[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] As a Jewish child in this country I learned to love social justice.

[David Green]

http://palestinechronicle.com/old/view_article_details.php?id=15781



On Saturday, February 22, 2014 10:59 PM, ya'aQov <yaaqovz at gmail.com> wrote:
  
(Carl, why are you trying to help Green OUT of answering questions on his being Jewish? )
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>Israel Lobby would also be incorrect, since there are many Israelis who oppose this lobby.
>AIPAC and alike would be most fitting.
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>Clinging to his slogans on 'apartheid', David Green attempts to bypass such distinctions.  When asked to specify what is he FOR in Israel and |or Palestine, D. Green did what you did: quoted Chomsky.  
>(In his wisdom, Chomsky chose to not become a D.C. politician, but rather observe and critique social events vis-a-vis politicians.)
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>Are C-U tax payers supposed to pay for Green going to D.C. for Chomsky book-club meetings over beer?? why can't you guys keep enjoying your AWARE and NEPTUNE meetings in Champaign and pay for your beers? 
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>On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:32 PM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
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>ya'aQov--
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>>Do you think it appropriate to "fight the Jewish lobby"? I hope so.
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>>I assume you mean the Israel lobby, because of course there are many Jews who oppose it.
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>>It's also probably the case that a majority of the supporters of the Israel lobby in the US are not Jews, but rather neoconservatives, Christian Zionists, et al.
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>>"I wrote decades ago that those who call themselves 'supporters of Israel' are in reality supporters of its moral degeneration and probable ultimate destruction.”
>>[Noam Chomsky]
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>>--CGE
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>>On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:53 PM, ya'aQov <yaaqovz at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>http://www.news-gazette.com/audio/2014-02-20/audio-13th-congresional-district-democrat-debate.html
>>David Green, when you introduce yourself  ‘As a Jewish child in this country I learned to love social justice … oppose apartheid in this country …. and Israeli apartheid in Palestine …” 
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>Please clarify:
>>       • are you, David Green, more Jewish than those jews??
>>       • are you a better jew?
>>       • what exactly is your point you that are ‘Jewish’ supposed to distinguish?
>>       • as to Palestinians, are you referring to the Palestinians living under Israeli sovereignty/apartheid since 1948?
>>       • as to Palestinians, to Palestinians who have lived under Israeli military occupation 1967-1993?
>>       • are you referring to conditions of Palestinians under Palestinian National Authority, or in Gaza under Hamas, as satisfactory social justice?
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As a candidate for Congress, I need to know your answers to these questions, before you represent me in fighting the Jewish Lobby.
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