[Peace] Fwd: US Rabbis Urge Obama to Push for Immediate Gaza Truce

[Belden Fields]

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> Date: January 15, 2009 8:01:50 PM CST
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> Subject: US Rabbis Urge Obama to Push for Immediate Gaza Truce
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> US Rabbis Urge Obama to Push for Immediate Gaza Truce
>
> By Natasha Mozgavaya and Haaretz Staff
>
> January 15, 2009 by Haaretz (Israel)
>
> http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055463.html
>
> A group of rabbis and other religious leaders bought
> advertising space in the New York Times this week to
> call for U.S. president-elect Barack Obama to push for
> an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
>
> The ad, placed by the Network of Spiritual Progressives
> and claiming to represent more than 2,800 other
> religious, cultural and community leaders, urges Obama
> to convene an international Middle East peace
> conference to "facilitate a lasting and just settlement
> for all parties."
>
> Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine, who
> convened the group, said the group had to buy the
> advertising space because the national newspapers would
> not make room for their perspective.
>
> "They feel that AIPAC's choice is overwhelming, and
> there's no space left for empathy or objective coverage
> - the media, according to the group, simply ignored the
> voice of the Jewish opposition to war in Gaza," Rabbi
> Lerner said.
>
> Eleven prominent British Jews, including Baroness Julia
> Neuberger, published a letter in The Observer newspaper
> last weekend expressing their "horror" at the Gaza
> conflict and calling on Israel to stop its military
> campaign.
>
> Israel has been waging an offensive against Hamas in
> the Gaza Strip since December 27. The operation,
> launched in order to halt cross-border rocket fire, has
> come under heavy criticism for the high number of
> civilian casualties.
>
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