[via Ibn Ezra]

From the latest issue of Journal of Palestine Studies

Enter Qaddafi!

The plot thickens!

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An appeal …

Via Norman G. Finkelstein’s website:

Welcome to Engineers For Justice. We are a growing group of professional engineers in Canada who are deeply concerned with the current humanitarian crisis which has been quietly unfolding in Gaza for the last two years.

We, as Canadian citizens, are particularly troubled by the actions of our current conservative government with respect to its failure in protecting our country’s long standing tradition in championing international law and universal human rights.

The people of Gaza are currently living under an illegal, brutal and punitive siege by the state of Israel. The siege has been described by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as having “brought death, destruction, pain and suffering to the people there” and that the “… international community must not ignore their cries for help.” As a fellowship of engineers from all races, beliefs and orientation, we do not identify ourselves as pro-Palestinian or pro-Israel, but pro-Justice. [...]

If you would like to participate in the effort to end the siege, please join our mailing list to receive updates and learn about future gatherings and events.

We refuse to stay silent as a matter of conscience.

Full statement here

“Yet another political gaffe“.

“Obama gave the dirty work to Abbas and now both are soiled“.

Walt’s point of view, which I always find of interest.

It lately dawned on me that we’re nothing more than pathetic, pitiful aphids.

Back to bliss and oblivion …

Utterly depressing!

A rather dire assessment and depressing for all parties involved.

“As the Jewish community wrestles with its real power in the modern world over the lives of others, not just Jews, the power to intimidate dissenters is something we must take on.” – Philip Weiss

From Democracy Now:

What’s significant about the report, in my opinion, and what’s significant about what happened in Gaza, I think it marks a major turning point. It’s like the Sharpville massacre in South Africa. Now, Sharpville is not Soweto, but Sharpville was a turning point. Richard Goldstone is a liberal. Richard Goldstone is very supportive of Israel. And it’s now marking the breakup of liberal Jewish support for Israel. And as we both know and as all of your listeners know, Jews are overwhelmingly liberal in their sentiment. Seventy-nine percent of Jews in the last election voted for Obama. And what you’re seeing now is the breakup of Jewish support for Israel.

You saw during the Gaza massacre you had some of the old-timers like Alan Dershowitz, Michael Walzer, characters—Martin Peretz, characters like that, you know, kind of comical figures coming out supporting Israel. But if you looked at the younger Jewish—the younger Jewish constituency—bloggers like Matt Yglesias, Glenn Greenwald and so forth—they all opposed the Gaza massacre from almost like day one or day two. And then you had significant defections, like Andrew Sullivan, who—not Jewish, but still a significant figure, who also came out against the Gaza massacre.

So I think now what you’re seeing, especially with the Goldstone report, especially with his stature, especially because he’s Jewish, especially because he’s a liberal, what it’s signaling now, is the breakup of Jewish support and liberal support—and those are basically the same thing—the breakup of liberal Jewish support for Israel. – LINK [my emphasis]

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