[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] News from Neptune on UPTV for 6 June 2014

[David Green via Peace-discuss]

In all your years in CU, why have you not joined with the antiwar movement, SJP, and the broader social justice movement in order to raise the issue of Israel/Palestine in the context of USFP, global capitalism, and capitalist hegemony? There are connections to be made regarding neoliberalism, especially as it pertains to Israeli society, as well as the economic role of the occupation. Why have you done so little to build relationships and coalitions, instead of continually tearing down those whom you claim counterproductively focus on Israeli oppression of the Palestinians rather than Israeli resistance from within? Why have you done so little to challenge the local Jewish/Zionist/ religious/ academic establishment that effectively promotes apartheid? How can you possibly came to promote justice when all you ever do is denigrate those who, in good faith, oppose Israel/US policies? Why do you attack those who resist rather than those who dominate? 


On Monday, June 9, 2014 3:21 PM, ya'aQov <yaaqovz at gmail.com> wrote:
  

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>DG, you may have invited to C-U also Alfred Dreyfus. Notwithstanding, with the advent of Internet (earlier than 2001) it's been abundantly possible to link to news and reports about scores of groups of Israelis putting themselves on the line, endangering their lives, jobs, livelihoods BECAUSE those livelihoods are entrenched in the aggression and violence of the occupation.  They don't do that because they are pro-Palestinians, but because they are pro-Israel, and the humanity manifest in being an Israeli-Jew.
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>Inviting speakers could supplement such efforts, sure, but eMail, skype, faceBook, and visits have been possible for years.  The reason you have not incorporated any is because of your tagging practices.
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>To what aim do you want to have a panel of dissidents? to show they are around and kicking? to show how they fit in your Boolean circles, and how you accept them?  what good will your acceptance be to their day in, day out efforts?
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>In all those years of your involvement with Israel/Palestine, how come you have not created viable contacts with activists from tIsrael/Palestine?  If the comfort zone of relegating decisions to elected representatives was preferable, why let go of it now?
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>Is this the purpose of the panel? to obfuscate what you haven't done all these years?
>You don't want a free debate to trigger new thinking with the participants: you want a set-up where your pre-conceived opinions will be, once again, delivered.  Luckily, you won't do that in D.C. in our names,
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