Not welcome?
In the last issue of Solidarity (3/19) we reported on how Solidarity supporter, Faz Velmi, was verbally attacked by George Galloway MP, at a meeting organised by the University College London's Stop the War Group. Faz, an invited speaker, along with Galloway, argued that the Kurds, and Israeli Jews, also had the right to self-determination and was accused of 'Zionism'. Lindsey German told the meeting that people "like Faz" who advocated a two states programme for Israel/Palestine were not welcome in the Stop the War Coalition. Does that mean German doesn't want the PLO and most of the Israeli left in 'her' campaign?
The UCL Stop the War Group have written a letter of complaint to Lindsey German about her "not welcome" remark. Watch this space...
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Re: Not welcome?
I am from the UCL Stop the War Coalition. Please clarify that a member of the Coalition sent a letter to Lindsey German in a personal capacity. The letter was not meant to represent the group as a whole and was not discussed by the group.
Re: Not welcome?
Alex,
is the UCL STW Coalition Group going to discuss the letter or the remark? Is the member who wrote the letter in a personal capacity to Lindsey German supported by other members too?
Bob
e-mail: bobmoran287 at yahoo.com
Re: Not welcome?
The UCL STW Coalition had a special meeting in December where this issue was discussed. We talked more broadly about the Israel/Palestine conflict and have been able to come to a much clearer consensus within our group.
Other members, including myself, support the letter that was written by this individual. We did not vote on it as a group.