Martin,
A 150 nations recognizing Palestine as a sovereign nation are wrong while
good-old-full-of-himself Martin is right. I think we will leave it at that
tonight. I just want to ponder the hubris of such a statement for a bit.
Avram "Almost Speechless" Finkelstein
On Sat, Sep 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM Martin Wasserman
wrote:
> Aram,
>
> Calling something a nation doesnt make it one, and the Palestinians are
> very far from being a nation, no matter what declarations anybody makes at
> the UN.
>
> You accuse me of not dealing with facts, but the truth is, all of my posts
> are based on facts. If you think my facts are incorrect, youre free to
> rebut them with facts of your own. But you never do this, presumably
> because you dont have any facts of your own to rebut them with. Instead,
> you just engage in angry rants, personal insults, and name-calling.
>
> You also employ the old, worn out, leftist tactic of accusing anyone who
> disagrees with you of being a racist. Whenever you have nothing cogent to
> say, or you know youre losing the argument, you just accuse your opponent
> of racism, as if that tilts the dispute in your favor.
>
> Aram, my primary interest is truth. I have no problem being proved wrong
> if somebody can present sufficient evidence. But you seem to prefer
> emotional outbursts to honest and dispassionate analysis, which is why our
> exchanges are becoming so unproductive.
>
> Sincerely,
> Martin Wasserman
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2025, at 8:34 PM, Aram James wrote:
>
> 9/5/2025
>
> Dr. Hussain:
>
> Martin is just spotting his usual Racist pro-Israel lobby talking points.
> He is a Zionist cult member who hasn’t been deprogrammed yet. In other
> words, he just can’t help himself.
>
> Martin ignores the inconvenience fact that 147 of the 193 members of the
> UN disagree with Martin. They proudly recognize Palestine as a nation. Oh,
> and a bunch more are soon to recognize Palestine in the next few months.
> They are sick and tired of hearing the endless lies of White Jewish Zionist
> Supremacist of the same repulsive Ilk as Martin.
>
> As my very Jewish dad used to say: “Some folks just don’t want to be
> disturbed by the facts.” As you can plainly see Martin suffers from a
> severe version of the don’t bother me with the facts syndrome.
>
> Avram “ One State Solution” Finkelstein
>
>
>
>
> As of March 2025, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign
> state by 147 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, or just over
> 76% of all UN members. It has been a non-member observer state of the
> United Nations General Assembly since November 2012.
> https://en.wikipedia.org
> International recognition of Palestine - Wikipedia
>
>
>
>
> Thank
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM Martin Wasserman
> wrote:
>
>> Yusra,
>>
>> Palestine does not have a rich and long history. Thats part of the
>> disinformation campaign. There has never been a nation called Palestine.
>> The Palestinians themselves have never developed real national institutions
>> or any other characteristics of a true nation. And the people who call
>> themselves Palestinians are really no different ethnically, religiously or
>> linguistically than other Arabs. The idea of Palestinians as a distinct
>> national entity entitled to their own state was fabricated in the 1960s by
>> PLO leader Yasser Arafat and his mentors in the Soviet Union for the sole
>> purpose of raising a counterclaim to Israels claim to the land, and
>> justifying continued warfare against it.
>>
>> What we ultimately have is two different cultures, two very different
>> ways of life, competing for the same piece of land. God will decide who
>> gets it, and Im confident He’ll make the right decision.
>>
>> Martin Wasserman
>>
>>
>> > On Sep 5, 2025, at 5:22 PM, Yusra Hussain
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Im not a historian, but David Ben-Gurion himself said "If I was an
>> > Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel." He was Israels
>> > first Prime Minister, in 1956. Afterall Palestine has a rich and long
>> > history but was occupied by Western hegemony and handed over to jewish
>> > settlers. If anyone is interested in learning history of the Israeli
>> > hegemony, please read "Ten Myths about Israel", by Ilan Pappe (a
>> > Jewish historian), and "The Hundred Years War on Palestine" by Rashid
>> > Khalidi (A Palestinian American historian and Professor at Columbia
>> > University).
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM Martin Wasserman
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Yusra,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Your idea of a one state solution could never work. Israeli culture
>> and Palestinian culture are so diametrically opposed, and the antagonism
>> between them so great, that there is no way they could share governance in
>> a single state. The fact that Palestinian schools actively teach hatred of
>> Jews and Israel, and extol suicide martyrdom as the highest ideal,
>> guarantees that peaceful relations between these groups will not come
>> anytime soon.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Also, Jews, with a 4000 year history of nationhood (though much of it
>> was spent in exile), and with their own distinct language, religion and
>> culture, are certainly as entitled to their own independent state as any
>> other people in the world.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Israel is a tiny strip of land, but the Arab world is very vast. If
>> Palestinian Arabs have trouble coexisting alongside Jews, there are plenty
>> of other places in the Arab world where they can find a place to live.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> You claim the Israelis treat the Palestinians the same way the Nazis
>> treated the Jews. This is extremely far off the mark. There is no
>> comparison at all between the two. Im not impugning your honesty. I have
>> no reason to think youre not a basically honest person. But I think youve
>> been deceived, along with millions of other well meaning people, by a very
>> sophisticated worldwide disinformation campaign of slander and defamation
>> against the Jewish state, whose purpose is to isolate it, weaken it, and
>> ultimately destroy it, along with the Jewish people themselves.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> You say Palestinians welcomed Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany and
>> opened their homes to them. I think most Jews who lived in Palestine at
>> that time would be very surprised to hear this. Are you familiar with Haj
>> Amin Al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, who was the leader of the
>> Palestinian Arabs between the two World Wars? He was violently opposed to
>> any Jewish immigration into Palestine, and violently opposed to any Jewish
>> political aspirations in Palestine. He organized campaigns to kill not only
>> Jews, but also Arabs who advocated peaceful coexistence with them.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Al-Husseini spent most of World War II in Germany as Hitlers personal
>> guest, delivering weekly radio broadcasts on Radio Berlin, in Arabic,
>> beamed at the Middle East, urging Arabs to rise up and kill Jews wherever
>> they could find them. He then traveled to Bosnia where he helped organize
>> an all Muslim division of the German SS, called the Handschar Division, to
>> help implement Nazi racial policies in the Balkans.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> After the war, the Allies wanted to put him on trial for war crimes,
>> but he managed to escape and was sheltered by Arab states where many people
>> regarded him as a hero. So no, the Palestinian Arabs were not great friends
>> or supporters of the Jews.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On a more cheerful note, I think we both agree that God rules the
>> world, and governs events on Earth to achieve His own objectives. We also
>> agree that He doesn’t judge people based on what they profess to believe,
>> but rather on what traits they’ve actually cultivated within their souls.
>> We cant see what He sees or know what He knows, but visible evidence and
>> Jewish prophecy both seem to suggest that He intends for Israel to live and
>> to ultimately be a source of spiritual light for all the world, and that it
>> will have to pass through many tests and trials, the struggle with
>> jihadists being just one of them, before it reaches that state.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> Martin Wasserman
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sep 4, 2025, at 1:37 AM, Yusra Hussain
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> One state solution. There is no other way. Racism is a western
>> ideology and concept.
>> >>
>> >> The Palestinians were the first to shelter the Jewish refugees when
>> they fled from Nazi Germany and the rest of Europe. The Palestinians opened
>> their homes to these refugees and welcomed them and felt sorry for the
>> horror they suffered. Yet the settlers in Palestine have turned into a
>> genocidal machine, inflicting on the Palestinians the same horrors their
>> grandparents experienced in Nazi Germany.
>> >> The only solution to the situation in Israel is a one state solution
>> with all living peacefully side by side and no more annexation of
>> Palestinian lands and homes. Enough of this none sense. If there is no
>> justice, there is no peace.
>> >>
>> >> God of Jews, Christians and Muslims is the same God. I don’t believe
>> God favors one faith over another or one people over another. He chose the
>> Jews 4000 years ago to be a just nation and a guide to people to the right
>> path, as he did later through Zaki, Jesus and Mohammed. They are all
>> carrying the same message of faith, love and justice.
>> >> I don’t believe a second that a muslim is superior to a Jew or a
>> Christian. We’re all to be judged based on our actions. So enough of this
>> killing in the name of religion and ethnic superiority.
>> >>
>> >> I know that DNA testing today on many Muslim and Christian
>> Palestinians, reveals their ancestry goes back to the land of Bethlehem.
>> They were probably Jews who converted to Christianity, and some later to
>> Islam, and remained in their homeland for thousands of years, as did the
>> Arab Jews. I personally know few of them.
>> >> You see in the Quran, God warns the Jews of a time when they will be
>> expelling their own of the land and told them it’s forbidden for you to do
>> so. I believe God is referring to our time when the Israelis are expelling
>> their own brethren from their homes in Gaza and the West Bank.
>> >> Plus, I am not sure a superiority ideology is something that will fly
>> in another decade or two. Already those who are younger than 35 years of
>> age (Muslims, Jews, Christians, and other believes) see this as none-sense.
>> They know better that we are all a mix throughout the ages and no one is of
>> pure blood.
>> >>
>> >> Please, I beg you to reconsider the nature of the argument you’re
>> making and I suggest you read two excellent books called The Other Side of
>> the Wall by Isaac Munther as well as his book “Christ in the Rubble.”
>> >>
>> >> Best regards!
>> >>
>> >> Yusra
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Yusra Hussain, MD
>> >> Adj. Clinical Assistant Professor
>> >> Stanford University School of Medicine
>> >> 805 El Camino Real # A
>>
>>
>> >>
>> Palo Alto, CA 94301
>>
>>
>> >>
>> Office: 650
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>> >>
>> >> On Sep 3, 2025, at 11:56 PM, Aram James wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM Aram James wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> 9/4/2025
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi Henry,
>> >>>
>> >>> Martin is being a non-responsive witness. Instead of answering your
>> question he is using the old technique of answering a question with a
>> question. Based on my dialogue exchange with Martin over many months if he
>> was being honest, his answer would reflex an extension of his insatiable
>> blood lust for the Palestinian people.
>> >>>
>> >>> In other words, if anyone, even the entire population of the planet,
>> were in his view hostile to the interests of Israel, threatened their
>> existence, he would gladly nuke the entirety of mankind to save the
>> approximate 12 million Jews. In his heart of hearts he believes, been
>> taught in the synagogue, that Jews are just superior to all non Jews.
>> >>>
>> >>> That’s the reason he claims ignorance of your question. Its just too
>> difficult for Martin to say this outloud. Your friend Martin represents the
>> quintessential white male and white female Jewish Zionist Supremacists that
>> has been terrorizing the Palestinians since at least the year of my birth,
>> in 1948.
>> >>>
>> >>> Like a petulant child with parents unwilling to set boundaries for
>> the their children the world has turned a blind eye to Israel’s genocidal
>> behavior since its birth in 1948. Now the entire world is seeing live, up
>> close and personal the monster they have created. Martin is just one
>> example of the monster mentality we have
>> >>> allowed to existed unchecked in israel. Time to eliminate the monster.
>> >>>
>> >>> Avram” One State Solution” Finkelstein
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM Martin Wasserman
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Im not sure I know what youre talking about, but OK, what are your
>> core premises about how Israel should deal with Gaza?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Marty
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2025, at 10:31 PM, Henry Etzkowitz
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Apologies, Marty Spotlight on Gaza. No diversion. The families
>> insist!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Henry Etzkowitz
>> >>>> Etz Chaim member
>> >>>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.triplehelix.net&c=E,1,aNISqowGawTcT9cRXdOt2c1cB_dS4TNDoU7OX_KQ-T8kXciMTMOLbZAN3B3mYyHaaYaR9WYwb3m-LcPnErHjM9oge6Yay1b9dWY3dkQWsSRRHSONe32Bfgq3rA,,&typo=1
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2025, at 9:11 AM, Martin Wasserman
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Henry,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Im glad that our discussion is getting down to core premises, and
>> Im very interested to know what your core premises are regarding how
>> Israel should deal with its hostile neighbors.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Marty
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2025, at 6:12 AM, Henry Etzkowitz
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Marty
>> >>>>
>> >>>> You have arrived at a correct conclusion re “dear cost” from
>> incorrect premises, a not unusual occurrence; a potential learning
>> experience, nevertheless
>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sep 2, 2025, at 8:22 PM, Martin Wasserman
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Henry,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Israel has certainly made a lot of mistakes in Gaza. The biggest
>> mistake of course was the forcible evacuation of all the Jewish communities
>> there in 2005, which led directly to the Hamas takeover.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Also, before October 7, Hamas started several other wars with
>> Israel. In each one Israel was content to let it end inconclusively, with
>> Hamas still in power. Another mistake in my view.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Its been said that Netanyahu was content to leave Hamas in power,
>> because as long as Palestinian leadership was divided, there was no chance
>> of establishing a Palestinian state. If so, I think he made a major
>> mistake. There are plenty of other ways to rule out the idea of a
>> Palestinian state without using the excuse of divided Palestinian
>> leadership.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I also dont believe Netanyahu was looking for an excuse to invade
>> Gaza. I think war in Gaza was the last thing he wanted. He often said that
>> as long as Gaza was quiet, Israel would also be quiet. Of course, while
>> Gaza was being quiet, Hamas was busily perfecting its plans for attack.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regarding ethnic cleansing, although there are certainly people in
>> Israel who would like to see that happen, its never been government
>> policy. If it was, theyre doing a very poor job of it. But if it turns out
>> that Hamas is so deeply embedded in the civilian population that the only
>> way to eliminate it is to remove the population itself, then its possible
>> that could happen, and in that case it would be justified. But so far
>> Israel has been very careful to direct its fire in such a way so as not
>> only to avoid risking the lives of the hostages, but also to avoid risking
>> the lives of Gazan civilians. Of course this is very hard because of Hamas’
>> policy of hiding behind those civilians and using them as human shields.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> True, the longer the war drags on, the worse it is for Israel.
>> Israel needs to deliver a knockout blow to Hamas and then extend its
>> control over the Strip so it can’t recuperate. To do this will require much
>> more robust rules of engagement, and the same level of commitment to
>> victory that the US had in World War II.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Even though it may be tempting to quit before the job is complete,
>> if the war ends with Hamas still in power, after all the sacrifices Israel
>> has made, it will be seen worldwide, and rightly so, as a major victory for
>> Hamas and a major defeat for Israel, which will cost the Jewish state very
>> dearly in the years to come.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards,
>> >>>> Marty
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sep 2, 2025, at 12:27 PM, Henry Etzkowitz
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Dear Marty
>> >>>>
>> >>>> For the record. Israel helped stand up Hamas (Israeli public
>> sources)
>> >>>> as part of its Palestinian divide and conquer strategy. Given its
>> superior intelligence capabilities eg Iran leadership bodyguard Cell phone
>> numbers; it was surely privy to Hamas plans
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Even if not, the young unarmed female soldiers, detailed as Hamas
>> watchers reported, persistently, attack’s imminence yet IDF forces were
>> largely withdrawn: either implicit complicity or total incompetence. Why?
>> An excuse to invade Gaza, as followed. Of course, execution got out of hand
>> and other factions and freelancers entered the breach.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Eliminate Hamas No way! it serves a useful purpose for the Netenyahu
>> government in providing an excuse to persist in ethnic cleansing+
>> >>>>
>> >>>> moreover, there is an associated dynamic: as attacks on Gaza
>> increase; more Gazans are incentivized to join the only credible, available
>> resistance. Ironically, by persisting in this ill conceived war, with no
>> attainable goal, Israeli military and society weakens itself, making Aram’s
>> elimination happen through self-immolation. One half million Israelis have
>> already avoluntarily relocated to the United States
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Sincerely
>> >>>> 3rd generation Zionist
>> >>>> Hillel aka Henry
>> >>>> Neighbors for Environmental and Social Justice
>> >>>> www.triple https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fhelix.net&c=E,1,reJnD05PYnzLbrl1njZZC9R4P_g1hPhI1rGrd5QMmx3zAF0hjswzyamC4ec1mueWWnz_C1bCc5ZoVAbPo5k4-zqiNNnQA1DL5b5I0gxsIMuuWEYOaMAp0CEWOA,,&typo=1
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Aug 22, 2025, at 12:38 PM, Aram James wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Subject: Ceasefire Resolution Discussion
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi Julie,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I want to bring to your attention that Martin is simply repeating
>> talking points from the pro-Israel lobby. In contrast, Henry’s reasoning
>> for urging the city council to support a ceasefire resolution stems from
>> years of critical thinking.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> At the very least, please advocate for the council to prioritize a
>> ceasefire resolution given the drastically deteriorating situation in Gaza
>> and the West Bank. If there is a thorough public debate and the full
>> council ultimately votes against the resolution, the public will at least
>> have the opportunity to hear each council members rationale for their
>> decision. This would be a true demonstration of democracy in action.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Aram
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM, Martin Wasserman <
>> deeperlook@aol.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Dear Julie,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> As a concerned voter and an Oak Creek resident, I strongly urge you
>> to reject Henrys ill-conceived demand to push for a Gaza ceasefire
>> resolution in the City Council. Such a resolution would have no effect on
>> anything in Gaza, but would merely create dissension and strife here at
>> home.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> A unilateral Israeli ceasefire would leave Hamas in power, leave
>> the hostages in captivity, and effectively end Israel’s campaign to remove
>> this menace on its southern border. Hamas is a committed enemy not only of
>> Israel and of Jews, but also of the United States, of Western civilization
>> itself, and indeed of anyone who doesn’t subscribe to their religious
>> ideology.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hamas, as one branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, has as its ultimate
>> goal the imposition of Islamic law on the entire globe, by force and
>> violence if necessary. If we try to restrain Israel from fighting this
>> ideology in Gaza, we’ll soon be fighting it ourselves on the streets of
>> America.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The way to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is to first let
>> Israel defeat Hamas, and after that focus on the civilian needs. As long as
>> the oppressive and terrorist Hamas regime remains in power, life will never
>> improve for ordinary Gazans.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Best regards,
>> >>>>> Martin Wasserman
>> >>>>> Concerned Citizen
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Aug 22, 2025, at 4:18 AM, Henry Etzkowitz
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Dear Julie,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thank you for your service. Given your position on the dais, it is
>> expected of you to use it or lose it? As your then 82 year old supporter, I
>> bent over like a strawberry picker and slipped hundreds of your campaign
>> leaflets under Oak Creek doors. I am asking you now for return on
>> investment, on the one hand, and on the other, to take the ethical course
>> of action and place into a resolution before Council, the plea for cease
>> fire that you aver you have made in writing and in public fora. We, the
>> Palo Alto voters have elected you to carry out our wishes and to support
>> you in acting according to your conscience. Fortunately, in this instance
>> two classic, item opposing political motives, coincide. Julie, it is
>> incumbent upon you to introduce a “ceasefire now in Gaza”resolution,
>> >>>>> Invited to be seconded by George, who received the support of the
>> Palo Alto Muslim community. He will be inspired as well by the Confucian
>> ethic he learned in “Chinese school in Palo Alto.” Hopefully, all members
>> of Council will join to make this position unanimous.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Like the attorney who persuaded the Supreme Court to briefly open a
>> window to make an exception to the statute of limitations, precluding a
>> holocaust victim from seeking restitution, Council may similarly put aside
>> its prohibition on intervening in international issues to take a position
>> on one that has become local and globally humane.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Sincerely
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Henry Etzkowitz
>> >>>>> Neighbors for Environmental and Social Justice
>> >>>>> 2024 Candidate for Palo Alto City Council
>> >>>>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.triplehelix.net&c=E,1,0CczEOpUhDe8qu6QaxdhmG-kXDA4cI-YcF4vhhr3E-12hIb84T9kK2PC36j_uLmIFUpcoA_W9VTDJDquO7wyGFATv1T_LYD-Fbx0aAaVWtcCdQ,,&typo=1
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Aug 18, 2025, at 3:28 PM, Aram James wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> But not as. Oh zero
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM Lythcott-Haims, Julie <
>> Julie.LythcottHaims@paloalto.gov> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Since late 2023, I’ve called for a ceasefire, both in writing, and
>> in a public forum.
>> >>>>>> Julie
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hi Julie: But here were the questions I posed to you below: can you
>> answer these questions:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Julie came closest to breaking the silence, (1) but to my
>> knowledge, she has NEVER demanded of her colleagues that a ceasefire
>> resolution be placed on the council agenda for a robust public discussion
>> and a subsequent vote. (2)
>> >>>>> Similarly, unless I missed it, Julie has NEVER called out or spoken
>> from the dais: "End the Genocide Now!"
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Once you are kind enough to get back to me on the two
>> questions above I want to get back to your calls for a cease fire.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks, your supporter for a long time,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Aram
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Julie Lythcott-Haims
>> >>>>>> Palo Alto City Council Member
>> >>>>>> Click to make an Office Hours appointment
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Aug 7, 2025, at 1:09 PM, Henry Etzkowitz
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization.
>> Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> ________________________________
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Takes both
>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Aug 7, 2025, at 11:58 AM, Aram James wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hi Henry,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> You say things so poetically!! Me more like a bull dog or sledge
>> hammer than a poet!!
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Avram “End The Genocide Now!! Finkelstein
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM Henry Etzkowitz
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Correct
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Julie charter member Council “wall of silence”
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Incumbents persisting will be too shamed and ashamed to seek
>> reelection
>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Aug 7, 2025, at 10:02 AM, Aram James wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> FYI: Brian—here is an exchange you may have missed. Was sent to
>> most of the usual suspects.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM Aram James
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> My dear brave friend Henry,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Julie came closest to breaking the silence, but to my knowledge,
>> she has NEVER demanded of her colleagues that a ceasefire resolution be
>> placed on the council agenda for a robust public discussion and a
>> subsequent vote. Similarly, unless I missed it, Julie has NEVER called out
>> or spoken from the dais: "End the Genocide Now!"
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> As MLK said: “The time is always right to do what is right.”
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Sleep well my friend,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Aram
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> P.S. Julie, if my recollection is wrong, I invite you to correct
>> the record.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025, at 10:20 PM, Henry Etzkowitz wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> dear Aram
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Upon reflection, agree with your assessment. Despite minor
>> differences in progressiveness on other issues; there is an implacable wall
>> on Gaza cease Fire when implored in succession, there was not a flicker of
>> sympathy from the impassive diased.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Sadly,
>> >>>>>>>>> Henry
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Ps Marjorie Taylor Green is now cited as moral political role
>> model
>> >>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>
>>
>>
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