Boycott Durban II

President Obama: Boycott Durban II!

328 Signatures

Published by Assemblyman Dov Hikind on Feb 02, 2009

Category: International Affairs

Region: United States of America

Target: United States Government

Background (Preamble):

The 2009 Durban Review Conference has been billed as a continuation of the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance previously held in Durban, South Africa.

The 2001 Conference failed to meet its stated objectives of addressing issues of international racism, xenophobia, and intolerance, mutating instead into a tribunal which demonized Israel, calling her a perpetrator of racism and intolerance in the Middle East.

The 2001 World Conference Against Racism Draft Declaration equated Zionism with racism, and charged that Israel’s so-called occupation of Palestine was racially motivated and therefore relevant to the Conference agenda.

A working draft of the 2009 Conference Declaration espouses similar anti-Israel rhetoric, stating in part that: a homeland for Jewish people and Israel’s law of return is racially based; Israel is guilty of apartheid; and that the historical accuracy of the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust is subject to debate.

The George W. Bush administration made it a policy not to participate in the Review Conference or its associated preparations, and repeatedly voted against U.N. resolutions supporting or funding the Conference.

Petition:

A FORMAL PETITION TO
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA &
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

WHEREAS, The 2009 Durban Review Conference has been billed as a continuation of the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance previously held in Durban, South Africa; and

WHEREAS, The 2001 Conference failed to meet its stated objectives of addressing issues of international racism, xenophobia, and intolerance, mutating instead into a tribunal which demonized Israel, calling her a perpetrator of racism and intolerance in the Middle East; and

WHEREAS, The 2001 World Conference Against Racism Draft Declaration equated Zionism with racism, and charged that Israel’s so-called occupation of Palestine was racially motivated and therefore relevant to the Conference agenda; and

WHEREAS, A working draft of the 2009 Conference Declaration espouses similar anti-Israel rhetoric, stating in part that: a homeland for Jewish people and Israel’s law of return is racially based; Israel is guilty of apartheid; and that the historical accuracy of the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust is subject to debate; and

WHEREAS, the Conference organizers include violent dictators and virulent anti-Semites such as Muammar Al-Gaddafi of Libya, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, and Raul Castro of Cuba; and

WHEREAS, The George W. Bush administration made it a policy not to participate in the Review Conference or its associated preparations, and repeatedly voted against U.N. resolutions supporting or funding the Conference;

NOW THEREFORE, we the undersigned, call upon President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to denounce the U.N.’s relentless condemnation of Israel by officially boycotting Durban II and withholding funding from the Conference.

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Bruce's MidEast Soundbites: Israeli singer & peace activist Noa, supports Gaza War

Bruce's MidEast Soundbites: Israeli singer & peace activist Noa, supports Gaza War
This is an interesting letter from the beautiful songstress Achinoam Nini (Noa).
The letter makes me proud, and glad that I have been an ardent fan of hers for over ten years.
BTW, if you go to http://youtube.com/ and search Noa, you will find some of the most lovely music ever produced.

Internationally renowned Israeli singer Noa [known in Israel as Achinoam Nini]
has written an open letter to Palestinians.

Dear Palestinian brothers,I have seen the peace process rise and fall and rise like the breast of a woman breathing in the night.

Today I say this; we have one joint enemy, one awful joint enemy and we must all work together to eradicate it!

That enemy is fanaticism my friends.

That enemy is extremism in all its ugly reincarnations and manifestations.I see the ugly head of fanaticism, I see it large and horrid, I see its black eyes and spine-chilling smile, I see blood on its hands and I know one of its many names: Hamas.

You know this too, my brothers.

You know this ugly monster.

You know it is raping the minds of your children.

You know it is educating to hatred and death.

I am privileged to live in a democracy where women are not objects but presidents, where a singer can say and do as she pleases! I know you do not have this privilege (yet…but you will, inshallah, you will…) I know you are SICK of being held hostage by this demon, this ugly beast!!! You are a people destined to flourish in peace! Your majestic history is overflowing with creativity, literature science and music, endless contributions to humanity, not crippling, torturing fanaticism, yelling Jihad and Shahid!

I see you sometimes, out in the streets, demonstrating with the monsters, yelling ‘death to the Jews, death to Israel!!

But I don’t believe you!

I know where your heart is! It is just where mine is, with my children, with the earth, with the heavens, with music, with HOPE!!

You want nothing of this but you have no choice! I see through your veil of fear my brothers, through your burka!

I embrace your hopes for they are mine!
But, now, today, I know that deep in your hearts YOU WISH for the demise of this beast called Hamas who has terrorized and murdered you, who has turned Gaza into a trash heap of poverty, disease and misery.

Who in the name of "allah” has sacrificed you on the bloody alter of pride and greed.

I can only wish for you that Israel will do the job we all know needs to be done, and finally RID YOU of this cancer, this virus, this monster called fanaticism, today called Hamas.

And that these killers will find what little compassion may still exist in their hearts and STOP using you and your children as human shields for their cowardice and crimes.

Enough.

Enough my brother … you want some coffee?

Here, sit for a while…let's talk….we know the words, we know the songs, we know the road….Shalom...Salam...With a broken heart,

Noa

Sample Noa's music at: http://www.noasmusic.com/

Uniting Against Hatred

Today Rupert Murdoch aplogized for a cartoon that was seen by most viewers as racist and containing violent impications.
In a statement on the website of his tabloid The New York Post, which printed the cartoon, Murdoch said: "Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize."
Murdoch said the cartoon poked fun at the economic stimulus plan pushed by Obama, America's first black president.
It "was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately it was interpreted by many as such," Murdoch said.
The cartoon featured Travis, a real-life chimpanzee shot last week by police in Connecticut, near New York, after it had attacked a woman.
In the drawing, two policeman stand over the chimp's body. One says: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
The cartoon had racist implications.

I thought it was demeaning and stupid.
Even if it referred to Pelosi et al, as Chimps who should be shot, it was in extremely poor taste.
However, the historic connection racists make between blacks and apes seemed pretty clear to me.
Those who are angry at black reaction to this cartoon need to try to put themselves in the place of someone who experiences racism on a daily basis.
An NAACP spokesman said that "African Americans have historically been compared to primates as a way to dehumanize the entire group. We were called monkeys while we were being brutally lynched and denied equal civil and human rights."
Although many republicans act as if "coming together as one people" is a foolish and sentimental idea, it really is the way to save and rebuild America.
As JFK said, "United there is little we cannot do. Divided there is little we can do."
One person at a time, turning his back on hatred, can make a difference.
I work at it every day.
I see it from both sides.
Blacks hating whites and whites hating blacks.
Its foolish, really, because we are basically the same.
We all, generally speaking, fall in love, love our parents, laugh at the same jokes, cry at sad events and so on.
A white can fall in love with a black person, and a black person can fall in love with a white person, and they can, and many times have, loved for a lifetime.

I've seen it.

Michael Blackburn, Sr

President Obama Appoints Zionist as Special Advisor to Middle-East

In still another blow to partisan conservatives, who seem befuddled by the skillful political maneuvering of President Obama, U.S. diplomat Dennis Ross has been appointed special adviser on the Gulf and southwest Asia, which includes Iran, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the State Department announced on Monday.

The Arab press was quick to jump on the story, according to Al Jazeera,
"If Dennis Ross is Appointed as a US Envoy to Iran, He Will Work for Israel, Not the US, Will Work for War, Not Peace
Dennis Ross was the main figure behind dragging the US to war against Iraq in 1991, instead of allowing Iraqis to withdraw from Kuwait without a war. He did that to guarantee the destruction of Iraq, as a strong Arab state, in order to safeguard the Israeli position in the oil-rich Middle East region
Thus doing, he paved the way for the Zionist Israel-firsters Wolfowitz, Pearle, and Feith to plan and execute the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq."

According to Al Jazeera:
"He will work only for the Israeli occupation.
He is a Zionist Israel-firster, AIPAC operative, and agent of Israeli interests."


Ross's appointment as a special adviser dealing with Iran and the larger Middle East had been rumored since December. And it was met with pessimism in Tehran. IRNA, Iran's official news agency, described Ross as "a staunch supporter of the Zionist regime," who is likely to take an anti-Iranian stance.


State Department spokesman Robert Wood, in a statement announcing the appointment said "This is a region in which America is fighting two wars and facing challenges of ongoing conflict, terror, proliferation, access to energy, economic development and strengthening democracy and the rule of law,"

A former colleague, Dan Kurtzer (an Orthodox Jew and former U.S. ambassador to Israel), published a think-tank monograph containing anonymous complaints from Arab and American negotiators saying Ross was seen as biased towards Israel.

Ross was also critical of Yasser Arafat.
Ross supported the Iraq war, though he opposed some of the Bush Administration's policies for post-war reconstruction.

This morning at a State Dept. briefing, in answer to a question, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said "Israel has a special relationship with the U.S. which is strong, and will remain strong."