[Peace-discuss] [Peace] [Fwd: Interfaith Panel Discussion Series 2010, Session Three]

[C. G. Estabrook]

And it's up to groups like AWARE to make people aware of things like your 
devastating contrast on donations.  That's first of all about the US, not the 
Mideast or (still less) about religion.

Talking about "Israel's crimes" avoids the necessity of talking about America's 
crimes. --CGE


David Green wrote:
> I would think that making America safe for Muslims depends more on our 
> conduct of foreign policy than on an appreciation of rites of passage. 
> Which is to say, making Muslims in the rest of the world safe from 
> America. On the domestic front, it would be more helpful to compare and 
> contrast between the treatment of those donating money to say, Israel 
> vs. Palestine. For one you get a tax deduction, for the other a life 
> sentence. Not to overblow the event, but I think that such a panel might 
> promote complacency about what's really going on.
>  
> DG
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> *From:* Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
> *To:* C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>
> *Cc:* Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>; Peace <peace at anti-war.net>
> *Sent:* Tue, February 23, 2010 10:56:38 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Peace] [Fwd: Interfaith Panel Discussion Series 2010, 
> Session Three]
> 
> Paul Weichsel has right-wing views on Israel-Palestine, but on the
> implicit topic of this panel - Jews, Christians, and Muslims getting
> along in the U.S. - he is a potential force for good.
> 
> Since Jews, Christians, and Muslims getting along in the U.S. - in
> particular, making America a safe space for Muslims - is also an
> important cause, I think this is a worthy effort.
> 
> Also, the more we make America a safe space for Muslims, the more
> Muslims in the U.S. will feel confident in speaking out about
> Israel-Palestine, so perhaps the one cause will contribute to the
> other.
> 
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:21 AM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu 
> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>  > Yeah, people like that should only appear on panels sponsored by AWARE,
>  > right?
>  >
>  > Morton K. Brussel wrote:
>  >>
>  >> Friendship with apologist for Israel's crimes Paul Weichsel? 
>  Disgusting!
>  >> --mkb
>  >>
>  >> On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:35 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>  >>
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>  >>>
>  >>> Speakers from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions will
>  >>> have a conversation with everyone present contributing their questions,
>  >>> their ideas, and their thoughts.
>  >>>
>  >>> Topic: Religious Rites of Passage – Birth, Marriage, Death
>  >>>
>  >>> When: Feb 24 2010 at 7 pm.
>  >>>
>  >>> Where: McKinley Foundation, 809 S. 5^th Street, Champaign
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