Israel Matzav: Black students diss 'Students for Justice in Palestine'

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Black students diss 'Students for Justice in Palestine'

This incident may yet be regarded as a watershed in the campaign by 'Palestinians' and their supporters to characterize Israel as an 'apartheid state.' The incident took place at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts this past week. Kadima MK and former Shin Bet director Avi Dichter was the speaker. The morons from 'Students for Justice in Palestine' were there.

Let's go to the videotape.

There are more details on the incident here.

In response, a group of African American student leaders from traditionally 'black colleges' have taken out advertisements in student newspapers all over the US in which they have published an open letter to the 'Students for Justice in Palestine.' Their message: You guys are clueless (Hat Tip: Herb G).

"The use of the word 'apartheid' by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in its characterization of Israel is patently false and deeply offensive to all who feel a connection to the state of Israel," the letter, which ran or is slated to run in papers at Brown University, University of California-Los Angeles, the University of Maryland and Columbia University over the next few days, reads. "Your organization's campaign against Israel is spreading misinformation about its policies, fostering bias in the media, and jeopardizing prospects for a timely resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Such irresponsibility is a blemish on your efforts."

The letter continues to state that "playing the 'apartheid card' is a calculated attempt to conjure up images associated with the racist South African regimes of the 20th century," and calls the strategy "as transparent as it is base."

"Beyond that, it is highly objectionable to those who know the truth about the Israel's record on human rights and how it so clearly contrasts with South Africa's," the letter reads, noting that under apartheid, black South Africans had no rights in a country in which they were the majority of the population.

Saying that the analogy manipulates rather than informs, the letter requests SJP to "immediately stop referring to Israel as an apartheid society and to acknowledge that the Arab minority in Israel enjoys full citizenship with voting rights and representation in the government."

"Decency, justice, and the hope of peace and reconciliation in the Middle East compel us to demand an immediate cessation to the deliberate misappropriation of words and of the flagrant mischaracterizations of Israel," the letter concludes. "Your compliance with this request will be viewed as a responsible and appropriate first step toward raising the level of discourse."

It's great to see that the next generation includes kids who can think independently and who aren't sucked in by the false rhetoric of the mainstream media. Apartheid is probably the most overused word in current discourse.

Labels: Israeli apartheid, Students for Justice in Palestine