Talk at Nakba Remembrance in Dearborn - 15 May 2010.
...If I'd written a pro-Zionist book, I would have had wealthy jews throwing money at me for promotion. My experience today is that wealthy Arabs including wealthy Palestinians are frightened of offending Zionism to assist my adress to make a following debate possible.
They, like most activists groups have no understanding how to change lobby driven policies in so called democratic nations.
There is only one way to do it. By informing and educating the citizens, the voters. Empowering them to bring democracy work.
When enough citizens want something done it will be done. That's the way the system works.
I am of course aware that there is a reason why so many Arab and Muslim Americans think that it's too dangerous. That they should keep their heads down. Their mouth shut.
As they see it, in order to best protect themselves, their families, their businesses. The reason is the monster of Islamophobia in America as it is in Europe. On the surface it's quiet a good reason. To keep your head down and your mouth shut.
But backing away of this monster is not the way for Americans nor the Western Arabs and Muslims, to protect their own best interests. The best way is to play their Ace in cards out. What is this? I call it the Patriot card. Regardless of ethnicity the one thing above all others that Americans require to demonstrate in order to be regarded by their fellow citizens as safe and sound, is patriotism.
Hold on by that thought while I make this short statement.
The best recuting sergeant for violent Islamic fundamentalism is the double standard of American led Western foreign policy. Particulary as it relates to the conflict in and around Palestine and Israel.
General Petreas and apparently president Obama now accept that the support of the Zionist state of Israel, right or wrong, is not in America's best interest and is actually damaging.
By helping your fellow Americans to understand this you would not only represent yourselves as real patriots and therefore protecting your own best interests. You would be helping to expose supporters of Israel for what they are: brainwashed, deluted and a threat to national interest or worse. Some would even call them traitors.

If you really care about stopping the final ethnic cleansing of Palestine, keeping hope for justice and peace alive and best protecting American interests, become engaged... 21-5-2010