Israel Says ‘No’ to Iran War

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1. dickerson3870 says

   March 19, 2012 at 4:45 AM

   RE: “Israel Says ‘No’ to Iran War”

   MY COMMENT: Please help Tikkun/NSP run the following ad in major American newspapers.

   No Mr. Netanyahu, No President Obama:
   No War on Iran and No First Strike

   Some who have signed this ad believe that the best path for homeland security is through rejecting the old-fashioned “domination strategy” to get your way…
   …Click HERE to see a draft of how this ad would look in the newspaper.

   If you would like to help Tikkun/NSP run this ad, please make a donation.
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   • dickerson3870 says

     March 19, 2012 at 4:47 AM

     P.S. SEE: Hawks Steering Debate on How to Take on Iran, By Eric Lichtblau and Mark Landler, New York Times, 3/18/12

     (excerpts)WASHINGTON — Even before President Obama declared this month that “I have Israel’s back” in its escalating confrontation with Iran, pro-Israel figures like the evangelical Christian leader Gary L. Bauer and the conservative commentator William Kristol were pushing for more…
     . . . Urging diplomacy are liberal groups like J Street, which is helped by $500,000 a year in contributions from the liberal philanthropist George Soros, and Tikkun, a Jewish journal that has begun running newspaper advertisements here and abroad that urge, “NO War on Iran and NO First Strike!” Tikkun, based in Berkeley, Calif., is hoping to link its antiwar message with the Occupy protests.
     “A lot of people talk about the ‘Israel lobby’ as if it’s a monolithic thing,” said Dylan Williams, head of government affairs for J Street. “It’s a myth. There is a deep division between those who support military action at this point and those who support diplomacy.”
     Clear fissures have developed among pro-Israel groups — not only between hawks and doves over whether to use military force against Iran, but among hard-liners themselves over just how aggressively to confront it.
     Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire casino owner who is a staunch supporter of Israel, was once a major donor to Aipac. But because of Aipac’s support for American aid to the Palestinian Authority, he has broken from the group. This year, Mr. Adelson has given at least $10 million, along with his wife, to support Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign…

     ENTIRE ARTICLE – http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/world/pro-israel-groups-differing-approaches-on-iran.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

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2. PersianAdvocate says

   March 19, 2012 at 11:19 PM

   Iranians are celebrating their new year right now as Spring has officially come. Good thoughts, Good words, Good Deeds

   I wish maximum happiness upon those who seek peace.

   “Doing good to others is not a duty, it is a joy, for it increases our own health and happiness.”; “We praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, performed here and elsewhere, now and in the past. We revere them and we remember them.” Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

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   • Bob Mann says

     March 21, 2012 at 10:45 PM

     That is really beautiful!

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