[Peace-discussion] [Fwd: THE DEEPLY ZIONIST JEFF HALPER?]
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THE DEEPLY ZIONIST JEFF HALPER? Posted by: "Paul Eisen"
paul@eisen.demon.co.uk deiryassinuk Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:45 am (PST)
> > Dear Paul,
> >
> > Hope you're doing well. Would you please elaborate on how Jeff
> > Halper is zionist?
> >
> > X
>
> Dear X
>
> Jeff Halper made aliyah in the sixties. He has, since that time,
> lived as an Israeli bringing up an Israeli family. He lives in west
> Jerusalem - a part of Palestine cleansed of Palestinians.
>
> Jeff Halper has consistently supported and worked for an empowered
> Jewish entity in Palestine. For most of the time this has been in the
> form of advocacy for a two-state solution, explicitly designed to
> ensure Jewish supremacy in Palestine. He has in recent years begun to
> talk about a federation of Israel, Palestine and other Mid-East
> states and has even dallied with the notion of one state. However,
> this has only been in the light of his realisation of the
> impossibility of two states, and no matter what formulation he
> supports at any time, always at the bottom of it is a supreme Jewish
> empowerment in Palestine.
>
> Halper made his name as founder of the Israeli Committee Against
> House Demolitions (ICAHD). ICAHD rebuilds (in effect, symbolically)
> bulldozed Palestinian homes. The most famous instance of this was the
> home of Salim Sharamweh in the village of Anata. Three times,
> Salim's house was bulldozed and three times ICAHD rebuilt it. The
> house is now standing as "Beit Arabiyah" , a centre for solidarity
> activism on the West Bank. "What excellent work" I hear you say, "Why
> is this grumpy Paul Eisen rubbishing this excellent Jew!" The answer
> is that what the IDF does with bulldozers, Jeff Halper does with good
> works. Salim Sharamweh now lives in what was his own house by kind
> permission of the good Jew Jeff Halper. "Beit Arabiyah" is no longer
> a Palestinian house - it is a Jewish house, a testament to Jewish
> moral supremacy. Again, what the IDF does with bull-dozers, Jeff
> Halper does with good works.
>
> Halper on occasions has made the grave error of trying to talk to me
> Jew-to-Jew. I can tell you, when Jeff Halper is speaking to another
> Jew, his supremacism is breathtaking and surpassed only by the extent
> to which he keeps it concealed.
>
> In conclusion, it is my view that Jeff Halper is the very worst kind
> of Jewish supremacist - the kind who doesn't look the part.
> Personally, I would rather have tea with Ehud Olmert any day of the
> week.
>
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THE DEEPLY ZIONIST JEFF HALPER? Posted by: "Paul Eisen"<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paul@eisen.demon.co.uk">paul@eisen.demon.co.uk</a> deiryassinuk Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:45 am (PST)<br>
<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">>> Dear Paul,<br>
>> <br>
>> Hope you're doing well. Would you please elaborate on how Jeff<br>
>> Halper is zionist?<br>
>> <br>
>> X<br>
> <br>
> Dear X<br>
> <br>
> Jeff Halper made aliyah in the sixties. He has, since that time, <br>
> lived as an Israeli bringing up an Israeli family. He lives in
west <br>
> Jerusalem - a part of Palestine cleansed of Palestinians.<br>
> <br>
> Jeff Halper has consistently supported and worked for an empowered
<br>
> Jewish entity in Palestine. For most of the time this has been in
the<br>
> form of advocacy for a two-state solution, explicitly designed to
<br>
> ensure Jewish supremacy in Palestine. He has in recent years begun
to<br>
> talk about a federation of Israel, Palestine and other Mid-East <br>
> states and has even dallied with the notion of one state. However,
<br>
> this has only been in the light of his realisation of the <br>
> impossibility of two states, and no matter what formulation he <br>
> supports at any time, always at the bottom of it is a supreme
Jewish <br>
> empowerment in Palestine.<br>
> <br>
> Halper made his name as founder of the Israeli Committee Against <br>
> House Demolitions (ICAHD). ICAHD rebuilds (in effect,
symbolically) <br>
> bulldozed Palestinian homes. The most famous instance of this was
the<br>
> home of Salim Sharamweh in the village of Anata. Three times,<br>
> Salim's house was bulldozed and three times ICAHD rebuilt it. The<br>
> house is now standing as "Beit Arabiyah" , a centre for solidarity<br>
> activism on the West Bank. "What excellent work" I hear you say,
"Why<br>
> is this grumpy Paul Eisen rubbishing this excellent Jew!" The
answer<br>
> is that what the IDF does with bulldozers, Jeff Halper does with
good<br>
> works. Salim Sharamweh now lives in what was his own house by kind
<br>
> permission of the good Jew Jeff Halper. "Beit Arabiyah" is no
longer <br>
> a Palestinian house - it is a Jewish house, a testament to Jewish <br>
> moral supremacy. Again, what the IDF does with bull-dozers, Jeff <br>
> Halper does with good works.<br>
> <br>
> Halper on occasions has made the grave error of trying to talk to
me <br>
> Jew-to-Jew. I can tell you, when Jeff Halper is speaking to
another <br>
> Jew, his supremacism is breathtaking and surpassed only by the
extent<br>
> to which he keeps it concealed.<br>
> <br>
> In conclusion, it is my view that Jeff Halper is the very worst
kind <br>
> of Jewish supremacist - the kind who doesn't look the part. <br>
> Personally, I would rather have tea with Ehud Olmert any day of
the <br>
> week.<br>
></span><br>
<br>
<br>
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