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The WaPo article mentions that a Honolulu resident Ann Wright was there ("Change U.S. foreign policy. Yes we can!"). That's the same Col. Ann Wright who helped organize Cindy Sheehan's anti-war campaign in 2005. (Remember Camp Casey at the Crawford ranch? It, and hurricane Katrina, helped tip the balance.)
1,000 in Philly had a strong message for our newly elected president… The rally was a top news story tonight, and is the #1 story on the ABC affiliate website.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6579206
I LIKE the slogan in green.
"A just peace in Palestine/Israel. Make it a top priority in 2009 and always."
THAT is the way to dissent. It is a sentiment that a rational idealist can get behind.
In contrast, the more angry "No US support for Israel", is vindictive, a presumption of knowledge, a likely moral failure if successful.
Here's a slogan for you, Witty:
WHY DOES AMERICA PAY ISRAEL TO KILL PALESTINIANS? See if you can fit it on your protest placard.
The jews in New York are holding pro-Israel demonstrations. Didn't see Madoff in the crowd.
I would carry the same sign as the woman in green at a pro-Israel rally.
Thats the significance of a mutally benevolent statement, rather than a contemptuous one.
'the more angry "No US support for Israel", is vindictive' — Witty
Excuse me, but what is 'angry' or 'vindictive' about not giving money to a foreign state? Do you imagine Israel has some kind of contractual right to it?
When the recipient of years of exorbitant, unmerited charity gets all uppity about its 'entitlement' to our money — when it is urgently needed at home — it's past time to end this unhealthy, exploitative, co-dependent relationship.
AIPAC's myth that Israeli and U.S. values had anything in common was a risible lie. Now the ugly truth is exposed for all to see.
Sorry, Witty, all those billions spent on Holocaust museums was wasted. The children of the abused WW II European Jews have turned into abusers themselves — a common enough pattern. Whatever 'moral free pass' their parents earned has long since been nullified by their inhuman actions during the four-decade long Palestinian occupation.
As Israel pitilessly bombs Gaza, it is symbolically bombing Yad Vashem as well, sending the 20th century narrative of Jewish victimhood crumbling into the urban rubble. Far from being 'never forgotten,' it didn't even survive two generations.
A 'moral free pass' is a terrible thing to waste … LOL.
How about a placard reading, ""No more unconditional US support for Israel"?
Or: "Transparency & proportionality in foreign aid NOW"?
"USA Needs Domestic Foreign Aid!"?
My 2 signs read: Stop Israel's Massacre of Gaza.
No Tax $ for Israel's War Crimes.
My 9 year old's sign said: Shame on Them.
Out of the mouths of babes…
The more Americans get angry about what is happening on their tax dollars and in their names the more a proper peace process in the middle east becomes a real possibility.
But it won't happen without recognizing that this war continues because of the American Israel lobby and the fact that the political/military establishment in Israel has no interest in giving up land for peace – or sharing the land equally with it's native inhabitants…
Actually I shouldn't limit the power of the Israel lobby to the U.S – the lobby in Canada, Britain, Australia etc have, to a somewhat lesser degree, been responsible for those countries policies towards Israel which appear to contradict their respective national values…
I agree with Richard on the slogans. Words matter. I have no problem with support for Israel, just not the kind that we are giving right now. Demands for accountability should not escalate into abandonment. We are the enablers of extremists, and co-aggressors against the Palestinians. Both roles demand our intervention to help clean up the mess we have helped make. We would be self-righteous paragons of hypocrisy to just walk away.
If Richard Witty doesn't like that girl's placard, then it's aces with me. We need more confrontation with Zionist filth, not less.
"The jews in New York are holding pro-Israel demonstrations."
Anne, I spit with contempt at your choice of words: 'The jews in New York'.
You are blaming all for the crimes of a few. If the many are 'guilty' of anything, it is for being stricken with desperate fear, which calls for compassion, not hatred.
Are the Pals and their children also guilty of being stricken with desperate fear, Colin? The difference is, one has an F-16, Apache Helicopter, and the latest USA bunker busters, and the other has
a few rockets, comparable to a few stones against the former.
I, an American, say, Not In My Name!
"I, an American, say, Not In My Name!"
I completely agree. However, I append: It has already been done in my name, whether I would have said yay or nay, so any unnecessary killing that results from my walking away prematurely, will bring shame and dishonor to my name, whether I say yay or nay.
You know, it's funny. Americans and Jews (YES, JEWS) stereotype all arabs and muslims as evil terrorists when Arabs are 22% of the world.
Islam is the second highest religion.
Yet, they stereotype all of them.
Jews are 2.5% of the US pop.? Less?
Judaism is #20th religion in the world?
American Jewry is by and large (not every single one) complicit in the crimes by the Zionists.