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Ami Ayalon, retired Israeli Navy chief, former Secret Service chief, former Knesset member and cabinet minister, and co-author with Palestinian professor Sari Nusseibeh of a peace proposal that many believe will form the basis of an eventual two-state peace agreement, will speak on the topic "Achieving two states: ensuring real peace and security for Israel" in a conversation with JStreet founder and executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami tonight at a cocktail reception and fund-raiser for JStreet.Ami Ayalon, retired Israeli Navy chief, former Secret Service chief, former Knesset... more
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Synopsis of Sunday's New Israel Fund's NYC town hall & tomorrow's JStreet NYC launch http://bit.ly/aOajSL Issues facing the Israeli left and an opportunity for progressive pro-Israel pro-peace activism.Synopsis of Sunday's New Israel Fund's NYC town hall & tomorrow's... more
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July 4th in Israel and New York.
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GENEVA – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the Holocaust as a "pretext" for aggression against Palestinians, prompting walkouts Monday by every European Union country at a U.N. conference on racism.
The meeting turned chaotic almost from the start when two protesters in rainbow wigs tossed red clown noses at Ahmadinejad as he began his speech with a Muslim prayer. A Jewish student group from France said it had been trying to convey "the masquerade that this conference represents."
Ahmadinejad — the first government official to take the floor — restarted and delivered his speech for more than a half-hour, saying the United States and Europe had helped establish Israel after World War II at the expense of Palestinians.
"They resorted to military aggression to make an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering," he said.
That prompted the walkout by some 40 diplomats from Britain and France and other European Union countries. The Europeans had threatened to leave the conference if it descended into anti-Semitism or other rhetoric harshly critical of Israel, which marred the U.N.'s last conference on racism eight years ago in South Africa.
[more at link]GENEVA – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the... more
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