At 05:13 PM 9/25/02 -0400, you wrote:
>>From: Cliff Staples (Clifford_staples at und.nodak.edu)
>>
>>I don't see Shlomo Avenieri on the list. He wrote that fine book on Marx
>>(The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx) I read to pieces in
>>graduate school. It's up there on the shelf still, felt-tipped pen marked
>>pages all pushed together in a heap, Tucker to one side, Mehring to the
>>other.
>>
>>I recall reading some quotes from him somewhere recently and detected a bit
>>of a right-ward shift. Does anyone know what he is thinking/doing these days?
>
>***** A letter to an American Jewish friend
>
>Shlomo Avineri
>April, 09 2002
>
>...All over Europe, and even in New York (New York!) there are
>pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protests, using the most vile language
>against Israel and the Jews. These demonstrations have a multiplier effect
>when seen worldwide on CNN. Where are you? Where are all the Jewish
>organizations and individuals? Why is your voice not being heard?
>
>Yes, there have been a number of supportive ads in some newspapers by
>American Jewish organizations. That's nice, but beside the point. We all
>remember mass demonstrations in support of Israel in 1967 and 1973, and
>then sustained demonstrations in support of Soviet Jewry for years and
>years. Nothing similar is happening today.
>
>Why are you silent? Don't tell me some aspects of Israel's operations are
>questionable - I am the first to admit this. But the main moral and
>political issue is the Palestinians' calculated and strategic use of
>terror, and the lack of unqualified condemnation of suicide terrorism by
>practically all Arab countries and organizations.
>
>If you ask me what to do, here's some advice:
>
>* Organize demonstrations in front of the PLO offices in New York and
>Washington (yes, they have offices there), with a simple message: "Arafat
>- assassin" or "Arafat - suicide bomber." You don't need many
>demonstrators; the slogans will be on TV around the world in a moment.
>
>* Organize similar demonstrations in front of the Arab League
>representative office in New York, in front of the Egyptian, Saudi and
>Syrian embassies, with placards: "Mubarak - why don't you condemn suicide
>terrorism?" or "Saudi Arabia - are you for suicide terrorists?", "Syrians
>- are you for or against terrorism?"
>
>* Stalk, within the boundaries of the law, every identifiable Palestinian
>and Arab diplomat with placards "Condemn suicide bombers!"
>
>* Carefully, really carefully, have demonstrators raise placards with the
>names of the Netanya suicide attack victims in front of the magnificent
>mosques in Washington and New York, demanding: "This is against Islam: say it!"
>
>The same applies for every European capital. No Palestinian or Arab
>embassy should be exempt from such demonstrations....
>
><http://www.clal.org/avineri_jpost_letter_to_american_jewish.html> *****
>
>Yoshie
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