[Peace-discuss] Help the Palestinians. Go See This Movie

Tue Nov 9 10:07:16 CST 2010

Excellent. Who should I contact? Is it still Michael Shapiro?

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:05 AM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Of course the JCS program will sponsor it. It doesn't actually require them
> to do anything to help the Palestinians, but they can pretend that they are
> on their side, hopefully without provoking an unpleasant response from the
> Jewish Community Relations Council.
>
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> *From:* Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
> *To:* Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>; Peace Discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> *Sent:* Tue, November 9, 2010 9:55:26 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] Help the Palestinians. Go See This Movie
>
> Another approach would be to try to rent the Art for a single showing of
> Budrus.
>
> Would anyone be interested in pursuing this? Perhaps we can get the
> Committee on Jewish Culture and Society to co-sponsor. It is, after all, an
> Israeli film. :)
>
>  On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>   Doubtful that The Art will show this, tho' AWARE Films might take it on
>> (after we show STANDING ARMY, if ever). I might be up for Bob's
>> suggestion if carpools form:
>>  "How about a Budrus road trip to Chicago? We could look for a showing on
>> Saturday  afternoon the 20th, take a carload or two, go up and come back on
>> the same day."
>>  --Jenifer
>>
>> --- On *Tue, 11/9/10, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>* wrote
>>
>>
>> To me, the key phrase here is this:
>>
>> "Calling for non-violence when one is not standing by the non-violent"
>>
>> Because precisely what I am calling for is "standing by the
>> non-violent." That is why I am trying to get as many Americans as
>> possible to see the movie "Budrus" - a small but feasible and
>> important way of "standing by the non-violent" is to learn their
>> stories, and someone has gone to the trouble of packaging a bunch of
>> those stories in a particularly accessible form - a form that a
>> Washington Post reporter called "riveting" and "a sure-fire
>> crowd-pleaser," and former AIPAC staffer M.J. Rosenberg called a
>> "totally engaging" story of "regular people" who "take their fate into
>> their own hands." It seems to me that trying to take advantage of such
>> an opportunity is a minimum thing that one can do.
>>
>> I had an exchange with the Art Theater guy. He is fairly skeptical but
>> promised he would consider it, probably not in the near term.
>>
>> Meanwhile, the film is showing at Facets Multimedia in Chicago from
>> Nov 19 - Nov 27.
>>
>> How about a Budrus road trip to Chicago? We could look for a showing
>> on Saturday  afternoon the 20th, take a carload or two, go up and come
>> back on the same day.
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:04 AM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=davegreen84@yahoo.com>>
>> wrote:
>> > Max Ajl, at the Jewbonics website, has written quite a bit about the
>> "double
>> > standard" regarding tactics, including recently:
>> >
>> > "Since “targeted” murders are illegal, one would expect outcry. One
>> would
>> > expect it, but it never comes. Again, compare “targeted
>> assassinations”
>> > of the resistance when they are simply going about their business in
>> their
>> > own land versus “targeted assassinations” of illegal settlers in the
>> West
>> > Bank undoubtedly carrying out war crimes. Or, actually compare the
>> > response, especially on the liberal left: hand-wringing about the
>> barbarity
>> > of one set of killings, quietude about another."
>> >
>> > http://www.maxajl.com/?p=4400
>> >
>> > Also, http://www.maxajl.com/?p=3574
>> >
>> > "Calling for non-violence when one is not standing by the non-violent is
>> an
>> > attempted affirmation of purity, nothing more. Gandhi and King stood on
>> the
>> > front lines of their efforts, whether or not they were correct (Michael
>> > Neumann has shown fairly persuasively that as practical matters both
>> King
>> > and Gandhi’s efforts were failures). They were embedded organically in
>> the
>> > social movements they sought to influence."
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: E.Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag <http://mc/compose?to=ewj@pigs.ag>>
>> > To: naiman.uiuc at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=naiman.uiuc@gmail.com>;
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>> > Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 11:14:48 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Help the Palestinians. Go See This Movie
>> >
>> > Seriously, Bob, I am quite interested in non-violent action and
>> positively
>> > detest violent action.
>> > I am repulsed by the notion of violence almost as much as I am by the
>> threat
>> > thereof.
>> >
>> > But, I perceive that the concept of any captive people being freed from
>> an
>> > occupation by nonviolent
>> > action is ridiculous.
>> >
>> > Hey!  Mister Shark!  I'm being nice and non-violent.  Would you like to
>> spit
>> > my leg out now?  I'm going to be late for Oprah if you don't let me go
>> real
>> > soon.
>> >
>> > The only problem with your suggestion (as I see it), Bob, is that it
>> fails
>> > to take into
>> > account the characteristics of sharks, the theoretical fundamentals of
>> > communication with sharks, and the characteristics of ostensibly bitable
>> > appendages, among other things, perhaps...
>> >
>> > However, other than that, I am sure that Palestine can be freed quickly
>> and
>> > the whole world can participate in a historic rewrite of the future - at
>> > home, on the couch, in front of their TV sets, when this movie comes out
>> on
>> > DeeVeeDee.
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Naiman" <
>> naiman.uiuc at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=naiman.uiuc@gmail.com>>
>> > To: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<http://mc/compose?to=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net>
>> >
>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 6:17 AM
>> > Subject: [Peace-discuss] Help the Palestinians. Go See This Movie
>> >
>> >
>> >> If many Americans see the movie Budrus, about the successful
>> >> nonviolent resistance of Palestinians and Israelis against the route
>> >> of the Israeli "separation barrier" and its confiscation of
>> >> Palestinian land in the West Bank village of Budrus, it could lead to
>> >> concrete changes in U.S. policy that would lead to real improvement in
>> >> the ability of Palestinians in the West Bank to free themselves from
>> >> the occupation by nonviolent action.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/help-the-palestinians-go_b_780609.html
>> >>
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