[Peace-discuss] Fwd: OMG! Did Chuck Hagel say the A word?

Fri Feb 22 17:33:04 UTC 2013

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From: Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Subject: OMG! Did Chuck Hagel say the A word?
To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

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Dear Robert,

*Tell Senator Lindsey Graham he can't smear Chuck Hagel for having a view
held by **top former Israeli officials.*
Take Action<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ulyVYNXs0ZP0JLANPUK3M9OP6r0PqERK>

 Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse — Senate Republicans and
their friends in the Greater Israel Lobby are using classic McCarthyite
smear tactics to try to derail the confirmation of former Senator Chuck
Hagel as Secretary of Defense.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dug up an unsubstantiated report that
Hagel once voiced concern over Israel “becoming an apartheid state”, and
now the Lobby is making hay of the charge.

*Unless we act now—we have until Tuesday when the Senate reconvenes—the
Lobby could succeed in smearing a public servant for saying what many
high-ranking Israelis, including former prime ministers Ehud Barak and Ehud
Olmert, have been saying for years. [1] [2]*

Join us and our partners at Jewish Voice for Peace now.

*Sign our petition to Senator Lindsey Graham telling him that he can't
smear Chuck Hagel for having a mainstream Israeli view.*

*http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/hagel-a-word<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1sTUMqbRp1diGHUl9gx6j9OP6r0PqERK>
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[More quotes from prominent Israelis using "the A word" can be found
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Graham and friends fail to understand that a responsible United States’
Middle East policy must include recognition of millions of Palestinians
living under Israeli military rule without their basic rights, or inside of
Israel as second-class citizens. Only then can we hope to reach a lasting
peace for both peoples.

Israel’s many public officials who have talked about apartheid recognize
this, but most Senate Republicans are acting as if full support of Israel’s
settlement policies is required for the position of US Secretary of Defense.

Already, Christians United for Israel has called for President Obama to
remove Hagel’s candidacy. And the American Jewish Committee has called for
“further deliberation” on Hagel’s candidacy. Now 15 Senate Republicans have
written to President Obama, demanding that he withdraw Hagel's nomination.
[3]

Enough is enough! If you believe that it’s time the Greater Israel Lobby
and its Republican allies stop turning reasonable criticism into
McCarthy-worthy smear campaigns, then *we hope you’ll sign this petition to
Senator Graham.*

*http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/hagel-a-word<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SLpHgaoHsNLrfcgkxFjo4tOP6r0PqERK>
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Thank you for all you do to help bring about a more just foreign policy,

Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, Sarah Burns and Megan Iorio
Just Foreign Policy

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References:

1. "As long as in this territory west of the Jordan River there is only one
political entity called Israel it is going to be either non-Jewish, or
non-democratic. If this bloc of millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that
will be an apartheid state." – Ehud Barak, February 1, 2010,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/03/barak-apartheid-palestine-peace<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4WhbLCDAaFoLaeyVtOwTJdOP6r0PqERK>
2. "If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a
South African-style struggle for equal voting rights (also for the
Palestinians in the territories), then, as soon as that happens, the State
of Israel is finished." – Ehud Olmert, November 28, 2007,
http://www.haaretz.com/news/olmert-to-haaretz-two-state-solution-or-israel-is-done-for-1.234201<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=12tFuxAVX%2BwfzCLX7f63ddOP6r0PqERK>
3. The letter is reproduced here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/02/21/14-gop-senators-call-for-withdrawal-of-hagel-nomination<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=C0WE3FT7IrpCVXNNipkWU9OP6r0PqERK>

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