Rev. Wright's Church Newsletter Includes Commentary Critical Of Israel

[BigBearJohn]

Source: CBS NEWS

Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, continues to make headlines. The most recent focus? His church's newsletter. A June 10th, 2007 issue of the newsletter featured an open letter written by Ali Baghdadi, appearing on the "Pastor's Page," that calls Israel an "apartheid" regime. The letter says Israel worked on an "ethnic bomb" that kills "blacks and Arabs." The letter also says "Israel was the closest ally to the white supremacists of South Africa."

In the introduction to an article printed on the "Pastor's Page" on July 7th, 2007, Wright references "the 'state' of Israel" – note the quotation marks around the word "state."

And on July 22nd, the "Pastor's Page" carried a pro-Palestine article by Hamas leader Mousa Aba Marzook excerpted from the Los Angeles Times.

"Why should any Palestinian recognize the monstrous crimes carried out by Israel's founders and continued by its deformed modern Apartheid state?" Marzook asks.

The revelations could hurt Obama's standing with the Jewish community, with whom some commentators have already suggested Obama has a problem. The American Spectator has seized on comments by Obama advisor Merrill McPeak concerning the influence of pro-Israel voters on Middle East policy. ("Obama has a Jewish problem and McPeak's bigoted views are emblematic of what they are," wrote Robert Goldberg.)

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/03/27/politics/horserace/printable3973700.shtml

[Larkspur]

1. Israel practices apartheid and yes, it was the only industrial nation

to trade with South Africa's apartheid government when all other nations boycotted it.

Archbishop Tutu of South Africa visited Israel and he compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians with the South African apartheid regime and Tutu has not renounced his comparison.

[NDambi]

16. Speak it!!!! The Truth shall set us all free!!

[panader0]

2. BigBearJohn critical of Obama.

How would you handle the Palestinian problem?

[politicaholic]

3. That's it...I'm not voting for Rev. Wright for president...

If he hates the fact that Jews hate Palisitinians that hate Jews, I'm sorry, Rev. Wright is not qulified to be president. I'm voting for Hillary because her (insert religious beliefs here) are solid and in tune with my (insert opinion here).

[jedr]

10. Me too...I'm not voting for Wright either.....

but I'm damn sure voting for Obama!

[Middle finga]

4. Why do people have such a problem when the truth is being told

[The Night Owl]

18. The truth is that Pastor Wright has a distorted view of the US relationship with Israel. {EOM}

[monmouth]

5. Hahaha, did Obama help the Rev. write it?....sooooo lame..n/t

[ORDagnabbit]

6. Isreal has been condemned so many times by the UN its crazy.

1955-1992:
* Resolution 106: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid".
* Resolution 111: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people".
* Resolution 127: " . . . 'recommends' Israel suspends it's 'no-man's zone' in Jerusalem".
* Resolution 162: " . . . 'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions".
* Resolution 171: " . . . determines flagrant violations' by Israel in its attack on Syria".
* Resolution 228: " . . . 'censures' Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control".
* Resolution 237: " . . . 'urges' Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees".
* Resolution 248: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan".
* Resolution 250: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem".
* Resolution 251: " . . . 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250".
* Resolution 252: " . . . 'declares invalid' Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital".
* Resolution 256: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli raids on Jordan as 'flagrant violation".
* Resolution 259: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation".
* Resolution 262: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for attack on Beirut airport".
* Resolution 265: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan".
* Resolution 267: " . . . 'censures' Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem".
*Resolution 270: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon".
* Resolution 271: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem".
* Resolution 279: " . . . 'demands' withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon".
* Resolution 280: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli's attacks against Lebanon".
* Resolution 285: " . . . 'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon".
* Resolution 298: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem".
* Resolution 313: " . . . 'demands' that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon".
* Resolution 316: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon".
* Resolution 317: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon".
* Resolution 332: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's repeated attacks against Lebanon".
* Resolution 337: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violating Lebanon's sovereignty".
* Resolution 347: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli attacks on Lebanon".
* Resolution 425: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon".
* Resolution 427: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.
* Resolution 444: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces".
* Resolution 446: " . . . 'determines' that Israeli settlements are a 'serious
obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
* Resolution 450: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon".
* Resolution 452: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories".
* Resolution 465: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's settlements and asks all member
states not to assist Israel's settlements program".
* Resolution 467: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's military intervention in Lebanon".
* Resolution 468: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of
two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return".
* Resolution 469: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's failure to observe the
council's order not to deport Palestinians".
* Resolution 471: " . . . 'expresses deep concern' at Israel's failure to abide
by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
* Resolution 476: " . . . 'reiterates' that Israel's claim to Jerusalem are 'null and void'".
* Resolution 478: " . . . 'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for its
claim to Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'".
* Resolution 484: " . . . 'declares it imperative' that Israel re-admit two deported
Palestinian mayors".
* Resolution 487: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on Iraq's
nuclear facility".
* Resolution 497: " . . . 'decides' that Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan
Heights is 'null and void' and demands that Israel rescinds its decision forthwith".
* Resolution 498: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon".
* Resolution 501: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops".
* Resolution 509: " . . . 'demands' that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon".
* Resolution 515: " . . . 'demands' that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and
allow food supplies to be brought in".
* Resolution 517: " . . . 'censures' Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions
and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon".
* Resolution 518: " . . . 'demands' that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon".
* Resolution 520: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's attack into West Beirut".
* Resolution 573: " . . . 'condemns' Israel 'vigorously' for bombing Tunisia
in attack on PLO headquarters.
* Resolution 587: " . . . 'takes note' of previous calls on Israel to withdraw
its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw".
* Resolution 592: " . . . 'strongly deplores' the killing of Palestinian students
at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops".
* Resolution 605: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's policies and practices
denying the human rights of Palestinians.
* Resolution 607: " . . . 'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly
requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
* Resolution 608: " . . . 'deeply regrets' that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians".
* Resolution 636: " . . . 'deeply regrets' Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians.
* Resolution 641: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's continuing deportation of Palestinians.
* Resolution 672: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violence against Palestinians
at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount.
* Resolution 673: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United
Nations.
* Resolution 681: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's resumption of the deportation of
Palestinians.
* Resolution 694: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's deportation of Palestinians and
calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return.
* Resolution 726: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of Palestinians.
* Resolution 799: ". . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of 413 Palestinians
and calls for there immediate return.

[movonne]

7. And now we can not be critical of another country...no matter what

they do...because people are critical of Israel does not make the anti-semetic...any more than when people criticize United States does not make them anti-American..

[Mags]

8. No problem, he is the King, he will over come. Don't ya know.

[madrchsod]

17. actually he would be another son of god not the king

jesus claimed the son of god...not a king

[bemildred]

I want to suggest to all the "pro-Israel" people that maybe pissing off Obama is a bad idea. nt

[The Night Owl]

14. Huh? Please go on.

[anamandujano]

24. I'd like to hear more about it too.

They're showing their psycho side more and more lately.

[The Night Owl]

30. I doubt that Bemildred will be back to explain his or her comment.

Clearly, Bemildred's goal was to post a menacing comment and leave it at that.

[Botany]

9. I notice you are working on the "I" countries

Israel & Italy so far

Let me help, Rev. Wright spoke out against Indian curry & chutney.
Too spicy ... it gives people "the winds."

Rev. Wright, "Fly fishing in Iceland is done by white devils."

"The Irish are too drunk on St. Paddy's Day."

more "I" countries below



Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq – Republic of Iraq

Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)

[Poll_Blind]

11. As I've said the anti-Semitism by association is the last smear...

...Clinton's surrogates will/can play before they have to accept Obama as the nominee and finally decide whether to vote for Obama, McCain or abstain from the 2008 presidential election.

  It's been whispered before but it's getting louder. That's the bad news. The good news is the allegations are the last possible stop they can pull out.

  And it ain't going to work.



PB

[anamandujano]

21. Now the Clintons own CBS? This would be funny if not so sad.

[madrchsod]

12. it`s seems they are morphing into one entity...

[bridgit]

13. Rut roh!!

[redqueen]

15. Wow... you're really into the Wright stuff!

Not this time, pal.

But you go on and keep trying. Reflects more on you than Obama or his supporters.

[dbonds]

19. This is not Obama, This is not Wright, it is a 3rd party.

So now everyone is responsible for everyone else's opinions that the even indirectly know?

[The Night Owl]

20. The statement in the TUCC bulletin which suggests that Israel is not a state was written by...

...Pastor Wright.

[PylesMalfunction]

22. Hee!

One of my cats whacked at the TV the other day when Hillary was giving a speech. I think we should go on his opinion. This is the same cat that crapped on a picture of Dubya that my Dad sent me as a joke. :D

[msallied]

We SHOULD be critical of Israel. What are you, a neocon?

[The Night Owl]

28. One can be critical of Israel without suggesting that it shouldn't exist. {EOM}

[msallied]

32. Saying the state of Israel shouldn't exist isn't the same as saying Jews shouldn't exist.

The founding of that state and the way it was formed was problematic from the start. They couldn't have picked ANY other piece of real estate?

[Buzz Clik]

23. Rev. Wright is NEVER, EVER gonna get elected president. He can forget it!

Oh, wait. He's not running.

Hell, he's not even preaching any more.

So, what is this shit? What's that? It IS shit?

Nevermind.

[anamandujano]

25. Neither will the guy who he mentored and from whom he received large donations.

[Buzz Clik]

26. 1769 fucking threads so far dedicated exclusively to Wright, and Obama's numbers are still up.

How stupid can stupid get?

[IDemo]

37. They're trying for 2025. Whoops, that's another math problem, nevermind.

[madrchsod]

38. that few? hell i thought it be at least

twice that many... that wright guy sure has a lot of folks all riled up!

[stillcool]

27. I've always liked this..

"They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence."--- Virgil

[Tellurian]

35. The only edit is: "They attack the one woman with their hate and shower of weapons."

When Virgil lived, women were chattel. Otherwise the quote is sexist.

[kentuck]

29. That settles it !

:mad: I'm not voting for Reverend Wright now!

[Zodiak]

31. Some points:

1. Like many of us have said before, what does it matter what someone's pastor says? This is not an issue.

2. I do not like that every single thing this man has said is dissected in search for anything not politically correct. He is not running for office and has retired, and so this level of scrutiny is mean-spirited and serves no purpose.

3. Criticism of Israel's policies regarding Palestine does not make anyone an anti-semite. That argument was disingenuous when Israel invaded Lebanon recently, and it is just as disingenuous now.

[Sinistrous]

33. These statements are somewhat like those made by President Carter

about a year ago. At least the apartheid reference is similar.

[Warren Stupidity]

34. I will not vote for Ali Baghdadi!

I've heard that DU carries open posts written by regular donars to this board that are highly critical of Israel and it's really fucked up policies in the territories it is occupying. But that is probably only a rumor.

Why exactly are people not allowed to criticize Israel?

[madrchsod]

36. the i/p forum is tame compared to this forum

it used to be a war over there but it`s almost pleasant there now. it`s the only forum that i got several time outs for violating the rules. there would`t be anyone left in this forum if the i/p rules applied

[mmonk]

39. The Rev. Hagee who endorsed the McCain campaign

and who's endorsement McCain sought out and who McCain doesn't reject and denounce his bigoted remarks said that Jews are responsible for anti-Semitism. So, I'm curious, do you hold a double standard between white people and black people or will you start a thread on this issue and be as hard on McCain on pastor hate speech or guilt by association?

[RBInMaine]

40. Enough is enough already. Is this all the Hillary people have going for them? Pretty damn sad.