Fwd: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter

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From: Panama Vicente Alba <panamaalba2@yahoo.com>


Familia
  
I am forwarding this message ion the hopes that you will take the time to read the book Ron refers to. In no way ist it the last word on Palestine. That belongs to the Palestinian people. However, there are many who  need the words of people of "stature" to hear what the many have been saying. "FREE PALESTINE"
  
 
  
I say this because for many of us , our world view is shaped by 15 second "news" blurbs and tabloid articles that are are in fact political propaganda cloaked in the name of Journalism. As a former member of the Young Lords Party back in the days I sold my quota of "Palante" newespapers. We carried articles on the fight against Coplonialism in Puerto Rico and yes, articles about the struggle for the Liberation of Palestine. Although the Liberation of Puerto Rico has yet to be a reality, in puerto rico topday, smoe foty years later, the overwhelming mayority of people in Puerto Rico, including it's three Political Partys recognize colonialism as Puerto Rico's reality. We must know the truth, where ever we bring truth to power
  
Free Palestine
  
P    

"Ronald B. McGuire" <ronmcguire@att.net> wrote:
  

From: "Ronald B. McGuire" <ronmcguire@att.net>
To: "Community List" <ronmcguire@att.net>
Subject: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:43:06 -0400

        
Youngbloods, Elders and Friends:
  
 
  
For a long time I have been a critic of Jimmy Carter.  However, his soon-to-be-released book may contribute to a moral and political awakening in the United States to the racist and murderous nature of the dictatorship Israel has imposed on Palestine. By clearly identifying the Israeli dictatorship over the Palestinian people as apartheid, Carter attempts to force his readers to recognize the racist nature of their oppression by Israel.
  
 
  
Carter's book is coming out at a critical time when Palestinians are beginning to realize their new political potential flowing from the demographic shift which has resulted in Palestinians outnumbering Jews in Israeli controlled territories (Gaza, the West Bank and pre-1967 Israel). The Palestinian majority would be even larger if the several million Palestinian refugees residing in neighboring countries are counted. The emerging Palestinian majority could make it possible for Israel to ultimately be replaced by a single democratic Palestinian state where Palestinians would be a majority and Muslims, Jews and Christians would all enjoy democratic rights.   
  
 
  
However, it is for the Palestinian people, not American supporters of either side, to decide whether the goal of their struggle for self determination will be a separate state or democratic rights within a single state.  
  
 
  
Carter's book is important because it may help American people wake up to how our government's aid to Israel  is supporting a violent apartheid dictatorship.
  
 
  
In Solidarity With The Palestinian People,
  
Ron McGuire     
  
 
  
  
Reprinted From: www.ReligionAndSpirituality.com <http://www.religionandspirituality.com/>
 
http://www.religionandspirituality.com/currentEvents/view.php?StoryID=20061023-115228-4055r <http://www.religionandspirituality.com/currentEvents/view.php?StoryID=20061023-115228-4055r>          
 
 
  
"JIMMY CARTER RIPS ISRAEL FOR 'APARTHEID'"

 
 
  
      
      Former President Jimmy Carter's latest book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," is expected to provoke Israel's supporters.
     The book, published by Simon & Schuster and set for release Nov. 14, Carter places the bulk of the blame on Israel for its continuing conflict with the Palestinians. But critics of the former president probably will be most offended by his use of the word "apartheid" in the book's title and text.
     Israel's current policy in the territories, Carter writes in the book's summary, is "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." In a separate passage in the advance draft, the former president stated that "Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land."
     In addition, Carter takes what is being interpreted by some critics as a swipe at the pro-Israel lobby. "Because of powerful political, economic, and religious forces in the United States, Israeli government decisions are rarely questioned or condemned," the former president writes.
     Carter's book comes as the Republican Jewish Coalition is already waging a nationwide media campaign to convince Jewish voters that the Democratic Party no longer can be counted on to provide unflinching support for Israel. (See story on Page A6.) One of the recent RJC ads features a large image of Carter and quotes the former president as saying, "I don't think Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon."
     Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Elizabeth Hayes confirmed the substance of the quotes from Carter's book, but said that the wording could change in the final edition.
     With less than three weeks left before Election Day, Jewish Democrats have been quick both to disavow Carter's views and to assert that Carter is a marginal figure within the party on the issue, despite being a former president and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At the same time, however, the Democratic National Committee included him in a list of past pro-Israel presidents in an advertisement this week that was aimed at shoring up support among Jewish voters. The ad features a 1977 quote from Carter describing the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel, and saying that "it's absolutely crucial that no one in our country or around the world ever doubt that our number one commitment in the Middle East is to protect the right of Israel to exist, to exist permanently, and to exist in peace."
     The RJC's executive director, Matt Brooks, told the Forward that he has yet to see Carter's new book; however, he seemed confident that it would provide additional ammunition for his organization's campaign to woo Jewish voters.
     "We certainly have not shied away from shining a light on some of his misguided and outrageous comments about Israel in the past, so we certainly have to see what this book holds," Brooks said. "Obviously we will look to key Democratic leaders and hear what they have to say about it. So far, there's been nothing but silence on the part of the Democratic establishment in terms of holding Carter accountable."
    As Republicans step up their efforts to paint Democrats as increasingly hostile toward Israel, former President Jimmy Carter is releasing a book on the Middle East, titled "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
     



  
  
  
Vicente " Panama" Alba
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