Comments on: Likudist cultural assault ongoing http://newcombat.net/Conversation/2007/02/10/cheshoff-sentinel/ Life during wartime Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ed http://newcombat.net/Conversation/2007/02/10/cheshoff-sentinel/comment-page-1/#comment-36 ed Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:00:06 +0000 http://newcombat.net/Conversation/2007/02/10/cheshoff-sentinel/#comment-36 And <a target="_blank" href="http://www.forward.com/articles/left-wing-critics-of-israel-launch-blog-to-combat/" rel="nofollow">here is a piece</a> about Jewish peace-movement writers sruggling with the war party online: Left-wing Critics of Israel Launch Blog To Combat Alleged Intimidation Rebecca Spence | Fri. Feb 09, 2007 In the wake of an increasing flurry of attacks leveled against left-wing Jewish groups by their right-wing counterparts, one dovish group is fighting back. Jewish Voice for Peace, a San Francisco-based organization, recently launched a blog to track what it describes as a growing epidemic of intimidation and harassment from fellow Jews seeking to stifle open debate over America’s policy on Israel. The inception of the daily blog, MuzzleWatch.com, comes as one influential centrist organization, the American Jewish Committee, is facing fierce criticism for publishing an essay charging that Jews on the left, with their vocal criticisms of Israel, are helping to breed a virulent new form of antisemitism. “As we’ve become more effective and more visible, there’s definitely been an increase in the backlash,” said Cecilie Surasky, communications director of Jewish Voice for Peace ... See the link for rest of article. And here is a piece about Jewish peace-movement writers sruggling with the war party online:

Left-wing Critics of Israel Launch Blog To Combat Alleged Intimidation

Rebecca Spence | Fri. Feb 09, 2007

In the wake of an increasing flurry of attacks leveled against left-wing Jewish groups by their right-wing counterparts, one dovish group is fighting back.

Jewish Voice for Peace, a San Francisco-based organization, recently launched a blog to track what it describes as a growing epidemic of intimidation and harassment from fellow Jews seeking to stifle open debate over America’s policy on Israel. The inception of the daily blog, MuzzleWatch.com, comes as one influential centrist organization, the American Jewish Committee, is facing fierce criticism for publishing an essay charging that Jews on the left, with their vocal criticisms of Israel, are helping to breed a virulent new form of antisemitism.

“As we’ve become more effective and more visible, there’s definitely been an increase in the backlash,” said Cecilie Surasky, communications director of Jewish Voice for Peace …

See the link for rest of article.

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