May 2: First OTD Conference Call
April 18, 2007
Our first conference call is scheduled for May 2, at 6:00 pm EST. It is open only to members. Join Olive Tree Democrats here. Here is the agenda:
- 6:00 Call begins
- 6:05 – 6:10 Dan Fleshler from Americans for Peace Now will present on ‘how Democrats deal with I/P issues.’
- 6:10 – 6:15 Representative from an Arab American group will discuss their legislative agenda on I/P. Note: this is a surprise guest; we will reveal his/her name on the call.
- 6:15 – 6:20 Anne Rettenberg from Olive Tree Democrats will give us an update on the plans for the June 10-11 protest in Washington DC.
- 6:20 – 6:30 Q&A directed at the previous speakers.
- 6:30 – 6:40 Call participants introduce themselves as follows: name, location, and best thing about OTD so far. (Shameless ploy to generate optimism, we know….)
- 6:40 – 7:00 OTD Director Charles Lenchner introduces the (very brief) history of OTD, presents the likely directions (based on agenda items and action proposals generated online, before the call) for OTD. Q&A about OTD. (if you have questions you’d like answered before the call – email charles@olivetreedems.org.
If you want certain questions answered during the call – use the comments space below to ask them.
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Hayyim Feldman | May 2, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Please explain the following apparent discrepancy between the existing Mission Statement (whose acceptance is presented as the requirement for joining) and the Draft Proposal:
Mission Statement
“OTD believes that any just solution will require the establishment of two states as a precondition for achieving a lasting peace”
Draft Proposal
“A mission statement has not been written [?!], but it will NOT emphasize the specifics of a preferred final status arrangement to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
Thanks.
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Aisha mason | May 29, 2007 at 1:35 pm
i would like to find out more about the June 10th rally so that I can attend. Could you please give me information about any organized meeting or if we should just show up? I think it’s great to have peope working toward peace and ultimately providing strength to our relations with the Middle East.
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Lewis Beyman | June 2, 2007 at 4:51 pm
I would like to join with you but don’t agree with your position that only a two state solution is viable. That is what the Israelis want but it is not viable. Israel is now claiming that amost all of Palistine is theirs, where are you going to put the Arabs?
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Jeff Kassouf | June 7, 2007 at 5:36 am
My group of activists in Cleveland are chartering buses to bring people from the Greater Cleveland Ohio area, to the June 10th rally and march in Washington DC. If any Olive Tree or PDA people from North East Ohio would like to ride on our bus, we still have a few seats left. Please contact AACCESS-Ohio at 216-252-2900 to reserve your bus seat now! We are asking only $20 for a round trip bus seat which will include snack food and refreshments, as most of the cost of the bus charter was underwritten by our friends in the Arab American community. All are welcome as we have a second bus standing by. Call Now!
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Bea Dewing | June 9, 2007 at 2:14 pm
I am relieved that finally a Democratic Party-affiliated organization is finally ready to take a stand for a just peace in Israel/Palestine.
I believe the Mission Statement should not mention the “two state solution.” There are serious difficulties in the way of implementing this due to the settler incursions in the West Bank that have been supported by the government of Israel. It is a matter for the parties to the conflict to decide in the course of negotiations and should not be prejudged or pre-conditioned.
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John Miller | June 10, 2007 at 4:57 pm
I believe that Arab unity is necessary for true peace with Israel. “The thorn that pricks the cat is not felt by the camel.”