Zionists Out of the Peace Movement: Sow Justice, Reap Peace

Zionists Out of the Peace Movement

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war. —Ludwig von Mises, Human Action (4th ed.), p. 832.

The General Assembly ... Determines that zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination. —UN GA Resolution 3379 (XXX).

There are three distinguished in fierceness: Israel among the nations, the dog among animals, and the cock among birds. —Rabbi Simeon, Tractate Bezah 25b, Babylonian Talmud (Quincentenary ed.), Soncino Pr.

Where is it possible to find a group of Jews who are committed to Israel, and whose children are likely to honor that commitment? The answer is, in a synagogue on the Sabbath. —Elliott Abrams, "Can Jews Survive?"

It is a fact that the Jewish religion is above all Jewish nationalism ... One must be a Jew first and a human being second. —Moses Hess, Rome and Jerusalem, as quoted in The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time by Moshe Menuhin.

Why, then, does truth generate hatred ... unless it be that truth is loved in such a way that those who love something else besides her wish that to be the truth which they do love. ... Therefore, they hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love in place of the truth. —Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Bk. X, Ch. XXIII, 34)

Monday, July 31, 2006

Sow Justice, Reap Peace

WANT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
WORK FOR JUSTICE!

Stop the US financial, diplomatic, and military
support for Israel that fuels the violence

Here's how:

Tell Congress to end all financial, diplomatic, and military aid to Israel
Don't buy Israeli goods and tell businesses that sell Israeli goods to stop
Support divestment from Israel
Make sure you don't own Israeli bonds or stocks
Get your retirement fund, union, and state and local governments to divest from Israel
Educate yourself and then speak out against apartheid Israel and the racist ideology of Zionism
Join a Palestinian solidarity group
Buy Palestinian olive oil
Work in the local peace movement(see below)

BOYCOTT ISRAELI GOODS—CHECK THE BARCODE

Break the Zionist grip on the local Peace Movement:

Tell the leaders of the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) to:

Remember the first principle of interfaith unity—adherence to an ethic that shuns violence and demands justice;
Develop "a campaign ... to encourage the [US] government to end its complicity in ... violations of human rights by suspending its military aid and arms sales to Israel, and to divest ... from all companies that manufacture or sell arms and other military hardware to Israel" as pledged in the ICPJ's resolution of May 13, 2003; and,
Lift their restrictions on the ICPJ's Middle East Task Force.

Tell the leaders of Michigan Peaceworks to:

Make Peaceworks a truly grassroots organization with a membership empowered to actively participate in Peaceworks' decision-making process; and,
Publicly acknowledge, and apologize for, the mistreatment of Teresa Al-Saraji and the physical assault committed by then-Peaceworks President Eric Van De Vort.

Tell Michigan Peaceworks and the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice to endorse Palestinian civil society's July 9, 2005, call for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Israel and in support of:

Full equality for Arab and other non-Jewish citizens of Israel;
An end to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights; and,
The return of Palestinian refugees to their homes and property in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution 194.

Labels: Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Israel, Michigan Peaceworks, Zionism