For anyone interested, Deborah Murray has just added a book to Bookshare,
Disappearing Palestine by Jonathan Cook. It was written in 2008, but it is
one of the most readable and clear explanations of how Zionists are carrying
out their plan to rid Palestine of Palestinians. It provides historical
information, including explanations of how biblical history and actual
history, differ from each other.
Miriam
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Protests Target Clinton Fundraiser at Hollywood Home of Pro-Israel
Mega-Donor
By Sarah Lazare [1] / AlterNet [2]
August 23, 2016
When billionaire media tycoon and pro-Israel mega-donor Haim Saban organized
a Hollywood fundraiser for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton at his
Beverly Hills estate yesterday, he was met with more than 100 protesters who
gathered outside his gated community to warn event-goers of his staunch
opposition to Palestinian human rights.
"We gathered to say that Palestinian human rights should not be for sale,"
Karen Pomer, organizer with Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, told
AlterNet.
Hailing from organizations including Al-Awda: The Palestinian Right to
Return, Friends of Sabeel and Black Lives Matter, protesters marched and
picketed as close as they could get to Saban's home.
Their message was directed at Saban, as well as Clinton and Democratic party
backers. "It was immoral for the U.S. to support apartheid South Africa
decades ago, and it is immoral for the U.S. to support apartheid Israel
today," said Nana Gyamfi, a human rights attorney and organizer with Justice
Warriors for Black Lives.
Saban, for his part, has been upfront about his political aims, telling [3]
the New Yorker in 2010, "I'm a one-issue guy, and my issue is Israel."
One of the biggest donors to the Democratic party under both the Barack
Obama and Bill Clinton administrations, Haim Saban and his wife, Cheryl,
have funnelled at least [4] $10 million into Hillary Clinton's Super PAC.
This included millions of dollars that were donated following Clinton's
letter [5] to Haim Saban in July of 2015, in which she sought advice on "how
we can work together" to defeat the growing movement to Boycott, Divest
from, and Sanction (BDS [6]) Israel.
Initiated by Palestinian civil society organizations' call [7] in 2005 for
global tactics similar to those levied to topple apartheid in South Africa,
BDS has attracted international support [8] from artists, scholars,
students, and human rights campaigners. Participants in the movement apply
global pressure in a bid to force Israel to abide by international legal
conventions.
Clinton's pledge to fight the international effort hits close to home for
California human rights activists, who face a state legislative initiative
to pass an anti-BDS bill known as AB 2844 [9], which would bar California
and municipalities from companies that refuse to do business with Israel.
Meanwhile, Clinton has made her "unbreakable bond [10]" with Israel's
right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a cornerstone of her potential
presidency. In July, Clinton backers on the Democratic Platform Committee
rejected [11] all reference to the occupation, settlements and human rights
violations against the people of Gaza.
"We must say no to hypocrisy," said Amani Al-Hindi Barakat, chair of
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition. "All humans have rights,
even Palestinians."
Sarah Lazare is a staff writer for AlterNet. A former staff writer for
Common Dreams, she coedited the book About Face: Military Resisters Turn
Against War. Follow her on Twitter at @sarahlazare [12].
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When billionaire media tycoon and pro-Israel mega-donor Haim Saban organized
a Hollywood fundraiser for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton at his
Beverly Hills estate yesterday, he was met with more than 100 protesters who
gathered outside his gated community to warn event-goers of his staunch
opposition to Palestinian human rights.
"We gathered to say that Palestinian human rights should not be for sale,"
Karen Pomer, organizer with Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, told
AlterNet.
Hailing from organizations including Al-Awda: The Palestinian Right to
Return, Friends of Sabeel and Black Lives Matter, protesters marched and
picketed as close as they could get to Saban's home.
Their message was directed at Saban, as well as Clinton and Democratic party
backers. "It was immoral for the U.S. to support apartheid South Africa
decades ago, and it is immoral for the U.S. to support apartheid Israel
today," said Nana Gyamfi, a human rights attorney and organizer with Justice
Warriors for Black Lives.
Saban, for his part, has been upfront about his political aims, telling [3]
the New Yorker in 2010, "I'm a one-issue guy, and my issue is Israel."
One of the biggest donors to the Democratic party under both the Barack
Obama and Bill Clinton administrations, Haim Saban and his wife, Cheryl,
have funnelled at least [4] $10 million into Hillary Clinton's Super PAC.
This included millions of dollars that were donated following Clinton's
letter [5] to Haim Saban in July of 2015, in which she sought advice on "how
we can work together" to defeat the growing movement to Boycott, Divest
from, and Sanction (BDS [6]) Israel.
Initiated by Palestinian civil society organizations' call [7] in 2005 for
global tactics similar to those levied to topple apartheid in South Africa,
BDS has attracted international support [8] from artists, scholars,
students, and human rights campaigners. Participants in the movement apply
global pressure in a bid to force Israel to abide by international legal
conventions.
Clinton's pledge to fight the international effort hits close to home for
California human rights activists, who face a state legislative initiative
to pass an anti-BDS bill known as AB 2844 [9], which would bar California
and municipalities from companies that refuse to do business with Israel.
Meanwhile, Clinton has made her "unbreakable bond [10]" with Israel's
right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a cornerstone of her potential
presidency. In July, Clinton backers on the Democratic Platform Committee
rejected [11] all reference to the occupation, settlements and human rights
violations against the people of Gaza.
"We must say no to hypocrisy," said Amani Al-Hindi Barakat, chair of
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition. "All humans have rights,
even Palestinians."
Sarah Lazare is a staff writer for AlterNet. A former staff writer for
Common Dreams, she coedited the book About Face: Military Resisters Turn
Against War. Follow her on Twitter at @sarahlazare [12].
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ng-millions-clinton-campaign
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[8] http://bdsmovement.net/2015/7-ways-our-movement-broke-new-ground-13634
[9] https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2844/2015
[10]
http://forward.com/opinion/national/324013/how-i-would-rebuild-ties-to-israe
l-and-benjamin-neta/
[11] http://mondoweiss.net/2016/07/democratic-palestine-cornel/
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