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Buy soma, American Jewish groups are engaged in another internecine struggle about the ongoing tiff between Obama-Netanyahu.
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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“Jewish and Muslim Americans…should work in coalition to advance our common commitment to civil liberties, California CA Calif. , the struggle against all forms of terrorism, racism, anti-Semitism (and) anti-Muslim prejudice, παραγγείλετε online cialis,” the resolution declared. Rabatt kaufen cialis, It also strongly denounces anti-Muslim bias and harassment."
Working together with Muslims is a wonderful idea. So is focusing on our common concerns as American citizens. But the article also notes:
Jewish activists currently involved in dialogue with Muslim groups agree that talks should focus on issues with potential for common ground — not on the Israeli-Arab conflict, cheap cialis online legally, which is viewed as a non-starter for interfaith discussion.
The Forward doesn't explicitly state that the JCPA is advising its constituents to skirt the conflict, For cialis online, but that seems likely, and understandable. I've participated in several "dialogue groups" with Arab Americans, order cialis without prescription. As soon as the topic of Israel comes up, order cialis from canada, passions become heated and the familiar Clash of the Narratives begins. Buy cialis online, It requires a very good facilitator to help people in both groups feel that ongoing dialogue, let alone working together, will accomplish anything, cheap cialis from canada. Good facilitators are hard to find. Order cialis c.o.d., But even if this recent, laudable initiative has concrete success, there will still be a yawning gap that somehow must be filled, Kjøp Discount cialis. Order cialis without prescription, What is missing from the Forward piece and the JCPA resolution is a little-known, vitally important fact: most Jews, Muslims and Arab Christians in the U.S. agree on the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and on the need for energetic American diplomacy. Ordering cialis pills, According to a 2007 poll co-sponsored by the Arab American Institute and Americans for Peace Now, majorities of Arab and Jewish Americans wanted the U.S. government to press harder for a two-state solution, District of Columbia DC D.C. . 65 percent of American Jews and 89 percent of Arab Americans believed it was "important" for Israel to end its occupation. 70% of the Jews and 82% of the Arabs supported the Arab League peace iniitiative, order cialis without prescription. Maine ME Me. , Now, of course we need to take this with grains of salt. Sentiments may well be different now, buy cialis overnight delivery, as the poll was taken before the violent Hamas/Fatah split and the Israeli operation in Gaza. Cialis over the counter, The pollsters didn't drill down deep and explore opinions about the Palestinian right of return and other controversial matters. Also, the poll doesn't provide insights into the large community of Muslim Americans who are not Arab (for that matter, cialis sale, more than half of Arab Americans are Christian, Kjøpe billig cialis, which makes this topic very difficult to write about). Order cialis without prescription, Nevertheless, there is clearly a wide swath of American Jews, Muslims and Arab Christians who share very similar political goals.
The peoples of the region need us to act on those goals. They need us to send the same messages to the Obama Administration, cheap cialis pills, in order to give it political cover to engage in diplomacy that leans on both sides of the conflict, Buy cialis online without prescription, not just one side. Something along those lines has begun to happen in DC, where like-minded groups have begun to coalesce into a political coalition, acheter cialis, e.g., Idaho ID , the Arab American Institute, American Task Force on Palestine, Americans for Peace Now and its Jewish allies, Virginia VA Va. , and Churches for Middle East Peace. South Carolina SC S.C. , But we have a long way to go before different faith groups develop the kind of powerful political muscle that is necessary to counteract the conventional Israel lobby.
That is a daunting task, order cialis without prescription. In my forthcoming book, (order now, cialis prices, please!), Cheap cialis online, I devote a whole chapter to analyzing the obstacles to and possibilities for a truly effective, multi-ethnic alliance. It is called "The Shared Emergency." I don't sugarcoat the difficulties or the Clash of Narratives. But, I assert,
what is needed is a collective, willing suspension of disbelief about the impossibility of accomplishing something together, a process described by Hussein Ibish, a former Senior Fellow at the ATFP:"Jewish and Arab Americans who are serious about peace…need to develop, insofar as possible, functional working relationships. I do not mean here simply Jewish and pro-Israel groups that oppose the occupation on moral grounds, but those that wish to end it for practical and selfish reasons as well. Order cialis without prescription, We are never going to convince each other to abandon the narratives that inform our support for Israel and Palestine respectively. But since, for different reasons, Israelis and Palestinians finally find themselves needing the same thing – an end to the conflict based on an end to the occupation – Arab and Jewish Americans ought and need to be able to build a working alliance to support that aim…"
The JCPA should not be expected to accomplish that. The organization, made up of local community relations councils and some national groups, requires consensus to do anything. It would be difficult to write guidelines for dialogue on the Arab-Israeli conflict that would work for all manner of American Jews. Nor could I find any viable candidates in the present array of Arab- and Muslim-American groups.
So, who will fill the vacuum, order cialis without prescription. Tough question. Perhaps it is a naive question. Perhaps there is no answer. But I hope more people start asking it.
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