[WCUSP] [Wisewomen] Apartheid as our frame? Dems Repudiate Carter Book

[yvonne simmons]

Dear Libby, the way I see that this challenges US
policy is that Jimmy Carter is an ex President, well
respected and known, That letters are to go to
congress people and that part of WCUSP is :Building
Peace on Justice: which is education and I trully
believe until we make the decimation of the
Palestinians the forefront of this conflict we are
part of a peacemovement that is not making any real
progress in its own ranks. The Israeli Government are
the opressors here with US help. 

--- Libby or Mort Frank <lmfrank1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> I have two questions and a personal statement about
> using "Apartheid as our frame."
> 
> How does this challenge U.S. policy?
> 
> Is it true that Rep. Conyers is unhappy with the
> usage?
> 
> I personally think Israel is an Apartheid state.  I
> profoundly disagree that framing all our M.E. work
> around it will reach those who need to be reached.
> 
> Libby
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Tura Campanella Cook 
>   To: Joyce McLean ; National Middle East listserv ;
> Joan Drake 
>   Cc: Libby Frank ; Kate Zaidan ;
> wisewomen at wilpf.org 
>   Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:47 PM
>   Subject: Re: [WCUSP] Apartheid as our frame? Dems
> Repudiate Carter Book
> 
> 
>   Hi Odile. LT, Linda Belle, and all,
> 
>   Unless someone can organize this before the
> meeting in Austin, let's make room on next week's LT
> agenda for drafting a letter to Pelosi, etc. Be
> thinking of what we want to say and bring your draft
> to the meeting.
> 
>   I would take the initiative for doing it now, but
> still have meeting preparation details to work out. 
> 
>   Ideas re: Carter book and the book-signing tour (I
> see he will be in Austin on Dec. 14.) Anticipating
> some negative publicity, let's plan to actively
> support the book. Write editorial letters of support
> to coincide with Carter's appearance in your city.
> Get together with Women in Black and others to do a
> public event at the signing. Ask Code Pink to give
> Carter some kind of "pink" award for the book. Think
> about a WILPF-led visible event... 
> 
>   Linda Belle, does JAPA recognize adult books?
> could it be considered?
> 
>   In peace,
>   Tura
> 
>   On Oct 28, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Joyce McLean wrote:
> 
> 
>     yeah...so excuse my 'nagging'.... though it may
> just be a waste of paper....can't a letter be
> written to the Dem leaders Pelosi, Conyers,etc and
> perhaps as a model for all to send to their own
> Congressperson....expressing our discontent at their
> criticism of Carter and their refusal to acknowledge
> the injustices being done against
> Palestineans.....could Kate write up such a proposed
> letter and unless there is a 'block' it be sent and
> posted......
> 
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: JoanWDrake at aol.com 
>       To: lmfrank1 at verizon.net ;
> beejayssite at yahoo.com ; kzaidan at wilpf.org ;
> wcusp at wilpf.org 
>       Cc: turacc at earthlink.com 
>       Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:20 AM
>       Subject: Re: [WCUSP] Apartheid as our frame?
> Dems Repudiate Carter Book
> 
>       Over the past twenty years or more I have
> concluded that there is no way of framing the issues
> posed by Israel's 60-year long military occupation
> of Palestine that will be acceptable to the US
> Jewish community. So I see little difference in
> mincing words or being expansive when trying to
> reason with or appeal to Jews in the US on this
> issue; I don't believe our choice of vocabulary
> words will make much difference in being heard and
> responded to in a reasoned discussion. Reason does
> not work -- international human rights conventions
> and the Geneva Accords have no impact on Israeli
> policy -- words of the victims have no impact and
> the facts on the ground have no impact on the wall
> of silence and steadfast denial that American Jewry
> has built around Israel's total debasement of the
> Palestinian community and its people. Golda Meir
> denied the very existence of Palestine and
> Palestinians -- and today's generation follows in
> that vein by denying Israel's vicious policies of
> extermination and control. While there are notable
> exceptions in our community, such as Libby and Odile
> and their Israeli counterparts, they are few and far
> between and they do not speak for the mainstream --
> and their attempts to point a way to peace and
> stability in the region is appreciated more in
> activist circles than within their own community. I
> know that they experience the same frustrations that
> those of us working on the issue have experienced.
> The knee jerk response to Carter's book title by
> Democratic Party office holders is quite
> understandable -- you don't serve in Congress unless
> you are in line with AIPAC policy -- the politicians
> who have spoken out on the matter clearly want to
> hold on to their jobs. I really think the current
> debate is not very enlightening or helpful -- call
> it what you like, but if it looks like a duck, walks
> like a duck, and quacks like a duck...? 
> 
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