tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post1121229298481179928..comments2023-10-26T06:29:39.824-07:00Comments on The Magnes Zionist: Checkpoints Don't Kill People -- People Kill PeopleJerry Haberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173892714754718716noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-58860264846498904882009-10-13T04:35:58.553-07:002009-10-13T04:35:58.553-07:00JH --
I attended, several years ago, a law-school...JH --<br /> I attended, several years ago, a law-school conference celebrating the progress of human rights in international law. Notably, it failed to mention the Fourth Geneva Convention, which IS a law or convention, while contriving to mention the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which ISN'T.<br /> What will it take to get USA law schools to convene conferences on I/P, occupation law, etc.?<br /> How about religious seminaries?<br /> In short, how can academics, many holding tenure (generally, an unbreakable rice-bowl), break the silence and get a conversation going?<br /> How can academics (or anyone else) "give permission" to Americans to discuss these hard issues -- and thereby, quite possibly, to discover that peaceniks and law-niks have long been a silent majority?pabelmonthttp://123pab.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-2381332890719311582009-10-13T04:26:54.114-07:002009-10-13T04:26:54.114-07:00You wrote: "There will be arguments, obviousl...You wrote: "There will be arguments, obviously, over what is disproportionate, but those arguments should not be held hostage to the sensitivities of the people making them. That is why we need a stronger system of international human rights law and its enforcement, not a weaker one. I am always more sensitive to my pain than to yours."<br /><br />Thank you! thank you. Let more people say, with you, "arguments should not be held hostage to the sensitivities of the people making them." We in the USA need to overcome the system of censorship, taboo, corruption, fear of broken rice-bowls, etc., which puts various subjects "out of bounds" for "civil discourse" -- topics very much including [a] I/P generally and [b] removal of settlers as a matter of law.<br /><br />Therefore, thank you also for: "[W]e need a stronger system of international human rights law and its enforcement, not a weaker one." The removal of ALL settlers NOW is one of the most important actions clearly implied by international humanitarian law, and the need for it can be seen by reading the post-1967 history of Israeli settlers in Hebron.pabelmonthttp://123pab.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-12831795207188087312008-02-18T06:29:00.000-08:002008-02-18T06:29:00.000-08:00Anonymous, I don't pin a lot of hopes on Obama re ...Anonymous, I don't pin a lot of hopes on Obama re Israel/Palestine. For my take on that, you can see my post, "Why I Still Support Obama"<BR/><BR/>http://themagneszionist.blogspot.com/2008/01/<BR/>why-i-still-support-obama.htmlJerry Haberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173892714754718716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-52849222121822829202008-02-17T23:59:00.000-08:002008-02-17T23:59:00.000-08:00"It may not make up for TNR's flaccid circulation,..."It may not make up for TNR's flaccid circulation, but it sure beats Viagra."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the belly laugh, Jerry. Anyone who claims that some of the wittiest writing around isn't being done in the blogosphere hasn't read that jewel.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532790438563813543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-39361517556759730002008-02-17T20:49:00.000-08:002008-02-17T20:49:00.000-08:00Thank you for your summation of the situation. Yo...Thank you for your summation of the situation. <BR/><BR/>You're pinning a lot of hopes on Obama. You've got my support, reluctantly, because I've a lot of small loyalties to Clinton which I don't want to let go of. But in some ways it's as if you're on the frontier, and it makes me feel like I'm supporting my troops when I believe in your hopes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-38638789046443026002008-02-17T13:34:00.000-08:002008-02-17T13:34:00.000-08:00Well said Jerry.I attended the Religious Zionist S...Well said Jerry.<BR/><BR/>I attended the Religious Zionist Shabbaton in Chicago this past weekend and there was a lot of this "being mean spirited" is a Jewish virtue attitude in the air although it came more from participants than facilitators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com