Comments on: The US should not be like this! http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/05/29/the-us-should-not-be-like-this/ Free Minds for a Free Palestine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:11 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zarina Bhatia http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/05/29/the-us-should-not-be-like-this/#comment-9319 Zarina Bhatia Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:07:29 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/05/29/the-us-should-not-be-like-this/#comment-9319 I agree with all that the previous commentator says. It is America that should use its might and stamp down on AIPAC's bullying when it comes to Peace for the people of Israel themselves. Why don't they see they will never have it without Justice for the Palestinians? It is most ridiculous for Israel of the extreme Jews of Zionists, whatever one calls them, to erase history and say that Nakba should be made 'illegal' and punishable if anyone mentions it! Has anyone heard such an idiotic state of affairs in the so-called Knesset, a tool of pretentious 'democracy' that Israel fools the world and the Western Countries that it is! Where is Israel's state-hood, if it wants it to be based on s silly dream of having a Jewish state? Are all the non-Jews to be eliminated again, as they tried in the assault on Gaza? Obama, come to your true thinking and gather confidence in yourself to restore World Peace and harmony that you gave us hope for when you won the office of the President of united States. I agree with all that the previous commentator says. It is America that should use its might and stamp down on AIPAC's bullying when it comes to Peace for the people of Israel themselves. Why don't they see they will never have it without Justice for the Palestinians? It is most ridiculous for Israel of the extreme Jews of Zionists, whatever one calls them, to erase history and say that Nakba should be made 'illegal' and punishable if anyone mentions it! Has anyone heard such an idiotic state of affairs in the so-called Knesset, a tool of pretentious 'democracy' that Israel fools the world and the Western Countries that it is! Where is Israel's state-hood, if it wants it to be based on s silly dream of having a Jewish state? Are all the non-Jews to be eliminated again, as they tried in the assault on Gaza?

Obama, come to your true thinking and gather confidence in yourself to restore World Peace and harmony that you gave us hope for when you won the office of the President of united States.

]]> By: eileen fleming http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/05/29/the-us-should-not-be-like-this/#comment-9256 eileen fleming Sat, 30 May 2009 12:05:07 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/05/29/the-us-should-not-be-like-this/#comment-9256 "The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people" and healthy democracies thrive on dissent! In an email to the Network of Spiritual Progressives, Rabbi Michael Lerner wrote that, "Hillary Clinton told me when I met with her in the White House: that when FDR met with labor leaders in 1934, after four hours of meeting, he said the following: 'You've convinced me that you are right. Now, go out there and FORCE ME TO DO IT.' "What he meant, Hillary explained to me, was that the pressures on a President to stay with the status quo and the forces of the economic and political elites of the country are enormous, so that even when a President wishes to move in a different direction, he needs to be able to point to forces from the progressive world that are equally vociferous and pushing him in the direction he wished to go." In 1999, the UN established The Decade of Creating a Culture of Nonviolence for All the Children of the World. America is on the record as abstaining from its support because "it would make it harder for us to go to war." in dissent from that attitude and in support of all the children of the world-and in particular those in Gaza-this reporter will be embedded with a few thoughtful justice and peace seeking USA, I-P and international dissidents who are converging at Erez Checkpoint on June 6, 2009 at the invite of UNWRA to bring playground equipment in: [Learn more: Hope for Gaza: Send in the Clowns http://wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1292&Itemid=220 ] June 4-10, 2009 is the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel and was established by The World Council of Churches, who are calling on its members, related organizations and all others to be in solidarity for a just peace in Palestine and Israel. During World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, churches all over the world are united as one voice sending the clear message to policy-makers and the public that "the fierce urgency of now" compels us all to pursue and reach a peace settlement that secures the legitimate rights and future of both peoples in 2009, because: It's time for Palestine. It's time for Palestinians and Israelis to share a just peace. It's time to respect human lives in the land called holy. It's time for healing to begin in wounded souls. It's time to end 60 years of conflict, oppression and fear. It's time for freedom from occupation. It's time for equal rights. It's time to stop discrimination, segregation and restrictions on movement. It's time for those who put up walls and fences to build them on their own property. It's time to stop bulldozing one community's homes and building homes for the other community on land that is not theirs. It's time to do away with double standards. It's time for Israeli citizens to have security and secure borders agreed with their neighbours. It's time for the international community to implement 60 years of United Nations resolutions. It's time for Israel's government to complete the bargain offered in the Arab Peace Initiative. It's time for those who represent the Palestinian people to all be involved in making peace. It's time for people who have been refugees for 60 years to regain their rights and a permanent home. It's time to assist settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to make their home in Israel. It's time for self-determination. It's time for foreigners to visit Bethlehem and other towns imprisoned by the wall. It's time to see settlements in their comfort and refugee camps in their despair. It's time for people living 41 years under occupation to feel new solidarity from a watching world. It's time to name the shame of collective punishment and to end it in all its forms. It's time to be revolted by violence against civilians and for civilians on both sides to be safe. It's time for both sides to release their prisoners and give those justly accused a fair trial. It's time to reunite the people of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. It's time for all parties to obey international humanitarian and human rights law. It's time to share Jerusalem as the capital of two nations and a city holy to three religions. It's time for Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities to be free to visit their holy sites. It's time in Palestine as in Israel for olive trees to flourish and grow old. It's time to honour all who have suffered, Palestinians and Israelis. It's time to learn from past wrongs. It's time to understand pent-up anger and begin to set things right. It's time for those with blood on their hands to acknowledge what they have done. It's time to seek forgiveness between communities and to repair a broken land together. It's time to move forward as human beings who are all made in the image of God. All who are able to speak truth to power must speak it. All who would break the silence surrounding injustice must break it. All who have something to give for peace must give it. For Palestine, for Israel and for a troubled world, It's time for peace. [1] It's time for justice to roll down like a mighty stream and it will, when "enough Christians followed the gospel [for] they could bring any state to its knees." -Father Philip Francis Berrigan On April 5, 2009 President Obama admitted: "As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act...Words must mean something…There is violence and injustice in our world that must be confronted. We must confront it by standing together as free nations, as free people. I know that a call to arms can stir the souls of men and women more than a call to lay them down. But that is why the voices for peace and progress must be raised together…Human destiny will be what we make of it." [2] "The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people" and "HOPE has two children. The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it."-St. Augustine 1. http://www.oikoumene.org/en/events-sections/wwppi/educate.html 2. http://wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1247&Itemid=219 "The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people" and healthy democracies thrive on dissent!

In an email to the Network of Spiritual Progressives, Rabbi Michael Lerner wrote that, "Hillary Clinton told me when I met with her in the White House: that when FDR met with labor leaders in 1934, after four hours of meeting, he said the following: 'You've convinced me that you are right. Now, go out there and FORCE ME TO DO IT.'

"What he meant, Hillary explained to me, was that the pressures on a President to stay with the status quo and the forces of the economic and political elites of the country are enormous, so that even when a President wishes to move in a different direction, he needs to be able to point to forces from the progressive world that are equally vociferous and pushing him in the direction he wished to go."

In 1999, the UN established The Decade of Creating a Culture of Nonviolence for All the Children of the World.

America is on the record as abstaining from its support because "it would make it harder for us to go to war."

in dissent from that attitude and in support of all the children of the world-and in particular those in Gaza-this reporter will be embedded with a few thoughtful justice and peace seeking USA, I-P and international dissidents who are converging at Erez Checkpoint on June 6, 2009 at the invite of UNWRA to bring playground equipment in:

[Learn more: Hope for Gaza: Send in the Clowns
http://wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1292&Itemid=220 ]

June 4-10, 2009 is the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel and was established by The World Council of Churches, who are calling on its members, related organizations and all others to be in solidarity for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.

During World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, churches all over the world are united as one voice sending the clear message to policy-makers and the public that "the fierce urgency of now" compels us all to pursue and reach a peace settlement that secures the legitimate rights and future of both peoples in 2009, because:

It's time for Palestine.
It's time for Palestinians and Israelis to share a just peace.

It's time to respect human lives in the land called holy.
It's time for healing to begin in wounded souls.
It's time to end 60 years of conflict, oppression and fear.
It's time for freedom from occupation.

It's time for equal rights.
It's time to stop discrimination, segregation and restrictions on movement.
It's time for those who put up walls and fences to build them on their own property.
It's time to stop bulldozing one community's homes and building homes for the other community on land that is not theirs.
It's time to do away with double standards.

It's time for Israeli citizens to have security and secure borders agreed with their neighbours.
It's time for the international community to implement 60 years of United Nations resolutions.
It's time for Israel's government to complete the bargain offered in the Arab Peace Initiative.
It's time for those who represent the Palestinian people to all be involved in making peace.
It's time for people who have been refugees for 60 years to regain their rights and a permanent home.
It's time to assist settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to make their home in Israel.
It's time for self-determination.

It's time for foreigners to visit Bethlehem and other towns imprisoned by the wall.
It's time to see settlements in their comfort and refugee camps in their despair.
It's time for people living 41 years under occupation to feel new solidarity from a watching world.

It's time to name the shame of collective punishment and to end it in all its forms.
It's time to be revolted by violence against civilians and for civilians on both sides to be safe.
It's time for both sides to release their prisoners and give those justly accused a fair trial.
It's time to reunite the people of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
It's time for all parties to obey international humanitarian and human rights law.

It's time to share Jerusalem as the capital of two nations and a city holy to three religions.
It's time for Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities to be free to visit their holy sites.
It's time in Palestine as in Israel for olive trees to flourish and grow old.

It's time to honour all who have suffered, Palestinians and Israelis.
It's time to learn from past wrongs.
It's time to understand pent-up anger and begin to set things right.
It's time for those with blood on their hands to acknowledge what they have done.
It's time to seek forgiveness between communities and to repair a broken land together.
It's time to move forward as human beings who are all made in the image of God.

All who are able to speak truth to power must speak it.
All who would break the silence surrounding injustice must break it.
All who have something to give for peace must give it.
For Palestine, for Israel and for a troubled world,
It's time for peace. [1]

It's time for justice to roll down like a mighty stream and it will, when "enough Christians followed the gospel [for] they could bring any state to its knees." -Father Philip Francis Berrigan

On April 5, 2009 President Obama admitted: "As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act…Words must mean something…There is violence and injustice in our world that must be confronted. We must confront it by standing together as free nations, as free people. I know that a call to arms can stir the souls of men and women more than a call to lay them down. But that is why the voices for peace and progress must be raised together…Human destiny will be what we make of it." [2]

"The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people" and "HOPE has two children. The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it."-St. Augustine

1. http://www.oikoumene.org/en/events-sections/wwppi/educate.html
2. http://wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1247&Itemid=219

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