Jewish activist to AIPAC: Stop Silencing Dissent!

On March 4, 2012, 22 year old member of Young Jewish and Proud (the youth wing of Jewish Voice for Peace) Liza Behrendt stood up at the 2012 AIPAC Policy Conference in a breakout session called "The Struggle to Secure Israel on Campus" to call attention to the silencing of Palestinians— and young Jews who support them — on U.S. campuses.

This action was part of OCCUPY AIPAC. www.occupyaipac.org

This effort to draw attention to the silencing of Palestinians and young Jewish activists is part of a weekend long series of activities to highlight the destructive practices of AIPAC. A separate group of Jewish activists from Jews Say No and Just Foreign Policy went inside the AIPAC conference and gave interviews to journalists, in which they stressed that AIPAC doesn't represent the majority of American Jews who oppose war with Iran and who want the US to oppose settlement expansion in the West Bank. Activists held daylong protests outside the AIPAC conference.

Timed to coincide with the AIPAC policy conference, Occupy AIPAC (www.occupyaipac.org) is a coalition effort led by CODEPINK: Women for Peace and cosponsored by over 130 organizations, including Jewish Voice for Peace, Interfaith Peace Builders, Jews Say No, Just Foreign Policy, US Palestinian Community Network and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. The purpose of the week of actions is to urge Obama to reject the Israeli administration's push for war on Iran, insist on respect for Palestinian rights, and draw attention to the role of AIPAC as a special interest lobby that maintains a stranglehold over US policies.

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[bollox679]

Boycott Israel, kick ALL dual citizens out off office!! ban all Israel lobby groups!!(Media/banking/politic­s parasite owned/ran)

Take our countries back from these rats!

[bollox679]

VERMIN ORGAN/LAND THIEF!!!! PARASITE!!!!

[john ediamond]

jews rule the game..

[saborfrancias]

Racial fundamentalist.

[YehudaMizrahi]

Hajde

[nmgscp]

Shut up your filthy Nazi mouth!... This was an admirable dissent from a Jewish lady about AIPAC, you don't have a word to say about it. Go to your concentration camp and kill yourself.

[nmgscp]

AIPAC is a poisonous combination of military and religious fundamentalist lobbies.

[john ediamond]

i like jewish nockers maam...

[davindranauth]

I Support Her!

[YehudaMizrahi]

EXACTLY THAT IS WHAT YOU WHITE TRASH ARE THIEVES AND PARASITES. YOU ARE THE REAL GYPSIES.

[Mohammed Al Amimi]

god bless this young Jewish lady she is Brave woman Shalom to her