[Peace-discuss] Amnesty vs. AIPAC: Senate to Consider AIPAC Resolution Endorsing War in Gaza

[Robert Naiman]

Thank you for calling. I apologize for my harsh words. Peace out.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was being realistically negative, which doesn't mean that I didn't make the phone call (that makes 6), nor that I haven't signed every petition sent my way. I share your frustration. Sorry I didn't let you know that I called.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
> To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:18:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Amnesty vs. AIPAC: Senate to Consider AIPAC Resolution Endorsing War in Gaza
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> I've been working on this issue, off and on, since 1983.
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> And my experience has been:
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> 1) there are too few Americans willing to speak out
> 2) in the set of too few Americans who are willing to speak out, there
> are too many who are naysayers for any concrete action to do anything
> about it.
>
> It's not always obvious which of the two is the greater obstacle to progress.
>
> Yesterday I sent out an alert seeking 20 people to call Rep. Johnson's
> office. There are hundreds of people on this list. Five people wrote
> me to say that they'd called.
>
> I think of my Palestinian friends in the West Bank and Gaza, and I
> imagine looking them in the eye and trying to explain to them that I
> could only get five people to call our Congressman.
>
> It's not a happy thought.
>
> I am so tired of the naysaying. Sometimes I think the naysayers are a
> bigger threat to the Palestinians than the liberal Zionists. At least
> some of the liberal Zionists are willing to take productive action.
> Some of the naysayers, not content to fail to take productive action
> themselves, discourage others from doing so.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:04 AM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> I only have one Senator; the other one was able to enter national govt. by playing the Israel card against Paul Findlay, a lonely critic. AIPAC can do him absolutely no harm, but he doesn't know or care.
>>
>> DG
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
>> To: peace discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 10:42:39 AM
>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Amnesty vs. AIPAC: Senate to Consider AIPAC Resolution Endorsing War in Gaza
>>
>> The Senate could consider as early as today a resolution promoted by
>> AIPAC intended to effectively endorse the continuation of the Israeli
>> military assault in Gaza. (You can find the text of the draft
>> resolution on AIPAC's web page.)
>>
>> In particular, the resolution does not call for an "immediate
>> ceasefire," but for a "durable and sustainable ceasefire," which is
>> the Bush Administration's code for continuing the war - the excuse the
>> Administration has given for why the war must go on. Nor does the
>> resolution call for ending the blockade on Gaza, even though the
>> blockade is also an act of war.
>>
>> Call your Senators now. Urge them to insist that any resolution passed
>> by the Senate call for an immediate ceasefire and for lifting the
>> blockade on Gaza.
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/amnesty-vs-aipac-senate-t_b_156256.html
>>
>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/8/113023/2811
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>> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/38786
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>> --
>> Robert Naiman
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>>
>> Call Congress: Immediate Cease-fire, Lift the Blockade on Gaza
>> http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/callgazaceasefire.html
>>
>> Write Bush, Obama, Congress to Support an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
>> and Lift the Blockade
>> http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefireobama.html
>> http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefirebushcongress.html
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> --
> Robert Naiman
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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> Call Congress: Immediate Cease-fire, Lift the Blockade on Gaza
> http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/callgazaceasefire.html
>
> Write Bush, Obama, Congress to Support an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
> and Lift the Blockade
> http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefireobama.html
> http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefirebushcongress.html
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-- 
Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Call Congress: Immediate Cease-fire, Lift the Blockade on Gaza
http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/callgazaceasefire.html

Write Bush, Obama, Congress to Support an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
and Lift the Blockade
http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefireobama.html
http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefirebushcongress.html