Comments on: Israeli Foreign Ministry Smears Combatant for Peace U.S. Tour as ‘Bankrolled by Palestinians’ http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:13:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: HealthGirl http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-102026 HealthGirl Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:41:06 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-102026 Unfortunately in this day and time anyone who differs - for whatever reason - with the powers that be faces being slandered, misunderstood, and often persecuted. Peace is a noble cause that must be pursued. Don't back down. Unfortunately in this day and time anyone who differs - for whatever reason - with the powers that be faces being slandered, misunderstood, and often persecuted. Peace is a noble cause that must be pursued. Don’t back down.

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-6955 Richard Silverstein Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:22:26 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-6955 Ellen: Thanks for yr comment. Yr sentiments are much appreciated. I seem to recall yr name fr those days as a journalist though I can't recall precisely in what reference. My blog (if that's what you were referring to) is not new. It's now 4 yrs old. Muzzlewatch, the Jewish Voice for Peace blog which also linked to my story, IS a new blog & they are good too. You should consider blogging yrself. "Our side" needs all the positive progressive voices on this issue we can muster. What are you doing now after journalism? Speaking of which, I've been trying w. so far marginal success of getting The Forward, Jewish Journal, The Nation, or JTA interested in this story. If you have any ideas of how to get the story out there I'd like to hear them. UPDATE: JTA just ran a very <a href="http://www.jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=6755&ref=daily_briefing" rel="nofollow">mini version</a> of the story today. But it doesn't begin to scratch the surface. Ellen: Thanks for yr comment. Yr sentiments are much appreciated. I seem to recall yr name fr those days as a journalist though I can’t recall precisely in what reference. My blog (if that’s what you were referring to) is not new.
It’s now 4 yrs old. Muzzlewatch, the Jewish Voice for Peace blog which also linked to my story, IS a new blog & they are good too.

You should consider blogging yrself. “Our side” needs all the positive progressive voices on this issue we can muster. What are you doing now after journalism? Speaking of which, I’ve been trying w. so far marginal success of getting The Forward, Jewish Journal, The Nation, or JTA interested in this story. If you have any ideas of how to get the story out there I’d like to hear them.

UPDATE: JTA just ran a very mini version of the story today. But it doesn’t begin to scratch the surface.

]]> By: Ellen Cantarow http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-6951 Ellen Cantarow Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:18:15 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-6951 As a former journalist who wrote from Israel/West Bank in the 1980s and who like everyone who criticizes Israel's occupation had my share of smearing both in Israel and in the US, I applaud this new blog. We are indeed experiencing neo-McCarthyism from the watch-dogs of Israeli hasbarah who inflict it on folks like the Refuseniks and their US sponsors. The tragedy of the McCarthy period was that everyone was so terrified by being tarred as a "Red" that people didn't speak out. It's exhilarating that the slander, lies, distortions, and robotic intimidation leveled by the Israeli hasbarah machine and its American reps, are being revealed for what they are. As a former journalist who wrote from Israel/West Bank in the 1980s and who like everyone who criticizes Israel’s occupation had my share of smearing both in Israel and in the US, I applaud this new blog. We are indeed experiencing neo-McCarthyism from the watch-dogs of Israeli hasbarah who inflict it on folks like the Refuseniks and their US sponsors. The tragedy of the McCarthy period was that everyone was so terrified by being tarred as a “Red” that people didn’t speak out. It’s exhilarating that the slander, lies, distortions, and robotic intimidation leveled by the Israeli hasbarah machine and its American reps, are being revealed for what they are.

]]> By: MuzzleWatch » More on the campaign against Combatants for Peace http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-6910 MuzzleWatch » More on the campaign against Combatants for Peace Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:11:39 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/01/30/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-combatant-for-peace-us-tour-as-bankrolled-by-palestinians/#comment-6910 [...] Richard Silverstein has lots more on his blog Tikkun Olam about yesterday’s story about the internal Israeli memo calling for a crackdown on Israeli refuseniks, and the US Jewish groups that sponsor them. He’s also got the original story, translated from a much “juicier” Hebrew version by refusenik Amir Terkel.   [...] [...] Richard Silverstein has lots more on his blog Tikkun Olam about yesterday’s story about the internal Israeli memo calling for a crackdown on Israeli refuseniks, and the US Jewish groups that sponsor them. He’s also got the original story, translated from a much “juicier” Hebrew version by refusenik Amir Terkel.   [...]

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