Apparently this Sunday there is to be an anti-war rally in Sunday, sponsered by ANSWER, United for Peace and Justice, Not In Our Name and Bay Area United Against War. Rabbi Michael Lerner, a dovish rabbi who opposes the war will not be allowed to speak. ANSWER apparently feels that his stance that Israel has the right to exist and his condemnation of Palestinian Terrorist Acts render him unfit to comment on the war.
Salon has the story. They've been very critical of ANSWER in the past, deploring their stance of solidarity with despotic governments around the world. It's a hassle going to any Salon story I know, but they employ some really good writers, so I'm going to continue linking to them.
Here's a quote from Rabbi Lerner on a bombing at Hebrew University, written on August 8, 2002. "There is no excuse for these terrible murders of Israeli students at Hebrew U. Please don't tell us, "last week Israel bombed a civilian apartment house in Gaza and murdered 14 people, including seven chldren, and wounded 140 people." There was no excuse for that act on Israel's part (and don't tell us "there was a terrorist in that building" because murder is murder and it's wrong). And that act of Israel's does not justify this act against Israeli civilians. One immoral act does not justify another immoral act. Those were our brothers and sisters who were killed and wounded on Mt. Scopus. Those were our brothers and sisters who were killed and wounded in Gaza last week. Stop this craziness! Take out of power the people on both sides who think murder is a solution."
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