Time to Divest from Israel and the Companies who Profit from Oppression

Posted By mike On June 3, 2010 @ 9:33 am In Small Foot Print | 1 Comment

Israel has evolved into a rogue state. This is an amazing transition for a people who have been the victims of so many atrocities including the Holocaust to found a nation that has become a brutal oppressor of another people.

I understand the natural reaction, to be vigilant, to be committed to self-defense at this late date, but shouldn’t that commitment be leavened with some concern for the other?

We need to help Israel rejoin the world in a commitment to a just solution, to the establishment of an independent Palestine, to ending the occupation, the siege and the aggressive theft of Palestinian lands.

[1] clipped from [2] www.washingtonpost.com U.S. urged Israel to use caution and restraint with aid boats heading to Gaza The Obama administration said Wednesday that it had warned Israel’s government repeatedly to use “caution and restraint” with half a dozen aid boats bound for the Gaza Strip before Israeli commandos raided the flotilla this week in an operation that killed nine people. “We communicated with Israel through multiple channels many times regarding the flotilla,” P.J. Crowley, a State Department spokesman, said in a statement issued in response to a question from The Washington Post. “We emphasized caution and restraint given the anticipated presence of civilians, including American citizens.”   [3]

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