Tuesday, November 4, 2003

8th Rabin Memorial FEATURED ARTICLES - Peres: Rabin's 'chosen path was right' - Haaretz - In Israel, The Doves Awaken - Salon - Israel & the Occupied Territories: Ongoing human rights crisis - Amnesty International - Debate between Rabbi Lerner and Alan Dershowitz - Counterspin - The Cancer Cells - Gush Shalom QUOTE OF THE DAY "The fence is supposed to cost 10 billion shekels (more than two billion dollars). It is impossible to calculate the cost of the settlements themselves, which certainly runs into many billions of shekels every year. It is much easier to calculate the price in human lives... Many Israelis are beginning to ask - perhaps for the first time - Why? What for?" - - Uri Avnery KNOW YOUR HISTORY - NOVEMBER 4th 1995 -- Israel: Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is fatally shot minutes after attending a peace rally held in Tel Aviv's Kings Square. TV TIP: Tonight!  Rock the Vote!  On CNN , 7 PM, Tuesday (11/4/03) Rock the Vote & CNN are co-hosting a presidential candidate forum on youth issues 7 PM tonight.. http://www.rockthevote.org RADIO TIP: Rhino On "Native America Calling" - Thurs (11/6/03) A new documentary film titled A Seat at the Table: Struggling for American Indian Religious Freedom premiered at the recent Amnesty International Film Festival and The Bioneers Conference. It will screen again in San Francisco November 11th at the American Indian Film Festival. It features renowned professor and author Huston Smith (The World's Religions) in one-on-one conversations with eight Native American leaders, examining the problems contemporary Indian people face in practicing ceremonies. What is the American Indian Religious Freedom Act? Guests include producer Gary Rhine of Dreamcatchers productions and Charlotte Black Elk of the Oglala Lakota Nation. To listen online or to find your local affiliate, GO TO: http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/ RHINO HERE: Today is the 8th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Last Saturday night, some 100,000 people gathered in what is now called Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, where on November 4, 1995, right-wing extremist Yigal Amir killed Rabin at the end of a peace rally. Saturday's event was not only a memorial service, but probably the largest left-wing demonstration Israel has seen for years. Today Rhino offers a selection of reports on the state of affairs in Israel.  . Peres: Rabin's 'chosen path was right' By Anat Cygielman, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and Agencies Sunday, November 02, 2003 Cheshvan 7, 5764 ..."Yitzhak was right and his chosen path was right, although it is still blocked by mountains of resistance," said Peres. He also said he felt Rabin's presence at every memorial rally. "Every time I mount these stairs, at this building, at this time of evening, it is as if I am coming to shake Yitzhak's hand," Peres told the cheering crowd... MORE: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/355954.html In Israel, The Doves Awaken Since Camp David failed, most Israelis have accepted the slogan "We have no one to talk to." A bold peace initiative has changed that -- and given rise to that rarest of commodities, hope. By Aluf Benn, Salon , Oct. 24, 2003 | TEL AVIV, Israel http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/10/24/geneva/index_np.html Israel and the Occupied Territories: An ongoing human rights crisis Amnesty International, 9/23/03 http://web.amnesty.org/pages/isr-index-eng See the Debate between Rabbi Lerner and Alan Dershowitz Watch Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine and author, most recently, of Healing Israel/Palestine and Alan Dershowtiz, author of The Case for Israel , debate Israel's current policies on Canadian national television at:: See the Debate Today's RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE is by the founder of the Israeli Peace Group, Gush Shalom. In his essay, Uri Avnery compares the settlements in the occupied territories to cancer cells. 7:39:09 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - The Cancer Cells The Cancer Cells by Uri Avnery, 11/1/03 In the Six-Day War, hundreds of Israeli soldiers were murdered while storming the Sinai desert, the West Bank and the Golan heights. In the Yom-Kippur War, more than 2000 Israeli soldiers were murdered in the defense of the conquered territories. In the 18 year long Lebanon War, more than a thousand Israeli soldiers were murdered while conquering and occupying South Lebanon. They would have been surprised to learn that they were "murdered". Perhaps they would have been insulted. After all, they were not helpless Jews in the ghetto who were killed during a pogrom by drunken Cossacks. They fell as soldiers in war... MORE: http://www.gush-shalom.org/archives/article274.html "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 6:42:57 AM    comment

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