Posted on 04/03/2008 6:59:02 PM PDT by forkinsocket
Former defense minister Amir Peretz will begin a campaign after Pessah, which celebrates freedom, to bring about the release of Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti.
Barghouti was convicted of murder and sentenced to five life sentences in prison for killing Jews and a Christian monk during the second Intifada. But he is also a rising star in Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah and his likely successor.
In a speech at a pre-Pessah toast for Labor activists loyal to him, Peretz said that after the holiday, he would visit the families of Barghouti's victims and ask them to publicly press for Barghouti's release.
"I will tell them there is a leader respected by the Palestinian people and we need him out of jail, so he could run the PA together with Abu Mazen," Peretz said. "With all the pain I feel for the blood that [they] shed, we need this move to prevent further bloodshed."
Peretz also called for talks with Hamas," because we need to make peace with all the Palestinians and not just some of them."
The event was intended to allow Peretz to flex his muscles amid his ongoing rivalry with his successor, Ehud Barak. Hundreds of supporters packed the party's headquarters in Tel Aviv's Hatikva quarter.
Peretz used the event to call for reconciliation with Barak, while at the same time warning him that he and other Labor officials could bypass him to make the key decisions needed for the party's future.
"We wanted to decide the diplomatic path of the party, but you didn't want to do it, so we will do it without you," Peretz said. "We want to go on a path together with you, but not if you try to silence the voices of the people here and the grassroots of this party."
Peretz said he received a phone call on Tuesday from Barak, inviting him to meet with him and even join the cabinet. But it turned out it was an impersonator who was taking advantage of April Fool's Day. Peretz urged the impersonator to call Barak and do the same.
Science, Culture and Sport Minister Ghaleb Majadleh and MKs Ephraim Sneh and Yoram Marciano came to the event and praised Peretz.
Other MKs who supported Peretz in the past did not show up.
"We can't cover up the grim reality," Sneh said. "Labor is in a financial, ideological and political crisis. I have been in the party for 20 years, and I don't remember it ever being this bad. When there are negotiations with the Palestinians, it cannot be that we in Labor are not doing everything possible to encourage it. It cannot be that Labor is not advancing socioeconomic issues. I think we can end this crisis if this party redefines its core principles and plays the game transparently and fairly."
Marciano accused Barak's loyalists of leaking a false story that he and Peretz were looking to break off from Labor or form a new party.
"They tried to show me the door, but they'll leave before me," Marciano said. "I grew up in this party and I don't have any other party. If people want to show us the door, there won't be a party and there won't be a State of Israel."
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How about a ‘hang Barghouti’ drive
“Please free this murderer so I can get more Arab votes in the next election.”
—Peretz
How about hang Barghouti and Peretz using the same rope. If I was one of those families and he came to my home and asked me that I would belt him.
...for those who think there’s no difference between Israeli politicians...
Peretz means vulture, doesn’t it?
Translation: We must do everything possible to kiss palistinian booty, up to and including suicide. The blood of our own people is worthless, and those who spill it will be rewarded.
This is what the "Labor" platform has evolved to :-(
Certainly a good start! If only Israel would hang terrorists regularly like any self-respecting nation would do, the palis would lose their bargaining tool. OOPS - never mind! It might upset them.
This amounts to treason.
04.Apr-2008
A Brief Message from Prof. Paul Eidelberg
Filed under: Democratic Methods • The Diaspora • The Foundation — eidelberg @ 6:50 am
What perpetuates the dysfunctional and treacherous government of Israel is its reputation as a democracy in the United States. The myth of Israeli democracy endows the government with legitimacy and its ruling elites—politicians, judges, academics, journalists—with respectability. Expose this myth in the U.S. and it will be immediately felt in Israel, especially among the elites. This is the most expeditious way of initiating basic institutional reform and regime change in Israel. For this, a well-financed and professional organization is needed in America, either in New York (perhaps better in Washington, D.C.) as well as a parallel organization in Israel.
http://foundation1.org/wp-en/2008/02/28/the-brzezinskiobama-axis/
Not only has Brzezinski publicly defended the anti-Semitic canard that the relationship between America and Israel is the result of Jewish pressure, but he also signed a letter demanding dialogue with Hamas, whose charter calls for Israel’s destruction. It behooves us to understand the mentality of Obama’s Middle East adviser—and more deeply than our so-called experts...
What the h#ll is this nut Peretz smoking?!?!?!? This nincompoop is like some of those less than sterling kings of biblical Israel and Judah, selling out to Israel’s enemies! May his butt meet the unheld side of a very large hickory switch! Then may Bibi become Prime Minister and put him on trial for treason.
May the familes give this demon the beating he deserves.
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