[syndicate] war, peace and propaganda

[Alan Schechner]

Thanks for this Claudia - It's really important
I served in the Israeli army in the 1980's and have beeen on a lonely 
fight here in the US to make people awate of the brutal and murderous 
nature of the Israeli occupation,  I wrote a letter about this some time 
ago to a local newspaper that can be seen here:

http://genug.weblogs.com/stories/storyReader$47

I've also got some work in the ongoing so called "controversial show" 
Mirroring Evil at the Jewish museum in NYC.  The work in which I 
manipulate Holocaust images as a way of making people aware in the ways 
in which the israeli govt have and continue to manipulate the Holocaust 
for there own political ends (almost always at the expence of the 
palestinians), has been attacked by many in the Jewish community  as a 
desecration of the Holocaust, and rejected by others because it is 
political.  "can political art be good art" one critic wrote.  
As the Art Journals and Art Institutions have got there hands on the 
work I have been amazed at how the palestinian references in the work 
have been written out of their analysis.  Instead (according to them) it 
is me trying to "deal with my feelings" of surviving the Holocaust, of 
not having been there in the concentration camps.
It's hard not to believe there is a conspiracy of silence that permeates 
all elements of American society when it comes to talking about the 
oppression of the Palestinians.

Thanks for spreading this info Claudia

Alan Schechner
www.dottycommies.com


Claudia Westermann wrote:

>
> http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=e24bf879bbc8ac70&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1016492646931
> Mar. 19, 06:27
> The Israeli army insists that by broadcasting the shocking scenes -- 
> Palestinian children watch their mother bleeding to death after 
> soldiers stormed their house -- Channel 2 broke a deal that allowed 
> the army to censor the images.
>
>
> cross links:
> For some people, war is terror, disaster and death. For others, it's a 
> PR problem
> http://www.fair.org/media-beat/011025.html
> How Power Shapes the News
> http://www.fair.org/reports/ff2001.html
>
> http://www.fair.org/media-woes/media-woes.html
>
>
>
> http://www.peacenow.org.il/English.asp?Redirect=3
> PEACE NOW - the Israeli Peace Movement - was founded in 1978 by 348 
> reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. The first 
> and only mass peace movement in Israel, PEACE NOW rapidly became the 
> single most important extra-parliamentary force for peace in the 
> country, attracting hundreds of thousands to its mass rallies and 
> activities.
>
> http://www.piccr.org/work.html
> PICCR is the first National Human Rights Institution in the Arab World.
>
>
> http://www.birzeit.edu/ourvoice/society/sept/lisa998.html
> PALESTINAN WOMEN: A STATUS REPORT is published by the Women's Studies 
> Program at Birzeit University in separate English and Arabic editions. 
> This ten chapter report is an attempt to build a comprehensive picture 
> of the current challenges facing Palestinians in the West Bank and 
> Gaza Strip in building a society based on gender equality.
>
> http://www.birzeit.edu/
> March 30, 2002
> The Israeli occupation forces invaded the women's dormitory, Qasr 
> El-Hamra, in Ramallah today, March 30, breaking windows, doors, and 
> causing major destruction to the furniture while claiming that they 
> were looking for weapons.
>
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