Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Halper: An Israeli in Palestine

By: angie

angie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:29:28 +0000

Your #50 is brilliant.

Thank you.

By: angie

angie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:21:50 +0000

Blessings, Jeff.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:25:09 +0000

Thank you Jeff, Robert, et al. :)

Couple of links for info:
http://www.jstreet.org/
http://electronicintifada.net/

Great conversation. I learned a lot. I bet the book is excellent too.

By: bigbrother

bigbrother — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:11:56 +0000

bigbrother June 22nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm 112
In response to klynn @ 68 (show text)
Obvious conclusion.If the most effective intelligence agency in history Mossad http://www.fas.org/irp/world/israel/mossad/
Revamping FISA to give coverup to AIPAC’s known spying on US intel agencies may be a very strong benefit for them and their agents. Since they have only 1200 employees that have to contract spy work out. For me one of the most disturbing revalations is that Rand Corporation is involved agian. Remember Secretary of State McNamara said after the Nam war it was a “mistake”, he had extensive advise from Rand in the Nam war runup.
With 35 of the new Bush administration official being signees of the PNAC statements and the PNAC letter to the Clinton administration requesting a ground invasion of Iraq, now pushing for bombing Iran, William Christol and Dick Cheney original members it is obvious “We the people” did not know that Isreal is making foriegn policy for the USA. That is on their best interest not ours. The fact that they are willing to break our laws and spy on our top secret branches of government is more than troublesome. The fact that they are promoting ther dissolution of our rights under FISA is an outrage. The fact that thise convicted of a spying conspiracy are not serving their sentence is like the pardon of Libby.
If ever treason was rampant it is under the Bush administration.
Marcy could overlay this work with last fall and this spring’s effort to get the Immunity included…PAA…Military Commissions Act legislation restricting our Constitutional Rights and priveledges. Mussolini was hung upside down for his treason against Italy. I do not recomend or believe that will happen, but I do believe he his family and associates have collorated to restrict the constitution of the United States to which they have sworn to protect and uphold. Pelosi and Hoyer in the House and Reid in the senate are participants in enabling this attack.

By: tw3k

tw3k — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:06:47 +0000

Yes, thank you Bev, Robert and all.

Jeff, I thank you particularly for your voice here today.

By: Jeff Halper

Jeff Halper — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:05:14 +0000

Whew! This was a lot of work! But very stimulating. Sorry if I didn’t get to everyone. Thanks Bev, Robert and Egregious. Let’s do it again (my next book is on Israel and the world’s arms trade). Ciao!

By: Jeff Halper

Jeff Halper — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:03:13 +0000

Israelis don’t really care about “the situation” or certainly about Palestinians. The economy is booming, security has been restored to the Israeli bubble (at a great cost to the Palestinians), tourism is back, the US and Europe love us — what’s wrong with this picture? So they don’t make distinctions between apartheid, separation or anything else. They don’t know ANYTHING about what transpires in the Occupied Territories (we don’t use the word “occupation” in Israel — or “Palestinian”: for that matter). They have taken themselves out of the political game, relying on the Israeli army for security and on the US for continued support.

By: Robert Dreyfuss

Robert Dreyfuss — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:02:40 +0000

Thanks to all! Great work. Jeff.

By: egregious

egregious — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:02:27 +0000

Thank you, Jeff, this has been most revealing. Best of luck with your work, and please come back again soon.

By: greenwarrior

greenwarrior — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:00:55 +0000

yes, the u.s. adopted israeli tactics down to the letter in the seige and razing of fallujah.