[Peace-discuss] Local news coverage of Dershowitz, a couple seconds of the protestors

Sat Apr 28 16:27:25 UTC 2018

"That a foreign government should be directing Illinois' investment strategies is bad enough, but that it should be in support of racism, illegal occupation, and human rights abuses is outrageous."
And as you and David Greene said so clearly on NFN yesterday, using our (federal) tax dollars and military support. There was a moment when D. began to say that Cynthia Nixon and her group has hurt Israel very much-he was serious- his tone changed from the rhetoric to what he seemed to really think. Unfortunately, we did not hear more than that. 
Per your request to see a copy of the flyer or its contents, Carl, hope you have found it. I was successful at scanning it yesterday, however ran into issues on our shared computer. It is just too beautiful out- have been gardening. You may find it at Jewish Voice for Peace. --Champaign-Urbana Chapter www.job.org. One side was mostly about the new " South Carolina law that makes campus speech codes against harassing and threatening speech use the State Department definition of anti-Semitism in order to discipline pro-Palestinian students and faculty." Would he condemn that law if he was truly in favor of free speech? The other side was headed "Free Speech, But Not For All," and was on BDS. Listed the goals of BDS, why BDS is not anti-Semitic, quoted a Quaker website and said many Jewish organizations support BDS. Thank you David and Carl for an excellent NFN yesterday. Helps me put into words what very few people are saying. Thank you, Ron for the PSL info. Off to dig and plant se
 eds elsewhere- not at Foellinger ;)
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------ Original message------From: C G Estabrook via Peace-discussDate: Sat, Apr 28, 2018 8:56 AMTo: Karen Aram;Cc: Peace-discuss List (peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net);Subject:Re: [Peace-discuss] Local news coverage of Dershowitz, a couple seconds of the protestors
The Channel 3 report does point out Dershowitz' particular concern, which seems to testify to the growing influence of the Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions movement: 
Dershowitz says, "[BDS] think they're going to bring back peace and they're just dead dead wrong. I support free speech, I support their right to tell their lies, and I support my right to call them lies. But I don't support their right to use the kind of economic discrimination that the Nazis used against the Jews in the 1930's when they boycotted Jewish stores."

We should note the cowardly acquiescence of our local ‘liberal’ legislators, state senator Scott Bennett and state representative Carol Ammons (both Democrats), to the Israeli government’s interference in the Illinois legislature on this matter, in support of its racist policies in the territories that it illegally occupies.

Three years ago Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law the first-ever state action against boycotts of Israeli apartheid - a bill requiring Illinois to identify companies that boycott Israel for its discrimination against Palestinians - and then to withhold investing Illinois pension funds in those companies! Neither Bennett nor Ammons voted against the bill, which had been actively lobbied for by the Israeli consulate in Chicago.

That a foreign government should be directing Illinois’ investment strategies is bad enough, but that it should be in support of racism, illegal occupation, and human rights abuses is outrageous.

It has been observed that apartheid against Palestinians in the territories that Israel occupies is worse than the apartheid regime that existed in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. That system was based on the repression of the black (African, Coloured and Indian) majority of the population for the benefit of the politically and economically dominant group, Afrikaners.

Bennett and Ammons would not have favored South African apartheid a generation ago. That they do so now, in Israel, is shameful.

Another reason that the war-party/Democrats should not be supported, on the state or national level. —CGE

On Apr 27, 2018, at 8:38 AM, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/free-speech-forum-causes-controversy/1144749553

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