{"id":1380096,"date":"2023-12-08T16:36:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T16:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9036438"},"modified":"2023-12-08T16:36:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T16:36:31","slug":"sonya-meyerson-knox-on-jewish-voice-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/12\/08\/sonya-meyerson-knox-on-jewish-voice-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonya Meyerson-Knox on Jewish Voice for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231208.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231208.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMjA4Lm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9036443\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9036443\" class=\" wp-image-9036443\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"Jewish Voice for Peace protest in Seattle against the Gaza siege, December 2, 2023\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9036443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(CC image: Jewish Voice for Peace)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: As we record on December 7, the news from Gaza continues horrific: The <strong>Washington Post<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/12\/07\/israel-hamas-khan-younis-battle-disease\/\">reporting<\/a>, citing Gaza Health Ministry reports, that Israel\u2019s continued assault throughout the region has killed at least 350 people in the past 24 hours, which brings the death toll of the Israeli military campaign, launched after the October 7 attack by Hamas that killed a reported 1,200 people, to more than 17,000.<\/p>\n<p>In this country, Columbia University has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/15\/nyregion\/columbia-university-ban-student-groups-israel-hamas-war.html\">suspended<\/a> two student groups protesting in support of Palestinian human rights and human beings, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.columbia.edu\/news\/statement-gerald-rosberg-chair-special-committee-campus-safety\">official message<\/a> couldn\u2019t specify which policies, exactly, had been violated.<\/p>\n<p>There are many important and terrible things happening in the world right now\u2014from fossil fuel companies working to undo any democratic restraints on their ability to profit from planetary destruction; to drugmakers who\u2019ve devastated the lives of millions using the legal system to say money, actually, can substitute for accountability; to an upcoming election that is almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/11\/30\/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan\/\">too much to think about<\/a>, and the Beltway press corps acting like it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/opinion\/cowardly-media-democracy\">just another day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the devastation of Gaza and the vehement efforts to silence anyone who wants to challenge it\u2014and the failure of those efforts, as people nevertheless keep speaking up, keep protesting\u2014is the story for today.<\/p>\n<p>Sonya Meyerson-Knox is communications director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/\">Jewish Voice for Peace<\/a>. 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