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An Appeal from American Jews to the Green Party of Germany
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We are Jewish Americans who are deeply concerned that the memory and tragedy
of the Holocaust is being invoked in order to justify an unjust bombing
campaign against the civilian population of Yugoslavia. Many of us have
friends who lost family members in the Holocaust, or have lost relatives
ourselves. We are deeply aware of our own history and the need for the world
community to intervene in situations where there is a threat of genocide, in
order to prevent it. However, this is clearly not what is happening in
Yugoslavia today. We do not believe that our government's war against Yugoslavia is motivated by humanitarian concerns. This is evidenced by their refusal to airlift food and water to desperate refugees within Kosovo, as well as the paltry sums allocated for refugee relief as compared to the billions of dollars spent on the bombing. The Clinton Administration's great reluctance to pursue a negotiated solution to the conflict also indicates that this intervention is mainly about power: showing the world that the United States (and NATO, which it largely controls) is the self- appointed international policeman, and stands above international law and the United Nations. They are waging their war against civilians, destroying the Yugoslav economy and killing hundreds of innocent people, in order to demonstrate and consolidate their power. Many supporters of the bombing have drawn analogies to the Holocaust, arguing that the world cannot simply stand by in the face of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. But the bombing has greatly worsened the situation of the Kosovar Albanians, as is now universally recognized. It has also destroyed the pro-democracy movement within Yugoslavia, and is destabilizing neighboring countries. We urge you to reject these false and exaggerated analogies to the Holocaust and World War II, which are being used to garner support for a bombing campaign that is intensifying the suffering of all nationalities in Yugoslavia. We appeal to the Green Party of Germany to oppose this war, and to support a negotiated solution of the conflict. (Organizations listed for identification only).
Noam Chomsky Institute Professor of Linguistics Massachusetts Institute of
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