[AGL] FW: pass this to mikey at your peril

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Jon,

Who is he threatening and why does he mention me?

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Ford" <jonmfordster at hotmail.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:39 PM
Subject: [AGL] FW: pass this to mikey at your peril


> Mike-- I pass this on from Ramsey to illustrate his position on Israel and
> Judaism, about which you have previously commented. He certainly is
> consistent!
>
> Jon
>
>
>>From: Ramsey Wiggins <ramseywiggins at AUSTIN.RR.COM>
>>Reply-To: Remembrances of Austin Ghetto <GHETTO2 at LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM>
>>To: GHETTO2 at LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM
>>Subject: pass this to mikey at your peril
>>Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:29:21 -0600
>>
>>Dems Repudiate Carter Book
>>
>>Jennifer Siegel | Fri. Oct 27, 2006
>>
>>http://www.forward.com/articles/dems-repudiate-carter-book/
>>
>>Top Democrats are rushing to repudiate former President Carter's
>>controversial new book on the Middle East, in which he accuses the Israeli
>>government of maintaining an apartheid system.
>>Article tool
>>
>>
>>Two key party leaders - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard 
>>Dean,
>>party chairman, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi - and several
>>congressmen issued statements Monday saying that the book, "Palestine:
>>Peace
>>Not Apartheid," does not represent their views on the Jewish state.
>>
>>"It is wrong to suggest that the Jewish people would support a government
>>in
>>Israel or anywhere else that institutionalizes ethnically based 
>>oppression,
>>and Democrats reject that allegation vigorously," Pelosi wrote in a
>>statement. "With all due respect to former President Carter, he does not
>>speak for the Democratic Party on Israel."
>>
>>Carter's book is being published by Simon & Schuster and is slated for
>>release November 14. In an advanced draft copy of the work, obtained by 
>>the
>>Forward, the former president asserts that Israel's current policies in 
>>the
>>Palestinian territories constitute "a system of apartheid, with two 
>>peoples
>>occupying the same land but completely separated from each other, with
>>Israelis totally dominant and suppressing violence by depriving
>>Palestinians
>>of their basic human rights." He argues that Israel's settlement policy is
>>principally to blame for the failure of peace initiatives in the Middle
>>East.
>>
>>Dean also took issue with Carter's assessment.
>>
>>"While I have tremendous respect for former President Carter, I
>>fundamentally disagree and do not support his analysis of Israel and the
>>Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Dean wrote in a statement. "On this issue
>>President Carter speaks for himself, the opinions in his book are his own,
>>they are not the views or position of the Democratic Party. I and other
>>Democrats will continue to stand with Israel in its battle against
>>terrorism
>>and for a lasting peace with its neighbors."
>>
>>Several Democratic members of New York's House delegation - Reps. Steve
>>Israel, Charlie Rangel and Jerrold Nadler - also have issued statements
>>criticizing Carter's book, as did Rep. John Conyers, Jr., a Michigan
>>Democrat who is often criticized by members of the Jewish community for 
>>his
>>failure to support Israel in a certain instance. Last summer, Conyers was
>>one of eight House members who did not vote for a resolution backing the
>>Jewish state in the wake of the Hezbollah attacks.
>>
>>In his statement, Conyers said that Carter's use of the word "apartheid"
>>went too far.
>>
>>"I cannot agree with the book's title and its implications about
>>apartheid,"
>>the lawmaker wrote in a statement. "I recently called the former president
>>to express my concerns about the title of the book, and to request that 
>>the
>>title be changed."
>
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