[WCUSP] Fw: [jvp-philadelphia] Fwd: Jewish Intellectuals Letter

[Libby or Mort Frank]

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Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 20:49:02 -0400
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Please circulate--

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        From: jas80 at columbia.edu
        Date: August 5, 2006 5:03:40 PM EDT
        To: jas80 at columbia.edu
        Subject: jeff sacks
        friends --

        given the intensity of what is happening right now in lebanon and
        palestine, and given the massive support which israel is receiving
        from so many quarters, a communication by jewish writers, scholars,
        poets, and artists seems necessary.

        please consider signing the attached open letter and forwarding
        it to others who you think may sign.

        in order to sign, please e-mail open_letter_2006 at yahoo.com. please
        include your name, country and city of residence, and, if you like,
        institutional affiliation.

        once there are a number of signers, i will try to publicize the
        letter as widely as possible.

        best,

        jeff sacks


        5 August 2006

        An Open Letter

        Beginning on 12 July 2006 the State of Israel began a massive
        military assault against Lebanon which continues until today. At
        least 900 civilians have been killed. The infrastructure of Lebanon
        has been devastated. Roads, bridges, and the airport have been
        bombed and are not usable. Civilians live under a condition of
        constant bombardment and siege. Homes and villages have been razed
        to the ground. Access to the outside world, to medical care and
        relief, and to resources of food and water is severely compromised.

        This assault does not stand alone, but participates in earlier and
        continuing attacks by Israel against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
        and in the West Bank.

        We, Jewish writers, scholars, poets, translators, and artists of
        diverse national origin, offer this open letter in order to
        communicate our solidarity with our Lebanese and Palestinian
        colleagues who are living under siege.

        We wish to register before the international community our grave
        concern at the growing violence carried out by the Sate of Israel
        against the peoples of Lebanon and Palestine. Our concern is
        amplified by the condoning of this violence, and the deaths which
        it has caused, on the part of Jewish leaders, institutions and
        organizations in Israel, Europe, the United States of America and
        elsewhere who have labeled each "collateral damage."

        We share our sorrow for all of the lives that have been so uselessly
        damaged and cut short, and recognize that the current attacks by the
        State of Israel form a part of a long history in which Israel has
        sought to dispossess the Palestinian people and to erase from
        memory the history of this dispossession, erecting a state upon the
        ruins of the lives of others.

        We reject the logic that the State of Israel and those who speak for
        it require – a logic which demands that human beings be separated
        according to religion, language, nation of origin, and situation of
        ethnic or cultural belonging, and we reject the political
        application of this logic in all of its legal and juridical forms
        and manifestations.

        We reject all attempts on the part of the State of Israel, its
        spokespeople, leadership, institutions and political parties, to
        speak on behalf of Jews as such – to speak for our concerns or
        aspirations, for our hopes or fears, for our pasts or for our
        futures.

        We affirm that any attempt to impose a military solution upon the
        "Middle East conflict" participates in the violence which initiated
        it. Such measures shall only prolong and amplify the suffering which
        the peoples of the region continue to endure.

        Sincerely,

        The Undersigned



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