This is what Israel reduces the indigenous Arab people to ON THEIR OWN LAND!
And,all their fellow Arab nations pledged SO MUCH and have done so LITTLE.
SHAMEFUL.
And Israel is a disgrace to humanity and Judaism.
ISRAELI COLONISTS("SETTLERS")PUSH LAND/HOME OWNERS OUT ON THE STREET.
Now tell me folks!
How would you feel if a group of people turned up on your doorstep,with guns,forcibly emptied your house,threatened your spouse and children,and made you sleep on the street outside your OWN property/land?
What would you say?
What would you do?
Would you lay down and accept it,or would you defend your family and property?
The only reason Israel can do this is BECAUSE YOU/WE/OUR Govt,fund them,allow them to do these illegal things.
ISRAELI COSMETICS COMPANT STEALING AND PROFITING FROM STOLEN GOODS:
Read this well and check out the "Who Profits" link,and think of the 1.5 MILLION Palestinians,who are suffering,under land,sea and air blockade in the Warsaw-type Gaza ghetto.
Next time you see these cosmetics being sold in you mall,give them a print out of the 'alternet' article and let them know that YOU KNOW these products are illegally procurred by MILITARY OCCUPATION(WAR CRIME under the Geneva Conventions).
The last time these guys came to MY MALL,I just said:
"no thanks,because I will not FUND WAR CRIMES,and collective punishment,and besides,my genes give me good-skin,wrinkled or not,lol"
Everytime you buy this stuff,you enable war crimes and pain in innocent civilians.
No dead-sea mud will wash that 'stain'of blood away.
Gaza:where cancer patients can get only painkillers.
And only because he is ARAB MUSLIM.
If this man has already had treatment for his cancer and Israel is BLOCKING THE COMPLETION of the life-saving treatment then they can be charged with delibarate homicide and the hospital can be SUED for professional negligence.
Can't expect any thing better from Israel.They are barbarian,land thieves and murderers.They don't care if young Arab women in labor or her new-born baby dies in the hot sun,in the dirt at military checkpoints.Their snipers even shoot them in the belly,or back,when they are carrying WHITE FLAGS,so we can't expect Israel to give a damn about any other Arab Muslim/Christian.
It's called gradual ethnic cleansing,slow and methodical enough to keep it off the GENOCIDE GRID,even though it's the same. And it's COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT,on an unarmed CIVILIAN population.
Everything Israel does is a WAR CRIME.
Political zionism is Israels own metastic CANCER that will destroy Israel from within.
It's already IMPLODING FAST,with no interfertence from ANY OUTSIDE SOURCE.
Way to go zionists,youo spread a fatal disease through the Jewish "promised land",given to them by UK/USA and Russia.
And just think the Africans would have been suffering the same horrors,as the Palestinains,if the Zionists had accepted Uganda as was offered to them at first by the Western super-powers.
"..BURN DOWN OUR MOSQUES....OUR SCHOOLS",BUT WE WILL STILL PASS OUR EXAMS,
even by candlelight and with blood on the shattered walls.
Despite so much death,pain,bloodshed and trauma inflicted by the Israelis on Gazan Palestinians last December,of the 700,000 children out of the 1.5 million people in Gaza,the children at high school STILL PASS THEIR ACADEMIC EXAMS PROUDLY,under extraordinary odds and dangers.
The 1,500 Gazans who were killed and the 6,000 who were injured/maimed--of which more than half were unarmed civilian women and children,babies--would be proud of their family members who fought to defend their EDUCATION,DIGNITY and FREEDOM.
Did they pick up GUNS and grenades?
No,they picked up note-pads,books and pencils instead and studied by candlelight, flashlight or gas lamp(if they were lucky)while the Israeli Army,Air Force and Navy/Coast Guard attacked with heavy hi-tech US weapons outside and bombed/gassed their homes,schools,hospitals,UNRWA stores and Mosques.
"OUR SPIRIT WILL NEVER DIE,
WE WILL NOT GO DOWN IN GAZA TONIGHT".
Bravo Gazan scholars.
You,again,show the political zionists who the real faceless barbarians are.
And you make your families PROUD! http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48105
Peace,Salaam,Shalom.
And I don't hear any of these 'heroes' taking about any of these Palestinians who are molested,arreted and thrown in jail/prison with NO RIGHTS,and RIDICULOUSLY long sentences.Men,women and children alike.
The molesting and pre-emptive arresting by the Israelis just keeps on coming.
What about THAT FATAH? Or are you too busy letting the Mukhabarat torture their own in Ramallah PA HQ?
ELEVEN THOUSAND PALESTINIANS STILL IN DETENTION/PRISON/JAIL STILL.
Just for being NON-Jewish on territory that Israel has no legal right to.
Gosh,how quickly the gun becomes the briefcase,and the BDU's and bandannas/khaffiyas become the pinstripe suits and ties.
It's certainly mindboggling to see guerillas,terrorists,freedom-fighters,movements,factions,organisations etc turn into budding political parties,shaking hands,talking of peace and independence and accepted by global establishments,where just a 3-4 decades,up to the present even,they were(are)viewed as deadly terrorist organisations by those seeking to stifle their peoples autonomy and freedoms. In fact,some of them,20++years ago,would be whispering about which hotels,planes,embassies to hit,either offensively or RETALIATORY.
Just like the Israel's Stern and Irgun gangs 30-40 years before that,on the British!
But I guess that's the WHOLE point.
When someone threatens to take away evrything that has always been yours,or GIVEN TO YOU, you damn well fight for it,until you're dead or recognised with respect.
When a 'faction' is fighting for its liberation and dignity(not just power-hunger)against a stronger oppressor then the sword/gun/bomb is the weapon that screams,"RECOGNISE OUR FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS,OR ELSE.."
When all sides become so war-weary and so much innocent blood has been shed that it becomes ridiculous,and pathetic rather than heroic and honorable,it's time to change and rethink strategy.Especially when you turn from the victim into the murderer.
To think of all the "terrorist" groups in the past that are now 'respectable' political parties is mindboggling.
In modern postWW2 times only,especially in the Holy Land,Middle/Near East/Central Asia etc,we have seen world recognised "terrorist" killer groups such as the:
-Irgun,Stern,Likud,Haganagh of Israel become the pinstripe members of the Knesset of Governance,welcomed in Washington D.C. The sons of the bomb-makers,or the ACTUAL BOMB-MAKERS still,now stand at the political podium,shake hands with world leaders and cast electoral votes,instead of setting a timer-switch,or not SO FREQUENTLY shall we say! lol.
-Qaddafi even,the then revultionary leader/guerilla cum "terrorist" and "mad dog of the Middle East" now President and bona fide member of the 'prestigious' Mediterranean Union,lol.
-Irish IRA/Sinn Fein "terrorist" members become valid pinstripe Irish political party,welcomed in the UK Parliament.
-Hezbollah "terrorist" members(from Saudi,Syria,Iran Lebanon etc)take up the pinstripe and establish valid political parties in their own regions.
-Iranian "terrorist" members of Pasdaran(IRGC) and cover groups(IJO,MEK,MKO etc)etc elected to governance and actually called "reformists",lol.
-the guerrillas of the PUK and KDP(Democrats and Nationalists)of 'Kurdistan',now the civilian parties of the 'Kurdistan' autonomy,and comparative oli-barons to boot,lol,or as much as BP and Exxon will allow lol.
-Hamas,the previous and PRESENT guerrillas,"terrorist" group but now also the democratically elected pinstripe party of the last Palestinian election,and the de facto Palestinian government albeit squashed into the Gaza Strip because Israel doesn't LIKE THEM and prefers to covet the PA now,instead of Hamas.
Dizzying!
So! Now,in Ramallah,we have the Fatah faction!
A branch of guerrilla-cum-freedom fighter-cum-politician-cum-President-cum Nobel PEACE PRIZE winner Yasir Arafat al-Qudwa's PLO/PA,viewed by many as a DEADLY "terrorist" force especially when backed by Hezbollah,the PFLP-GC,or again the Iranian Pasdaran(IRGC).
Fatah: Formed in the 1950's,'baptized formerly' in the 1960's and after all these years of "terrorist" or guerrilla/freedom fighter activities(depending on where and how one views it)now gathering in pinstripes(with khaffiyas of course)and briefcases(hopefully no bombs enclosed),to talk about PEACE,FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY and BROTHERHOOD,as opposed to corruption,war,death,and betrayals.
It's ALL very exciting,and stimulating as to the possibilities for PROGRESS and PEACE. It's better than terrifying and threatening.
But,is it JUST WORDS,gesticulations and posturing similar to Israel's tactis of 4-5 decades?
What's underneath the pinstripe suits?
The old BDU's?
What's in the briefcases?
Blueprints for terrorist plans?
Or can we expect REAL "CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN",LOL?
Is it time for the "terrorist" dinosaur to metamorphose into the BUTTERFLY of multilateral peace?
For all the PALESTINIAN PEOPLE,regardless of faction,based on NATIONALISM ONLY,I hope they have put away their guns and bombs and filled their briefcases with PLANS FOR MUTUAL and RESPECTFUL peace.
But,after seeing Israel too,over the last 60++ years,lol?
So until we SEE some ACTIONS/DEEDS I'll just enjoy the magic of the circus until it's time to leave the tent and be BLASTED by reality again!
But,NEVER GIVE UP HOPE,despite the cynical history.
There's always a phoenix in the ashes,and hopefully it's carrying a briefcase and not a gun!
Still would have been better to see HAMAS AND FATAH all together unconditionally as PALESTINIAN NATIONALS for the sake of the PEOPLE not the PARTIES!
Old habits die hard I guess.
Don't stop working on it guys,otherwise the ONLY winner be the political zionists of Israel,and they'll LAP IT UP!
Peace,Salaam,Shalom.
The last time Fateh, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), held a general convention was two decades ago in 1989 in Algiers. Next week, some 2,000 members of the organization, from both the territories and the Diaspora, are expected to descend on the town of Bethlehem in the West Bank to participate in the organization's Sixth Congress in an atmosphere mired with internal divisions, charges of corruption, and tales of espionage and betrayal fit for a John Le Carré novel.