This is an appeal for Jews to make a strong showing in support of the
Goldstone report - within 24 hours. PLEASE SEND YOUR NAME AND
ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
jewssayno@gmail.com


Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: Please Join Jews Say No: Jewish Appeal to Support the
Goldstone Report





Dear Friends,

We are circulating the following letter and hope you and/or your
organization will sign it. We'd like to get as many signatures over the
next 24 hours and then try to get it placed as a letter or piece in one
of the Jewish (and maybe international) newspapers. We hope you agree
with us that it is critical for our voices to be heard!

Please email us at (jewssayno@gmail.com) if we can add your name.

Thank-you,

Jews Say No
Nicholas Abramson
Elly Bulkin
Nina Felshin
Sherry Gorelick
Jane Hirschmann
Carol Horwitz
Alan Levine
Helaine Meisler
Gail Miller
Carol Munter
Donna Nevel
Ray Wofsky
Dorothy Zellner




Jewish Appeal to Support the Goldstone Report

The primary author of the recently released UN Report on Gaza, the
internationally respected jurist Richard Goldstone, has been attacked
by establishment voices within the Jewish community. When those within
a community try to “excommunicate” and dishonor a truth-teller, it is
our obligation and responsibility to speak out vehemently on their
behalf and on behalf of the truth they bring.

By all accounts, Judge Goldstone, who has a deep connection to Israel,
approached his task with no pre-conceptions about what he and his team
would find as they investigated the circumstances and aftermath of the
Israeli attack on Gaza. Goldstone is a former South African
constitutional law court judge who also served as a prosecutor of the
Yugoslav and Rwandan war crimes tribunals. His credentials for this
task are impeccable.

For following where the truth led him and releasing a report
detailing human rights abuses and violations of international law by
Israel, as well as Hamas, Judge Goldstone should be applauded for his
honesty and integrity. Instead, he and the report have been viciously
and relentlessly attacked by many within the Jewish community.

When it comes to Israel, hard-core censorship and intimidation by those
claiming to speak in the name of the Jewish people have been the order
of the day. Our saying, "Three Jews--four opinions," reflects the
traditional Jewish encouragement to argue and debate. But the reality,
sadly, is that diverse opinions are welcome--except when it comes to
Israel.

We must hold the Israeli government and the Jewish establishment
accountable for attempting to vilify a truth-teller and for suppressing
the truth about Israeli government crimes against the Palestinian
people. We call upon each and every one of us to speak out at every
opportunity--at our community centers and synagogues, in our homes, in
the street, wherever we go.

We must demand that the truth be heard and that those claiming to speak
in our name stop manipulating truths that have been well-documented for
years, long before the Goldstone report. We are also appalled by the
Obama Administration’s reaction to the report. We call for a fair and
impartial investigation of the report’s allegations by non-military
institutions in Israel. Failing that, we call for an investigation by
the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Let us begin the New Year in the pursuit of justice.