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In our communications
with various national newspapers, our complaint over the absurd
disproportion of column and opinion space given to pro-Israeli
voices vs. the meager space given to pro-Palestinian voices
(the ratio according to our data is 8-to-1) has been met time
and again with the same response: we would LOVE to publish more
pro-Palestinian columns, except that we are not getting enough
quality submissions. Since none of us who is reading this was
born yesterday, we all know this is pure hogwash. BUT: we now
have them on-record giving us the lack of material as a reason
for not publishing.
So, step
two is to provide them with the submissions and to keep a close
tab on how many we have submitted and how many they have published,
and how many of the other side they have published in the meantime.
Hard facts, whenever we talk to an editor or a board member,
always put put them on the defensive and they do take such challenges
to their professionalism seriously.
Therefore:
PMWatch is soliciting help me with providing us with a constant
supply of unpublished, original pro-Palestinian opinion columns
and essays that the authors would like us to submit on their
behalf. The submission will be simply delivered by PMWATCH on
behalf of the author, and the author retains full rights, etc.,
as if they had sent it off themselves.
Please send
all submissions to: pmwatch@zworg.com
Please
make sure you send us:
- Full
Name
- Street
Address
- Home
and work phone numbers
- email
address
- Professional
title
- Any relevant
affliliations, etc.,
- One sentence
description of what you do (e.g., is a Palestinian-American
living in San Jose)
Each time
an essay is sent out, the author will be cc-ed on the communication.
We will
be sending out to all the major newspapers, with all necessary
provisions made for newspapers such as The Washington Post that
publishe only exclusive columns.
The essays
should be around 700 words long, well written and to the point.
Here are
some topics on the table:
- - Right
of Return (compare Kosovo)
- - Dismantling
ALL settlements, in line with international law
- - Full
unconditional Israeli withdrawal from all 1967 occupied territories
- - Racism
in Israel (apartheid is not just in the WB & GZ)
- - Reducing
US Aid to Israel (even symbolically)
- - On
why the US supports Israel unconditionally
- - On
the Myth of Baraks concessions
- - The
non-viability of the Oslo accords Please suggest topics.
- - On
the need for prosecuting Israli offenses in the Hague
- - The
myth of Rabin the dove
- - US
hypocrisy and double standards in its UN voting
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