Need to hear what some smart people have to say about this.

[da kid]

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From: da kid <peterock86 at live.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 8:05:33 AM
To: Mark Thibodeau
Subject: Re: Need to hear what some smart people have to say about this.

Im not that smart but I think it is really really really sad that people feel they have to write a paragraph that attempts to prove they don't hate Jews before they can criticize Israel. I am also what you call a philo-semite but Israel's treatment of Palestine is abhorrent. The recent hubbub about Hebron, which is in Palestine, not being called Israeli is another recent example of false "anti-Semitism" accusations being thrown about. There is definitely a rich and powerful right wing pro Israeli lobby in America. That's not antiSemitic to say is it?
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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org <owner-pynchon-l at waste.org> on behalf of Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 3:52:59 AM
To: pynchon -l
Subject: Need to hear what some smart people have to say about this.

First things first... and I hate that I have to state this up front (but considering the subject matter, I feel that I must)... I am not an anti-Semite. In fact, if anything, I'm a Judeophile, or philo-Semite. Many of my heroes are Jews. I think Jewish women are among the world's must beautiful. I have many Jewish friends, some of whom are among my closest and most beloved. In short, I am no Jew-hater.

But I'm also a huge fan or the musician Roger Waters. A lifelong admirer of both his music and his obvious sincere, passionately held beliefs. Lately, I've noticed a significant uptick in attacks on Waters from pro-Israeli news outlets. This week, I learned that there is actually an entire documentary film that's been shot, apparently with the sole objective of smearing him as an anti-Semite.

While Waters is definitely an opponent of the current regime in Israel, and an advocate for Palestinian rights up to and including lending his support to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, I also have seen a lot of accusations made against him with little to zero supporting evidence (video, audio, etc). And I definitely think the attacks on him have taken on a dangerously aggressive tone.

And then, today, I ran across this article...

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.819132?v=448801475EBF52877C3C6DDD9BA51DFF

My first compulsion was to check with Snopes, even though the original article is from an Israeli paper, just to see if maybe I'd fallen for an elaborate prank. There I find...

https://www.snopes.com/texas-harvey-israel/

And as I read, my blood runs a little bit cold.

So I guess my question to you folks here is...

What the fuck is going on here? And in what universe does anyone think denying aid to victims of natural disasters unless they pledge never to take part in the BDS movement isn't going to backfire spectacularly?

Jerky

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