Comments on: Non-Zionist Stories: A Christian Activist in Kansas City With a Wide Network

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Thank you so much for your piece, Ms. Whitmore. Stories like yours help people like me who may know what is right, but aren't always so brave.

By: scorpio

scorpio — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

best of luck to all concerned. "concerned" US jews and whatever's left of the left-liberal-labor wing of Israeli jews need to help find a new way thru this morass or efforts like this will descend into anti-semitism. mrs whitmore sounds like a wonderful well-meaning person but this is a genie left in the bottle. you cant ask 'where were the well-meaning Germans?' read Human Smoke. there were no well-meaning people ANYWHERE. when things go bad you're on your own. no one wanted to increase immigration for the jewish community and that included UK and US, the purported great friends of the jewish people. Israel exists because there WAS NO PLACE TO GO. questions of dual-loyalty must be resolved favorably: we'll take Israel's secular liberal jews, they can have our right-wing apocalyptic war-mongering citizens.

By: Intern

Intern — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I've used this comments page to rant before, nobody cared, so I'll do it again.

I am interning in DC right now and I am astounded by how many Israel and AIPAC invitations we interns receive. It would make sense to me if these were factual discussions of Israel's problems and how Congress can help. But they are lovefests free of explanation or anything resembling open discussion. Pro-Israel? Come to our dinner! Don't understand the complex issue? Well, feel free to become pro-Israel and then come to our dinner!

No wonder people leave Washington with the impression that "the Jews" are running everything. AIPAC is irresponsible in its lack of dialogue.

By: LanceThruster

LanceThruster — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

My thanks as well for this piece. I grew up in the US thinking the Israeli "official narrative" was the only valid one. I rmember seeing Palestinian representatives on ABC's "Nightline" with Ted Koppel and thinking what horrible liars they were and how good a job Benjamin Netanyahu did debunking their "nonsense."

After 9/11, I felt it was my duty as an American to try to educate myself further on ME issues. Bewteen that and the help of knowledgeable "Jewish" (secular and fully humanist universalist) friends, I too was embarrassed by the full extent of my ignorance.

Though often attacked for "Jew-hatred," the reality is that I just got a much more balanced view, and largely through principled jewsih voices.

As Dr. Norman Finkelstein wrote - (see: http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=4&ar=7 )

" Indeed, for a Jew to remain silent was a form of complicity in Israel's crimes. Israel wielded Jewish suffering - in particular, the Nazi holocaust - as a bludgeon to silence dissent: criticizing the Jewish State was held the equivalent of insensitivity to Jewish martyrdom. Many decent non-Jews turned a blind eye to Palestinian suffering because they feared being tarred with or actually believed this charge. Jewish dissent put the lie to it."

By: sword of gideon

sword of gideon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Another day goes by without a mention of Samir Kuntar. Interesting.

By: LanceThruster

LanceThruster — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Not at all. You just mentioned it.

Another day goes by without a mention of Samir Kuntar. Interesting.

Posted by: sword of gideon | July 17, 2008 at 01:26 PM

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Then, Intern, you probably are aware of the importance of people like you having strength to stay and wait for the time when things change. I wish you luck in regaining your country back.

By: Richard Witty

Richard Witty — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

What specifically do you find in error about the Exodus story?

Phil, others?

By: charles Keating

charles Keating — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Another day goes by in the USA without a mention of Baruch Goldstein, an American Jew Vietnam draft dodger worshiped in Israel in certain sectors. Interesting.

"So, what's new?" said Rachael Corrie. "Why sink my USS Liberty ship!"

By: the Sword of Gideon

the Sword of Gideon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

You know Keating somehow the fact that you think killing a 4yr old Jewish girl by crushing her head was ok doesn't exactly surprise me.