Comments on: A reflection on Israeli Apartheid Week http://www.yamansalahi.com/2008/02/11/journal/a-reflection-on-israeli-apartheid-week/ i am not qualified to say this Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Angela Godfrey-Goldstein http://www.yamansalahi.com/2008/02/11/journal/a-reflection-on-israeli-apartheid-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2956 Angela Godfrey-Goldstein Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:30:22 +0000 http://www.yamansalahi.com/2008/02/11/journal/a-reflection-on-israeli-apartheid-week/#comment-2956 Am interested to know if the exhibition JERUSALEM DISPOSSESSED in various coffee shops off campus is causing waves before it is launched (hopefully) next month on campus. I'm hoping to come over to launch it, so look forward to discussions about Jerusalem and current policies. Am interested to know if the exhibition JERUSALEM DISPOSSESSED in various coffee shops off campus is causing waves before it is launched (hopefully) next month on campus. I’m hoping to come over to launch it, so look forward to discussions about Jerusalem and current policies.

]]> By: Tom Pessah http://www.yamansalahi.com/2008/02/11/journal/a-reflection-on-israeli-apartheid-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2934 Tom Pessah Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:28:35 +0000 http://www.yamansalahi.com/2008/02/11/journal/a-reflection-on-israeli-apartheid-week/#comment-2934 in Israel I've had a lot of conversations with people asking what they would do about the situation, and almost every time people say "if I were Prime Minister I would..." - it's almost as if only the activists see themselves as citizens who are empowered enough to shape their lives themselves, without being elected to some official office. Aand the flip side of that is identifying Palestinians with Abbas or Haniyyah, Syrians with Assad, etc., not with our equivalents, the average people in the street. That's a big part of what has to change, and thanks for constantly reminding us of it, as you spoke so weel to the ASUC senate. As they say in Hebrew, from your mouth to God's ear (this doesn't necessarily have a religious connotation, like inshallah )- מהפה שלך לאוזן של אלוהים in Israel I’ve had a lot of conversations with people asking what they would do about the situation, and almost every time people say “if I were Prime Minister I would…” – it’s almost as if only the activists see themselves as citizens who are empowered enough to shape their lives themselves, without being elected to some official office. Aand the flip side of that is identifying Palestinians with Abbas or Haniyyah, Syrians with Assad, etc., not with our equivalents, the average people in the street. That’s a big part of what has to change, and thanks for constantly reminding us of it, as you spoke so weel to the ASUC senate.

As they say in Hebrew, from your mouth to God’s ear (this doesn’t necessarily have a religious connotation, like inshallah )-
מהפה שלך לאוזן של אלוהים

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