Cramming in for the blogger panel http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/cramming-in-for-the-blogger-panel/ Anti-Zionists and one-staters join the debate. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-27T;17:46:01-05:00 Comment by Yosef Hartuv yosefandmelody@gmail.com Blumenthal Lets It Slip: Jeffrey Goldberg catches Max Blumenthal telling a nugget of truth at J Street about the authors of the Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. http://calevbenyefuneh.blogspot.com/2009/10/blumenthal-lets-it-slip.html#links Dear Ray, “Discourse and discussion are Democratic principles if applied properly in the Middle East—in israel and the Arab World—would have encouraged peace long ago.” Unlike and unlikely in the “Arab World” where discourse does not exist, Israel has a press that in it’s lack of national responsibility, exceeds all standards. The J Street conference in it’s physically removing those it disagrees with or shouting them down, could certainly feel welcome in any non-democratic forum. Blumenthal Lets It Slip: Jeffrey Goldberg catches Max Blumenthal telling a nugget of truth at J Street about the authors of the Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.
http://calevbenyefuneh.blogspot.com/2009/10/blumenthal-lets-it-slip.html#links
Dear Ray,
“Discourse and discussion are Democratic principles if applied properly in the Middle East—in israel and the Arab World—would have encouraged peace long ago.” Unlike and unlikely in the “Arab World” where discourse does not exist, Israel has a press that in it’s lack of national responsibility, exceeds all standards. The J Street conference in it’s physically removing those it disagrees with or shouting them down, could certainly feel welcome in any non-democratic forum.

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by Ray Hanania rayhanania@comcast.net One minor correction (and not a criticism of your story). I said the Goldstone report should not be used as a battering ram against Israel, but as a “battery ram against injustice.” It’s not your fault as the video connection occasionally had a few audio disruptions. I believe that moderates Israelis and Jews, and moderate Palestinians and Arabs must work together to end the conflict, create two-states, speak out against violence, learn to accept criticism and engage in even passionate debate without hatred, and pursue a compromise that surely will involve pain for both sides. We have no choice. We don’t even have to like each other. We only have to like peace, reject violence and work towards ending the conflict resulting in two sovereign states. If we can do that, there will be a genuine future for Israel and one for Palestine. If we can’t eventually, the fanatics on both sides will end up destroying everything on both sides. Neither side will survive. thanks Ray Hanania http://www.RadioChicagoland.com One minor correction (and not a criticism of your story). I said the Goldstone report should not be used as a battering ram against Israel, but as a “battery ram against injustice.” It’s not your fault as the video connection occasionally had a few audio disruptions.

I believe that moderates Israelis and Jews, and moderate Palestinians and Arabs must work together to end the conflict, create two-states, speak out against violence, learn to accept criticism and engage in even passionate debate without hatred, and pursue a compromise that surely will involve pain for both sides.

We have no choice. We don’t even have to like each other. We only have to like peace, reject violence and work towards ending the conflict resulting in two sovereign states. If we can do that, there will be a genuine future for Israel and one for Palestine. If we can’t eventually, the fanatics on both sides will end up destroying everything on both sides. Neither side will survive.

thanks
Ray Hanania
http://www.RadioChicagoland.com

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