Washington Report on Middle East Affairs January/February 2003 Time to Intensify Our Efforts Building a Counter-AIPAC By Josh Ruebner Henry David Thoreau, arguably the greatest American philosopher and practitioner of nonviolent resistance to injustice, recognized that the U.S. political system is particularly prone to the pernicious influence of foreign interests. In his classic essay, On […]
World War 4 Report JEWISH ANTI-OCCUPATION GROUP LOBBIES U.S. Jews for Peace and in Palestine and Israel (JPPI), a 1,200 member-strong organization that opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestine, is trying to get the US to enforce the Arms Export Control Act. Josh Ruebner, one of the group’s co-founders, says, “We’re gearing up for a […]
Counterpunch December 10, 2002 Striking with Impunity by JOSH RUEBNER As part of its ongoing brutal military occupation and collective punishment of the Palestinian people, Israel invaded the refugee camp al-Bureij, in the Gaza Strip, in the early morning hours of Friday, December 6. The avowed goal of the invasion, dubbed “Real Games,” was to […]
Peace Partners Keeping Hope Alive By Mary McGrory Sunday, December 1, 2002; Page B07 Three women — a Christian, a Jew and a Muslim — ended a seven-city tour here last week. They had sought sympathy for peace and the Palestinians. Except for in Portland, Ore., they did not get a warm welcome. A number […]
Znet Arab-Jewish Cooperation in the US By Josh Ruebner Saturday, November 30, 2002 Last week, the Arab American Institute (AAI) and Americans for Peace Now (APN) released a joint public opinion poll of Jewish and Arab American attitudes toward Israeli-Palestinian peace. Roughly 87 percent of Jewish Americans and 97 percent of Arab Americans surveyed agreed […]
National Review November 26, 2002, 8:30 a.m. In Defense of Christian Allies Why Evangelicals support Israel. By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz Last Thursday, a delegation of leaders of the conservative American grassroots organization, the Christian Coalition, rode a bus in Jerusalem. A simple act, yet one that symbolized support and commitment to Israel more than the most […]
http://www.mediamonitors.net/joshruebner1.html Reflecting the prevailing mood of decolonization that was then sweeping the Third World, French Premier General Charles De Gaulle announced to his fellow citizens on November 4, 1960 that France’s colonial enterprise in Algeria was unsustainable. De Gaulle mustered the courage to tell his people that foreign domination of another people is wrong and […]
http://media.www.guilfordian.com/media/storage/paper281/news/2002/10/25/Features/Josh-Ruebner.on.The.Side.Of.Justice.And.Peace-307737.shtml Meghan Angell “It is not right, fellow countrymen./ You who know very well, the crimes committed in our name.” Josh Ruebner began his public presentation in Founders Gallery on Jews for Peace in the Middle East with a poem by Jean Paul Sartre. Ruebner is the co-founder and executive director of Jews for Peace, […]
Media Monitors What Is Israel Hiding? August 25, 2002 by Joshua Ruebner & Khalid Turaani With extremism gaining adherents in both communities, the notion that Muslims and Jews can work together for a similar vision of peace between Palestinians and Israelis may surprise many. The idea certainly piqued the interest of U.S. Congressional staff members […]
Published 00:00 10.08.02Latest update 00:00 10.08.02 U.S. peace activists prevented from entering West Bank By Haaretz Service Israel on Saturday prevented U.S. peace activists traveling with U.S. congressional staff members on a fact-finding mission to the Palestinian territories and Israel from entering the West Bank, according to the activists, the State Department and an Israeli […]
