Labels: AIPAC, anti-AIPAC conference, Jewish Voice for Peace, Occupy Wall Street
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:45 AM
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Some of you may remember the morons from Occupy AIPAC from last year's conference. It's just that then they were known as Move Over AIPAC. This year they've been using cartoons by Carlos Latuff in their publicity. Latuff took second place in Iran's Holocaust cartoon conference a few years ago. But don't let that make you think badly of the folks at Occupy AIPAC (being organized by the Hamas lovers at Code Pink). They didn't know Latuff draws Holocaust denying cartoons. They just like his other work.
But they claim he doesn't work for them. Read the whole thing.Labels: anti-AIPAC conference, Holocaust denial, Iranian nuclear threat
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:04 PM
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While supporters of Israel gather in one part of Washington in late May, supporters of terror will gather in another part - presumably to cheer on the terror flotilla that is scheduled to attempt to breach Israel's Gaza blockade at the same time.From May 21 to 24, 2011, in Washington DC, join CODEPINK, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and a coalition of over 80 organizations at an historic gathering "Move Over AIPAC: Building a New US Middle East Policy."I'm almost surprised that Samantha Power isn't on the speakers' list.
It is timed to coincide with the annual policy meeting of AIPAC, which will feature Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, members of the Obama administration and hundreds of members of Congress. The Move Over AIPAC gathering will expose AIPAC’s negative influence on U.S. foreign policy and promote an alternative approach that respects the rights of all people in the region.
The impressive list of speakers includes The Israel Lobby authors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein, writer Alice Walker, consumer advocate Ralph Nader, authors Nadia Hijab and Phyllis Bennis, Palestinian blogger Laila El Haddad, Jewish Voice for Peace Director Rebecca Vilkomerson, peacemakers Cindy and Craig Corrie, Israeli researcher Dalit Baum, human rights lawyer Noura Erakat, clown doctor Patch Adams, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, union organizer Bill Fletcher, US Campaign to End the Israel Occupation national organizer and human rights advocate Anna Baltzer, Janet McMahon from the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and many more!
There will be trainings, workshops, press conferences, book signings, cultural events, and culminate with peaceful, creative protests outside the AIPAC convention itself.
Labels: anti-AIPAC conference, john Mearsheimer, Salem News, Stephen Walt
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:35 PM
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