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Begin forwarded message:From: Steven Berke <stevenberkelaw@gmail.com>
Date: April 20, 2016 at 6:59:12 PM EDT
To: Rhudi Eagle <cookingforfriends@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: Please protest another BDS promotion workshop at the Food CoopFrom: Steven Berke <stevenberkelaw@gmail.com>
Date: April 20, 2016 at 6:59:12 PM EDT
To: Rhudi Eagle <cookingforfriends@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: Please protest another BDS promotion workshop at the Food CoopThe Displacement of Bedouin Palestinians in Israel. What is Soda STream's roleLetter from Mayors ElGarnawi and Moran to US Congress_210715.pdfDerfner Soda StreamBegin forwarded message:From: More Hummus Please <morehummus@gmail.com>Subject: Please protest another BDS promotion workshop at the Food CoopDate: April 20, 2016 at 4:39:12 PM EDTTo: More Hummus Please <morehummus@gmail.com>I am asking you to send an email to Ellen Weinstat, and to copy Joe Holtz and Ann Herpel stating that this workshop goes against Coop's principles and it should be cancelled. Request that Ellen respond to your email. Here are the email addresses.Dear Group -On May 1, the Coop's members for BDS have a workshop scheduled a workshop titled "The Displacement of Bedouin Palestinians in Israel. What is SodaStream's role?" A screenshot of the announcement is attached."Ellen Weinstat" <ellen_weinstat@psfc.coop>
"Ann Herpel" <ann_herpel@psfc.coop>
"Joe Holtz" <jlholtz@psfc.coop>,The Coop's BDS group has supplied and continues to supply false information regarding Israel to Coop members. I have attached documentation that shows not only is there no land dispute with Bedouin over the new factory location, but the factory's new location is actually welcomed by the Bedouin community and beneficial to it.Some of you are familiar with Jesse Rosenfeld's workshops on alternatives to BDS. Jesse was informed by Ellen that there were complaints his workshop was being used to organize for anti-BDS activity. He was sternly warned that this is against Coop rules to use workshops for organizing.This upcoming workshop clearly states its intent to organize. Upon my complaint to Ellen, she had the BDS members remove the final sentence from their promotional materials. However, there is no way to stop them from misusing the meeting room for organization.Whether or not we can succeed in getting this workshop cancelled is not as important as DEMONSTRATING STRONG OBJECTIONS TO ITS PRESENCE.If the workshop does go ahead, I cannot be there. But if anyone can attend to monitor, report on, and refute what they will say, please do it, and let me know you were there.
More information about Israel's land use and law, and about Negev Bedouin in particular can be found at http://regavim.org/ for those who are interested.In the meantime, the best thing that we can do is promote and encourage others to sign our anti-BDS petition.
http://stopbdsparkslope.blogspot.com/p/loading.htmlIf you are not sure you signed it, you can email me, or you can sign it again. I periodically check for duplicate names. We have still not reached 100 signatures.In other news, the Disciplinary Committee hearing relating to the disturbance the April 2015 General Meeting took place on April 10. Four members from our group faced 2 charges. One charge was dismissed. One charge was approved. The members received 1 year suspension. They faced expulsion. I hope to have more information and instructions regarding this next week. The hearing results will be published in the May 12 Linewaiters' Gazette.For everyone celebrating Passover, I wish you a joyous and kosher Passover.
Robin Ticker
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