Protesting Israeli racist and ethnic cleansing advocate Efraim Eitam @ Pittsburgh Hillel

3 February 2010

Former Israeli Knesset member Efraim Eitam has called Palestinians: "...a cancer ...creatures who came out of the depths of darkness..." and has said [The Israeli army can] "expel the population there overnight. It's not a problem to do this. We have a problem of having the will to do this. As a nation we are inhibited."

Eitam was found guilty in an Israeli court for his role in the beating murder of a bound Palestinian in Gaza during the first Intifada. Claiming he was acting on orders, and appealing to the Supreme Court (as if the 'Nuremberg defense' had never been firmly established to be an illegitimate excuse), he later had his deeds whitewashed by Yitzak Rabin, the same Israeli defense minister who had given the famous "break their bones" order that Eitam was following.

Possessed with a messianic fervor and described by Israeli peace activist Uri Averny as "Israel's #1 Fascist", Eitam is in the U.S. as part of the "Caravan for Democracy", an Israeli government sponsored tour whose major purpose—apart from garnering support for Israel, currently seems to be encouraging America to see Iran as the number one threat to world peace. Netanyahu, Israel's current prime minister, conducted a similar "attack Iraq" tour prior to the second Gulf War.

Hillel hosted his Jewish National Fund-sponsored event. Many from Pittsburgh's peace and justice community came out to protest his speech. This ten minute video records speakers from the street protest, and documents the arrival of school buses carrying young Jewish high school students who are one of the main target audiences of the "Caravan for Democracy" tour.

The video is interspersed with signs I made for the protest, spoof Hillel placards that people held in the streets and later took up into what was reportedly a fiery meeting in the Jewish students' building next to the University of Pittsburgh campus.

Song: The Emperor's Clothes by Invincible, produced by K-Salaam & Beatnik.

Invincible: http://emergencemusic.net/epkv2

K-Salaam & Beatnik: http://www.myspace.com/ksalaammusic

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[IsaacSGood]

This video misrepresents many facts. It takes quotes out of context, and inaccurately. It is truly an example of a group with a political agenda trying to stifle any open discussion of issues relating to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Does repeating a lie so many times make it true.

[nigelparry]

How is protesting outside an event stifling discussion? The talk went on just fine upstairs. Quotes out of context? The problem with Efraim is that he has such a long history of saying such things that you really can't argue that any more. To say nothing of the whole beating a bound young Palestinian to death part. This is what Zionists teach their children, that it's acceptable to host an ethnic cleanser and violent murderer and invite a bunch of school children to hear it. Disgusting.

[IsaacSGood]

Ethnic cleanser and murderer?!

I have never heard of Justice for Palestine protesting the killing of innocent children and civilians by Palestinian suicide bombers, or condemning the words and acts of governments in the Middle East that call for the destruction of the entire nation of Israel and driving the Jews out or killing them. How about protesting 60+ years of Arab governments refusing to assist the Palestinians in any way but encouraging and supporting terror and hate!

[nigelparry]

"Ethnic cleanser and murderer?" Efraim beat a young Arab to death in Gaza during the first Intifada according to Israeli court records. He has repeatedly spoke of his final solution. Regarding SJP, I can't speak for them because I'm not a member but there's plenty of people angry at the Arab world for what they haven't done. Re: the rest, please update your Zionist paranoia. Can you name a government in the Middle East that has called for the destruction of Israel? You make it sound ubiquitous.

[77Merav]

150000 christians killed every year under Islam and you name Israel as racist ??? LOL Pathetic!

[artgem123]

Muslims calling Israelis racist...now that's funny!

[girlznguitarz]

Good for this young man......keep speaking out.....

[bigcree]

@IsaacSGood Read the Goldstone Report lately? The Evidence is all there. And don`t pretend you don`t know about it, or that this Report somehow has "No credibility". The Goldstone Report is going to be heard, and nothing you do will stop it. Apartheid Israel will stand Trial for it`s egregious , barbaric acts of Genocide in Palestine. Especially on Dec 2008.

[bigcree]

@IsaacSGood What bullshit you speak. Have you some kind of blinders on or are you a paid hack for Hasbara???? Either way, I find your comments despicable.

[arockmcgrizzle]

@IsaacSGood How do you take "Arabs are a cancer" out of context?