freepalestine
16th January 2013, 05:27
Israeli fake peace group One Voice reveals its anti-Palestinian bigotry in Facebook graphics
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 03:42
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One Voice graphic (source (https://www.facebook.com/kol.echad?sk=app_137541772984354&app_data))
One Voice (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/one-voice), an Israeli organization that poses as a joint Palestinian-Israeli “peace” group, has laid bare its raw anti-Palestinian bigotry in a graphic posted on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/kol.echad?sk=app_137541772984354&app_data)urging Jews to vote for parties supporting a “two-state solution” in Israel’s 22 January election.
Emblazoned with a Star of David at the center, the graphic is titled in Hebrew, “The Only Way to Protect a Jewish Majority – Two States for Two Peoples.”
The graphic then poses three questions, also in Hebrew, which are presumably aimed at Jewish Israelis, not Palestinian citizens of Israel (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/palestinians-israel):
(1) Did you know that according to demographic forecasts for the year 2050, the proportion of Jews in Israel (together with the [occupied] territories) will stand at only 33%?
(2) Did you know that since 2010 Jews constitute a minority of the population between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River?
(3) Did you know that in the framework of an agreement including a land swap the percentage of Jews in the State of Israel could rise to 84% which would guarantee real demographic stability?
At the end, the graphic urges its Jewish target audience to “vote for a Two-State Solution.”
One Voice graphic claims all of historic Palestine and part of Syria as “Israel”
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One Voice map labels all of Palestine and part of Syria as “Israel.”
Another graphic that appears on the One Voice website (http://www.onevoice.org.il/) and on its Facebook page repeats the same message except this time with an outline map of all of historic Palestine (Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip) and Syria’s Golan Heights.
A line leading from a Star of David points to the map and a caption says “The only way to maintain a Jewish majority in the State of Israel.”
This map labeling all of the territory as “Israel” and erasing Palestine is a bizarre choice for an organization that claims to support the partition of historic Palestine to ensure the existence of a Jewish supremacist state.
To apply the cartography standards recently set by the German Interior Minister, the map isanti-peace and sows hatred (http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/german-officials-more-outraged-rapper-bushidos-free-palestine-avatar-all-israels).
“Peace” language disguises racist agenda
On its English-language website (http://http//www.onevoicemovement.org), One Voice claims to be “an international grassroots movement that amplifies the voice of mainstream Israelis and Palestinians, empowering them to propel their elected representatives toward the two-state solution.” Its modus operandi however is to manufacture consent for Israeli apartheid (http://electronicintifada.net/content/one-voice-manufacturing-consent-israeli-apartheid/8208).
But One Voice has not escaped the notice of Palestinian civil society. A 2010 analysis (http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1436) byPACBI (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/pacbi), the Palestinian campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, found that One Voice engages in “normalization” of Israeli occupation and that:
While paying lip service to “ending the occupation,” the overriding imperative is to serve Israel’s basic interest in remaining an apartheid state while promoting a form of a Palestinian state in order to secure that end.
That reads as a perfect summary of the message of the Facebook election graphics.
One Voice’s advisors: War crimes suspects and dedicated foes of Palestinian rights
Contrary to its claims, One Voice enjoys almost no support from Palestinians. Palestinians on One Voice’s “Honorary Board of Advisors (http://www.onevoicemovement.org/board/honorary-board.php)” are functionaries of the Palestinian Authority such as “chief negotiator” Saeb Erekat and Samir Hulileh a former PA economic advisor who now heads an investment fund, a member of the Knesset and a bank manager. This isn’t grassroots, it’s astroturfing (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astroturfing&oldid=532425377).
Other “advisors” include committed foes of Palestinian rights, especially the rights of Palestinian refugees, including former US Ambassador to Israel and Israel lobbyist Martin Indyk and Israeli army Major General Danny Rothschild (http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/3015danny_rothdchild_cv1.pdf).
Rothschild commanded Israeli occupation forces in Lebanon and was the military dictator of the occupied West Bank, all during periods when Israel committed serious violations of Palestinian and Lebanese human rights and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
In 2011, Rothschild absconded from the United Kingdom (http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/arrest-warning-prompts-retired-israeli-general-to-cut-short-london-visit-1.371814) after warnings that he could face arrest for his alleged crimes.
One Voice also maintains a “Trustees Advisory Council (http://www.onevoicemovement.org/board/trustees.php)” whose members include such luminaries as:
Yaser Abbas, the son of Mahmoud Abbas;
Ziad Asali, head of the American Task Force on Palestine (http://electronicintifada.net/content/politics-fear/7168);
Gidi Grinstein (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/gidi-grinstein), the head of the Reut Institute (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/reut-institute), the Israeli think tank that has orchestrated an international campaign with the Israeli government to “sabotage” and “attack” (http://electronicintifada.net/content/israels-new-strategy-sabotage-and-attack-global-justice-movement/8683) the Palestinian solidarity movement.
Grinstein’s Reut Institute has also boasted of “price tag” attacks (http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israels-reut-institute-claims-price-tag-attacks-ei-irvine-11-and-palestine-return) – a term coined by settlers to describe mosque burnings and other violence targeting Palestinians (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/price-tag) – against Palestine solidarity groups.
Those are just some of the characters who advise One Voice about the best way to achieve the racist separation and apartheid that it calls “peace.”
Thanks to Ben White (http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ben-white) for spotting.
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israeli-fake-peace-group-one-voice-reveals-its-anti-palestinian-bigotry-facebook
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 03:42
one_voice.jpg (http://electronicintifada.net/sites/electronicintifada.net/files/one_voice.jpg)
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One Voice graphic (source (https://www.facebook.com/kol.echad?sk=app_137541772984354&app_data))
One Voice (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/one-voice), an Israeli organization that poses as a joint Palestinian-Israeli “peace” group, has laid bare its raw anti-Palestinian bigotry in a graphic posted on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/kol.echad?sk=app_137541772984354&app_data)urging Jews to vote for parties supporting a “two-state solution” in Israel’s 22 January election.
Emblazoned with a Star of David at the center, the graphic is titled in Hebrew, “The Only Way to Protect a Jewish Majority – Two States for Two Peoples.”
The graphic then poses three questions, also in Hebrew, which are presumably aimed at Jewish Israelis, not Palestinian citizens of Israel (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/palestinians-israel):
(1) Did you know that according to demographic forecasts for the year 2050, the proportion of Jews in Israel (together with the [occupied] territories) will stand at only 33%?
(2) Did you know that since 2010 Jews constitute a minority of the population between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River?
(3) Did you know that in the framework of an agreement including a land swap the percentage of Jews in the State of Israel could rise to 84% which would guarantee real demographic stability?
At the end, the graphic urges its Jewish target audience to “vote for a Two-State Solution.”
One Voice graphic claims all of historic Palestine and part of Syria as “Israel”
small_one_voice.jpg (http://electronicintifada.net/sites/electronicintifada.net/files/small_one_voice.jpg)
http://electronicintifada.net/sites/electronicintifada.net/files/styles/large/public/small_one_voice.jpg
One Voice map labels all of Palestine and part of Syria as “Israel.”
Another graphic that appears on the One Voice website (http://www.onevoice.org.il/) and on its Facebook page repeats the same message except this time with an outline map of all of historic Palestine (Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip) and Syria’s Golan Heights.
A line leading from a Star of David points to the map and a caption says “The only way to maintain a Jewish majority in the State of Israel.”
This map labeling all of the territory as “Israel” and erasing Palestine is a bizarre choice for an organization that claims to support the partition of historic Palestine to ensure the existence of a Jewish supremacist state.
To apply the cartography standards recently set by the German Interior Minister, the map isanti-peace and sows hatred (http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/german-officials-more-outraged-rapper-bushidos-free-palestine-avatar-all-israels).
“Peace” language disguises racist agenda
On its English-language website (http://http//www.onevoicemovement.org), One Voice claims to be “an international grassroots movement that amplifies the voice of mainstream Israelis and Palestinians, empowering them to propel their elected representatives toward the two-state solution.” Its modus operandi however is to manufacture consent for Israeli apartheid (http://electronicintifada.net/content/one-voice-manufacturing-consent-israeli-apartheid/8208).
But One Voice has not escaped the notice of Palestinian civil society. A 2010 analysis (http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1436) byPACBI (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/pacbi), the Palestinian campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, found that One Voice engages in “normalization” of Israeli occupation and that:
While paying lip service to “ending the occupation,” the overriding imperative is to serve Israel’s basic interest in remaining an apartheid state while promoting a form of a Palestinian state in order to secure that end.
That reads as a perfect summary of the message of the Facebook election graphics.
One Voice’s advisors: War crimes suspects and dedicated foes of Palestinian rights
Contrary to its claims, One Voice enjoys almost no support from Palestinians. Palestinians on One Voice’s “Honorary Board of Advisors (http://www.onevoicemovement.org/board/honorary-board.php)” are functionaries of the Palestinian Authority such as “chief negotiator” Saeb Erekat and Samir Hulileh a former PA economic advisor who now heads an investment fund, a member of the Knesset and a bank manager. This isn’t grassroots, it’s astroturfing (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astroturfing&oldid=532425377).
Other “advisors” include committed foes of Palestinian rights, especially the rights of Palestinian refugees, including former US Ambassador to Israel and Israel lobbyist Martin Indyk and Israeli army Major General Danny Rothschild (http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/3015danny_rothdchild_cv1.pdf).
Rothschild commanded Israeli occupation forces in Lebanon and was the military dictator of the occupied West Bank, all during periods when Israel committed serious violations of Palestinian and Lebanese human rights and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
In 2011, Rothschild absconded from the United Kingdom (http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/arrest-warning-prompts-retired-israeli-general-to-cut-short-london-visit-1.371814) after warnings that he could face arrest for his alleged crimes.
One Voice also maintains a “Trustees Advisory Council (http://www.onevoicemovement.org/board/trustees.php)” whose members include such luminaries as:
Yaser Abbas, the son of Mahmoud Abbas;
Ziad Asali, head of the American Task Force on Palestine (http://electronicintifada.net/content/politics-fear/7168);
Gidi Grinstein (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/gidi-grinstein), the head of the Reut Institute (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/reut-institute), the Israeli think tank that has orchestrated an international campaign with the Israeli government to “sabotage” and “attack” (http://electronicintifada.net/content/israels-new-strategy-sabotage-and-attack-global-justice-movement/8683) the Palestinian solidarity movement.
Grinstein’s Reut Institute has also boasted of “price tag” attacks (http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israels-reut-institute-claims-price-tag-attacks-ei-irvine-11-and-palestine-return) – a term coined by settlers to describe mosque burnings and other violence targeting Palestinians (http://electronicintifada.net/tags/price-tag) – against Palestine solidarity groups.
Those are just some of the characters who advise One Voice about the best way to achieve the racist separation and apartheid that it calls “peace.”
Thanks to Ben White (http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ben-white) for spotting.
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israeli-fake-peace-group-one-voice-reveals-its-anti-palestinian-bigotry-facebook