Saturday, November 8, 2008
The back channel grapevine tells us that all is not well in in JVP-land. For instance, an excerpt of a note circulated on an anti-Zionist email list reads, in part:
...He [Jeff Halper] and others in the U.S formed a new network for progressive Jews--this was one outcome of his recent tour in the U.S. He iinvited me to join the network and I hope to find out more information tomorrow and share this with all of you when I return. It sounds like JVP (jewish voice for peace) is collapsing...
In fact, it looks like Halper's efforts have born fruit. A click on the Boston chapter link from JVP's home page leads to a 404, and indeed the group seems to have reformed under the new name American Jews for a Just Peace [AJJP].
The new group exposes its true face, and that of Halper, quite boldly by sporting endorsements (its only two so far) from renowned anti-Zionists Anna "the so-called 'Land of Israel'" Blatzer, and Joel, "Overcoming Zionism" Kovel.
The take-away here is that these are not critics of Israeli policy, they are critics of the state's existence. Keep it in mind as you note who gives them a seat at the table.
If there are any questions about the AJJM's real goals, these people very helpfully posted their own inauguration video http://www.ajjp.org/about/anat-biletzki/
On tape, the purpose of this self-described 'radical' group boils down to preparing American public opinion for a Middle East without Israel. Apparently they believe Iran's Ahmadinejad is not doing well enough job at it.
There is also an explanation in the video on how to subvert 'human rights' and 'justice' (for Palestinians only, of course) language to mask and obscure their ultimate 'final' solution goal, so as not to expose true beliefs and to dupe potential liberal allies.
Quite educational, especially the Q&A part.
Where are Muslims against Islamofascism?
Where are Muslims for Peace that demonstrate in "Gaza" and disrupt rocket firings against Israel, disrupt palestinian rocket factories?
Where are Muslims against al qada?
The few I can think of have fatwas on them. People like Hirsi Ali, Wafa Sultan, Salman Rushdie are in hiding.