Saturday, September 2, 2006
Our friend Jon Haber, one of the principle folks behind the fight against divestment in the City of Somerville, has a lengthy and excellent piece in the Jerusalem Post that touches all the bases on the subject...from the purpose, to the attempts to get divestment passed in municipalities, the churches, British academia and on to where things stand. Too long to excerpt:The vampire's kiss
Let me just give you the conclusion, but I recommend reading all that leads up to it:
It may be that the Lebanon crisis will breathe new life into the struggling divestment movement. But at the time of this writing, even the most vocal institutional critics of Israel (such as the mainline Protestant churches) show no immediate interest in revisiting the campaign, no interest, that is, in inviting the vampire back across the threshold.
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Great article, Jon, I enjoyed seeing it in this weekend's Jerusalem Post!
Eric Danis