[lit-ideas] Re: Brigitte Gabriel again supporting Israel

[Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I second that. Gabriel's remarks are perhaps understandable given her 
experiences (I'm accepting that she's telling the truth about 
those...but only barely) but cannot be accepted as reasoned responses to 
the complexity of issues and motivations in the ME. She seems as much a 
hate-monger as those she decries.
Ursula

Helen Wishart wrote:

> I have now wasted the afternoon following Brigitte Gabriel’s texts 
> around to some really weird websites.
>
>
> I quit reading after I found her resounding support for torture – 
> justified because “"Torture is accepted and expected in the Arabic 
> world. A man's honor is defined by how he treats his enemy in order to 
> win the war." The US is "being perceived as a big wuss in the Middle 
> East ... "every time we debate amongst each other about how we are 
> treating our enemy, our enemy is treating us as weak, as cowards, as 
> wusses, as a country without a spine. We are known for our 
> technological advancement but we are known as cowards and a pushover 
> in the eyes of our enemy."
>
> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45028
>
> She also supports Debbie Schlussel’s view that Most Americans in 
> Lebanon Are Hezbollah Supporters; U.S. Taxes Shouldn't Fund Their 
> Return 
> <http://spengler.atimes.net/viewtopic.php?p=5081&sid=a907cf3019f4f99a94a31df1f95c7975> 
> – a perspective also espoused by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show.
>
> Good grief.
>
> I also found this motion passed by the Queen's University Society of 
> Graduate and Professional Students’ Council after her visit there. Yea 
> Queens!
>
> MOTION
>
> 19/04/05:10
>
> Whereas on the 22nd of March Ms. Brigitte Gabriel gave a talk on the 
> Queen’s campus titled "Lebanon, Israel and Democracy in the Middle 
> East" hosted by Hillel and the Queen's Israeli Peace Initiative 
> (QIPI); and
>
> Whereas explicitly racist and sexist comments made during Ms. 
> Gabriel’s talk have been condemned by members of the Arab and Islamic 
> student community, including SPHR(Solidarity for Palestinian Human 
> Rights), QASA (Arab Students Association), QUMSA (Muslim Students
>
> Association), as well as other Queen's students and organizations, 
> such as the Queen's International Affairs Association; and
>
> Whereas the refusal to acknowledge the responsibility of inviting Ms. 
> Brigitte Gabriel’s comments is particularly disturbing in light of the 
> recent and alarming rise in Islamophobia and the on-going targeting of 
> Muslims and Arab peoples which too often goes unchallenged and 
> unquestioned; and
>
> Whereas, along with other student associations on campus, the SGPS 
> strongly endorses freedom of speech on this campus, the SGPS also 
> recognizes the importance of distinguishing between academic dialogue 
> and the promotion of hate; and
>
> Whereas the SPGS, as a member association of the Canadian Federation 
> of Students, explicitly opposes the spreading of hate and the 
> perpetuation of Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, and Racism; and
>
> Whereas even the most cursory examination of Ms. Gabriel's work online 
> reveals ample evidence of her prejudice; indeed, besides the bigoted 
> title of her CD "The Threat of Islam to Western Civilization" she has 
> been credited with so many racist statements that one wonders what
>
> organizers ever saw to justify an invitation to Queen's;
>
> Moved Barker/___________ BIRT the SGPS condemn the comments made by 
> Ms. Brigitte Gabriel and join with other groups on campus to call on 
> the organizers of the aforementioned event to issue a public apology 
> to the Arab student community at Queen’s University and write a
>
> letter to this effect.

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