In the news this week are interesting signs positive and engative. The largest empire in
between the Roman empire and the US empire (ie. the British empire) shows signs
of internal decay but positive actions abound. The foolish vote to resurrect nationalism under the so
called Brexit seems to be fraying. If a new referendum is called, I am sure
Brexit will fail. Further the Zionist interference in British politics with
trying to split the labor party (because of Jeremy Corbyn’s attempt to speak of
human rights for Palestinians) seem to be failing. While also investing heavily
in social media with professional trolls [1], the truth can’t be hidden and
certainly easier to expose than to hide. The US empire is having its own
difficulties as shown by the failure of the Trump administration in achieving
the Zionist goals vis a vis Syria, Iran, Venezuela and most recently North
Korea. The “Democratic” Party (which is not democratic and is heavily serving
corporate and Zionist interests) in the US saw an opportunity and circle around
the injured Trump administration. There is a vacuum there for progressive
voices which may come from people like Ilhan Omar [2], Ocasio-Coretez,[3] and
Bernie Sanders. But the latter’s parroting of the administration lies about Venezuela
does not give us confidence. In either case, the democrats can at best slow
down the decline of empire (as Barak Obama’s administration did). The lessons
of previous empires have not been learned. In the Arab world, the US appointed
dictator in Egypt refused to give money to fix the crumpling railroads (he and
his group is getting rich) and as a result a major railroad crash and fire ball
incinerated to death dozens of people and seriously injured about a hundred. This
is the same ruler who is executing innocent people after subjecting them to severe
torture to extract “confessions”. Really sad what proud ancient Egyptian
civilization has slid into.
What most worries us is that egotistical politicians facing decline of
their influence and hence their own popularity turn to war thinking it can help
their careers. And with nuclear weapons and other WPM around, it is inevitable
that they would be used in future global wars. Thus we worry about India which
used Israeli “Spice 2000” 100 kg guided missiles to bomb Pakistan which then
retaliated by downing two Indian jets. Both are nuclear armed and the fascist
Modi is indeed very dangerous as he seeks to stay in power. The same with Netanyahu
who just bombed besieged and starved Gaza. He could be reckless enough to start
a war with Lebanon and Syria. Trum facing impeachment may either resign or bomb
Iran. The world is a dangerous place because of those greedy egotistical people.
But good people are doing good things. A US peace delegation traveled to Iran
and met leaders and common people [4]. The Venezuelan people exposed the
conspiracy and challenged sanctions and imperialism. While US puppet Guido
waves an Israeli flag, the people wave Palestinian flags. Columbian and
Brazilian people are starting to stir against their US-backed puppet
governments. Even in Palestinian politics, the US supported elites are
struggling and have stooped to the point of spending so much money on large
bill boards and other media campaigns to prop up their image. There are calls
to both Hamas and Fatah to return to the people and end the charade of Oslo
accords sponsored by the imperial powers.
Here in Palestine, life of suffering contimnues. The UN Human Rights
Council issued a report this week that shows the extent of Israel’s violations
of international law and human rights including on targeting children [5]. Yet, we continue to exist and to resist. We
are not alone. Last two weeks for example I hosted five International
delegations. The museum and institute (palestinenature.org) hosts many
volunteers, we are grateful for significant donations (financial and in-kind), we are appolying for more grants, and we have good actions on the ground that make a difference. We also continue to have significant activities in all three
areas we focus on: research, education, conservation. In research we continue
to make new discoveries, publish, and advance knowledge. In education, we are
working with students aged 6 to 90! We have educational workshops that build
human capacity (including Science Cafe every Friday 3-5); just in the last week on GIS, on leadership, on tourism
promotion, and on agriculture. We do conservation both ex situ and in situ (but
based on research and education first) for our cultural and natural heritage.
A section of the apartheid wall in Jerusalem collapsed thanks to the
good rains we received. We are 100% confident the rest of the wall will fall.
And the BDS movement continues to grow (see examples [6])
[1] An investigation published by the New
Yorker Magazine exposes how Mossad agents
are infiltrating our social media to “shape reality” … “to influence
what people believed and how they behaved” …“to reach virtually anyone and to
play with their minds” not to mention to influence elections and target
Palestine solidarity activists.
[2] A Jewish man says from hospital what Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC
Was Right. I’m ashamed to admit that endorsing AIPAC positions was all about
the Benjamins for me and my candidate. By Ady BarkanTwitter
[3] This shows how expert this lady is in questioning Trump’s ex-lawyer
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-just-expertly-laid-a-trap-to-get-donald-trumps-tax-returns
[6] BDSmovement.net, https://bdsmovement.net/pacbi and the new newsletter from British academics for
universities in palestine http://www.bricup.org.uk/#nletter
(FASCINATING history) How Zionism helped create the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
