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The latest tussle was prompted by a statement about Jerusalem last week from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, cheapest soma, Kentucky KY Ky. , the most important umbrella group in the community. That statement, comprar en línea soma, Idaho ID , addressing the controversy over East Jerusalem housing that I've covered in previous posts, was right out of Netanyahu's playbook, buy soma cod. Soma without prescription, It asserted that:

"The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has long advocated and supported the unity of Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel, buy soma overnight delivery. Wyoming WY Wyo. , As such, we believe that legal construction by residents of the city should be allowed as long as it is in keeping with the standards and requirements of the municipality and the national government, order soma online without prescription. We find disturbing the objections raised to the proposed construction of residential units on property that was legally purchased and approved by the appropriate authorities..., buy soma. Buy soma pills, As a united city, Jerusalem’s Jewish and Arab residents should be permitted to reside wherever legal and security requirements allow, bestill soma online. Order soma from canada, Hundreds of Arab families have moved into Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem and the same right should be accorded to Jewish residents in live where they choose in Jerusalem."

The last sentence is classic, Jewish Orwellian doublespeak, New Mexico NM N.Mex. . Comprar soma, It implies that if diplomatically provocative housing built by a right wing American Jew in East Jerusalem were thwarted, somehow Jews would be denied a "right" that is afforded to Arabs in Jerusalem, Montana MT Mont. . Maine ME Me. , The idea that Arabs can easily live in West Jerusalem, which was promoted by Netanyahu, Alaska AK , Pharmacy soma, is hogwash.

The JTA's Eric Fingerhut Buy soma, buries the lead, but sums up the squabble that has ensued:

Five left-leaning pro-Israel organizations have teamed up to release a statement on Jerusalem that backs the Obama administration's opposition to "unilateral actions" in the city and criticizes others for not sticking to "facts and law" when making arguments about Israeli construction there.

The statement from Ameinu, acheter soma bon marché, Lowest price soma, Americans for Peace Now, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, buy cheap soma online, Osta soma, Meretz USA, and J Street says that "issues of borders and sovereignty related to Jerusalem should be determined through negotiations in the context of a regional, buy soma c.o.d., Where to buy cheap soma, comprehensive resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict" and "unilateral actions that inflame tensions, impair negotiations and make the ultimate resolution of issues surrounding Jerusalem more difficult, φτηνές φαρμακείο soma, are unhelpful and should be avoided at this particularly sensitive moment" -- adding that they support the Obama administration's policy on this issue....

The five organizations also slammed those who have defended Israel's right to build in the area. urging that "those who choose to enter the debate on Jerusalem do so carefully and with arguments based on facts and law - not ideology. For instance, it is a matter of law and of fact that Arab residents of East Jerusalem do not have the right to purchase state-owned property in West Jerusalem - and the overwhelming majority of all land in Israel is state- owned. Claims that somehow Jerusalem's Arab residents currently have the same rights to live where they choose as Jewish residents are simply untrue and provide an inaccurate picture of a city that remains divided based on ethnicity, religion and geography."

The statement appears to be somewhat of a response to a statement issued last week by the Conference of Presidents on the Jerusalem issue. Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu are members of the conference but say they were not consulted about that statement.

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Even before President Barack Obama's Cairo speech last week, there were reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers were surprised by the president's insistence that Israel stop all settlement construction. Now, buy clomid pills, as Netanyahu prepares his own speech on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Clomid for sale, he should be careful not to misjudge the situation yet again by misreading what stands behind Obama's Middle East policies. The American president's approach to the region is based on more than the lofty ideals and calculations of U.S. strategic interests that have been attributed to him by international media; it is also the product of shrewd political judgment, buy clomid.

Obama might sound like a thoughtful university professor, clomid without a prescription, but he and his closest aides are pragmatists who were schooled in the hard-knuckled politics of Chicago. Comprar clomid de descuento, They have obviously decided that the president's quest for a new relationship with the Muslim world, along with his harsh criticism of Israeli settlement activity, offers potential political rewards that exceed the risks by a large margin, pharmacie clomid bon marché.

As he plans his policy speech, Kopen goedkope clomid, Netanyahu would do well to also consider American voters, not just their president. According to a recent poll by Zogby International, order clomid overnight delivery, 50 percent of those voters think that, Generic clomid, given previous American calls for a halt to Israeli settlement construction, the U.S. Buy clomid, should "get tough" with Israel. More importantly, clomid generic, 71 percent of Americans who voted for Obama feel that way and 89 percent of them say the conflict negatively affects U.S. Cheapest clomid in the world, interests. Obama's political base is losing patience with the settlement enterprise and thinks it harms the United States.

Those voters include most American Jews, Montana MT Mont. , and that is another reason why Obama's stance is politically astute. Netanyahu should not have been surprised by a survey published in March showing that six out of 10 American Jews were opposed to settlement expansion, or that most supported U.S, buy clomid. Ordering clomid pills, engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even if it meant publicly disagreeing with or pressuring both sides. Those responses were consistent with many earlier surveys. But there was a fascinating new statistic buried in the results of that March poll, comprar clomid baratos, which was sponsored by J Street, Køb discount clomid, the left-leaning pro-Israel lobby group: Seventy-two percent of U.S. Jews who are active political donors oppose Israeli settlement construction. Buy clomid, So, if Obama remains steadfast on the settlements, he is unlikely to lose many contributors and will in fact please quite a few.

The Obama team's calculations also include an accurate reading of Jewish organizational tea leaves, αγοράζουν φτηνά clomid. They understand that the president is unlikely to encounter massive American Jewish opposition if he keeps pressing hard for the settlement enterprise to stop, Buy clomid online, as long as he is clearly committed to meeting Israel's core security requirements and pushes the Palestinians to halt violence and incitement.

The most important group in the conventional pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, purchase clomid, is terrified of a confrontation with a wildly popular Democratic president whose party controls Congress. Cheap clomid overnight delivery, AIPAC's leaders only pick the fights they think they can win; they know they would lose if they found themselves trying to justify new apartment buildings in occupied territory.

It is unclear whether Netanyahu's Israeli advisors understood all this when he took office, buy clomid. What is clear is that he got good advice from American Jewish leaders and he ignored it. "Pro-Israel American Jews have been telling Netanyahu that he has to do something about the settlements, αγοράσετε clomid, and that if he came out for a two-state solution, New Mexico NM N.Mex. , relations would be easier," Ron Kampeas, the well-connected Washington reporter for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency told me, Kansas KS Kans. . Another source familiar with Netanyahu said, For clomid online, "His record shows that he believes he is the master of America-Israel relations and no one knows America better than he does."

If he does know America, he will realize that the days when Likud prime ministers could use American Jewish groups, Christian Zionists and Congress to subvert the wishes of U.S, Ohio OH . presidents are long gone. Buy clomid, As are the days when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seemed like a distant feud with little impact on the American people. Comprare clomid, Now, progress toward resolving it is clearly a national security imperative, and Obama's voters - and, indeed, most Americans - know it.

When describing Obama, the media adhere to the Great Man Theory of History, which gives individual leaders primary credit for transforming the world. They treat him like a rock star, or the herald of a new age. But Netanyahu should not rely on that theory as he tries to figure out how to respond to the American president. Obama is a charismatic leader, but he is also expressing popular will, buy clomid. He is both the cause and the result of a widespread American yearning for peace and stability in the Middle East.

That is why Netanyahu should know that if he makes empty promises and tries to wriggle out of a profound disagreement with the U.S. over the settlements, he will risk insulting and angering not only the American president but also a large swath of the American people. It is hard to believe most Israelis - or American Jews - would want him to take that risk for the sake of unimpeded growth, "natural" or otherwise, in the West Bank.

Dan Fleshler, a New York media and public-affairs consultant, is the author of "Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change," published last month by Potomac Books.

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A new Zogby International poll Order clomid, shows that 71 percent of Obama backers think the United States should "get tough with Israel" in order to stop settlement expansion, while 26 percent of McCain supporters feel that way. 80 percent of likely Obama voters also agreed with the statement, ``It's time for the United States to get tough with Israel, købe clomid,” in contrast to most McCain supporters. Buy clomid no prescription, No doubt many Israelis and their right wing American backers are mortified by the fact that Obama’s base wants him to do something about the settlement enterprise and to impose costs on Israel if it does nothing. No doubt the far left and other attackers of all things Israeli will rejoice at these poll numbers.

In contrast, kjøpe clomid online, while I am in the camp that wants Obama to have the political wiggle room to take a fair, Rhode Island RI R.I. , evenhanded approach to the conflict, I hope that Netanyahu will NOT put Obama in a position where the President is forced to "get tough" with Israel. Like others on the pro-Israel left, I believe there is no chance to unravel the Gordian knot of the Israel-Palestinian conflict without bold American diplomacy, and the U.S, order clomid. must insist that the settlements project comes to a dead-stop even as it presses for an end to Palestinian violence and incitement, clomid online.

But that doesn't mean that I and my fellow travellers in Americans for Peace Now, Ordering clomid without prescription, J Street, Israel Policy Forum, Ameinu and Brit Tzedek v’Shalom will be happy if the U.S, California CA Calif. . is forced to exercise tough love. Generic clomid, If a bitter public confrontation has to happen, so be it. Order clomid, But it will hurt, in the same way that it hurts to argue bitterly with a recalcitrant family member.

Israeli pundits on the right do not seem to understand this, ordering clomid online legally. Nor do they understand what the pro-Israel peace camp in the U.S. Order clomid without prescription, is advocating. They seem to believe we would be delighted by a confrontation and are rooting for it because of our hostility to the very idea of Israel, and our ardent desire for it to make one-sided concessions, buy clomid cod. A column in the Jerusalem Post on this topic by Lenny Ben-David was entitled, "Rapture over the Rupture." A diatribe from Isi Liebler calls us “fake Zionists “and expresses outrage at “the favorable media exposure provided to fringe groups…, whose prime objective is to ‘balance’ AIPAC activities by lobbying the Obama administration to force Israel to make further unilateral concessions.”

The Jewish right finds it inconceivable for us to believe what we believe and still worry about Israel’s security and well-being, order clomid. In fact, Billige clomid Apotheke, we are taking our cues from experienced Israeli diplomats and other international experts who understand it is fruitless for a well-armed, occupying power to negotiate the terms of a viable settlement with an almost defenseless occupied people, unless a third party mediates and presses both sides to take politically unpopular steps they otherwise might not take, buy clomid.

In my book, Osta alennus clomid, a whole chapter is devoted to interviews with a broad range of Israelis who favor various forms of interventionist American diplomacy, including former diplomats and officials like Shlomo Ben-Ami, David Kimche, αγοράζουν online clomid, Daniel Levy and Ephraim Sneh. Cheap clomid online cheap, None of them want the U.S. to sell Israel down the river by compromising its core security requirements or forcing it to make unilateral concessions; all of them want America to stop both sides from taking steps that will destroy the possibility of a two state solution, and to come up with creative proposals to bridge the gaps between them, Illinois IL Ill. . Order clomid, But even if Israelis feel that way, we are not permitted to, according to the Israel-must-be-left-alone crowd. Moreover, Florida FL Fla. , the fact that we are Americans who believe it is in our own nation’s interests to bolster the forces of moderation in the Middle East is an inconvenient truth they don’t even mention.

While the Jewish right denounces people in my camp for turning our backs on Israel, much of the international left despises us for having emotional ties to Israel and/or Israeli Jews, buy clomid cheap. Believing that Israel is an Evil Empire with no redeeming characteristics, Order clomid no rx, they can only abide Jews who reflexively find everything about it to be contemptible. Any other sentiment is considered "Jewish particularism," a synonym for vile and unjustified tribalism, order clomid pills. Essentially, Maryland MD Md. , they object to our desire to belong to something that is larger than ourselves and smaller than the entire human race.

Sorry, universalists, Osta clomid, tough love for Israel will be tough for me to bear, Clomid online kopen, because my identity as a Jew is bound up with Israel and I am emotionally and spiritually connected to it. Sorry, supporters of the status quo, order clomid online cheap, if I endorsed Israeli behaviour or policies that I believed were deplorable and misguided, if I stopped trying to help progressive Israelis who are trying to fix what is broken in the Jewish state, that would be turning my back on Israel.

If my camp's sentiments and ideas are mercilessly bashed by both the Jewish right and the far left, it is a good sign that the sentiments are justifiable and the ideas have merit.

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Buy cialis, There has been much ado about the latest J Street poll of American Jews. The most important finding, Maryland MD Md. , Köpa billiga cialis, as noted in the survey analysis, is that "Jews want America to be much more aggressive in its Middle East peace efforts than it is today."

87% of respondents said they supported the United States playing an active role in helping the parties resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, Missouri MO Mo. . Cheap cialis online without prescription, 75% supported this role even if it meant the U.S. publicly disagreeing with both sides, Michigan MI Mich. , Buy cialis from canada, and 70% supported it even if meant applying pressure to both sides.

That is good news for those of us who think toughminded American diplomacy is the only feasible way to break the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, kjøpe cialis online. But it isn't surprising to anyone who's tracked American Jewish opinion, buy cialis. Cheap cialis no prescription, In 1998, when the Clinton Administration was squabbling with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Hawaii HI , Buy cialis overnight delivery, a poll sponsored by Israel Policy Forum found that, by a 9-1 margin, billige cialis Apotheke, Purchase cialis online, American Jews wanted the administration to take an “evenhanded” approach to the Israel-Palestinian dispute and 84 percent agreed that the United States should “pressure” both Arafat and Netanyahu. In my book, buy cialis online, Order cialis online, I cite a number of other polls to show that, during the past decade, cialis pills, Jotta cialis verkossa, most American Jews have endorsed leaning on both sides, rather than just one side, Arkansas AR Ark. , Ordering cialis without prescription, when necessary.

But the new J Street survey shows something new, Om cialis online, Order cialis cod, something different, something that has gotten no attention: there is a solid bloc of Jews in the U.S, buy cialis without prescription. New Mexico NM N.Mex. , who would support their government if it pressured only Israel.

When revealing this little nugget in their analysis Buy cialis, , the pollsters, Gerstein Agne, look at the glass as half-full for supporters of Israel:

"We introduced an additional component to this exercise in this latest survey, and provided half the sample with the language cited above [about U.S. engagement] and provided the other half of the sample with language that focused exclusively on publicly disagreeing with or pressuring just Israel instead of both Israelis and Arabs, köpa rabatterade cialis. Ohio OH , [emphasis added by DF].

"Not surprisingly, New Jersey NJ N.J. , support for America playing an active role drops off considerably if it means disagreeing only with Israel (support drops 88 to 58 percent) or pressuring only Israel (support drops from 88 to 57 percent). These findings underscore how strongly Jews want the U.S. to assert itself to achieve peace, but also how much more effective it is when America is even-handed and addresses both sides instead of just one side."

True, but the findings also show that large numbers of American Jews, perhaps even a majority, have moved beyond favoring evenhandedness or honest brokerage, buy cialis. These people are simply in no mood to put up with an Israeli government that takes more steps that will preclude the possibility of a 2-state solution, although the pollsters don't spell out specific examples of Israeli recalcitrance or military adventurism when testing that proposition.

It doesn't matter if this represents the sentiments of a majority of Jews in the U.S. It obviously reflects the views of a good many of them. While no doubt some of them have always felt this way, it is likely that these numbers offer more evidence of radicalization and growing alienation from Israel, especially among younger Jewish voters. Buy cialis, Will Congress and the Obama team hear from them, and from the larger group that is comfortable with pressure on both sides if and when it is necessary. That remains to be seen.

But the results ought to be troubling to Benjamin Netanyahu. So should another nugget from the poll, which has also gone unnoticed: 72% of American Jews who give money to political campaigns oppose Israeli settlement expension. The pollsters note: "In fact, political donors stand out from the overall population on a variety of areas, including their more Democratic and progressive self-identification, greater support for peace initiatives and more negative attitudes toward Avigdor Lieberman and Benjamin Netanyahu."

This is further proof of what I've been pointing out for quite some time: although political donations from hawkish American Jews get all the attention from the cabal watchers, most "Jewish money" in politics comes from those who support Israel's peace camp (whatever is left of it, that is). The problem is that this support is passive. Too few of them identify their concerns about the occupation or their endorsement of tough American diplomacy when they write their checks or call their Congressperson. That is one of the habits that J Street--working in tandem with allied groups like Brit Tzedek v' Shalom and Americans for Peace Now--is trying to change. Hope it's not too late...

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No doubt Ethan Bronner will be attacked by both the Israel-can-do-no-right crowd and their ideological adversaries for his wonderful piece in today's NY Times Cheap viagra without prescription, , which conveys the impossibility of covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without offending someone. No doubt the attacks on him will prove his point:

Trying to tell the story so that both sides can hear it in the same way feels more and more to me like a Greek tragedy in which I play the despised chorus, ordering viagra online. Ordering viagra overnight delivery, It feels like I am only fanning the flames, adding to the misunderstandings and mutual antagonism with every word I write because the fervent inner voice of each side is so loud that it drowns everything else out.

In their incessant complaints about the mainstream media's distortions of the Gaza conflict, viagra without prescription, Minnesota MN Minn. , Israel's critics miss a vitally important point about public opinion, at least within the American Jewish community, viagra kopen. Price of viagra, While the war was going on, of course one could find plenty of examples of stories that were weighted in Israel's favor, köpa viagra. Cheapest viagra online, One could also find examples where Israel's POV was barely mentioned, especially in the dumbed-down 24-hour electronic media, Rhode Island RI R.I. , Viagra prescription, like CNN International. But the main problem has not been "media bias.' That is just an easy target that gives the likes of Philip Weiss fodder for their posts, cheap viagra without prescription. In fact, cheap viagra online, Viagra, the sufferings of the Palestinians in Gaza have NOT been hidden by the MSM and other readily available media. Neither have Israel's military tactics, order viagra no rx. Idaho ID , Quite the contrary, it’s all been there, New Hampshire NH N.H. , Buy viagra c.o.d., plain as day, for anyone who has turned on a television or read a paper or surfed the Web, Mississippi MS Miss. , Wisconsin WI Wis. , which is how most people get their information these days.

The problem is not that reality has been distorted, New Jersey NJ N.J. . The problem is that it has been ignored or rationalized. Cheap viagra without prescription, I believe that many liberal supporters of Israel were appalled by the streams of white phosphorus in the alleyways of Gaza, by the bombings of what were clearly civilian outposts, by a military assault on densely packed neighborhoods whose ends, they concluded, did not come close to justifying the means. Georgia GA Ga. , After after weighing the evidence that was readily available to them, they were deeply disturbed by Israel's by-any-means-necessary philosophy of war, buy viagra online. Bestill viagra online, Yet they said nothing and did nothing.

A few pro-Israel American Jewish groups criticized the Israeli response to Hamas rocket fire and called for an early ceasefire, acheter viagra bon marché, Pharmacy viagra, including Americans for Peace Now, Brit Tzedek v' Shalom, Connecticut CT Conn. , and J Street. They clearly supported Israel's right to defend itself, just objected to its disproportionate response. They tried to rally American Jews to press Congress not to tow the mainstream lobby's line when it voted on the conflict, cheap viagra without prescription. They got some response from the community but, truth be told, a tiny fraction of Jews who agreed with them weighed in and tried to help. Groups further to the left, like Jewish Voices for Peace and the Shalom Center, offered other ways for opponents of the war to make their voices heard. But, for the most part, the dissenting voices were drowned out by the American Jewish groups that stuck to the party line supplied by Israel.

Now, there are people I respect who believe that, despite the terrible price paid by Palestinians in Gaza, Israel was doing what it had to do. Cheap viagra without prescription, There are others who are simply too uncertain to form an opinion, who didn't and still don't know what to think. But I know for a fact that within the mainstream American Jewish community, within Reform synagogues, Jewish charitable federations and other groups, there are people who did not support Israel's military tactics and its approach to the complex challenge of Hamas. And these people chose to stay behind the circle of communal wagons rather than venturing forward.

Sure, the MSM is important. What is more important is that too many American Jews allowed supporters of the war in our community to speak for them, even though they were horrified by what the MSM told them about the attack on Gaza, even though they didn't accept the version of reality that was filtered and then conveyed by Israel's spin machine.

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5) AIPAC's inherent limitations-- In my forthcoming book (please don't hesitate to stop reading this and order now), cheap viagra without prescription, Kjøpe billig viagra, I skewer the myth that the conventional Israel lobby (which includes AIPAC) is an immovable object that no political force can possibly dislodge. It is PERCEIVED to be such an object by elected officials, Hawaii HI , Köpa billiga viagra, but much of its clout is based on smoke and mirrors. I hope beyond hope that Obama will take to heart the historical lessons noted in the following excerpt:

“History shows that when presidents are determined to do something in U.S, Maryland MD Md. . Viagra without a prescription, interests, the lobby folds, buy viagra c.o.d., Minnesota MN Minn. , ” said Samuel Lewis a former U.S. Ordering viagra, ambassador to Israel who has held several other State Department posts related to the Middle East. “As [George H, ostaa halvalla viagra. Viagra online cheap, W.] Bush demonstrated, the White House can win the fight, ordering viagra online. Køb billige viagra, Carter had all kinds of problems with the Jewish community, but that didn’t stop him from going forward with our Middle East policy, Washington WA Wash. . Cheapest viagra in the world, The lobby didn’t have any substantive impact on Carter. To the extent that he was influenced [in Israel’s favor], it was by the Israelis, ordering viagra. , comprar viagra baratos. . . Clinton stood up to them, to some extent. Ordering viagra, Presidents actually have a lot more freedom than they feel like they have. If a president wants to stand up to the lobby, he can.”

6) The "open policy window" -- There is also hope to be found in the empirical observations of political scientist John Kingdon, who studied how agendas are set in DC. He wrote of "open policy windows," i.e., junctures when opportunities exist for decisive political action. That happens, Kingdon observed, when a problem takes center stage, ideas for solving it are readily available, and political winds are blowing in the right direction. They don’t open often, and they don’t stay open long. But one reason they open is a change in presidential administrations, when, as Kingdon put it, “the new administration gives some groups, legislators and agencies their opportunity—an open policy window—to push positions and proposals they did not have the opportunity to push with previous administrations, and it disadvantages other players.”

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In a Order viagra online, recent post, Philip Weiss denounces Americans for Peace Now and J Street for "equivocating" about the assault on Gaza. He believes they have not been emphatic enough in their opposition to Israel's behavior because they have not come down hard enough against Palestinian civilian casualties.

His conclusion: "It is very difficult, buy viagra pills, nigh impossible, Colorado CO Colo. , to be in a Jewish or Zionist communal organization and take a strong position against the destruction of Arab lives or for Arab human rights. It just won't happen. It's in the water."

Sadly, köpa rabatterade viagra, Weiss is correct that the American Jewish communal world finds it much too difficult to criticize Israeli human rights violations or express concern about Palestinian suffering. I have made the same point many times on this blog, order viagra online. Oklahoma OK Okla. , But he is picking the wrong enemies and the wrong examples in this particular fight. He subsequently wrote something positive about J Street so I'll take issue with his bromide against Americans for Peace Now.

Here is the specific APN language that Phil finds equivocal and problemmatic:

Over the past weeks, acheter viagra discount, Israelis, Ordering viagra no rx, Palestinians, and the world have once again witnessed the unfolding of a serious and dangerous military escalation between Israel and Hamas. APN and its Israeli sister organization, Nebraska NE Nebr. , Peace Now, Ohio OH , have repeatedly expressed solidarity with the residents of communities of southern Israel, who have been subject to the terror of incoming fire from the Gaza Strip. Order viagra online, Israel has the right – indeed, the obligation – to take measures to bring these attacks to a halt... However, Um viagra online, simply escalating the violence is not going to resolve the situation.

These paragraphs were part of a larger statement that responded to the prevailing view within the organized Jewish community that Israel's Gaza operation is entirely justified. Order viagra online legally, That is the community that APN must try to galvanize. Weiss not only left out the rest of the statement; he omitted the context, which was a specific question posed to APN:

"Why is Americans for Peace Now pressing for another ceasefire, cheapest viagra, when the last ceasefire was used by Hamas, Comprare viagra, predictably, to shore up its forces and prepare for even steeper violence against Israel. Israel is fighting a war against an organization dedicated to wiping it off the map, order viagra. Given this reality, APN should be supporting Israeli efforts to defeat Hamas, not putting pressure on Israel to establish self-defeating, short-lived ceasefires with it?"

The answer was a cogent analysis --yes, from Israel's perspective, sorry if that bothers you, Phil-- that is a welcome contrast to much of the blather eminating from the organized American Jewish community:

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Many would argue that this is precisely what Hamas wants, ordering viagra online legally. We would argue that these are yet additional important reasons to seek to avoid an escalation and move quickly to a ceasefire, Wyoming WY Wyo. , recognizing the extreme difficulty Israel faces in achieving any sustainable ceasefire agreement, formal or informal, with an extremist, buy viagra cod, ideologically-motivated organization like Hamas. Order viagra online, The breakdown of the recent ceasefire does not prove that ceasefires are futile. Kansas KS Kans. , Rather, it demonstrates the danger of treating a ceasefire as an end unto itself. As we have warned repeatedly in the past – indeed, viagra, every time we have called for a ceasefire – a ceasefire is useful and desirable only as a means to halt violence and chaos in the immediate term, Generic viagra, creating the space to facilitate improvements in the humanitarian situation, stabilize the political situation, and get the process back on track to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, halvalla viagra apteekki.

Absent improvements in the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the re-emergence of a serious, Cheapest viagra, productive political process, any ceasefire risks becoming merely an intermission to allow those attacking Israel to re-arm, re-trench, viagra without prescription, and enhance their military capability. Sadly, this is exactly the situation today.

Looking ahead, the only way out of the current crisis is to re-establish the ceasefire, but this time not as a short-term fix but rather as part of a serious, longer-term strategy to deal with the core issues at play in Gaza, order viagra online. In this way, and only in this way, it can allow the sides to avoid the re-emergence of violence in the longer term. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is, at its heart, a political conflict. Palestinian terrorism against Israel – including Hamas-fired rockets from Gaza – is a horrendous aspect of this conflict that cannot be brought to an end simply by increasing the harshness of the Israeli response.

Finally, the lessons of the 2006 Lebanon War should not be lost here. Order viagra online, Any realistic, sustainable resolution to this crisis will require Israel and Hamas to engage, directly or indirectly, to achieve a ceasefire. The only questions then are: how many more Israelis and Palestinians will die or be wounded in the interim; how much less international sympathy Israel will have when the ceasefire is being negotiated; how much bigger will the disaster on the ground be, both in Israel and Gaza, once a ceasefire is achieved; and how much damage will have been done to the credibility and viability of the peace process and the Israeli and Palestinian peace camps.

And perhaps most importantly, will a ceasefire this time be accompanied by both the kind of changes on the ground and the establishment of some sort of political process necessary for it to succeed.

What is equivocal about that. Now, there is much in that APN statement that I am sure some of the regulars here will dispute.I don't quite follow the last paragraph, for example. But castigating APN because its closely argued statement does not devote more space to the victimization of Palestinians is like objecting to a bill calling for prison reform because it does not devote many provisions to "unequivocably" condemning the death penalty.

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Order viagra online, The carnage in the Gaza Strip has shaken me out of my blogger's hibernation.

The best response, thus far, buy viagra pills, comes from Gideon Levy in Haaretz:

Once again, Vermont VT Vt. , Israel's violent responses...exceed all proportion and cross every red line of humaneness, morality, international law and wisdom...Israel did not exhaust the diplomatic processes before embarking yesterday on another dreadful campaign of killing and ruin, Connecticut CT Conn. . The Qassams that rained down on the communities near Gaza turned intolerable, Ohio OH , even though they did not sow death. But the response to them needs to be fundamentally different: diplomatic efforts to restore the cease-fire - the same one that was initially breached, one should remember, farmacia viagra baratos, by Israel when it unnecessarily bombed a tunnel - and then, Bestill viagra online, if those efforts fail, a measured, gradual military response, purchase viagra online.

But no. It's all or nothing...Blood will now flow like water...In its foolishness, Hamas brought this on itself and on its people, but this does not excuse Israel's overreaction...The line of thinking that states that through war we will gain new allies in the Strip; that abusing the population and killing its sons will sear this into their consciousness; and that a military operation would suffice in toppling an entrenched regime and thus replace it with another one friendlier to us, is no more than lunacy, order viagra online. Where to buy viagra,

For all of Levy's anger, he is very reasonable. He doesn't ignore Hamas' provocations and even suggests that if all diplomatic efforts fail, cheap viagra online, a limited Israeli military action might be called for, North Dakota ND , but not a Jewish Shock and Awe campaign. Richard Silverstein's reaction is equally angry and equally reasonable, and is worth checking out.

The more predictable response that Israel expects from "Diaspora Jews" was enunciated by Tzipi Livni, Washington WA Wash. . She called for an "international p.r. Order viagra online, campaign" to explain Israel's position. Florida FL Fla. , But then she set an extraordinarily high bar for supportive spinmeisters: "Speaking in English at a press conference Saturday, Livni said Israel `expects the support and understanding of the international community, as it confronts terror, ordering viagra no rx, and advances the interest of all those who wish the forces of peace and coexistence to determine the agenda of this region.'"

Israel's volunteer "hasbara" [public information/propaganda] corps is trying hard to rise to this occasion. Iowa IA , I've been emailed advice, talking points and videos that are supposed to help me win the game of perception management. All of them urge that "we" try to turn the world's attention to the suffering, where to buy cheap viagra, traumatized people of Sderot and the rest of Southern Israel and focus on the duplicity of Hamas. Viagra online kaufen, None of them offer talking points to bolster Livne's bizarre argument that pummelling Gaza will help those who want peace and coexistence. None of them even try to justify Israel's disproportionate response, order viagra online.

Reviewing this material, I got the sense of people flailing about, billige viagra apotek, trying to work with a press kit that has woefully inadequate material. Buy viagra online, For example, I received a message from a group called Road 90 with the subject line "Media tools to help explain IDF operations in Gaza." There are videos of air raids in Sderot. There is a cartoon entitled "How do you like it?" that shows people in France, viagra pills, UK and Germany fulminating as rockets fall behind them. αγοράσετε viagra, Understandably, the presentation does not try to explain Israel's wild over-reaction. Order viagra online, An acquaintance has access to a Listserv of p.r. professionals who share tips on how to promote and defend Israel, φτηνές φαρμακείο viagra. Here is a sample of recent advice:

The Ps have a simple job in presenting their case to the world. Order viagra online, Get the press to stand outside hospitals as the wounded come in....Given that, we have to show that Israel is suffering a humanitarian problem...Let's learn from the Lebanese situation.

1) First and foremost - we have a "humanitarian crisis", Wyoming WY Wyo. . One third of Sderot has fled, order viagra online. Trauma rates have soared. Goedkope viagra apotheek, Children are suffering developmental issues. Bedouin cannot tend their fields.

Why, For viagra online. Order viagra online, Then use stats etc. Use the pictures of kids rushing in to shelters. Joel mentioned putting videos on YouTube.

2) Hamas cannot be trusted to keep a peace. For Hamas, peace means 236 rockets and mortars sent aimlessly towards civilians population centres during 6 months of a ceasefire.

Clearly Hamas wants to bring Israel in to a situation like Gaza, where women do not have rights, journalists are harassed, Christian centres are burnt down. In other words, play the human factor and not go straight to the stats nor simply seeking the moral high ground.

That last line is chilling. A quest for the "moral high ground" is bound to come up empty. On that, at least, we agree.

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