Sunday March 8, 2009, 6:39 am
Palestinians are the Priority: an open statement of commitment to the Palestinian Solidarity Cause




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To: Those in solidarity with the Palestinian People
There are individuals within the Palestinian solidarity movement seeking to create divisions by:

* deliberately shifting focus away from Israel's war crimes and its supremacist Zionist ideology;

* imposing unilateral agendas by presenting both sides as victims;

* sabotaging service to the just cause of the Palestinian people;

* ignoring the issue of right of return for the Palestinians;

* utilising the platform of the Palestinian discourse to argue about anti-Semitism, which is not a Palestinian problem and not created by Arabs.

Our primary and single concern is solidarity with the Palestinian people.

As ethical human beings we consider it our obligation to:

* do all we can to allow the information to be diffused as widely and as quickly as possible;

* ensure the argument of the oppression and disenfranchisement of the Palestinian people stays in the forefront;

* present as clear and honest a picture as possible of the meaning of Zionism and the Jewish State;

* to cross the divide and to unite in our war against the Zionist crime.

We accept and believe in equality of all persons, regardless of their race, religion, political or other orientation. We believe that full and unconditional support of the Palestinian people is a condition sine qua non for activists to adopt, and we recognise that their attachment to their homeland is a fundamental and unalterable condition. To that end we advocate for one unified State with equal rights for all its citizens.

Any attempts at censoring reasoned critique of Israel and Zionism must be refused a priori, as it is in conflict with the goal of seeking to protect and support the Palestinian people - as their empowerment is the only way to peaceful coexistence for all the populations of the Middle East. Any attempts at dictating what the Palestinians should do will be looked upon with great circumspection and suspicion. Palestinians themselves wish to construct their own future and are not pawns to be shifted on the chessboard.

We demand free speech for sincere critics of Zionism and call for an end to campaigns created in order to ostracise its most vocal critics. Smear campaigns will not be tolerated, as we recognise that they are the instrument of choice of Zionists, and detract energy from our work. We will not hesitate to expose the instrumental usage of them, no matter the claimed principles of those who are engaged in creating such campaigns. On the other hand, open dialogue and reasoned argumentation is welcome and greatly encouraged as a tool to understanding and collaboration.

The indigenous people of Palestine are facing extermination by the hands of the Jewish State, and the world keeps silent. The sooner we draw public attention to Israel's needless wanton destruction, the sooner we can do away with this horrifying, insufferable situation.


Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Sunday March 8, 2009, 6:47 am
Noted and signed. 1404 Signatures Total. Thank you Cheryl.

Sunday March 8, 2009, 7:47 am
1405 Signatures Total......signed with thanks

Sunday March 8, 2009, 8:05 am
let's not forget more urgent and important issues...

Sunday March 8, 2009, 4:14 pm
Signed,#1424 and noted with thanks Cheryl. Thanks for sending Charles.

Sunday March 8, 2009, 4:23 pm
Noted and action taken, thank you
1425 Signatures Total

Monday March 9, 2009, 7:56 am
Palestine IS the issue, Zhorik. If we want Israel to be safe, and if we want to end much of the anti-U.S. feeling in the Middle East and the Muslim World, then Israel must end its long-held U.S.-supported policy of aggressive expansionism, and instead Israel and the USA must agree to the 2-state solution, which Hamas and the rest of the world already agree to!!!

Monday March 9, 2009, 8:02 am
I signed the petition!

Free Palestine from Iraeli oppression!

When israel ends its aggressive expansionist policy, and agrees to a just peace, then everyone can have peace. Palestine will not agree to peace under Israel oppression, OF COURSE, as no people ever have or would accept. So Israel must stop its colonial ways, and agree to a just peace.