We Jews Oppose Calls for the U.S. to Bomb Syria We are appalled that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is sending hundreds of people to lobby Congress to approve a resolution to bomb Syria. The media also reports that Sheldon Adelson and the Republican Jewish Coalition are pushing hard for war. We don’t want it to be known that Jews stood silent as the powerful Israel lobby helped push the U.S.into a war in defiance of international law and American public opinion. The Israeli government should stop pointing the finger and admit its own abuses of chemicals. It used white phosphorus in its terrible 2008 attack on Gaza. Over the years it has used tear gas recklessly and killed and sickened many, many Palestinians. The Israeli government’s apparent belief that Jews are better off if Arab or Muslim countries are devastated one after another must be challenged and repudiated. Petition started 9/9/2013 Stanley Heller, host of The Struggle Video News, Connecticut Liz Aaronsohn, Ed.D., retired professor, daughter of a rabbi Medea Benjamin, Code Pink Lenni Brenner, Hamden, Connecticut, Author, Zionism In The Age Of The Dictators Seth Farber, New York Tamar Pelleg-Sryck, Human Rights Lawyer, Tel Aviv Tony Greenstein, UK Dan Fischer, Bridgeport, CT Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, Advocacy Officer, The Jahalin Association, (Al Khan el Ahmar) Alisa Klein, Leeds, MA, Public Policy Consultant and anti-war activist Miriam (Goldberg) Swenson, New Jersey, retired professor James Cohen, Paris, France, Professor, University of Paris 3 (Sorbonne- Nouvelle) Judith B. Solomon, NYC, Women in Black Jennifer Loewenstein, Wisconsin Diana Neslon, Greater London in the United Kingdom Joseph Levine, Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts David Finkel, managing editor of AGAINST THE CURRENT (affiliation for identification only) Tsilli Goldenberg, Jerusalem, Israel Darlene Wallach, California, Justice for Palestinians Savvas Michael-Matsas, Greece Steve Krevisky, Congress of Conn. Community Colleges-4C’s/SEIU Ivy Sichel, The Hebrew University, Israel Aram Saroyan,Los Angeles, writer Jane Harries, Wales, United Kingdom, Coordinator for Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wales Dustin Friedman, New York Alice Rothchild, MD Dorothy Naor, activist against the Colonization of Palestine, Israel Dorothy M. Zellner, New York member, Jews Say No! David Makofsky, retired Anthropologist, Oakland, California Tamar Yaron, Israel, Encounter-EMEM for Israel-Palestine peace activities Warren Davis, Philadelphia, Exec. V.P. (retired), AFGE L. 2006 Stewart Robinson,Jewish Voice for Peace Karen Platt Albany CA JVP member Beverly Stuart, Seattle, WA Alice Kisch, JVP and am also a steering committee member of NorCal FOSNA (Northern California Friends of Sabeel-North America Sylvia Finzi (London) Yom Shamash, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Independent Jewish Voices Neil Hertz, Ithaca, NY, Professor of Humanities, emeritus Ethan Young, Brooklyn NY Ned Rosch, Portland OR Gilbert Wald, New Jersey, small businessman, Yale graduate 1972 Ken Cornet, Washington, CT USA Sherna Berger Gluck – retired academic, activist Judith Kolokoff , Seattle WA., Human rights activist Michael Letwin, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return Marcia Bernstein, Brooklyn,retired social worker Lenny Lapon, Springfield, MA, Educator Murray Polner, USA. editor-writer Kimberly Dugan, West Hartford, Connecticut Seth Godfrey, New Haven, Ct., Business Reference Librarian-New Haven Free Public Library and Commissioner on the City of New Haven Peace Commission Hedy Epstein, St. Louis David Letwin, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return Lyn Stein, San Francisco, CA Libby Frank, Philadelphia, Pa. Member Middle East Comm., Women’s Int’l. League for Peace & Freedom Paula Orloff, Nevada City, retired teacher Yoram Gelman, Tarrytown, NY — and Haifa, 1940 Paola Canarutto, Italy Laura Myerson, WESPAC Lillian Rosengarten, only American on the Jewish Boat To gaza in 2010, psychoanalyst, poet and writer Rael Nidess, M.D., Marshall, TX USA Leslie Lomas, Ph.D., Boulder, Colorado Mike Kurland, Mansfield Center, Ct. Miriam Kurland, Mansfield Center, Ct. Aram Ayalon, professor of Teacher Education, CCSU, New Britain Elizabeth Block, Toronto, Canada Kit Wainer, teacher, NYC Diane Isser, Philadelphia Dr Brian Robinson, Retired NHS psychiatrist Milton Keynes, England UK Moshé Machover, Professor(emeritus), Israeli dissident Abe Hayeem, Chair, Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP), UK Rosamine Hayeem, London, UK Charles Post, NY, PSC-CUNY/AFT 2234 Sherry Wolf, International Socialist Organization Robert Naiman, Urbana, Illinois, Policy Director, Just Foreign Policy Carol Walter, Farmington CT Richard Kuper, Highgate, London, UK Martin Oppenheimer, retired professor, Franklin Twp. N.J. Henry Norr, Berkeley, CA USA Beryl Maizels, Wembley, Middx., retired language teacher, JfJfP Batya Hecker, Austin, Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights Tikva Honig-Parnass, Israel, Jews for the Palestinian Right of Return Hillel Tictin, Professor-Emeritus, University of Glasgow, Scotland Roland Rance, Britain Inbar Tamari, Britain Malkah Feldman, MA, USA Myrna Fichtenbaum, Lawrenceville,NJ Annie Zirin, Evanston, Il Professor Dennis Kortheuer, Long Beach, Ca. Emily Chisefski Alma, Coordinator, Chico Palestine Action Group, Chico, CA Jean Pauline, Bay Area Women in Black, Oakland, California Tami Etziony, Bay Area Women in Black, Oakland CA Judith Bernstein, Munich, Germany Carl Rosenberg, Vancouver, BC, editor of Outlook: Canada’s Progressive Jewish Magazine Sid Shniad, Surrey British Columbia, Member, national steering committee, Independent Jewish Voices Canada Kamran Ghasri, Iranian-American Jewish from Los Angeles, active with Israel Divestment campaign israeldivestmentcampaign.org, CA Green Party Judith Weisman Toronto Ontario, Independent Jewish Voices Dorothy Field, Victoria BC Canada Sam Bernstein, Seattle, WA Sarah Wolf Paula Friedland Panzarella, New Haven, CT, poet and peace activist Sherry Gorelick, Women in Black Union Square, NYC, Professor Emerita, Rutgers University Phyllis Bloom, L. Ac., Woodstock, NY Marian Feinberg, Environmental and Social Justice Activist Sid Frankel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Marcia Almey, Ottawa, ON The petition will be updated at: thestruggle.org/jewish%20petition.htm
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