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Jews Say: End the War on Gaza — No Aid to Apartheid Israel!
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:38 pm
So far this open letter has over 200 signatures of some of America's most respected, peace-loving Jews.
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"On July 12, 2014, Gaza civil society issued an urgent appeal for solidarity, asking: “How many of our lives are dispensable enough until the world takes action? How much of our blood is sufficient?”
As Jews of conscience, we answer by unequivocally condemning Israel’s ongoing massacre in Gaza, whose victims include hundreds of civilians, children, entire families, the elderly, and the disabled. This latest toll adds to the thousands Israel has killed and maimed since its supposed withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005.
In response to this crisis, we urgently reaffirm our support for a ban on all military and other aid to Israel.
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opposed the Vietnam War with his famous declaration: “For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent.”
Today, *we* cannot be silent as the “Jewish state” — armed to the teeth by the U.S. and its allies — wages yet another brutal war on the Palestinian people. Apartheid Israel does not speak for us, and we stand with Gaza as we stand with all of Palestine.
In the face of incessant pro-Israel propaganda, we heed Malcolm X’s warning: “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
For Israel’s relentless war on Gaza is no more an act of “self-defense” than such infamous massacres as Wounded Knee (1890), Guernica (1937), the Warsaw Ghetto (1942), Deir Yassin (1948), My Lai (1968), Soweto (1976), Sabra and Shatila (1982), or Lebanon (2006).
Rather, it is but the latest chapter in more than a century of Zionist colonialism, dispossession, ethnic cleaning, racism, and genocide — including Israel’s very establishment through the uprooting and displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians during the 1947-1948 Nakba. Indeed, eighty percent of the 1.8 million people sealed into Gaza are refugees.
Like any colonial regime, Israel uses resistance to such policies as an excuse to terrorize and collectively punish the indigenous population for its very existence. But scattered rockets, fired from Gaza into land stolen from Palestinians in the first place, are merely a response to this systemic injustice.
To confront the root cause of this violence, we call for the complete dismantling of Israel’s apartheid regime, throughout historic Palestine — from the River to the Sea. With that in mind, we embrace the 2005 Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which demands:
* An end to Israeli military occupation of the 1967 territories
* Full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel
* Right of return for Palestinian refugees, as affirmed by UN resolution 194"
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:44 pm to trackfan
But you always tell us the Jews can't be trusted...
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:45 pm to trackfan
1. Don't claim we are saying this. I'm a Jew and I'm not says this. So "Jews" are saying this as much as "some Jews" just like there are "some scientists" that deny evolution.
2. Most respected is a bullshite term too. They hold opinions outside the Jewish communities majority and they are all linked to anti-Zionist organization
3. 200 you think that's an impressive number?
2. Most respected is a bullshite term too. They hold opinions outside the Jewish communities majority and they are all linked to anti-Zionist organization
3. 200 you think that's an impressive number?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:46 pm to trackfan
A couple of points I agree with but then...
Lost me right there. Sorry if you don't know why thats the case.
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As Jews of conscience
Lost me right there. Sorry if you don't know why thats the case.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:47 pm to trackfan
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we heed Malcolm X’s warning
Well.. that changes my mind about things....
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:47 pm to SammyTiger
I know over 200 Jews in monroe . Is that really an impressive number to you ? If you read a report that every American in Belize City wanted to impeach Obama would that impress you???
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:52 pm to CptBengal
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But you always tell us the Jews can't be trusted...
I have never ever said anything remotely like that. You're confusing me with someone else.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 6:54 pm to udtiger
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Google "self-loathing Jew"
The old self-hating Jew card, how predictable.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 7:02 pm to trackfan
Trackfan not answering my question , how predictable
Posted on 7/24/14 at 7:03 pm to fleaux
Those Jews aren't being fired at...
Posted on 7/24/14 at 7:04 pm to trackfan
Here's a little known but very important tid-bit of information about Isreal and the Jews.
The Jewish people had been purchasing land from Ottoman Turk overlords for decades prior to 1948, at often times well OVER the market rate for land.
The Jewish people had been purchasing land from Ottoman Turk overlords for decades prior to 1948, at often times well OVER the market rate for land.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 7:06 pm to trackfan
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"On July 12, 2014, Gaza civil society issued an urgent appeal for solidarity, asking: “How many of our lives are dispensable enough until the world takes action? How much of our blood is sufficient?”
As Jews of conscience, blah. blah, blah...
That just proves even some Jews are fools.
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 7:23 pm to trackfan
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All the Joos VILL GET IN DA SHOWER
Oh trackfan, that's not cool
Posted on 7/24/14 at 7:35 pm to trackfan
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So far this open letter has over 200 signatures of some of America's most respected, peace-loving Jews...who havent had rockets fired at them daily
Posted on 7/24/14 at 7:42 pm to trackfan
How many missiles were fired into Israel prior to their going in with troops?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:20 pm to Jake88
How many rockets did Hamas fire at Israel before Israel reneged on the previous Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement by arresting 500 Hamas members?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:23 pm to trackfan
When was the previous ceasefire started so I can give you an accurate total?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:30 pm to trackfan
I agree with most of what this letter says.
Idk why Americans are convinced the animals inside the borders of Israel are any better than the animals on the outside.
Idk why Americans are convinced the animals inside the borders of Israel are any better than the animals on the outside.
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 8:31 pm
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