[Peace-discuss] Letter to the editor

[Marti Wilkinson]

I have a question - were the police contacted at the time the confrontation
occurred?

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:10 AM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This was sent to the N-G and DI:
>
> On April 1st David Makovsky, a Zionist think tanker, gave a half-hour
> public talk at Campus Hillel, which consisted of twisted invective against
> Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims, and self-promoting insider politics. He
> then entertained four non-controversial questions, responding to each with a
> rambling 10-minute answer. He decided to end after an hour and fifteen
> minutes of what had been announced as a two-hour event. There was no
> moderator to promote fair audience participation or civil discourse.
> At that point I interjected an alternative perspective regarding
> Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. My comments were substantive
> and not personal. I was immediately shouted down, told to shut up, and told
> to leave by several members of the local Zionist element, including
> Professors Fred Gottheil and Ehud Yairi. A physical altercation subsequent
> to this event, not initiated by me, led to a visit to my house later that
> evening from a police officer, telling me that I was henceforth banned from
> Hillel.
> I was not aware that Hillel is a private residence owned by the Zionist
> element whose right is to determine who can speak and who must leave.  I
> was not aware that Jewish perspectives are limited to those that support
> Zionist militarism, racism, occupation, and apartheid. I am, however, aware
> that local institutional Jewish leadership of all types has facilitated an
> atmosphere of arrogance and condescension in response to opponents of
> Zionist bigotry. They are ultimately responsible for the repressive and
> intimidating atmosphere that pervades and corrupts the local Jewish
> community.
> David Green
>
>
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