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Thread ID: 10588 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2003-10-18
2003-10-18 23:49 | User Profile
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Lieberman Heckled by Arab Americans Sat Oct 18, 1:31 PM ET
By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer
DETROIT - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman (news - web sites) was heckled Friday by several Arab Americans angry with his support for Israel as he spoke about restoring peace and trust in the Middle East.
"What about the wall?" shouted several attending the Arab American Institute leadership conference as they interrupted Lieberman's speech. The reference was to Israel's plan to build a barrier that juts into the West Bank.
Lieberman, who is Jewish, insisted the wall is temporary.
"I regret the confiscations," said the Connecticut senator, referring to the Palestinian land that has been taken in the effort to build the wall.
Israel insists that the barrier is essential to prevent suicide attacks and its construction would help create an atmosphere conducive to peace talks. The Palestinians call the project a flagrant grab for land before talks on the borders of a Palestinian state.
"It has nothing to do with security. It has to do with stealing from the Palestinians," shouted Greta Berlin during a question-and-answer session after the speech. Berlin had just returned from the West Bank, where she was working with the International Solidarity Movement, a pro-Palestinian group.
Several of the Democratic hopefuls planned to address the group over a two-day period. Speaking first, Lieberman acknowledged his religious beliefs in trying to reach out to Arab Americans, an important voting constituency in several swing states.
He said they gathered Friday, "Not as Muslims and Christians and Jews, or as people of Arab descent or European descent or African or Asian descent. We are proud to be all those things. But we are more than that. We are Americans. We are children of the same God and of the same father, Abraham. We are brothers and sisters."
Lieberman blamed the lack of progress toward peace between Israelis and Palestinians on the failures of the Bush administration. He received applause for some of his comments, including his calls for tolerance and unity.
Mark Brewer, executive director of the Michigan Democratic Party, gave Lieberman credit for appearing.
"This is really a genuine attempt on his part to engage in a dialogue about very divisive issues," Brewer said.
Another Democratic candidate, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, said the United States must use its considerable influence with Israel to ask it stop building walls and settlements, a remark that drew applause.
Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) of Massachusetts, speaking via satellite, criticized comments made by a top Pentagon (news - web sites) general who cast the war on terror as a religious battle, and he faulted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for not condemning the remarks.
Jim Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, read a statement from Wesley Clark (news - web sites), who could not attend because of a hoarse voice. Clark criticized the administration's record on Iraq (news - web sites) and civil rights.
2003-10-19 00:07 | User Profile
Lieberman!
I find it difficult to understand how even the most demented liberal, even a Jew, could vote for this whiney little bitch.
Enkidu
2003-10-19 00:51 | User Profile
Izwhaili citizen Shmuel Rothstein, a Likkud official and close friend of U.S. Senator Sam Goldrosenwitzfeld and U.S. Congressman Larry Sheinfeinberg, says:
"But-but-but -- it's true, that wall is only temporary! Just like Israel's occupation of the West Bank! We'll take down that fence in 6 months. Really!"
Ya gotta wonder how Jews sleep at night...
2003-10-19 00:56 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Franco] Ya gotta wonder how Jews sleep at night...[/QUOTE]
Well why else are there so many tv commericals for sleeping pills these days? :lol:
2003-10-19 08:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Franco]Izwhaili citizen Shmuel Rothstein, a Likkud official and close friend of U.S. Senator Sam Goldrosenwitzfeld and U.S. Congressman Larry Sheinfeinberg, says:
"But-but-but -- it's true, that wall is only temporary! Just like Israel's occupation of the West Bank! We'll take down that fence in 6 months. Really!"
Ya gotta wonder how Jews sleep at night...[/QUOTE]
Q: How can you tell when a Jew is lying?
A: When he's moving his lips.