Satire alert: A friend emails with a sneak peak at the first day’s schedule for the J Street conference:
J street schedule of events. 8:00 AM: Should Israel join the Arab League? How a Jewish demographic majority in Palestine hinders Israel’s regional diplomacy. Daniel Levy 9:00 AM: Panel discussion on Jews and the Hajj. Why don’t more Jews make the pilgramage to Mecca? Rabbi Michael Lerner Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi Farfur the Hamas Bunny (invited) 10:30 AM: The Octopus and its tentacles: Jeffrey Goldberg’s blog silences us all. Stephen Walt 12:00: Why don’t more pro-Israel groups boycott Israel? Naomi Klein Bonus Panel: 4:00 PM: What about the American occupation? Perspectives on Palestine from Native America. Leonard Peltier (by video) Ward Churchill John Echohawk
