This is the thirtieth anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila
massacre. We now have documentary
evidence of Israeli and American roles in this preventable massacre of hundreds
of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.** The intensity of private USA-Israel
disputes must have increased in the past 30 years even as the mayhem also
increased (for example one million Iraqis killed by US led sanctions, one
million more by the illegitimate invasion and occupation beginning in 2003). Netanyahu and other Zionists seemed very
frustrated that attempts to bully the US into a war on Iran, like they did on
Iraq, are failing. Disputes that used to
happen behind closed doors are now out in the open. Israel
is not even able to get the US to give them any assurances of protection if they
attack Iran and Iran retaliates with thousands of improved missiles. There is so much dissent now even within
Israeli elites who directly benefit from stirring up conflicts. Thus any decision to create more wars and
suffering seems highly unlikely before the US Presidential elections in
November. Thus fortunes are being spent
by the Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson and other Zionists "banking"
on the Republican Mitt Romney. A media
frenzy led by Zionists will also not succeed unless we get an "October
surprise".
The Zionist attempt to stir a "clash of
civilization" between Christianity and Islam is failing. The angry protests being fomented drew less
than 0.01% of the world Muslim population and most of these demonstrations were
not similar to the attack in Libya that killed the US Ambassador to Libya and
three other Americans. The Zionists in
charge of a significant portion of Western mainstream media tried to exaggerate
and to stoke the fires but they are failing.
The largest demonstration in the Arab world is likely to be the well-disciplined
Hezbollah led mass march and rally in Beirut Monday. Its leader Hassan Nasrallah already stated that
he rejects the violence inflicted on US diplomats in Libya. The Libyan government was forced to admit that
this was a pre-planned attack which likely had other motives (not the offending
amateur video). So many good people are
working behind the scenes to ensure Zionists fail in their attempts to plant
seeds of divisiveness and wars in so many fronts. I actually feel the tide is shifting
dramatically. Perhaps that explains the frustration
and anger of Netanyahu et al.
Unfortunately such apartheid regimes do their most damage in their last
few years. So the past few weeks Israel
intensified its attack on the native Palestinians and issued more orders to
transfer lands to racist Jewish settlers.
**See http://bit.ly/Sabra-and- Shatila See also my
review of an important book on the massacre: http://qumsiyeh.org/sabraandshatila/
(For other important historical events that happened in September, visit http://www.al-awda.org/until-return/important_dates11.html)
Nariman Tamimi arrest by occupation soldiers and her
daughters' attempts to stop them
Report on unrest in the West Bank
Sussiya struggle to survive the onslaught of racist settlers
Welcome to Palestine latest campaign was an inspiring effort
that we had the privilege and honor to work on. While participants
were not allowed into the West Bank through Jordan, they visited Palestinian
refugee communities in Jordan and showed that Israel is a paranoid apartheid
state. For pictures and text (French and English), see http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article7592
Forget the fairytale: the US doesn’t love Israel
The 1,000 year "dark ages" were dark only in
Europe. Inventions and progress in the
Muslim world
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
Hello, Mazin. Here is some good news which matches with your idea about the turning tide. California Students stand against state legislature's call for curtailing of free speech on Israel. http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/09/students-of-california-speak.html
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