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<h1><font size=4><b>Black people against Zionism, Black people against
Apartheid</b></font></h1><font size=3>Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on
Tue, 03/06/2012 - 20:37<br>
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</font><font size=3>Yesterday, Aljazeera Stream’s episode was titled
<a href="http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/blackwashing-and-israel-lobby-0022080">
‘Blackwashing’ and the Israel lobby</a>, it hosted Journalist Max
Blumenthal and BreitBart.com editor Ben Shapiro. You can watch the whole
episode on The Stream and see Shapiro trying to evade the topic at hand
and purposelessly attacking Blumenthal, the episode was very interesting,
it is embedded here:<br><br>
The term “blackwashing” is now being used after AIPAC started to exploit
young people of African ancestry for propaganda purposes in order to
beautify Israel’s image. AIPAC’s attempts barely succeed but are
certainly worth paying attention to. AIPAC hosted young Africans to speak
against the term “Apartheid” being used to describe the state of Israel,
but only last week we listened to this
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/jalal-abukhater/watch-speech-mbuyiseni-ndlozi-israeli-apartheid-week-london">
inspiring and informative 10 minutes speech</a> by South African PhD
candidate and activist leader Mbuyiseni Ndlozi who spoke about Israel
becoming a worse apartheid state than South Africa ever was, if you
haven’t listened to that speech, I also advise doing so now.<br><br>
</font><h2><b>1970: Appeal by Black Americans against US support for
Zionism</b></h2><font size=3>And now we come to read a snippet from
history;
<a href="http://kairossouthernafrica.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/usa-blacks-against-zionism-1970-advert/">
I stumbled upon this appeal published on the New York Times 1 November
1970</a> edition, it is titled “An appeal by Black Americans against
United States support of the Zionist government of Israel,” it was
sponsored by Committee of Black Americans for truth about the Middle
East. The appeal is explicitly described in a 1972 <i>Journal of
Palestine Studies</i> article by Lewis Young titled
“<a href="http://www.aidtoisrael.org/downloads/young%20article.pdf">
American Blacks and the Arab-Israeli Conflict</a>.”<br><br>
In this excellent appeal, we read about the Palestinian cause for justice
being connected to the African-American fight for equal rights and
complete abolishment for the racist system, we read about it connected to
the global fight against imperialism, colonialism, racism, and for
justice, freedom, and dignity.<br><br>
The appeal starts with the signatories stating that they’re in complete
solidarity with their Palestinian brothers and sisters who are also
struggling for self-determination and an end to racist
oppression.<br><br>
The appeal ends with a demand for the United States government to stop
all military aid or assistance of any kind to Israel; it also states that
Imperialism and Zionism must get out of the Middle East. It concludes
with a call for Afro-American solidarity with the Palestinian people’s
struggle for national liberation and to regain all of their stolen
land.<br><br>
You can read the complete appeal below:<br>
<img src="http://electronicintifada.net/sites/electronicintifada.net/files/blacksagainstzionism2.gif" width=927 height=2798 alt="[]">
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