BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

Pollard was not amused. On March 11.04 Pollard wrote
Sharansky:
“I am stunned that you have authored a bill that legislates
political lassitude and financial corruption. As head of the
committee to secure my release, it was your job to know
about this law and do exactly that - secure my release - not
provide additional funds for your office.”
Jerusalem Post 12/5/04 - Zelda Harris
I was in Moscow in 1977 when Sharansky was arrested and
was partly responsible for bringing out legal documents to be
used in his campaign for freedom. Now I feel it is time to say
it like it is: I do not believe Sharansky was a sincere human
rights activist. He used the platform to gain stardom at a time
when Western eyes were focused on the Soviet Union. Once
he got here, his lack of support from olim who had been his
former compatriots showed what he really was: a selfseeker.
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The former Jewish activists of the Soviet Union fought to live
in a Jewish democracy. Today, too many realize they traded
one dictatorship for another, more subtle one. The following
letter from former Prisoner Of Zion, Ida Nudel, expresses this
frustration and disappointment.
Dear Mr. Chamish,
First of all, let me thank you for permitting to use your
Internet address.
I admire the courage of your challenging the political
monopoly in our country and unveiling their secrets, deals
and misdeeds.
Your project Very Uncivil Obedience has raised my
reminiscences of not-so-old personal experience of civil
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