27/1/2017
Caro Diego,
Ho partecipato Mercoledì sera ad una strana festa da ballo, scintillante, all'esterno di una casa affittata da Mike Pence.(*)
Venerdì scorso ho saltato il rito dello shofar (**), mentre Trump prestava giuramento, per esprimere dolore e pena, ma anche come un segnale di sveglia, un grido di battaglia.
E poi ho sfilato con i capi di Jewish Voice for Peace a fianco di lavoratori organizzati, i dirigenti di Standing Rock, e quelli di Black Lives Matter.
Ieri sono stato incollato a Facebook per il rispetto dovuto a milioni di persone scesi in piazza.
Ora è il momento di mettersi al lavoro.
Dobbiamo fermare la conferma di David Friedman come ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti in Israele.
Sei pronto a unirti a me? Perché JVP in particolare, anche in modo univoco, deve sfidarlo.
David Friedman non ha alcuna esperienza diplomatica - egli, per la verità, è l'avvocato fallimentare di Trump. Ma condivide con Jared Kushner e con altri membri della cerchia ristretta di Trump, una visione incredibilmente estrema sulla questione Israele / Palestina.
Friedman ha negato l'esistenza dei rifugiati palestinesi, che sono riconosciuti dal diritto internazionale, ha chiamato "kapò" gli ebrei liberali per la loro misurata dedizione tesa a cambiare le politiche israeliane, ha difeso l'annessione della Cisgiordania e di Gerusalemme Est, e ha approvano l'indagine discriminatoria degli immigrati musulmani che chiedono di entrare negli Stati Uniti.
E non è solo un sostenitore degli insediamenti illegali per soli Ebrei nella West Bank - è il presidente del consiglio di "American Friends of Beit El", uno dei più antichi e più violenti insediamenti in Cisgiordania.
David Friedman è un attivista viscerale a favore dell'apartheid permanente e dell'occupazione.
La sua nomina farebbe diventare più vicini tutti questi disastri politici :
- Spostare l'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti a Gerusalemme - infatti, ha già dichiarato la sua decisione di vivere a Gerusalemme personalmente.
- Annettere Ma'ale Adumim o addirittura tutta la West Bank. Ieri anche il NY Times ha descritto Friedman come in "stretto rapporto politico con i rivali di destra di Netanyahu." (Sì, è possibile che superi a destra Netanyahu )
- Approfondire l'aiuto reciproco tra gli Stati Uniti e i governi israeliani sui progetti di sorveglianza (si pensi ai registri) e della militarizzazione delle frontiere (i muri).
Ho sperimentato tanto la forza, l'amore, la gentilezza e la creatività in questo fine settimana - e li ho visti infinitamente di più riflessi nelle immagini e nelle storie di persone di tutto il mondo. E l'unico modo in cui posso immaginare di sentire tutto questo, ancora una volta, è quello di conquistare un cambiamento concreto.
Fermare Friedman, in difesa della fondamentale uguaglianza di tutte le persone, è la cosa più adeguata che possiamo fare oggi, in qualità di membri di JVP.
Click here and help us get going.
(clicca il collegamento qui sotto e aderisci alla raccolta
di firme contro David Friedman)
Click here and help us get going.
Andiamo avanti,
Rabbi Joseph Berman
Government Affairs Manager
(*) Vicepresidente degli USA.
(**) Lo shofar (שופר) è un piccolo corno di montone utilizzato come strumento musicale. Viene utilizzato durante alcune funzioni religiose ebraiche ed in particolar modo durante Rosh haShana e Yom Kippur.
Dear Diego,
I spent Wednesday evening at a glitter-filled queer dance party outside Mike Pence’s rental home.
On Friday I blew the shofar while Trump was being sworn in, to express grief and pain but also as a wake up call, even a battle cry.
And then I marched with JVP leaders alongside organized labor, leaders from Standing Rock, and Black Lives Matter.
Yesterday I was glued to Facebook in awe of the millions of people taking to the streets.
And now it’s time to get to work.
We need to stop the confirmation of David Friedman as US Ambassador to Israel.
Are you ready to join me? Because JVP specifically, even uniquely, needs to take him on.
David Friedman has zero diplomatic experience - he’s actually Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer. But he shares with Jared Kushner and other members of Trump’s inner circle shockingly extreme views on Israel/Palestine.
Friedman has denied the existence of Palestinian refugees, who are recognized under international law, called liberal Jews “kapos” for taking even measured efforts to change Israeli policies, advocated annexation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and endorsed discriminatory screening of Muslim immigrants to the United States.
And he’s not just a supporter of illegal, Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank - he’s the board chair of American Friends of Beit El, one of the oldest and most violent settlements in the West Bank.
David Friedman is a passionate activist for permanent apartheid and occupation.
And his appointment would bring all of these policy disasters closer:
Diego, can you sign our open letter now calling on not only the Senate with it’s direct decision-making power, but Members of Congress, the media, and all the allies we’ll need to stop his appointment?
I experienced so much power, love, kindness, and creativity this weekend - and saw infinitely more reflected in the pictures and stories of people from around the world. And the only way I can imagine to feel that way again is to win concrete change.
Stopping Friedman in defense of the basic equality of all people is the most specific thing we can do today, as JVP members.
Click here and help us get going.
Onward,
Joseph
Rabbi Joseph Berman
Government Affairs Manager
Government Affairs Manager
(*) Vicepresidente degli USA.
(**) Lo shofar (שופר) è un piccolo corno di montone utilizzato come strumento musicale. Viene utilizzato durante alcune funzioni religiose ebraiche ed in particolar modo durante Rosh haShana e Yom Kippur.
ENGLISH VERSION
Dear Diego,
I spent Wednesday evening at a glitter-filled queer dance party outside Mike Pence’s rental home.
On Friday I blew the shofar while Trump was being sworn in, to express grief and pain but also as a wake up call, even a battle cry.
And then I marched with JVP leaders alongside organized labor, leaders from Standing Rock, and Black Lives Matter.
Yesterday I was glued to Facebook in awe of the millions of people taking to the streets.
And now it’s time to get to work.
We need to stop the confirmation of David Friedman as US Ambassador to Israel.
Are you ready to join me? Because JVP specifically, even uniquely, needs to take him on.
David Friedman has zero diplomatic experience - he’s actually Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer. But he shares with Jared Kushner and other members of Trump’s inner circle shockingly extreme views on Israel/Palestine.
Friedman has denied the existence of Palestinian refugees, who are recognized under international law, called liberal Jews “kapos” for taking even measured efforts to change Israeli policies, advocated annexation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and endorsed discriminatory screening of Muslim immigrants to the United States.
And he’s not just a supporter of illegal, Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank - he’s the board chair of American Friends of Beit El, one of the oldest and most violent settlements in the West Bank.
David Friedman is a passionate activist for permanent apartheid and occupation.
And his appointment would bring all of these policy disasters closer:
- Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem - in fact, he’s already declared his decision to live in Jerusalem personally.
- Annexing Ma’ale Adumim or even all of the West Bank. Yesterday even the NYTimes described Friedman as in “closer political step with Mr. Netanyahu’s right-wing rivals.” (yes, it is more than possible to out-flank Netanyahu to his right)
- Deepening mutual aid between US and the Israeli governments on surveillance projects (think registries) and border militarization (think walls).
Diego, can you sign our open letter now calling on not only the Senate with it’s direct decision-making power, but Members of Congress, the media, and all the allies we’ll need to stop his appointment?
I experienced so much power, love, kindness, and creativity this weekend - and saw infinitely more reflected in the pictures and stories of people from around the world. And the only way I can imagine to feel that way again is to win concrete change.
Stopping Friedman in defense of the basic equality of all people is the most specific thing we can do today, as JVP members.
Click here and help us get going.
Onward,
Joseph
Rabbi Joseph Berman
Government Affairs Manager
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