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Author Naomi Klein Calls for Boycott of Israel
BILIN , West Bank - Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters.
Bestselling Canadian author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters. 'Boycott is a tactic . . . we're trying to create a dynamic which was the dynamic that ultimately ended apartheid in South Africa,' she said. (Photograph by: John Kenney, National Post) "It's a boycott of Israeli institutions, it's a boycott of the Israeli economy," the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined a weekly demonstration against Israel's controversial separation wall.
"Boycott is a tactic . . . we're trying to create a dynamic which was the dynamic that ultimately ended apartheid in South Africa," said Klein, the author of "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."
"It's an extraordinarily important part of Israel's identity to be able to have the illusion of Western normalcy," the Canadian writer and activist said.
"When that is threatened, when the rock concerts don't come, when the symphonies don't come, when a film you really want to see doesn't play at the Jerusalem film festival . . . then it starts to threaten the very idea of what the Israeli state is."
She briefly joined about 200 villagers and foreign activists protesting the barrier which Israel says it needs to prevent attacks, but which Palestinians say aims at grabbing their land and undermining the viability of their promised state.
She then watched from a safe distance as the protesters reached the fence, where Israeli forces fired teargas and some youths responded by throwing stones at the army.
"This apartheid, this is absolutely a system of segregation," Klein said adding that Israeli troops would never crack down as violently against Jewish protesters.
She pointed out that her visit coincided with court hearings in Quebec in a case where the villagers of Bilin are suing two Canadian companies, accusing them of illegally building and selling homes to Israelis on land that belongs to the village.
The plaintiffs claim that by building in the Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit, near Bilin, Green Park International and Green Mount International are in violation of international laws that prohibit an occupying power from transferring some of its population to the lands it occupies.
"I'm hoping and praying that Canadian courts will bring some justice to the people of Bilin," Klein said.
Her visit was also part of a promotional tour in Israel and the West Bank for "The Shock Doctrine" which has recently been translated into Hebrew and Arabic. Klein said she would get no royalties from sales of the Hebrew version and that the proceeds would go instead to an activist group.
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Show AllNaomi Klein: "She briefly joined about 200 villagers and foreign activists protesting the barrier which Israel says it needs to prevent attacks, but which Palestinians say aims at grabbing their land and undermining the viability of their promised state."
The barrier does prevent attacks. Before the barrier was built, Israeli civilians were victims of multiple suicide bombing attacks a week. Now that the barrier is in place, the number of suicide bombing has dropped to virtually zero.
Yeah, and in addition, the apartheid wall has allowed the Zionists to add a few more square meters of occupied (illegally)Palestinian territory to its own. That wall has also cut off many Palestinian farmers from their own farmland, thus decreasing their ability to produce and increasing Israel's, because the wall often
veers over border lines into Palestinian land.
BTW: suicide attacks are certainly unfortunate, but do consider that those who commit them have limited weaponry with which to fight their oppressors-- no tanks, no REAL missiles (Roman candles, maybe?), no armored bulldozers, no cluster bombs or bunker busters. Such weaponry courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer.
"The barrier does prevent attacks. Before the barrier was built, Israeli civilians were victims of multiple suicide bombing attacks a week. Now that the barrier is in place, the number of suicide bombing has dropped to virtually zero.
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LOL
Are you for real?
Who is occupying who?
So who are the criminals?
Just because you, Jesus, laugh out loud, claim that I'm not real, and chant the words “Occupation” and "Criminals” won't change the fact that since the barrier was built; the number of suicide bombing in Israel had dropped significantly.
What can change the number of attacks could equally be more or less Shin Bet false flag operations. And don't tell me that they don't do that or kill there own, etc. because there is plenty of evidence to the contrary. Start with the establishment of Hamas itself as a counter to the PLO's Fatah, financed by Zionists through double agents. How about the continued rocket attacks from Gaza by “non-Hamas” splinter groups, did you ever thing in who’s interest they were operating?
I'm sure you are a reasonable and clever chap Letto, but your naivety in believing the crap that the Zionists feed you is your undoing. You and millions of Jews are being lied to, and led up the garden path to keep a bunch of blood sucking sociopathic gangsters in power, not only in Israel but to tap resources around the world where ever they can corrupt and extend their influence and control.
I see, Letto. The barrier needs to be there to protect Israelis from being treated to the same terrorist attacks they inflict on the Palestians?
BTW Trader Joe's has publicly stated that they will remove Israeli farm products if their customers complain.
If it was only a question of the existence of Israel it would matter nothing. Another little country about the size of Hong Kong with 7 million people, who cares? But who could imagine or believe a terrorist, belligerent, criminal, nuclear/bio/chemical armed, rouge state supported and subsidised by the USA causing quite as much war and destruction, and for what? Are the Jewish people better off? No, there are more emigrating from Israel today than immigrating. That and the expansion of the ratio of Palestinians to Jews has really got the Zionists hopping. Zionism thrives on the adversity suffered by the Jewish people. It always has.
They don't want peace. They don't want fair resolution. They don’t even want the Chosen People to prosper in peace, just the chosen elite to prosper in war. Just like Hitler's Aryan master race it is all a myth. It is called Zionism and people like you are its unwitting promoters.
Just because you mention Hitler's views in the same breath doesn't you aren't spouting them yourself.
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"And god said to Moshe, 'go to Pharoah, and say to him, "thus says god 'LET MY PEOPLE GO...'"'" [Exodus 7:26]
boycott all israeli products until they are willing to live in peace w/ the palestinans who were living on the land prior to 1948. racial purity laws are a disgrace to all people, regardless of where they live.
...peace...
To Lucitarian: Israel is the best thing that has happened to the Jewish people in the last 2,000 years. If Israel had been in existence in 1939, the Holocaust could not have taken place. You have a complete misunderstanding of Zionism. It is the political rehabilitation of centuries of Jewish existence under Christian and Islamic dominance and it's all taking place in the historic homeland of the Jews: the land called Israel. Zionism intended to live in Peace with the Palestinian Arabs who inhabited the area while the Jews were in exile. That desire was rebuffed by the Nazi-cooperating Mufti (highest leader) of the Palestinians Sheik Amin Al Husseini and a subsequest war that was declared by the Arabs on the newly-born Jewish nation.
Darren You wrote: "If Israel had been in existence in 1939, the Holocaust could not have taken place."
Six months after Hitler came to power, the Zionist Federation of Germany (by far the largest Zionist group in the country) submitted a detailed memorandum to the new government that reviewed German-Jewish relations and formally offered Zionist support in "solving" the vexing "Jewish question." The first step, it suggested, had to be a frank recognition of fundamental national differences.
Finally:
I’m sorry that you cannot see passed the indoctrination you have received but if you read history carefully you may discover that Zionists restricted the possibilities of escape for Jews under Nazi persecution, that they had in part condoned, rather than assisting to facilitate ALL escape. As Rabbi Moshe Shonfeld, in his book The Holocaust Victims Accuse (1977) commented:
“The rescue committee of the Jewish Agency falsely bore the name 'rescue'. It would be more appropriate to call it the Committee for Covering Up, Ignoring and Silencing . . . the thoughts of Zionist officials and especially the chairman, Greenbaum, were steeped in plots and schemes to use the holocaust and its consequences to build up the national home and to realize the demands for establishing a Jewish State.”
… The same Zionist leader Yitzhak Greenbaum, said in a speech in Tel Aviv, Palestine, on February 18th, 1943 that “One should resist this wave to push Zionist activities to secondary importance”. He also said “One cow in Palestine is more important than all the European Jews”.
I think there is a good argument that Zionism is the worst thing that has ever happened to Jews.
Continued:
Nazis produced an Aryan myth of superiority and laws to support a racist view of German nationalism in 1935 accordingly, the Zionists in fact applauded the “racial” divide which they saw as reinforcing their own identity myth. Instead of being upset by these laws, the head of the German Jewish Community and Head of Germany's Zionist Movement, Mr Georg Kareski gave an interview to the SS magazine 'ANGRIFF' printed on the 23 December 1935 in which he said he had been trying for years to find a method to keep the two races (Germans & Jews) separate, and he considered the race laws from the 15th Sept 1935 supported the Jewish desires. He implied that the Jews had been struggling against assimilation for nearly 2000 years and they needed such laws to support them in their struggle.
Continued again,
You also write: “Zionism intended to live in Peace with the Palestinian Arabs who inhabited the area while the Jews were in exile. That desire was rebuffed by the Nazi-cooperating Mufti”
Himmler's SS cooperated with the Haganah. Reportedly, Himmler's grandfather was Jewish. The German SS secretly supplied weapons to Jewish settlers for use in clashes with Palestinian Arabs. (F. Nicosia, Third Reich (1985), pp. 63-64, 105, 219-220.) But let us not digress into the myriads of detailed information readily available in the public domain which shows overt and covert cooperation between the Hitler’s SS and the Zionists. As a matter of fact chief of the Betar, Menachem Begin, preferred the brown shirts of the Hitler gangs, a uniform Begin and Betar members wore to all meetings and rallies - at which they greeted each other, opened and closed meetings with the fascist salute.
ROFLMAO
Yeah but who is occupying who? So who are the criminals in the first place?
Lots of taqiyya around here.
A one-word translation would be "dissimulation." the concept of Taqiyya (تقية - 'fear, guard against', also taghiyeh)[2] refers to a dispensation allowing believers to conceal their faith when under threat, persecution or compulsion. (Wiki)
Are you talking of your own Zionism, because no one else here has to hide anything for fear of Zionist games, walls, or myths. It's all out there and no one is afraid. The Zionists have lost. They cannot even fool their own people any more. Their deceit and antagonism has hung them by their own petard. It took a long time but they are finally finished, washed up, redundant.
Zionist lies and terrorism can only harvests further disgust, from any “mench”.
The bit that all the Zionists on here seem to miss is that if they hadn't stolen all this land from the Palestinians in the first place, if they hadn't driven them out at the point of a gun and if they didn't continually humiliate these ordinary human beings there wouldn't be any suicide bombers to keep out because there wouldn't be any suicide bombers or rockets aimed at Sderot the home of hundreds of Palestinian Quislings.
What's really interesting is that according to a recent poll 60% of Israeli's would leave the country immediately if Iran acquired similar nuclear weaponry to what the Israelis have had for years - how many is it? Just about sums up how much bottle these people have got. It's OK whilst everyone else has virtually nothing and they have everything up to and including a couple of hundred (at the very least) nuclear weapons - but as soon as others are on a level footing most of them will run away.
Which country has frequently attacked its neighbours over the last sixty odd years and which one hasn't?
Why don't these people just leave anyway?
"According to a recent poll 60% of Israeli's would leave the country immediately if Iran acquired similar nuclear weaponry to what the Israelis have had for years"
And guess what country these scum-bags would be coming to?
Yahweh's Lions are ready. Bring it on.
Israel should be boycotted, absolutely, positively. Unless they are brought to their knees, they donot want peace. They are arrogant and racist.
Oh those uppity Jews! Thinking they have a right to exist! How dare they!
(snotty satirical take-off, off)
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"And god said to Moshe, 'go to Pharoah, and say to him, "thus says god 'LET MY PEOPLE GO...'"'" [Exodus 7:26]
boycott all israeli products until they are willing to live in peace w/ the palestinans who were living on the land prior to 1948. racial purity laws are a disgrace to all people, regardless of where they live.
...peace...
There are millions of Americans who want to do the right thing, and bury Israel and their war-mongering murderous thugs. The question is, what is the best way to crank up critical mass and put something behind it. Where are the best points to boycott? Can we single out the AIPAC types? Can we find the people behind the brutality of these people? I'm still waiting for someone to get justice for Rachel Corrie, and, while I'm sure it will come, I want to see it soon. Any ideas, links or addresses that can be provided are appreciated. We must break the "special" relationship with these lying, murderous scumbags.
thong-girl
Millions of Americans are doing the right thing. They support the state of Israel in her historic struggle against islamofascism.
Ha ha! Love your sense of humor. Sometimes we get too serious on these topics.
Unfortunately, millions of Americans ARE supporting Israel.
It's not the right thing, of course.
There are many ways to go about it, I'm working with various groups to get Israeli academics kicked out of university campuses, follow that up with getting various professional/scholastic bodies to boycott papers submitted from Israeli institutions. It's a global movement.
Instead of an economic boycott, it's an intellectual boycott - we refuse to hear, assist them with their ideas, as a matter of fact we do not wish to associate or be associated with them.
Of course the Zionist groups(like AIPAC) are vehemently opposing our efforts.
It's sorta like what the author suggested doing with film - global blockbusters or music,books, etc will not be shown/distributed in Israel, nor will Israeli culture find a market outside of Israel.
It shouldn't just be about money,it's about shunning an entire people in every aspect of life until the Zionists are no more.
Thank you Catgirl, and I, too, hope to see justice for Rachel, and all the victims of the murdering IDF and their supporters.
Here is some useful information about identifying the products made in Unreal (or is it Israel?!).
http://www.petitiononline.com/plo2002/petition.html
Please always look for the starting 3 digits of a bar-coded item, and avoid 729 like it is HIV.
I also encourage the readers to call the boycotted companies, and to explain to them that we are taking our business to their competition, until they cease to conduct business with the thugs in Israel. I do it every time I grab a cup of coffee from Tully (Seattle fine coffee company ;) by calling Starbucks and telling them how much $$ I am spending at their competition, and that I am telling my family and friends to do the same.
Lastly, this is a boycott of Israel and Israelis, not all Jews!
thanks
Thank you Catgirl, and I, too, hope to see justice for Rachel, and all the victims of the murdering IDF and their supporters.
Here is some useful information about identifying the products made in Unreal (or is it Israel?!).
http://www.petitiononline.com/plo2002/petition.html
Please always look for the starting 3 digits of a bar-coded item, and avoid 729 like it is HIV.
I also encourage the readers to call the boycotted companies, and to explain to them that we are taking our business to their competition, until they cease to conduct business with the thugs in Israel. I do it every time I grab a cup of coffee from Tully (Seattle fine coffee company ;) by calling Starbucks and telling them how much $$ I am spending at their competition, and that I am telling my family and friends to do the same.
Lastly, this is a boycott of Israel and Israelis, not all Jews!
thanks
"Lastly, this is a boycott of Israel and Israelis, not all Jews!"
Sure, that's why it's about "shunning an entire people" for your girlfriend. Lastly.
:rolleyes:
"And god said to Moshe, 'go to Pharoah, and say to him, "thus says god 'LET MY PEOPLE GO...'"'" [Exodus 7:26]
boycott all israeli products until they are willing to live in peace w/ the palestinans who were living on the land prior to 1948. racial purity laws are a disgrace to all people, regardless of where they live.
...peace...
"It shouldn't just be about money,it's about shunning an entire people in every aspect of life until the Zionists are no more."
You sound like a German Nazi around the beginning of the Second World War. Indeed, you could be quoting straight from Adolph Hitler.
Start with the thong industry. Only invest in underwear from Muslim nations. There's big money in it, in Saudi Arabia, for starters.
Firstly, you need to break the "special" relationship with THESE lying, murderous scumbags:
“Collateral Damage” by E. P Heidner, part I and II.
>>> www.scribd.com/people/documents/2169400-ep-heidner <<<
Not to force my religion on anyone else, but I pray for this woman and all others who stand in solidarity here with the oppressed and for those who are oppressed.
AD
Not to force my religion on anyone else, but I pray for this woman and all others who stand in solidarity here with the oppressed and for those who are oppressed.
AD
Perhaps a special tax can be placed on the labor of palestinians working in Israel to compensate Israeli businesses.
That is an interesting idea.
it's refreshing to see that charles martel has joined the common dreams charter membership club - the club originally founded by joehope and thomasmore aka henry8 and shawn berry and maxpayne and jenniferbeddingfeld - of inane posters.
He did bring up some interesting points. If we refuse to honor diversity of opinion then we may as well be living in hamasistan.
I notice that a couple of your remarks have been flagged for their abusive content. I do not think you are in a position to point the finger at anyone about "trolling". And I find Mr. Martel's comments refreshing for their intellectual honesty and courage, too.
I see the flagged post was removed by management.
I can't give the readership much information on divestment, but this website lists numerous companies/corporations you might want to consider boycotting. Click on the logo and you will learn more about the nature of the company's connection(s) with the state of Israel.
http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-brands.html
I'm going to see what I can buy more often from Israel.
I see thong-girlie is in competition with some of America's most popular retailers and name-brands in the sexy underwear business.
Where's Al-Jazeera?
Tsk tsk. Sloppy list.
Israel Puts Us All At Risk
"Based on?"
"9/11."
"What's Israel got to do with 9/ll?"
"It's Israel's occupation of Palestine that stokes the hatred and fury that underlies violent messianic movements such as al-Qaeda."
"The answer being?"
"That Jewish colonizer and colonized Palestinian sit down together and work things out on the basis of one equals one."
"Anything else?"
"Liberty and justice for all."
Only buffons and thugs would reduce Yahweh to the status of a real estate salesman. Lions, my butt.
Naomi Klein has proved once more she is a courageous, well informed and intelligent person. As a woman, I am proud of her and deeply appreciate her efforts and honesty to speak the truth and help others to see it. I thank her in the name of my grandchildren.