On bigotry and solidarity

[azurnoir]

An Iranian American acquaintance once explained to me the predicament she’s in. She’s a committed feminist who wants to expose and critique any examples of male domination in Iran. Yet whenever she does so, her critique is immediately seized upon by those wishing to justify the next war, which could harm her family.

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One of the strongest Palestinian voices calling out Berlin for her anti-Jewish behavior has been Ali Abunimah, one the leaders of the global BDS movement. Abunimah’s vision is consistent: he believes in full equality between Israeli Jews and Muslim and Christian Palestinians. He has written of his vision for one state, which would include changes in current Israeli immigration policies to allow Palestinian refugees and their families to return to their homeland and live alongside Israeli Jews. Abunimah’s family is from Jerusalem, and they were living in the nearby village of Lifta before they were expelled in 1948.

In order to root out any expressions of anti-Jewish bigotry, it is important not to put principled activists like Abunimah in the predicament my Iranian friend faces: having their criticism manipulated in order to justify further harm. Greta Berlin is also one the founders of the Free Gaza movement and an organizer of flotillas which are aimed at breaking the siege on Gaza – a siege which has prevented access to clean drinking water, causing death and disease. Denying human beings access to clean water and medicine is certainly as racist as Berlin’s tweets are. Yet, unlike Abunimah, many of her critics have seized upon the opportunity to discredit her entire movement and to legitimize these inhumane policies. One form of bigotry can never be used to justify another. Solidarity is indivisible.

http://972mag.com/on-bigotry-and-solidarity/57276/

[azurnoir]

1. more on this

Israeli man who impersonated Palestinian woman is linked to Free Gaza debacle and photo hoax

The evidence leads me to the conclusion that Walid Jabari and Maissam Nablussi are sockpuppets operated by Ofer Engel. I believe he used the Walid Jabari persona to build trust among Free Gaza movement leaders and gain access to the group as Ofer Engel.

There are unanswered questions about what role certain Facebook groups play in a larger scheme that may be intended to manipulate, produce or disrupt activist networks, and who operates this scheme.

Ultimately, Greta Berlin is responsible for her words and deeds. But the security practices of Free Gaza movement and its leaders allowed a dishonest person with no verifiable reputation and unclear motives to gain access to what they believed to be a secure group.

Ofer Engel has lied to Palestine solidarity activists. He impersonates Palestinian men and women online. And he has played a very strange and ongoing role in the scandal surrounding Free Gaza movement and Greta Berlin.


http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/benjamin-doherty/israeli-man-who-impersonated-palestinian-woman-linked-free-gaza-debacle-and

we are being told on another thread that this is proof that EI's editor Ali Abunimah is going after Greta Berlin because she is white, because he is going after this guy too

[oberliner]

2. Kicking your own thread - classy!

And look a 972mag and EI double feature!

[azurnoir]

3. yes I did funny you don't seem to mind when others do it

Last edited Wed Oct 10, 2012, 07:30 PM - Edit history (1)

I guess it all depends on the wares one is selling huh? and oh didn't you post the same article in 2 consecutives posts 6 hours apart on another thread?