 merrie says: Today it is precisely this realization that leads me to refuse to serve. I cannot recognize the humanity of Israelis but not that of Palestinians." The two women, both 19, were invited to campus by the Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine. The same day the women will also appear at Harvard and Northeastern universities...Am I imagining that at one time two such people, brought to campus by such a group, would have been treated as a shameful matter? That perhaps a paper like The JEWISH Advocate would have provided the context for readers to understand this, rather than giving them a straight-up second page bit of publicity? Is shame dead? Are we supposed to admire these girls for standing up for the wrong values and spreading lies? Or have we no values any longer? Can we no longer call a lie for what it is? And look how this supposed Zionist newspaper treats anti-American and anti-Israeli leftist groups Code Pink and Jewish Voice for Peace: ...The resisters' appearance is cosponsored by Code Pink, a women's anti-war organization, and Jewish Voice for Peace, a human rights organization dedicated to stopping the conflict in the Middle East. Sydney Levy, the campaign director for the San Francisco-based Jewish Voice for Peace, said Wind and Mishly were politicized by early experiences with violence. Wind attended school with rightwing settlers and witnessed a bus explosion. "They came to conclusions that took me years of my life to come to at a very early age, and they are willing to pay a very heavy price," Levy said of the women.That's where it ends. Code Pink and JVP couldn't ha... |
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