時間飛逝,然而電子信箱裡收到PCHR的電子信仍然是死亡訊息,平民、婦女、小孩、傷亡,血腥依舊。上個月27日美國電視影集Law and Order: Criminal Intent播出的內容提到以色列推土機如何摧毀巴勒斯坦學校,裡面的角色還提到以色列殘暴....馬上有一個組織叫做the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)提出抗議,指控這影集反猶(anti-Semitic)...好在不是每個人都這麼愚蠢自大和無知;前幾天看了一部紀錄片,叫做Encounter Point講的是一群巴勒斯坦人和以色列人,儘管各自都有親友在巴以衝突中喪生,然而他們卻忘卻仇恨,努力推動和平。影片中一位巴勒斯坦青年,親人和弟弟被以軍殺害,母親和他也曾入獄過,他說他最有資格散播仇恨,可是他卻選擇從事非暴力運動,希望影響他身邊的年輕朋友。影片中另外有一位母親,是隸屬於The Parent's Circle這個團體的一員,(本站有簡介過這團體)他的兒子被一位巴勒斯坦狙擊手殺害,她說她一開始想到的並不是:不要用我兒子的名義去殺人,反而自問,為什麼我的孩子會在佔領區服役?影片末了,她寫了一封信,要求和殺害兒子的兇手家人會面,他們也同意了。
Their unknown story : a peace concert in memory of the death of peacemakers
Spring is the season which carries fond memories of those peacemakers who have given their life for a good cause. Among them we have a compassionate American student Rachael Corrie, and a conscientious British univeristy graduate Tom Hurndall.
Rachael aged 23 when she was fatally run over by a bulldozer in a protest against the deliberate demolition of civilian houses in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Tom aged 22 when he was shot dead in an attempt to protect a Palestinian boy from an attack. They left us on 17th March, 2003 and 11th April 2004 respectively with their stories touching the hearts of all peace lovers from every corner of the world . Since then, different commemorations take place every year in the West.
But, how about us as Chinese in Asia ? What inspiration we can get from their peace legacy? There are two musicians, one from Xiazhang, China and the other one grew up in Inner Mongolia, China, have taken the first move to express their appreciation through their own unique music. They will visit Hong Kong and share with us their music and songs which are particularly written for Rachael and Tom . In a season full of hope, let us sing out of our strength, and make reflection from the current international conflict situation. As what the two musicians say in the songs : " For those who have passed away from our planet, how much good will they have left to us?! For those who have loved the world wholeheartedly, they will harvest happiness and sunshine .......... "
Now, in Hong Kong, should we sing along with the musicians as our most sincere tribute to Rachael and Tom as well as the other unknown peacemakers, in a special peace concert sponsored by the University of Hong Kong in March. The most touching humanistic picture which has ever been seen in Hong Kong.
Details of the concert
Content: Music playing, singing, poem reading, short video show
Guests : Musicians He Li ( Xiazhang ), Suen Jing Zi ( Inner Mongolia ). Wong Yiu Ming ( Hong Kong singer , to be confirmed ) ; poem reading by Madeleine Marie Slavick, Sayed gouda , Susanna Cheung ; 15 mins video show "The Peace Movement in Israel and Palestine " produced by S.Cheung
Date: 23th March, 2007
Time: 6pm - 9:pm
Veneue: Th Univerisity of Hong kong
Banksy之前在隔離牆上作畫,這次法籍攝影師在牆的兩邊開起"攝影展"....
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The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on the Israeli and the Palestinian sides.
紐約時報放炮的意義,象徵美國數以千計的猶太裔團體對卡特新書的反對立場。四天後,附設在亞特蘭大市艾默利大學(Emory University)校園內,與卡特總統紀念圖書館與博物館同在一處辦公但不相統屬,以維護世界人權為職志的卡特中心(The Carter Center)二百位顧問中,有十四人集體提出辭呈,以示對這本書的不滿。這批猶裔工商界人士並非學者專家,只幫忙辦活動或募款,但他們的行動仍足顯現美籍猶太人的團結力量。
我在紐約負責對美宣傳時,最常受自由派人士責難的就是所謂「中國游說團」的活動。我的標準答案是:我們從未用金錢或利益收買朋友;美國支持中華民國的人如自稱Mr. ChinaLobby的柯爾堡(Arthur Kohlberg)或眾議員周以德(Walter H. Judd)等人,幫台灣發言純出自願,還大把地捐錢給「百萬人委員會」(Committee of One Million)之類的團體。而且,對美國政策影響力最大是英國與以色列,你們為何不去查問這兩個游說團呢?如此反詰後,這班人往往無詞以對,爭論也就不了了之。
猶太人兩千年沒有祖國,到處受歧視。帝俄時代開始移民美國,看過從歌舞劇改拍成電影的「屋頂上的提琴手(Fiddler on the Roof)」的人都有印象。歐洲尤其德國的猶太後裔,僅十九世紀就有二百萬人移民來美;希特勒時代更瘋狂逃生。今天全美承認自己是猶太後裔者,估計有六百四十萬人,與以色列全國人口數相當。
猶太人思想自由,但以支持民主黨,與工會同一個鼻孔出氣者居多。他們更重要的特點是組織力強,在猶太教堂(synagogues)、猶裔青年組織(B’nai B’rith)、反誹謗聯盟(Anti-Defamation League)、婦女組織(Women’s American ORT)、游說機構(American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC)、猶太復國運動(American Zionist Movement)、與大屠殺紀念館(Holocaust Museum)等,和他們遍布全國各地的分會,在美國社會布下天羅地網,任誰都逃不過它們有似大章魚觸角的包圍。
在這許多團體之上,還有兩個統籌一切猶裔事務的總機構,一是美國重要猶裔團體會長聯合會(Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations),另一是美國猶太人委員會(American Jewish Committee)。前者好似美籍猶裔人的股東大會,後者則像董事會。凡牽涉到政治經濟等重大問題,由這兩個團體決定大方向,然後全美凡屬猶太人的社團會發動排山倒海之力以赴,無堅不摧,無往不利。