SHereen Naser: A perspective on the Jewish Federation General Assembly from its only Palestinian Attendee / Mondoweiss

The previous post we sent included a link to a video of the action by 5 young Jewish dissidents at the Jewish Federation General assembly
in New Orleans, as well as comments by a few participants.
To read more in the Jewish activists' own words, go to http://www.youngjewishproud.org/
The site also includes extensive coverage the action got in the media.

I would like to draw your attention, as well, to a report on the General Assembly by the only Palestinian participant.
Shereen Naser, a young Palestinian-American woman, describes the great difficulties she had in gaining permission to attend. She then proceeds to describes what being there, in the midst of discussions of Palestinians as the "other", and their supporters as "extremists" and a great threat to Israel and to Jews, felt like.

Racheli Gai.

http://mondoweiss.net/2010/11/a-perspective-on-the-jewish-federation-general-assembly-from-its-only-palestinian-attendee.html

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