Public Affairs Forum, Louisville

2. Frankfort Code Pink: Women for Peace, Frankfort

3.

Louisville Committee for Israeli/Palestinian States, Louisville

4.

Louisville Committee for Peace in the Middle East, Louisville

5.

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Central Leadership, Nazareth

Louisiana

1. Coalition against War and Injustice, Baton Rouge

2.

New Orleans Palestine Solidarity, New Orleans

3.

Patois: The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival, New Orleans

4.

Pax Christi New Orleans, New Orleans

Maine

1. Maine Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine, Portland

2.

Radio Free Maine, Augusta

3.

Peninsula Peace and Justice (Blue Hill Peninsula), Sedgwick

Maryland

1.

Baltimore-Palestine Solidarity, Baltimore

2. Baltimore Tikkun, Baltimore

3.

Carlisle Peace College, Sandy Spring

4.

Free from Terror, Baltimore

5.

Global Consciousness Press, Inc., College Park

6. Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Columbia

7. Islamic School of Peace, Salisbury

8.

Lagrimas 4 Justice, Beltsville

9.

Lanham United Methodist Church, Lanham

10.

Peace Action Montgomery, Brookeville

11.

Sojourner Truth Farm School, Poolesville

12.

White House Protest Corps, Silver Spring

Massachusetts

1.

Arlington/Lexington United for Justice with Peace, Lexington

2.

Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice, Pittsfield

3.

Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Cambridge

4.

Committee to Defend Palestinian Human Rights, Sterling

5.

Hubert Murray Architect+Planner, Cambridge

6.

Interlink Publishing, Northampton

7.

Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council, Tisbury

8.

Massachusetts Peace Action, Cambridge

9.

Merrimack Valley People for Peace, North Andover

10.

Middle East Peace Coalition of Western Massachusetts, Northampton

11. North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice, Ipswich

12.

Pax Christi-Cape Cod, Centerville

13. Pax Christi Metrowest, Natick

14. Students for Justice in Palestine, Hampshire College, Amherst

15.

Tawassul for Palestinian Arts and Culture, Cambridge

16.

The Enviro Show, Florence

17.

The Peace Abbey, Sherborne

18.

The Peasants, Brighton

19.

United for Justice with Peace, Cambridge

Michigan

1.

American Jews for a Just Peace—Detroit Chapter, Detroit

2.

Ann Arbor Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, Ann Arbor

3.

Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City

4.

Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy, Grand Rapids

5.

Greater Lansing Network against War and Injustice, East Lansing

6.

Jewish Voice for Peace—Detroit Chapter, Detroit

7.

Justice and Peace Task Force, Edgewood United Church of Christ, East Lansing

8.

Justice and Peace Task Force, Plymouth United Church of Christ, Grand Rapids

9.

Kalamazoo Women in Black, Kalamazoo

10.

Michigan Chapter, US Peace Council, Detroit

11.

Michigan Peace Team, Lansing

12. Middle East Task Force, Ann Arbor

13.

Middle East Work Group—Presbytery of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Park

14.

Mid East: Just Peace, Suttons Bay

15.

Muslim Student Association, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint

16.

Newaygo County People for Peace, Fremont

17.

Palestine Israel Action Group of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting, Ann Arbor

18.

Pax Christi Michigan, Lansing

19.

Peace Education Center of Greater Lansing, East Lansing

20.

Responsible Community Network, Port Huron

21.

We Want World Peace Organization, Alpena

22.

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Branch, Ann Arbor

Minnesota

1.

Burnsville Peace Vigil, Burnsville

2.

Eagan Peace Vigil, Eagan

3.

Import Peace, St. Paul

4. Northfielders for Justice in Israel/Palestine, Northfield

5.

Oles for Justice in Palestine, St. Olaf College, Northfield

6.

Women against Military Madness, Minneapolis

Missouri

1. Boone Tikkun, Columbia

2. Citizens for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land, Raymore

3.

Council on American-Islamic Relations—St. Louis Chapter, St. Louis

4.

Peace Network of the Ozarks, Battlefield

5.

The American Muslim, Bridgeton

6. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—St. Louis Branch, St. Louis

Montana

1.

Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula

Nebraska

1.

Pinch, Ltd., Omaha

2.

Tucker Hill Farm, Norfolk

Nevada

1.

Reno International Workers of the World Organizing Committee, Reno

New Hampshire

1. New Hampshire Veterans for Peace, Auburn

2.

Policy Watch, Manchester Community Access Media, TV23, Manchester

New Jersey

1. Paterson Community Clinic, Paterson

2.

Church and Society Committee, Sparta United Methodist Church, Sparta

3.

Prizm Project: Global Human Rights Education for Women, Ewing

4.

South Jersey Coalition for Peace and Justice, Southampton

New Mexico

1.

Clay Kodesh Ceremonial Arts and Learning, Albuquerque

2.

Code Pink Taos, Taos

3.

Middle East Peace and Justice Alliance, Albuquerque

4.

Women for a Better World, Santa Fe

New York

1.

Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, New York

2. Arab Muslim American Federation, Brooklyn

3.

Archipelago Books, Brooklyn

4.

Book Source Magazine, Cazenovia

5.

Brooklyn for Peace, Brooklyn

6.

Center for Immigrant Families, New York

7.

Committee for Peace in Israel and Palestine, Wainscott

8. Hudson Valley Pax Christi, Highland

9.

Imran TV, East Patchogue

10. Lackowitz Engineering, Yorktown Heights

11.

Masjid As-Salam, Albany

12.

Middle East Committee, WESPAC Foundation, Pleasantville

13.

Middle East Crisis Response, Woodstock

14.

Muslim Consultative Network, New York

15. Palestine Action Union Square East (PAUSE), New York

16. Pax Christi Long Island, East Meadow

17.

Pax Christi Metro New York, New York

18.

Peace Boat, New York

19.

Pro-Libertad Freedom Campaign, Bronx

20.

Public Policy Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, Rochester

21.

Resistance Cinema, Ozone Park

22.

Sang-Froid, Ltd., New York

23.

The McLoughlin Post, Woodlawn

24.

Western New York Peace Center, Buffalo

25.

Women for Self-Learning, Ithaca

26.

Women in Black—Union Square, New York

27.

Women of a Certain Age, New York

28.

Women’s Circles, Red Hook/Tivoli, Tivoli

North Carolina

1.

Action Center for Justice, Charlotte

2.

Green Resistance, Raleigh

3.

Islamic Political Party of America, Charlotte

4.

Jews for a Just Peace North Carolina, Durham

5.

Piedmont Green Party, Pinnacle

6.

P!: Post-Politics in Depth, Raleigh

Ohio

1. 3 Legged Dog Yoga Collective, Cincinnati

2.

Cincinnati Palestinian Rights Meetup, Cincinnati

3.

Congregation of St. Joseph Justice Committee, Cleveland

4.

Interfaith Council for Peace in the Middle East, Lakewood

5.

Oberlin College Students for a Free Palestine, Oberlin

6.

Ohio Conference on Fair Trade, Columbus

7.

People for Peace and Justice of Sandusky County, Ohio, Fremont

8.

Tiffin Area Pax Christi, Upper Sandusky

9.

Veterans for Peace, Chapter 923, Circleville

10.

West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Social Action Committee, Rocky River

Oregon

1.

Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, Portland

2.

Chris Henry for Congress, Beaverton

3.

Collateral Repair Project, Medford

4. Corvallis-Albany Friends of Middle East Peace, Corvallis

5.

Episcopal Peace Fellowship—Oregon Chapter, Portland

6.

Eros Aromatics, Portland

7.

Linn-Benton Chapter, Pacific Green Party, Corvallis

8.

Lutherans for Justice in the Holy Land—A Witness of Central Lutheran Church, Portland

9.

Pacific Green Party of Oregon, Eugene

10. Pacifica Forum, Eugene

11.

Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, Portland

12.

Primal Digital, LLC, Portland

13. Progressive Student Union, Portland State University, Portland

14.

Re:Mediation, Portland

15.

Vantage Point, Portland

16.

Wallowa County Peace and Justice Network, Joseph

17.

Writer on Call, Reedsport

Pennsylvania

1.

Birthright Unplugged, Glenside

2.

Bubbes and Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East, Philadelphia

3. Ecumenical Working Group for Peace in the Middle East, Gladwyne

4.

Fisher’s Tax Service, Philadelphia

5.

Lorne Clarke Music, Meshoppen

6. Philadelphia Area Black Radical Congress, Philadelphia

7. Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace, Philadelphia

8.

Philly Poetry, Philadelphia

9.

Ramallah Online, Harrisburg

10.

Roots of Promise, Pittsburgh

11.

Students for Justice in Palestine-Penn State, University Park

12.

Students for Justice in Palestine—University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

13.

Thomas Merton Center, Pittsburgh

14.

Wharton Muslim Students Network, Philadelphia

15. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—Delaware County Branch, Brookhaven

16. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—Philadelphia Branch, Philadelphia

17. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—Pittsburgh Branch, Pittsburgh

Puerto Rico

1.

Sin Mordazas, San Juan

Rhode Island

1. Justice First Foundation, West Kingston

2.

Rhode Island South County Progressive Democrats of America, Charlestown

South Carolina

1.

Afrikan American Institute of Policy Studies, Greenville

2.

Carolina Peace Resource Center, Columbia

3. Harriet Tubman Freedom House Project, Columbia

4. Rock Hill for Action to Organize Resistance (RHFACTOR), Rock Hill

South Dakota

1.

Pax Christi Southeastern South Dakota, Sioux Falls

2.

South Dakota Chapter of the ANSWER Coalition, Brandon

Tennessee

1. Grassroots Global Activism, Chattanooga

2.

Knoxville Area Women in Black, Knoxville

Texas

1.

Al-Madinah Academy, San Antonio

2.

Analytical View, Houston

3.

Both Sides Now, Tyler

4.

Deir Yassin Remembered Scholarship, Iola

5. East Texas Islamic Association, Commerce

6.

Free Press Houston, Houston

7.

Houston Peace News, Houston

8.

Instruments for Peace, Austin

9.

Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights, Austin

10.

Intergalactic Artists 4 Peace, Houston

11.

Jelani Designs & Associates, Austin

12.

Justice for Palestinians, Houston

13.

Law Office of Richard D. Warfield, Dallas

14.

Palestinian American Federation, Allen

15.

Peace Action Denton, Denton

16.

Radio Raw Deen, Houston

17.

Sukkar Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Houston

18.

University of Texas Palestine Solidarity Committee, Austin

19.

Young Muslims, Houston

Utah

1.

Golden Rule Project, Salt Lake City

2.

People for Peace and Justice of Utah, Taylorsville

3.

Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land, Salt Lake City

Vermont

1.

Editide, Marshfield

2.

Educational Praxis, Putney

3.

Kids4Peace—Vermont, Bridgport

4.

Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel, Burlington

Virginia

1. Ad Hoc Committee for Bethlehem, Vienna

2. Arab American Association, Richmond

3.

Committee on Behalf of Palestinians Denied Entry, Chester

4. MY Estimator, Inc., Falls Church

5.

Northern Virginians for Peace and Justice, Falls Church

6.

Reapalife, Harrisonburg

7.

The Wisdom Fund, Arlington

8.

Write for Justice, Vienna

9.

Zeva Incorporated, Chantilly

Washington

1.

Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Tacoma

2.

Code Pink, Vancouver

3.

Dyke Community Activists, Seattle

4. GeoSphere, LLC, Edmonds

5.

International Trauma Treatment Program, Olympia

6.

Jewish Voice for Peace, Seattle Chapter, Seattle

7.

Media Island International, Olympia

8. Northwest Middle East Peace Forum, Tacoma

9.

Olympia Friends Meeting (Quaker), Olympia

10.

Olympia-Rafah Mural Project, Olympia

11.

Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project, Olympia

12.

Palestine Solidarity Committee, Seattle

13.

Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Spokane

14.

Poets West, Seattle

15.

Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, Olympia

16.

St. Leo Catholic Church, Tacoma

17.

Traditional Artists Guild, Olympia

18. Voices for Peace in the Middle East, Bellingham

19.

Voices of Palestine, Seattle

20.

Walters Landscape Architect, Renton

21. Women in Black, Tacoma

Wisconsin

1.

Alees International, Franklin

2.

Damascus Center for Theoretical and Civil Rights Studies, Appleton

3.

Justice for Palestine, University of Wisconsin, Madison

4.

Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Madison

5.

Peace Action Wisconsin, Milwaukee

6.

Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice, Racine

7.

Sura for Change, Milwaukee

Wyoming

1.

Mountain Moving, LLC, Laramie

Abroad

1.

American Expats in Jordan for Obama, Amman, Jordan

2.

Americans against the War—France, Paris, France

3.

Americans in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

4. Arab Center for Democracy and Peace Studies, Amman, Jordan

5.

Australians for Palestine, Hawthorne, Australia

6.

Building Bridges for Peace, Macclesfield, United Kingdom

7.

Danish Peace Watch, Copenhagen, Denmark

8.

Encounter—Forum for Activists of Israel/Palestine Peace, Kibbutz Hazorea, Israel

9. Hermès Management and Services, Algiers, Algeria

10.

International Platform of Jurists for East Timor, Leiden, Netherlands

11.

Jerusalem Forum, Amman, Jordan

12.

Muslim Presence, Ottawa, Canada

13.

Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People, Beit Sahour, Palestine

14.

Pax Christi Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium

15.

Resource Center for Nonviolence, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

16.

Responsibility TV, London, United Kingdom

17.

University of Strathclyde Action Palestine, Glasgow, United Kingdom

18. U.S. Citizens against War, Florence, Italy

19.

U.S. Citizens for Peace and Justice, Rome, Italy

20.

Women for Palestine, Melbourne, Australia

21.

Women in Black—Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 

Rocky Mountain propagandists & jihad-apologists are busy

It's hard to imagine what motivates these busy little bees.  Is their Jew-hatred so strong, does it give the only meaning to their lives?  Why don't they have lives?  Some of them, like Bninski, actually make a living at this.

Anyway, this will give you an idea of what the opposition is up to.  I never get emails like this from pro-Israel organizations... do you? Full of instructions and government contacts?  It's really mind-blowing.

I've added some emphases plus the link to Rep. Ellison's website.

 

Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:15:18 -0700

From: carolynbn@earthlink.net

Subject: RMPJC: Action Items on Gaza - Please act today!

The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center is a member-supported organization. We appreciate your support. To donate, please go to www.rmpjc.org  send a check to RMPJC, P.O. Box 1156, Boulder CO 80306, or call 303-444-6981. The RMPJC is now located at 3970 Broadway, Suite 105 in Boulder. Please come by and visit. _________________________________________________________

Take Action:

President Obama Calls for Lifting Gaza Siege; Rep. Olver for Gaza Aid 

Last Thursday, at the State Department, President Obama introduced former Sen. George Mitchell as his Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, and stated:

"Our hearts go out to Palestinian civilians who are in need of immediate food, clean water, and basic medical care, and who've faced suffocating poverty for far too long. Now we must extend a hand of opportunity to those who seek peace. As part of a lasting cease-fire, Gaza's border crossings should be open to allow the flow of aid and commerce."

In other words, President Obama agrees with one of our key post-ceasefire demands: Israel must comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1860, which calls for "unimpeded provision and distribution throughout Gaza of humanitarian assistance, including of food, fuel and medical treatment," and Israel must end its blockade of the Gaza Strip, an illegal form of collective punishment of the 1.5 million Palestinian residents who live there.

To watch the video of President Obama's remarks (fast-forward to 32:00), http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1807.

To read the transcript, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012202550.html

Also, on Friday, Rep. John Olver and six other Representatives circulated a "Dear Colleague" letter addressed to Secretary of State Clinton expressing their "deep concern for the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and to request immediate action by the United States to address this crisis. With the ceasefire now in effect, it is critical that the United States play a leading role in alleviating the suffering of civilians in Gaza and we respectfully urge your assistance in this task." (The full text of the letter is below.)

TAKE ACTION

1. Contact President Obama at 202-456-1111 or send him an email at http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/opl/ to thank him for his support for unimpeded humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip and for lifting Israel's siege.

Here is a sample message (Messages are limited to 500 characters-this one is exactly 500 characters...

Thank you for your support for unimpeded humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip and for lifting Israel's siege. Israel must pay reparations for killing more than 1,300 Palestinians and injuring more than 5,000 during its war on the Gaza Strip. Israel should also pay for the estimated $2 billion in damages. Israel must also be held accountable for its misuse of U.S. weapons to kill and injure Palestinian civilians and to target Palestinian civilian infrastructure under the Arms Export Control Act.

2. Contact your Representative before noon on Tuesday at 202-224-3121 and ask her/him to "sign on" to Rep. Olver's "Dear Colleague" letter on U.S. humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

Toll free number for Congress 800-828-0498

It's important that you contact your Representative as soon as possible because the letter is closing for signatures by the deadline mentioned above. Call your Representative, identify yourself as a concerned constituent, ask her/him to "sign on" to the letter, and state why you feel it is the responsibility of the United States to provide humanitarian relief to Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

And for more take action ideas:

3. Sign our open letter to President Obama, "We Need a Change in Israel/Palestine Policy." http://endtheoccupation.org/form.php?modin=137

4. Organize in your community to tell President Obama,"Yes We Can … End Military Aid to Israel."

Israel's war and siege on the occupied Gaza Strip would not have been possible without the military and diplomatic support of the United States. We need to have sustained, long-term organizing to end military aid to Israel to prevent future massacres from taking place.

Sign up today as a volunteer organizer and we'll send you an organizing packet with postcards, petitions, and fact sheets. To receive your organizing packet, click here. http://endtheoccupation.org/modinput4.php?modin=114

5. Register for our Feb. 1-2 Grassroots Advocacy Training/Lobby Day in Washington, DC before noon Eastern on Tuesday.

Rep. Olver "Dear Colleague" Letter

Support Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza

Urge Secretary of State Clinton to support immediate humanitarian assistance for Gaza

Dear Colleague,

With the rest of the world, we gladly welcomed the news of a ceasefire in Gaza on January 18. However, there remains a dire humanitarian situation that must be immediately addressed. We believe that it is in the United States' interest to play a leading role in alleviating the human suffering in Gaza.

The armed conflict in Gaza resulted in widespread destruction to homes and to public and commercial infrastructure across Gaza. Fuel shortages have cut electricity, limiting the ability of Gaza's hospitals to operate. Medical supplies are in short supply and hospitals are understaffed. The humanitarian supplies and food that do reach civilians only meet a small percentage of the real need. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) estimates financial needs of nearly $350 million just to rebuild their own infrastructure and continue providing essential public services to Palestinian refugees in Gaza.

Please join us in writing to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to request that the United States lead the international effort to provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza. The United States has long been a leader on humanitarian issues and we should seize this opportunity to alleviate the suffering of civilians and restore our historic moral standing among the community of nations.

Sincerely,

LOIS CAPPS

DAVID PRICE

JOHN W. OLVER

KEITH ELLISON

SAM FARR

MAURICE HINCHEY

BARBARA LEE

Member[s] of Congress

Note: All 61 (soley Democrat) Congressional signatories are listed under the fold - Yael.

**********

Dear Secretary Clinton:

First, we would like to congratulate you on being sworn in as our nation's 67th Secretary of State. We are very hopeful that this new era in American foreign policy upon which we embark can advance the cause of peace in the Middle East and beyond.

As strong supporters of both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, we are writing to express our deep concern for the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and to request immediate action by the United States to address this crisis. With the ceasefire now in effect, it is critical that the United States play a leading role in alleviating the suffering of civilians in Gaza and we respectfully urge your assistance in this task.

As you know, the situation on the ground is dire. The flow of humanitarian goods into the Gaza Strip is limited to food and medicine. Yet there exists a real need to allow for the importation of construction materials and fuel, which require the opening of crossings into Gaza. For example, only the Karni Crossing has the capacity for transporting large cargo, such as cement, but it remains closed.

In addition, in order to rebuild civilian infrastructure in Gaza the international community is going to have to make significant monetary contributions. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) estimates financial needs of nearly $350 million just to rebuild their own infrastructure and continue providing essential services to the Palestinians in Gaza.

We also remain especially concerned about the desperate condition of medical services in Gaza. Although Israel has begun to allow limited medical supplies into Gaza, the need far outweighs the availability while hospitals remain understaffed and ill-supplied. One of the most crucial steps that needs to be taken is for Israel to allow critically ill patients to be transported out of Gaza and into Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, where they may receive necessary medical care. We therefore urge you to express this concern directly to Israeli government officials.

In addition to the several thousand individuals who were physically injured during the recent military operations, we can expect to see a dramatic increase in the number of individuals suffering from psychological trauma. In order to help the population to begin rebuilding, we will need to further ensure that funds are used to provide adequate mental health services in Gaza.

Failure to address this humanitarian emergency has the potential to produce a crisis of even more unspeakable proportions. We therefore respectfully request that the State Department release emergency funds to UNRWA for reconstruction and humanitarian assistance. We believe the State Department can make funds available through accounts such as Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA) and urge you to facilitate the transfer of funds as soon as possible.

We look forward to maintaining a productive and ongoing dialogue with the State Department and the Obama Administration regarding the United States response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Toward that end we respectfully request that you or your staff share with us the actions taken to date and the strategy you will pursue to address the humanitarian crisis within14 days.

Finally, we know that addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a whole is a top priority of the Obama Administration and we applaud President Obama and you for your early and public commitment to meet this challenge. We also believe that the naming of former Senator George Mitchell as special envoy to the Middle East is commendable.

We believe the security interests of both Israel and the United States will be greatly enhanced by the establishment of a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and that United States involvement is indispensable in achieving that goal. We stand ready to work with you as the Administration furthers these ______________________________________________

Carolyn Bninski RMPJC 303-444-6981x2

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King

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Under the fold, see the full list of (61) signatories to the "Olver letter" -- I've added party affiliation and state, etc. I just wanted to see for myself if they weren't all Democrats, and indeed they are.

If Jewish Republicans had half a brain, they'd start targeting these people now for replacement in 2010 with folks who support Israel, not HAMAS.

 

 

Radical Islam's Vision for AMERICA

www.TheThirdJihad.com

 

 

((( WILL THE UNITED NATIONS DENY THE HOLOCAUST? )))

Durban II Alert

Iranian-led Durban II "anti-racism"

negotiations end in total disgrace:

ZIONISM IS RACISM,

APARTHEID ISRAEL

 and

QUESTIONING THE HOLOCAUST

are now on the Durban II negotiating table

 

Intensive negotiations last week in Geneva have resulted in a new version of the "Draft Outcome Document" for Durban II - released yesterday.

Iran - a Vice-Chair of the executive committee for Durban II - played a leading role in the drafting process, speaking more often than any other single state. The result? Now on the negotiating table: Jewish self-determination or Zionism is racism. Israel is guilty of apartheid and the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust is questionable.

 

The press release should be up at the website soon.

  

Hot spit!

First, we'll get the bad news out of the way:

The U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) published a monograph last month by Sherifa Zuhur entitled, "Hamas and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics," a fairly bland heading that only hints at its deeply disturbing content. This monograph is more accurately described as an apologia for Hamas, a violent Islamist organization dedicated to jihad and the destruction of the State of Israel....

 

Now the Great IPT News:

FBI Cuts Off CAIR!

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid mounting concern about the Muslim advocacy group's roots in a Hamas-support network, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned.

The decision to end contacts with CAIR was made quietly last summer as federal prosecutors prepared for a second trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), an Islamic charity accused of providing money and political support to the terrorist group Hamas, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

CAIR and its chairman emeritus, Omar Ahmad, were named un-indicted co-conspirators in the HLF case. Both Ahmad and CAIR's current national executive director, Nihad Awad, were revealed on government wiretaps as having been active participants in early Hamas-related organizational meetings in the United States. During testimony, FBI agent Lara Burns described CAIR as a front organization.

Hamas is a US-designated foreign terrorist organization, and it's been illegal since 1995 to provide support to it within the United States.

The decision to end contacts with CAIR is a significant policy change for the FBI. For years, the FBI worked with the national organization and its state chapters to address Muslim community concerns about the potential for hate crimes and other civil liberty violations in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

But critics said the FBI improperly conferred legitimacy on CAIR by meeting with its officials, even as its own investigative files contained evidence of CAIR leaders' ties to Hamas.

Last autumn, FBI field offices began notifying state CAIR chapters that bureau officials could no longer meet with them until CAIR's national leadership in Washington had addressed issues raised by the HLF trial, according to people with knowledge of the notifications.

CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper declined to comment Wednesday when the IPT called for comment. Before hanging up, Hooper said "We're more than happy to cooperate with legitimate media. But we don't cooperate with those who promote anti-Muslim bigotry."

In one letter obtained by IPT News, James E. Finch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Oklahoma City field office, canceled a meeting of the local Muslim Community Outreach Program, a state-federal program designed to enlist Muslims in terrorism prevention and investigate reports of civil liberties violations.

"Regrettably, due to circumstances beyond my control, the meeting will be postponed until further notice as a result of the planned participation by the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations," Finch's Oct. 8, 2008 letter to Muslim groups in the Oklahoma outreach program said.

Finch made clear the Oklahoma office valued its relationship with local Muslims. He said the stumbling block to further outreach was CAIR's national leadership.

"[I]f CAIR wishes to pursue an outreach relationship with the FBI, certain issues must be addressed to the satisfaction of the FBI. Unfortunately, these issues cannot be addressed at the local level and must be addressed by the CAIR National Office in Washington, D.C.," the letter said.

A spokesman for the FBI's Oklahoma City office referred questions about the letter to the FBI's national press office. In Washington, FBI spokesman John Miller said, "We've certainly been in contact with CAIR chapters" about the un-indicted co-conspirator designation. "The letter speaks for itself" ....

 

Kudos to Steve Emerson again - for his solitary and persistent efforts on behalf of all Americans of good conscience.  Donate Here if you can.

The Investigative Project on Terrorism does not accept funding from any government agency or political or religious institutions — the support of private individuals is critically important to maintaining independence from any political pressures or bias. It is only through contributions from individuals like you that we are able to continue our investigations, expand our operations, and hire writers, translators, legal advisers, and skilled operatives to respond to the hundreds of requests we receive for help each month from U.S. government agencies and world media.

 

NB: THE FBI IS HIRING  2,100 PROFESSIONAL STAFF + 850 SPECIAL AGENTS

 

to say the least

 

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Wake up? "Only by the Hand of G-d does the Jewish Nation exist and maintain its sanity"

Now that Operation Cast Lead is finished and Israel has returned to taking out the terrorists after they have tried to kill us - instead of before they try to kill us - and the Obamas are happily ensconced in the White House, I think we should take some time to reflect on what happened last month.

At the time I thought not to concentrate on this, not when we needed to keep up our morale and our prayers for our soldiers at war.  But we must not forget what happened.  We must realize on a very deep level the extent of Jew-hatred in the world, and never forget that it's always simmering in the background of our increasingly precarious lives.

Here's just one tidbit from the zomblog's excellent catalogue of demonstrations of Global Intifada.

... on Saturday, January 10 there was a unprecedented eruption of violence and extremism in dozens of European and American cities, surpassing anything seen at anti-war rallies in recent years...

 

BERLIN

January 10: This six-minute video shows a compilation of scenes from an anti-Semitic rally in Berlin that is all the more shocking considering where it took place. Could anyone have ever imagined such things would be on the agenda again in Berlin, so soon after WWII?

The protesters are speaking German, but certain passages clearly stand out:

• At 1:33, they chant “Death to Israel”
• at 2:51, a Muslim protester yells “Juden raus!” (Jews out) — which is of one the exact phrases that the Nazi mobs yelled in the 1930s
• at 2:57, the same protester yells “Death to the Jews” and
• from 3:38 to 5:00, the Muslims protesters en masse call for the establishment of a global Islamic caliphate — while feckless Germans blithely show their solidarity.

 

At 3:18 in the video above, a sign goes by in the Berlin crowd which says “Deutschland erwache” (”Germany awake”) above a monetary symbol pointing to a Star of David. A clear photo of the sign can be seen here. “Deutschland erwache,” however, is not just another random phrase — it was a populist slogan frequently used by the Nazi Party in the 1930s and ’40s.

 

Our deep gratitude to zombie for his/her courage and persistence in the face of such hideous obscenities.

My heart tumbles to the floor when I see that it's been nearly FIVE YEARS since I posted the following.

It's time for American Jews to open their eyes!

by Nemjamin Shapiro, at WorldNetDaily

It's been long enough. For the last two decades, American Jews have shirked common sense and logic in the interest of an ideology that deserted them long ago. American Jewish leftism cannot be overlooked or excused. And in a world teetering on the brink of disaster, blind loyalty to a false cause can no longer be afforded.

Jews have a long history of liberalism in America, dating from a day when conservatives were "country-club Republicans" and Franklin Delano Roosevelt was deified. Those days are long past. Elderly Jews should realize FDR is dead and his party no longer stands for tolerance.

It was Rep. Jim Moran, a Democrat from Virginia, who claimed that a Jewish cabal stood behind the Iraq war.

It was former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, a Democrat from Georgia, who took money from anti-American and anti-Israeli terrorist supporters during her candidacy for Congress.

It was Vermont's Howard Dean, a Democrat, who labeled Hamas members "soldiers."

It was Sen. Robert Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, who was once Grand Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

It was Sen. Ernest Hollings, a Democrat from South Carolina, who blamed the Iraq war on pro-Israeli interests.

Beyond all the rhetoric about Jewish relatives, the Democratic Party stands for a thinly veiled hostility toward Judaism and Jews.

If it was "long enough" five years ago, what is it now?  Now it's way past time to wake up.  Now we have a (Democrat) Muslim imposter in the White House.

My humble opinion.

HAMAS "governance" in (Jew-free) Gaza

HAMAS flag carried with no shame whatsoever. in Los Angeles CA. USA. Last month. UFB.

 

MEMRI: Following are excerpts from speeches delivered by PLO Executive Committee secretary Yasser Abd Rabbo, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 22, 2009...

 

"Today, Hamas gangs are unleashed like packs of animals on the streets of Gaza against Fatah members. Because the military bases and the prisons have been destroyed, they have turned Gaza schools, Al-Nasser Hospital, the radiology department at Shifa' Hospital, Al-Aqsa University, and other places, including mosques, into centers for the detention, interrogation, and torture of Fatah members and members of other national Palestinian factions.

[...]

"Dozens of people have been shot in the leg, been beaten savagely, and had their bones broken, because they are members of the Fatah movement, which took to the streets of Gaza to confront the occupation, leaving all disagreements [with Hamas] behind, during the battle against the invasion by the Israeli occupation. This is what is happening today in Gaza.

[...]

"This reminds me of the 'glorious exploits' of Chemical Ali in southern Iraq after the 1991 'Mother of All Wars.' When the smoke of battle cleared, he turned his gangs and his fire against the Iraqis in southern Iraq, and the massacre that ensued is known to all. Who is the 'Chemical' today in Gaza, who wants to turn Gaza into the venue of a new massacre?

[...]

"I heard that Abu Marzouq is sanctioning the killing of Palestinians, in an interview with the Qatari Al-Sharq newspaper the day before yesterday. He said that they have [captured] collaborators, and they have already executed some, while others await their turn. What collaborators are you talking about, Mr. Abu Marzouq? Of course he has expanded the list, saying that anyone who criticizes the policy of Hamas a traitor and a collaborator, and that it is okay to kill him. Is this the promised Islamic rule, or is it a blood-soaked lie about Islam?

[...]

"Who plunders the trucks bringing aid to the Gaza Strip, and distributes it only among the follows of its party and movement, while the children of Gaza are starving? Who is stealing the land of Gaza, dividing it into lots, and giving them to the cronies of Hamas members of the Shura Council?"

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To view this clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1998.htm.

Where is Ban Ki Moon on this? And Jimmy Carter? And all those bleeding-heart "human rights activists" who took to the streets of Europe and the U.S. by the tens of thousands when their poorpalestinians were at war with Israel?

No one cares about Arabs abusing, torturing or murdering other Arabs.  They only care when Israel is involved, when they see an opportunity to express their Jew-hatred... sometimes carefully cloaked in "caring," other times, Not So Much.

After several days of violence and vandalism at various London businesses rumored to be owned by Jews, Harry’s Place began referring to the ongoing outbreak as “Kristallwoche” — a full week of Kristallnachts.

 

Los Angeles, CA ~ January 10th 2009. Courtesy of Ringo's Pictures via zomblog.

And in SDEROT: 6 AM Color Red INCOMING ROCKET Alert

 

(IsraelNN.com) The Color Red incoming rocket alert roused Sderot residents from their beds at approximately 6:00 Thursday morning, barely giving the sleepy civilians time to scramble into shelters before a short range ("Kassam") rocket slammed into the community. No one was injured and no damage was reported.

The early warning system also sounded several minutes earlier in the Eshkol region, although it was not clear whether it was a false alarm, or if a missile had fallen in an as-yet-unidentified site.

At 9:40 p.m. last night, a rocket exploded in an open area in the Eshkol region.

 

Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter's on another book tour, telling the press that Israelis (and George Mitchell) should talk to HAMAS, since after all, they do "govern" 1.5 million "civilians" in Gaza.  And get this:

“I am relieved that [Bush] has been replaced. I think that he probably had the most disastrous term relating to foreign policy of any previous president,” Carter said.