[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: The Apartheid Treadmill

[Email subscription to blog articles]

Posted by Mary Madigan:
The Apartheid Treadmill
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1171856252.shtml


   I was hoping to get to one of the [1]"End Israel Apartheid" talks in
   NYC this week, to ask some questions and to see if the usual suspects
   had added any new conspiracy theories to their repertoire.
   Unfortunately, work and family stuff kept me from getting into the
   city.

   However, even at my most ambitious, I was only planning to go to one
   of these events. The intrepid Pamela Hall went to every single "End
   Israel Apartheid" event this week.

   Seven nights of conspiracy mongering and bone-crushing boredom. That's
   endurance.

   Judith at Kesher Talk has Pamela's reports [2]here, including this
   from Thursday night:

     Thursday evening we were back in Judson Church, but we were
     downstairs in a meeting room that had a small screen set up for a
     power-point presentation.. When I walked in at about 10 minutes
     before the scheduled start-time I was one of FIVE people and there
     were only about 20 folding chairs put out. This âhappeningâ is
     getting smaller and less âimpressiveâ each night and nowâ¦Iâm
     starting to re-think my evening. . .

     Slowly people start arriving (not many) And the presenters get way
     too excited. They rush to put out 7 more chairsâ¦very odd⦠but,
     okay.... Then it's start time. (We actually go on-time.) But, we're
     getting a re-cap of the who-o-le week.â¦retreadsâ¦fillers, I
     think... they're hoping for more people to show-up. So WE have to
     sit through the apartheid treadmill. I drift until we get our first
     speaker.

     Again, these accents are a challenge. Heâs Lebanese, I think.
     Tonight weâre listening to him recount all the killings; the
     MURDERS that Israel is responsible for in Lebanon. This young-manâs
     life has been destroyed by the nefarious goings-on that Israel has
     perpetrated against Lebanon. (I desperately wanted to end this
     charade as I have Lebanese Christian friends who support Israel
     100%. They are desperate to see an end to the Hezbollah terror that
     is destroying their country). But, itâs too early in the speech to
     lose it, soâ¦I sit. Then, in comes 7 (at least) of OUR crowd: The
     David Project and Stand With Us. They slowly walk in and fill the
     REST of the chairs. Who knew the remaining chairs would be filled
     by our counter-pamphleteers.

     Okay, Mr. Lebanon finishes and now we get a woman speaker. She is a
     co-speaker with the moderator. A "Charlotte (Very Marxist)
     Kates-type"- an Arab with a slight accent. [ 'Where is Charlotte?",
     BTW... We haven't seen her since Monday evening's event.] Anyway,
     this speaker I can understand and it's party-line all-the-way. All
     the same stuff weâve heard night after night: Israel bad; Israel
     apartheid-state; Palestinians goodâ¦

References

   1. http://www.endisraeliapartheid.net/nyc
   2. http://www.keshertalk.com/archives/2007/02/endisraelapartheid4.php