The head of the pro-Palestinian organization Jewish Voice for Peace received a threatening poster at her Los Angeles area home this weekend for her involvement in the organization.
Estee Chandler, the organization leader on the West coast, said she found a poster on her front porch last week reading “WANTED for treason and incitement against Jews.”
Poster threatening head of Jewish voice for Peace Poster threatening Jewish Voice for Peace head Estee Chandler
The poster charged her with using "her own presumed Jewishness as a weapon against the Jewish People and the Jewish State of Israel while conspiring with other well-known anti-Israel groups to assist in Israel's destruction and to otherwise engender hatred and incite further violence against the Jewish People and the Jewish State of Israel."
In a statement responding to the threat published on the organization's website, Chandler said "I was forewarned about extremists when I first decided to start a Jewish Voice for Peace chapter here in my hometown of Los Angeles. I went into it with my eyes open. While I didn’t think anything would happen this soon, i cant say it wasn’t something I didn’t anticipate. Ultimately I think these people really are cowards, and not really to be feared."
"We are the silent majority of American Jews and its time for us to stop being silent. if we raise our voices a fraction of the level of these people- we will become the message, too many people who are with us are afraid. ultimately nonviolence is the only thing that has ever won out," she added.
Monday, February 7, 2011
القاهرة- المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام
دعا معتصمون في ميدان التحرير بقلب القاهرة إلى توسيع نطاق الاحتجاجات التي تطالب بتنحي الرئيس حسني مبارك، وكشف صحفي بميدان التحرير للجزيرة عن فكرة يدرسها المحتجون حالياً للتوجه إلى القصر الجمهوري، وعدد من الأماكن "حتى لا يتمكن النظام من إطفاء جذوة الثورة".
جاء ذلك في وقت واصل فيه المحتجون التدفق على ميدان التحرير بأعداد متزايدة بالقياس للفترة الصباحية التي شهدت محاولات من الجيش لتضييق الساحة التي يتجمع بها المعتصمون, لفتح طرق للسيارات وتسيير الحياة اليومية للمواطنين.
The opposition leaders who met with Suleiman do not represent all the demonstrators :
The opposition leaders who met with Suleiman do not represent all the demonstrators who have held mass protests over the past two weeks. One of the groups represented in the meeting was the Muslim Brotherhood -- a group that, days ago, had said it would not negotiate until Mubarak left office. Members of the liberal parties Wafd and Ahrar have also engaged in talks with the newly appointed Suleiman.
After the meeting, Suleiman sat down with six young people who, according to state-run TV, were representing the "January 25" movement, named after the date the protests began.
Some protesters slammed the idea that anyone representing them would meet with Suleiman. "This is an insult to people like us, activists. Who are they to speak on behalf of the revolution?"
After the meeting, Suleiman sat down with six young people who, according to state-run TV, were representing the "January 25" movement, named after the date the protests began.
Some protesters slammed the idea that anyone representing them would meet with Suleiman. "This is an insult to people like us, activists. Who are they to speak on behalf of the revolution?"
U.S. Trying to Balance Israel's Needs in the Face of Egyptian Reform : Helene Cooper and Mark Landler
WASHINGTON -- The demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak's government in Egypt are rocking the relationship between the United States and its most important Arab ally. But they are also rocking an even more fundamental relationship for the United States -- its 60-year alliance with Israel.
Obama administration officials have been on the telephone almost daily with their Israeli counterparts urging them to ''please chill out,'' in the words of one senior administration official, as President Obama has raced to respond to the rapidly unfolding events.
But the crisis raises many questions about how the United States will navigate its relationship with Israel -- in particular the balance between encouraging the development of a democratic government in Egypt and the desire in Washington not to risk a new government's abandoning Mr. Mubarak's benign posture toward Israel.
The unsettled outlook in Egypt has also scrambled American calculations about nurturing peace talks back to life between Israel and the Palestinians. And it has left both American and Israeli diplomats wondering about a broader regional realignment in which Israel would be left feeling more isolated and its enemies, including Iran and Syria, emboldened.
Israeli government officials started out urging the Obama administration to back Mr. Mubarak, administration officials said, and were initially angry at Mr. Obama for publicly calling on the Egyptian leader to agree to a transition.
''The Israelis are saying, apres Mubarak, le deluge,'' said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator. And that, in turn, Mr. Levy said, ''gets to the core of what is the American interest in this. It's Israel. It's not worry about whether the Egyptians are going to close down the Suez Canal, or even the narrower terror issue. It really can be distilled down to one thing, and that's Israel.''
Obama officials say that the United States cannot rule out the possibility of engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood -- the largest opposition group in Egypt -- at the same time that it is espousing support for a democratic Egypt. If Egyptians are allowed free and fair elections, a goal of the Obama administration, then, administration officials say, they will have to deal with the real possibility that an Egyptian government might include members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
American Jewish leaders have also been voicing uneasiness about Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the atomic energy agency who is also part of the opposition to Mr. Mubarak.
Malcolm I. Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group, said that in his work as a nuclear watchdog, Mr. ElBaradei covered up Iran's nuclear weapons capability in the reports issued by his agency.
''He is a stooge of Iran, and I don't use the term lightly,'' Mr. Hoenlein said in an online interview on Sunday with Yeshiva World News. ''He fronted for them, he distorted the reports.''
But many American Jews are also debating the irony of Israel, which long promoted itself as the only democracy in its neighborhood, now voicing concerns about the birth of a democracy next door. And that that democratic movement is happening in Egypt -- with all of its historic ties to the enslavement of the Jewish people -- is being picked apart in conversations within American Jewish communities.
Mr. Levy, the former Israeli peace negotiator, said: ''The problem for America is, you can balance being the carrier for the Israeli agenda with Arab autocrats, but with Arab democracies, you can't do that.''
Obama administration officials have been on the telephone almost daily with their Israeli counterparts urging them to ''please chill out,'' in the words of one senior administration official, as President Obama has raced to respond to the rapidly unfolding events.
But the crisis raises many questions about how the United States will navigate its relationship with Israel -- in particular the balance between encouraging the development of a democratic government in Egypt and the desire in Washington not to risk a new government's abandoning Mr. Mubarak's benign posture toward Israel.
The unsettled outlook in Egypt has also scrambled American calculations about nurturing peace talks back to life between Israel and the Palestinians. And it has left both American and Israeli diplomats wondering about a broader regional realignment in which Israel would be left feeling more isolated and its enemies, including Iran and Syria, emboldened.
Israeli government officials started out urging the Obama administration to back Mr. Mubarak, administration officials said, and were initially angry at Mr. Obama for publicly calling on the Egyptian leader to agree to a transition.
''The Israelis are saying, apres Mubarak, le deluge,'' said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator. And that, in turn, Mr. Levy said, ''gets to the core of what is the American interest in this. It's Israel. It's not worry about whether the Egyptians are going to close down the Suez Canal, or even the narrower terror issue. It really can be distilled down to one thing, and that's Israel.''
Obama officials say that the United States cannot rule out the possibility of engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood -- the largest opposition group in Egypt -- at the same time that it is espousing support for a democratic Egypt. If Egyptians are allowed free and fair elections, a goal of the Obama administration, then, administration officials say, they will have to deal with the real possibility that an Egyptian government might include members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
American Jewish leaders have also been voicing uneasiness about Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the atomic energy agency who is also part of the opposition to Mr. Mubarak.
Malcolm I. Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group, said that in his work as a nuclear watchdog, Mr. ElBaradei covered up Iran's nuclear weapons capability in the reports issued by his agency.
''He is a stooge of Iran, and I don't use the term lightly,'' Mr. Hoenlein said in an online interview on Sunday with Yeshiva World News. ''He fronted for them, he distorted the reports.''
But many American Jews are also debating the irony of Israel, which long promoted itself as the only democracy in its neighborhood, now voicing concerns about the birth of a democracy next door. And that that democratic movement is happening in Egypt -- with all of its historic ties to the enslavement of the Jewish people -- is being picked apart in conversations within American Jewish communities.
Mr. Levy, the former Israeli peace negotiator, said: ''The problem for America is, you can balance being the carrier for the Israeli agenda with Arab autocrats, but with Arab democracies, you can't do that.''
Rashid Khalidi,Clovis Maksoud, Samer Shehata
رشيد الخالدي وكلوفيس مقصود وسامر شحاتة في حوار عن الحكومات التي تناست انها تحكم شعوب
The protests that overthrew half a century of autocratic rule in Tunisia are spreading. The governments of Egypt, Algeria and Yemen are feeling the wrath of decades of repression as people take to the streets and demand freedom - freedom of expression, freedom from forced choices
The protests that overthrew half a century of autocratic rule in Tunisia are spreading. The governments of Egypt, Algeria and Yemen are feeling the wrath of decades of repression as people take to the streets and demand freedom - freedom of expression, freedom from forced choices
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk448SjT1kU&feature=youtube_gdata
Israel supports democracy – except in the case of Egypt : Roy Arad
There is a clear consensus in Israel about the necessity of democracy, spanning from supporters of former Balad chairman Azmi Bishara to friends of National Union MK Yaakov Katz. In other words, broad disagreement can be found within the wide range of opinions, but no one opposes the holding of elections, including the accompanying baseless election campaigns and sleepy election monitors. To a large extent, even if people have critiques of the scope of democracy and the electoral system, there is clearly no opposition to the democratic idea.
But when it comes to Egypt, suddenly Israelis are shaking. The very words "Muslim Brotherhood" cause commentators jaws to drop, even though I do not think anyone here would oppose a common border or peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, the most Muslim nation of all. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made every effort to promote an agreement with the Saudis, and sharia law (the legal code of Islam ) did not prevent him from doing so.
But when it comes to Egypt, suddenly Israelis are shaking. The very words "Muslim Brotherhood" cause commentators jaws to drop, even though I do not think anyone here would oppose a common border or peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, the most Muslim nation of all. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made every effort to promote an agreement with the Saudis, and sharia law (the legal code of Islam ) did not prevent him from doing so.
Sheikh Jaber Khaled al-Sabah to be questioned about the death of a Kuwaiti citizen under torture
The inquiry was delayed after the government and its supporters in parliament decided to postpone sessions for six weeks, a move that angered the opposition which described it as unconstitutional.
"We at the Fifth Fence call on the Kuwaiti people to assemble at parliament... on Tuesday at 11.00 am (0800 GMT) to press for our legitimate right of holding sessions and to declare our rejection of the continuity of this government and its undemocratic practices," the group said in a statement.
It stressed the proposed protest is not linked to any external events, a clear reference to the massive anti-regime demonstrations still raging in Egypt.
The group also invited opposition MPs to attend the gathering.
Mohammad Ghazzai al-Mutairi, 35, died on January 11 at a police station after he was severely tortured for six days, according to a parliamentary probe. Sixteen policemen have been arrested in connection to this case.
Sheikh Jaber, a member of the ruling family, resigned over the incident but the cabinet asked him to stay on.
"We at the Fifth Fence call on the Kuwaiti people to assemble at parliament... on Tuesday at 11.00 am (0800 GMT) to press for our legitimate right of holding sessions and to declare our rejection of the continuity of this government and its undemocratic practices," the group said in a statement.
It stressed the proposed protest is not linked to any external events, a clear reference to the massive anti-regime demonstrations still raging in Egypt.
The group also invited opposition MPs to attend the gathering.
Mohammad Ghazzai al-Mutairi, 35, died on January 11 at a police station after he was severely tortured for six days, according to a parliamentary probe. Sixteen policemen have been arrested in connection to this case.
Sheikh Jaber, a member of the ruling family, resigned over the incident but the cabinet asked him to stay on.
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