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Dear Friends,
This week, the Partners for Progressive Israel blog discusses mob violence against African refugees and their property in Tel Aviv's Hatikva neighborhood. Also, in recognition of the 45th anniversary of the Six Day War, Yael Dayan encourages American Jews to consider Israeli politics through a lens of morality.
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Check out these recent postings of interest to the liberal-left and Zionist peace camps. We hope to see you soon, either in person or online! |
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Attacks on African Refugees Shame Israel
 When Yael Dayan, chair of the Tel Aviv city council, spoke at an event co-sponsored by Partners [for Progressive Israel] in New York City on June 3rd, she was somewhat reluctant to use the term "pogrom"... to characterize the violence against African asylum seekers... Described by the Israeli collective activist photographers, Active Stills, as "a racist mob [roaming] the streets, chanting racist slogans, setting garbage on fire, attacking African shops & bars and hunting down Africans after a demonstration against African refugees and asylum seekers in the Tel Aviv's Hatikva neighborhood on May 23, 2012..."
...She spoke with compassion for the approximately 60,000 refugees from Sudan, South Sudan and Eritrea who live a marginal existence in poor quarters, mostly in Tel Aviv and are generally denied work permits. She says that Israel is obligated as a signatory to the International Convention on Human Rights to take them in, but that they are given no real governmental assistance... . . . Read More! |
| Yael Dayan Speaks (45 years after the 6 day war)
By Ralph Seliger
 ... Yael Dayan regards all of Israel's wars following the Yom Kippur War of 1973 as 'choice wars' rather than defensive. She spoke in a casual, witty and knowledgeable way on the dangers to Israel's democratic and Jewish character in the situation today, with the current ascendency of intolerant nationalist and ultra-relgious forces. And she advised liberal American Jews to stand up for what they believe: "Don't let Israel stand between you and your sense of right and wrong..."
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As a progressive Zionist organization affiliated with the World Union of Meretz, Partners for Progressive Israel (formerly Meretz USA) is dedicated to two equally essential goals:
First, the achievement of a durable and just peace between Israel and all its neighbors, especially the Palestinian people, based on a negotiated two-state solution. Partners for Progressive Israel believes that Israel's ongoing occupation and settlement effort undermine the country's national interests, sully the image of Zionism, and inevitably lead to the violation of the human rights of those under occupation.
Second, and just as importantly, Partners for Progressive Israel is dedicated to the realization of human and civil rights, equality and social justice for all of Israel's inhabitants - regardless of ethnic/religious identity, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation. |
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