James Appleton

Cary, NC

Born/Raised Brooklyn, NY. Child of a young widowed mom with 5 children who instilled values of hard work and education. We benefited from the New Deal benefits that helped our family survive. A veteran of the Vietnam period, benefiting from the GI Bill and the NDEA I dedicated myself to a career as an educator in the sciences. I advocate the elimination of nuclear weapons and diplomacy as the solution to world disagreements. Now retired I study history and political science with emphasis on the Middle East. I've become an advocate for the recognition of the rights of the Palestinians and a two state solution that returns Israel to the borders granted to them in 1947. Peace will never be achieved in the Middle East until America ends its support for Israeli aggression and the apartheid policies that are invoked against the Palestinians.

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Defend Medicare from Republican Attacks
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Don't Bomb Iran
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Don’t Set a Timetable on Another’s Freedom
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Save AmeriCorps
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Support the People's Revolution in Egypt ساند ثورة الشعب في مصر
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21,000 Children Die Needlessly Each Day. Let's Make It Zero.
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Protect Wildlife from Dirty Tar Sands Oil
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Forget what Timothy Geithner thinks. We want Elizabeth Warren to police Wall Street.
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Tell Congress to Finish the Job on Health Care Reform
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On Being Pro-Israel

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JERUSALEM - The Israeli military used reckless force during the fighting in Gaza earlier this year, resulting in needless deaths and damage, a group of former Israeli soldiers charged in a report Wednesday.

In testimonies collected by Breaking the Silence, an organization of Israeli army reservists, 26 soldiers who participated in the three weeks of Gaza fighting describe demolishing homes and using firepower beyond what was necessary given the relatively light resistance they encountered.

None of the soldiers was identified, and no dates or locations were provided for the events they recount. The report did not look at the actions of Palestinian militants during the fighting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/15/breaking-the-silence-form_n_232991.html