Sunday, February 18, 2007
Despite being hammered by the rank and file over their divestment propensities and pressure to pursue more even-handed and less dogmatic methods with regard to the Israel-Arab conflict, the Presbyterian Church (USA) "higher ups" continue their prior course unimpeded.
Case in point, under their "Study resources for children and youth," PC(USA) provides this handy PDF "document for teachers and youth advisors." According to the piece, '“Walls or Bridges?†is the theme of these children and youth resources.' I think we can see where this is going.
It's most prominent recommendation? This film, available on Google Video, and also recommended for purchase (only $125!): Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: Media & the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Many of you will already be familiar with this piece of propagandistic trash. It starts with a series of lies concerning 1967 and UN 242, then hops right into an interview with Noam Chomsky...that should tell you what you need to know. Among the other "experts" appearing who's names you may recognize (most you should, if you don't a very quick Google will get you the point): Hanan Ashrawi, Robert Fisk, Neve Gordon, Toufic Haddad, Sam Husseini, Hussein Ibish, Robert Jensen, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Gila Svirsky...get the picture?
This is recommended educational material for the PC(USA)...we don't get the "real story" of the Middle East (but he Europeans, thanks to top-notch journalists like Robert Fisk) do. After all, we all know who controls the media over here...
Update: Will Spotts takes this issue and runs with it in an excellent post with message to his fellow Presbyterians: Crossing a Line.
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: PC(USA) Still Recommending Anti-Israel Propaganda Piece for Youth Education.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.solomonia.com/cgi-bin/mt4/mt-renamedtb.cgi/7291
1 Comment
Leave a comment to: PC(USA) Still Recommending Anti-Israel Propaganda Piece for Youth Education
Comment Info and Policy:
1) You must have Javascript enabled in your browser in order to comment (blame the spammers). If you don't know what that is, you're probably fine.
2) HTML is on, so basic html should work. Raw links will be made auto-clickable, too, so even if you don't know html you can just paste in the link and it should work fine. Keep the "http://" in it.
3) Comments are generally unmoderated, which means I don't necessarily agree with the tone and tenor of everything posted. In fact, sometimes people post things they don't really mean just to make other people look bad. The internet is an anonymous place for the most part. That said...
4) I welcome you to post here. I'd love to have your input, agree, disagree or just offer a different data point, really. If I didn't want any participation, I'd turn off comments. Be aware, however, that this blog and the comments section exist for my entertainment. Therefore, I reserve ALL RIGHTS here, including the right to remove any or all comments on nothing more than a whim. Please don't even bother complaining. I'm the one providing the space and the free news and thought buffet. I don't owe anyone anything.
Anyone who posts here will be treated as my guest. That means I'm happy to be polite as a default, but if anyone is rude to the host they'll be unceremoniously shown the door.
It may pay to recall a famous line from the Tom Selleck magnum opus, Mr. Baseball: "Jack-san, you want Yoji's advice about the babes, you come to Yoji with respect."
5) Enjoy your stay!
Thanks for the link, Sol.