INTO THE FRAY : Stifling debate – BICOM's blatant bias
For your perusal:
The latest INTO THE FRAY column, in this weekend Jerusalem Post
Stifling debate – BICOM's blatant bias
www.jpost.com/Opinion/Into-the-Fray-Stifling-debate-BICOMs-blatant-bias-449890
BICOM seems determined to adhere to its commitment to two-state principles—down to the last Palestinian – and to block debate on plausible alternatives.
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An excerpt:
“With the two-state solution... Israel will collapse, because if they get out of Jerusalem, what will become of all the talk about the Promised Land and the Chosen People? What will become of all the sacrifices they made – just to be told to leave? They consider Jerusalem to have a spiritual status. The Jews consider Judea and Samaria to be their historic dream. If the Jews leave those places, the Zionist idea will begin to collapse... Then we will move forward.
– Abbas Zaki, senior PLO official, ANB TV, Lebanon, May 7, 2009
We need to... restate some basic truths, and think more creatively about how we can act in the world to make a positive contribution to securing these truths... peace will only come through engagement and deep mutual recognition between the two peoples, that there is no alternative to negotiations and mutual compromise, that a final-status agreement will secure two states for two peoples.
– Prof. Alan Johnson, editor, Fathom magazine of BICOM (the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre), Autumn 2015
One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.
– George Orwell Readers
Readers will recall that recently I “crossed swords” with segments of Australia’s Jewish establishment for its ostracizing of prominent Israelis who dared to articulate positions that diverged from the tyrannical tenets of political correctness …It now appears that I am compelled – reluctantly – to do the same with a prominent organ of UK Jewry, BICOM, for similar reasons, but in a more personal context…” Read More
As usual your talkbacks/comments/critiques welcome
Best wishes,
MS
Creator/Exec-Producer of 'Xelexnia' - A South African science fiction series
8 年Hey Martin..I don't think they're stifling debate, just 'your' debate. That being said, the two state solution is dead, but your solution is worse.