If you’re in New York this should be a great event -
Omar Barghouti & George Fletcher Debate Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Against Israel
When: Thursday, November 5th at 7 PM
Where: Altschul Hall, Room 417, Columbia University, 420 West 118th St
Topic: Is Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel counterproductive to the pursuit of a just peace in the Middle East?
For more on the event and info about the speakers check out the Adalah-NY website.
I hope it isn’t “balanced” for once.
Thanks for that
Having a hard time getting into the Barghout/Fletcher comment section. But can get in ;here. NOt sure what is up. Posted a thread over at Seminal at Firedoglake about J Streets Ben-Ami’s efforts to rebrand Israel during an interview at Washington Journal.
Ben Ami was lying so much (especially about Iran) that it was tough to keep up.
The host at Washington Journal never challenged his unsubstantiated claims. Not once. Never brought up the Goldstone Report during the interview (if you could call it that) Just more rebranding of an Apartheid state
good work, Kathleen. NPR and C Span are going the way of Faux schmooz.
Seemed to me the callers to C Span/ ben Ami held the line that the moderator failed to draw, and mostly without animus. By my count, nine people called/Tweeted, and six of those stated views that were not supportive of Israel nor were they buying ben Ami’s brand. Those six did say, however, that the interests of the US and of the American taxpayer ought to be uppermost in US foreign policy formulations.
bA revealed that J Street is an AIPAC rear guard project.