"...they have no qualms about going up & down Judea and Samaria shouting Juden Raus! because they think that all of our problems will be solved thereby..."
Well, no. Nice rhetorical touch, that "Juden raus" bit, if you're going for the Goebbels Prize in Political Fibbing. I'm not aware that Peace Now believes evacuating the settlers from the West Bank will solve all of Israel's problems; I believe they work towards that end because ending the illegal settlement project will bring Israel back into the fold of law-abiding nations and will bring a halt to a decades-long ethical nightmare. This can be nothing but good for Israel, not to mention for the Palestinians.
As for Ms. Ziman, I went to the site linked to in her original post. There I learned that her take on Lee's remarks was corroborated by her friend and two of her employees-so far, not a probative smackdown. I also learned that LA's AJC spokesman had nothing but nice things to say about Lee's organization (although he wasn't at the meeting in question). Lee, of course, categorically denies making the statements Ziman attributed to him. I must say, for Lee, who by all accounts enjoyed good relations with the Jewish community, to take the occasion of honoring a well-known Jewish philanthropist to spew out a torrent of anti-Semitic invective would be a...curious choice. Could have happened, I wasn't there, but if I had to bet....
Finally, as her last post here indicates, Ziman's main interest in this whole affair seems to be using it to knock Obama, whose connection to these events is less than peripheral.
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"...they have no qualms
"...they have no qualms about going up & down Judea and Samaria shouting Juden Raus! because they think that all of our problems will be solved thereby..."
Well, no. Nice rhetorical touch, that "Juden raus" bit, if you're going for the Goebbels Prize in Political Fibbing. I'm not aware that Peace Now believes evacuating the settlers from the West Bank will solve all of Israel's problems; I believe they work towards that end because ending the illegal settlement project will bring Israel back into the fold of law-abiding nations and will bring a halt to a decades-long ethical nightmare. This can be nothing but good for Israel, not to mention for the Palestinians.
As for Ms. Ziman, I went to the site linked to in her original post. There I learned that her take on Lee's remarks was corroborated by her friend and two of her employees-so far, not a probative smackdown. I also learned that LA's AJC spokesman had nothing but nice things to say about Lee's organization (although he wasn't at the meeting in question). Lee, of course, categorically denies making the statements Ziman attributed to him. I must say, for Lee, who by all accounts enjoyed good relations with the Jewish community, to take the occasion of honoring a well-known Jewish philanthropist to spew out a torrent of anti-Semitic invective would be a...curious choice. Could have happened, I wasn't there, but if I had to bet....
Finally, as her last post here indicates, Ziman's main interest in this whole affair seems to be using it to knock Obama, whose connection to these events is less than peripheral.
Smells fishy to me.