[AGL] FW: pass this to mikey at your peril

[Jon Ford]

Mike-- He wasn't threatening anyone but I guess he stereotypes you as an 
"Israel-fanatic."

Jon

>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at ando.pair.com>
>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 
>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 
>60s"<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [AGL] FW: pass this to mikey at your peril
>Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:00:33 -0600
>
>Jon,
>
>Who is he threatening and why does he mention me?
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jon Ford" <jonmfordster at hotmail.com>
>To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:39 PM
>Subject: [AGL] FW: pass this to mikey at your peril
>
>
> > Mike-- I pass this on from Ramsey to illustrate his position on Israel 
>and
> > Judaism, about which you have previously commented. He certainly is
> > consistent!
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >>From: Ramsey Wiggins <ramseywiggins at AUSTIN.RR.COM>
> >>Reply-To: Remembrances of Austin Ghetto <GHETTO2 at LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM>
> >>To: GHETTO2 at LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM
> >>Subject: pass this to mikey at your peril
> >>Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:29:21 -0600
> >>
> >>Dems Repudiate Carter Book
> >>
> >>Jennifer Siegel | Fri. Oct 27, 2006
> >>
> >>http://www.forward.com/articles/dems-repudiate-carter-book/
> >>
> >>Top Democrats are rushing to repudiate former President Carter's
> >>controversial new book on the Middle East, in which he accuses the 
>Israeli
> >>government of maintaining an apartheid system.
> >>Article tool
> >>
> >>
> >>Two key party leaders - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard
> >>Dean,
> >>party chairman, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi - and several
> >>congressmen issued statements Monday saying that the book, "Palestine:
> >>Peace
> >>Not Apartheid," does not represent their views on the Jewish state.
> >>
> >>"It is wrong to suggest that the Jewish people would support a 
>government
> >>in
> >>Israel or anywhere else that institutionalizes ethnically based
> >>oppression,
> >>and Democrats reject that allegation vigorously," Pelosi wrote in a
> >>statement. "With all due respect to former President Carter, he does not
> >>speak for the Democratic Party on Israel."
> >>
> >>Carter's book is being published by Simon & Schuster and is slated for
> >>release November 14. In an advanced draft copy of the work, obtained by
> >>the
> >>Forward, the former president asserts that Israel's current policies in
> >>the
> >>Palestinian territories constitute "a system of apartheid, with two
> >>peoples
> >>occupying the same land but completely separated from each other, with
> >>Israelis totally dominant and suppressing violence by depriving
> >>Palestinians
> >>of their basic human rights." He argues that Israel's settlement policy 
>is
> >>principally to blame for the failure of peace initiatives in the Middle
> >>East.
> >>
> >>Dean also took issue with Carter's assessment.
> >>
> >>"While I have tremendous respect for former President Carter, I
> >>fundamentally disagree and do not support his analysis of Israel and the
> >>Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Dean wrote in a statement. "On this issue
> >>President Carter speaks for himself, the opinions in his book are his 
>own,
> >>they are not the views or position of the Democratic Party. I and other
> >>Democrats will continue to stand with Israel in its battle against
> >>terrorism
> >>and for a lasting peace with its neighbors."
> >>
> >>Several Democratic members of New York's House delegation - Reps. Steve
> >>Israel, Charlie Rangel and Jerrold Nadler - also have issued statements
> >>criticizing Carter's book, as did Rep. John Conyers, Jr., a Michigan
> >>Democrat who is often criticized by members of the Jewish community for
> >>his
> >>failure to support Israel in a certain instance. Last summer, Conyers 
>was
> >>one of eight House members who did not vote for a resolution backing the
> >>Jewish state in the wake of the Hezbollah attacks.
> >>
> >>In his statement, Conyers said that Carter's use of the word "apartheid"
> >>went too far.
> >>
> >>"I cannot agree with the book's title and its implications about
> >>apartheid,"
> >>the lawmaker wrote in a statement. "I recently called the former 
>president
> >>to express my concerns about the title of the book, and to request that
> >>the
> >>title be changed."
> >
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