<html> Hmmm.  Thanks Yoshi. At 05:13 PM 9/25/02 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>From: Cliff Staples (Clifford_staples@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?</blockquote> *****   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.... <<a href="http://www.clal.org/avineri_jpost_letter_to_american_jewish.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.clal.org/avineri_jpost_letter_to_american_jewish.html</a>>   ***** Yoshie </blockquote></html>