Thursday, May 31, 2007
An emailer sends in a link to the American Friends Service Committee's page: Profiles of Peace. It is...entertaining in a perverse sort of way:
During May and June, AFSC presents Faces of Hope – Profiles of Peace. Profiles of Peace includes 40 short biographies of Israeli and Palestinian peace builders. A new profile will be added each weekday beginning May 1 and continuing through June 8. Follow the name links on this page to read each profile.
Also, please mark your calendars on June 10 and 11, 2007 for the rally, teach-in, and lobby day in Washington, DC, The World Says No to Israeli Occupation.
My my my, it certainly is interesting to see who AFSC thinks are "peacemakers." Let's have a look around. Today's peacemaker is Isam Sartawi:
Here are some other names:
Ali Abunimah - Innovated use of the internet to destroy the state.
Huwaida Arraf - Co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement.
Naim Ateek - Founder of Sabeel, uses deicide imagery to criticize Jews.
Azmi Bishara - Former Israeli Parliamentarian, current traitor, on the run for giving Hizballah information during the war.
Edward Said - Thought Arafat too moderate.
There are many more.
They believe in peace-making by Israelis, and war-making by Arabs.