No, Supporting Hamas is Not 'Feminist' by Phyllis Chesler Breitbart July 25, 2014 http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/1343/no-supporting-hamas-is-not-feminist Print Send RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. It was only a matter of time. Today, Ali Abunimah's Electronic Intifada published a piece titled "Ending Zionism is a feminist issue." I would say just the opposite is true: "Supporting Zionism is a feminist issue." Today must be the day assigned to organize feminists for Hamas in Gaza. Another such article also just appeared—just as I was writing about Electronic Intifada's offering. Zionism is a liberation movement of oppressed and persecuted Jews-- but it is so much more than that. Israel is a Western-style democracy in which free speech, freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, as well as women's and gay rights movements flourish. Both women and Arabs hold seats in Parliament, government, city councils, and the Israeli Supreme Court. Israel also tolerates a large and very vocal left, dissident movement which wields power in the universities, the media, and in not-for profit and human rights groups. » CONTINUE READING

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