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Tali

Tali Shapiro is an activist with Anarchists Against the Wall and BOYCOTT! Supporting the Palestinian Call from Within.

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• Out of answers on how to confront BDS, StandWithUs comic book portrays Palestinians (and allies) as vermin, reminiscent of Nazi propaganda
  • Tali January 25, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Ethan, that's brilliant! And now it's all over my facebook :))

• The bubble: NPR devotes 9 minutes to Israeli miracle company 'Better Place'
  • Tali December 19, 2010 at 7:53 am

    "his dreams of expansion"...lol

    Richard, just one of the connections of Better World to the occupation is Nissan Diesel (a.k.a "UD Trucks" (link to en.wikipedia.org
    a.k.a "Nissan Motors" (link to en.wikipedia.org
    a.k.a "Nissan Motor Company, Ltd."), who's turn-ons are house demolitions, Israeli Prison Authority and settler transportation (link to whoprofits.org
    and building service station on stolen land (link to whoprofits.org

• The big fat national conversation could actually start w/ California divestment initiative
  • Tali December 5, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    I have very little knowledge of what's going on in Californian inside politics, but I see a lot of negativity. So, as an Israeli BDS activist, I wish you all the best, Annie. Many of us have fears of where we'll end up after the "big event." I say, no matter where we are at the end, make sure you take as many people with you. From where I stand, this is an extremely important event, and no matter who attacks you, it will only strengthen your case (as it seems to go with grassroots). So, again, good luck!

• JNF embarks on NY gaywashing
  • Tali November 28, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    Just to let you know, we go for "Pinkwashing" down in these parts ;)

    link to pqbds.wordpress.com
    link to israeliqueersforpalestine.wordpress.com

• Ging should have sidestepped the BDS question
  • Tali November 28, 2010 at 11:17 am with 1 replies

    Phill, I'm a long-time, mostly silent follower of Mondoweiss, I have to say this article isn't in the usual standards- neither of Mondoweiss, nor of journalism.

    Ging is certainly entitled to his opinion and does not have to approve of the BDS Movement. However, it is important for Ging to realize that he should not anger the people and groups who support his important work by trying to please people who have very little potential to view him and UNRWA in a positive light. (The same could be said of J Street and J Street U, as well)

    It would be in Ging's best interest, as well as the best interest of his allies and the true "pro-peace" Movement, to sidestep these BDS question and focus the interviews on his work and the people of Gaza. For someone who is a high level official of one of the world's most political organizations, it would seem that Ging is fully capable of this.

    If he cannot do this, then it will be very hard for supporters of BDS to come to his defense in the future.

    Though I agree with the writer politically and with their bafflement, it's almost written like a threat. A more in-depth analysis would help us all understand a case such as this, which at first hand seems like an anomaly. A statement like this requires contacting this very public official and getting journalistic answers. Personally, I'd like to know if the head-of-UNRWA's hand is so painfully twisted, and by whom exactly. Because the other option calls for his resignation.

    I expect more from Mondoweiss, as a source which aids in understanding the world we live in.

• Video disproves settler hasbara and demonstrates how the settlements expand through intimidation
  • Tali November 22, 2010 at 10:15 am

    "you're burning the bushes.. or something..." IDF professionalism.

• Right-wing Israel advocacy group StandWithUs attacks Jewish Voice for Peace meeting with pepper spray
  • Tali November 22, 2010 at 7:43 am

    Oy! and I thought the use of pepper spray against activists was just a rising local police fetish... I guess I can only offer tons of support and this bit of advise: Antacids dissolved in water, then wash the eyes and skin with it. It's not immediate, but it helps.

• Port Townsend co-op rejects boycott on a technicality
  • Tali September 27, 2010 at 7:08 am

    the boycott proposal is inconsistent with the [Co‑op’s] boycott policy.” Board president Sam Gibboney said that there is nothing in the boycott policy that permits the boycotting of a country.

    This sentence shows that there's misinformation about the Boycott portion of BDS. Basically the idea is to "do no evil" (if I may borrow from the devil itself). BDS groups look into the exact connections of each and every company/brand/product to the occupation. Unfortunately, Israeli economy and culture is so entrenched in occupation that a staggering number of companies are implicated in profiting from and maintaining the occupation. If the co-op doesn't want to make any bold statements about being ethical, it's their choice (though doing so will encourage others to take similar responsibility and check the labels). However, I hope that the co-op doesn't stop at this, take the above-mentioned responsibility, and check that all the products they sell are truly fair trade.

• BDS and one state as an alternative to the peace process
  • Tali September 15, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    Personally, I find it much more disturbing that the anchor is trying to get Barghouti to talk about Palestinians as a demographic threat, or a rioting mob.

• Actually, Herzl was a colonialist
  • Tali September 7, 2010 at 7:46 am

    Gadi Taub is a mediocre (if less) academic, who has nothing to do with his time than write pseudo-academic works, that he uses to close unfinished business with people in the celebrity branch. His Zionist babblings can be found at his blog, here's my personal favorite:
    link to gaditaub.com

• Minnesota students lock-down a Caterpillar plant, citing 'ethnic cleansing' and occupation
  • Tali April 25, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    Let the Zionists continue believing the empire narrative, I'll stick to the people's history, thank you very much. Whatever the size of the college and its credentials, whatever the number of the students, these protests just weren't happening a year ago. There's significant change in discourse and significant rise in action- if there wasn't, then why is the state of Israel so worried about its image.

• Question never ends... What kind of Israel do you want?
  • Tali August 13, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    I thought that op-ed was fine. Not the most poignant, but OK. If I may interject my two cents: A two-two state solution, even under terms of complete freedom and sovereignty for the Palestinians, wouldn't solve the basic problems:

    1. Right of return could not be achieved, as many Palestinians would have to live within the finally-defined Israeli state.
    2. This Israeli state, I can only imagine, would crack down even harder on any Palestinian within it, in order to "gently" (as Hertzl would have it) attempt to have them move to the Palestinian state. Thus, in fact, strengthening the apartheid within Israel.
    3. This solution denies the reality of the apartheid state of Israel, and only strengthens the myth that the Jews belong in Israel. Insensitively denying the Palestinian history of being expelled from their land, again. In other words, justice won't be done.

• Herzl's contempt for Armenians was an original sin of Zionism
  • Tali August 13, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Herzl may have been a Jew, but he was also white middle-class, and all the racism that comes with it (not to mention the sexism). Jews have historically ghettoized themselves, still doing it now. Israelis are champions at this- when we get out of the country, the first thing we do is look for the nearest Jewish community and Rabbanut and still refer to non-Jews as "goys". This quote certainly embodies a hefty part of what it means to be Jewish, and comes as no surprise.

• A vigil in Sheikh Jarrah marks a critical defeat
  • Tali August 13, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    I'd just like to note the police force here, armed to the teeth as though they were off to battle, when they are knowingly dealing with peaceful protesters.
    I'd also like to add that I don't know when this specific land belonged to Jews, but they sure as hell weren't these European whities.

• 'We are walking into the abyss'-- Netanyahu's sister-in-law
  • Tali August 13, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    Ben-Artzi is Netanyahu's sister in law?! that's fantastic. I didn't know that. I wonder if this explains the leniency in which us traitors are treated with (considering the usual rhetoric is that we should kiss their boots because in an Arab country we'd been executed).

  • Tali August 13, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Ben-Artzi is a tiny minority within Israel. There will be no fixing from inside. This minority has been working every which way, to sway the public and we are branded disloyal traitors, met with unlawful detention and violence from the state and our fellow countrymen. At this point we believe that only pressure from without could help.

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