Posted on 02/03/2012 4:36:58 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
The Oakland, Calif., chapter of the US Occupy movement overwhelmingly endorsed a proposal in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.
According to Twitter accounts by pro-Palestinian activists pushing the proposal, the statement won nearly unanimous backing in a vote Wednesday following a brief discussion. A lengthy statement on the Occupy Oakland website attacked US aid to Israel and suggested that Israel had "prodded" the United States into the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Oakland branch of the Occupy movement, which focuses on what it sees as economic discrepancies in the United States, has become increasingly visible for its refusal to repudiate violent action and clashes with the police. Last month, members of the movement broke into the Oakland City Hall and set fire to public property, including an American flag. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the branch's actions have caused a schism within the movement.
It is unclear whether the vote will have any further ramifications. On Nov. 11, the original Occupy Wall Street General Assembly in New York City issued a "statement of autonomy" saying that any declaration not issued by the General Assembly “should be considered independent of Occupy Wall Street and warned that “Those seeking to capitalize on this movement or undermine it by appropriating its message or symbols are not a part of Occupy Wall Street.”
The statement also welcomed those who seek redress of their grievances through nonviolence and want to participate in debate.
“Leaderless” mobs do not form “chapters”. It’s time to start collecting names and let the lawsuits and indictments begin.
During the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 I was in grad school. I made an Israeli flag and flew it on the antenna of my car. I’m not Jewish, but right is right.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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There are two things true evil ends up hating, Christianity and Israel.
I don’t get the tent bit, really. You can’t change the world from inside a tent. The only people who ever slept in tents and changed the world were The United States Marines.
And just who’s going to do it? Certainly not the BHO govt. or DOJ. Would have to be the states/local govts. And it’ll never happen in any Dem/liberal jurisdictions.
No surprise there. The question is why would citizens of either Israel and the United Stattes support a politicial party that is dedicated to their destruction,[To wit] The Democrat Party in the United States.
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In fact, I’ll go one further. It could end up like what happened to states such as Arizona who’ve tried to protect their innocent citizenry - BHO and his DOJ could end up suing the states/locals.
It’s growing daily under the Muslim in Chief and his atheist/Marxist cohorts.
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