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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

We’ve been here before, of course. We’ve been here so many times I’ve lost count. Most of what needs to be said about the upcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks was expressed in a poem written nearly sixty years ago by the late, truly great Yehuda Amichai.

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NY Times perpetuates myth that American Jews are single-issue voters

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

More and more Jewish voters are deserting the Democratic party, according to a Pew Research Center poll. The survey shows that 33% of American Jewish voters now identify or lean Republican, up from 20% in 2008.

That’s interesting and troubling to a died-in-the-wool Democrat like me. But Charles M. Blow’s take on the poll in […]

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I use the word psychosis because Israeli society is conditioned by the Holocaust and the 6 million and the belief that Jews can trust no one else, viagra prescription. As Norman Mailer said, Viagra online kaufen, Hitler's bitterest achievement was reducing Jews to the concern, Is it good for the Jews.

But not Mailer, order viagra online. And this is the sad truth about Zionism: it distilled distrust. Its nationalistic appeal sorted out Jews who were fearful about antisemitism from those who were not, viagra over the counter. South Dakota SD , It sorted out those who believe that Jews must look out for Jews from those who favor integration in western societies. It sorted out the ethnocentric, Is-it-good-for-the-Jews types, Missouri MO Mo. , from Jews who think it's OK to marry non-Jews. Buy viagra without prescription, And in that division, the fearful took power. They moved to Israel or manned the barricades of the Israel lobby, billig kaufen viagra, and the integrators married non-Jews or wrote books about jazz and checked out. The fearful were granted power by the rest of the community.

Viagra over the counter, I searched that post and the rest of MondoWeiss in vain for an acknowledgment that the fears of Israeli and American Jews are based on anything other than the Holocaust and an innate suspicion of the outside world. Ohio OH , The Holocaust has certainly helped to “condition” Israeli consciousness. But Israelis and their supporters here (including realistic doves like me) have also been conditioned by a more recent phenomenon which is apparently of little consequence to Weiss and his allies: suicide bombings and rocket attacks on civilians.

The second intifada began 10 and 1/2 years ago, price of viagra, and the litany of incessant terrorist attacks against innocent civilians is still fresh in people’s minds. Cheap viagra no prescription, The idea that these attacks –and the rockets from Gaza that bombarded southern Israel-- frightened and angered Israelis and made them believe there was no Palestinian partner seems so obvious that there should be no need to repeat it. Apparently there is, viagra over the counter.

Study a list of those attacks and focus on 2001-2003, and it is easy to understand why the intifada demolished much of the Israeli peace camp, generic viagra. It was not just the major, Order viagra from canada, storied bombings like those directed at a banquet hall in Netanya, buses and cafes in Jerusalem, the Hebrew University cafeteria, Connecticut CT Conn. , malls and a disco in Tel Aviv. Ordering viagra online cheap, There was also a host of attacks, a constant barrage of them, that barely made the news here: in one 5-month period in 2002, buy viagra online without prescription, there were bombings of a bus in Hadera, Acheter viagra bon marché, a bus at the Meron Junction, a bus in French Hill in Jerusalem, the central bus station in Tel Aviv, billige viagra Apotheke, a bus near Afula. Viagra ordine on-line, There are many reasons for the perpetuation of the occupation, some of them inexcuseable, such as the persistent grip of Jewish settlers on Israel's political system, order viagra online without prescription. Viagra over the counter, But one of them is the legitimate Israeli worry that no one will exert control over extremist groups that see nothing wrong with blowing up Israeli women and children. To Weiss and the rest of the unremittingly anti-Israel left, Order viagra no rx, when Palestinian terrorism is mentioned at all, it is explained away as understandable resistance to the occupation. In one blog post, halvalla viagra apteekki, Weiss mocks “the centrality of the Palestinian suicide bomber in Western demonology.” Mostly, Idaho ID , he and his fans ignore what happened to Israelis in the second intifada or the rockets hitting Sderot. I don't meant to imply that they are always wrong when they deplore Israel for over-reacting to Palestinian provocations. But they are wrong to discount the reasons for the reaction, buy generic viagra.

There is no doubt that Palestinians have suffered more than Israelis because of this conflict, viagra over the counter. There is an asymmetry of grief as well as an asymmetry of power. αγοράσετε viagra, The occupation is immoral as well as illegal. Many more Palestinians than Israelis were killed during the intifada. But the fact remains that about 1, viagra farmacia a buon mercato,000 Israelis died and many more were seriously injured. Viagra over the counter, That didn’t happen very long ago. Remembering those Israeli deaths and injuries, and being worried about more deaths and injuries, is not a symptom of psychosis. It is a rational response.

I believe Philip Weiss is making a good faith effort to understand Israelis and their followers in the U.S. He is correct in saying that the "fearful" have too much power, at least in the American Jewish community. But he should understand that there are widows, widowers, orphans, maimed victims and justifiable fears on both sides of the conflict.

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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

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(6) The blockade has helped wipe out moderate opposition to Hamas within Gaza, Illinois IL Ill. . Order viagra no prescription, As a result of the blockade, Gaza's moderate middle class - the people who in the past traded with Israel and had regular relations with Israelis - has been wiped out politically and economically. Køb discount viagra, While one rationale for the blockade was that it would cause the people to rise up against Hamas and in favor of the kind of more moderate leadership that exists in the West Bank, instead today the only real opposition to Hamas comes from foreign-inspired and foreign-funded Islamists who oppose Hamas for being too moderate, viagra no prescription. Viagra pharmacy, (7) The blockade undermines the domestic legitimacy of Palestinian President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad.

Some argue that lifting the blockade would deal a blow to the Fatah-run PA and its leaders, viagra cheap, Buy viagra without prescription, President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. This argument is facile, Maine ME Me. . Pharmacie viagra bon marché, Abbas and Fayyad continue to call for an end to the blockade. For the sake of their own credibility as well as for their claim to lead all the Palestinian people (not just the West Bank) Abbas and Fayyad cannot sit by quietly and acquiesce to a situation in which more than a million Palestinians suffer, ordering viagra no prescription. Lowest price viagra, Similarly, they know that the Gaza blockade is actually strengthening Hamas' hold on Gaza, Delaware DE Del. , while diminishing the influence of those Gazans who would traditionally have represented their own power base.

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“I’m afraid the Consulate will need to get someone else. South Carolina SC S.C. , I’m calling to tell you I can’t help anymore. I’m too upset…”

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“Did you tell him why the blockade is necessary, New York NY N.Y. . That Hamas is a terror organization, North Carolina NC N.C. , and we can’t allow them access to weapons, or materials that could be used to make weapons?”

“Yeah. Order viagra, And he pointed out that if it were all about keeping out weapons, why is there a blockade of exports from Gaza. Why don’t you let Gazan workers into Israel, Montana MT Mont. . Why can’t students there get visas to study abroad. Where to buy cheap viagra, He said Israel wants to keep people living in a wretched state so they’ll blame Hamas. He dared me to defend that and I couldn‘t do it. I didn’t want to do it.”

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“Has he been to Israel. Does he understand how complex the situation is?”

“Sure he’s been there. This summer, he went to Bi’lin, on the West Bank, and he saw how the security barrier cut that village in half. So he joined the protestors. I told him that was a mistake…But I didn’t really believe what I was saying, order viagra. Now he’s considering joining the boycotters when he gets back to school. You’ve lost him. But I don’t want to lose him. Forget it. Order viagra, Enough is enough. The respect of my kid is more important to me than helping your country!”

“Look, if you’re concerned about him, why not tell him he doesn’t need to leave the fold. There are liberal Zionists against the occupation. He can still find a home in the pro-Israel community."

“You mean an official of the Israeli government is recommending that someone join J Street, or Americans for Peace Now, or Ameinu. Does the Foreign Ministry know about this?”

(Long pause. Sigh) ”I didn’t even want this posting. I wanted them to send me to Costa Rica.”

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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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For those of you in the U.S., you're missing out on the experience of a nation brainwashing itself, order viagra. Buy cheap viagra online, The TV and radio reporters, commentators and interviewees are repeating the official line word for word - that Israel was acting in self-defense, order viagra no prescription, Vermont VT Vt. , that the guilty ones were the terrorists on the ship. No one questions whether we have the right to blockade Gaza, cheap viagra online, Cheapest viagra online, no one stops to take in the lopsided death and injury toll - no, once again, New Jersey NJ N.J. , αγοράζουν online viagra, we're the persecuted, they're the persecutors, ordering viagra without prescription. Koop korting viagra, After interviewing one of the handful of Israeli leftists who demonstrated at Ashdod port, a radio reporter, Hawaii HI , Arkansas AR Ark. , to put things in context, said, comprare viagra sconto, Oklahoma OK Okla. , "He failed to mention that he wouldn't be able to say such things in an Arab country." I was watching the TV news in a hospital waiting room in Ashkelon, and it was like sitting with the home team fans at a game, order viagra c.o.d.. "Some humanitarian act, some peace activists," said one guy, order cheap viagra online. Jotta viagra verkossa, The announcer says Jordan has condemned Israel, and somebody says, viagra generic, Virginia VA Va. , "Jordan. They kill Palestinians by the dozens." Everybody's on board, order viagra cod, Billige viagra apotek, excuse the pun.

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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

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In one sense, PA leaders benefited from the construction plans: They scored a clear victory over Israel in the diplomatic arena, Wyoming WY Wyo. . Minnesota MN Minn. , But they are also very aware of the long-term harm this incident could cause them among the Palestinian public: While most Palestinians are deeply skeptical that peace talks with Israel will produce any results, Fatah, comprare viagra sconto, For viagra online, the PA's ruling party, has made the peace process its signature policy, viagra without a prescription. Order viagra online cheap, Thus they fear the new construction will further weaken Fatah's status among the Palestinian public, to the benefit of the rival Hamas party, which opposes peace talks.

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The alert declared Tuesday among Palestinian security forces, Florida FL Fla. , Ordering viagra online legally, especially among the police forces deployed throughout Palestinian Authority cities, sends a clear message, order viagra online cheap. Maine ME Me. , The PA is not interested as of now in a conflict of any sort with Israel – not a "rock intifada," not "popular resistance, För viagra online, Viagra over the counter, " and certainly not armed conflict.

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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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When contending with BDS, Israel’s adherents usually tick off dry, Arkansas AR Ark. , abstract political arguments to show why Israel is not comparable to South Africa under apartheid. Osta alennus viagra, But these arguments don't matter to people toying with the BDS movement, because most of them are motivated by a sincere, urgent desire to end Palestinian suffering, cheap viagra overnight delivery. They see that the experience of Palestinians under occupation is as bad as the experience of South African blacks. They also know that the Palestinian citizens of Israel are treated as –and feel like they are-- second-class citizens, buy viagra online cheap. Osta viagra online, No long list of the rights enjoyed by Israeli Arabs can make a dent in that perception. Nor do they care if BDS is a veiled effort to "delegitimize" Israel. What matters to them is changing the Palestinians' plight as quickly as possible, Rhode Island RI R.I. .

There are arguments, Buy cheap viagra online, however, that take potential BDS sympathizers on their own terms:

1) It will take much too long for the world to get behind an effective boycott of Israel. Buy viagra online cheap, So even if BDS were the right thing to do (and I don't think it is), it is thoroughly impractical.

There is a human rights emergency in the occupied territories and Palestinians need relief now, Køb discount viagra. To be sure, Montana MT Mont. , diplomacy might not create a two-state solution or any other arrangement that might work, but at least it has a very slim chance to succeed in the next few years. There is no feasible way to garner enough support for BDS in the near future to have a tangible impact on Israel, Georgia GA Ga. .

2) Boycotts almost never work. One could engage in a spirited, complicated debate about whether the South Africa boycott had a major impact on the Afrikaner establishment (some say it did, some say it didn't), but even if it did, that would be the exception that would prove the rule, buy viagra online cheap. Viagra en ligne afin, Boycotts didn't change any policies in Cuba, Iraq or, for that matter, billiga viagra apotek, the Gaza Strip. Order viagra online legally, 3) If you decide to back BDS, you will be taking sides in a bitter internal struggle within the Palestinian community. Are you really so certain of the merits of this cause that you are willing to insert yourself into this argument, billig kaufen viagra.

On one side are those led by the Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas and Salem Fayyad, Acquistare online viagra, who are trying to build the institutions of a state in preparation for an end to the occupation. Buy viagra online cheap, This has involved hundreds of community development projects, the first steps towards creating a central bank and the work of internal Palestinian security services. Much of this progress requires working cooperatively with the Israelis. The Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization have not called for a boycott of Israel, order viagra no prescription, although the PA actively supports a boycott of products made in Israeli settlements. Generic viagra, On the other side are those who think that cooperation is collaboration, that the Palestinian Authority is selling its people down the river by settling for small bandages on the wounds of occupation. Much of the BDS movement is made up of this faction, αγοράζουν online viagra.

While the African National Congress clearly spoke in the name of the majority of black South Africans when it called for a boycott, the BDS movement does not have the same authority to speak for Palestinians, buy viagra online cheap. Even Hamas has not called for a boycott. Acheter viagra bon marché, Referring to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), one of the most important BDS groups, David Hirsh of ENGAGE UK notes:

“PACBI was formed in order to manufacture a `call from the oppressed’ along the model of the ANC’s call, buy viagra no rx. Far from wanting to boycott Israel, Koop korting viagra, the PLO has, since the 1980s, wanted to normalize relations with Israel, Wisconsin WI Wis. , and has encouraged links between Palestinians and Israelis, Ordering viagra without prescription, within civil society, academia, in trade and on a governmental level…, where to buy viagra.

… Pacbi pretends that `the oppressed' call for BDS with one voice. Buy viagra online cheap, This is not true. Buy viagra, In Palestine, as anywhere else, there are different opinions and different arguments – there is politics, there is disagreement and there are different ideas about the way forward.

4) The BDS movement has no use for promising, stirring joint cultural and economic projects in which ordinary Arabs and Jews are trying to figure out how to live together. For example, there is the cooperative work being done by people in the West Bank Palestinian town of Jenin and the Israeli region of Gilboa, which includes an industrial zone that will produce olive oil and other agricultural goods. The BDSers, presumably, would boycott those products.

PACBI hasn't just called for a boycott of Israeli academics and cultural figures. As noted in a previous post, it also wants to quash efforts of Israeli Jews and Arabs to sit down, talk and find ways to bridge --or work together in spite of-- the yawning gaps in their narratives, buy viagra online cheap.

So the BDS movement puts those Palestinians who want to cooperate with Israelis in a bad spot. That, in turn, takes away an important tool to persuade the Israeli electorate that its neighbors want peace, according to Ken Bob, president of Ameinu. He told me “You know how small Israel is. All of a sudden, people in your neighborhood know a kid who is part of the joint call center company in Jerusalem-Ramallah. People in the Gilboa Region tell their relatives about their joint project with Jenin…If there is a more successful BDS movement, Palestinians will perhaps feel like `OK, that tactic might work,’ let's abandon the joint projects.’ I don't think that will help the progress towards peace.”

Some diehard BDS supporters are quite willing to play favorites in this internal Palestinian debate. I suspect that many checking out this movement don’t even realize that they are being asked to take sides. That realization should give them pause.

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The truth, Cheap viagra online, as usual, resides in the grey area which not enough people are willing to visit.

The impassioned Gideon Levy offers a brief, Kaufen viagra, bitter explanation of why the notion that "Israel has no partner" is a myth:

Benjamin Netanyahu has already undergone his "historic turnabout, New Jersey NJ N.J. , " he's reportedly ready to discuss, certainly discuss, the '67 borders, New York NY N.Y. , with territory swaps and security arrangements. Pharmacie viagra bon marché, Even the timetable has already been set - two years, of course it's two years, it's always two years, Ohio OH , two years more. At the end, Israel's ultimate triumph will be declared: There's no partner, buy viagra cod. Order viagra without prescription, Again we'll hear that the Palestinian president is "a chicken with no feathers" or that the Palestinian leaders are "a gang of terrorists," and again we'll hear that there's no one to talk to.

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Even if Levy and his hopeful allies are correct in their assumptions about Hamas, Viagra pedido en línea, there is the problem of the divided Palestinian polity. Israel needs one partner to talk to. It doesn't have one, Massachusetts MA Mass. . That is a rather predictable assertion, but in this case the conventional wisdom is true.

Nothing is going to be solved unless Hamas goes along with the solution, buy viagra cod. But every attempt by the Egyptians to unify the Palestinian parties has failed miserably. At present, the Fatah leadership does not want Israel to strengthen Hamas by recognizing it as a legitimate negotiating partner. If I'm not mistaken, whatever it says publicly about relieving Palestinian suffering, Fatah also does not want Israel to take the pressure off of Hamas by ending its boycott of the Gaza Strip.

Moreover, if the Palestinian factions were unified, somehow, the price would be negotiating positions that exacerbate already large differences with the Israelis over Jerusalem, the right of return and other matters. Buy viagra cod, DeKlerk knew who is opposite number was. He had Mandela and the ANC to contend with, although there were other factions among South African blacks. The Palestinian leadership has always been divided. It used to be factionalism based on rival clans. Now it is based on rival ideologies. If Gideon Levy could solve that one, I'd be completely in his corner. But, alas, he can't. So I really don't have a corner to stand in, other than the one that is shared with people who want the parties to do no harm, to stop taking steps that will render it impossible to reach an eventual solution.

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"If Israel keeps expanding settlements and closes the door on a two-state solution, how do you propose to prevent it from becoming either a bi-national state or South Africa under apartheid. Is the answer that you are quite prepared to live forever in a non-democratic apartheid state (it isn't there yet, buy viagra cheap, Washington WA Wash. , although it's rushing headlong in that direction) with permanently second class citizens who are deprived of the right to vote. If that is your answer, Alabama AL Ala. , Buy viagra pills, why don't you admit it?"

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