[Peace] [Peace-discuss] Fwd: [marxmail] Ukraine and Palestine: It’s the hypocrisy for me

Thu Apr 7 20:34:56 UTC 2022

The most important thing we could do about this is force votes in Congress
on U.S. support for the Israeli occupation. That's how we changed the
discourse on Yemen. We forced votes in Congress.

This isn't pie in the sky. It's close, it's on the horizon. Last year
Jamaal Bowman introduced an amendment to NDAA on Syria War Powers, U.S.
military has to get out of Syria unless Congress authorizes it. House
Democratic leadership didn't want to allow a vote. Bowman said: ok, if you
don't allow a vote on my amendment, me and my friends are going to vote
with the House Republicans to take down the rule on the bill. He got his
vote.

This could happen this year on Israel-Palestine. The Squad, Justice
Democrats would just have to make it a priority. Introduce an amendment
attacking some particularly egregious aspect of Israeli apartheid, like
knocking down Palestinian houses in Area C. Force a vote. It would be
world-historical.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 2:11 PM C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

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> *From: *"Dennis Brasky" <dmozart1756 at gmail.com>
> *Subject: **[marxmail] Ukraine and Palestine: It’s the hypocrisy for me*
> *Date: *April 7, 2022 at 12:45:28 PM CDT
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>> Dear Friend,
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>> It’s hard to draw any hope from the scenes of destruction and death in
>> the Ukraine right now, but readers know I’m a glass half-full type so here
>> I go.
>>
>>
>> Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine and the international response are an
>> opportunity for Americans who care about Palestine. Many of us have cheered
>> on the American sanctions. I certainly have. I want the Russian aggression
>> to end, and refugees to be allowed to return.
>>
>>
>> And we know that the parallels to American and Israeli human rights
>> violations are glaringly obvious. And they’re being pointed out.
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>> *Mondoweiss has always, always, called out Israeli human rights
>> violations. Can you give today to make sure we can keep doing so?*
>> <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-jc7dAj5IICbeK2g0hLnk_mq86PqsDU-GbHoIKPvps2keiMX4HXKUWj4P05YVz8w9FbNSJwrMhbC9uOoHrdXT8itIvQrLe3Tq6XgwXEeP4l1bT2v55Br9YBNsO6Qc_1Qq_VGJIolBzULxoVODsFtPeEDAOJZYAljb629RN67CyA06j7YM8Pbjk-1UaLGYK9hDEjr9G9jX-WTdFsZlyZ3gqAV01zgfL9YP0mBMx5QvvcQ_0ZYBijnZn0V4f9ME9_BXWgJ7ts9jskRs_PKEBCJrpGs/3l0/kKrrtzEmSsC6HT4Hx91m7A/h1/jx9WBNsy3P1Qu12RgLf2Btq3eC6Py4dOPDrdxF3ylK0>
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>> Every time we’ve seen denunciations of attacks on Mariupol and Kiev, we
>> think about American “shock and awe” unleashed on innocent Iraqis. Every
>> time we hear justifications for Ukrainian resistance against a military
>> occupation, we wonder, when did Palestinians ever get such grace from the
>> mainstream media? And every time we see reporters nod in commiseration with
>> Ukrainian refugees who can’t wait to get back to their homes, we think,
>> what about the Palestinians? They’ve had this desire – and right – for more
>> than 70 years. And when is that right ever honored in the mainstream press?
>>
>>
>> *Of course the hypocrisy is bottomless. We can’t expect that to end any
>> time soon.*
>>
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>> What we can hope for is that the language of human rights will flourish,
>> and the enlightened will see the glaring contradictions in U.S. foreign
>> policy: justifying the bombings of urban neighborhoods in Gaza and Yemen
>> while condemning the same conduct in the Ukraine. I’ve seen that these
>> contradictions have triggered mockery and contempt for American foreign
>> policy around the world, and in the Middle East.
>>
>>
>> *And we’ve told that story every way we know how since Mondoweiss’s
>> inception. Can you give today to help keep us at the forefront at this
>> exciting moment when we may be able to shift the public understanding of
>> what’s at stake?*
>> <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-jc7dAj5IICbeK2g0hLnk_mq86PqsDU-GbHoIKPvps2keiMX4HXKUWj4P05YVz8w9FVcwnjx9hKhFofBtgcCZ2PE7ZKpC3ov8of4CfupNA7BhPA_ZptnGHHN65ELvmbU281yY8iTDyLD0EGFDn2L2_-Bgw3HHSJKPD6x6Of-C9-L3TT6uDCnKuPCktqMvfQ5VqKW2uJIDC5FFLezYdEs_01TEB3izwnkD_vhuBIFYfLAXrlBwMNE7___akEsMNHHwQgRbm7iInMn7XDKmHOhpI3E/3l0/kKrrtzEmSsC6HT4Hx91m7A/h2/6o4r5gJI9nnRse34ErzC2MQp_Wg0aMhIkWnL1FuyHrI>
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>> I'm not cynical, I am *hopeful* - because I can't remember a time when
>> the ideals of pluralism, human rights, and international law have been more
>> elevated in mainstream discourse. And I certainly can't remember a time
>> when, in essence, a global corporate and governmental BDS movement was not
>> only contemplated, but mobilized in a matter of weeks. *We cannot miss
>> the challenge this poses to Israel's apologists, or our opportunity to make
>> the connections.*
>>
>>
>> I am hopeful because there is now a strong but embattled discourse in the
>> west that insists on naming apartheid in Israel. That discourse wasn’t
>> nearly so prevalent ten years ago or thirty. Now it is established and it’s
>> here to stay. It has won the campuses, it is aimed at Capitol Hill.
>>
>>
>> We have been a proud part of that discussion going back to the Iraq war,
>> when the United States decided to destroy Baghdad to save it. We’ve made
>> great personal sacrifices to promote that vision of human rights over 16
>> years, and we’re not going away.
>>
>>
>> Even as we mourn and protest the assault on Ukrainian civilians, we can
>> say that we are consistent in our convictions. And affirm that this
>> awareness will turn to Israel too.
>>
>>
>> *Please give today to keep that vision strong as we continue the fight!
>> <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-jc7dAj5IICbeK2g0hLnk_mq86PqsDU-GbHoIKPvps2keiMX4HXKUWj4P05YVz8w9FaNXJzHXa7Mcftdl2FFOaxY3D-DJ_yeBiIAyOe2azFW1ZLzAbajfyFcXGWxqcCzT9t2aZtG2LIY2l7gvOkzMaABcSeQT98Eg6GFKxcaj0dOtuaMKreKJXnPeVuNHU1aySHglFrGRPxIalUs1deGW5CtKX_gmXn-IF_YsFMIQTMH15_VymB6E-WU-f5ng45V-dV1_S1bI2v0ZcSIxCDm4GwE/3l0/kKrrtzEmSsC6HT4Hx91m7A/h3/wTsoGXusReZzYVd6rfJzhhFzzPLvZ5W2uPmxxi62qHA>*
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil Weiss, *Founder and Senior Editor*
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>> [image: Mondoweiss]
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