This is a great article giving background to the current status quo of Israel/Zionism and bringing to our attention the meaningful current statistics on public opinion. Yes, global boycott, divestment and sanctions! One state with Equality for Palestinians!
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I attended Nada Elia speaking on “Al Nakba, BDS, and the Undoing of Historical Wrongs”. She made one of the most eloquent, powerful, workable proposals on these issues that I’d ever heard. See video here
NO AMOUNT of clever advertising hucksterism can change the fact that if public opinion regarding Israel were a bond, it could be downgraded to junk status.
The Jerusalem Post reported in May that of the more than 24,000 people polled by the BBC in 22 countries around the world, citizens of 17 of those nations hold mostly negative views of Israel, on par with opinions of North Korea. Not just majority Muslim countries like Israel’s rebellious neighbor Egypt, where 85 percent hold negative views, but 74 percent of Spaniards, 65 percent of the French and 68 percent of the British regard Israel in a negative light, especially due to its foreign policies.
Not surprisingly, here in the U.S., 50 percent of people hold a mostly positive view versus 35 percent who view Israel’s policies negatively, down 6 percent, according to BBC pollsters. Yet even here in the States, where debates…
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September 3, 2012 at 6:01 pm
The status of East Jerusalem in any future peace settlement has at times been a difficult hurdle in negotiations between Israeli governments and representatives of the Palestinians, as Israel views it as its sovereign territory, as well as part of its capital. Most negotiations relating to the territories have been on the basis of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 , which emphasises “the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war”, and calls on Israel to withdraw from occupied territories in return for normalization of relations with Arab states, a principle known as ” Land for peace “.
September 10, 2012 at 9:43 pm
This was listed as spam but seemed interesting and relevant
August 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm
I was immensely gratified to read writer Revital Hovel’s article on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s translation into Yiddish of sections of the Quran. What is most heart-warming about the article is the fact that both the writer and the prominent ‘interviewee’ are clearly very level-headed people. The words of peace of the country’s Ahmadi Community head, Mr. Odeh, bespeak a quiet determination to be an exemplar of harmony in that otherwise-volatile part of the world. Indeed, I am proud to say, Ahmadis throughout the world are morally bound by their understanding of the teachings of Islam to be models of peace and cooperation in all things good. The use of the word ‘monoexistence’ by Mr. Odeh is something new to me, and impressive in its significance. It emphasizes the unity of all Israeli citizens, regardless of faith tradition, a oneness that aims to uplift society as a whole. Allow me to claim that all world citizens have exactly that same duty, irrespective of their geographical location. For readers who wish to learn more about Islam, I recommend the website alislam.org, a true treasure-trove of knowledge. Peace to all people of goodwill!
August 31, 2012 at 10:15 pm
this was listed as spam, but the comments looked interesting and relevant – it seems like good stuff for promoting dialogue