Israeli Occupation Soldier At PITT

On Monday January 31, 2011, the Pittsburgh Israel Public Affairs Committee hosted the event, "Our Soldiers Speak." The event was promoted as "free and open to the public" online, on the reservations request thru the Univ. of Pittsburgh, and on the signs posted throughout the student union.

Students for Justice in Palestine, the Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, and other members of the community came to this free and open to the public engagement, only to be met by the leaders of PIPAC quickly changing their tone and stating that it was a closed event, only for folks with student IDs, which meant that many of those coming from the public with views that run contrary to the Israeli policy line were left out in the cold--literally!

The PIPAC event was aimed at whitewashing Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, and justifying the illegal 43-year Occupation of Palestine. In response, SJP decided to follow the lead of many other solidarity organizations and stage a principled, silent walk out to demonstrate Pitt students' dedication to human rights and international law.

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• palestine
• israel
• israeli
• occupation
• palestinian
• apartheid
• soldier
• pipac
• pittsburgh
• university
• benjamin anthony
• stand with us

[dbarne777]

Hi,

I think you have made a mistake in your description. You mixed up Our Soldiers Speak, which is run by Benjamin Anthony an individual and Israeli Soldiers Speak Out (ISSO), which is run by StandWithUs. The event in the video was Our Soldiers Speak, not ISSO, thus your claim that it was sponsored by StandWithUs is false. I think you should make this correction.

[joeskillet]

@dbarne777

You're right. This is not a ISSO event. This was not Stand with Us. This was Panthers for Israel, Hillel, CAMERA, PIPAC, and others. Please all take note. Thanks

[joeskillet]

Looks like someone is trying to get this video removed. if it is gone sorry. i will try and repost

[freelebenon]

@hcwcars1 what about all supporters of israel that pay taxesit is undemocratic for them not to ask how thier taxes should be spent, or u going to say nobody supports israel in usa

[elkabten010]

استعدوا يا اسرائيل الاحزاب الاسلاميه بتعلوا السلطات العربيه من اجل هدف واحد , وهو تدميركم ياكلاااااااب ,, هانت يا فلسطين صبرتوا كتير وجه وقت تحريركم واباده الكيان الصهيونى,, وسنستعيد سويا ذكريات هيتلر

[elkabten010]

Fuck israel.... fuck you....

greatings from egypt ;) 1973

[MissCaulks]

Idiots at SJP need a new chant. Something like:

"We're the SJP, we're the SJP,

We support the murder of the Fogel Family"

Just to name one of the thousands of atrocities your Hitler Youth group condones.

Oh, and by the way to you american students, YOU are living on land you OCCUPIED which belongs to the Native Americans. Wake up you twits. Hypocrit much??

[nothingbutjustice]

The real occupation is an Islamic colonization of free world combined with Islamic primitiveness and bloodthirstiness which caused 35 islamic genocides all over world (currently)

This Muslims were not students the only education they have is in massacring all Kuffars as Muslims are doing all over world

[brabon1]

hey...when are you guys going to gaza to join the third intifada?

my pals in the idf need target practice

im starting a new facebook page....SHOOT A JEW HATING LEFTY DAY...MAY 15TH

YOU ARE ALL INVITED

[hcwcars1]

no more money for israel ever

people are starving right here in the usa

plus your going to borrow money and give it to israel are we nuts