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    Obama has never indicated the slightest departure from support for
    Israeli crimes, as these people recognize.  <br>
    <br>
    Israel is too valuable as a stationary aircraft carrier in his
    criminal war.<br>
    <br>
    They just do not recognize the crimes for what they are.<br>
    <br>
    With any luck, the upcoming election will be seen as a rejection of
    his polices.<br>
    <br>
    On 10/3/10 9:53 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
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            <td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Sounds like this Dem
              fund-raiser is working very hard to convince her friends
              that Obama is NOT turning is back on Israel and favoring
              the Palestinians, as so many pro-Israel folks are
              claiming, so they'll loosen those purse strings betw now
              and Nov 2nd. I very much hope she succeeds.<br>
              <br>
              --- On <b>Sun, 10/3/10, Stuart Levy <i><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu">&lt;slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu&gt;</a></i></b>
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                From: Stuart Levy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu">&lt;slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu&gt;</a><br>
                Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] ...goes marching on<br>
                To: "C. G. Estabrook" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">&lt;galliher@illinois.edu&gt;</a><br>
                Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a><br>
                Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 3:50 PM<br>
                <br>
                <div class="plainMail">I heard once a black poet's
                  comment that his greatest<br>
                  limitation was an inability to sustain rage.<br>
                  <br>
                  And right here we see the antidote, with its very own
                  Federal funding:<br>
                  <br>
                      Long Rage Missiles.  <br>
                  <br>
                  &gt; The Obama administration continues to fund
                  development of ARROW-3, <br>
                  &gt; Israel’s advanced long-rage, high-altitude system
                  for countering Iranian <br>
                  &gt; ballistic missiles<br>
                  <br>
                  More seriously... yes, this is disgusting.<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 02:05:12PM -0500, C. G.
                  Estabrook wrote:<br>
                  &gt;  "[For those who like me miss the characteristic
                  business messages from the <br>
                  &gt; late Martin Lukes in the Financial Times, here's
                  an American analogue -] a <br>
                  &gt; fund-raising appeal recently sent out by
                  Florida-based Nancy and Mark <br>
                  &gt; Gilbert, who are big money raisers for the
                  Democratic Party, also active in <br>
                  &gt; fundraising for Israel:<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; ‘Dear Friends,<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; “Under the radar” is not what we’re used to in
                  the Jewish community.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; We demand it big and bold and we need it loud and
                  clear. (and- that is A. <br>
                  &gt; O. K.! )<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; But- when work is done quietly and not with
                  SCREAMING headlines, we <br>
                  &gt; sometimes miss it.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Silly us! WAKE UP EVERYONE…. It’s a new (Jewish)
                  year ! And our <br>
                  &gt; President and his team (and YES, our CONGRESS)
                  have done, are doing and <br>
                  &gt; WILL continue to do extraordinary work in
                  connection with America’s best <br>
                  &gt; friend: the State of Israel.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; At the Israeli Ambassador’s residence on Monday,
                  the annual Rosh Ha <br>
                  &gt; Shanah (Jewish New Year for our non-Jewish
                  friends on this email) reception <br>
                  &gt; guest list included national and international
                  Jewish organization leaders; <br>
                  &gt; elegantly dressed Foreign Ambassadors and members
                  of the diplomatic corps, <br>
                  &gt; a host of Rabbis from across the religious
                  spectrum ; famous authors, <br>
                  &gt; renown professors and magnificently decorated
                  military personnel from <br>
                  &gt; several countries including at least one U.S.
                  3-star General (Dayton). We <br>
                  &gt; were invited because my husband Mark is the
                  National Deputy Finance <br>
                  &gt; Chairman of the Democratic party, I’m the owner
                  of an Israel tour company <br>
                  &gt; and have been heavily involved in tourism to
                  Israel for 15 years and <br>
                  &gt; probably- and most importantly- because our
                  daughter was Ambassador <br>
                  &gt; Oren’s student at Yale.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Thank You, President Obama!<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Ambassador Oren and his wonderful wife Sally
                  warmly received each guest <br>
                  &gt; -then stood before the assembled crowd in what
                  was the best stump speech <br>
                  &gt; for President Obama that I have heard from any
                  world leader (and yes, <br>
                  &gt; Ambassador Oren speaks FOR Prime Minister
                  Netanyahu of Israel!). Without a <br>
                  &gt; note, Ambassador Oren outlined the brilliant
                  accomplishments and strong <br>
                  &gt; support of Israel demonstrated by the Obama
                  Administration in LESS THAN 2 <br>
                  &gt; YEARS! Oren invoked our President’s name, time
                  and time again: (please <br>
                  &gt; memorize these bullet points and tell everyone
                  you know!)<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama has led the global effort to
                  prevent Iran from obtaining a <br>
                  &gt; nuclear weapon.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama’s leadership (and coaxing) has
                  produced an international <br>
                  &gt; coalition that INCLUDES China and Russia who have
                  implemented unprecedented <br>
                  &gt; sanctions against Iran, which, according to
                  conversations at the Monday <br>
                  &gt; reception, appear to have caught Iran off-guard<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama and his team are spending more
                  time on this issue than <br>
                  &gt; almost any other issue facing our country today<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama and our Congress have provided
                  Israel with every cent (and <br>
                  &gt; then some) of foreign assistance requested by
                  Israel<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama has restored Israel’s QME
                  (qualitative military edge) <br>
                  &gt; which had been neglected for the last 8 years<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama is the FIRST American leader to
                  say – in an Arab country <br>
                  &gt; (Egypt) that the Arab world must recognize Israel
                  as a JEWISH state and in <br>
                  &gt; a support of Israel’s legitimacy to affirm the
                  –quote- “unshakeable <br>
                  &gt; “ bond between the USA &amp; Israel<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama &amp; team played a critical role
                  in leading a UNANIMOUS vote <br>
                  &gt; to include Israel in the OECD (Organization of
                  Economic Cooperation &amp; <br>
                  &gt; Development). The vote was 31-0 admitting Israel
                  to this prestigious <br>
                  &gt; organization<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama has dispatched leaders of the
                  Joint Chiefs to Israel not <br>
                  &gt; once, but four times already in his
                  less-than-2-years in office ( before <br>
                  &gt; that the Joint chiefs had not been in Israel for
                  YEARS (not once during the <br>
                  &gt; ‘last’ administration)<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; The Obama administration has integrated US
                  missile technology into <br>
                  &gt; Israel’s expanding missile shield. NO OTHER
                  AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAS DONE <br>
                  &gt; THIS.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; The Obama administration continues to fund
                  development of ARROW-3, <br>
                  &gt; Israel’s advanced long-rage, high-altitude system
                  for countering Iranian <br>
                  &gt; ballistic missiles<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; President Obama asked Congress for $205 million
                  dollars for Israel’s IRON <br>
                  &gt; DOME rocket defense system (which will reduce
                  incoming rocket threats from <br>
                  &gt; Hizbullah in the north and Hamas in the south…) –
                  this request is IN <br>
                  &gt; ADDITION TO the $3 BILLION budgetary request for
                  Israel’s security <br>
                  &gt; assistance!<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; And my personal under-the-radar item; the Obama
                  team’s clever input to <br>
                  &gt; re-wording the Gaza blockade language which not
                  only garnered international <br>
                  &gt; support for Israel (and a promise not to condemn
                  Israel if Gd forbid there <br>
                  &gt; is another flotilla incident) BUT effectively
                  thwarted several pending <br>
                  &gt; flotillas in Mediterranean and Persian Gulf
                  ports… that simply became the <br>
                  &gt; boats-to-nowhere!<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; And last, but surely not least, (and listed in
                  this basic order by Ambass. <br>
                  &gt; Oren) the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
                  negotiators are sitting as we speak <br>
                  &gt; at a table together – talking. Who knows what the
                  result will be….but <br>
                  &gt; talking is the only way to get anywhere. And it
                  is a giant step in a <br>
                  &gt; positive direction.<br>
                  &gt; This email is too long already and I hope you
                  have gotten this far, but you <br>
                  &gt; must realize that the list of bullet points above
                  is extraordinary.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Unprecedented.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; And all accomplished by the Obama team and the
                  current congress- in less <br>
                  &gt; than two years in office.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Looking ahead to 5771, may you and your families
                  be blessed with a <br>
                  &gt; beautiful year, filled with good health, good
                  times and ….peace.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; With warm regards from our house to yours,<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Sincerely,<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Nancy &amp; Mark Gilbert.’"<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn10012010.html"
                    target="_blank">http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn10012010.html</a><br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; _______________________________________________<br>
                  &gt; Peace-discuss mailing list<br>
                  &gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                  &gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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