<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Kevin Heaton <kevwsc@hotmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, March 1, 2011 11:00:50 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [BostonUNAC] FW: [BAAM!announce] Urgent Need for Massive Solidarity and People at Boston University Thursday!<br></font><br>
<br><br><br>________________________________<br>> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 22:44:22 -0500<br>> From: <a ymailto="mailto:ichinich@gmail.com" href="mailto:ichinich@gmail.com">ichinich@gmail.com</a><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:bu-students-for-justice-in-palestine@googlegroups.com" href="mailto:bu-students-for-justice-in-palestine@googlegroups.com">bu-students-for-justice-in-palestine@googlegroups.com</a>;<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:greater-boston-sjp@googlegroups.com" href="mailto:greater-boston-sjp@googlegroups.com">greater-boston-sjp@googlegroups.com</a>;<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:boston-palestine-discussion-list@googlegroups.com" href="mailto:boston-palestine-discussion-list@googlegroups.com">boston-palestine-discussion-list@googlegroups.com</a>;<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:boston-bds@googlegroups.com" href="mailto:boston-bds@googlegroups.com">boston-bds@googlegroups.com</a>; <a ymailto="mailto:buanarchists@lists.riseup.net"
href="mailto:buanarchists@lists.riseup.net">buanarchists@lists.riseup.net</a>;<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:baamannounce@lists.riseup.net" href="mailto:baamannounce@lists.riseup.net">baamannounce@lists.riseup.net</a><br>> Subject: [BAAM!announce] Urgent Need for Massive Solidarity and People<br>> at Boston University Thursday!<br>><br>> Boston University Students For Justice in Palestine is making an urgent<br>> call out for a demonstration on the sidewalk at Marsh Chapel at BU.<br>> After 2 weeks of intense organizing to confront "Israel Peace Week"<br>> and for our own "Israel Apartheid Week" we erected a apartheid wall on<br>> campus. This came after numerous attempts from Boston University<br>> Students for Israel and affiliated students to intimidate us, convince<br>> us to halt our work, and urge BU's administration to stop us from<br>> building the wall. Students for Israel has tried to stop the mock wall<br>>
because it is an embarrassment to Israel and its supporters; whereas<br>> the wall itself is an embarrassment to humanity. They have intensified<br>> their response to us and they sent this out to the BU Hillel listserve.<br>> We are calling on Palestine supporters of all stripes to come out in<br>> support of us at a counter rally.<br>><br>> This Thursday, 2pm on the sidewalk in front of Marsh Chapel (735<br>> Commonwealth Avenue Boston). Bring megaphones, bring banners,<br>> Palestine flags..etc.. (No signs with comparing Israel to nazis or<br>> holocaust imagery, swastikas, pro hamas shit, or stuff like that)<br>><br>> radical march bands and radical cheerleaders welcome!... We are going<br>> all out for Israel Apartheid Week and for the liberation of the<br>> Palestinians.<br>><br>> --Ian<br>> Boston University SJP<br>><br>> Attached is the email sent out to BU Hillel tonight:<br>><br>>
From: "BU Hillel/B.U.S.I." ><br>> Date: March 1, 2011 8:06:02 PM EST<br>><br>><br>> Israel Attacked at BU: URGENT Response Thursday at 3pm<br>> March 1, 2011<br>><br>> Dear Ariana,<br>><br>> I ask you to please read this letter in its entirety.<br>><br>><br>> An SAO registered student group called Students for Justice in<br>> Palestine (SJP) was started on our campus last year. Today, SJP built a<br>> mock-wall that will be on campus throughout the week as a part of their<br>> "Israel-Apartheid Week". The group has spent the week promoting<br>> factually incorrect statements, such as: "Israel is an apartheid<br>> state," "Israel engages in ethnic cleansing" and "Gaza similar to<br>> Warsaw Ghetto". The group engages in hateful speech, using expletives<br>> and intimidation. These false and hurtful claims attack and<br>> misrepresent Israel's very being and promote a sense of
undeserved<br>> hatred towards Israel. On a campus such as our own, which promotes<br>> learning and research, it is disheartening that students have to endure<br>> hatred and lies.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Through their creation of the mock-wall, SJP hopes to sensationalize<br>> the security barrier that was erected in Israel as a means of<br>> self-defense against violent groups, such as Hamas, that have called<br>> for Israel and the Jewish people to be annihilated. Since the barrier<br>> was built in 2002, terrorist attacks perpetrated against Israel have<br>> dropped by over 95%. The security barrier ensures the safety of all<br>> Israeli citizens. Jewish, Arab and Christian children must be provided<br>> with their undeniable right to live a life free of the fear of<br>> terrorism. Israel provides this right by defending herself. Any country<br>> that would do less than this is failing their citizens.
Citizens of<br>> Gaza are deprived of this security by Hamas, a recognized terrorist<br>> organization by the United States and the European Union. Hamas<br>> threatens the daily security of Israeli and Palestinian citizens and<br>> denies citizens of Gaza basic civil liberties. This leaves Israel<br>> without a partner in peace.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Boston University Students for Israel (BUSI) has spent the<br>> past week illustrating Israel's true and democratic quest for peace.<br>> Drawing parallels between Israel and South African Apartheid is<br>> deceitful because South Africa's white minority population forcefully<br>> segregated blacks, solely based on the color of their skin, and<br>> deprived them of equal rights and opportunities. Alternatively, Israel<br>> is a Jewish majority and all minorities, including the 20% who are<br>> Arab, have full and equal rights, legal representation and
protection.<br>> Claiming that Israel "engages in ethnic cleansing" is painfully<br>> offensive to both Israel and Jews. Ethnic cleansing suggests that a<br>> government is engaging in systematic murder. Hitler's Nazi Germany<br>> engaged in ethnic cleansing as enforced by Heinrich Himmler's 'Final<br>> Solution' of 1942 in which he called for the systematic annihilation of<br>> World Jewry. It is a falsehood of great magnitudes to suggest that<br>> Israel does this. Israel provides millions of dollars in aid to Gaza,<br>> provides medical treatment to Gaza's citizens and full citizenship to<br>> any Arab who lives within Israel's borders. SJP chooses to make<br>> sensationalist claims about Israel in the hope that people will simply<br>> comply with their antics.<br>><br>><br>><br>> We feel as if our campus is under attack. Israel and Zionists are being<br>> misrepresented. We as University students
respect the truth, have<br>> solidarity for Israel and will not let ourselves be intimidated. When<br>> we are being misrepresented it is our duty to respond. As moral<br>> individuals we cannot stand by while both the Palestinian and Israeli<br>> people are being misrepresented by SJP. Israel is the only true<br>> democracy in the Middle East and the only Jewish homeland. We need to<br>> defend her. This coming Thursday at 3pm on Marsh Chapel we will gather<br>> to show our support for Israel. It is our responsibility as supporters<br>> of Israel to stand by her in a time of need. We will be sending<br>> further information about this gathering, but we are making the plea<br>> that if you do support Israel and oppose hatred, that you attend our<br>> gathering.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Sincerely,<br>> The Executive Board of Boston University Students for Israel (BUSI)<br>> The Executive Board
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