Dear Friends,
The spokesperson of the EU Current president, in Prague, Mr. Jiri Potuznik, has called the Israeli operation ‘defensive’ and good old Daniel Machover (young as he is) has written him and demanded an apology, making his letter available to some of us. Below you can see my own letter, written earlier this afternoon, asking him to do the right thing and resign, and his own incredible reply! I am glad to say that he is more decent than Tony Blair and Mr. Brown, and he has indeed resigned. His personal email to me is something which could never happen in ‘western democracies’... I also get the feeling that he is sincerely sad about the whole affair.
It goes to show that sometimes our actions make a difference, I suppose. Not enough times, of course...
Haim
------ Forwarded Message
From: jiri potuznik
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 17:26:54 +0100
To: Haim Bresheeth
Subject: Re: Resign now!
Dear Mr. Haim Bresheeth,
let me deeply and personally apologize to You - my mystake and misunderestanding was not the support of any murdering. Information I have recieved but have not confirmed was the opposit. That is my shame, not the bad intention. I proposed my resignation anyway.
Best whishes
Jiri F. Potuznik
2009/1/4 Haim Bresheeth
Dear Mr. Jiri F. Potuznik,
I am shocked and disgusted as a human being and an EU citizen, I am now
represented by a rogue regime in Prague, little better than the Israeli
government, in that it supports its war crimes by calling them 'defensive'.
I call on you to resign forthwith - you are not fit to represent anyone, let
alone the presidency of Europe. In the few days that your country held this
important office, you have shamed both the office itself and the EU. As
someone who supported the Prague Spring in 1968, I find this even more
bizarre, as the last thing Europe now needs, is a presidency supporting the
continued murder of hundreds of civilians, the indiscriminate bombing of
cities and towns, and further support to the Israeli regime, by calling its
actions 'defensive'.
Shame on you! Resign now!
Prof. Haim Bresheeth
Citizen of the UK and Israel
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Yes and our friends in the Czech Green Party, whose nominee is the Foreign Minister, are also supportive of Israel. Not content with supporting US Star Wars radar bases on Czech territory, which most of the population are opposed to, they now also buttress Israel as a part of the Czech government. Thankfully two Czech Green MPs have broken ranks with this disgraceful government and are voting against them on a number of issues, particularly the bases.
My two lease favourite Green parties - the Irish and the Czechs. And who did the Irish invite to be guest speaker at their conference last year? Yes, you have guessed it , the Czech Green Education Minister.
Both parties in bankrupt right wing coalitions, who will each pay the price with the voters next time around. Both offer grim warnings about Green 'pragmatism' and lack of ideology.
The Czech government at present can be expected to support everything dreamed up by Bush and the neo-cons, from NATO expansion to unconditional support for Israel.
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