Comments on: November 13th and the Whitewashing of a Berkeley Hate Crime http://www.yamansalahi.com/2009/11/13/comment/november-13th-and-the-whitewashing-of-a-berkeley-hate-crime/ i am not qualified to say this Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tara Raffi http://www.yamansalahi.com/2009/11/13/comment/november-13th-and-the-whitewashing-of-a-berkeley-hate-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-22424 Tara Raffi Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:46:04 +0000 http://www.yamansalahi.com/?p=1659#comment-22424 Also, the Student Action party never tried to cover up the incident or deny that it ever happened. I am surprised to hear you say something like that Yaman. Is there something you are referring to that I am not aware of? Also, the Student Action party never tried to cover up the incident or deny that it ever happened. I am surprised to hear you say something like that Yaman.

Is there something you are referring to that I am not aware of?

]]> By: Tara Raffi http://www.yamansalahi.com/2009/11/13/comment/november-13th-and-the-whitewashing-of-a-berkeley-hate-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-22401 Tara Raffi Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:53:53 +0000 http://www.yamansalahi.com/?p=1659#comment-22401 Yaman, To be fair, I think you glaze over some important points of contention concerning John Moghtader's involvement on the balcony that day. While it is certain that he was there, there is strong disagreement about whether or not he actually interacted with anybody physically. Gabe definitely acted violently, and I am not refuting the accuracy of any medical statements, but many people have seen a video of the incident and attest to the fact that John remained physically detached from the incident. In light of this, the JSU statement, which I wrote, opposes wasting $25,000 of student money to recall a senator that was not proven to have committed a crime he was accused of. If I had felt that he had hit Dina Omar without a reasonable doubt, I would not have taken this position. The Israel Action Committee statement is one that was troubling, but as I believe we have spoken about this before, you know that the email was sent by one co-Chair of the group and was contrary to the rest of the group members beliefs and sent without their knowledge or approval. This chair is an active member of Tikvah and cannot be considered reflective of the opinion of "Jewish Institutions" on campus other than Tikvah's. Yaman,

To be fair, I think you glaze over some important points of contention concerning John Moghtader’s involvement on the balcony that day. While it is certain that he was there, there is strong disagreement about whether or not he actually interacted with anybody physically. Gabe definitely acted violently, and I am not refuting the accuracy of any medical statements, but many people have seen a video of the incident and attest to the fact that John remained physically detached from the incident.

In light of this, the JSU statement, which I wrote, opposes wasting $25,000 of student money to recall a senator that was not proven to have committed a crime he was accused of. If I had felt that he had hit Dina Omar without a reasonable doubt, I would not have taken this position.

The Israel Action Committee statement is one that was troubling, but as I believe we have spoken about this before, you know that the email was sent by one co-Chair of the group and was contrary to the rest of the group members beliefs and sent without their knowledge or approval. This chair is an active member of Tikvah and cannot be considered reflective of the opinion of “Jewish Institutions” on campus other than Tikvah’s.

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