[news] Dissenting at Your Own Risk

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Last year, I agreed to speak to a Jewish youth group about my organization, **Jewish Voice for Peace**, and our opposition to Israel's occupation. My talk was to follow one from a member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which calls itself "America's pro-Israel Lobby"...A week before, a shaken program leader said the AIPAC staffer had threatened to get the entire youth program's funding canceled if I was allowed in the door. The threat worked and...they canceled the whole talk.

  


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