Today I stop defending Israel's actions

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Sunday December 28, 2008 · 11:07 AM PST

2008/12/28 · 11:07

Like davidminzer, I'm Jewish and descendant of holocaust survivors. Moreover, I've been a Zionist all of my life. I went to a Zionist school, I was active in Zionist youth groups. I've always been a fervent supporter of Israel as a refuge for Jews around the world who seek a place to exercise their traditions and embrace their identity in peace.

I sang the Israeli anthem in the train rails of Aushwitz-Birkenau and I pledged to fight every day of my life to make sure the savage crimes that had taken place there would never happen again. Every year I pledged: Never Again. Remember and Never forget.

Well, I haven't forgotten. And so to honor that pledge, to honor the memory of my family members who died in those death camps and because "there comes a time when silence is betrayal", today I finally and publicly stop defending Israel's actions.

Chilean Jew

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 3:33 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 15:33

With all the drama going on about Obama, McCain and Lieberman after the recent AIPAC conference, an extremely disturbing event has almost passed unnoticed: Obama stated that he opposed dividing Jerusalem in the context of a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians.
I have been a supporter of Senator Obama's candidacy for a long time now. I volunteered for his campaign in New Hampshire and now I'm volunteering in D.C. You can understand then how appalled I was when I read this.
Anyone who knows even the basics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace process understands that an undivided Jerusalem and peace between Israelis and Palestinians are mutually exclusive.
This should be extremely troubling to every progressive who considers himself a supporter of peace in the Middle East and especially for those of us who have supported and worked for Senator Obama's candidacy.

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Does Obama sincerely support an undivided Jerusalem?

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Does Obama sincerely support an undivided Jerusalem?

No, this is obviously a meaningles gaffe

46 votes

Yes, unfortunately

56 votes

Yes, thank god

49 votes

Who cares?

41 votes

High School students punished for antiwar activism

Chilean Jew

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Monday March 31, 2008 · 11:43 AM PDT

2008/03/31 · 11:43

In what is clearly an attempt to prevent antiwar students to protest against the war in the future, 250 Princeton High School students are facing 2 days of detention after walking out of class and attending an hour long rally and speak-out protesting the five-year US occupation of Iraq on March 19th, 2008. Principal Gary Snyder had originally promised that the students would not receive detention, but reneged when it became clear that hundreds of student were planning on walking out.

Chilean Jew

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Friday August 31, 2007 · 12:33 AM PDT

2007/08/31 · 00:33

Eli Israel is an Iraq Vet who has definitely received far less attention than he deserves. Zmag has posted a video on youtube of Israel talking passionately during an anti-war rally in Kennebunkport. It's almost 4 a.m, but it sure as hell woke me up.
Please jump over for more...

Chilean Jew

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Monday July 09, 2007 · 8:50 PM PDT

2007/07/09 · 20:50

In the last few weeks, many diarists have proposed different methods for pressuring our representatives so that they will start impeachment hearings. Most of these methods are focused on contacting elected officials and letting them know our position ad-nauseam, until they are forced to listen to us.
This idea, that by contacting our representatives and urging them to vote for impeachment we are actually giving them one more reason to do so, even if it is a tiny one, is a very reasonable one since that is the way our democracy should work; elected officials representing the will of the people. Unfortunately, it isn’t the way it works.

Chilean Jew

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Tuesday May 29, 2007 · 11:45 AM PDT

2007/05/29 · 11:45

First of all, I love the guy. He is one of the most thoughtful and courageous progressives in the planet. He is the most powerful voice struggling to bring this country back to a democracy that conducts itself based on rationality and tolerance. He will be remembered by history as one of the greatest visionaries of our time, a true international hero.

That's why I truly hope he stays as far away from the white house as humanly possible.

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Am I high?

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Am I high?

Oh yes

67 votes

Nah

42 votes

A little bit

25 votes

There are Jews in Chile?!

50 votes

Palestinian Refugees and the mea culpa

Chilean Jew

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Tuesday January 30, 2007 · 6:21 AM PST

2007/01/30 · 06:21

It is by far the most controversial and difficult to solve issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinian refugees issue has been discussed and negotiated hundreds of times and nevertheless, an agreement between the parts seems as improbable as always.
The positions may seem impossible to reconcile, but there just might be another solution.
Read about it under the fold.

Chilean Jew

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Monday January 29, 2007 · 12:04 AM PST

2007/01/29 · 00:04

I ran into two excellent and very interesting articles this week regarding the current situation in Israel and Palestine. One is written by famous Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery and deals with the idiocy of rejoicing in Arabic internal confrontations and the fallacy of believing they are good for Israel's interests. The other is written by Haaretz's journalist Zvi Bar'el and deals with the failure of Israeli and international sanctions on Hamas and Israel's pathetic incapacity to present the Palestinian people with a decent diplomatic alternative.
Small fragments, the links and a humble opinion after the fold.

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Which President would be the most effective in dealing with the I-P conflict?

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Which President would be the most effective in dealing with the I-P conflict?

John Edwards

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Hilliary Clinton

9 votes

Barack Obama

5 votes

Bill Richardson

6 votes

Joe Biden

2 votes

Tom Vilsack

1 vote

Wesley Clark

12 votes

Al Gore

16 votes

Dennis Kucinich

44 votes

Other

2 votes

I-P diaries don't have to look like the I-P conflict

Chilean Jew

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Wednesday January 24, 2007 · 10:48 PM PST

2007/01/24 · 22:48

After some months participating in this community it has been astonishing to realize how dysfunctional can intelligent, progressive and informed individuals be when discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To the point where one of the issues that has most urgency of tolerant and profound debate is avoided by most Kossaks in order to stay away from the argumentative pandemonium.

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What do you think about the guiding principles?

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What do you think about the guiding principles?

Totally Agree

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Hate them

5 votes

Good idea but needs some modifications

4 votes

Another I-P diary?!! NOOOOOO!!!!

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Today I stop defending Israel's actions

Obama's worrying Jerusalem gaffe

High School students punished for antiwar activism

A Vet in Kennebunkport

Don’t Run Cindy...send a Fax.

Why Gore should stay the hell away from the presidency

Palestinian Refugees and the mea culpa

Playing with sanctions and laughing at civil war (w/poll)

I-P diaries don't have to look like the I-P conflict