Jews in Palestine, doves press Bush's visit, and more Middle East mishegaas
In honor of Mobius’ mishegaas postings and damn too much to cover out there:
- Interested in that last post? Take the Breaking the Silence tour of Hebron yourself. Next public tour is Jan 25th.
- Action alerts by both Americans for Peace Now and Brit Tzedek v’Shalom on Bush’s visit to the Middle East tomorrow and Thursday, with demands that he tell Israel to tackle a complete freeze on settlement construction as well as a ceasefire with Hamas to end the bombardment of Sderot.
- The Chicago Tribune features Rabbi Wolf accusing Jewish support for Middle East peace as shockingly silent — suspicious if not openly hostile.
- A surprising Washington Jewish Week editorial calling for an end to settlement construction.
- Leonard Fein takes South African-style second track negotiations as food for thought.
- NIF’s New Generations trip to Israel is the view of Israel you always wanted to see: meet the grassroots activists, civil rights lawyers, academics, writers, and artists who are shaping the social change movement in Israel.
- Hat tip to backbeat: Jewish leaders including rabbinical and seminary students, federation executives visiting Bethlehem through the new American-Israeli organization
PalestineEncounter. - New social networking site mepeace.org is the Facebook of Middle East peace.
- And wtf?? Israeli Justice Minister Professor Daniel Friedmann unveiled his proposed new law to weaken the powers of Israel’s Supreme Court.
Great update KungFu, thanks.
“And wtf?? Israeli Justice Minister Professor Daniel Friedmann unveiled his proposed new law to weaken the powers of Israel’s Supreme Court. ”
Everything is legislateable 🙂