tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27715635165366080262024-03-17T20:03:59.751-07:00Popular ResistanceQumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-63110077787871478942024-03-17T01:05:00.000-07:002024-03-17T01:05:40.200-07:00Ego is the enemy<p> Our email list was 51,000 before and increased by 4000 new
people since early October 2023. In the past five months I gave over 52
talks to audiences around the world. >120 radio and TV interviews and sent
over 70 emails with information and actions people do not see on mainstream
media. We expected (logical) formation of a unity government in the West Bank
and Gaza during a genocidal war on our people. Instead we see that
Mahmoud Abbas (whose term expired 15 years ago) appointed yet another
"Prime Minister". The Oslo governments kept this heterogeneous mix of
service (in some cases good service) to the community as an autonomy while also
benefiting many in a corrupt system encouraged and facilitated by the US and
Israel to keep divisive corrupt rule while protecting Israeli (colonial)
security. It is what such a system was designed for under Oslo agreements.
While those agreements were supposed to be interim for five years (to 1999)
they are what is the maximum that was intended. All resistance including
non-violent was squashed and the only resistance partially allowed was "
diplomatic resistance" (even then the authority was not allowed to
challenge Israel in international courts). This pathetic state of affairs has
continued for 30 years with colonial settler population mushrooming from
150,000 to 950,000 and Israel kept drifting to the right to become the most
fascist and racist society on earth while Palestinian politics remained frozen.
If I was asked why, the answer will be long. As an academic and
grassroots activist (not a politician), I have argued over the past 40 years
for two themes: 1) more scientific and logical analysis of our situation which
leads to different discourse, 2) For positive strong engagement not merely
criticism. Let me explain.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">THEME 1: I am not proud that the lessons from history
predicted this dual state always repeated: innovative and amazing sumud and
resistance by our people while pathetic and selfish leadership that leaves our
people orphans to fend for themselves. It is not difficult to see things
coming and history repeating itself (a second Nakba with Arab and Palestinian
collusion). See my earlier books like "Sharing the Land of Canaan"
and "Popular Resistance in Palestine, a history of hope and
empowerment" where I explain this redundant history in detail but where I
also show points of optimism and especially emanating in every generation from
young people. Young people born in the past 30 years of failed politics are in
my opinion the generation of real liberation. This is tre not just in Palestine
but globally (the global intifada is unfolding). I think young people
intuitively understand the corruption and decadence of politicians. My only
advice to the younger generation is to read more books. Ho Chi Minh used
to insist on a library in each of the tunnels dug to resist the American
imperial genocide in Vietnam. This was a secret to success of the Vietnamese
freedom struggle against the French and then the American genocidal occupation
(3 million killed or starved to death). The same can be said for the Algerian
and South African liberation struggle. It is not enough to have a just cause or
to look for answers in ancient Holy Books. There is a body of knowledge that
exists that developed over centuries. Ignorant masses are easier to manipulate
than educated masses. Even empires collapsed (Roman, Umayyad, Spanish,
Portuguese, Ottoman etc) or are collapsing now (US, Israeli) partly if not
mostly due to intentional programs of distancing the people from real
knowledge. Brainwashing them to be good consumers but not involved, educated,
and critical thinkers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the books that needs to be read by all people
(including our frozen politicians) to achieve real success for our causes is
"Ego is the Enemy" by Ryan Holiday. Another is Khalil Gibran's
"The Prophet". There are many others. Reading is empowerment but at
the same time provides that needed humility to recognize how little we know and
that scientific knowledge is both repeatable and falsifiable. We all make
mistakes. Political factions and people who do not admit their mistakes and
fallibility are not those who make history.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69MiKGpg3AQ6f_qeHJCwNwiZhv_yMz6OrEVXoxaWN1S6kTP5u38JT9nzu0odToNSLMLrdFwFIe2NadkUZH-kfxZxQssdwf2OB78aNh1EajGN-Tg_PxCCDahWkPLQT7DhyphenhyphenrGp21BBQka34nypBErkIu8sZDEK6xpA3cymc2mF-X-wWDzJQ6nJrkGfXkpo/s1153/EgoIsTheEnemy_1200x940_NewDimensions.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="1153" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69MiKGpg3AQ6f_qeHJCwNwiZhv_yMz6OrEVXoxaWN1S6kTP5u38JT9nzu0odToNSLMLrdFwFIe2NadkUZH-kfxZxQssdwf2OB78aNh1EajGN-Tg_PxCCDahWkPLQT7DhyphenhyphenrGp21BBQka34nypBErkIu8sZDEK6xpA3cymc2mF-X-wWDzJQ6nJrkGfXkpo/w429-h165/EgoIsTheEnemy_1200x940_NewDimensions.png" width="429" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal">THEME 2: It is not enough to have an understanding of things
or to criticize. It is not enough to protest or resist the evil that surrounds
us. It is important to envision a better future AND WORK FOR IT. I am grateful
that I am surrounded by groups of educated young people who share a vision of
sustainable human and natural communities locally and globally. This is shared
by hundreds of millions of people who work on environmental justice, climate
justice, decolonization, and building shared sustainable communities (and these
things are linked). Locally we work on the one democratic country (a country
that is pluralistic and serves all people regardless of religion or background)
and we work on sustaining indigenous people on their land while protecting
nature (see palestinenature.org and browse our<a href="https://www.palestinenature.org/annual-reports/2023-PIBS-report.pdf" target="_blank"> annual report</a>). This second
theme is reason why, while having built institutions in the US, I returned to
Palestine 16 years ago to build things here where they are most needed. We have
been very lucky in those years to find hundreds of volunteers, staff,
and supporters to help build something positive in the midst of this chaos.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We keep the hope alive that we shall overcome someday. As
before I welcome feedback.<o:p></o:p></p>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-13259059951256714942024-03-17T00:35:00.000-07:002024-03-17T00:46:39.754-07:00عن الغرور<p style="text-align: right;"> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="text-align: right;">قائمة البريد الإلكتروني لدينا كانت تضم 51000 وزادت ب 4000 شخص جديد
منذ أوائل أكتوبر 2023. في الأشهر الخمس الماضية، قدمت أكثر من 52 محاضرة
للجماهير حول العالم. وعملت 120 مقابلة إذاعية وتلفزيونية وأرسلت أكثر من 70 رسالة
بريد إلكتروني تحتوي على معلومات وإجراءات لا يراها الأشخاص في وسائل الإعلام
الرئيسية. لقد أرسلت أشياء باللغة العربية كهذه <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post.html" target="_blank">موجهة إلى أهلنا في قطاع غزة</a></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="text-align: right;"> أو <a href="https://popular -resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/blog-post_12.html" target="_blank">هذا عن النواياالإسرائيلية</a></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="text-align: right;"> أو هذا <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/blog-post.html">موجه إلى السلطةالفلسطينية</a></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="text-align: right;"> أو<a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2024/02/blog-post.html" target="_blank"> هذا موجه للعرب</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">قائمة البريد الإلكتروني العربية هذه أصغر من القائمة الإنجليزية
(11000 مقابل 55000). نادرا ما أنشر هنا ولا أعرف كمية من <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>يقرأ فعليا. كنا نتوقع (منطقياً) تشكيل حكومة
وحدة وطنية في الضفة الغربية وغزة خلال حرب الإبادة الجماعية التي تعرض لها شعبنا.
وبدلا من ذلك نرى أن محمود عباس (الذي انتهت ولايته قبل 15 عاما) عين "رئيسا
للوزراء" آخر. احتفظت حكومات أوسلو بمزيج من الخدمة (في بعض الحالات الخدمة
الجيدة) للمجتمع كحكم ذاتي بينما استفاد الكثيرين في نظام فاسد شجعته
وتسهّلته الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل للحفاظ على الحكم الفاسد والإنقسام البغيض مع
حماية الأمن الإسرائيلي (الاستعماري). . وهذا هو ما تم تصميم هذا النظام من أجله
بموجب اتفاقيات أوسلو. كان من المفترض أن تكون هذه الاتفاقيات مؤقتة لمدة خمس
سنوات (حتى عام 1999)، إلا أنها تمثل الحد الأقصى "المقصود". تم سحق كل
المقاومة (بما في ذلك الشعبية) وكانت المقاومة الوحيدة المسموح بها جزئيًا هي
"المقاومة الدبلوماسية" (وحتا هنا لم يُسمح للسلطة بتحدي إسرائيل في
المحاكم الدولية). واستمر هذا الوضع المثير للشفقة لمدة 30 عامًا مع تزايد عدد
المستوطنين الاستعماريين من 150 ألفًا إلى 950 ألفًا وهجرت إسرائيل عشرات الآف من
شعبنا وظلت إسرائيل تنجرف نحو اليمين لتصبح المجتمع الأكثر فاشية وعنصرية على وجه
الأرض بينما ظلت السياسة الفلسطينية مجمدة. ومن أفسد ما وجد هو السلك الدبلوماسي
المهم (مع بعض الإستثنائات مثل حسام زملط). وإذا سئلت عن السبب لهذا
الوضع المأساوي فإن الإجابة ستكون طويلة (ولا أستثني أيضا أخطاء ومشاكل الفصائل
الأخرى غير فتح). </span>باعتباري أكاديميًا وناشطًا شعبيًا (ولست سياسي)، فقد جادلت على مدار
الأربعين عامًا الماضية حول موضوعين: 1) المزيد من التحليل العلمي والمنطقي لوضعنا
الذي يؤدي إلى مسار مختلف، 2) للمشاركة الإيجابية القوية وليس مجرد النقد. دعني
أشرح.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>الموضوع الأول: </b>أنا لست فخوراً بأن الدروس المستفادة من التاريخ تنبأت
بهذه الحالة التي تتكرر دائماً: الصمود المبتكر والمذهل والمقاومة من قبل شعبنا
بينما القيادة المثيرة للشفقة والأنانية التي تترك شعبنا يتيماً ليعيل نفسه. وليس
من الصعب أن نرى الأمور قادمة والتاريخ يعيد نفسه (نكبة ثانية بتواطؤ عربي
وفلسطيني). راجع كتب أدوارد سعيد وكتبي السابقة مثل "مشاركة أرض كنعان"
و"المقاومة الشعبية في فلسطين: تاريخ من الأمل والتمكين" حيث أشرح هذا
التاريخ الصعب بالتفصيل ولكنني أظهر أيضًا نقاط التفاؤل وخاصة التي تنبع من الشباب
في كل جيل. إن الشباب الذين ولدوا خلال الثلاثين عامًا الماضية من السياسة الفاشلة
هم في رأيي جيل التحرر الحقيقي. وهذا أمر لا يحدث في فلسطين فحسب، بل في العالم
أجمع (الانتفاضة العالمية تتكشف). أعتقد أن الشباب يفهمون بشكل حدسي فساد
السياسيين وانحطاطهم. نصيحتي الوحيدة لجيل الشباب هي قراءة المزيد من الكتب.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">القائد هو شي من أصر على وجود مكتبة في كل من الأنفاق التي تم
حفرها لمقاومة الإبادة الجماعية الإمبريالية الأمريكية في فيتنام (3 ملايين قتلوا
أو ماتوا جوعا).. وكان هذا سر نجاح النضال من أجل الحرية الفيتنامية ضد الفرنسيين
ثم الاحتلال الأمريكي. ويمكن قول الشيء نفسه عن نضال التحرير في الجزائر وجنوب
أفريقيا. لا يكفي أن يكون لديك قضية عادلة أو أن تبحث عن إجابات في الكتب المقدسة
القديمة. هناك مجموعة كبيرة من المعرفة تطورت عبر القرون. إن التلاعب بالجماهير
الجاهلة أسهل من التلاعب بالجماهير المتعلمة. حتى الإمبراطوريات انهارت (الرومانية
والأموية والإسبانية والبرتغالية والعثمانية وغيرها) أو تنهار الآن (الولايات
المتحدة وإسرائيل) جزئيًا إن لم يكن معظمها بسبب البرامج المتعمدة لإبعاد الناس عن
المعرفة الحقيقية. غسل أدمغتهم ليكونوا مستهلكين جيدين ولكن ليس مشاركين ومتعلمين
ومفكرين نقديين.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">أحد الكتب التي يجب أن يقرأها جميع الناس (بما في ذلك السياسيون
المجمدون) لتحقيق نجاح حقيقي لقضايانا هو "الأنا هي العدو" بقلم رايان
هوليداي (انظر </span><span dir="LTR">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =xeNChOWr0GY</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>). وكتاب آخر هو
"النبي" لخليل جبران (</span><span dir="LTR">https://archive.org/details/ar108roman41/mode/2up</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>). هناك العديد من
الآخرين. القراءة هي التمكين ولكنها في الوقت نفسه توفر التواضع اللازم لإدراك مدى
قلة ما نعرفه، وأن المعرفة العلمية قابلة للتكرار والدراسة النقدية <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>. نحن جميعا نرتكب الأخطاء. إن الفصائل السياسية
والأشخاص الذين لا يعترفون بأخطائهم وقابليتهم للخطأ ليسوا هم من يصنعون التاريخ.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsPZZtan58-iD1qELlrh4yDQxrDLuuFBni3cg52yNcgl8C8uCSFQRbwAEO9_tZ6t2iYxw0FGZo81JyR3wcHa5WLXbdXmiQN6D7XlTFvoLqY53S0IcDsSczB1pLdVKlWRG8AlAZNEt9Uw4MH_-mOvTMhHz7aYyGdfLZ3mcXZyavLQgtyZyKh3ATJZbXWU/s813/105194-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsPZZtan58-iD1qELlrh4yDQxrDLuuFBni3cg52yNcgl8C8uCSFQRbwAEO9_tZ6t2iYxw0FGZo81JyR3wcHa5WLXbdXmiQN6D7XlTFvoLqY53S0IcDsSczB1pLdVKlWRG8AlAZNEt9Uw4MH_-mOvTMhHz7aYyGdfLZ3mcXZyavLQgtyZyKh3ATJZbXWU/s320/105194-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1.webp" width="233" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>الموضوع الثاني:</b> لا يكفي أن يكون لديك فهم للأشياء أو أن تنتقدها. لا
يكفي أن نحتج أو نقاوم الشر (أو الهبل والفساد). من المهم تصور مستقبل أفضل والعمل
من أجله. أنا ممتن لأنني محاط بمجموعات من الشباب المتعلمين الذين يتشاركون رؤية
للمجتمعات البشرية والطبيعية المستدامة محليًا وعالميًا. ويتقاسم هذا الأمر مئات
الملايين من الأشخاص الذين يعملون في مجال العدالة البيئية، والعدالة المناخية،
وإنهاء الاستعمار، وبناء مجتمعات مستدامة مشتركة (وهذه الأشياء مترابطة). محليًا،
نحن نعمل من أجل دولة ديمقراطية واحدة (دولة تعددية وتخدم جميع الناس بغض النظر عن
الدين أو الخلفية) ونعمل على دعم السكان الأصليين على أراضيهم مع حماية الطبيعة
(راجع<a href="http://palestinenature.org/ar" target="_blank"> </a></span><span dir="LTR"><a href="http://palestinenature.org/ar" target="_blank">PalestineNature.org</a></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> و<a href="https://www.palestinenature.org/ar/annual-reports/PIBS-Annual-Report-2023-PRINT-ar-edited.pdf" target="_blank">تصفح تقريرنا السنوي</a></span><span dir="LTR"> </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>) . هذا الموضوع الثاني هو السبب وراء عودتي إلى فلسطين قبل 16
عامًا، بعد أن قمت ببناء مؤسسات في الولايات المتحدة، لبناء الأشياء هنا حيث تشتد
الحاجة إليها. لقد كنا محظوظين جدًا في تلك السنوات للعثور على مئات المتطوعين والموظفين
والداعمين للمساعدة في بناء شيء إيجابي وسط هذه الفوضى.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">نحافظ على الأمل وسننتصر حتما يومًا ما—يقرب اليوم بالعمل على هذين
الموضوعين أعلاه.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>أرحب بالتعليقات والتوضيحات
حول هذه الأفكار.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-59593210710441533702024-02-18T14:23:00.000-08:002024-02-18T14:32:36.603-08:00أفيقوا واستيقظوا يا عرب<div style="text-align: right;">فرضت إسرائيل مجاعة جماعية، وترتكب كل يوم مجازر. ما حصل كان كله متوقعًا. لقد كتبت<a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/"> كتابًا عن هذا</a> سابقًا قبل 20 سنة . يعيش الأطفال الآن في الشوارع والخيام وسط البرد القارس. أجسادهم الضعيفة الهشة تمزقها القذائف أو تموت من الجوع ويعاني أكثر من 700 ألف شخص من أمراض مرتبطة بالمجاعة ونقص المياه النظيفة ونقص الصرف الصحي. وعلى الرغم من وجود أناس جائعين ومضطهدين آخرين في أماكن أخرى (العراق واليمن والسودان والصحراء الغربية وغيرها)، إلا أن وضعنا فريد من نوعه. الصور مروعة ولدينا إبادة جماعية نشطة ومتعمدة من قبل قوة استعمارية تدعمها حكومات العديد من القوى الاستعمارية (الولايات المتحدة والمملكة المتحدة وفرنسا وألمانيا وأستراليا). يتم بث الإبادة الجماعية على الهواء مباشرة ولا يتم إخفاؤها. ولا يمكن لأحد أن يدعي أنه لم يعرف. كل إنسان على هذه الأرض يعرف (بما في ذلك الجناة والشركاء في الجريمة)، لكن موضوعي هنا ليس المعرفة؛ فالفساد هو الذي يؤدي إلى هذه الأشياء.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1YmeTOlPMA1zwNwzarP4RX9GtJ0P1kzSahDsSn0QkXfQTdY6Jn6I-2-Wv4ws9_VmJ1h6_6On3an-ks0gvImndltjPqK5F4Javo_cNedfiMtT3rvw-59DH_1rO8lghIy6iyHM2qNwJRSZk30ZJPIMwJ_Z0UqnfFVt_Z7qDcunuXcJ66oWHnJ30uT-sS0/s640/395626183_10231524607996149_2802854198904263055_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1YmeTOlPMA1zwNwzarP4RX9GtJ0P1kzSahDsSn0QkXfQTdY6Jn6I-2-Wv4ws9_VmJ1h6_6On3an-ks0gvImndltjPqK5F4Javo_cNedfiMtT3rvw-59DH_1rO8lghIy6iyHM2qNwJRSZk30ZJPIMwJ_Z0UqnfFVt_Z7qDcunuXcJ66oWHnJ30uT-sS0/s320/395626183_10231524607996149_2802854198904263055_n.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">من المؤكد أن هناك ما يكفي من الموارد لإطعام وكساء وإيواء كل فرد على هذا الكوكب. 3% مما تنفقه الولايات المتحدة على الجيش يكفي للقضاء على الجوع في العالم. يمكن للسودان وحده أن يغذي العالم العربي، لكنه الآن غارق في صراع تقوده قوى نخبوية من إسرائيل وإثيوبيا والإمارات العربية المتحدة. وكانت سوريا أيضاً دولة مزدهرة. كانت فلسطين كانت جنة على الأرض. الجميع يعرف الأسباب ويبدو أن الشمال العالمي الذي تسيطر عليه شركات الإعلام التابعة له، لا يهتم إلا إذا قُتل الأوروبيون البيض، ويهتف عندما يُقتل السكان الأصليون بشكل جماعي لدعم النخبة والسياسية الغربية وأذيالهم. في المائة عام الماضية، قُتل ما لا يقل عن 200 مليون شخص أو ماتوا جوعا في الجنوب العالمي، ويرتبط ذلك بشكل أساسي بحصول النخب على موارد تلك البلدان. من البنك الدولي، وصندوق النقد الدولي، والقوات المسلحة للدول، أصبحت المكائد الرامية إلى فرض هذه السيطرة والتسبب في عمليات القتل والحروب التي لا نهاية لها مفهومة جيدًا الآن من قبل الجماهير في جميع أنحاء العالم. إن المذبحة التي شهدتها فلسطين على مدى السنوات الـ 76 الماضية تشهد ولكنها تضيء المعرفة أيضًا وتُسقط الأقنعة. فلسطين عبارة عن إسفين جغرافي بين المنطقتين اللتين تتمتعان بأهمية جيوسياسية كبيرة: شمال أفريقيا وغرب آسيا (كل منهما عربية ومسلمة إلى حد كبير). كان في كلتا المنطقتين عدد كبير من السكان الأصليين المسلمين واليهود والمسيحيين وأتباع الديانات الأخرى الذين يعيشون في وئام . ثم جاءت الصهيونية واتفاقاتها الجانبية: وعد بلفور وكامبون. وسايكس بيكو، ومؤتمر سان ريمو، ومؤتمر "السلام" في باريس ألخ. كان من المفترض أن يؤدي ذلك إلى إنشاء دويلات صغيرة على خلاف مع بعضها البعض و"دولة يهودية" تقسم إسفينًا في هذا العالم العربي والإسلامي وتمارس الهيمنة الشاملة. أصبح المشروع الصهيوني أساسياً في التدمير الغربي للعالم العربي والإسلامي بدءاً من فلسطين ولكن متفرعاً إلى الحروب على ليبيا واليمن وسوريا ولبنان والعراق والصومال وغيرها. يجب أن تُفهم "إسرائيل" كما قال البروفيسور إيلان بابي على أنها مشروع صهيوني، مشروع الصهيونية العالمية والإمبريالية، وكلاهما كان موجودًا قبل إسرائيل ومن المرجح أن يكون موجودًا (على الرغم من ضعفه) بعد انهيار إسرائيل. والحكومات الأميركية والغربية التي تدعم المشروع وتغطيه ستتخلى عنه وتنتقل إلى مشاريع أخرى.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">كانت ولا تزال سياسة فرق تسد هي السياسة المتبعة. إيجاد أي اختلافات صغيرة بين بعض الأشخاص (الدين، الطوائف، الجغرافيا) وتحريضهم ضد بعضهم البعض. ولكن للقيام بذلك كانت هناك حاجة إلى خلق "قادة" على استعداد للامتثال ومحاربة أي شخص لا يرغب في الامتثال. بعد أن أنشأ البريطانيون والفرنسيون "دولاً" قاموا بتركيب دُماهم في تلك الدول. ومن بين الدول الـ 22 التي تسكنها أغلبية عربية، فإن أكثر من ثلثيها تُدار من قبل دمى غربية (أنظمة حكم كليبتوقراطية مثل حكام المملكة العربية السعودية، والإمارات العربية المتحدة، ومصر، بين دول أخرى كثيرة). ويساعد هؤلاء الحكام في تنفيذ المشاريع التي تطيل أمد الحروب والإبادة الجماعية. الديكتاتور المصري السيسي يساعد في محاصرة 2.3 مليون شخص في غزة. الممر التجاري البري الذي يمر من الإمارات العربية المتحدة عبر المملكة العربية السعودية عبر الأردن أنقذ الاقتصاد الإسرائيلي بينما امتثل اليمن للقانون الدولي لوقف السفن المتجهة إلى إسرائيل لوقف الإبادة الجماعية.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">ولم يكن "القادة" الفلسطينيون في مأمن من الخطط الغربية ووقعوا بخطأ تاريخي. كانت هناك اتفاقيات تم توقيعها في واشنطن العاصمة 1993 و 1994. ولصرف انتباهنا يسمونها "اتفاقيات أوسلو"، ولكن ينبغي أن تسمى اتفاقيات واشنطن. وما تبعها أنهاء دور منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية في محاولة تحرير فلسطين وتحويل القيادة الفلسطينية إلى "السلطة الفلسطينية" المسؤولة بشكل رئيسي عن توفير الأمن للمحتلين الإسرائيليين (المستوطنين والجنود) وتخفيف العبء المالي للاحتلال باستخدام المساعدات الخارجية لدعم حكم هيئات خدمية للشعب المحتل ومعظمها ليست ناجحة. الاقتصاد للفلسطينيين تدهور (ما عدا المستنفعين "من عظام الرقبة") بينما منحت الإتفاقيات الحكومة الإسرائيلية إحتلالُ هو الأكثر ربحية في التاريخ. وارتفع عدد المستوطنين من 150 ألفاً إلى 930 ألفاً خلال 30 عاماً من "عملية السلام" التي تم تنظيمها لترسيخ الاستعمار والفصل العنصري. وهذا ما حققته اتفاقيات واشنطن (المعروفة أيضاً باسم أوسلو). لقد دمرت منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية، ودمرت ولايتها، بل وزعمت أنها غيرت دستورها (وهذا كان اجتماع غير قانوني). الرئيس عرفات ضمنيا وليس علنبا عاد إلى المقاومة ولذ سمموه وعينوا بديلا</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">بينما تزعم حكومة محمود عباس والحكومات العربية والغربية أنها عاجزة عن لجم إسرائيل ووقف الإبادة الجماعية، فإن الحقائق على الأرض تظهر العكس. كيف يمكن لغزة المحاصرة والفقيرة أن تهزم الجيش الإسرائيلي في 7 أكتوبر وتصمد أمام قصف الإبادة الجماعية للشهر الخامس بينما تتسبب في مقتل أكثر من 800 (بعض التقديرات 4000) جندي إسرائيلي وتُكلف الاقتصاد الإسرائيلي 33 مليار دولار؟ كيف يمكن للبنان المحاصر والفقير أن يُلحق خسائر فادحة بإسرائيل العنصرية، ويُجبر 100 ألف مستوطن يعيشون على الأراضي المسروقة في الجليل على المغادرة؟ كيف تمكن اليمن المحاصر والفقير من إغلاق الشحن من وإلى دولة إسرائيل التي تمارس الإبادة الجماعية. إذن نحن نعلم الآن أن حرب 1948 و"حرب الأيام الستة" عام 1967 لم تكن حروب! بل إن هؤلاء القادة العرب المتواطئين لم يفكروا جدياً في الحرب، ناهيك عن عمل حرب. وكثير من قيادات السلطة الفلسطينية التي تدعي دعم "المقاومة السلمية" تعاونت في الواقع مع إسرائيل لتدمير كل أشكال المقاومة (أنظر <a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/popularresistanceinpalestine/" target="_blank">كتابي المقاومة الشعبية في فلسطين</a> ).</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">طبعا هنالك من الشرفاء في كل التنظيمات السياسية ومنها فتح وأستطيع أن أسمي العديد منهم وأملنا أن يقودوا فصائلهم وتتجدد قيادات. رغم كل التواطؤ العربي والإسلامي، فإن فلسطين تعيش والفلسطينيون يشكلون درعا ضد التوسع الذي كانت الصهيونية تأمل فيه لإنشاء إمبراطورية تمتد على الأقل من النيل إلى الفرات. في الواقع يزعم الصهاينة المتدينون علنًا أن جميع غير اليهود سيكونون عبيدًا لهم ,بأننا في آخر الزمان. ولعل بطولة وصمود الملايين من أبناء شعبنا (هنا وفي المنفى) والشرفاء الفلسطينيون القادة ومنهم الشهداء (أي غير المتخاذلين والمستنفعين) على مدى 76 عاما. والتضحيات لن تضيع: 140 ألف شهيد, مليون ممن جربو السجون. 800 ألف جريح. عدم استسلام 99% من شعبنا جعلت من عدونا يفقد توازنه ويمعن في القتل والخسة والقسوة والوحشية</div><div style="text-align: right;">ولكن لن ينقظه ذلك</div><div style="text-align: right;">سيحاول مجلس الأمن التابع للأمم المتحدة إصدار قرار يدعو إلى وقف إطلاق النار (يجب أن يسمى قرارًا لإنهاء الإبادة الجماعية) لكن من المتوقع أن تستخدم الولايات المتحدة حق النقض (الفيتو) وبالتالي تنتهك قوانينها مرة أخرى وكذلك اتفاقية الإبادة الجماعية. ولكن هنالك صحوة عالمية بعد أن أسقطت غزة وفلسطين كل الأقنعة الكاذبة. خاصة بين مئات الملايين من جيل الشباب والشابات والذين يغيرون هذا العالم النتن وسيسقط معه كل من استنفع أو خان ضميره. وقد أعذر من أنذر وتاب ورجع لضميره ولأمته ...ولكل زمان كلام</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">كما أنذرنا جورج أنطونيوس قبل حوالي مئة عام: أفيقوا واستيقظوا يا عرب</div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-28818211870402503962024-02-18T08:30:00.000-08:002024-02-18T10:45:17.991-08:00pathetic state of our WorldWe look around our world that is sinking in a spiral of violence and wonder why we humans cannot learn the way of peace, harmony, and coexistence. What are the main factors that lead to such a situation? In the Gaza strip we see a microcosm and a more blatant and severe forms of oppression. Israel forced mass starvation and is every day committing over a dozen massacres causing hundreds of civilians casualties (vast majority of them women and children). It was all so predictable. I wrote a book about this earlier (<a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/">http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/</a>)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-Rmk4QSXO1inzptBqLqv0xjGV2YxMpdoEq0Z-Wjyx9__KnA1Ww_PeoYsOI7R4GG-9c4Yr9oqQlwVL-xik9zoy6RHhzW42IE7uzOCbOBowyVeDCD92uuCLJxswnB2YPMD3ka6NFDzC1EbPfKDzegUSVnzmBOVNwbVcBiArAKpi7YhrnivPeq8yFUW9XU/s720/Israel-Prime-Minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-Rmk4QSXO1inzptBqLqv0xjGV2YxMpdoEq0Z-Wjyx9__KnA1Ww_PeoYsOI7R4GG-9c4Yr9oqQlwVL-xik9zoy6RHhzW42IE7uzOCbOBowyVeDCD92uuCLJxswnB2YPMD3ka6NFDzC1EbPfKDzegUSVnzmBOVNwbVcBiArAKpi7YhrnivPeq8yFUW9XU/s320/Israel-Prime-Minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdATcaABx8gojqquSO7c-_F_BqhEsRzOAXIw5GtL0HdBgYxmDJK5iPoQRAuQ6uPjp5xi1_D4f7I7DJ3gVhqpkVLXhXehJe9300t2JsfEtIMbjahlmCR7_KKxII-1rBp8Budk5GmzFkEILRCVBcmJLkdNjUIiisSLiwnh2MDmBPbSKEpFC0GqGuWbz3Pec/s573/silence.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdATcaABx8gojqquSO7c-_F_BqhEsRzOAXIw5GtL0HdBgYxmDJK5iPoQRAuQ6uPjp5xi1_D4f7I7DJ3gVhqpkVLXhXehJe9300t2JsfEtIMbjahlmCR7_KKxII-1rBp8Budk5GmzFkEILRCVBcmJLkdNjUIiisSLiwnh2MDmBPbSKEpFC0GqGuWbz3Pec/s320/silence.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Children are now living in streets and tents in the bitter cold. Their frail bodies, with ribs showing, reminds one of other concentration camps and starvations like those of Ireland, Eastern Europe, Manchuria, Korea...etc. More than 700,000 have diseases related to starvation, lack of clean water, and lack of sanitation. Though there are other hungry and oppressed people elsewhere (Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Western Sahara etc), there is a uniqueness about our situation. Eating grass and drinking water from polluted street puddles, the images are harrowing. We have an active, deliberate, and premeditated genocide by a colonial power supported by governments of several colonial powers (US, UK, France, Germany, Australia). Genocide is broadcast live and is not hidden. Over the past four months I shared with you >120 links with evidence including from independent sources like the all agencies of UN, governments, and non-governmental human rights organizations. No one can claim they did not know. Just about every human being on this earth knows (including the perpetrators and the partners in crime), but my subject here is not knowledge; it is the corruption that leads to these things.<br /><br />Yesterday, I and a group of researchers risked our lives to visit and study an area of Palestine that is off-limits to Palestinians. We noted how there is great potential if we end the Zionist nightmare-- potential for all to live in harmony again. Tourism in our country alone (religious tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism) would provide enough income to millions (Palestinians and even the colonial Jewish settlers). The Gaza strip would be a very prosperous province of Palestine like it was before 1948. It had a beautiful beach, natural resources like Gas (now being stolen by the Israeli occupation), and rich cultural history that goes back thousands of years. There are certainly enough resources to feed, to cloth, and to shelter everyone on this planet. 3% of what the US spends on the military is enough to end world hunger. Sudan alone could feed the Arab world but is now plunged into conflict driven by elitist powers from Israel, Ethiopia, United Arab emirates. Syria was also such a prosperous country. Palestine was a heaven on earth, a land of milk and honey as we heard even in the Jewish Torah (which is a collection of stories of deities from other cultures like Greek, Egyptian, Persian). <br /><br />Everyone knows the reasons for the global carnage that affects mostly the global south. The global north with its controlled corporate media seems to care only if white Europeans are killed and cheers when indigenous people are killed en masse to support a corporate and political Western elite. In the past 100 years, at least 200 million were killed or starved to death in the global south mainly related to the benefit of elites getting the resources of those countries. From the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the armed forces of states the machinations to do this control and to cause the killings and endless wars are now well understood by masses around the world. The carnage in Palestine over the past 76 years bears witness but also lights the knowledge. Palestine is a geographic wedge between the two areas of significant geopolitical interests in the West: North Africa and Western Asia (both largely Arab and Muslim). Both areas had a large population of natives who are Muslim, Jewish, Christian and followers of other religions living in relative harmony. Then came Zionism and its side agreements: Balfour and Cambon declarations. Sykes-Pico, San Rimo Conference, Paris "peace" conference. This was supposed to create mini states at odds with each other and a "Jewish state" dividing wedge in this world and exerting overall hegemony. The Zionist project became key in Western destruction of the Arab and Islamic world beginning with its epicenter Palestine but branching to wars on Libya, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Somalia etc.. "Israel" should be understood as Prof Ilan Pappe said as a Zionist project, a project of global Zionism and imperialism and both of those existed before Israel and will likely exist (though weakened) after Israel as a project collapses. Jews and Israelis will prosper better without this nefarious project. The US and Western governments that prop it and give cover to it will finally give up on it and move to other projects.<br /><br />Divide and conquer was and still is the policy. Finding any small differences among some people (religion, sects, geographic) and pitting them against each other. But to do that there was a need for creating "leaders" willing to comply and fighting any not willing to comply. Hence after the British and the French created "states" they installed their puppets in those states. Of the 22 states that are largely Arab, more than two thirds are run by Western puppets (kleptocracies like the rulers of "Saudi" Arabia , UAE, and Egypt among many others). These rulers help execute projects that prolong wars and genocide. Egyptian dictator Sisi helping besiege 2.3 million people in Gaza. The land trade corridor passing from UAE through Saudi Arabi through Jordan that saved Israeli economy when Yemen complied with International law to stop Israeli bound ships to stop the ongoing genocide. <br /><br />Palestinian "leaders" were not immune from becoming puppets. There were accords signed in Washington DC. To distract us they call them the "Oslo accords" but they should be called the Washington accords. That ended the PLOs role in attempting liberation of Palestine to transform Palestinian leadership into the "Palestinian authority" which is mainly responsible for providing security for the Israeli occupiers (settlers and soldiers) and alleviating the financial burden of occupation by using foreign aid to support governance/service bodies for the occupied people. A pauper economy developed for the Palestinians while giving the Israeli government the most profitable occupation in history. Settler population went from 150,000 to 930,000 in 30 years of a "peace process" that was structured to entrench colonization and apartheid. That is what the Washington (aka Oslo) process achieved. It gutted the Palestine Liberation organization, destroyed its mandate and even claimed to have changed its charter. <br /><br />While the Mahmoud Abbas government and the Arab and Western government claim to be helpless to stop the genocide, the facts on the ground show they are lying. Blockaded and impoverished Gaza could defeat the Israeli army on 7 October and withstand its genocidal bombardment for a fifth month while inflicting killing over 800 (some estimates 4000) Israeli soldiers and costing the Israeli economy $33 billion. Blockaded and impoverished Lebanon is inflicting heavy casualties on apartheid Israel and forced 100,000 settlers living on stolen lands in Galilee to leave! Blockaded and impoverished Yemen was able to essentially close down shipping from and to the apartheid genocidal state of Israel. So we now know that the 1948 war and the 1967 "6 day war" were no wars! That those corrupt and collusionist Arab leaders never seriously thought about war, let alone plan for a war. And the Palestinian authority which claims to support "non-violent resistance" actually collaborated with Israel to destroy all forms of resistance (see my book Popular Resistance in Palestine <a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/popularresistanceinpalestine/">http://qumsiyeh.org/popularresistanceinpalestine/</a>). And today they help prop the colonial regime. But despite all the Arab and Muslim collusion, Palestine lives and the Palestinians provide a shield against the expansion that Zionism had hoped for to create an empire stretching at least from the Nile to the Euphrates. Actually religious Zionists claim openly that all non-Jews (Goyim/Gentiles) will be willing slaves to them. That we are in the end of time. Perhaps the heroism and sumud (persistence/resilience) of millions of our people (here and in forced exile) over the past 76 years (despite 140,000 martyrs, 95% of them civilian) is the main reason for the meanness, callousness, and wanton and deliberate murder of some 13,000 children (average age 5 years) and a second Nakba of ethnic cleansing of 1.9 million (all just since 7 October). <br /><br />The UN Security counsel will try to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire (really should be called a resolution to end the genocide) but the US is expected to veto it thus violating its own laws again as well as the genocide convention... Stay tuned..watch the show<br /><br />What is happening in Palestine now? I see some 300 videos every week that break my heart. Here is a list of less graphic items I saw last two days<div><a href="https://israelpalestinenews.org/rafahs-displaced-we-read-last-prayers-every-night-day-131/">https://israelpalestinenews.org/rafahs-displaced-we-read-last-prayers-every-night-day-131/</a><div><a href="https://twitter.com/SaulStaniforth/status/1757716300921450747">https://twitter.com/SaulStaniforth/status/1757716300921450747</a><br /><a href="https://www.btselem.org/video/2023_gaza_videos_of_life_under_war">https://www.btselem.org/video/2023_gaza_videos_of_life_under_war</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1759216698648047912?s=20">https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1759216698648047912?s=20</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/angeloinchina/status/1759194763960672522">https://twitter.com/angeloinchina/status/1759194763960672522</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/mohammedakunjee/status/1759047553998278672">https://twitter.com/mohammedakunjee/status/1759047553998278672</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/3669937966559693">https://www.facebook.com/reel/3669937966559693</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1758990206169125343">https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1758990206169125343</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/angeloinchina/status/1759117117960704340">https://twitter.com/angeloinchina/status/1759117117960704340</a><br /><br />American doctor reports on what he saw in Gaza: not a war, it is annihilation<br /><a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-16/rafah-gaza-hospitals-surgery-israel-bombing-ground-offensive-children">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-16/rafah-gaza-hospitals-surgery-israel-bombing-ground-offensive-children</a><br /><br />Funny how western governments forget that Jewish leaders of Israel were Jewish terrorists<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/Bsonja5/status/1759170447655031109?s=20">https://twitter.com/Bsonja5/status/1759170447655031109?s=20</a><br /><br />Palestinians in Gaza Do Have Somewhere to Go: Their Homes in What is Now Israel<br /><a href="https://husseini.substack.com/p/palestinians-in-gaza-do-have-somewhere">https://husseini.substack.com/p/palestinians-in-gaza-do-have-somewhere</a><br /><br />Gaza Nasser hopital has catastrophic situation<br /><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/15/catastrophic-situation-at-gazas-nasser-hospital-amid-israeli-raid">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/15/catastrophic-situation-at-gazas-nasser-hospital-amid-israeli-raid</a><br /><br />75% of Journalists killed in 2023 were killed in Gaza<br /><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/15/nearly-75-of-journalists-killed-in-2023-died-in-israels-war-on-gaza-cpj">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/15/nearly-75-of-journalists-killed-in-2023-died-in-israels-war-on-gaza-cpj</a><br />While Israel killed 1.2% of the civilian population of Gaza it killed >15% of the Gaza journalists (silencing the truth)<br /><br />U.S. citizens detained by Israel in West Bank, Gaza, families say<br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/08/israel-arrest-american-west-bank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/08/israel-arrest-american-west-bank</a><br />[ofcourse the US will not start a war liberate those kidnapped American hostages or even care about them]<br /><br />Likely regional conflict? <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/2/16/how-likely-is-a-regional-conflict-in-the-middle-east">https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/2/16/how-likely-is-a-regional-conflict-in-the-middle-east</a><br /><br />Prof. Ilan Pappe: It is dark before the dawn, but Israeli settler colonialism is at an end<br /><a href="https://www.ihrc.org.uk/it-is-dark-before-the-dawn-but-israeli-settler-colonialism-is-at-an-end/">https://www.ihrc.org.uk/it-is-dark-before-the-dawn-but-israeli-settler-colonialism-is-at-an-end/</a><br /><br />Petition: Airdrop aid to Gaza <a href="https://chng.it/b5RPF4YnLd">https://chng.it/b5RPF4YnLd</a><br /><br />Israeli army gassed my son like Auschwitz , mother of slain Israeli soldier says<br /><a href="https://thegrayzone.com/2024/01/18/israeli-army-gassed-auschwitz-soldier/">https://thegrayzone.com/2024/01/18/israeli-army-gassed-auschwitz-soldier/</a><br /><br />Having ethnically cleansed the Rafah people from the Sinai (the Egyptian Rafav). Egypt building a new concentration camp in Sinai for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed by Israel<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/egypt-building-walled-enclosure-in-sinai-for-rafah-refugees-videos-suggest">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/egypt-building-walled-enclosure-in-sinai-for-rafah-refugees-videos-suggest</a><br /><br />UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia quietly help Israel with supplies and allow Gaza people to starve to death<br /><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/houthi-bypass-quietly-goods-forge-overland-path-to-israel-via-saudi-arabia-jordan/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/houthi-bypass-quietly-goods-forge-overland-path-to-israel-via-saudi-arabia-jordan/</a><br />[Egypt also]<br /><br />Edward Said seems like a prophet: 20 years on, ‘there’s hunger for his narrative’<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/edward-said-palestine-israel-gaza">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/edward-said-palestine-israel-gaza</a><br /><br />Lift your spirit: Jerusalema Dance Challenge from Palestine by Popular Art Centre <a href="https://youtu.be/kbuJ61WBdpo">https://youtu.be/kbuJ61WBdpo</a><br /><br />Egypt building wall to create a ,mini concentration camp for people of Gaza in Sinai<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/egypt-building-walled-enclosure-in-sinai-for-rafah-refugees-videos-suggest">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/egypt-building-walled-enclosure-in-sinai-for-rafah-refugees-videos-suggest</a><br /><br />The last American war: The U.S. supports Israel unconditionally because it sees the entire Western project in the Middle East at risk today in Gaza. While it may seem these our darkest days, it is also clear that the U.S. and Israel are bound to fail. <a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-last-american-war/">https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-last-american-war/</a><br /><br />Merchants of death tribunal<br /><a href="https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/neta-crawford">https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/neta-crawford</a><br /><a href="https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/cilj/11/1/article-p75.xml">https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/cilj/11/1/article-p75.xml</a><br /><br />& revisiting the genocide convention<br /><a href="https://original.antiwar.com/john-mearsheimer/2024/01/07/the-case-for-genocide-in-gaza/">https://original.antiwar.com/john-mearsheimer/2024/01/07/the-case-for-genocide-in-gaza/</a><p></p></div></div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-14683854343870241182024-02-13T22:54:00.000-08:002024-02-13T22:56:04.396-08:00Genocide accelerates while elites prosper<br /><br />Day 130 of the ongoing genocide: Total killed 28340 (+some 7,000 under the rubble to be added) and injured 67984. 72% are women and children. This also does not count the thousands dead from lack of food, clean water, medicine and from infectious diseases and cold exposure. Desperate situation for over 2 million people in Gaza strip. Meanwhile as you expect, the news is mixed. Some groups speaking out and acting to end the genocide while others work to accelerate it. For example while UNRWA (https://www.unrwa.org/) tries to do its mandate of humanitarian aid, Israeli authorities with support of the complicit puppet western governments are shutting its operations and hobbling it. And yes the Palestinian authority is permeated with corruption like the Israeli authorities. Both are like this by design with no democracy or rule of independent judiciary that serves everyone. In the case of Tel Aviv, the judiciary serves Zionist elites and in the case of Ramallah it serves the Fatah elites. In both cases common people suffer and the genocide in the Gaza strip is left to go on. And we continue to see heartbreaking stories like the two sisters who were so happy one moment and the next were hugging each other as shattered bodies hanging on a wall in their house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8TyLB23-ax31YIjRWuuk51ArIVNkB_NJS7RBTbPal_CBFp2UlsCa1nQJNsLDui4IdrUMUjHqFPfq4Y0bOJDbRA8tMi_PHxCnWyQT9loAnFNPQ8Pmq9yfNelbx1ph5PQDkbWwg79s7jM-BRM5RQ6--1sm2TkMDR8xcZd5-SSpYycKA-7rqnLrD1vuXq88"><img height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8TyLB23-ax31YIjRWuuk51ArIVNkB_NJS7RBTbPal_CBFp2UlsCa1nQJNsLDui4IdrUMUjHqFPfq4Y0bOJDbRA8tMi_PHxCnWyQT9loAnFNPQ8Pmq9yfNelbx1ph5PQDkbWwg79s7jM-BRM5RQ6--1sm2TkMDR8xcZd5-SSpYycKA-7rqnLrD1vuXq88=w566-h280" width="566" /></a><div>Amouna and Suzanna Hassouna<br /><br />16 leading humanitarian and human rights organizations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups: An Open Call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian lifehttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/01/16-leading-humanitarian-and-human-rights-organizations-call-to-stop-arms-transfers-to-israel-palestinian-armed-groups/<br /><br />Detailed Amnesty International report on the massacres in Rafah even before the intensification of bombing of this supposed safe area (that Israeli occupation asked people to move to). https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/israel-opt-new-evidence-of-unlawful-israeli-attacks-in-gaza-causing-mass-civilian-casualties-amid-real-risk-of-genocide/<br /><br />Since then, Israeli forces started attacking starving/famined civilians in a blitz in the past two days that killed over 140 people in Rafah alone (the supposed safe zone). See these<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36hkN42K2KY<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avybJRm_QaE<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGofjde1uSA<br />https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zp0faWK5yZU<br />https://vimeo.com/900618438<br />https://vimeo.com/896624159<br />https://vimeo.com/912346597<br /><br />and a Canadian doctor describes the desperate healthcare situation<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TbSRxVNOpE<br /><br />Fifteen days after ICJ ruling, Israel’s genocide in Gaza Strip continues on the same scale<br />https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6147/Fifteen-days-after-ICJ-ruling,-Israel%E2%80%99s-genocide-in-Gaza-Strip-continues-on-the-same-scale<br /><br />Most Western supine media are silent and do not cover massacres. Instead they are covering the "rescue" of two elderly hostages [yet those were kept in a family home and were not held by the resistance forces]. Western media accepts the version of events as fed by the Israeli government (known for its lies, see ongaza.org) . They do not even qualify by noting source of information. These mainstream media in the words of Malcolm X “have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses. The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make the criminal look like he’s a the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”This is so obvious to any casual observer who compares "mainstream" /corporate (bought) media coverage of current events with that seen in other more watched media like democracynow.org (and others listed on ongaza.org). The world is changing and hundreds of millions are getting the truth of this genocide live through these and the power of the internet/social media. <br /><br />Israel faces more danger from the ICC than the ICJ legally. Here is why<br />https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-786722<br /><br />To my father: A documentary about Gaza https://vimeo.com/56683139<br /><br />Son of Israeli victim speaks out for peace<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZwuor_5wQA<br /><br />Zionists threaten South African minister and her children<br />http://www.defenddemocracy.press/mossad-threatens-south-african-minister-and-her-children/<br /><br />Netherland court Judge orders dutch government to stop sending parts for F-35 jets (used in the genocide). And Niragua joins the South African government in pressing charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice.<br /><br />[Shameful Court] CIA Whistleblower Joshua Schulte given Draconian Sentence of forty years for allegedly passing documents that exposed nefarious CIA practices<br /><br />https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/02/12/cia-whistleblower-given-draconian-sentence-after-being-found-guilty-of-leaking-documents-to-wikileaks/<br /><br />EU foreign policy head Borrell speaks out [if you claim you want to stop the violence against civilians, then stop arming it]<br />https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/12/eus-borrell-suggests-us-stop-arming-israel-amid-fears-over-rafah-assault<br />Yet we need actions not words from the EU https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1757241522465227166<br /><br />I want to live, a song by John Denver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQer3hk53oU<br /><br />Ilan Pappe: It is dark before the dawn, but Israeli settler colonialism is at an end<br />https://www.ihrc.org.uk/it-is-dark-before-the-dawn-but-israeli-settler-colonialism-is-at-an-end/<br /><br />Stay Human and keep Palestine alive<br /><br />Mazin Qumsiyeh<br />A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home<br />Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director<br />Palestine Museum of Natural History<br />Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability<br />Bethlehem University<br />Occupied Palestine<br />http://qumsiyeh.org<br />http://palestinenature.org<br />facebook pages<br />Personal https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9<br />Institute https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH</div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-89359364162442032362024-02-11T11:07:00.000-08:002024-02-11T11:59:37.723-08:00Hind and moreHer family members murdered, the ambulance that came to rescue her attacked, and her rescuers killed. Israel murdered 6-year-old Hind, family members and ambulance crew & left to decompose<br /><a href="https://www.channel4.com/news/six-year-old-hind-rajab-found-dead-in-gaza-days-after-plea-for-help-2">https://www.channel4.com/news/six-year-old-hind-rajab-found-dead-in-gaza-days-after-plea-for-help-2</a><br /><a href="https://israelpalestinenews.org/6-year-old-hind-never-stood-chance-day-126/">https://israelpalestinenews.org/6-year-old-hind-never-stood-chance-day-126/ </a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1756336005529923704"> https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1756336005529923704 </a><br />[while one of hundreds of stories like that, this murder captured the hearts of millions. Though the western coverage is still sparse and biased]<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnxqidDhV8tVDbfJDtUewiChc_ffDFXONfWJgVosNwUe-t4imMv_j-NIcZ7ZkAL05-gKtqHlvn9ejbmosrFXDJxty9Q9nSNmfracdz9FbhhQzQmceT9uCTP9CXu-S_CVnRVJc4O7KMJk4U7doPr9eFVhhc_6E-DtHknWvD3dGbFHb_4qVgexOKWEAgrc/s949/Hind.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="750" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnxqidDhV8tVDbfJDtUewiChc_ffDFXONfWJgVosNwUe-t4imMv_j-NIcZ7ZkAL05-gKtqHlvn9ejbmosrFXDJxty9Q9nSNmfracdz9FbhhQzQmceT9uCTP9CXu-S_CVnRVJc4O7KMJk4U7doPr9eFVhhc_6E-DtHknWvD3dGbFHb_4qVgexOKWEAgrc/w331-h420/Hind.jpg" width="331" /></a><br />No Evidence to Support Israel’s UNRWA Allegations <br /><a href="https://paju.org/scandal-israeli-dossier-provides-no-evidence-for-claims-against-unrwa-staff/">https://paju.org/scandal-israeli-dossier-provides-no-evidence-for-claims-against-unrwa-staff/ </a><br /><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/report-finds-no-evidence-in-key-dossier-to-support-israels-unrwa-allegations/">https://truthout.org/articles/report-finds-no-evidence-in-key-dossier-to-support-israels-unrwa-allegations/</a><br /><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/peter-oborne-98159676">https://www.patreon.com/posts/peter-oborne-98159676</a><br />[Even if nine of the 30,000 UNRWA employees were shown to support Hamas, western countries cutting off funding to a humanitarian organizations while increasing funding to Israeli regime proven to commit state terrorism and genocide is the height of hypocrisy and we can also call it a nauseating sycophancy to please their masters, the Zionist lobby]<br /><br />Visit <a href="http://ongaza.org">http://ongaza.org</a> and share links<br /><br />Global Rally with really good 30+ speakers (I spoke briefly at 1:16:20) 1 February <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF2L5L64mSc" target="_blank">LINK</a><br /><br />Rima noted: "This young man [Mohammed Al-Kurd] is really remarkable. Besides everything else, he displays wisdom and depth of thinking. Jerusalem should be proud of him and of the struggle of his family in the face of Israeli brutality that is threatening the lives and mere existence of our people in Jerusalem and all over Palestine. I especially appreciate his take on Zionism.." <a href="https://youtu.be/3QKeBb3UKWQ?si">https://youtu.be/3QKeBb3UKWQ?si</a><br />[Palestine will survive. How do I know? Because we have many young people like this!]<br /><br />To the hundreds of well-funded museums around the world that emphasize Jewish suffering (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Holocaust_memorials_and_museums) and sometimes marginally touch the suffering and the genocides/holocausts of other religions and other people (yet never mention Palestinians): To have credibility, you must NOW make exhibits of the ongoing holocaust of the Palestinian people. If you don't then you should be boycotted for hypocrisy (to say the least).<br /><br />Zionist Patriots owner Robert Kraft spends $7m to use Super Bowl as political soapbox (again to confuse anti-racism/anti-genocide with “anti-Semitism”<br /><a href="https://therealnews.com/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-buys-7-million-pro-israel-super-bowl-ad-during-gaza-genocide">https://therealnews.com/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-buys-7-million-pro-israel-super-bowl-ad-during-gaza-genocide</a><br />[The "super bowl" should instead hold a moment of silence of >105,000 casualties (killed and injured) in the ongoing US tax-payer funded genocide]<br /><br />Israel's Allies PANIC In Desperate Effort To Deflect Blame<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRTHMRKqA2I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRTHMRKqA2I</a><br /><br />Finally: Israel is threatening to commit MORE genocidal actions in the crowded area of Rafah the supposed "safe haven" (now 28,000 people per square kilometers) and allow the famine and disease to kill hundreds of thousands unless the resistance forces and the international community agree to Israeli fascist regime's demands. To drive home the message, Israeli occupation army has been shelling Rafah area for week and intensified it last two weeks committing many massacres against innocent civilians]<br /><br /><br />My friend Rich carries a sign that reads "When do we Jews realize that Israel is mad"<br />I add that if the world does not stop this genocidal regime NOW, there will be millions of victims (regional and global war is now very likely over this). A solution is easy: justice, peace, equality and this <a href="https://onestatecampaign.org/en/">https://onestatecampaign.org/en/</a> !!<br /> <br />Stay Human and keep Palestine alive<br /><br />Mazin Qumsiyeh<br />A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home<br />Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director<br />Palestine Museum of Natural History<br />Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability<br />Bethlehem University<br />Occupied Palestine<br /><a href="http://qumsiyeh.org">http://qumsiyeh.org</a><br /><a href="http://palestinenature.org">http://palestinenature.org</a><br />facebook pages<br />Personal <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9">https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9</a><br />Institute <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH">https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-81264378194753176372024-02-09T07:31:00.000-08:002024-02-09T07:34:32.240-08:00Four monthsDonation to UNRWA’s work in Gaza <a href="https://donate.unrwa.org/gaza/">https://donate.unrwa.org/gaza/</a><div><br /></div><div><b>What is the bottom line after 4 months of onslaught following the initial October 7 Gaza Ghetto Uprising? Where are we?</b><div> <br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" />In Gaza: The killing of 27,967 Palestinians (including 12,345 children, 8,000 women, 339 medical workers, 223 journalists, 152 UN employees and 46 civil defence). This is not counting thousands under the rubble. The wounding of 71,378 Palestinians. The destruction of 79,000 houses and 25,010 buildings (including banks, markets, bakeries…), partially damaged housing units 290,000, and destruction of 30 hospitals, 99 schools and universities (334 partially destroyed schools and universities), 161 Mosques, 3 Churches, 140 Government Buildings (including the Legislative Council building, the Gaza Municipality building, the public library and theatre, the cultural centre, water and electricity stations…), 122 ambulances, and 195 heritage sites some dating back to 800 BC. The displacement of 2,000,000 Palestinians. The detention of 4,000 Palestinians. And the final stage of Israel's genocide is unfolding with <a href="https://scheerpost.com/2024/02/08/chris-hedges-let-them-eat-dirt/">mass starvation</a> while the International Community will not stop it.<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WxT2zl3jnRG_RoO7DZ68Ti58C01q0LKpO-BypwiU25qqgv_37mRyRqfRhtdfAjcSJyZz1-SABniONCNcKnySSLKAg2YxdvY09598U80Nn7fDsMXiYDyo7ajB6A4TKstD132hCnORyte-VgJelPL2SLooXGcafHSJMYFOrBA-kzxxE0foWEsi1Whhxgc/s573/silence.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WxT2zl3jnRG_RoO7DZ68Ti58C01q0LKpO-BypwiU25qqgv_37mRyRqfRhtdfAjcSJyZz1-SABniONCNcKnySSLKAg2YxdvY09598U80Nn7fDsMXiYDyo7ajB6A4TKstD132hCnORyte-VgJelPL2SLooXGcafHSJMYFOrBA-kzxxE0foWEsi1Whhxgc/s320/silence.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></span>In the West Bank: The killing of 382 Palestinians (including 101 children). The wounding of 4,400 Palestinians. The detention of 6,870 Palestinians. The devastation of the economy and the educational system due to ghettoization and apartheid colonial policies.<br /><br />Israeli regime and regionally: Israeli fascist regime climbed up a tree that involved committing genocide to make the Palestinians surrender. Palestinian resistance did not surrender and inflicted heavy casualties on the Israeli army trying to invade Gaza strip. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers were killed and thousands injured. Over 1000 tanks and APCs were destroyed or damaged. As the global demonstrations continued to grow, only blackmailed and/or bribed western politicians (and the media arms) stayed in support of the genocidal and apartheid Zionist regime. But even those are now trying to have their cake and eat it too: they physically support the genocide militarily and diplomatically while verbally expressing "concern" about "humanitarian situation in Gaza". No one believes them. That is how we understand the US and British government positions. But among the people there is <a href="https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/01/27/paradigm-shift/10/">a paradigm shift</a>. More than 800 civil servants from the U.S., the UK, and the European Union <a href="https://mronline.org/2024/02/06/over-800-western-officials-denounce-their-governments-pro-israel-policies/">released a statement</a> criticizing their governments’ support of Israel in its war in Gaza, warning that such policies could be contributing to war crimes and violations of international law.<br /><br />As for Israeli positions as I predicted 20 years ago, they get more and more fascist. Benjamin Mileikowski (fake name Netanyahu) while Hitlerian in his views and actions is more mild than the ascending populist ultra hitlers: Gantz (who called Palestinains human animals and cut off water, fuel, food, and medicine) to BenGvir (who armed marauding zionazi settlers to hundt Palestinians) to Smotrich (a settler who called for ethnic cleansing and genocide by hunger and who sas finance minister stole Palestinain money). These three will be the face of "Israel" in a post-Likud government. The fact that Israel sent Blinken empty handed and<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-hamas-releases-ceasefire-proposal"> rejected the fair offer </a>of the resistance and wants to keep the genocide ongoing is an indication of where things are headed.<br /><br />Regionally, the local banana republic presidents and leaders will need to assess whether the US and Israel can keep them on as their tools against the wishes of their people or will they face the fate of Shah Pahlavi of Iran. From the Moroccan King to Egyptian Dictator Sisi who destroyed Egyptian Economy) to the spoiled brat ruling the UAE and all in between. A rising tide of resistance is spreading in our regions and the US, UK, Germany et al. continue to make terrible decisions against their own national interest in other places too (see this<a href="https://tuckercarlson.com/the-vladimir-putin-interview/ "> conversation with Vladimir Putin</a>)<br /><br />MUST WATCH: <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/5/tariq_haddad_blinken">Palestinian American doctor tells of losing some 100 family members</a><br /><br />Important<a href="http://tinyurl.com/phroc"> Palestine Human Rights Organizations Council statement:</a> Palestinian Organizations Express Disappointment and Call for an Inquiry Regarding the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide’s Failure to Fulfil Her Mandate in Addressing Israel’s Ongoing Genocide in Gaza<br /><br /><a href="https://www.yesh-din.org/en/israel-based-civil-society-and-human-rights-organizations-call-for-a-ceasefire/">Israeli civil organizations call for immediate ceasefire</a><br /><br />Israeli Gas Exploration Licenses in Palestine’s Maritime Areas <a href="https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/22619.html">are Illegal and Violate International Law</a><br /><br /><a href="https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/us-court-concludes-israel-s-assault-gaza-plausible-case-genocide">U.S. Court Concludes</a> Israel’s Assault on Gaza Is Plausible Case of Genocide<br /><br /><a href="https://www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/anti-zionism-as-decolonisation">Anti-Zionism as Decolonisation</a><br /><br />Zionists Epstein and Maxwell <a href="https://www.globalvillagespace.com/epstein-worked-for-israels-mossad-new-client-list-to-be-released-soon/">worked for Mossad</a> to extort politicians including Trump<br /><br />Israel <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/kYIijVQJIpk?si=WxAYtxaFXpPCgAcR">attacking their own ultra orthodox citizens</a>. Many ultra orthodox Jews are not for war or violence, as opposed to the Zionist settlers who are sick sadists, and want nothing but blood, starvation, and carnage on a path to Judea.<br /><br />Former Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/7/israel_hamas_negotiations_daniel_levy">states</a>: Only U.S. Pressure on Israel Can End Gaza Assault, Lead to Truce <br /><br />McDonald's and Starbucks <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/05/mcdonalds-and-starbucks-blame-israel-hamas-war-for-slower-sales.html">admit </a><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/05/mcdonalds-and-starbucks-blame-israel-hamas-war-for-slower-sales.html">BDS is working</a> [we need more boycotts of US and "Israeli" products.<br /><br />Donation to UNRWA’s work in Gaza <a href="https://donate.unrwa.org/gaza/">https://donate.unrwa.org/gaza/</a><br /><br />Stay Human and keep Palestine alive<br /><br />Mazin Qumsiyeh<br />A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home<br />Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director<br />Palestine Museum of Natural History<br />Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability<br />Bethlehem University<br />Occupied Palestine<br />http://qumsiyeh.org<br />http://palestinenature.org<br />facebook pages<br />Personal https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9<br />Institute https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH<br /><br /></div></div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-61689541048278122422024-02-04T02:47:00.000-08:002024-02-04T02:56:47.440-08:00 What surprises[please continue to share and speak out and act- and look for my next message in a few days with good news and reflections] <br /><br />Thank you to the many of you who wrote to us about the annual report (and many who decided to donate or contacted us about helping in other ways). Many in the world were surprised that we do such great environmental work in very difficult circumstances to say the least (plus the genocide in Gaza). But we Palestinians are resilient, we do resist oppression on the one hand and build for a better future on the other (even when Zionists keep destroying). We have and cherish our life. For those who did not have a chance, please do read this and do contact us https://www.palestinenature.org/annual-reports/2023-PIBS-report.pdf<br /><br />Many people in the west were surprised at events and news. This week I highlight eleven:<br /><br />1) That there is an American base in Northern Jordan and that sadly 3 black soldiers were killed (usually the rich get richer and the poor poorer or killed/used as canon-fodder). But the US has over 1400 bases in 80 countries to control and subjugate and act against the will of people in those countries. While spending hundreds of billions annually on this military and enriching <1% of ts people, infrastructure and education and healthcare in the US suffers and the 99% suffer. The US then bombed (illegally) many targets in Yemen, Syria and Iraq in supposed "retaliation" (but really to sustain the genocide ongoing against the Palestinians. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh93O-tERDC7EVfnt_Dnk6XSRjRdSGWLVcQgNL8sEGvMSF6k21ffequbDJEAHxWutOkt0PMn32v28OyoyP_qCOY8bjGC1HmKcZjPKtaxjx1j4kLONg3IL7blYzfvnlBdx0gMv87GsRVMOmyrjmJcf-0dyU2-xyuTHiCgUfa3pGoGKrkG4NIBDcfhZ8NMo/s1272/US%20bases%20j.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1272" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh93O-tERDC7EVfnt_Dnk6XSRjRdSGWLVcQgNL8sEGvMSF6k21ffequbDJEAHxWutOkt0PMn32v28OyoyP_qCOY8bjGC1HmKcZjPKtaxjx1j4kLONg3IL7blYzfvnlBdx0gMv87GsRVMOmyrjmJcf-0dyU2-xyuTHiCgUfa3pGoGKrkG4NIBDcfhZ8NMo/s320/US%20bases%20j.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />2) That 1.5 million of its 2.3 million people are now squeezed into the area around Rafah which is <15% (about 50 square kilometers) of the Gaza enclave. Famine and death is everywhere.<br /><br />3) That the Israeli leadership is losing the war against resistance fighters 120 days/4 months after 7 October and the onslaught in Gaza, the resistance fighters are winning against tanks, airplanes, navy ships etc. All Israel can do is destroy more civilians and civilain infrastructure with US weapons and US cover.<br /><br />4) That genocide and mass graves are allowed to continue for months and ethnic cleansing for decades as if we humans lewarn nothing from history. Some of us who are awake watch videos like this https://www.facebook.com/reel/2076517426040497 and are stunned by the horrors.<br /><br />5) Yemen while bombed illegally by the US and the UK continues to defend itself and abide by its obligation to do something to stop the genocide of Palestinians<br /><br />6) Dozens of US cities passed resolutions in support of cease fire (the Zionist lobby having spent millions is losing in its strongest hold the US. Here is Chicago just after San Francisco https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nni9vyTKrkE<br /><br />7) Within a week of of the ICJ ruling, not only did the axis of evil led by the US/UK/Israel shut off funding to UN refugee and work agency and started threatening other agencies like the Red Cross and Red Crescent to exacerbate the genocide but continue to do (or fund and arm) the genocide. See https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/2/one-week-after-icj-ruling-is-israel-following-the-courts-orders and And after the ICJ ruling bodies of ‘torture victims’ found at Gaza school. The killing of dozens of people whose bodies were found at a Gaza school was a clear war crime, according to a Palestinian human rights lawyer who spoke to Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/2/1/bodies-of-torture-victims-found-at-gaza-school<br /><br />8) The US government placed mild sanctions on 4 colonial settlers terrorizing Palestinians and asked Israel to look into its own army violations of human rights in the West Bank. And the UK government says it is considering recognizing a "Palestinian state". These hypocritical and cynical statements intended for public relations are not working anymore. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis engaged in racist attacks against Palestinians before 7 Oct 2023. Recognition of a Palestinian state could have been done in 1948, 1967, 1988, 1993 etc. But more important implementing peace could have been done based on human rights and equality any day in the past 76 years by simply stopping the support of the apartheid genocidal regime (the Israeli regime cannot maintain its colonization and oppression one day without that western support)<br /><br />9) That social media is 95% supportive of Palestine/human rights while corporate mainstream media (CNN, BBC, AP, Reuters, FoxNews, New York times etc) is 95% supportive of genocide. See how mainstream media kills the truth<br />https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/mainstream-media-kills-truth.html<br />and Western coverage of Gaza: A textbook case of coloniser’s journalism<br />https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/2/western-coverage-of-gaza-a-textbook-case-of-colonisers-journalism. Some western media under pressure (which must be increased) are starting to do some marginal stories, e.g. CNN CATCHES IDF Cemetery Atrocity Lie<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UoNCuwc5eU<br />But they are still not coming close to telling the truth about the resistance, what happened 7 October etc (see ongaza.org and links therein of sites where you can get real information)<br /><br />10) that free speech in supposedly democratic Western Countries does not exist when it comes to Palestine. Someone once quipped tat if you want to know who really has control in any country, watch who you cannot criticize. You cannot criticize Zionism (the racist idea of a Jewish state created by ethnic cleansing of indigineous people). Here is just one of millions of examples: How Power Creates and Entrenches Health Inequities<br />https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/31/silencing-the-messenger-how-power-creates-and-entrenches-health-inequities/<br /><br />11) that colonial regimes lie incessantly. See ongaza.org item #9 and http://qumsiyeh.org/liesandtruths/<br /><br />I do not know why the surprises. What is happening here in Palestine has a cause and has effects that are easily predictable. You find one of my lectures where I explain this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHUgFIEWr1g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHUgFIEWr1g</a> and ere are links to cause and effect:<div><br />CAUSE<br />https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9/posts/10160919216451181 (Netanyahu long before this genocidal action)<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/344969104608291<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1011580826776519<br />https://www.facebook.com/639657926/videos/278246188002507<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1064433681228536<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/878806363683585<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1251209615555565<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/352778063985760<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/301757522765342<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/247973378257499<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/680580910501209<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1366276930991636<br />https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160213-the-wild-beast-of-israeli-racism/<br />https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a<br />https://thewire.in/world/northern-gaza-israel-palestine-conflict<br /><br />EFFECT<br />see this visual impact of numbers from the UN<br />https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-reported-impact-day-118<br />Then view some of these videos for personal impact<div>https://www.facebook.com/reel/1347070282669691<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1005924534038932<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1028640151677022<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1036127130871914<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1064396378055298<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1064433681228536<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1140383236935021<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1409846396240215<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1446631016070266<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/1498305100905240<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/171654876013486<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/193003723844677<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/219322117715756<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/2492508067598176<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/267515342935773<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/295754560044998<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/342182358463855<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/342910481573714<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/343736248313472<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/354972273758525<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/358677136723546<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/616704703797190<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/622474083189011<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/821410706397348<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/848844680040608<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/858262825800295<br />https://www.facebook.com/reel/865675955015882<br />https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=235642535962085<br />https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1722049139465154862</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stay human<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-11125002654841018822024-01-31T13:14:00.000-08:002024-01-31T13:14:05.291-08:00Negative and positive news<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2,269 massacres committed by the occupation army, 33,751 martyrs and missing persons (26,751 arrived in hospitals), 11,500 child martyrs and now some These are not numbers. These are people with dreams and aspirations and no different than any other area on earth where indigenous people also struggled to stay on their lands. People like renowned Palestinian psychologist Fadel Abu Hein [1]. Western Media under pressure of public opinion are starting to show what is going on which is horrific [2]</span></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0H3F3W4k19hKrjy5I0b7QFD-mYG4ws0umPNR-opJ62os5Fze6_Q01OnAPJYqrlLEd94y46ximQeJP7lzTHpErVxT85QLeUeOsNevvSci4XJ3ITvU_K8_msYomZ6UbK1HtVyzn3Ohf8GaJB5USj8AkBQloIHAPZGcNof10lF-qIuXlIY6NRkblFwH_XM/s759/Rich%20siegel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="759" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0H3F3W4k19hKrjy5I0b7QFD-mYG4ws0umPNR-opJ62os5Fze6_Q01OnAPJYqrlLEd94y46ximQeJP7lzTHpErVxT85QLeUeOsNevvSci4XJ3ITvU_K8_msYomZ6UbK1HtVyzn3Ohf8GaJB5USj8AkBQloIHAPZGcNof10lF-qIuXlIY6NRkblFwH_XM/s320/Rich%20siegel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The International Court of Justice ruling that there is sufficient evidence to order Israel to halt the genocidal acts was important even though the ruling was weak basically saying Israel may continue its war on Palestine, but without killing a lot of Palestinians. What was the Zionist regime's (and the Western governments) response to the ruling. Rejection and intensification of the genocide and also trying to liquidate a UN agency that takes care of 5 million Palestinian refugees and whose constricted help to Gaza which will is already diminishing will mean acceleration of genocide [3]. As Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur to the Palestinian Occupied Territories stated "Western governments have suspended #UNRWA funds due to serious ALLEGATIONS against 12 staff. Same governments have not suspended ties with the state whose army has killed 26k ppl in Gaza in 3.5m,though ICJ said it may plausibly constitute GENOCIDE. Double standards? Yes, big time."<br /><br />The genocide in Gaza is supported by many governments including Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan [4]. Palestinians uncovered a mass grave in the yard of a hospital that was besieged by Israeli forces where 30 bodies were found buried of people blindfolded, hands tied behind their backs and executed by the occupation army. You can see atrocities documented at the website of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor [5]. But the endless genocidal attacks on the local people also carry an environmental cost [6].<br /><br />The carnage is also in the West Bank, for example the was an illegal Israeli raiding of Jenin hospital dressed as doctors and nurses to engage in extrajudicial execution of three young men [7]. Imagine if this happened in any other hospital in the world! collaborators likely informed about them being in hospital and where is the so called Palestinian authority?)<br /><br />The history of the colonial Zionist project in Palestine needs to be told and retold in the Western World because it is hidden intentionally [8]. Bottom line is, through Zionist terror and massacres, Palestine was and still is being transformed from a thriving multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi religious and even multi-lingual society to become a "Jewish state of Israel". Hence 8 million of us are refugees or displaced people and colonizers now "own" (stole) 92% of historic Palestine and those of us remaining are squeezed in 8% under an apartheid occupation regime.<br /><br />We Palestinians teach life [9]. We resist the hate and death cult of colonial racist ideas like Zionism. Over 105 years of colonization and oppressions, we engaged in all forms of resistance to try and get our inalienable rights of return and self determination. Most of our resistance has been non-violent - we prefer to call it Popular Resistance [10]. We in the one Democratic State proposed our plan for a post colonial Palestine [11]. The Islamic resistance movement presented its post-war preferred scenario: election / self determination for the Palestinians people to counter the US/Israeli plans for post-war (of ethnic cleansing, continued slaughter and continued occupation and strangulation) [12]. This struggle for freedom and dignity against a ruthless enemy that tries to dehumanize and liquidate us (and the two go hand-in-hand). This struggle is now joined by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Non-Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews also joined this struggle in the thousands (e.g. see Jewish Voice for Peace). More than 500 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to press for ceasefire [13]. But even some Zionists are speaking out [14]. <br /><br />Palestinians speak out also regularly so listen to us. Just today (Wednesday) I was honored to see some of my friends speaking including Dr. Haidar Eid [15]. I have not heard his voice for months. Many of us Palestinians reflect on our duties and responsibilities in this genocidal epoch [16]. The highly respected group of Elders call for ceasefire and immediate implementation by Israel of ICJ ruling [17].<br /><br />Demonstrations around the world are astounding. Half a million in London, hundred thousand in Washington DC and large numbers in over 200 cities world wide. Over 50 cities in the USA defied the Zionist hegemony of the federal government and the media and issued resolutions to ceasefire. Most gratifying, over 11 million Yemeni citizens filled the streets and their government obeyed International law by trying to stop the genocide [18]. We shall overcome someday. The refugees will return and Palestine will be free but we have to get rid of collaborators, and collusionists and awaken more people.<br /><br />Notes/references<br />[1] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-prominent-professor-al-aqsa-university-killed-israel<div>[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68006607</div>https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/jan/30/how-war-destroyed-gazas-neighbourhoods-visual-investigation<div>[3] https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israels-allies-accelerate-genocide-freezing-unrwa-funds</div><div>[4] see the land bridge to supply Israel exposed in an Israeli channel https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9/posts/pfbid0tqR6Ld3vjF4pADa637wsq2YvguqGaihzpzuijydvGMKZdZ5QiLmE9wguPKSFHkuNl </div><div>[5] https://euromedmonitor.org/en/country/1/Israel-Palestinian-Territory</div><div>[6] War and Climate Change<br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-change<br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/09/emission-from-war-military-gaza-ukraine-climate-change<br />Waste in Gaza<br />https://www.passblue.com/2024/01/23/gaza-is-cleaning-up-its-piles-of-garbage-from-the-war-including-human-waste/</div><div>[7] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-mustaribeen-undercover-agents-history-dressing-arab-palestine</div><div>[8] see Edward Said's book The Question of Palestine and my book http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/ and Dr. Ramzy Baroud: on How Palestinians have become the victims of Zionist history https://www.arabnews.com/node/2438011 </div><div>[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKucPh9xHtM</div><div>[10] see http://qumsiyeh.org/popularresistanceinpalestine/</div><div>[11] https://onestatecampaign.org/en/</div><div>[12] https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/hamas-official-calls-for-palestinian-elections-national-unity-in-the-day-after-the-war/ </div><div>[13] https://www.jta.org/2023/12/07/politics/more-than-500-staffers-of-jewish-groups-most-of-them-progressive-appeal-to-biden-to-press-for-ceasefire-in-israel-hamas-war<br />[14] E.g. ore than 50 Israeli soldiers speak out https://youtu.be/tirugvJc_ag</div><div>[15] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbN8rfem6U </div><div>[16] What Does It Mean to Be Palestinian Now?</div>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/what-does-it-mean-to-be-palestinian-now/]</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">[17] https://balfourproject.org/the-elders-call-for-immediate-compliance-by-israel-with-icj-provisional-measures/</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">[18] Yemen position with interview/letter to Europeans<br />https://www.defenddemocracy.press/message-of-yemenis-to-europeans/</div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-75518432673402890282024-01-28T02:10:00.000-08:002024-01-28T10:19:48.990-08:00Genocide, sex extortion, and people movement<p><b> By Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine</b></p><p><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">What is the story with UNRWA?</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span>If Israel succeeds in liquidating the Palestinian cause, will the whole globe be at risk of a global war that ends humanity? And what does sex extortion and people movement have to do with it? Read on for this serious subject.</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2TnL8ON5qcH7hJ_LEN49WypR-ueaTwVLwr3cBg75K3CDPr0A-jtaN-tVLXKWtHZ7_8uGqfrqJxcs26LCwAsl2JHxGzoevvLHFKTbIBD-vYw_f4FRqUDYp3nduPOKzk3NeTkgM4hXRHn3XjVDmrJlZzFxqsZkQZydA2v62Q57wq8aXYbBYtFjTw0CTPk/s526/Do%20you%20condemn%20hamas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2TnL8ON5qcH7hJ_LEN49WypR-ueaTwVLwr3cBg75K3CDPr0A-jtaN-tVLXKWtHZ7_8uGqfrqJxcs26LCwAsl2JHxGzoevvLHFKTbIBD-vYw_f4FRqUDYp3nduPOKzk3NeTkgM4hXRHn3XjVDmrJlZzFxqsZkQZydA2v62Q57wq8aXYbBYtFjTw0CTPk/s320/Do%20you%20condemn%20hamas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My wife and I donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (<a href="http://UNRWA.org">UNRWA.org</a> and please use <a href="https://www.unrwausa.org/contact-congress" target="_blank">this ink</a> to advocate for UNRWA in the US), Palestine Red Crescent Society, and other groups helping the desperate starving population of Gaza. We also help individuals directly. I receive desperate calls from Gaza where 1.9 million Palestinians are homeless now. In one call yesterday a Gazan friend to me some 150 people are sleeping in three tents one for men (32), one for children (73) and one for women (45) in the cold with no food and only collected rain water. No sanitation and diseases are spreading. UNRWA had given them earlier some loaves of bread but even people lined up to receive these were shot at by the Israeli occupation army killing 19 two days ago. UNRWA now will have even less to give and stated they will shut their operation in a few short weeks unless funding is restored and access is given. UNRWA's major funding comes from governments and the US government followed by six other nations stopped supporting UNRWA. This is like the price tag policy of settlers: IT IS THE FIRST RESPONSE TO THE International Court of Justice ruling. The alleged reason was that 9 (some say 12) UNRWA employees entered with the masses into the areas of "Israel" on 7 October. It is true that many Gazan's entered when the wall was breached by Hamas fighters and many others whether Hamas supporters or not. Even if those few UNRWA employees were Hamas fighters why punish UNRWA? UNRWA fired these culpable employees (see <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-officials-denounce-us-uk-pause-funding-unrwa">https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-officials-denounce-us-uk-pause-funding-unrwa</a>). Actually under International law, people have a right to resist especially if kept in the largest concentration camp on earth. UNRWA employs thousands of people and serves some 4 million registered refugees (and many others) in strictly humanitarian needs).Imagine shutting other UN agencies or any major institution or aid agency like the World Food Program based on action of a few employees. But that is not the real reason UNRWA was targeted. <div><br /></div><div>Israel has targeted UNRWA since it was founded in 1949 as a UN body for strict humanitarian reasons. Israel argued for 75 years that refugees do not get to return and that they need not be kept in refugee camps and that they should be settled in other countries. UNRWA schools that teach children that they are Palestinians and have human rights are considered inciting against the Zionist narrative of "a land without a people for a people without a land." But more importantly UNRWA and aiding refugees stops the liquidation of the Palestinian cause which the racist apartheid colonial system called "the Jewish state of Israel" has been trying to do for 75 years. Even since 7 October 2023, Israeli forces killed >120 UNRWA employees (non of them supportive of Hamas). This liquidation of a cause and a people is what this is about and it is taking excuses of actions of a few (fired) employees to use its lobby tentacles in Western countries to help them finish off Palestine and its people.<div><br />I do have a few words about why a liquidation of the Palestinian cause will impoverish billions of people around the world and result in a global hegemony leading to catastrophic nuclear wars and destruction of our planet. I will be brief. After a bloody human history of hundreds of genocides and two world wars (Crimean war and the great war of 1914-1917), there was an attempt at creation of the League of Nations (LN) with rules to govern state behaviors. This worked for a mere three decades and then there was another world war (sometimes called 'second world war'). That war had many horrors on civilians: concentration camps and massacres in Europe, massacres by the Japanese in China/ Korea/Philippines, carpet bombing German cities like Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki etc. So the victors of that war led by the US agreed to set up new mechanisms in 1945: the 'United Nations" (UN) and set up mechanisms to prevent such horrors including conventions like the Convention against the crimes of Genocide, the Universal Convention on Human Rights, and many others. The victors also set-up and empowered a Jewish state in Palestine even as their own intelligence services told them this will destabilizing to the whole region and would lead to regional and global conflicts. But in any case the created mechanisms did not stop the victors (who have veto power over the UN by design) from engaging in genocides and violations of the same UN conventions they helped create. Just to cite a few from the dozens of genocides and atrocities committed since 1945: UK, France, & US on Vietnam, France on Algeria, Italy on Libya, US on Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen (through proxies first and now directly), etc. etc. There was supposed to be a cold war Soviet Union vs NATO but it was anything but cold for the millions of civilians who perished in the territories fought over. The globe became destabilized under a hegemonic militarized US superpower (with military basis in 80 countries) but a peculiar non-democratic country whose politicians are under the thumb of a Zionist lobby (see below and also here https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/israel-lobby-in-usa.html), Thus genocides/holocausts continued including for the Palestinians.<br /><br />South Africa which survived Western Colonization and ended Apartheid is now attacked for bringing the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the crime of genocide UN Convention). What is the defense of Israel: Hamas, Hamas repeated 137 times in the opening presentation. The butcher Netanyahu dismissed the ICJ) ruling and held an Arabic copy of Hitler's book 'Mein Kempf' that he alleged was found in Gaza. He forgets that that book was racist in all aspects and only one group of Jews were mentioned positively in it and those are the Zionists. He forgot to mention the Zionist-Nazi collaboration (see Lenni Brenner's book "51 documents: History of te Nazi-Zionist Collaboration"). Or that the Zionists are the ones who broke the boycott of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. He forgot to mention that his party (Betar later became Likud) founded based on collaboration and ideology of Italian fascist Mussolini (even modeling their uniforms on those). See the view of Albert Einstein and other prominent Jews on this fascist party <a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/einsteinetalonbegin/">http://qumsiyeh.org/einsteinetalonbegin/</a> He forgot to say that Israel's open ideology of genocide and ethnic cleansing is even more crude/dangerous than Nazis (Israeli leaders boasted of genocide while others tried to hide their it). The Nazi regime also did not disdain the League of Nation or prevent the Red Cross from operating. The Israeli regime disdains the UN and prevents it and all international agencies from operating in the occupied territories. Israeli leaders have also boasted that International law is irrelevant and can be changed. They point out for example how they managed to keep the occupied territories, imprison people in concentration areas, have racist laws, etc. for decades. But why is this relevant to my contention about impact on other countries and the world's population. <br /><br />The Zionist movement strength grew from 1897 (first Zionist congress) to 1917 when they succeeded in getting the Balfour (British) and Cambon (French) declarations in support of their ambitions as a quid pro quo to get the US into that 'great war. The US issued its support for te declarations. The outcome of US entry and the pyrrhic victory was unforeseen (rise of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany). This is similar to the war on Iraq which strengthened Iran and the the axis of resistance in Iraq and elsewhere (history repeats itself). But in any case, the mechanisms created in 1945 after the catastrophe of the so called WWII did not work. What will likely replace them (like the League of Nations) a world war unless somehow the weaker countries realize that they must band together and offer resistance not subjugation to the hegemonic US/Israel power. But in countries like the UK, the politics are also subverted (see how Jeremy Corbyn was removed by the Zionist lobby). So mass awakening must happen to change the system that allows money and special interests to remove politicians who care about their people and install politicians who care about supporting a racist apartheid regime. That regime's ambitions are not limited to Palestine. Netanyahu boasted at the UN and even more openly in Hebrew about control of the US and the region. Thousands of Jews argued in writing and convincingly why political Zionism is a destructive and not just to Palestinians and may even be a combined genocidal and suicidal ideology. One can read writings with details from the likes of Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch, Rabbi Joseph Sonnenfeld, Judas Magnas, Ilan Pappe, Norman Finkelstein, Lenni Brenner, Avi Shlaim, Freud Einstein, Uri Avnery, Moshe Machover, Joel Teitelbaum, and hundreds of other authors and intellectuals who convincingly showed the dangers of this racist ideology. The heirs to these intellectuals are a growing movement of activist young generation of Jews who establish and grow organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace and engage in protests and civil disobedience. They led to massive demonstrations against the genocide, hundreds were arrested, and they lead in the campaign of boycotts, divestments, and sanctions. They joined their voices to the hundreds of millions of people on the streets against Zionist attempts to liquidate Palestine and its people. Palestinians in the Gaza strip and in the West Bank and elsewhere resisting heroically with hundreds of millions of supporters around the world are standing in the way of the Zionist ambition and thus preventing the continuation of US/Israeli hegemony and impoverishment of millions around the world. But we need to be aware. Israel responds to pressure as they did in 1956 when they withdrew from Sinai and Gaza and in 2000 when they withdraw from Lebanon. But their leaders have since become more messianic, more fundamentalist, more crazy and irrational (to the point of open genocidal acts). Israel has some 80-100 nuclear warheads many mounted on nuclear submarines supplied by Germany and the global Zionist movement is run by irrational fascists who even talked of the "Samson option" taking the whole world with them. It may happen unless we the people reverse this trend (see below). I say IRRATIONAL because their worst assumption is that might and destruction will make Palestinians give up Palestine followed the second stupid assumption that Jews are chosen/superior and are not part of common human history. Jews and Palestinians and others who work to end the genocide prove both assumptions wrong.<div><br />Does sexual blackmail explain why western politicians support genocide and liquidation of the Palestinian cause which could lead to a global war and end humanity? There is some evidence:<br /><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200106-jeffrey-epstein-was-blackmailing-politicians-for-israels-mossad-new-book-claims/">https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200106-jeffrey-epstein-was-blackmailing-politicians-for-israels-mossad-new-book-claims/</a><br /><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaetz-alleges-extortion-plot-that-included-freedom-for-missing-jewish-fbi-agent/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaetz-alleges-extortion-plot-that-included-freedom-for-missing-jewish-fbi-agent/</a><br /><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-writer-who-broke-epstein-case-a-rumored-mossad-link-is-worth-digging-into/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-writer-who-broke-epstein-case-a-rumored-mossad-link-is-worth-digging-into/</a><div><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/z9IhX8N9aGk">https://youtu.be/z9IhX8N9aGk</a><div><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-02-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/hacking-extortion-election-interference-the-toolkit-of-israels-agents-of-chaos/00000186-4aa6-d933-af9e-cbe7aa9c0000">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-02-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/hacking-extortion-election-interference-the-toolkit-of-israels-agents-of-chaos/00000186-4aa6-d933-af9e-cbe7aa9c0000</a> (for subscribers)</div><div>and relationships to some Arab leaders like UAE</div><div><a href="https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/pandora-papers-reveal-emirati-royal-families-role-in-secret-money-flows/">https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/pandora-papers-reveal-emirati-royal-families-role-in-secret-money-flows/</a></div><div>Tzipi Livni is also purported to have slept with many leaders including Arab Leaders as a Mossad agent.</div><div><br />This is the tip of the iceberg. With Presidents Trump, Clinton, and Biden on the list of Epstein clients among hundreds of other western and Arab leaders, and the presence of other yet to be discovered "Epstein"'s will the blackmail and bribes keep the world at bay while Zionists create a world war that destroys our planet? This depends on whether we can get rid of the blackmailed and bribed politicians and get governments to serve their people. People can change governments and their policies. History proves it. For example in the US alone: women's right to vote, ending war on Vietnam, ending support for South African apartheid, Social security etc. We shall overcome someday!?</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out <a href="http://ongaza.org">http://ongaza.org</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Try to stay human</div></div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-38349032040885928192024-01-26T08:50:00.000-08:002024-01-26T09:24:17.700-08:00ICJ rules<p> Today 26 January 2024 (after 112 days of carnage), the International Court of Justice issued a decision /injunction with six provisional measures (available here <a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-00-en.pdf">https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-00-en.pdf</a>)
and will continued deliberation. The six provisional measures requested are an
important win for human rights and could be a game changer even as Israel tried
to dismiss them and will go on with carnage.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljvUIuZY8k1-Lz9YAHddt99CHhkef9dOua2f-0SrPleTFuCxvmIk86DGE57FGJEbBASUn5gzjca-3URR0cnuD6-V7GxJ2mwnHaWVxmbWpUxUnQ9Y9yt2RXQRynokZBTfcu1DYHuDpuCUKdVEztiMNsXcyt0z-H6Pxg1puVB17Q349xKN-BturtSOn9wY/s2048/Gaza%20destruction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljvUIuZY8k1-Lz9YAHddt99CHhkef9dOua2f-0SrPleTFuCxvmIk86DGE57FGJEbBASUn5gzjca-3URR0cnuD6-V7GxJ2mwnHaWVxmbWpUxUnQ9Y9yt2RXQRynokZBTfcu1DYHuDpuCUKdVEztiMNsXcyt0z-H6Pxg1puVB17Q349xKN-BturtSOn9wY/s320/Gaza%20destruction.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwhvxMO5RpNIJdsBHC72kjKUIU7N3Y8WWEm2xW6VBAIGZYzItUJ7ioVMH8dyziAlklqWwRObeepDuvHggd-jA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Quotes from the court ruling <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>In light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that, prima
facie, it has jurisdiction pursuant to Article IX of the Genocide Convention to
entertain the case. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given the above
conclusion, the Court considers that it cannot accede to Israel’s request that
the case be removed from the General List…..The Palestinians appear to
constitute a distinct “national, ethnical, racial or religious group”, and
hence a protected group within the meaning of Article II of the Genocide
Convention. The Court observes that, according to United Nations sources, the
Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip comprises over 2 million people.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip form a substantial part of the protected group….;.The
Court, pursuant to Article 41 of its Statute, has the power to indicate
provisional measures….The Court considers that, with regard to the situation
described above, Israel must, in accordance with its obligations under the
Genocide Convention, in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures
within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of
Article II of this Convention, in particular: (a) killing members of the group;
(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c)
deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole or in part; and (d) imposing measures
intended to prevent births within the group. The Court recalls that these acts
fall within the scope of Article II of the Convention when they are committed
with the intent to destroy in whole or in part a group as such (see paragraph
44 above). The Court further considers that Israel must ensure with immediate
effect that its military forces do not commit any of the above-described acts. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The final six decisions of the ICJ (provisional measureS):<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(1) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall, in
accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take
all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the
scope of Article II of this Convention, in particular: (a) killing members of
the group; (b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole or in part; and (d) imposing measures
intended to prevent births within the group; <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(2) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall ensure
with immediate effect that its military does not commit any acts described in
point 1 above; <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(3) By sixteen votes to one, The State of Israel shall take
all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public
incitement to commit genocide in relation to members of the Palestinian group
in the Gaza Strip; <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(4) By sixteen votes to one, The State of Israel shall take
immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed
basic services and humanitarian assistance to address the adverse conditions of
life faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip;<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(5) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall take
effective measures to prevent the destruction and ensure the preservation of
evidence related to allegations of acts within the scope of Article II and
Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide against members of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(6) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall
submit a report to the Court on all measures taken to give effect to this Order
within one month as from the date of this Order. </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The most reputable court on earth has effectively ruled and
with a huge majority that: 1) there is plausible evidence of genocidal acts
requiring immediate intervention justifying taking the case, 2) that
Palestinians are at grave risk of genocide (warranting 6 injunctions noted
above).<br />
<br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The resolution opened with a summary of the conflict from 7 October and the contentions of South Africa and Israel about what transpired since. The decision constitutes a profound undermining of the persistent use of the Jewish holocaust to justify another holocaust and that Israel is above the law having proclaimed itself (falsely as representing Jews). This must be built upon and strengthened in a global popular effort (growing global movement) not only to force compliance of ending the genocide per the ICJ’s order (pending final ruling which might take months). </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The resolution implicitly but not explicitly stipulates a ceasefire. But the decision orders refraining from killing Palestinian civilians and refraining from causing any physical or psychological harm under article 2 of the convention. The decision demands the immediate provision of basic services and humanitarian aid (food, water, medicine, fuel) denied by the Israeli army since 7 October. </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The resolution was issued closer to consensus, with a vote of 15 to 2 or 16 to 1, which means that there is international consensus on the existence of Israel’s intention to annihilate.</span> The American judge, the French judge, and the German judge voted in favor of the resolution, contrary to the declared
position of their countries. This is an indication that may constitute a message from those countries of their unwillingness to risk undermining the international system they established to sustain their influence. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Israeli judge appointed ad hoc for this case, Aharon Barak, contradicted his government’s legal position, which rejects the court’s jurisdiction in this case in the first place, and that it risks undermining the legitimacy of Israel when it exposes it to precautionary measures based on the Genocide Convention. Judge Barak voted in favor of the decision on the items preventing incitement and providing basic services and aid, meaning that he granted legitimacy to the court’s jurisdiction in accordance with the Genocide Convention in principle. The judge who voted against all the provisions of the resolution was the Ugandan judge, Julia Sabotendi, including the two provisions that were supported by the Israeli judge, reminds us of the Ugandan option for the Jewish state (1903) and its current government being occupied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Israeli occupation army will probably go on with its killing spree and starvation of the people and clearing out a 1 Km wide zone of Palestinian houses while bombing others from the air, sea, and land. Most of the public as you can see from the video above is brainwashed. But it is a moral defeat for the Colonial project and more and more countries and people are not buying the lies and distortions any more. It is time for the 15 million Palestinians scattered around the world to discard aging leaderships, organize better and with help of all people of good will assert and achieve our right to return and self determination in Palestine. </p><p class="MsoNormal">What we need to do? Keep pushing, keep posting on social
media, speak truth to power, , keep protesting/demonstrating (especially against complicit media and
politicians), engage in <a href="http://BDSmovement.net">http://BDSmovement.net</a> For more on what you can do see <a href="http://ongaza.org">ongaza.org</a>
and <a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/whatyoucando/">http://qumsiyeh.org/whatyoucando/</a>
You can shorten the 112 day carnage and each day an average of 250 civilians
are killed (accelerating now because of famine and disease). Even saving one
day means saving hundreds of lives and many remaining homes from demolition.<o:p></o:p></p>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-70443144412827080762024-01-25T02:24:00.000-08:002024-01-25T02:24:36.175-08:00Reality and Reflection<p> Day 110 of the genocide and below is REALITY and REFLECTIONS. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatn-dV3X1Dm1ilssfvf8LYh_yJ0yLW8Oomxw-eEwUns7GfnsBqOrJCIqDaWIUJP4XUIejlcuzXWZ6jj35mOrkpPwIlY_bcxcsYFEjI0jeiojfDFn4nqrKx02TrJpk8RJf1AJWItn4Bmymx315Yjw51JLlAKiBYnOSmzsgPpnbwgGZPPGtpIlJZVaG510/s536/deir%20yassin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatn-dV3X1Dm1ilssfvf8LYh_yJ0yLW8Oomxw-eEwUns7GfnsBqOrJCIqDaWIUJP4XUIejlcuzXWZ6jj35mOrkpPwIlY_bcxcsYFEjI0jeiojfDFn4nqrKx02TrJpk8RJf1AJWItn4Bmymx315Yjw51JLlAKiBYnOSmzsgPpnbwgGZPPGtpIlJZVaG510/s320/deir%20yassin.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><p></p>Quote of the day: "We came and turned the native Arabs into tragic refugees. And still we have to slander and malign them, to besmirch their name. Instead of being deeply ashamed of what we did and trying to undo some of the evil we committed...we justify our terrible acts and even attempt to glorify them" Nathan Chofshi, Jewish Newsletter, New York, 9 February 1959, cited in Erskine Childers, 'The Other Exodus' in Spectator, London, 12 May 1961<br /><br />REALITY: Global movement is still growing to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The International Court of Justice is expected to issue an injunction for Israeli forces to stop the slaughter. But the slaughter will continue at a pace determined by artificial “intelligence”. There is increased isolation of the US, UK and German governments supporting the genocide. Now over 1% of the population of Gaza (civilians) have been killed and another 2.2% injured. 119 journalists have been murdered by the Israeli occupation to attempt to silence the media but stories keep coming out. Hospitals targeted and about 5% of the medical staff are still offering very basic services. >70% of buildings destroyed. Medical services are all but non-existent and people are dying of famine and disease (Hepatitis A and Leishmania and other diseases) and even smaller injuries. Hundreds of Gaza women had miscarriages due to this war and others died in childbirth due to lack of medical care. Israeli leaders and much of the public still cheers on the genocide and even proudly boast of the killing of women and children. The US government and the corporate Western media know but try in vain to hide this reality and defend the indefensible.<br /><br />REFLECTIONS: I have been active for human rights for 45 years (started with South Africa actually). I published over 180 articles in peer-reviewed journals, over 600 other articles, and many books. I was interviewed over 2000 times and gave over 5500 talks to audiences of all backgrounds. When I reflect on what I witness and studied and spoke about, new thoughts come to me. Karl Marx’s made a statement: "History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce". The US/Israel partnership in this latest genocide is both a tragedy and a farce. But I also am very optimistic that history is at a major bend. Hundreds of genocides were committed in the past few hundred years but this is different. It is broadcast live, it is happening when the globe is connected like never before (especially social media), it is happening when the dominant power is floundering as it tries to serve political interests and lobbies and a new world order is being built (see below).<div><br />Israeli PM Netanyahu is hoping to stay in power for a few more months while losing Israeli soldiers in Gaza and bombing civilians . By that time the Israeli army would have killed the remaining hostages and the world would lose interest again in the 75 year suffering of the Palestinian people and his lobbies and western media could reset things as before (US rescues Israel by using its veto power so it does not answer to genocide). The Israeli public would also presumably lose interest and the fascist right can be satisfied. But he does not understand the change in global power dynamics, the unprecedented global solidarity with Palestine, the UNIQUENESS of this holocaust, and the fact that the fear factor globally was already shattered and will not come back again (evidence Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, South Africa, Latin America, global south in general, and even governments in Europe). As for the uniquenss of this genocide/holocaust, I wrote about this before: broadcast live, supported by hypocritical western governments, open admission of intent by its leading figures, attempt to create a "clash of civilizations "; the latter actually mobiizing Muslims and Christians and Jews sand others FOR PALESTINE. Thus, the Zionist apartheid regime is accelerating the demise of this failed experiment at colonialism and racism called the "Jewish State of Israel". They will help accelerate our work for one democratic state, the only solution to the mess created by Zionism: see https://onestatecampaign.org/en/<br /><br />That Apartheid Israel's biggest defender is the United State Government is not an asset but a LIABILITY because the United States: 1) bombed 20 countries in 20 years, 2) has over 1000 military bases including also secret detention centers in at least 80 countries (whose public decries this), 3) has a history of buying developing country governments through the machinations of the IMF and World Bank, impoverishing people while enriching bureaucratic and unrepresentative governments ensured people resentment and frequent creation of new governments that listens to the will of the people and despise the US government, 4) hegemony was overextended and showed its hypocrisy by undermining international law and this became most blatant in supporting the genocide and destruction of the Palestinian people (with money, weapons, special forces, diplomatic cover etc). These issues contributes to the decline of the US empire whose share in the global economy declined from 40% to 24%. China's share grew from 2.4% in 1980 to 18.5% today. We may add that the Zionist lobby's weaponizing the Jewish holocaust and using terms like "anti-Semitic" and "self hating" to describe human rights advocates is back-firing. The description I gave before https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/israel-lobby-in-usa.html on the role of the lobby is becoming more exposed. The US public will rise in arms once they know the truth. But the public in the rest of the world has eyes wide open and will not be shut again. That is why we are very optimistic that a new world order of diversity, pluralism, accountability is coming. Sad that it is being done with very heavy and unprecedented losses. Gaza lights the way with bodies of its people.<br /><br />Action: Use these hashtags on your social media posts #Gaza #GazaPalestine #Palestine #CeaseFireNow #CeasefireForGaza #WestBank #EndIsraelGenocide #StandWithGaza #GlobalJustice #GazaGlobalAction #CeaseFireNow #GlobalIntifada #StandWithPalestine #EndIsraelsGenocide #FreePalestine #HumanRightsViolations #GazaGenocide<br /><br />How Israel has destroyed Gaza's schools and universities<br />https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/24/how-israel-has-destroyed-gazas-schools-and-universities<br /><br />[Good food for thought] Versions of Denial<br />https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n02/conor-gearty/short-cuts<br /><br />Not for the faint of heart (caution): watch this short video glimpse of gaza strip<br />https://www.rete-ambientalista.it/2024/01/20/guardate-questo-video-prima-che-lo-cancellino/<br />And a milder story of a family in Gaa https://youtu.be/EGpwfiTr810<br /><br />At World’s End: Palestine, the ICJ, and a New Dawn in International Law<br />https://opiniojuris.org/2024/01/09/at-worlds-end-palestine-the-icj-and-a-new-dawn-in-international-law/<br /><br />Why are Israeli soldiers sharing snuff videos from their genocide in Gaza? Decades of impunity, not only for the Israeli regime but also for Israeli individuals guilty of war crimes, has led us to this point. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/1/24/why-are-israeli-soldiers-sharing-snuff-videos-from-their-genocide-in-gaza<br /><br />Jewish Voice for Peace: This Holocaust Remembrance Day, ‘never again’ is now.<br />https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2024/01/24/gaza-genocide-four-months/<br /><br />Inside Israel torture camp for Gaza detainees https://www.972mag.com/israel-torture-camp-gaza-detainees/ <br /><br />Have you noticed something about statements from Palestinians including leaders? https://www.facebook.com/reel/2386757741509516<br />By contrast see statements from Israelis at ongaza.org #7<br /><br />Need to challenge Zionist infiltration and control of societis to use to defend genocide<br />https://ukpalmhn.com/resources/ukpmhn-statement-the-moral-bankruptcy-of-psychoanalysis/<br />Incidentally Sigmund Freud wrote a letter neary a hundred years ago rejecting putting his name in support of the Zionist project on psychological grounds: “Whoever wants to influence the masses must give them something rousing and inflammatory and my sober judgment of Zionism does not permit this… It would have seemed more sensible to me to establish a Jewish homeland on a less historically-burdened land. But I know that such a rational viewpoint would never have gained the enthusiasm of the masses and the financial support of the wealthy. I concede with sorrow that the baseless fanaticism of our people is in part to be blamed for the awakening of Arab distrust.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, I share with you a public letter written to me by George Salzman 16 years ago as it is logical and prophetic http://qumsiyeh.org/openletterbygeorgesalzman/</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay Human and keep Palestine alive<br /><br />Mazin Qumsiyeh<br />A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home<br />Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director<br />Palestine Museum of Natural History<br />Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability<br />Bethlehem University<br />Occupied Palestine<br />http://qumsiyeh.org<br />http://palestinenature.org<br />facebook pages<br />Personal https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9<br />Institute https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH</div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-16399763542438812592024-01-01T06:01:00.000-08:002024-01-01T09:54:17.626-08:002024<p> We at the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University (PalestineNature.org) wish you all the best in 2024 and most of all we wish that this year brings an end to the genocide/carnage of our people, to bring freedom to suffering people everywhere (Palestine, Western Sahara, Rohingya in Myanmar, Sudan, Yemen), and to value and protect our planet earth. We wish for the transition to a new world order with least possible suffering and maximum sustainability. We wish for the new order to empower the people, end the "might make right" philosophy, reduce the huge inequality and racism that infects humanity, and we et closer to living in harmony with nature. May justice which brings peace prevail and all living things be maximally protected.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxlonHDbcNYS2RIVeIzmO6IJi2kslKrVLBdbPkRG4oll3hE2aVRne4gOPyxzyMRTg9Y9QSeNrfWtek5govRcV-OfLSHMVBNmyIZuZagKYRxGuVR9XYJqxfG6QpU0CjPhqsPsLMbkBlBfxwtvpZ54dQpYXxN2Rs2AeC0gAW-FaHYdWtZwS8isuPLKPHMQ/s600/393800322_639825404997092_6770238690360299550_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxlonHDbcNYS2RIVeIzmO6IJi2kslKrVLBdbPkRG4oll3hE2aVRne4gOPyxzyMRTg9Y9QSeNrfWtek5govRcV-OfLSHMVBNmyIZuZagKYRxGuVR9XYJqxfG6QpU0CjPhqsPsLMbkBlBfxwtvpZ54dQpYXxN2Rs2AeC0gAW-FaHYdWtZwS8isuPLKPHMQ/s320/393800322_639825404997092_6770238690360299550_n.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6cgxu2Qj1Ptr2vyMYROto-GwTh3eiNv0jIiG6Tm4nJVmUISk5OzmZa6e_wp-pCQ559ITWEfD74Un4-8sP-Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>We will get you our (palestinenature.org) annual report later this month to see how we (volunteers, donors, staff) worked tirelessly in 2023 to achieve sustainable human and natural communities. In 2-3 months, we will also have a booklet of our collective (staff and volunteer) past achievements and plans for the years ahead as we celebrate our 10th year (in June 2024). I and Jessie volunteer full time (7 days a week, 15-17 hours per day with no vacations). Thus, like others here we try to reflect on achievements in 2023 (with help from others), challenges encountered, and plan for 2024. We also ask for your collaboration to do even more together. Here is what I wrote on this last night for my own plans.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">2023 PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS (WITH SUPPORT FROM AMAZING PEOPLE)<br /><br />1) Published 12 research papers and helped in five others published from museum, Total 17 publications in diverse areas (list below)<br />2) Published 5 articles and was interviewed for several others (all not peer reviewed)<br />3) Was interviewed (audio or video) over 110 times this year<br />4) Successful trip to London, UAE, US and Qatar (research, networking, fundraising)<br />5) Fundraising: submitted for 6 grants, two got funded, two rejected and two are pending<br />6) Project oversight: Completed one 3.5 year project (EU) and oversaw development of seven ongoing projects including new renovation and building (ASHA and Masri Foundation funded-- most work here), Environmental DNA (Royal Society), genetic resources of plants (GGI/BGCI), wetland conservation (CEPF/Birdlife), Clearing house mechanism (EQA/Belgium) & Children education (Cremisan & Probst projects)<br />7) Gave >110 talks to audiences both online and in person to visiting delegations and during travels <br />8) From 18 November started a weekly online meeting about situation of Palestine<br />9) Volunteer work oversight including monthly staff and volunteer meeting<br />10) Work in garden (average 3-4 hours weekly especially Saturday/Sunday/holidays)<br />11) Administrative structure and operations of the institute and its different sections and departments (see palestinenature.org) including implementation of new structure, staff and BU meetings etc<br />12) Higher education: a) new bachelor program in biodiversity and sustainability program, b) teaching MSc level advanced molecular biology at AAUP, c) supervised several master students both in biology and tourism.<br />13) Conservation: Led in the National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity, The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, and the new Protected Area Network. All adopted by government and shape or work.<br />14) Developed a data base of environmental impact on the environment<br />15) Cytogenetics work: 257 patient cases in 2023<br />16) CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: a) Engaged tens of thousands via regular emails including since early October on Gaza situation (>300 hours on issues like digest of information, writing emails 3-4 times/week), b) As Bethlehem Rotary president the work including over 100 hours including dealing with Rotary mixed messages on Gaza; c) added over 3000 new emails of people met/engaged (now >55,000 receive emails), d) work with Hassan Mustapha Center, e) One Democratic State group...etc<br /><br />CHALLENGES FACED<br />With support from amazing staff and volunteers, I achieved more than I expected/planned in 2023 in all areas as noted above except two: 1) fundraising, 2) lag on my two books. Also as usual, some things became less of a priority and others gained importance> For example I worked hard on research relating to impact of war on the environment in the third quarter of 2023 (unanticipated but essential). 2023 main challenges include restrictions on movement and work (from the Israeli occupation), threats received (including death threats), difficulties for friends and relatives economically here and in Gaza, the trauma of Gaza, loss of my mother, and lack of time and difficulty being patient with development of others around me. Also being more forgiving of my shortcomings. Sometimes we need more action and less time spent trying to convince racists/Zionists of the folly of their way. I think we can do better and there are opportunities for improvement in efficiency and better utilization of volunteers.<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">PLEDGE : Do not look away from suffering..Channel anger into positive energy.... have joyful participation in the sorrows of this world... works smarter and harder...Simplify things...follow conscience... Stay Human</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>PLANS FOR 2024 (PRIORITIZED)<br />1) Research: a) Publish two research papers and two articles per month (our to do sections of the SOPM and research file has a list of research priorities), b) One book submitted (hopefully two depending on help in the other tasks)<br />2) Fundraising and friends’ making (related): a) Organize successful trips to Australia, New Zealand, one other country; b) submit 6 grant proposals (with Rami), c) PR campaign to increase individual donations 30% over 2023 (pending better political circumstances)<br />3) Education/Exhibits: a) Develop exhibits for the new museum and implement half of them, b) Develop Diploma and BISU program (>100 hours)<br />4) Administration: a) Complete writing booklet and maximize leverage and action in 10th year anniversary to grow institution b) Develop myself and develop staff & personal assistant and better utilize non-resident volunteers to ensure continuity/growth of PIBS (efficiency, time utilization, capacity).<br />5) Projects & Consultancies: seven projects and two consultancies work (minimum 20 hours a week).<br />6) Give 50 workshops/seminars (maybe give up formal course teaching): average 3 hours/per week<br />7) Continue civic engagement but emphasize ODS<br />8) Cytogenetic and Molecular labs (Reem to guide on any development). 400 cases?<br />9) a) Spend minimum 4 hours a week garden work (excercize), b) minimum 5-6 hours a week for personal growth (reading books, attending development seminars), c) minimum 5 hours a week to help others (and donating to needy people)<br />10) Read 20 books (I have a list)<br /><br />Again these are my own plans but other staff and volunteers at the institute (palestinenature.org) will do much more. We discuss these plans in our annual retreat this coming Thursday. You will then hear more about collective achievements and plans. We thank those of you whose help and partnership made this possible. Pease contact us if you can help in anyway (in kind donations, volunteer time, cash contribution to the institute etc). <br /><br />Here are research papers 2023</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br />Qumsiyeh, M.B., R. Bassous-Ghattas, E.N. Handal, M. Abusarhan, M.H. Najajreh, I.M. Albaradeyeh 2023. Biodiversity Conservation of a new protected area ‘Al-Arqoub’, South Jerusalem Hills, Palestine. Parks, 29:33-42.<br /><br />Qumsiyeh, MB. 2023. Developing Institutions that Serve National Goals: Case Study of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability.. Al-Quds Journal for Natural Sciences, 1(3):6-10<br /><br />Qumsiyeh, MB and B. Al-Sheikh. 2023. Flora and Conservation Issues in Two Protected Areas in Palestine: Wadi Al-Zarqa Al-Ulwi and Wadi Qana. Diversity 15, no. 2: 142. part of the Special Issue Ecology, Conservation and Restoration of Plant Species", .<br /><br />Qumsiyeh, MB., and B. Al-Sheikh. 2023. Flora and Conservation Issues in Two Protected Areas in Palestine: Wadi Al-Zarqa Al-Ulwi and Wadi Qana. Diversity, 15(2): 142.<br /><br />Amr, Z., E.N. Handal, M. Abu Serhan, M.B. Qumsiyeh, R. Bani Hani, and D.A. Warrell. 2023 Epidemiology of scorpion stings in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 29(12):937-943.<br /><br />Qumsiyeh, M.B.. D. Husein, N. Boulad, I.M. Albaradeya, M. Mahasnah, M. Abusirhan, M. Najajrah, Banan Al-Shaikh, Elias N. Handal, and Zuhair S. Amr (2023) Updating and Enhancing the Protected Areas Network of the State of Palestine: A step Towards Biodiversity Conservation. Parks Journal 29: 107-118.<br /><br />Qumsiyeh, MB 2023 Environmental Injustice in the West Bank (Occupied Palestine). Land Research Center, 262 pp.<br /><br />Qumsiyeh, MB. 2023. Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel By Irus Braverman, University of Minnesota Press, 2023, paperback, 362 pp. MEB $35. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, pp. 65-66<br /><br />Qumsiyeh M.B. and H. Clauer. 2023 Weaponizing Israeli National Parks” to ethnically cleanse Palestinians. Palestine Israel Journal. Vol 3/4 https://www.pij.org/articles/2276/weaponizing-israeli-national-parks-as-a-tool-of-ethnic-cleansing<br /><br />Hassouna, S., 2023. Cultivating biodiverse futures at the (postcolonial) botanical garden. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.00:1-16. https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/tran.12639<br /><br />Adawi, Shadi., Handal. E., Romdhane, M. and Hmida, L. 2023. Contribution to the Occurrence of the Blackfly (Diptera:Similiidae) in the Palestinian Territories, West Bank. International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health, 44(17): 20-26.<br /><br />Handal, E.N., Adawi, Sh., Gedeon, J., and Amr, Z. 2023. Notes on The Current Status of Freshwater Snails Fauna of The Palestinian Territories (West Bank). Folia Malacologica, 31(2): 92–99.<br /><br />Handal, E.N., Al-Shomali, S.L. and Amr, Z.S. 2023 Trade in exotic birds in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories. Sandgrouse 45: 196-204.<br /><br />Benyei, P., A. Skarlatidou, D. Argyriou, R. Hall, I. Theilade, N. Turreira-García, D.F. Latreche, A. Albert, D.N. Berger, M. Cartró-Sabaté, J. H. Chang et al. 2022. Challenges, Strategies and Impacts of doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: reflections from project coordinators. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 8(1): 21, pp. 1–15<br /><br />Khalifah C. and MB Qumsiyeh 2023 How the colonizers are also mentally colonized: An Israeli-Palestinian Example. In press<br /><br />Gideon, J.G. and MB Qumsiyeh. 2023 New Floral Records in the Area of South Jerusalem Hills, Palestine. Jordan Journal of Natural History. In press<br /><br />Allombert, C. and MB Qumsiyeh. Israeli designation of “Nature Reserves”: A tool of colonization. n press</p>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-72574162827890318492023-12-29T00:48:00.000-08:002023-12-29T01:09:54.688-08:00Hope for 2024<p> Why I am optimistic about 2024 despite the ongoing genocide
in the Gaza Strip largely absent from Western media coverage? Just the two bits
of news yesterday could be enough to depress us: that about <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231227-1000-children-have-undergone-amputations-without-anaesthesia-in-gaza " target="_blank">1000 children had undergone amputations without anesthesia</a> and
that <a href=" https://youtu.be/DDYdoB9wj5E?si=rhWw6cBsruqOaPxB " target="_blank">Israeli trafficking business in Palestinian organs </a>is
flourishing.
Well, let me explain my optimism despite the horror.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7ORoj3odQ9oXBS7TtzGjSQNqU-jwy5BL_k3x-BkbOe7NyLax2DGG6N-HchJ7_P3GXRuUtCvs5w9YRm94ldaDaVZCvEKS5v8iDwzkxW-tPPxMWVZ8O3Jya5BT89ZNwFwDP4tKV2qQX5QZqUSLP_16JaSaQN-8Piw830H00k5VyAYX0J47mJBbkr8Cits/s1600/10700638_818204278226141_4097461440970288442_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7ORoj3odQ9oXBS7TtzGjSQNqU-jwy5BL_k3x-BkbOe7NyLax2DGG6N-HchJ7_P3GXRuUtCvs5w9YRm94ldaDaVZCvEKS5v8iDwzkxW-tPPxMWVZ8O3Jya5BT89ZNwFwDP4tKV2qQX5QZqUSLP_16JaSaQN-8Piw830H00k5VyAYX0J47mJBbkr8Cits/s320/10700638_818204278226141_4097461440970288442_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I remember my late mother telling us of the 33 massacres
that happened during the Nakba of 1948 and the ethnic cleansing she witnessed at
the tender age of 16 where 850,000 Palestinians were forcibly removed or
escaped from the Zionist onslaught intended to create a Jewish state where
there was a pluralistic society in Palestine before. 530 villages and towns
were ethnically cleansed. She remembered her friend and school mate Hayah
Balbisi (a teacher murdered by the Zionists with her students in Deir Yassin 9
April 1948). She remembered the refugees who came to Bethlehem area (later
set-up in three refugee camps). She remembered the American Friends Service
Committee and then UNRWA who helped them. My mother died in April this year. at
almost 91. In a way, it is a blessing tht she did not live to witness the
carnage and genocide in Gaza. In number of people displaced and those
killed a bigger Nakba/Catastrophe than the one she witnessed in
1948. Yet, her life after 1948 was not the same as before 1948. Thus, at 16 she became a life
long activist. A generous and kind person who raised six children, helped
the refugees, cared about fellow human beings. My father was
equally dedicated and passionate. I remember when he was crying watching
the news in 1970 of Jordanian tanks in Palestinian refugee camps in
Jordan. Both of my parents, survivors of the Nakba were teachers who
influenced thousands of students. I still meet people my age who tell me how
they were helped and how the lessons they learned are remembered 50 or 60 years
later. Thus, the 2.3 million residents of the Gaza strip (nay the 15 million
Palestinians in the world) have to pick the banner and I already see more
activism from them than ever before. Many will join the resistance (armed or
unarmed). Many will speak out, will donate, will lobby, will not be silent. But
we Palestinians ar not alone: 350 million Arabs, over one billion Muslims, and
over 4 billion people of conscience are there. You will see more and more of
them mobilized. Even tens of thousands of Jews (perhaps hundreds of thousands)
have already mobilized against racist Zionism.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLRUIvATrD5LEswJPtKXsbRZz0XdCibtSATyexyT0ZE-yfrTTPDRJY8OsBIH9nym44UIpRUh4FRnUdsKLPZMmxiR7p8PBBpvNWxgfzpTinuHSV9WEjxG9vHBGnzOlZwJep3cNvvoGukef1-2Sn7U9TWQWC_P1T6KqyMyuINdp4liUa5Sx1xvJE9fe-gY/s283/haya.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="283" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLRUIvATrD5LEswJPtKXsbRZz0XdCibtSATyexyT0ZE-yfrTTPDRJY8OsBIH9nym44UIpRUh4FRnUdsKLPZMmxiR7p8PBBpvNWxgfzpTinuHSV9WEjxG9vHBGnzOlZwJep3cNvvoGukef1-2Sn7U9TWQWC_P1T6KqyMyuINdp4liUa5Sx1xvJE9fe-gY/s1600/haya.jpg" width="283" /></a>Haya Balbisi and my mother</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">75 year of ethnic cleansing and genocide were little discussed
in the West until this year. I lived in the USA for 28 years and traveled in 45
other countries and reached tens of thousands of people with my talks, books,
and writings. We even had a wheels of justice bus tour 2000-2005 that
traveled 48 states speaking at 1200 colleges and universities, over 300 schols,
and hundreds of community centers and other venues. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This email now reaches 55,000. But past
activism pales compared with what happened in 2023 and what will happen in 2024.
Hundreds of millions are mobilized and once eyes are opened, they cannot be
shut again. Hypocrites including Arab, Muslim, and Western leaders and their
associated organizations like the UN were exposed and will retreat. Those who
supported Zionism under the table (Jews and Gentiles) had to take stand: with
apartheid genocidal Israel or against it; with human rights and peace or with
war (even against a simple ceasefire). The US government is now leading in
financing and arming this genocide after having committed a number of genocides
itself (native Americans, blacks with slavery, Cambodia, Vietnam, Iraq, Yemen
and many other countries and its leadership in spreading unfettered consumerism
globally that destroyed our planet with climate change). The accumulated sins
will not allow the state to remain a superpower and its might is declining. The
US is now reduced to being a hired gunman to defend the thug. Hence, its navy ships
in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea to attack any country that is trying to stop
attempts to end the genocide and illegal blockade of Gaza. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrbkTCAbCamQgH_Og308KYYw-aeOCbMd8GZW42GOlc2hBHmpBZUY_6b1XqjMtcL5CYDkWIAYURim4AVkKCABayCBWbqUY5ZubgCuiOnkYWgeqLBuzHBPkSGZuqL8pdHBM3gvq3hfDc-cHC3DzSCGRp0q4QvqHQywoLk3ak_E5NUanAYWbQEoOebjP6Lk/s1080/393451232_705039391487879_1220492480430907588_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrbkTCAbCamQgH_Og308KYYw-aeOCbMd8GZW42GOlc2hBHmpBZUY_6b1XqjMtcL5CYDkWIAYURim4AVkKCABayCBWbqUY5ZubgCuiOnkYWgeqLBuzHBPkSGZuqL8pdHBM3gvq3hfDc-cHC3DzSCGRp0q4QvqHQywoLk3ak_E5NUanAYWbQEoOebjP6Lk/s320/393451232_705039391487879_1220492480430907588_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is not far fetched. The war machine is only succeeding
in killing civilians (nearly 30,000 so far including about 9000 children) and
injuring some 55,000 civilians which they bomb from the air. In the
land battle against resistance forces, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/21/israel-losing-war-against-hamas-netanyahu-idf" target="_blank">they are losing</a> or at best it is a
stalemate since 7 October. The Israeli army is losing soldiers by the hundreds. Over 750
military vehicles (tanks, APCs, bulldozers) are rendered out of service. Their
economy and social order cannot sustain a prolonged war that their government
keeps talking about. The resistance now says they will not discuss prisoner
swaps (139 Israelis vs 11,500 Palestinians) until a complete ceasefire.
Netanyahu regime is not willing to accept because that would mean he and his
other corrupt lieutenants will end up in Jail. More and more Jews around
the world now openly oppose Zionism. Political Zionism is a racist movement
that intended to transform Palestine (multiethnic, multireligeous,
multilingual) to a monolithic Jewish state. Like the worship of the Golden
Calf, this false new God cannot be sustained in the 21st century. It has
failed and this genocide is the last gasp / the last nail in the coffin. While
94% of Israelis supported the killings in Gaza in a poll conducted in November,
there is now growing disillusionment. Most Israelis no longer believe their
government (military or political leadership). Afterall, they lied about what
happened 7 October (beheaded babies, rapes etc. read <a href="http://ongaza.org" target="_blank">ongaza.org</a>). The most remarkable transformation is that the
truth is coming out about the history of Palestine, about the Nakba, about the
genocide, about the statements of Israeli leaders, and about the impact on te
globe of a massive fraud. This despite the hundreds of millions spent, <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/israel-lobby-in-usa.html" target="_blank">AIPAC and the 150,000 Sayanim</a> producing slick propaganda and talking points especially in Western
Countries. The truth is spread through hundreds of billions of posts on social
media (FaceBook, X/Twitter, Telegram, Instagram etc) cannot be silenced by the
money being spent by the rich Zionist movement. We say in Arabic “Ma Bitghati
AlShams biGhorbal” (you cannot cover the sun with a sieve).<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfN0rOW-ttS6evaDdne8fTeAIzwm4Cwg_VBElULtr_q6nA5-LIWgjmSK_RfbKK-3V4xQ3vWESfHF6TEpcc81KdOOhvt0rh544hvLjwTlspm6_txPYYKdyLvk4jp6Ra-IEyAr7ELRHyJM4HBPbUnEFzO0J3Y2IhhkD3-xk4veuXhPJ884w898oR9vYt3Ds/s526/393749733_10226515424766823_5548823368352808335_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfN0rOW-ttS6evaDdne8fTeAIzwm4Cwg_VBElULtr_q6nA5-LIWgjmSK_RfbKK-3V4xQ3vWESfHF6TEpcc81KdOOhvt0rh544hvLjwTlspm6_txPYYKdyLvk4jp6Ra-IEyAr7ELRHyJM4HBPbUnEFzO0J3Y2IhhkD3-xk4veuXhPJ884w898oR9vYt3Ds/w255-h255/393749733_10226515424766823_5548823368352808335_n.jpg" width="255" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonT9ZnvKb7CdDGchGZJz9URkpK8yBJARcbWx4yf7huVxt94GpIFrrKyRJ-SsRZK0kiEe4ZX2EDJ3saP7pX2_3fbgNf2_fbSn80gnpSm_MH94_ZjkwhaX1T6odS8Ku2AHNoW8b2A6QuKTAc_CejgrQ9f1LX0xTgTL5aFcWU1xeDJDalF5ljTYcdSwWZME/s480/ghorbal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="480" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonT9ZnvKb7CdDGchGZJz9URkpK8yBJARcbWx4yf7huVxt94GpIFrrKyRJ-SsRZK0kiEe4ZX2EDJ3saP7pX2_3fbgNf2_fbSn80gnpSm_MH94_ZjkwhaX1T6odS8Ku2AHNoW8b2A6QuKTAc_CejgrQ9f1LX0xTgTL5aFcWU1xeDJDalF5ljTYcdSwWZME/s320/ghorbal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It is an existential struggle as you know: we either allow
subjugation of people or we all achieve freedom and peace. As many of us
predicted before, these pains are the birth pains of a new era. It always
happens when empires collapse and new powers come to be. The US/Israeli Empire
is waning. The Western Roman Empire declined in the 5th century AD. Every
empire declines and the US decline is accelerating because both Democratic and
Republican parties are under the thumb of the Zionist lobby that puts racism
and greed first. Corruption is rampant at the highest levels (Netanyahu, Biden,
Trump). </span><span style="text-align: left;">Many are starting to realize
that and to realize that the repercussions of this allowed genocide is not just
local but regional and global. Israel/USA are destabilizing the whole world.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A new multipolar world is emerging and cannot be stopped.
Our task is to shape it so that it is more just. We the people of earth cannot
continue to let the greedy 0.1% control our lives. Only love of all humanity
and all nature that can work the miracles needed. So let us talk of that. While
our hearts go to all who lost loved ones we must thank the millions
who did not remain silent. Those who fought against Nakba denial. Those who
worked for human rights and justice. Those millions like Greta Thunberg who
understand the connection between climate justice, environmental justice, and
land justice. Thousands of organizations (Jewish Voice for Peace,
CodePink etc,) engaged in civil disobedience, in boycotts, divestments, and
sanctions. People of all faiths and no religious faith who mobilized and acted.
We thank you all. You are the love that conquers the fear and gives us hope of
a better humanity and a sustainable earth. Of course, it will not be easy and no
worthy cause is easy. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We must muster all our resources, all our will, all our
energy to stop this genocide, stop all wars, seriously tackle climate change,
reshape the failing world order to not allow any future silence on genocide,
remove the rampant capitalist/consumerist system that exploits people. We must
all stop being consumers of (mis)information and of products to become
engaged, compassionate, caring people. This is not easy for any of us. After
all, we are all fragile “human beings” and doubts and fears and the devil on
one shoulder keep nagging at us. Let me to give you a small example from
myself. If they want to be saved, they should sit with the resistance forces
(Hamas, Islamic Jihad etc), with Iran, Russia, Brazil, Venezuela, and China to
implement return of Palestinian refugees per UNGA194, democracy (right of
self-determination) and end apartheid and militarism locally and globally. They
must also address creating a truth and reconciliation committee and tribunals
to address war crimes and crimes against humanity.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
Twenty years ago in my book<a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/0/blog/post/edit/2771563516536608026/6060402380807575928" target="_blank"> "Sharing the Land of Canaan" </a> I
articulated what I consider the rational way to stop the onslaught on people
and nature in historic Palestine (now under the boot of Israel). I add the
quote from Howard Zinn related to hope which I used in that book to remind
myself: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"There is a tendency to think that what we see in the
present moment we will continue to see. We forget how often in this century we
have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions, by extraordinary
changes in people's thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion against
tyrannies, by the quick collapse of systems of power that seemed invincible. To
be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact
that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also compassion,
sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex
history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our
capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places -- and there
are so many -- where people behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to
act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a
different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to
wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of
presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of
all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">My mother agreed with this assessment in our last full conversation. She said to me she will not live to see the end of the tunnel but we will. I do see it but it is darkest before the dawn. May we all connect with nature and with our humanity. We will overcome someday and that some day could be in 2024 if we work together. For example by using BDS: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide&source=gmail&ust=1703916423946000&usg=AOvVaw1JqFBfg73Hjm7yyuhBU9fo" href="https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" target="_blank">https://bdsmovement.net/Act-<wbr></wbr>Now-Against-These-Companies-<wbr></wbr>Profiting-From-Genocide</a> </p><div>Our Institute (palestinenature.org) plans to redouble our efforts to serve people and nature in 2024: watch for our upcoming annual report, plans for our tenth year anniversary which we celebrate in June, and plans for the future (all coming in January). From our institute we wish each of you (friends, colleagues, donors, volunteers, activists) a productive, healthy, human-friendly, and eco-friendly 2024.</div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-78639958238844976282023-12-14T02:44:00.000-08:002023-12-14T03:05:39.450-08:00Christmas greetings <p>Christmas greetings from Bethlehem</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> We have been writing annual Christmas messages of peace, for human
rights, and relating sometimes what happened in the passing year for decades.
Since I returned to Bethlehem in 2008, these messages have been special. Since founding
the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) in 2014, we
also added greeting from PIBS. This year
writing seems tougher than ever considering the ongoing and unprecedented
genocide/holocaust occurring in Palestine. In the ten weeks before Christmas,
more than 20,000 civilians (>8000 of them children) were killed. 2.3 million
people were denied food, water and medicines while all means of life around
them was systematically targeted. Palestinians (Muslims and Christians) are
literally starving to death and dying from lack of medical care. 65% of Gaza
residential buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged. Israel also targeted
schools, hospitals, clinics, churches, mosques, bakeries, sewage and water
facilities, electrical, communication and other infrastructure.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5GMM_tjCHbIjLhNHeIefpuWhbe-VUUgeQ76zyuUezgtDmVGn-y9KsNquIQxRvwSK82ZI_Gblp4Bm1FYLqUVeCcX9DM9Zyg6RzBtpEz-gR_tIbxBRIieSLQ4QS739mpJbO5A6_aAszGXHGNI_CjRiMF_y6FB7yzGdlczOTxCUy1D6KaidjzKXI6frizU/s900/Rubble%20christmas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5GMM_tjCHbIjLhNHeIefpuWhbe-VUUgeQ76zyuUezgtDmVGn-y9KsNquIQxRvwSK82ZI_Gblp4Bm1FYLqUVeCcX9DM9Zyg6RzBtpEz-gR_tIbxBRIieSLQ4QS739mpJbO5A6_aAszGXHGNI_CjRiMF_y6FB7yzGdlczOTxCUy1D6KaidjzKXI6frizU/s320/Rubble%20christmas.jpg" width="256" /></a>Rubble Nativity scene in Lutheran Church, Bethlehem</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> We local Christians cannot “celebrate” or do decorations while
injustice persists. The Church of
Nativity during this season usually received hundreds of thousands of pilgrims.
Today it is shrouded in dark cloud. We can only pray and meditate on the need
for peace and justice in the birthplace of the prince of peace. We native
Christian Palestinians (the first Christians) reflect that some 2.5 billion
human beings believe in a message that originated with a Palestinian baby born
in a manger here. We reflect on the real message of Jesus of love and caring
for the oppressed and the suffering. The harsh reality on the ground reminds us
of our responsibility to shape a better future. Bethlehem is home to 260,000
Palestinian Christians and Muslims including over 60000 refugees. We natives
are limited to live in only 13 percent of our district while over 150000
colonial Jewish settlers live on stolen Palestinian lands of the
district. Bethlehem is besieged and blockaded. Bethlehem University like
other universities is mostly offering courses online due to the apartheid
system. Bethlehem is isolated from its urban twin city Jerusalem (5 miles away)
via an apartheid wall destroying the economy for Palestinians on both sides of
the wall. Israeli Jewish settlers and soldiers move freely and have taken over
most of our land and natural resources and regularly attack us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1muTJu76CWhoz_r-FiXkhTRP7FlpFejrSbvk3ciQ7b0imlfcgEImR5puJCzI206ud9vEbi19-RG5-IyOts6xf_grKIrfUVGtAmHa2cZGHDOAS_6F-MZJdB8weqXTGFnzNlJYS1iD_EfDaiRGU9WKz37If9KdqPOrNaHtEEkbAmXqJ5Z3tPUEyo85nCM/s600/christmas%2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1muTJu76CWhoz_r-FiXkhTRP7FlpFejrSbvk3ciQ7b0imlfcgEImR5puJCzI206ud9vEbi19-RG5-IyOts6xf_grKIrfUVGtAmHa2cZGHDOAS_6F-MZJdB8weqXTGFnzNlJYS1iD_EfDaiRGU9WKz37If9KdqPOrNaHtEEkbAmXqJ5Z3tPUEyo85nCM/s320/christmas%2022.jpg" width="320" /></a>Nativity Square 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLQ9BL3siQMAlsD0-9aLX6xoxK228yV-wbSR8vJM7wCgWZbiwCVFy4K_kQMOzrtn1ahUy4p-lD818gqVeAYd3Oi10hvEmsSNrofkvy3ZTULBOg9-wBIwvqsPGX6aLIzACtUvjczgVWukTOjTAxJVGyF8WkFRDNobvxr-zXeJ9_QFgMGkAUBv-eVZw5yM/s1600/christmas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLQ9BL3siQMAlsD0-9aLX6xoxK228yV-wbSR8vJM7wCgWZbiwCVFy4K_kQMOzrtn1ahUy4p-lD818gqVeAYd3Oi10hvEmsSNrofkvy3ZTULBOg9-wBIwvqsPGX6aLIzACtUvjczgVWukTOjTAxJVGyF8WkFRDNobvxr-zXeJ9_QFgMGkAUBv-eVZw5yM/s320/christmas.jpg" width="320" /></a>Nativity square 2023</div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Eight million of the 15 million Palestinians in the world are refugees
or displaced people thanks to a meticulous Western-backed program of ethnic cleansing.
The vast majority of Palestinians who remain are living in concentration camps
like Bethlehem, Jenin, and Gaza under a ruthless apartheid fascist Israeli
regime. Despite all of this, we are still hopeful because we take a long view
of history. Some 100,000 years ago humans migrated from Africa using Palestine
as the passageway to Western Asia and then the rest of the world. This is where
our ancestors first domesticated plants and animals (agriculture and pastoralism)
some 11 millennia ago. This allowed development of the earliest civilizations
(in the Fertile Crescent), the first writings and the first thoughts of
deities. Our Canaanite ancestors spoke a language we refer to now as proto-Aramaic.
From this language and its first alphabet came the Arabic, Syriac and Hebrew
languages and alphabets. Aramaic was the language of Jesus. Phoenician
Canaanites evolved the Latin alphabet delivered it to Europe and it
is the alphabet you are reading now. ‘A’ is from Aramaic Alleph (turn
upside down to be the symbol of the bull) and ‘b’ from Beit (house) turn to
side to see a domed house and so on.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">People lived in relative harmony here with nature and with each other
for thousands of years. Thankfully very few attempts to transform Palestine
from a mixed society of various religions and backgrounds to make it
monolithic. The latest such foolish attempt was to transform Palestine into a
“Jewish state” (apartheid and ethnocentric chauvinistic state), a state that is
failing though with significant bloodshed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">As we reflect this Christmas from Bethlehem, we aspire to a certain
future when refugees<br />
are allowed to return and all people of all religions live in equality and
justice. Jerusalem/Bethlehem will then become a true light unto the world. We
are grateful that there has been tremendous growth of actions by civil society
around the world to push for human rights and justice in this “Holy Land”. This
has included some significant actions for boycotts divestments and sanctions
(BDS) from Israel in the same way we did with Apartheid South Africa.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">So this Christmas we remember what Jesus said: “Blessed are they that
mourn for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit
the earth. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they
shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see
God. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed
are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven” (Luke 6). So think of us Palestinians as you think of Christmas <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">and do boycott products that aid the occupation/oppression, see <a href="http://bdsmovement.net">bdsmovement.net</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">History teaches us that injustice cannot last long especially when so
many people join the struggle. We in this land will continue to struggle and
yearn for freedom. We at at PIBS, Bethlehem University ask for your prayers and
for your support (time and money) which helps us expand our work with thousands
of Palestinians especially from marginalized communities (see
palestinenature.org). And do come visit us or at least email us/stay in touch. Such are the best of of Christmas gifts.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">May 2024 bring us closer to peace with justice.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjPueVy5O-lc-8flAeTFR_fuqFe18ffuLpj71KluM5Tzgigl0y-utamVFasYbnJ2HVBjsi81JxHgxT-skPLpF4ZHryUaUgUIGx1BksrreyIHw78hxLE81brfFF2iPNBdWQhb4zyvgjgRQXwj5Tjsp4sBzvTAZ3hUjXlHcjS8dHwZ26UEn66genIKKqwI/s1920/free-palestine-the-boy-stand-with-flag-illustration-background-pray-for-palestine-flag-wallpaper-flyer-banner-t-shirt-post-illustration-free-vector.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjPueVy5O-lc-8flAeTFR_fuqFe18ffuLpj71KluM5Tzgigl0y-utamVFasYbnJ2HVBjsi81JxHgxT-skPLpF4ZHryUaUgUIGx1BksrreyIHw78hxLE81brfFF2iPNBdWQhb4zyvgjgRQXwj5Tjsp4sBzvTAZ3hUjXlHcjS8dHwZ26UEn66genIKKqwI/s320/free-palestine-the-boy-stand-with-flag-illustration-background-pray-for-palestine-flag-wallpaper-flyer-banner-t-shirt-post-illustration-free-vector.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9BDKHNQ2-NmsQuPLow-P2e1PaURSzeRoKr4SwnyGtoYioBP83PUd1vINeYZHGWTouZhDkaYY_fYsIkXd7yD7z05EvfnVTFlXdtQXuzdoxmLgvIO3LJ08QgM98d_xAJDMpqpdv_lQIsAMUY_4vd22nFHiYEbYXGLid7-bt8xRVm6dJFrxDfSurmPSOgg/s527/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9BDKHNQ2-NmsQuPLow-P2e1PaURSzeRoKr4SwnyGtoYioBP83PUd1vINeYZHGWTouZhDkaYY_fYsIkXd7yD7z05EvfnVTFlXdtQXuzdoxmLgvIO3LJ08QgM98d_xAJDMpqpdv_lQIsAMUY_4vd22nFHiYEbYXGLid7-bt8xRVm6dJFrxDfSurmPSOgg/s320/unnamed.png" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Mazin Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04350895520340099984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-75277017525967545722023-12-01T05:20:00.000-08:002023-12-15T07:12:25.948-08:00Assault on Education<p> (<b>Below this section is a statement from Palestinian Higher Education Institutions)</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoSe9xl2JQFd2OFg1doHQ1yXD3fOsX4TXwAnJsb4EH_1xTtzOzznTlIDF8THl6vUa3UEwB9KjGHX3LqxxQ00xJSboneDCuQP4P2hxsDbXZEN9xLn4r_rA9yHhhCTeD25ByJ1abrk0ewpNuwICBLOf5PuSjkuzty4mZOuGwnR7vUATnH8A_SH4TC92QAc/s603/al-azhar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="603" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoSe9xl2JQFd2OFg1doHQ1yXD3fOsX4TXwAnJsb4EH_1xTtzOzznTlIDF8THl6vUa3UEwB9KjGHX3LqxxQ00xJSboneDCuQP4P2hxsDbXZEN9xLn4r_rA9yHhhCTeD25ByJ1abrk0ewpNuwICBLOf5PuSjkuzty4mZOuGwnR7vUATnH8A_SH4TC92QAc/s320/al-azhar.jpg" width="320" /></a>Al-Azhar University before and after</div><br />Over 56 days, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) denied water, food, electricity and fuel to 2.3 million Gaza residents. The IOF killed over 14500 civilians (72% women and children) and injured over 27,000 in 40 days since 7 October 2023 (see updates from the UN at <a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/updates">https://www.ochaopt.org/updates</a> This is not counting over 4000 estimated missing/under the rubble. Over 50% of buildings in Gaza were destroyed and medical facilities ran out of medical supplies and have no power. Hundreds of families were wiped out. 1.5 million Palestinians were forced to move though no place has been saved the vengeful bombing campaign. In the occupied West Bank (including East Jerusalem), educational institutions are under attack. The ghettos that we Palestinians are squeezed in were sealed off on 7 October 2023. Thus, most our students are not able to get to their classes in any of the 34 HE institutions in the West Bank and education when possible is done online for some of the 138,800 students of HE. Further every one of the HE institutions in the West Bank has had some of their students arbitrarily arrested and detained without trials in so-called “administrative detention” where they are abused.
The situation in Gaza is far worse. The occupation forces onslaught on Gaza closed 19 HE institutions in Gaza denying 88,000 students the right to education completely. 219 educational institutions were destroyed and that includes destruction of 12 buildings in three universities in Gaza: Al-Azhar University, AlQuds Open University, and the Islamic University. According to the Ministry of Higher Education and Research as of 5 November and over 5 weeks of indiscriminate bombing, 446 academics (432 students and 14 staff/faculty) were killed. Many more were killed after 5 November. <span id="docs-internal-guid-f6d3fe02-7fff-df4f-b920-5b8eecf3768a"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The president of the Islamic University of Gaza Prof. Sufian Tayeh and his family were killed in Israeli bombing in North Gaza (Jabalya) today 2 December 2023. </span></span>On 12 November 2023, Professor Mohammad Eid Shubair, his wife Rehab, their daughter-in-law Najat Ayoub Alhelo, and their eldest son, Muhammad Malik Shubair in an Israeli airstrike on their home in the vicinity of the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Thousands of academics are injured and most are unable to receive treatments with open wounds due to the collapse of the health care system. 555 students from the Gaza strip were unable to take up scholarships they had to attend HE abroad. Over 5000 Gazan students are abroad and suffering due to inability to contact or receive support from their families.<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivs-GctrqsSkBe4PWfehCBTBZTVg6eh3lsViih7hUQyIv01S7sM8UxUwPMqNdnH5yy5MMwQPGLz6YJo5HMBoUPzKXVEE-eEhlnbZ9Hwsj8k_b0krMR5lTbvKnTJi270GJ372zkKUqxMRIsX8et9EJBeMZ8LEp8e9ghr8sqtS6ZrE4q7Evuadouq8dJibM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="725" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivs-GctrqsSkBe4PWfehCBTBZTVg6eh3lsViih7hUQyIv01S7sM8UxUwPMqNdnH5yy5MMwQPGLz6YJo5HMBoUPzKXVEE-eEhlnbZ9Hwsj8k_b0krMR5lTbvKnTJi270GJ372zkKUqxMRIsX8et9EJBeMZ8LEp8e9ghr8sqtS6ZrE4q7Evuadouq8dJibM" width="320" /></a></div>These violations of HE in the occupied Palestinian territories are violations of the Fourth Geneva Conventions pertaining to protection of civilians. They are also contrary to the Lahai treaty of 1907 (article 3) which prohibit attacks at public buildings including those dedicated to worship, education, art etc. Collective punishment is contrary to international law. Human rights organization and the UN have described the situation as war crimes and crimes against humanity. These are basic violations of International law and considered war crimes and crimes against humanity (see also <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/demand-a-ceasefire-by-all-parties-to-end-civilian-suffering/">https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/demand-a-ceasefire-by-all-parties-to-end-civilian-suffering/</a>) <br /><br />For more background on Gaza see <a href="http://ongaza.org/">http://ongaza.org</a> <br /><br />We urge you to act as follows in compliance with local and international law in your country: <br /><br />1) Insist that students, faculty, and staff at all institutions of higher education globally are protected from harassment especially as they demonstrate and speak out for human rights and against the apartheid system, against colonialism, and against ongoing genocide. Israeli university leaders have supported their extreme right wing government in comiitting the crimes and went further by curtailing academic freedom, dismissing dozens of students who expressed solidarity with Gaza civilians and even fired or harassed faculty who spoke out. Students and faculty at Israeli and Western Universities should be ensured a safe atmosphere to express their opinion including in advocating for boycotts, divestments, and sanctions (BDS) like we did during apartheid era in South Africa. Opposition to Israel and racist Zionist ideas should not be defamed by being labeled anti-Semitism of “Jewish self-hatred). In fact at most universities, leaders of the Palestine Solidarity groups have been Jews of conscience. <br /><br />2) Write to your government and to the Israeli government demanding an end to the persecution of universities both in the West Bank and in Gaza. Freedom of movement and freedom of education must be respected per international law. Attacks on universities, their students, faculty and staff must cease. There should not be collective punishment of our educational system.<div><br /></div><div>3) When these hostilities subside, we will need significant technical and financial support to repair and rebuild the HE system and we could use your support<div>=====================<div><div class="WordSection1"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A call from Palestinian Higher Education institutions </b></div></b></div><div class="WordSection1"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Do not be Silent during Israel’s Unfolding Genocide</b></div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right: 8.35pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">We,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">undersigned</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestinian</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">higher</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">education</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">institutions</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">occupied</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestine</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">unite</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">call</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">for</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">justice,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">humanity, </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">an</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">end</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>75<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">years</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israel’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">regime</span>
of<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> <span style="color: #1154cc;"><a href="https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/20931.html"><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">settler-colonial</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">oppression</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">apartheid</span></a></span></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">. </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">We</span><span style="color: black;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">stand</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">resolute, </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">determined</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">stop</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">overcome</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span>the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">relentless</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">brutality</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> that</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">has</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">deeply</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">scarred</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
</span>our<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">homeland</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">during</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">ongoing</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israeli</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">bombings</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Gaza</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">military-settler</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">attacks</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">our</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">people,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">our</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">homes, </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">our</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">institutions</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">across</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">all</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">occupied Palestine.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right: 8.35pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israel's</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">indiscriminate</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">bombardment</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">our</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>2.3
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">million</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Palestinian</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">civilians</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">occupied</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Gaza</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Strip,
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">which</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">has</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">been
besieged</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israel</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">for</span>
the<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">past</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>16<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">years,
coupled</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">its</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">ban</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">on</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">entry</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">water,
food, medicine</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">fuel,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">caused</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">immeasurable</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">suffering,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-2.pdf"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">with</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">thousands</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> of</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">lives</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">lost,</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span></a></span></span><span style="color: black;">one<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">third</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">whom</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> children.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right: 8.35pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israel’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">deliberate</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">targeting</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">entire</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">neighborhoods,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://press.un.org/en/2023/gashc4386.doc.htm"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">hospitals</span></a></span></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142432"><span style="color: blue;">schools</span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-24"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">UN</span></a></span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-24"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">shelters</span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, and</span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20231012162739531"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">universities</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">constitutes</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black;">a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">grave</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">violation</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">international</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>law. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">As</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">25</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">October,</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">According</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-19"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">UNOCHA</span></a></span></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, Israeli</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">bombardment</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">has</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">struck</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">219</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">educational</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">facilities,
including</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">at</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">least
</span><span style="color: black;">29<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">UNRWA</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">
schools.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 107%; margin-right: 8.35pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Moreover,
under</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">international</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">humanitarian</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>law,<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">‘civilian</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">objects’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">such</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">educational</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">sites</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">cannot</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">be</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">targeted</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">for</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">attack.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">The</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Islamic</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">University</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Gaza</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">was</span>
<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/video/watch-israel-strikes-the-islamic-university-of-gaza/B95C1AD3-C6D8-45CE-B5C7-0AE5B9C31EEF.html"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">attacked</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">along</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://palast.ps/en/news/war-gaza-targeting-civilians-including-school-and-university-students-and-members"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Al-Azhar</span><span style="color: blue;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">University</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span></span></a></span><span style="color: black;">and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://www.mohe.pna.ps/news?p=articles&amp;news=8957&amp;title=439-%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86.aspx"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">other</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Universities</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span></a></span><span style="color: black;">by<span style="letter-spacing: 3.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israeli</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">airstrikes. </span></span>In<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">view </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">continuing</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">escalating</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">occupation</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">violations</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">West</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Bank, and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">due</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">fear</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>of
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israeli</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">settlers’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">assaults</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">more</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">restrictions</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestinians</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">movement</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">most</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Palestinian</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Universities
switched</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">distance</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">education</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">starting</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>9<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>October.<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">universities</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Gaza</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Strip,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">however,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.mohe.pna.ps/news?p=articles&amp;news=8957&amp;title=439-%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86.aspx"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">have</span></a></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.mohe.pna.ps/news?p=articles&amp;news=8957&amp;title=439-%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86.aspx"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">been</span><span style="color: blue;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">totally</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">
</span>paralyzed</span></a></span><span style="color: black;">,<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">result</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">no</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">electricity, </span>no<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">stable</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">internet</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">connection</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">priority</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>of all<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">staff</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">members</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">students</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to </span>care for<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">survival.</span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 107%; margin-right: 8.35pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">The</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">cumulative</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">effect</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">bombardment</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">resulted</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">massive</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">ongoing</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">killing</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">people</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">many</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">
</span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">whom</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">
students, faculty</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">staff.
</span>It<span style="letter-spacing: 3.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">also</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-reported-impact-day-30"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">caused</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">displacement,</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">destruction, </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">imperiling</span></a></span></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, even</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">possibility</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: black;">of </span>access <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">education</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">for</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">generations</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Gazan</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">children</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">students</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">into</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">indefinite</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">future. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israel</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">is</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">waging</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">genocidal</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">war</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">on</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">our</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">people, </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">as</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">described</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> <span style="color: #1154cc;"><a href="https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/21898.html"><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">leading</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #1154cc;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/21898.html"><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestinian</span><span style="color: #1154cc;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">human</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">rights</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">organizations</span></span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, </span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><a href="https://twailr.com/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potential-genocide-in-gaza/"><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">more</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> than</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
</span><span style="color: #1154cc;">800</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1154cc;">international</span></a></span><span style="color: #1154cc;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://twailr.com/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potential-genocide-in-gaza/"><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">scholars</span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, the</span><span style="color: black;">
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">US-based</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><a href="https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/10/Israels-Unfolding-Crime_ww.pdf"><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Center</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">for</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Constitutional</span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1154cc; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Rights</span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, </span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><a href="https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/urgent-tell-congress-to-stop-fueling-violence/"><span style="color: #006fc0;">Jewish</span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #006fc0;">civil</span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #006fc0;">society</span></a></span><span style="color: #006fc0;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/urgent-tell-congress-to-stop-fueling-violence/"><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">groups</span></a><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, <a href="https://t.co/uUA0cMXlkG"><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Holocaust</span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">and</span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: 0pt;">
</span><span style="color: #006fc0;">genocide</span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #006fc0;">studies</span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #006fc0;">scholars</span><span style="color: #006fc0; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span></a></span></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">others</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">who</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">have</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: black;">by<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span>now<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">warned</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">an</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">imminent</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">genocide</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">against</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Palestinian</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">population</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Gaza.</span></span></p></div><div class="WordSection2">
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right: 6.3pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">While</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israeli</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">army </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">committing</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">several</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">crimes</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">against</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Palestinians</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">fall</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">within</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">purview </span>of "<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-as-israeli-attacks-wipe-out-entire-families-in-gaza/"><span style="color: blue;">war <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">crimes</span></span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">,"</span><span style="color: black;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">"genocide,"</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">"</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">apartheid</span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">”, </span><span style="color: black;">to<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">name</span>
a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">few,
we</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">reiterate</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">crucial</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">place</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">these</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">measures</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">within</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">wider</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">framework</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">occupation</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestine</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">blockade</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Gaza.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">As</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestinian</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">national</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">political</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">rights</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">denied, </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">including</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">right</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">exist,
resist, return, and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">most</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">importantly</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">right</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">self-determination.</span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right: 6.3pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">The</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">United</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Nations</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">General</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Assembly</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">(UNGA)</span>
has<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">explicitly</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">affirmed</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">right</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Palestinians</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">resist</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Israel’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">military</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">occupation,
in</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">harmony</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">international</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">law. This</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">right</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">was</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">affirmed</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">context</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">right</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>self-<span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">determination</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">all</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">peoples</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">under</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">foreign</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">colonial</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">rule. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Some</span> of the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">most</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">relevant</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">UN
resolutions</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">on</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">this</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">matter</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">include</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/instree/GAres3314.html#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DAggression%20is%20the%20use%20of%2Cset%20out%20in%20this%20Definition"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">UNGA </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Resolution</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">3314</span></a></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/instree/GAres3314.html#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DAggression%20is%20the%20use%20of%2Cset%20out%20in%20this%20Definition"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">(1974)</span><span style="color: blue;">
</span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/40572?ln=en"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">UNGA </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Resolution</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">37/43</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">(1982</span></a></span><span style="color: #353535; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">).</span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right: 6.3pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">We</span> also<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">hold</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Israeli</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">universities</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">responsible,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>they<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>have <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">been</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">indispensable</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">regime</span> of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">settler</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">colonial</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">oppression</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">apartheid,</span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://bdsmovement.net/files/2011/02/EOO23-24-Web.pdf"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">complicit</span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">in<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">grave</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">violations</span>
of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">human</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">rights</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span></span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">including</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://bdsmovement.net/news/academia-weapons-and-occupation-how-tel-aviv-university-serves-interests-israeli-military-and"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">developing</span></a></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://bdsmovement.net/news/academia-weapons-and-occupation-how-tel-aviv-university-serves-interests-israeli-military-and"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">weaponry,</span><span style="color: blue;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">military</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">doctrines</span></span></a></span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, and</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">legal</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">justification</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">for</span><span style="color: black;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">indiscriminate,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">mass</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">targeting</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestinians.</span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right: 6.3pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="text-align: justify;">In</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify;">light</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">the</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">latest</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify;">assault</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">on</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">Gaza, we</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> call</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">upon</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">international</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">academic</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">institutions</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">take</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify;">the</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">following</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">concrete</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">actions</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">immediately</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">end</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">genocidal</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">war</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">Israeli</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: justify;">settler</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify;">colonialism.</span></p>1. Call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, guaranteed by the UN<br />2. Urge immediate entry into Gaza of sufficient amounts of life-saving humanitarian needs (incl. water, food, fuel, medicine), equitably distributed throughout the whole territory of Gaza Strip.<br />3. Demand UN protection for the 2.3 million Palestinian civilians trapped under siege in Gaza<br />4. Issue clear positions rejecting any ethnic cleansing<br />5. To support in dismantling the settler colonial and apartheid system and to achieve and a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace.</div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 95.0pt; margin-right: 79.35pt; margin-top: 2.65pt; margin: 2.65pt 79.35pt 0cm 95pt; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; punctuation-wrap: simple; tab-stops: 95.05pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .55pt; margin: 0.55pt 0cm 0cm; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .55pt; margin: 0.55pt 0cm 0cm; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">We</span>
urge <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">international</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">academic</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">community</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">fulfill</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">its</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">intellectual</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">academic</span>
duty<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">seek</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">truth</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">hold</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">perpetrators</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">genocide</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">accountable.
Israeli</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">universities, </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">complicit</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">human</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">rights</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">violations,
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">should</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>face <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">international</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">isolation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-line-break-override: restrictions; punctuation-wrap: simple;"><o:p>In<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">unity</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">unwavering</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">determination, </span></o:p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">we</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">declare</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">justice</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">will</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">prevail. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">We</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">will</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">not</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">be</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">silence;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">we</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">will</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">resist,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> remember, </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">record. The</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">world</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">must</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">recognize</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Zionism</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"> </span>for <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">what</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">it</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">is:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">genocidal</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">settler</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">project</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">built</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">false</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">mythology</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">sustained</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">through</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">perpetual</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">violence</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">against</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Indigenous</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Palestinians.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAierziR7C3JtS5eU1buT9MZhc_jT8esZJwWWP2aCEtmqIS6NiCLLgzIfJP8iMhXt8znWoq-_aoEmdinEY79grSX16EQL_bxDbZaRkES6KZ3IQHkMsSGVGA6t10F9Z0q_418xnRON9zbBkQBtki6iwPZ78_dK65rQa0856tvZr7UI-ncQWBNqY4N9vtQo/s1280/universities.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1280" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAierziR7C3JtS5eU1buT9MZhc_jT8esZJwWWP2aCEtmqIS6NiCLLgzIfJP8iMhXt8znWoq-_aoEmdinEY79grSX16EQL_bxDbZaRkES6KZ3IQHkMsSGVGA6t10F9Z0q_418xnRON9zbBkQBtki6iwPZ78_dK65rQa0856tvZr7UI-ncQWBNqY4N9vtQo/w600-h336/universities.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<br /></div></div></div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-90235316254930821902023-11-18T03:32:00.000-08:002023-12-05T12:16:32.318-08:00Israel lobby in USA<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">By Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">AIPAC (<a href="https://www.aipac.org/">https://www.aipac.org/</a> ) has mobilized its vast
resources to attack the few voices in Congress that piut US interests ahead of
Israeli Interests (see for example <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/11/israel-ads-attack-rashida-tlaib-us-politicians">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/11/israel-ads-attack-rashida-tlaib-us-politicians</a>).
So what is AIPAC and how was it founded and why? There is another and a bit
more moderate pro-Israel lobby called J Street (<a href="https://jstreet.org/">https://jstreet.org/</a> ). I will
not cover the differences here (they both do not support a ceasefire while 120
countries do). There are also hundreds of pro-Israel organizations spending
hundreds of millions to ensure the media and the officials walk lockstep with the
Israeli government (e.g. Canary Mission, Zionist Organization of America,
Anti-Defamation League etc). Here I will focus on the successful efforts of the
lobby on shaping US foreign policy so that it is pro-Israel (which means pro-colonization,
pro-apartheid, and now pro genocide see ongaza.org). Similar articles can be written about the Zionist lobby in other "western" countries like UK, France, and Australia but here I focus on the US where I lived and worked for almost three decades before I returned to Palestine in 2008.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNa3H_4rHGmGzZuYGOxXHiNh5jaQaGqizw1D8ZeKIv7JokMi6i2j8kukyWgiUffjtPbhAwsXD3DX14wtgzs5EBRjJ45iL9VVAxQF0r6SWSSoGtGWoWoZPzLbx6xbmfNlzq46ibIuIhJdZErcvFqhmbZ6Rg5wVCXFqVJvkjY051WCiaoVK4L-D440SQMnE/s264/wash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="264" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNa3H_4rHGmGzZuYGOxXHiNh5jaQaGqizw1D8ZeKIv7JokMi6i2j8kukyWgiUffjtPbhAwsXD3DX14wtgzs5EBRjJ45iL9VVAxQF0r6SWSSoGtGWoWoZPzLbx6xbmfNlzq46ibIuIhJdZErcvFqhmbZ6Rg5wVCXFqVJvkjY051WCiaoVK4L-D440SQMnE/w443-h321/wash.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">First a short element of history from my book “Sharing
the land of Canaan”:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The events leading up to the early support of Britain, France
and the US for Zionist colonization received little historical
discussion. … This came in France first with a letter sent from Jules
Cambon, Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry to Nahum Sokolow (at
the time head of the political wing of the World Zionist Organization based in
London) dated June 4, 1917: “You were kind enough to inform me of your project
regarding the expansion of the Jewish colonization of Palestine. You
expressed to me that, if the circumstances were allowing for that, and if on
another hand, the independency of the holy sites was guaranteed, it would then
be a work of justice and retribution for the allied forces to help the
renaissance of the Jewish nationality on the land from which the Jewish people
was exiled so many centuries ago. … I am happy to give you herewith such
assurance.” Some five months later, on November 2, 1917, the British Foreign
Secretary Arthur James Balfour conveyed to Lord Rothschild a similar
declaration of sympathy with Zionist aspirations. It stated that: “His
Majesty's Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a
national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to
facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that
nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of
existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political
status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”… Lord Balfour wrote in a private
memorandum sent to Lord Curzon, his successor at the Foreign Office (Curzon
initially opposed Zionism) on 11 August 1919: “For in Palestine we do not
propose to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present
inhabitants ... The four great powers are committed to Zionism and Zionism, be
it right or wrong, good or bad, is rooted in age-long tradition, in present
needs, in future hopes, of far profounder import than the desires and
prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land”….. As
historians do, there is much argument about the factors and their relative
importance that led to the decisions made by the governments in
question. Much is now written about how the US entered the war and
the possible role of influential corporate interests and US Zionists in
bringing the US media and government to support the war efforts. “<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The correspondence of Weismann with Louis Brandeis (a
Zionist and a friend of US president Woodrow Wilson) showed the machinations of
a global movement that lobbied for US entry into WWI, and secured the
tripartite (Britain, France, US) support of the Zionist project even against
the wishes of many other Jews who opposed this (see <a href="https://tinyurl.com/firstzionists">https://tinyurl.com/firstzionists</a>;
Halperin, 1986; Wier 2014).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President Eisenhauer in 1956 stood against the
British/French./Israeli occupation og Gaza and the Snai., The very next year
(1957), the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was formed to ensure US
Continued foreign policy alignment with the Zionist project. President John F.
Kennedy tried to make AIPAC comply with US law and register as a foreign lobby.
He alos tried to stop Israel’s development (with French help) of nuclear
weapons (see https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/kennedy-dimona-and-the-nuclear-proliferation-problem-1961-1962).
He was assassinated. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Admiral Thomas Moorer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
wrote in this regard: "I've never seen a president --I don't care who he
is-- stand up to them [the Israelis]. It just boggles your
mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what's going
on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything
down. If the American people understood what grip those people have on our
government, they would rise up in arms. Our citizens don't have any idea what
goes on." (Hurley 1999) In a similar vein, Senator William
Fulbright wrote: "For many years I have felt that the situation in the Middle
East was very nearly hopeless. The fundamental problem for us is
that we have lost our freedom of action in the Middle East and are committed to
policies that promote neither our own national interest nor the cause of
peace. AIPAC (the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee) and its
allied organizations have effective working control of the electoral
process. They can elect or defeat nearly any congressman or senator
that they wish, with their money and coordinated organization" (Fullbright
1989).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> A<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span>document sent by American Zionists
to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in 1996 was titled "A Clean Break: A
New Strategy for Securing the Realm" (<a href="https://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Articles/Story1351.html">https://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Articles/Story1351.html</a>
). The realm is the Israeli one in the Middle East. They
called for regime change in Iraq led by the US followed by acts directed at
Iran and Syria and they spoke of "alliances" with Turkey and
India. Chaired by Richard Perle, chief architect of the most recent
US war on Iraq, this group included James Colbert (from the "Jewish
Institute for National Security Affairs"), Paul Wolfowitz (now Assistant
Defense Secretary), David Wurmser, and William Kristol. Another
project of these "neoconservatives" who are so powerful in Washington
is the so-called "Project for a New American Century" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century</a>
). Common denominators characterize these and similar plans: all
written by neoconservative ideologues who either worked for or still work on
behalf of Israeli and/or corporate interests, all predate 11 September 2001,
and all call for reshaping the Middle East to enhance Israel's security by
claiming aligned US and Israeli interests. Interestingly the original websites for
both projects were removed perhaps because they did become US policy and there
was no more need for them by their founders.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A number of scholars and those targeted by the lobby did
detailed studies exposing its influence in US Foreign Policy (Findley 1985;
Mearsheimer and Walt 2006, 2007). The Israeli lobby is rated as among the top 5
most powerful lobbies in DC overall, it would be a legitimate question to ask
what this lobby was doing in the months and years leading up to the Iraq war
and what (if any) influence does it have. I think even a cursory
review of the articles written in newspapers or “studies” done by think tanks
would be sufficient to answer that question. Israeli apologists in these
influential think tanks and in major editorial and columnist positions in
mainstream media pushed for the war (Mearsheimer and Walt 2007). But
there were few Israeli apologists who either stayed silent on the war or even
opposed it. This latter group became active in the anti-war movement
but wanted to make sure that there is no linkage between Iraq and Palestine. They
reacted vociferously and sometimes violently when writers brought up the role
of the Israeli lobby and its extensions in pushing for the war on Iraq.<br />
<br />
There are attempts to hide the evolution and increasing strength of this lobby
in the US (and before that in British imperial designs in the Middle East). So
let us review a few example of how this lobby operated over the years and even
challenged imperial interests on some occasions.<br />
<br />
1) In 1930 after career British diplomats issued a governmental backed white
paper suggesting tying Jewish immigration to Palestine to Palestinian economic
interests not just the Yishuv capacity, all hell broke
lose. Weissman and other British Zionist mobilized their forces en
masse and the effort succeeded in reversing this policy quickly (well discussed
in Tom Segev’s excellent book on this period).<br />
<br />
2) When there was strong sentiment in the US to help European Jews
fleeing Nazi Germany, the Zionist lobby both in Britain and the US lobbied to
limit Jewish immigration to the west and keep the door open only for one
destination: Palestine (Giladi 2006; Brenner 2010) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br />
3) When the State Department, the Pentagon, and all major career diplomats in
the US stood against support for establishment of Israel, President Truman
explained his decision to his cabinet (privately) very clearly as relating to
the lobby and voting adding that “I have no Arab constituency” (Truman papers
and many history books). The US went on to twist the arms of other
countries to support partition and imposing of a Jewish state on Palestine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br />
4) When Israeli forces attacked the USS Liberty in International waters in
1967, the white house aided by Congress pushed the Navy to hide the
facts. Senior Navy officers (and all survivors of the attack) were
angry but could do nothing in the face of a consorted media silencing
campaign. Even in 2003 when new evidence emerged little is reported
on it (see http://www.ussliberty.org/)<br />
<br />
5) When George Bush 41 received a barrage of media questions in a Press
conference in 1991 (after Baker earned the ire of the lobby by suggesting
linking expending in growing settlements with foreign aid), Bush uttered his
famous line“I am only this little guy in the white house …. there are these
thousands on Capital Hill…” so much for the grand leader of the
Military/Industrial complex. Bush and Baker backed down and building
went on to increase the number of colonists/settlers on occupied
Palestinian areas from <200,000 in 1991 to over 450,000 in 2000. This was
the main reason for collapse of the peace process and increased resentment and
anger in the world.<br />
<br />
6) President Clinton brought to high office people who were previously employed
by the various Israeli lobby groups. Dennis Ross who worked for WIMEP then
appointed as US Envoy to the Middle East and then returned to work for WINEP .
Martin Indyk worked for AIPAC and to my knowledge is the only lobbyist for a
foreign country ever appointed ambassador to that same foreign
country. These folks and many others made clear their interest in
merging US policy and Israeli policy. Thus it was not surprising
that Clinton issued assurances saying that if the Camp David meetings fail, no
one will be faulted. But even as negotiations continued in Taba,
Ross, Clinton, and Indyk blamed Arafat. The Clinton administration under
influence of these lobbyists continued to support aggressive policy in Iraq and
tried valiantly to thwart the International community (and US businesses) who
pushed for letting go of the sanctions that were killing 6000 children every
month.<br />
<br />
7) When GWB 43 appointed people like Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney, Douglas
Feith, and Richard Perle to high offices, there was no questioning the
affiliation of those folks to the Zionist lobby. Cheney was for
example in the board of the so-called “Jewish Institute for National Security
Affairs” (JINSA). Perle and Wolfowitz were active in Zionist think
tanks like the American Enterprise Institute. Those are the folks
who pushed for war on Iraq and their paper records show their rationing
includes supporting Israel.<br />
<br />
Most of the time Israeli/Zionist interests and interests of weapons/oil
companies are completely divergent See <a href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/">http://www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/</a>
In fact many argue that without the lobby, there would not be support for
Israeli colonization nor for an illegal and illegitimate war on Iraq and
certainly not from companies that are suffering because of this close
relationship. Israel in fact is now directly competing with US
Weapons manufacturers in exporting high tech weapons (most of it made possible
by US transfer of military technology and money to Israel). Congress
and the White House frequently have had to interfere to protect Israel from any
repercussions by its violations of US and international laws regarding
proliferation, arms export, use of arms against civilians etc.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV82ebInDFPgBm69lDBZgWKEIW9KuQ3xVzLkzFpHQkbTjWbtmncUk7rGjW2KttWwRDT8-_X4Rdl_vS9NhVLMbDSpax1D3CFMVHQ3eQoVSg1qLonkmM34K-GtSVJewKzI7drtuChZKNTM3TcydrnGsC5F8u3kuYNKV2_7mpiaMpwyIZSWE_mn3nY2H4j8Y/s1200/ChnWrr2XEAAbK8I.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1200" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV82ebInDFPgBm69lDBZgWKEIW9KuQ3xVzLkzFpHQkbTjWbtmncUk7rGjW2KttWwRDT8-_X4Rdl_vS9NhVLMbDSpax1D3CFMVHQ3eQoVSg1qLonkmM34K-GtSVJewKzI7drtuChZKNTM3TcydrnGsC5F8u3kuYNKV2_7mpiaMpwyIZSWE_mn3nY2H4j8Y/w387-h262/ChnWrr2XEAAbK8I.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">There were rare times when the lobby was not as powerful in pushing the myth of
equivalency of US and Israeli interests. In 1956, President
Eisenhower listened to career diplomats and US elites, and pressed for Israeli
withdrawal from the Gaza and Sinai despite rumblings from Congress (itself
influenced by the lobby). But any such minor resistance vanished after 1967
when the lobby pushed the idea that US weapons in Israeli hands are keeping the
Soviets/Communism out of the Middle East (a lie because communism could never
get a hold in Arab society). Now do not misunderstand anything I
said. It is misleading to say that Israel rules US foreign
policy. But it would be even more misleading to ignore the central
role of this lobby in shaping US foreign policy in the Middle East and in
building support by various means. Nor would it be fair to ignore
the PR aimed at exaggerating the “strategic use” argument to outright
misinformation about threats and responses to promoting a particular and false
view of Christianity (“Christian Zionism”). For those of us
interested in freedom and equality (i.e. human rights), it is simply not correct
to try to ignore history and facts and accept the language of our
oppressor. It is playing into both Zionist and Imperial hands by
accepting their claim that the reason for support of Israel (and for the war on
Iraq) is a “strategic relationship” directed to serving only US elite interests
(oil, military, and other corporate interests). <br />
<br />
The hypocrisy in US foreign policy is now visible to most people around the
world and even here in the US with a self-censoring media it is hard to avoid
it. Take this simple Israel has WMD, has violated 65 UN Security
Council Resolutions and was shielded from 35 others by a US Veto (because of
the strong lobby), discriminates against people based on religion and the US
supports it. Iraq violated very few UN SC resolutions by invading
Kuwait and the US bombed Iraq to a pre-industrial age (destroying water
purification, sewage, electrical, transportation and other critical
facilities), subjected it to sanctions (even after the withdrawal from Kuwait)
that killed over 1 million civilians, and then bombed and occupied Iraq
intending to build 14 permanent military basis in Iraq and installing a new
Israel-friendly regime!! Is it any wonder that people ask why we have such
hypocrisy and question the given answers formulated in Tel
Aviv. After all, Iraq will continue to be a magnet of resistance
fighters pouring in from other Arab and Islamic countries as long as Israel is
supported in its continued ethnic cleansing of Palestinians (i.e. As long as
this hypocrisy is evident).<br />
<br />
Some democrats believe the attack on Iraq was for corporate
profits. Some republicans believe it was WMD, defeating terrorism,
and most lately bringing “democracy” and freedom. Many US TV and
newspapers consider a discussion outside this permissible duality as
taboo. But people are getting facts about the Israeli lobby from
international media, books, and most importantly the Internet. This
explains why an increasing number of democrats, republicans, greens, and
independents in the US asking some serious questions that go beyond this
duality that misses so much. More people are realizing that without
explaining the role of the Israeli lobby in pushing for this war, the story
would be very incomplete at best and misleading at worse. <br />
<br />
Many are also finally seeing the light and leaving that destructive
work. Thousands of Jews are now openly speaking about the
destructive power of the lobby and they led the demonstration and civil disobedience
associated with demanding an end to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The
ground is shifting as Jews, Christians, Muslims, and others who believe in
human rights and do not support Zionism join hands not only to point out the
elephant in the room but also to take the old elephant out of the room and to
an overdue retirement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The importance of dealing with these issues is apparent as
the US tried to claim it is trying to bring peace between Israel and its Arab
neighbors, a claim belied by the US’s constant role as a defender and a lawyer
protecting Israel from International law (see Aruri 2003; Chomsky 2003). The
lobby ensures endless financial and diplomatic support to Israel contrary to US
interests. According to the Congressional Research Service's annual report on
conventional arms sales, the U.S. delivered $26.4 billion in arms to the Middle
East in the 1997-2000 period, or just over 62 percent of all U.S. deliveries to
developing countries. The events of 11 September 2001 was capitalized on by the
Zionist movement (Netanyahu acutely stated then that this is good for Israel).
The lobby started to link all their enemies under the umbrella of terrorism
(see also Qumsiyeh 2004 chapter available here <a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/chapter8/">http://qumsiyeh.org/chapter8/</a> ). Thus
US aid to Israel increased rapidly and it reached 3.8 billion annually in
direct aid plus billions more in transfer of weapons and for contracts to
develop anti-missile defenses that then are repackaged sold to foreign countries.
The Israeli military industries thus competes with US weapons exporters by selling
repackaged US technology (contrary to US law). Israel’s security and weapons
related exports now stand at minimum $12.6 billion annually. The recent
genocidal war on Gaza supported by the US is a pinnacle of this distorted
foreign policy. The Biden administration asked for $14.3 billion more for
Israel and congress duly approved it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Israel thus gets more federal aid per capita than US citizens and more
foreign aid than South America and Africa Combined!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the US State Department is run by a committed Zionist
(Blinken who emphasized his support as driven by his Jewish identity) became so
obsessed with Israel, many career officials were disillusioned by the bias. A leaked
internal memo signed by >100 staff members was scathing (see <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/biden-gaza-hamas-policy-state-department-memo">https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/biden-gaza-hamas-policy-state-department-memo</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worth reading why Josh Paul resigned as
director in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He
emphasized the unusual support for use of US supplied weapons to target civilians
and breech of usual procedures (see <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/23/state-department-quit-israel-arms/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/23/state-department-quit-israel-arms/</a>
see also his candid and very revealing interview <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9fAgaUBrw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9fAgaUBrw</a>). The lobby has mobilized its millions, its media arms, and its mouthpieces to remove the few dissenting member in Congress like Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Cori Bush (see also <a href="https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/01/wire-rashida-tlaib-jvp-under-attack/" target="_blank">https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/01/wire-rashida-tlaib-jvp-under-attack/ </a>). There is an awakening and the US government guided by the lobby is being challenged as noted above. Hundreds of thousands demonstrated in Washington DC and public opinion polls showed the US public is not in favor of US military aid to Israel. US Citizens should speak out against this very damaging foreign policy. Globally, the public is with human rights while Israel and its lobbies have little public support (see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHYLyYaB6e0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHYLyYaB6e0</a> )</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Israeli /Zionist hold in Washington extends beyond Congress and the White House and is also in the Pentagon and the CIA where Israeli officers have access to classified information and use it to leverage more political power (see references below especially Shapira starting page 146 and the must read book by ex-Mossad agent Ostrovsky)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">See also</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://cnionline.org/">https://cnionline.org/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://ongaza.org/">https://ongaza.org/ </a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://ifamericansknew.org/">https://ifamericansknew.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/how-does-aipac-endanger-america-workshop-videos-now-online-148686515.html">https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/how-does-aipac-endanger-america-workshop-videos-now-online-148686515.html</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://time.com/6328599/israel-hamas-us-intelligence-analysts/ " target="_blank">https://time.com/6328599/israel-hamas-us-intelligence-analysts/ </a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-israel/">https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-israel/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b>References</b></p><br />Aruri, Nasser 2003 Dishonest Broker: The Role of the United States in Palestine and Israel, Cambridge, MA: South End Press.<br /><br /> Brenner, Lenni 2010. 51 Documents: History of the Nazi-Zionist collaboration. Barricade Books <br /><br />Chomsky, Noam 2003 Middle East Illusions, (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers <br /><br />Dreptate, A., 2020. INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE LIAISON: BENEFITS AND DANGERS. Romanian Intelligence Studies Review, (24), pp.6-19.<br /><br />Findley, P., 1985. Congress and the Pro-Israel Lobby. Journal of Palestine Studies, 15(1), pp.104-113. <br /><br />Findley, P. 1985 (other editions 1989, 2003) They Dare to Speak Out., Lawrence Hill and Co., Westport, CT 362 pp. <br /><br />Fulbright, J. William 1989. The Price of Empire, Pantheon Books, p.183. <br /><br />Giraldi, Philip 2017. America or Israel? Quislings in Congress and the Media need to decide which comes first. https://cnionline.org/america-or-israel-quislings-in-congress-and-the-media-need-to-decide-which-comes-first/ <br /><br />Giladi, Naeim 2006. Ben Gurion’s Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews. Dandellion Books. <br /><br />Halpern, B., 1986. Brandeis becomes a Zionist. Modern Judaism, pp.227-243. <br /><br />Hurley A. 1999. One Nation Under Israel. Truth Press, 309 pp. <br /><br />Kahana, E., 2001. Mossad-CIA cooperation. International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, 14(3), pp.409-420.<br /><br />Mearsheimer, J. and Walt, S., 2006. The Israel Lobby. London Review of Books, 28(6), pp.3-12. <br /><br />Mearsheimer, J. and Walt, S., 2007. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrar,_Straus_and_Giroux">Farrar, Straus and Giroux</a> <br /><br />Ostrovsky, Victor 1990. By Way of Deception : The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer. St Martins Press<br /><br />Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. 2004. Sharing the Land of Canaan. Pluto Press, London/ <br /><br />Shapira, I., The Israeli Idea of Intelligence: Anatomy of the Israeli National Intelligence Culture. https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/thesis/The_Israeli_Idea_of_Intelligence_Anatomy_of_the_Israeli_National_Intelligence_Culture/24204042/1/files/42478167.pdf<br /><br />Sims, J.E., 2006. Foreign intelligence liaison: Devils, deals, and details. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 19(2), pp.195-217.<br /><br />Sohnen, J., 2022. A Friendship Betrayed: The Jonathan Pollard Spy Case and American-Israeli Relations.<br /><br />Tal, D., 2022. The Making of an Alliance: The Origins and Development of the US-Israel Relationship. Cambridge University Press.<br /><br />Wier, Alison 2014. Against our better judgment: the hidden history of how the US was used to create Israel. If Americans Knew<br /><p></p>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-44342820047149296252023-11-17T03:21:00.000-08:002023-11-19T01:54:45.565-08:00GAZA(by Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh - Bethlehem)<div><br /></div><div>11800 murdered civilians: men, women, 4600 children<br />But the victim we are told is the villain<br />Many a death certificate written before birth certificate<br />Yet, rotten governments western and arab procrastinate<br />No point to count the thousands rotting under the rubble<br />For no one has tools or equipment to go to the trouble<br />No counting of "unknowns" burried in mass graves<br />For there are still living injured after each of the shockwaves<br />The 27,000 living dead are injured many cannot be treated<br />For hospitals were bombed, medicine denied, and they can't even be shielded<br />Hungry and thirsty they envy the dead<br />Children merely want to die having last meal fed<br />Or go to heaven where they can play<br />They hate the counting and feebly pray<br />To live to tell a story, realize dreams, maybe safety arrive<br />silence the bombs and keep hope alive<br /><br />Tears stop <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWJsBnxuYPD86unu0sjEBRqjrjXgwhMyD1PO3rkvOuKlKox96FdQ-ru0BP-EkCl3795xMrH06joLyHZJiqOIfaCKTOoRc3MW6gAPOEBA0d75qI00NHR_Vv-1BgLfh5T3Tx5aJ3D4cTKn01U4MMLixJoyTEJnBp8aBbPa2LoT0NHVOQwfwW2Torj3-T6o/s1280/393589931_10228558955430215_3167212251106530107_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1280" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWJsBnxuYPD86unu0sjEBRqjrjXgwhMyD1PO3rkvOuKlKox96FdQ-ru0BP-EkCl3795xMrH06joLyHZJiqOIfaCKTOoRc3MW6gAPOEBA0d75qI00NHR_Vv-1BgLfh5T3Tx5aJ3D4cTKn01U4MMLixJoyTEJnBp8aBbPa2LoT0NHVOQwfwW2Torj3-T6o/s320/393589931_10228558955430215_3167212251106530107_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Facilities of medical service<br />Rendered out of practice<br />Al-Shifa (The cure) hospital was framed<br />With lies so it can be maimed<br />A pyrrhic "victory" for the offensive occupiers<br />Hapless patients, displaced people, doctors, nurses: all murders<br />Denied electricity, water, food, medicines, no place to go<br />Western hypocrites to a simple ceasefire, they say no<br />Many newborns off incubators die with feeble cries<br />Dialysis patients in agonies perish while humanity's conscience dies<br /><br />Breathing stops <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5m5zS5Ul2o3dC7lxeIf2KlF8b-oa800x3G143IAbi7YwurrhT6eBdc9wNGk2g-RaLpnhhgezhIbNTB8FB2L3m1uQN9CFqcxYwwIB1sbJP-pmbfS3YGgxeneQ0xxpDXXX87zlAzGYw-Y4OOuu7va-NX8QsZigMjM_seeBsSbTGwDkZ5_-RDQ_eGz0GTg/s680/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="680" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5m5zS5Ul2o3dC7lxeIf2KlF8b-oa800x3G143IAbi7YwurrhT6eBdc9wNGk2g-RaLpnhhgezhIbNTB8FB2L3m1uQN9CFqcxYwwIB1sbJP-pmbfS3YGgxeneQ0xxpDXXX87zlAzGYw-Y4OOuu7va-NX8QsZigMjM_seeBsSbTGwDkZ5_-RDQ_eGz0GTg/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Cancer patients with no treatment and even no morphine to ease their pain<br />thousands of pounds of amputated legs<br />But the injured will not be saved<br />All watch others die and then their turns come<br />Sickening is the smell of death and rotting corpses<br />Streets filled with dust and pieces of flesh<br /><br />Heartbeats stop <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjXJAtdBoMl9Di4m0FN_ZmOyj1xFgcDSjr3KsGKG2Bcjec9xgXcBK97_LsKsPeWoY-0TUpp5UEKcb06Uda2W95vGwRiT4NNexIArt4-iqhp0NrLu4oLrFwOLTEomNTJRdnC-ubtt6GABqnMV3KrWVwgGQBP0WhvFtTy9H9shNV8scWGTu3Sz8pz2HXEg/s680/Surgery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjXJAtdBoMl9Di4m0FN_ZmOyj1xFgcDSjr3KsGKG2Bcjec9xgXcBK97_LsKsPeWoY-0TUpp5UEKcb06Uda2W95vGwRiT4NNexIArt4-iqhp0NrLu4oLrFwOLTEomNTJRdnC-ubtt6GABqnMV3KrWVwgGQBP0WhvFtTy9H9shNV8scWGTu3Sz8pz2HXEg/s320/Surgery.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />45,000 tons of bombs (2 nuclear bomb equivalents) are dropped<br />An Israeli picture of a scene pathetically photoshopped<br />10 kg per person in Gaza... every few minutes a US supplied JDAM<br />Politicians in shiny suits paid by lobbies talk a sham<br />US bombs kill one every four minutes, a child every ten minutes<br />Are there red lines. No we are told there are no limits<br />Homes, schools, water tanks, restaurants, streets destroyed<br />Hospitals, universities, office buildings, bakeries leveled<br />No contending armies - this is genocide<br />Even animals and plants not spared - this is ecoside<br />And there is the endless "depleted" uranium shells<br />New incendiary on baby flesh for revenge and war bells <br /><br />Is God silent? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYUQSHqenpFl-pF4CA7sMqbFWVwP7noBCo5Q2vWVIBBLCXDIJUDg7dL22UQOhfkhb_z3jTL_2tbM93kxYdrxxnIVBb8pX2unMfrb9FDhzmga8hatzT4kW6QmwCP0kxDn7vML0O0P_TBPphJEYDt-WMXiTj_CQuZDVYROq3f3WOvRiElD9yl6WOdqJDYk/s1280/394514003_1575942682940377_8737715320509298759_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1280" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYUQSHqenpFl-pF4CA7sMqbFWVwP7noBCo5Q2vWVIBBLCXDIJUDg7dL22UQOhfkhb_z3jTL_2tbM93kxYdrxxnIVBb8pX2unMfrb9FDhzmga8hatzT4kW6QmwCP0kxDn7vML0O0P_TBPphJEYDt-WMXiTj_CQuZDVYROq3f3WOvRiElD9yl6WOdqJDYk/s320/394514003_1575942682940377_8737715320509298759_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />A girl begs God for martyrdom to join her family - I am alone she scream<br />Another child is asked what he would do when he grows up.. he says we don't dare dream<br />A burnt child trembles in shock voice quivering- her one eye to a doctor pleads<br />But the old Zionists watching stock prices care none but their greeds<br />Abducted men tortured naked and deprived of food, sleep, and water<br />Matter not to leaders interested in protecting the illegal squatter<br />Will the screams of mothers who lost their babies<br />Make men in 5-star hotels and conventions hesitate when they dip their pastries?<br />Make more than a statement of "concern"<br />For an ongoing holocaust to discern?<br />Let alone the drums of war on civilians stop?<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KyrEq14mQME0UhHjXEmUcK_0BAqcnPuwn_zfMXZYJUusCSeossoLyUdP047RCQ2sf35kjXjWs2KmWlc31HodjzWT29wLxcRBVa_N9FWNiSa21ocV4Oi-ULJzBewVcI4ANmQ7VOToKrha0o6fGi_sO3qncuGQGavoM23grlpbTojp-2ytAx788BO9fIs/s1359/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1359" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KyrEq14mQME0UhHjXEmUcK_0BAqcnPuwn_zfMXZYJUusCSeossoLyUdP047RCQ2sf35kjXjWs2KmWlc31HodjzWT29wLxcRBVa_N9FWNiSa21ocV4Oi-ULJzBewVcI4ANmQ7VOToKrha0o6fGi_sO3qncuGQGavoM23grlpbTojp-2ytAx788BO9fIs/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Western media parrot endless lies<br />Pathetic talking points disproven yet fuel the slaughter as time flies<br />Massacres need a cover... Hamas will suffice<br />The truth we are told can be a sacrifice<br />For there are gas fields of Gaza to take<br />A new Middle East to make<br />Where there is no space for truth, justice, or even basic humanity<br />Where hubris replaces humility<br />Only space for greed, hegemony, and endless suffering<br />And the perpetuation of unipolar world worth ushering<br />Elbit systems worth more than the death of 13000<br />McDonnell Douglas worth the tiny death bags of 6000<br />When will the voice of jets scream<br />and the clank of money stream<br />get a ceasefire and make a child's hurt stop?</div><div>Lack of mercy stop? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8k3v6n74sMlz46RjrWtXrFoo2mHlwHwI20c1gOelN4Ck5kp5K03TJ9nf5YHjCVym54P9ysBDU19Ggj5wGDve3PtSBbDfkpFmMFf3TCEnBYiqKP38Ggpj6f7ytBbdQh5OZvkGK4ZQPyNoox3GTlYca3gOx4pSHmkOxWMW2A-NSAGGl4Zj7ePnxeSW8mY/s1400/Palestinian%20medics%20treat%20wounded%20children%20at%20Shifa%20Hospital%20in%20Gaza%20City%20Palestinian%20medics%20treat%20wounded%20children%20at%20Shifa%20Hospital%20in%20Gaza%20City,%20on%20October%209,%202023-reuters.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8k3v6n74sMlz46RjrWtXrFoo2mHlwHwI20c1gOelN4Ck5kp5K03TJ9nf5YHjCVym54P9ysBDU19Ggj5wGDve3PtSBbDfkpFmMFf3TCEnBYiqKP38Ggpj6f7ytBbdQh5OZvkGK4ZQPyNoox3GTlYca3gOx4pSHmkOxWMW2A-NSAGGl4Zj7ePnxeSW8mY/s320/Palestinian%20medics%20treat%20wounded%20children%20at%20Shifa%20Hospital%20in%20Gaza%20City%20Palestinian%20medics%20treat%20wounded%20children%20at%20Shifa%20Hospital%20in%20Gaza%20City,%20on%20October%209,%202023-reuters.jpg.webp" width="320" /></a><br />Children of a lesser God must endure racism<br />A sacrifice at the feet of the Golden calf of Zionism<br />One more holocaust added to dozens before it for chauvinism<br />Crush the aspirations of 15 million Palestinians for the sake of imperialism<br />Remind me: Did the Nazis deny water and food to occupied cities?<br />Did the Americans besiege any Iraqi hospitals to make them cemeteries?<br />Is the new agent orange and napalm 'white phosphorous'?<br />Does history repeat itself once as tragedy once as farce?<br /><br />Will oppression stop? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ895dwq39qRIJXUrtODRZ2ytke3NNZfWJ_fKymL08xePA6THrnuk5GurnVqhNSt7Gw4oYbFOzeYl-OjKYDp3a429_dGAYRwmhyphenhyphen4X0CzF54bUAZ0UKQkj5E21-wMjtIvg6pr217FQJtFb1gH525UV5dV_uKM1K12QKTkVE-mKzkA-pPK4oBPWCbdvEiOI/s1280/397310947_249431284445490_4629302859425127310_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ895dwq39qRIJXUrtODRZ2ytke3NNZfWJ_fKymL08xePA6THrnuk5GurnVqhNSt7Gw4oYbFOzeYl-OjKYDp3a429_dGAYRwmhyphenhyphen4X0CzF54bUAZ0UKQkj5E21-wMjtIvg6pr217FQJtFb1gH525UV5dV_uKM1K12QKTkVE-mKzkA-pPK4oBPWCbdvEiOI/s320/397310947_249431284445490_4629302859425127310_n.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />Will genocide satisfy the injured pride of the "chosen"<br />Will it satisfy the guilty feelings of those in colonial times frozen<br />Comfortable on top of the world with an 5th strongest military<br />Or is it a terror organized army with a fake state, WMD and artilleries<br />Deir Yassin, Tantura, Jabalia and hundreds of other massacres since 1948<br />State terror from a state built on terror of Irgun, Hagana and Stern since 1921<br />To facilitate ethnic cleansing with eight million refugees considered not enough<br />Having established a "Jewish state" by trying to destroy Palestine is tough<br />How dare us call for return to a pluralistic society<br />How dare us show extreme anxiety<br /><br />Will we dare stop Jewish supremacy? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtgS5Gs6niMp7l1iUNo6nHOlVEr2gTxbiwwJZzDAq5D_LT86PL9u4H7Ez5V6Fw9Rn7To4xbCXPqfCJ11ROrWTTnVUF72vc4i5hB8l9CnoLgQ0Jp8XGV4PB9rjR2Ps15AAJ3ZQrqxsrDZwWTslOnyB3f9_q-EjfJDIAiosLIS4MJrrVCeKF326myBmQyc/s1284/gallant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="982" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtgS5Gs6niMp7l1iUNo6nHOlVEr2gTxbiwwJZzDAq5D_LT86PL9u4H7Ez5V6Fw9Rn7To4xbCXPqfCJ11ROrWTTnVUF72vc4i5hB8l9CnoLgQ0Jp8XGV4PB9rjR2Ps15AAJ3ZQrqxsrDZwWTslOnyB3f9_q-EjfJDIAiosLIS4MJrrVCeKF326myBmQyc/s320/gallant.jpg" width="245" /></a><br />The West Bank already started to be destroyed<br />Jenin streets and homes and another hospital besieged<br />Our fate will be like Gaza, the terrorist army warned<br />Beirut too soon and other cities will also be damned<br />for our "new Middle East" with Starbucks<br />Grow General Electric and all war stocks<br />The USA has got Israel's back and gives the weapons to kill<br />American Taxpayers foot the bill<div><br />Will anyone signal stop?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfkoGiV5Hf9PfRgrIxZ8ZOPgzZvTIzfoRhilzXXnhXavSuSiN8UbMGzL6mcvj9ZwZh0kQ5225KAJOI8e_jWILZvafFUlr8_moKtLwq1IiKGXMLFTv4N7KYXgQMAd8zvn9vMEy66FUDfYAVfoQE_Tcu5e8iLAln84jCOHbJCpbbOnu3oF5FeLjkr0Xuao/s720/Israel-Prime-Minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfkoGiV5Hf9PfRgrIxZ8ZOPgzZvTIzfoRhilzXXnhXavSuSiN8UbMGzL6mcvj9ZwZh0kQ5225KAJOI8e_jWILZvafFUlr8_moKtLwq1IiKGXMLFTv4N7KYXgQMAd8zvn9vMEy66FUDfYAVfoQE_Tcu5e8iLAln84jCOHbJCpbbOnu3oF5FeLjkr0Xuao/s320/Israel-Prime-Minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Of the carnage, there will be survivors alive<br />They are also those who also watched it live<br />They will not be forgiving<br />They will not be forgetting<br />Keeping the hope alive for peace<br />They promise to work harder for the nightmare to cease<br /><br />Who can make them stop? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qKjyjnKfxcU9Bdzy7t7MvgnzWgxjZno5GNSfKACVAZs8PsH-iNfv5ht3sa_cQunrlZT-owvpPME5yAm4RJWjA2BAb-X_c21wegpOpCTvMgx1xa05wxngxLYI1ijXt41ySWDNdRhPcSIc_h-435yaaYEsTHSm5g0-JQn902ivRKw1JkzsJBDQL2bmbMo/s552/398573286_6878146525605685_4939230162219934715_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="552" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qKjyjnKfxcU9Bdzy7t7MvgnzWgxjZno5GNSfKACVAZs8PsH-iNfv5ht3sa_cQunrlZT-owvpPME5yAm4RJWjA2BAb-X_c21wegpOpCTvMgx1xa05wxngxLYI1ijXt41ySWDNdRhPcSIc_h-435yaaYEsTHSm5g0-JQn902ivRKw1JkzsJBDQL2bmbMo/s320/398573286_6878146525605685_4939230162219934715_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Thank you Gaza for teaching us to care<br />Thank you Gaza for teaching us to dare<br />Thank you for awakening hearts and minds<br />Thank you for removing the blinds<br />Dropping the masks<br />Clarifying the tasks<br />Letting the sun shine through<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UZ11XGg1BP65lRIWX1nOJSiMy86FTByrzlio1y90dplEUeY5yY28e__5x1BgpodYxc8ylvNyigPXilTJEGIUrRt3l0xWnyoe5icnmGwOtaqdFOqcM_Jf6LN5tTc_9odq-Ephx5KVWTW86UaQZURO_MSSQNr6F7UKk_qVFbe52IR8k_RXWCfEyyp0z5Q/s526/398295248_122110123004090625_3625868815344875143_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UZ11XGg1BP65lRIWX1nOJSiMy86FTByrzlio1y90dplEUeY5yY28e__5x1BgpodYxc8ylvNyigPXilTJEGIUrRt3l0xWnyoe5icnmGwOtaqdFOqcM_Jf6LN5tTc_9odq-Ephx5KVWTW86UaQZURO_MSSQNr6F7UKk_qVFbe52IR8k_RXWCfEyyp0z5Q/s320/398295248_122110123004090625_3625868815344875143_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Millions go out on streets, blocking roads and the US den of (Congress) thieves<br />For how can one stop anyone who believes<br />Some lose jobs and many get arrested<br />A small price to pay to get connected<br />Haunted by the pain of living<br />Feeling guilty when we are eating or drinking<br />As 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza denied such<br />And all they ask from us is not much<br />Stop your governments from supporting criminals<br />Who dare to call us human animals<br />(Actually animals are much kinder than many humans) <br /><br />Genocide must stop <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisjYQ8873sboryu7t06hZMoHVeQ2k09CJ692YsVvCnZF-W8FYZItWVtA-AUZBO0AXukDkYj31lfSscpSDFkBLP7P3qBWjJmlT2WjGs-GV8lCpj6KbGov887iSNloPY85cal2_LpH9Du-e2VPXd5Iq0GE24xEmXzgdQooaMyHs_yoJkUuj7-WgTaFm6Ic/s707/yemen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisjYQ8873sboryu7t06hZMoHVeQ2k09CJ692YsVvCnZF-W8FYZItWVtA-AUZBO0AXukDkYj31lfSscpSDFkBLP7P3qBWjJmlT2WjGs-GV8lCpj6KbGov887iSNloPY85cal2_LpH9Du-e2VPXd5Iq0GE24xEmXzgdQooaMyHs_yoJkUuj7-WgTaFm6Ic/s320/yemen.jpg" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadHOjQkbSVSlJLdXn20QNTyygnBZemhW9gPXUnHnVz7Q_7KyisLKcM4pLhyphenhyphenwxL4pX7sOGOaT7hFkDdwhHTNzeRn1PK5i7WFfjWmFpvrMPuCg2fs4gqmvnjNX0z-Ll_P2zgv2hAK_r3qo7rTZy2WaYDC7C7I8p8Qlz6_riBwNoP8U2irqWq7sQ8VjydKY/s1075/greece.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="867" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadHOjQkbSVSlJLdXn20QNTyygnBZemhW9gPXUnHnVz7Q_7KyisLKcM4pLhyphenhyphenwxL4pX7sOGOaT7hFkDdwhHTNzeRn1PK5i7WFfjWmFpvrMPuCg2fs4gqmvnjNX0z-Ll_P2zgv2hAK_r3qo7rTZy2WaYDC7C7I8p8Qlz6_riBwNoP8U2irqWq7sQ8VjydKY/s320/greece.jpg" width="258" /></a><br />Until justice prevails<br />And the boat in Gaza sails<br />Until refugees return<br />And humanity gets a turn<br />Until apartheid is dismantled<br />And our olive trees get replanted<br />Until the Palestine Phoenix rises<br />Triumphant from the ashes<br />Keep the hope alive every day<br />We shall overcome someday<br /><b>From the River to the Sea<br />Palestine will be free</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcI8lhVHmPSgKEsTCFesJdU50QIYbIkqeKqNqTTDebNQK37c0sbyuCFqft24SfMoSrl9N6m5Wv8rA-zGADgblXxmFjVDxhr3HMIatXi15mAw83B_Cdsk2dKAKhmM43ufN5XqLAD7jlb-QDnd1PO3nS9ReB6hFc8RUl0_lyaAfnuVLcAMQpzVgl85gl8O8/s1920/free-palestine-the-boy-stand-with-flag-illustration-background-pray-for-palestine-flag-wallpaper-flyer-banner-t-shirt-post-illustration-free-vector.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcI8lhVHmPSgKEsTCFesJdU50QIYbIkqeKqNqTTDebNQK37c0sbyuCFqft24SfMoSrl9N6m5Wv8rA-zGADgblXxmFjVDxhr3HMIatXi15mAw83B_Cdsk2dKAKhmM43ufN5XqLAD7jlb-QDnd1PO3nS9ReB6hFc8RUl0_lyaAfnuVLcAMQpzVgl85gl8O8/s320/free-palestine-the-boy-stand-with-flag-illustration-background-pray-for-palestine-flag-wallpaper-flyer-banner-t-shirt-post-illustration-free-vector.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-45827366033720889302023-11-14T08:36:00.000-08:002023-11-14T08:57:20.559-08:00Six unique things about Gaza genocide<p> The genocide goes on: several babies died when
taken out of incubators that had no power and many more cancer patients sent
home died. Most injured people cannot be helped since the medical system is
completely collapsed and there are 27,000 injured. A friend I have in
Gaza told me American flag was seen on a tank and unusual soldiers not Israeli
are seen (wonder if these are the US Delta forces that Biden was photographed
shaking their hands in this country). Rotting dead human bodies are all over
Gaza. Stray hungry dogs are eating some!. Ofcourse Israel does not allow
international observers or even international journalists to enter Gaza to
check on its lies and distortions. They even killed 1 Lebanese and 37
Palestinian journalists (majority reporting for international agencies).
I do not know if sope people have yet thought of eating other humans to survive
(at least in North Gaza were starvation and thirst are more since Israel carpet-bombed
the area). Now to be sure there are many genocides/holocausts in human
history but there are six unique features of this ongoing one: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">1) It is so blatantly obvious and live
broadcast live 24 hours a day and available for anyone willing to switch off
the mainstream media and go to live footage like aljazeera.com or almayadeen or
even telegram, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok etc. The images and sounds are
horrifying (imagine people there also feeling and smelling the death and dying)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsvd9-K39jTz7ehrlyLginmXJNcZ73m-0i1MOaNY3G8l_uW2Fmm5enakmNWzeKR27sJn1guBLDMcbixeS6qHMej7QXQT-G_HVjdNodjcjVuRydo1DrONEGwqx4tqA3cPeEeVrMH4kAqkuKRZ7oCyt9jG12yDfmxNB1PmH4m_FA85s3GWRmYN3Ff50ebo/s1251/unnamed%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1251" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsvd9-K39jTz7ehrlyLginmXJNcZ73m-0i1MOaNY3G8l_uW2Fmm5enakmNWzeKR27sJn1guBLDMcbixeS6qHMej7QXQT-G_HVjdNodjcjVuRydo1DrONEGwqx4tqA3cPeEeVrMH4kAqkuKRZ7oCyt9jG12yDfmxNB1PmH4m_FA85s3GWRmYN3Ff50ebo/s320/unnamed%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">2) It is self-admitted by the Zionists
themselves including that they denied water, foo, medicine, fuel, electricity
etc to the 2.3 million inhabitants of Gaza and even proudly explained
that there are “no civilians in Gaza” (Israeli president), and we deny food
because we are dealing with human animals (Israeli minister of war), see <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/are-we-being-duped-to-focus-only-on.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/are-we-being-duped-to-focus-only-on.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">3) It is accompanied by the highest number of
LIES spoken by Israeli officials and parroted by those with no conscience. Is
anything the Israeli government say to be believed after a long history of past
and present lies challenged by facts- see <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/does-truth-matter.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/does-truth-matter.html</a>
)??,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">4) Due to the money and resources of strong
lobbies (most of it funded by Western taxpayer money), the colonization, ethnic
cleansing, and apartheid are supported by a) many western and arab governments,
b) the mainstream media parroting the Israeli (false) talking points<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">5) Palestinians are not only victimized (8
million are refugees/displaced people, millions who remain in Palestine stored
in ghettos/Bantustans/concentration camps and subjected for decades to the most
brutal oppression. Bu Palestinians and their supporters asking for human rights
are also dehumanized and defamed as hating Jews etc (ironic since thousands of
Jews were willing to be arrested and even brutalized for their support of
Palestinian rights)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">6) There is a vicious brutalization of people
for being Palestinian by Israeli occupation forces (and here there is no
distinction between settlers and soldiers since everyone serves in the army and
all behave similar). Collective punishment and torture are rampant. Beatings of
and shooting civilians happen regularly. The attempt to suppress free speech
goes on, destroying any semblance or pretense of “democracy”. A new law in
Israel forbids people from watching some videos considered “terrorist
propaganda” (and of course anything against Israeli apartheid si considered
such). People under Israeli rule lost their jobs, were jailed or tortured or
all for social media posts even mildly speaking of the horrors of Gaza. In Gaza
now, if you post message critical of Israeli actions your home can be bombed.
In the Western countries also, citizens showing sympathy to Palestine or
working against apartheid or colonialism are targeted. There are laws in some
US states against engaging in Boycotts, Divestments, Sanctions and in some
European countries working for freedom for Palestine is considered illegal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">On the positive side this injustice has
garnered unprecedented public outrage around the world. Millions were in the
streets protesting and hundreds of thousands are acting and engaged in civil
disobedience, in boycott of Israeli and US products that support colonization
etc. (see ongaza.org item # 21) . That is also unique!! Everything helps so please keep the pressure on the cheerleaders and participants in genocide.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">I wrote some open letters before and
here for the sake of those who missed some of those letters here are the links<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Letter to Gaza <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/10/letter-to-gaza.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/10/letter-to-gaza.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Letter to the world <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/10/letter-to-world.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/10/letter-to-world.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Letter to US Citizens <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/open-letter-to-us-citizens.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/open-letter-to-us-citizens.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Letter to Israelis and Jews who support Israel
<a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/10/questions-to-israelis-and-jews.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/10/questions-to-israelis-and-jews.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Letter to PLO <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/open-letter-to-plo.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/open-letter-to-plo.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Letter to Mainstream media <a href="https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/mainstream-media-kills-truth.html">https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2023/11/mainstream-media-kills-truth.html</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Update on numbers of victims from the UN <a href="https://www.ochaopt.org/updates">https://www.ochaopt.org/updates</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Chris Hedges The Horror </span><a href="https://scheerpost.com/2023/11/11/chris-hedges-the-horror-the-horror/">https://scheerpost.com/2023/11/11/chris-hedges-the-horror-the-horror/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Israeli soldiers beat father in front of wife
and child and mother tries to reassure child<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/fatherbeaten">https://tinyurl.com/fatherbeaten</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Other interesting videos stripping prisoners
(most with no charge or simple workers) and beating them while many are naked <a href="https://tinyurl.com/palestiniansabused">https://tinyurl.com/palestiniansabused</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><a href="https://youtu.be/d3D0Vrn7DQ8">https://youtu.be/d3D0Vrn7DQ8</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">My podcast on 100 years of injustice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-israel-palestine/id1656552317?i=1000632420017</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">An Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to
Western Church Leaders and Theologians<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-from-palestinian-christians-to-western-church-leaders-and-theologians">https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-from-palestinian-christians-to-western-church-leaders-and-theologians</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>Mazin Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04350895520340099984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-26117632500443782952023-11-12T02:35:00.000-08:002023-11-12T02:39:45.122-08:00هل يتم خداعنا للتركيز فقط على معاناة غزة؟<p dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"> <span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">إن الإبادة الجماعية التي ترتكبها إسرائيل في غزة مقصودة ومخطط لها ومستمرة دون أي علامة على </span><span lang="AR-JO" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">التباطؤ، بل </span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">على العكس من ذلك، في ظل غياب الماء والغذاء والدواء فإنها في تسارع. يتباهى قادة إسرائيل علناً بأنهم لا يهتمون بما تقوله الأمم المتحدة أو ما يقوله زعماء العالم. ويقول القادة الفاشيون الإسرائيليون إنهم لا يهتمون بالبيانات التي تصدرها حكومات الدول الإسلامية والعربية. كما أنهم لا يهتمون إذا كانت الضغوط الشعبية قد دفعت بعض الزعماء الغربيين إلى تخفيف لهجتهم من الدعم غير المشروط لإسرائيل لإظهار القلق بشأن "الكارثة الإنسانية" التي تتكشف في غزة (دون تسمية مرتكب الجريمة). في الواقع، يمكن لإسرائيل أن تستخدم الكارثة الإنسانية (كما لو أنها قدر الله وليس تدبيرها) كورقة مساومة. ويمكن لإسرائيل أن تعرض وقفاً مؤقتاً للمذبحة مقابل الحصول على المزيد من الأسلحة من الحكومات الغربية وإطلاق سراح السجناء الإسرائيليين. وربما حتى وقف مؤقت لإطلاق النار وتوفير الوقود لأي مستشفيات متبقية مقابل دعم إضافي لمواصلة الاحتلال والإبادة الجماعية والإفلات من المحاكمة أمام محاكم جرائم الحرب والجرائم ضد الإنسانية</span><span dir="LTR" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; text-align: start;"></span><span dir="LTR" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; text-align: start;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; text-align: start;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: rtl; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">إن القادة الإسرائيليين واضحون تمامًا فيما يتعلق بجرائمهم، ويصلون
إلى طريقهم من خلال الإبادة الجماعية وإرهاب الدولة الشامل ضد السكان. إذا كان
لديك أي شك، استمع إليهم (انظر الروابط أدناه). بل إنهم يقولون صراحة إنه إذا واصل
حزب الله مقاومته في جنوب لبنان، فإن لبنان كله سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً وستكون بيروت
مثل غزة (أي مدمرة تماماً). ووجه المتحدثون العسكريون الإسرائيليون نفس التهديدات
لمدن في الضفة الغربية مثل جنين وطولكرم وحتى رام الله. هذه ليست تهديدات خاملة.
إذا لم يكن العالم على استعداد لمنع إسرائيل من تدمير المدن في قطاع غزة، بل
وإعطائها المزيد من الأسلحة لارتكاب جرائم الإبادة الجماعية هناك، فلماذا لا تدمر
لبنان أو الضفة الغربية أيضًا. إذا أفلتّ من جريمة إبادة جماعية واحدة، فإنك تفلت
من جرائم أخرى. بعد كل شيء، لا يمكن تطبيق القانون الدولي في هذه الحالة. وبحسب
القادة الإسرائيليين، فإن الرأي العام العالمي والضغط "الدبلوماسي" لن
يوقف مذبحتها. العديد من المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان في حيرة من أمرهم بشأن كيفية
إنهاء المذبحة</span><span dir="LTR" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: right;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: right;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: right;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: rtl; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSBhsi_LXm6zuzTDJMgJBmrN18rSX7_T40J-4hnGsq6Hi0Y7cGtcSbixYAKWvbAewdI7RC-2ZVFET2VxjJmp7BBGPd1h4RarU5aF1uiN4zv91A4yj022jr2g7eTagmvpa7c125hiiiR93xHnG9eM-iFso6_aJG83cAlFQw4LdfQGdPu0xLgVYpptCSW0/s320/Zionist%20flags.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="146" data-original-width="320" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSBhsi_LXm6zuzTDJMgJBmrN18rSX7_T40J-4hnGsq6Hi0Y7cGtcSbixYAKWvbAewdI7RC-2ZVFET2VxjJmp7BBGPd1h4RarU5aF1uiN4zv91A4yj022jr2g7eTagmvpa7c125hiiiR93xHnG9eM-iFso6_aJG83cAlFQw4LdfQGdPu0xLgVYpptCSW0/s1600/Zionist%20flags.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">نفس الأفكار من الصهيونية والنازية<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Isdzn5dUZ6ackSLbiMHL-bTvT3AcFGWiU0yOtH9BF3pNtI03YcIpW12wXg-xGo22Bruic-Gpt8GRfSQuBs8FsQa5cv3Q7xSMZJrsG2IuJAomd__ajYcMdoGPcfhXXt1w5x9vGsomRWyHWJt6T7GzujQLmxVNqaFunY0yL_qcZbuBDfYv2DxVvLtcq6k/s320/nazi%20flags.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Isdzn5dUZ6ackSLbiMHL-bTvT3AcFGWiU0yOtH9BF3pNtI03YcIpW12wXg-xGo22Bruic-Gpt8GRfSQuBs8FsQa5cv3Q7xSMZJrsG2IuJAomd__ajYcMdoGPcfhXXt1w5x9vGsomRWyHWJt6T7GzujQLmxVNqaFunY0yL_qcZbuBDfYv2DxVvLtcq6k/s1600/nazi%20flags.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: rtl; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: embed;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">إسرائيل هي الدولة الوحيدة على وجه الأرض التي لم تضع أي حدود لنفسها.
كما أنها القوة الاستعمارية الأولى التي لا تكون قاعدتها منطقة جغرافية بعيدة عن
المنطقة التي استعمرتها (مثلاً فرنسا كانت قاعدة استعمار الجزائر). القاعدة
الصهيونية هي أينما يتواجد الصهاينة في مواقع السلطة في الدول الغربية (في الأصل
فرنسا وإنجلترا ولكن الآن الولايات المتحدة ودول أخرى). الخطة الصهيونية الأصلية
هي إقامة أرض إسرائيل في المنطقة الواقعة بين نهر النيل في مصر إلى نهر الفرات.
لكن هذا يتغير حيث تشمل الهيمنة الإسرائيلية، كما أظهر نتنياهو في خريطة الأمم
المتحدة، شبه الجزيرة العربية ودول الخليج. لكن الخطط الصهيونية هي أكثر بكثير من
مجرد جغرافيا. الجغرافيا قابلة للتفاوض إذا كانت هناك ضمانات للهيمنة الاقتصادية
والاستعمارية. هناك حاجة إلى غزة بسبب حقول الغاز هناك التي تقدر قيمتها بمئات
المليارات، لكن هذا جزء صغير من خطة أوسع يمكن الاستغناء عن 2.3 مليون شخص فيها</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">إن الإمارات العربية المتحدة والمملكة العربية السعودية مستعمرتان
اقتصاديًا بالفعل ويديرهما قادة يسهل السيطرة عليهم وينفذون أوامر الولايات
المتحدة وإسرائيل. إن القبضة الصهيونية على النظام الأمريكي واضحة في كل مكان، من
هوليوود إلى وسائل الإعلام الرئيسية إلى الكونجرس الذي يخصص أموالاً لإسرائيل أكثر
مما تخصصه أمريكا الجنوبية وأفريقيا مجتمعة. وفي العديد من الدول الغربية، نجح
اللوبي الصهيوني في إسكات حرية التعبير، لذلك يتعرض المطالبون بالحرية في فلسطين
للاضطهاد. هناك حرب على الحقيقة</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">إذن ما الذي يجب فعله؟ أولاً، يرجى ملاحظة أنه في حين أن العديد من
وسائل الإعلام مثل قناة الجزيرة تظهر معاناة الفلسطينيين، إلا أنها لا توفر تغطية
للبيانات أو النوايا الإسرائيلية/الصهيونية. نادراً ما تُرى تصريحات الإبادة
الجماعية في وسائل الإعلام الغربية والشرقية أيضًا. وهذا أمر مهم لأن المعاناة
الإنسانية تثير التعاطف من أولئك الذين يهتمون بإخوانهم من بني البشر. لكن معظم
الناس، وبالتأكيد معظم القادة، لا يرغبون في التحرك إلا إذا رأوا تأثيرًا مباشرًا
عليهم. لسوء الحظ، فإن تصريحات القادة الصهاينة وأفعالهم المباشرة، بما في ذلك قمع
حرية التعبير في "الدول الديمقراطية" المفترضة، إذا تم كشفها، فمن
المرجح أن تحقق نتائج أكثر من المناشدة لإنقاذ الأطفال الفلسطينيين (على الرغم من
أهمية ذلك). وبالتالي، يجب علينا أن ننفق على الأقل نفس القدر من الوقت في نشر
الخطط والكلمات الصهيونية. يجب أن يكون توثيق الذبح مصحوباً بتوثيق نية الذبح
وخططه. يجب علينا أن نكشف لماذا لا يتعلق الأمر بفلسطين فحسب، بل يتعلق
بإيديولوجية قبلية شريرة تسمى الصهيونية التي لا تكتفي بفلسطين ولكنها تخرب وتؤذي
الناس في جميع أنحاء العالم. على سبيل المثال، من المهم إظهار كيف تلحق إسرائيل
الضرر بالمصلحة العامة للولايات المتحدة وتدمر الولايات المتحدة، بل وتفلت من
العقاب بقتل مواطنين أمريكيين مثل بحارة السفينة يو إس إس ليبرتي (</span><span dir="LTR">USS Liberty</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>). يتم تعبئة الملايين من الناس، أي أن أفعالك
تحدث فرقاً. كل الجهود الفردية مهمة. فيما يلي المواد التي يمكنك استخدامها
ونشرها. قول الحقيقة هو عمل ثوري. القلم قد يكون أقوى من السيف أحياناً.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">على أية حال، يرجى تخصيص الوقت الكافي للاطلاع على هذه المواد
واستخدامها على نطاق واسع:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160213-the-wild-beast-of-israeli-racism" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160213-the-wild-beast-of-israeli-racism</span></a><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a</span></a><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">الرئيس الإسرائيلي يقول إنه لا يوجد مدنيون أبرياء في غزة وأنهم
مسؤولون </span><a href="https://thewire.in/world/northern-gaza-israel-palestine-conflict" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://thewire.in/world/northern-gaza-israel-palestine-conflict</span></a><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"الحل الوحيد هو تدمير غزة بالكامل" موشيه فيجلين </span><a href="https://youtu.be/rjLW847tvig" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://youtu.be/rjLW847tvig</span></a><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">الفكر الصهيوني عن الكنائس والمساجد </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625</span></a><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">عن المدنيين </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625</span></a><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"عندما يعيش 2.5 مليون شخص في قطاع غزة المغلق، فستكون كارثة
إنسانية. وسيصبح هؤلاء الناس حيوانات أكبر مما هم عليه اليوم، بمساعدة الإسلام
الأصولي المجنون. سيكون الضغط على الحدود مروعا". "... ستكون حرباً
فظيعة. لذا، إذا أردنا البقاء على قيد الحياة، فسيتعين علينا أن نقتل ونقتل ونقتل.
طوال اليوم، كل يوم". أمنون صوفر، عالم ديموغرافي إسرائيلي 2004<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"لن يكون هناك طعام ولا كهرباء ولا غذاء ولا وقود. كل شيء مغلق.
نحن نقاتل حيوانات بشرية، ونتصرف وفقًا لذلك" يوآف جالانت، وزير الدفاع
الإسرائيلي في 9 أكتوبر 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"سنحول غزة إلى جزيرة خراب" بنيامين نتنياهو 8 أكتوبر 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"نحن نسقط مئات الأطنان من القنابل على غزة. التركيز على التدمير
وليس الدقة" دانيال هاغاري، المتحدث باسم الجيش الإسرائيلي 10 تشرين
الأول/أكتوبر في صحيفة هآرتس<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"سيتم التعامل مع الحيوانات البشرية على هذا النحو، أنتم أردتم
الجحيم، وسوف تذهبون إلى الجحيم" غسان اللواء في الجيش الإسرائيلي، 9
أكتوبر/تشرين الأول، منشور على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"هناك أمة بأكملها مسؤولة. هذا الخطاب حول عدم تورط المدنيين
المفترض هو غير صحيح على الإطلاق (...) سنقاتل حتى نكسر ظهورهم" يتسحاق
هرزون، الرئيس الإسرائيلي مؤتمر صحفي<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"صاروخ جيريكو! سلاح يوم القيامة! هذا هو رأيي. صواريخ قوية يمكن
إطلاقها بلا حدود. غزة ستُحطم وتُسوى بالأرض. بلا رحمة" تالي جوتليف حزب
الليكود، 9 أكتوبر على </span><span dir="LTR">X/Twitter</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"أبيدوا عائلاتهم وأمهاتهم وأطفالهم. لا ينبغي السماح لهذه
الحيوانات بالعيش لفترة أطول" عزرا ياكين، أحد قدامى المحاربين الإسرائيليين
الذين شاركوا في التطهير العرقي عام 1948 (النكبة)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“الآن هناك هدف واحد فقط: النكبة. "نكبة في غزة ستقزم نكبة
1948" آرييل كيليت، سياسي من حزب الليكود 7 أكتوبر على </span><span dir="LTR">X/Twitter</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"الشيء الوحيد الذي يحتاج إلى
دخول غزة هو مئات الأطنان من المتفجرات، وليس أوقية واحدة من الإغاثة
الإنسانية" إيتامار بن جفير (الوزير الإسرائيلي المسؤول عن الشرطة ومسؤولي
التسليح)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"عليهم أن يرحلوا، وكذلك البيوت التي قاموا بتربية الثعابين
فيها. وإلا سيتم تربية المزيد من الثعابين الصغيرة هناك" أييليت شاكيد
"يمكننا أن </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">قد نسامح العرب على قتل أطفالنا، لا يمكننا أن نسامحهم على إجبارنا
على قتل أطفالهم "غولدا مئير" (تصريح قديم ولكنه يظهر الفكر
العنصري المتجذر)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"أنا هنا اليوم ليس فقط بصفتي وزير خارجية الولايات المتحدة ولكن
أيضًا كيهودي ... طالما أن الولايات المتحدة موجودة، فلن تضطر أبدًا إلى القيام
بذلك [بمفردك] لأننا سنكون معك دائمًا" وزير الخارجية الأمريكي بلينكن 12
أكتوبر (توجد بالفعل مئات من القوات الخاصة التابعة لقوات دلتا الأمريكية على
الأرض).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ميخائيل بن آري، عضو الكنيست السابق: "لا يوجد أبرياء في غزة.
اسحقوهم… اقتلوا الغزيين بلا تفكير ولا رحمة".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">إسرائيل كاتس، وزير المواصلات: "يجب قصف غزة بشدة بحيث يضطر
السكان إلى الفرار إلى مصر".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">آفي ديختر، وزير الزراعة والتنمية الريفية الحالي، ومدير الشاباك
السابق ووزير الأمن الداخلي: "يجب محو غزة بالقنابل".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">الحاخام العسكري الإسرائيلي والجنود الإسرائيليون:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://twitter.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1721239223091536228?s=20" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://twitter.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1721239223091536228?s=20</span></a><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> وهنا على هذا الرابط يمكنك أن تجد المزيد من التصريحات الدامغة
من القادة الصهاينة:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://palestineremembered.com/Acre/Famous-Zionist-Quotes/Story637.html" target="_blank"><span dir="LTR">https://palestineremembered.com/Acre/Famous-Zionist-Quotes/Story637.html</span></a><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-73985664507876119152023-11-12T00:16:00.000-08:002023-11-13T23:48:20.092-08:00 Are we being duped to focus only on Gaza suffering?<p>Israel's genocide of Gaza is intentional, planned and ongoing with no sign of slowing down. The contrary, with no water, food and medicine it is accelerating. Israel leaders boast openly that they do not care about what the UN says or what world leaders say. Israeli fascist leaders say they do not care what statements are issued by governments of Muslim and Arab countries. Nor do they care if public pressure causes some western leaders to moderate their language from unconditional support for Israel to show concern for the "humanitarian catastrophe" unfolding in Gaza (without naming the perpetrator). Israel actually can use the humanitarian catastrophe (as if it is an act of God not their agency) as bargaining chips. Israel can offer pauses in the slaughter in exchange for further weapons from Western governments and for release of Israeli prisoners. Maybe even a temporary ceasefire and fuel to any remaining hospitals in exchange for additional support to continue the genocidal occupation and for impunity from facing tribunals for war crimes and crimes against humanity.</p><div class="Ar Au Ao" id=":4gy"><div aria-controls=":4jj" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" aria-owns=":4jj" class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" g_editable="true" hidefocus="true" id=":4gu" itacorner="6,7:1,1,0,0" role="textbox" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 240px;" tabindex="1">Israeli leaders are crystal clear about their crimes and they get their way by genocide and total state terrorism against populations. If you have any doubt, listen to them (see below). They even say openly that if Hizbollah continues its resistance in South Lebanon, then all of Lebanon will pay a devastating price and Beirut will be like Gaza (i.e. totally devastated). Israeli military spokesemen gave the same threats to cities in the West Bank like Jenin and Tulkarem and even Ramallah. These are not idle threats. If the world is not willing to to stop Israel from devastating cities in Gaza strip and is even giving it more weapons to commit its genocide there, why would it not also devastate Lebanon or the West Bank. If you get away with one genocide you get away with others. Afterall International law cannot be enforced in this case. According to Israeli leaders global public opinion and "diplomatic" pressure will not end its carnage. Many human rights advocates are at a loss as to how to end the carnage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05feMCYAnJSq3gldomG1VZnJgwJd8kb36uksIlG0UYh1dnyaFuqf4Mc9yp-5b2RZqJSqZmdZCrzcVXS1uMM2A6xJf8s5CI2eW41cxc8VgvIesBWeolNtls06Wk2EaFb_LntcNzuGVbgSxgh8BWrpVqrFmffpbRK_n713R_tc9qDwlWDH5N-fDOm9JfQM/s992/gty_nazi_march_jc_150323_16x9_992.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="992" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05feMCYAnJSq3gldomG1VZnJgwJd8kb36uksIlG0UYh1dnyaFuqf4Mc9yp-5b2RZqJSqZmdZCrzcVXS1uMM2A6xJf8s5CI2eW41cxc8VgvIesBWeolNtls06Wk2EaFb_LntcNzuGVbgSxgh8BWrpVqrFmffpbRK_n713R_tc9qDwlWDH5N-fDOm9JfQM/s320/gty_nazi_march_jc_150323_16x9_992.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCvb3XQ2PH2mVNvyoAQDow_-0i7paJpfyANSzE3aTh4SmY8pFufhj-zKx88_7oMO47Sg7MewqYZALmnZdy2HXH7sT9yF4Y3iEMIAJWRxUfrSJbJy2U7s9K8u0q_bXrVJFyTzbCt3csn37m2jNW8IuVglOrj8OJbOHMaOyfNBDLVvzWzflclfG9mMndhA/s750/israel-army-and-flags-750x341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="750" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCvb3XQ2PH2mVNvyoAQDow_-0i7paJpfyANSzE3aTh4SmY8pFufhj-zKx88_7oMO47Sg7MewqYZALmnZdy2HXH7sT9yF4Y3iEMIAJWRxUfrSJbJy2U7s9K8u0q_bXrVJFyTzbCt3csn37m2jNW8IuVglOrj8OJbOHMaOyfNBDLVvzWzflclfG9mMndhA/s320/israel-army-and-flags-750x341.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Extreme nationalism leads to genocide: Nazis and Zionists</div><div aria-controls=":4jj" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" aria-owns=":4jj" class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" g_editable="true" hidefocus="true" id=":4gu" itacorner="6,7:1,1,0,0" role="textbox" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 240px;" tabindex="1"><br />Israel is the only country on earth that did not set any border for itself. It is also the first colonial power whose base is not a geographic area away from the area it colonized (e.g. France was the base for colonizing Algeria). The Zionist base is wherever Zionists occur in positions of power in Western Countries(originally France and England but now the US and other countries). The original Zionist plan is setting up an Eretz Yisrael is in the area between the Nile of Egypt to the Euphrates. But this is changing where Israel dominion as Netanyahu showed in a map at the UN includes the Arabian Peninsula and the gulf states. But the Zionist plans are far more than about geography. Geography is negotiable if there are guarantees of economic and colonial hegemony. Gaza is needed because of the gas fields there worth hundreds of billions but that is a small part of a wider plan for which 2.3 million people are dispensible.<br /><br />The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are already colonized economically and are run by easily contolled leaders who will do the US/Israel bidding. Zionist grip on the US system is visible everywhere from Hollywood to mainstream media to congress that allocates more mone to Israel than South America and Africa combined. In many western countries, the Zionist lobby succeeded in even silencing free speech so asking for freedom in Palestine is persecuted. There is a war on truth.<br /><br />So what is to be done? First please note that while many media like Al-Jazeera show Palestinian suffering, they do not provide coverage of Israeli/Zionist statements or intent. The genocidal statements are rarely seen in either Western but also in Eastern media. This is important because humanitarian suffering elicits sympathy from those with peope who care about fellow human beings. But most people and certainly most leaders are willing to ACT only if they see direct impact on them. Unfortunately, the statements of Zionist leaders and their direct actions including suppression of free speech in supposed "democratic countries" if exposed would be more likely to get results than pleading to save Palestinian children (as important as that is). Thus, we must spend at least as much time in publicizing the Zionist plans and words . Documenting slaughter must be accompanied by documenting the intent and plans for slaughter. We must expose why this is not merely about Palestine but about an evil tribal ideology called Zionism that is not content with Palestine but subverts and hurts people around the world. For example, it is critical to show how Israel is hurting US public interest and destroying the US and even got away with killing US citizens like the sailors of the USS Liberty. Millions of people are mobilizing. You do make a difference. All individual efforts count. Below are <span class="gmail-Lm gmail-ng" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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"); background-position-x: -1px; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; outline: none; transition: background-color 0.4s ease 0s;">materials</span> you can use and publicize. Telling the truth is a revolutionary act. The pen can be mightier than the sword sometimes.<br /><br />Anyway, please do take the time to look over this material and use them extensively:<div><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160213-the-wild-beast-of-israeli-racism/">https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160213-the-wild-beast-of-israeli-racism/</a><br /><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a</a></div><div>Israeli President says there are no innocent civilains in Gaza and that they are responsible <a href="https://thewire.in/world/northern-gaza-israel-palestine-conflict">https://thewire.in/world/northern-gaza-israel-palestine-conflict</a><br />"The only solution is the complete destruction of Gaza” Moshe Feiglin <a href="https://youtu.be/rjLW847tvig">https://youtu.be/rjLW847tvig</a></div><div>Zionsit thought about Churches and mosques <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625">https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625</a></div><div>about civilians <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625">https://www.facebook.com/reel/308177298660625</a></div><div>"When 2.5 million people live in a closed-off Gaza, it's going to be a human catastrophe. Those people will become even bigger animals than they are today, with the aid of an insane fundamentalist Islam. The pressure at the border will be awful. It's going to be a terrible war. So, if we want to remain alive, we will have to kill and kill and kill. All day, every day." Amnon Sofer, Israeli demographer in 2004<br />“There will be no food, no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting animal people, and we are acting accordingly” Yoav Galant, Israeli Defense Minister on 9 October 2023<br />“We will turn Gaza into an island of ruins” Benjamin Netanyahu 8 October 2023<br />”We are dropping hundreds of tons of bombs on Gaza. The focus is on destruction, not accuracy” Daniel Hagari, Israeli army spokesperson 10 October in Haaretz<br />Animal Humans will be treated accordingly, you wanted he’ll and you’ll get hell” Ghassan Major General of the Israeli army October 9 Social media post<br />“There is an entire nation who are responsible. This rhetoric about civilians supposedly not being involved is absolutely untrue (…) We will fight until we break their backs” Yitzhak Herzon, Israeli President Press conference<br />“Jericho missile! Doomsday weapon! That is my opinion. Powerful rockets to be fired without limits/borders. Gaza to be smashed and razed to the ground. Without mercy” Tally Gotliv Likud Partly, 9 October on X/Twitter<br />“Wipe out their families, their mothers and their children. These animals must not be allowed to live any longer” Ezra Yachin, Israeli Veteran who participated in the ethnic cleansing of 1948 (Nakba)<br />“Now there is only one goal: Nakba. A Nakba in Gaza that will dwarf the Nakba of 1948” Ariel Kellet, :Likud Party Politician 7 October on X/Twitter "The only thing that needs to enter Gaza are hundreds of tons of explosives, not one ounce of humanitarian relief" Itamar Ben Gvir (Israeli minister in Charge of Police and arming setters)<br />"They should go, as well as the physical homes in which they raised the snakes in. Otherwise more little snakes will be raised there" Ayelet Shakid "We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children, We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children " Golda Meir (old but shows the racist ideology)<br />"I am here today not only as the US Secretary of State but also as a Jew … as long as the US exists, you will never have to do this [alone] because we will always be with you" US Secretary of State Blinken 12 October (already hundreds of special US Delta force boots are on the ground).<br />Michael Ben-Ari, ex-member of the Knesset: “There are no innocents in Gaza. Mow them down ... Kill the Gazans without thought or mercy.”<br />Israel Katz, Minister of Transportation: “Gaza should be bombed so hard the population has to flee into Egypt.”<br />Avi Dichter, Current Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Former Shin Bet director and Minister of Internal Security: “Gaza should be wiped clean with bombs.”<br />Israeli military Rabbi and Israeli soldiers:</div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1721239223091536228?s=20">https://twitter.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1721239223091536228?s=20</a></div><div>Israeli talking contradict their own PR <a href="https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/israelis-keep-hurting-their-own-pr-interests-by-talking-fa653840d732">https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/israelis-keep-hurting-their-own-pr-interests-by-talking-fa653840d732</a><br /> And here on this lik you can find more damning statements from Zionist leaders<br /><a href="https://palestineremembered.com/Acre/Famous-Zionist-Quotes/Story637.html">https://palestineremembered.com/Acre/Famous-Zionist-Quotes/Story637.html</a></div></div></div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-63288621957087576522023-11-11T04:56:00.003-08:002023-11-13T23:50:08.819-08:00Does the truth matter?<p> The Israeli government just downgraded the number of those killed in October 7 attack to 1200 from 1400. Haaretz Newspaper was able to name less than 980 (some yet to be identified). George Galloway wrote: "The foul allegations of rape have been dropped by the Israeli government. The forty beheaded babies has been downscaled to one dead baby, not beheaded, and killed by persons unknown." Does the truth of what happened on October 7 matter? Yes it does because it is used to justify an ongoing genocide (of course nothing justifies genocide even exaggerated and fabricated stories). But why do many western leaders and western media parrot Israeli lies and not just about 7 October but for the past 75 years of committing atrocities against a largely defenseless Palestinian population? DOES THE TRUTH MATTER? The links below are a glimpse of the overwhelming body of evidence about Israeli/Zionist lies. You be the judge. In the end I will say why this is important if not CRITICAL to achieve peace.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogFzXd7fuh2z9SS06UHZUplX-LoUV14vKtWRw8BjZ_8mf7ddgf5Hbu5a2hsGErqU62Ehs54QMACpMpNCEp8IDhnyvr2FSCM1ifN_ND9Ja1BZk5ntyfNygXbBOp1x7JBPSduOZbjvRyIICLMhxDf3ccbynYqx9E5GCMsdOlisQ1X9jLbqRS_T1XiUL_R8/s1280/393589931_10228558955430215_3167212251106530107_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1280" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogFzXd7fuh2z9SS06UHZUplX-LoUV14vKtWRw8BjZ_8mf7ddgf5Hbu5a2hsGErqU62Ehs54QMACpMpNCEp8IDhnyvr2FSCM1ifN_ND9Ja1BZk5ntyfNygXbBOp1x7JBPSduOZbjvRyIICLMhxDf3ccbynYqx9E5GCMsdOlisQ1X9jLbqRS_T1XiUL_R8/s320/393589931_10228558955430215_3167212251106530107_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br />The Zionist movement literally threw Palestinians into the sea (loading boats in Haifa and Jaffa) in 1948 to sent them to Lebanon and Gaza, Only AFTER this ethnic cleansing, they came up with the lie that Palestinians were going to throw Jews into the sea (see <a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/">http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/</a>). From these early lies sprung many others over the past 75 years. A book should be written about this as it is the most remarkable set of orchestrated lies in the history of global colonization. Here are some information and links from ongaza.org about lies and then I add a comment on why these lies will contribute to the end of the Israeli apartheid regime. Since western media puppets always start with the events of October 7, ignore history, ignore lies, and ignore preplanned and executed genocide, we can start with 7 October.lies about Hamas atrocities (beheading 40 babies, raping women, burning people alive etc.):<br /><a href="https://thegrayzone.com/2023/10/27/israels-military-shelled-burning-tanks-helicopters/">https://thegrayzone.com/2023/10/27/israels-military-shelled-burning-tanks-helicopters/</a><br /><a href="https://new.thecradle.co/articles/what-really-happened-on-7th-october">https://new.thecradle.co/articles/what-really-happened-on-7th-october</a><br />see also Why is Israel trying to HIDE this hostage interview? <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HugMS0k0kB4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HugMS0k0kB4</a><br /><a href="https://www.jta.org/2023/10/16/israel/i-decided-to-play-dead-my-son-is-still-missing-a-survivors-account-from-kibbutz-nir-oz">https://www.jta.org/2023/10/16/israel/i-decided-to-play-dead-my-son-is-still-missing-a-survivors-account-from-kibbutz-nir-oz</a><br /><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231030-report-7-october-testimonies-strikes-major-blow-to-israeli-narrative/">https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231030-report-7-october-testimonies-strikes-major-blow-to-israeli-narrative/ </a><br /><a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861">https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861</a><br /><a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/hostages-how-the-u-s-media-is-distorting-the-news-from-palestine/">https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/hostages-how-the-u-s-media-is-distorting-the-news-from-palestine/</a> <br /><a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/no-proof-of-beheaded-israeli-babies-white-house-backtracks-on-bidens-comments-breaking">https://www.palestinechronicle.com/no-proof-of-beheaded-israeli-babies-white-house-backtracks-on-bidens-comments-breaking</a><br /><a href="https://fair.org/home/unconfirmed-beheaded-babies-report-helped-justify-israeli-slaughter/">https://fair.org/home/unconfirmed-beheaded-babies-report-helped-justify-israeli-slaughter/</a></div><div>Fabricating a picture of a burnt baby </div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9/posts/pfbid0471gNBRhrK4iySTFbvt5qNvet6GMgywH7TdUnRsqVw7G1UWgdAA6y9SjsFjGHBnol">https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9/posts/pfbid0471gNBRhrK4iySTFbvt5qNvet6GMgywH7TdUnRsqVw7G1UWgdAA6y9SjsFjGHBnol</a></div><div>Israeli forces shot at their own civilians <br /><a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861">https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861 </a><br />also look up Hannibal doctrine. <br /><br />There were false flag operations like the Lavon Affair, or the bombing of Jewish community centers in Iraq to blame it on locals and scare Iraqi Jews to leave their country. Hasbara (propaganda) is a very common Zionist tactic to advance their project of colonization. During the October 2023 incidents Israeli leaders lied about Hamas killing and beheading babies, about Israeli soldiers killing Israeli citizens, or even about wanting peace and set the stage for ongoing genocide.<br /><br />The Lavon Affair: Israel and Terror in Egypt <a href="http://www.mideastweb.org/lavon.htm">http://www.mideastweb.org/lavon.htm</a><br />Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew (about Israel's false flag operations targeting Jews to drive them out of Iraq) <a href="https://books.google.ps/books?id=XTWUEAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y">https://books.google.ps/books?id=XTWUEAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y</a><br /><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/avi-shlaim-proof-israel-zionist-involvement-iraq-jews-attacks">https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/avi-shlaim-proof-israel-zionist-involvement-iraq-jews-attacks</a><br />Israel killed an American citizen and lied about it <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/24/middleeast/shireen-abu-akleh-jenin-killing-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/24/middleeast/shireen-abu-akleh-jenin-killing-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html</a><br />This UN report on the shelling of a UN Compound that killed civilians (Qana massacre 1996 that contradict Israeli lies </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWgnEr3gIxSBarAf8UTwzRxeN2c3Dtwu4FO-2Fikju-VhOfKwzkd2FfwCW08vleVXG7JHAPeI2luW_eJz4k5wSXV5rd_kJm2LHmUSJPo7VRWhKSBgmFK1latqgm4vsYb68o4f2W_KqJq6bq0vZbV6j73ALAHyZyDvlOyK7IzoVcNviPllX5zoDhm0-VI/s680/393595915_841092760826634_1416796728199186861_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWgnEr3gIxSBarAf8UTwzRxeN2c3Dtwu4FO-2Fikju-VhOfKwzkd2FfwCW08vleVXG7JHAPeI2luW_eJz4k5wSXV5rd_kJm2LHmUSJPo7VRWhKSBgmFK1latqgm4vsYb68o4f2W_KqJq6bq0vZbV6j73ALAHyZyDvlOyK7IzoVcNviPllX5zoDhm0-VI/s320/393595915_841092760826634_1416796728199186861_n.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N96/117/52/IMG/N9611752.pdf">https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N96/117/52/IMG/N9611752.pdf </a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/ergrmLKmv7I">https://youtu.be/ergrmLKmv7I</a><br /><br />The current prime Minister Netanyahu is well known for lying to foreigners. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz (7/15/01) reported that: "... giving his audience (Likud leaders) a bit of advice on how to deal with foreign interviewers (Benjamin Netanyahu said): 'Always, irrespective of whether you're right or not, you must always present your side as right'".<br />In private and thinking he is not taped, he gives a more candid assessment of where he stands: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9/posts/10160919216451181">https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9/posts/10160919216451181</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1711750682733355146">https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1711750682733355146</a><br /><br />Israel's history of lies <br /><a href="https://imeu.org/article/fact-sheet-israels-history-of-spreading-disinformation">https://imeu.org/article/fact-sheet-israels-history-of-spreading-disinformation</a><br />Israel lies to manufacture a case for genocide </div><div><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/12/israel-is-manufacturing-a-case-for-genocide">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/12/israel-is-manufacturing-a-case-for-genocide</a><br /><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/medias-selective-moral-outrage-manufactures-consent-for-palestinian-genocide/">https://truthout.org/articles/medias-selective-moral-outrage-manufactures-consent-for-palestinian-genocide/</a><br />Taking responsibility and then lying <a href="https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1714357542879457390">https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1714357542879457390</a><br /><br />Israel lied when it said an errant Islamic Jihad rocket fell in Al-Ahli hospital courtyard killing 471 civilians:<br /><a href="https://sputnikglobe.com/20231018/what-could-have-triggered-gazas-deadly-hospital-blast-1114287684.html">https://sputnikglobe.com/20231018/what-could-have-triggered-gazas-deadly-hospital-blast-1114287684.html</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-XPw8bixg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-XPw8bixg </a><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/18/al-ahli-arab-hospital-piecing-together-what-happened-as-israel-insists-militant-rocket-to-blame">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/18/al-ahli-arab-hospital-piecing-together-what-happened-as-israel-insists-militant-rocket-to-blame</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/RcNMPlj1iAA">https://youtu.be/RcNMPlj1iAA</a><br /><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2023/10/19/israel-caught-out-in-further-lie-about-hospital-strike-after-doctored-image-exposed/">https://skwawkbox.org/2023/10/19/israel-caught-out-in-further-lie-about-hospital-strike-after-doctored-image-exposed/</a><br /><a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/who-bombed-al-ahli-baptist-hospital-three-top-investigations-offer-an-answer/">https://www.palestinechronicle.com/who-bombed-al-ahli-baptist-hospital-three-top-investigations-offer-an-answer/</a><br /><a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/17-10-2023-who-statement-on-attack-on-al-ahli-arab-hospital-and-reported-large-scale-casualties">https://www.who.int/news/item/17-10-2023-who-statement-on-attack-on-al-ahli-arab-hospital-and-reported-large-scale-casualties</a><br />Israeli history of attacking medical facilities <br /><a href="https://normanfinkelstein.substack.com/p/israel-would-never-target-medical">https://normanfinkelstein.substack.com/p/israel-would-never-target-medical</a><br /><a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-10-19-video-evidence-points-to-israeli-air-burst-bomb-striking-al-ahli-hospital-grounds.html">https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-10-19-video-evidence-points-to-israeli-air-burst-bomb-striking-al-ahli-hospital-grounds.html</a><br />Hospital warned two and four days before it was targeted <a href="https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2023/10/anglican-run-al-ahli-arab-hospital-in-gaza-damaged-by-israeli-rocket-fire-as-conflict-continues.asp">https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2023/10/anglican-run-al-ahli-arab-hospital-in-gaza-damaged-by-israeli-rocket-fire-as-conflict-continues.asp</a>x<br /><br />UN says Israel intentionally and recklessly killed Journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh (a US Ctizen) <a href="https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/israel-un-concludes-that-idf-intentionally-or-recklessly-killed-palestinian-journalist-shireen-abu-akleh">https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/israel-un-concludes-that-idf-intentionally-or-recklessly-killed-palestinian-journalist-shireen-abu-akleh</a><br /><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/how-israel-likely-killed-its-own-settlers-on-october-7">https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/how-israel-likely-killed-its-own-settlers-on-october-7</a><br />Killing Aljazeera Correspondent’s Family Days After Blinken Demands the Channel’s Coverage be ‘Toned Down’</div><div><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-kills-al-jazeera-correspondent-family-days-after-blinken-demands-channel-coverage-toned-down/5838015">https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-kills-al-jazeera-correspondent-family-days-after-blinken-demands-channel-coverage-toned-down/5838015</a><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">(Dozens of journalists were killed in 1 month in Gaza. Why target journalists and not allow others into Gaza if you have nothing to hide)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>The self-declared “I am zionist” US president Biden questioned the number of people killed in Gaza as documented by the Ministry of Heath so in response, the ministry released the data with names, ages, and ID card numbers (Biden has no shame to dehumanize Palestinians and start to lie on behalf of his pimps. The list released did not include the names of the reported missing who are likely dead under the rubble.<br /><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-death-toll-names-killed-released-biden-questions">https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-death-toll-names-killed-released-biden-questions </a><br />You can find the list of names here but this grows daily by hundreds <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2y7fkrac">https://tinyurl.com/2y7fkrac<br /></a><br /><b>Now I did not expect everyone to look through the above in detail because of its length. But it is actually a tiny glimpse of a 75 year history of lies and myths that are used by a movement that never had any moral or logical justifcation for its existence.
Zionists lie because they have to justify stealing land from indigenous people and to transform a multi-ethnic multi-cultural and multi-religious society to a Jewish state with countless laws that discriminate against the remaining Palestinians kept in Ghettos/concentration camps. Truth matters because lies and myths justify colonization, ethnic cleansing, and now accelerated genocide (2.3 million without food or water or medicines while their hospitals are taken out of service). As the lies are exposed Zionists resort to their last card: weaponizing "anti-Semitism" but even this trick is not working as opposition to the apartheid colonial regime comes from every quarter including hundreds of thousands of Jews around the world. Here is Dan Lieberman explaining how Israel is using the last card it has to defend the indefensible genocide https://dlieb10gmailcom.substack.com/p/a-call-to-action and see this on weaponization of anti-Semitism <a href="https://youtu.be/qJfYXVI_-Dc">https://youtu.be/qJfYXVI_-Dc</a></b><br /><br /><div>Israel's Military Rabbi Amichai Friedman: "This is the happiest month of my life... We're finally realizing who we are. All of this land is ours. The entire land, including Gaza & Lebanon... We will destroy everyone" he said to cheering Israeli soldiers <a href="https://x.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1721239223091536228?s=20">https://x.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1721239223091536228?s=20</a></div><div>see also <a href="https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/israelis-keep-hurting-their-own-pr-interests-by-talking-fa653840d732">https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/israelis-keep-hurting-their-own-pr-interests-by-talking-fa653840d732</a><br />This and other genocidal statements listed at ongaza.org (39 in list) plus the history of lies to sugar coat genocide (of which a glimpse is above) should shed any remaining doubt about why we must utilize all possible tools of resistance (especially truth telling, boycotts, divestments, sanctions) to end the nightmare.<div><br />If Martin Luther King was alive today, would he have made a similar speech about the US support of the genocide in Palestine to the speech a he made about Vietnam? Read his speech and judge for yourself <a href="https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm">https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm</a><br />But if not convinced, here is more about MLK Jr including his letter about Israel's aggression<br /><a href="http://qumsiyeh.org/martinlutherking/">http://qumsiyeh.org/martinlutherking/</a><br /><br />Get a glimpse of Gaza that is now subject to genocide. Note that the photographer interviewed is a Christian Marwant Tarazi who was killed with his wife, a child, and many Chistians when Israel bombed of the church compound hey were sheltering in<br /><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/collected-memories-photographs-of-gaza/video-54540624">https://www.dw.com/en/collected-memories-photographs-of-gaza/video-54540624</a><br /><br />A letter from a person who chose to stay in Gaza city despite the illegal and immoral order for ethnic cleansing of North Gaza <br /><a href="https://www.972mag.com/israel-ground-offensive-gaza-city-children/">https://www.972mag.com/israel-ground-offensive-gaza-city-children/<br /></a><br />Remarks at media briefing by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk following visit to Rafah, Egypt.<br />Statement: <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2023/11/un-human-rights-chief-visits-rafah-border-crossing-gaza">https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2023/11/un-human-rights-chief-visits-rafah-border-crossing-gaza</a><br /><br />Democrats are feeling the pressure of public sentiment in the US for ceasefire (will Biden sac his Zionist secretary of state and replace his his Zionist VP and change course to ensure a second term or will it be the orange monster Trump again?). Will the US and Israel implode anyway? <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/calls-for-congress-ceasefire-gaza-israel_n_654d4d0ce4b0373d70b16b0f">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/calls-for-congress-ceasefire-gaza-israel_n_654d4d0ce4b0373d70b16b0f</a></div></div><br />Stay Human, keep Palestine alive, stay tuned and act<br /><br />Mazin Qumsiyeh<br />A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home</div>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-29661170231081171502023-11-07T08:37:00.006-08:002023-11-07T11:18:20.253-08:00Mainstream media kills truth<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">What happened October 7 and after as UN Chief Gutteres said
“did not happen in a vacuum”. Palestinians endured ethnic cleansing and
racist onslaught daily for 75 years (that is over 27325 days). That left 8
million Palestinians refugees or displaced people and the rest stored in
disconnected concentration camps (Gaza, Bethlehem, Jericho, Ramallah etc).
There is deepening crime of apartheid and racial discrimination in the
West Bank while genocide goes on in Gaza. Israel's ongoing horrors are a
mockery of international law. Today the situation in Gaza is catastrophic
as it shifts to a higher stage of carnage: from sudden death and injury of
civilians by bombing them without warning to ADD death by thirst, starvation,
lack of hygiene, and collapse of health care services (Israeli policies of mass
murder by denial of basics of life). We in the West Bank as Palestinians
everywhere in the world) witness this genocide and ethnic cleansing of a
captive population in Gaza and know we are next. Already 163 Palestinians
were murdered by the occupation army and settlers in the West Bank since 7
October and we expect the worse. Israel blocked our cantons and
arrested/kidnapped over 2500 more Palestinians in the West Bank. And they are
torturing these political prisoners (now over 11,000 by direct physical
abuse and denial of food and medicine. See example here <a href="https://twitter.com/Issaamro/status/1719332892608753828">https://twitter.com/Issaamro/status/1719332892608753828</a>
The mood is somber and angry. We just can't believe how the US government and
its western allies colluded and collaborated and funded this carnage for 75
years.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKkYhFSVbH44M8T0fxxr7Pu4xh_DMMl7sHgq9ZAdbLxbnl8vIrPydEg8cHrDcMMgyPpRr7PjWlbcx-AuMYNdcb3MuOnFKBhg2I_ISOhitYiBS9SQ2yuCppiz725sqU7-GViAbcIzbQTYE13iT_j2U4DnrV2K6Lya95TI2-JeVv3BVBfYOWdDp6xudpn0/s1200/E1Ibkg9WEAErLBv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1200" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKkYhFSVbH44M8T0fxxr7Pu4xh_DMMl7sHgq9ZAdbLxbnl8vIrPydEg8cHrDcMMgyPpRr7PjWlbcx-AuMYNdcb3MuOnFKBhg2I_ISOhitYiBS9SQ2yuCppiz725sqU7-GViAbcIzbQTYE13iT_j2U4DnrV2K6Lya95TI2-JeVv3BVBfYOWdDp6xudpn0/s320/E1Ibkg9WEAErLBv.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">But we remain focused for now on Gaza where relentless
bombing of residential buildings and of even people on the streets, bakeries
and schools meant hundreds of civilians die daily. Over 10,000 are registered
now as civilians killed with some 2500 missing presumed dead under the
rubble. Half the population in Gaza are Children and 42% of those killed
are children.. But this pales compared to denial of water, food, medicines and
fuel (babies and patients on dialysis die with lack of fuel for generators for
the remaining devastated hospitals). Health care system completely collapsed
and Israel refuses even to pause or to allow humanitarian aid. Several
countries (Bolivia, Columbia, Chile, Brazil, Jordan, South Africa) suspended
diplomatic ties with Israel but this is not sufficient to deter this genocidal
regime. People around the world are mobilizing and the gap between the
Western Governments and their citizens grow wider daily. But people are also
still being murdered daily despite the millions on the streets. More pressure
is needed. Palestinians will continue to resist even as we say the governments
of both the West and the many Arab countries take a stand of collusion, aiding
and abetting genocide while issuing vague statements of "concern."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> There are many battles going on simultaneously: 1) A
genocidal slaughter of the civilian population of Gaza, 2) a battle against the
civilian population in the West Bank and 1948 areas of Palestine (intensified
colonization and persecution), 3) a battle between Israel on the one hand and
and resistance forces of Hamas and Hizbollah, and 4) the battle to destroy
truth waged by Zionists and their arms globally. As Israel is losing the
battles with the resistance despite massive air power, the occupying army is
intensifying the battles on the other fronts including the slaughter of civilians
(intensifying genocide) while the US administration and its allies try to throw
sand in the face of the world via the mainstream media (MSM). They even claim
they seek peace AFTER Israel finishes off preplanned ethnic cleansing and
genocide. Civilians die but colonialism/apartheid/ genocide (US/Israel) will
not continue if we grow our marches and pressures around the world (a global
uprising).</p><p class="MsoNormal">
Activists just demonstrated for the first time at the Statue of Liberty (see <a href="https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/07/wire-statue-of-liberty/">https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/07/wire-statue-of-liberty/</a> and <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-protests-2666166026">https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-protests-2666166026</a>). We live in a
historic moment where we can see and act on genocide in real time and we need
better and bigger organizing to change the course of this rotten old world
order in which might be made right and people's lives were dispensable for
greed while the Zionist lobby machine works feverishly to lie and pressure and
buy politicians and media. The western politicians support Israel because they
are bribed and lobbied to do so. Here is an example from the UK
https://www.declassifieduk.org/two-fifths-of-keir-starmers-cabinet-have-been-funded-by-pro-israel-lobbyists/<br />
But the media is an integral part of this war <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/29/western-coverage-of-israels-war-on-gaza-bias-or-unprofessionalism">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/29/western-coverage-of-israels-war-on-gaza-bias-or-unprofessionalism</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The MSM is complicit in genocide by regurgitating Zionist talking points.
Ignoring UN reports, human rights reports, the carnage and massacres committed,
the MSM some times states that civilians are killed "in fighting". No
civilians are being bombed and obliterated in large numbers without any
"fighting". The fighting is happening with advancing Israeli tanks
away from civilians and the evidence shows the Israeli army not doing well
there and maybe that is why they intensified bombing civilians. Gaza health
officials invited any International fact finding missions to visit them to
prove the lies that hospitals house Hamas fighters (in them or under them). Israel's
lies that they are targeting fighters in civilian areas are disproved even by
current staff and reports from a number of international organizations. Lying
and killing are not restricted to the military and government. The MSM kills
the truth. See this excellent Jonathan Cook's analysis of BBC's
complicity <a href="https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2023-11-02/bbc-october-7/">https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2023-11-02/bbc-october-7/</a><br />
MSM is not only guilty of lying but also of intentionally hiding important
facts. For examples:<br />
<br />
1) How many western MSM outlets covered this unprecedented report from UN
Chiefs dubbed "Enough is enough"
<a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2403981/middle-east">https://www.arabnews.com/node/2403981/middle-east</a><br />
<br />
2) How many MSM covered this leaked memo shows there is mutiny within the US
State Department against the Zionist Blinken/Biden foreign policy that supports
genocide of Gaza population<br /><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/06/u-s-diplomats-slam-israel-policy-in-leaked-memo-00125538">
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/06/u-s-diplomats-slam-israel-policy-in-leaked-memo-00125538</a> or for that matter interviewed Josh Paul who resigned (only Democracy Now interviewed him and it is a must see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9fAgaUBrw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9fAgaUBrw</a>). Also how bout interviewing Craig Mokhiber who resigned from the UN (see <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24103463-craig-mokhiber-resignation-letter">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24103463-craig-mokhiber-resignation-letter</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvm0HYvPJu4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvm0HYvPJu4</a> )<br />
<br />
3) Did the MSM cover the plummeting public support for Biden? Just among Arab
Americans it declined from 59% to 17%!<br /><a href="https://www.aaiusa.org/library/arab-americans-special-poll-domestic-implications-of-the-most-recent-outbreak-of-violence-in-palestineisrael">
https://www.aaiusa.org/library/arab-americans-special-poll-domestic-implications-of-the-most-recent-outbreak-of-violence-in-palestineisrael</a><br />
<br />
4) Did the MSM report on Delta force members working on the ground with
Israelis or the expansion of the US military base in Israel<br /><a href="https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/secret-military-base-israel-gaza-site-512/">
https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/secret-military-base-israel-gaza-site-512/</a><br />
How about polls that show the US public does not want to arm apartheid and
genocidal regimes?<br />
<br />
5) Did the MSM cover the massive rallies to end the genocide in Gaza that show
the government is disconnected from the . Here is Democracy Now coverage which
is rare among media outlets.<br /><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/dc_march_for_palestine_nov_2023">
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/dc_march_for_palestine_nov_2023</a><br /><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/alice_rothchild_gaza_healthcare_crisis">
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/alice_rothchild_gaza_healthcare_crisis</a><br /><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/shibley_telhami_israel_palestine_one_state">
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/shibley_telhami_israel_palestine_one_state</a><br /><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/ahmed_abu_artemahttps://www.democracynow.org">
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/6/ahmed_abu_artemahttps://www.democracynow.org</a><br />
<br />
6) Why does the MSM fail to highlight the growing rift between political elites
and the people. Here are two examples from Frankfort and 11-12 November
mobilizing at the upcoming APEC summit in San Francisco<br /><a href="https://criticalresistance.org/event/no-apec-summit-2023/">
https://criticalresistance.org/event/no-apec-summit-2023/</a><br /><a href="https://bnn.network/breaking-news/protests/frankfurt-protests-shine-light-on-german-cancel-culture-silencing-palestinian-support/">
https://bnn.network/breaking-news/protests/frankfurt-protests-shine-light-on-german-cancel-culture-silencing-palestinian-support/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7) Why is the MSM not ciovering Jewish pogroms against Arabs even those who ar Israeli citizens? See examples here <a href="https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-citizens-gaza-war-enemies/">https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-citizens-gaza-war-enemies/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.btselem.org/video/20230312_jewish_supremacy_regime_carries_out_pogrom_in_huwarah_and_other_palestinian_communities_in_northern_west_bank">https://www.btselem.org/video/20230312_jewish_supremacy_regime_carries_out_pogrom_in_huwarah_and_other_palestinian_communities_in_northern_west_bank</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">8) Context is not given in MSM making it look like Israel is
a legitimate state "defending itself". But the facts are so obvious,
Israel is a colonial entity that stripped Palestinians from their land, made
them refugees, and those who remained are kept in ghettos/concentration areas
like the Gaza strip. Here are the conditions in Gaza in 2019 (before this
latest prison outbreak and genocidal actions): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s</a> For background on Gaza see <a href="http://ongaza.org">http://ongaza.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-21648495423112977712023-11-06T00:48:00.007-08:002023-11-06T22:43:53.162-08:00Open letter to the PLO<p> I wrote four open letters earlier addressed to: people of Gaza, Israelis and Jews who support the Israeli government, the global community, and the US public (you can find them at this blog links at right by date) This my fifth open letter is addressed to the Palestinian authority and factions of the PLO</p><div>The truth is being murdered together with our men, women, and children in Gaza. Let me start with the most obvious question. What make anyone (let alone you Mr. Mahmoud Abbas) think that Israel can be pressured to allow us our own state in the West Bank and Gaza after it finishes off Hamas? The "global community" (Western Governments) could not even influence the RATE of genocide and wanton destruction of residential buildings, universities, schools, and hospitals. They could not even stop Israel from destroying water storage facilities and starve a people of water and food. To the contrary they even joined in silencing Palestinian voices in their countries. The definition of madness is to keep doing the same thing and expect different results. The Oslo group has been doing this for 30 years and the results is entrenched colonization with now over 900,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank. Keeping repeating the mantra of a state in the 1967 areas is madness.</div><div><br /></div><div>One Israeli minister said that Israel should consider dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza. He is not alone. Netanyahu himself showed a map of the new Middle East at the United Nations a few months ago that does not have a reference to Palestine or Palestinians. Israel's President himself said there are no innocent Palestinians in Gaza and his opinion is shared by . Israel already dropped the equivalent of two Hiroshima nuclear bombs on Gaza and is forcing death by starvation and thirst on millions. Can you name one other place in the past 100 years where millions of people were subjected to such denial of water, food, electricity, fuel, medicines? But what is remarkable is that the UN is paralyzed and the slaughter is happening with Western government support led by the US (partners in genocide). As one civilian is killed on average every four minutes and six children every hour, why would you Mr. Mahmoud Abbas meet with Blinken who is equally guilty of these massacres. Even US citizens disrupted his public appearance telling him he has blood on his hands. But even if you actually think you can get Blinken to give you something (crumbs maybe), who authorized you to tell him that the PLO is still the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people with you at its head. Why would you not at least form your own emergency unity government (yes including Islamic parties whether we agree with them or not). Why is building a coalition government is allowed to apartheid Israel but not us? Note that despite their differences, all the members of the Israeli interim government running this "war" are unified that targeting Palestinian civilians and starving 2.3 million and destroying all healthcare facilities is a legitimate tool of subjugation. </div><div><br /></div><div>After one month of this state terrorism that Gaza people are subjected to, time has run out. You also must clearly know that Israel's control of the West Bank is tighter than ever. Do you really think that Blinken's hollow statements about Israel needing to restrain the settlers in the West Bank is of any use? It is the same kind of statement that while fighting terrorism, Israel is encouraged to comply with international law (they don't and they won't). Don't you already know that this is a government of settlers, its soldiers, its ministers...etc all support murdering and ethnically cleansing Palestinians whether in the 1948 areas, in the West Bank or in Gaza. </div><div><br /></div><div>People rightly call for "ceasefire" but this is more accurately a call to pause slaughter of innocent Palestinians by an occupation fascist army intent on finishing the job started in 1948. We were hammered for 75 years by a Zionist force supported by imperialist countries (Sykes Picot 1916. Cambon and Balfour Declarations supported but the US in 1917 etc) and betrayed by corrupt Arab leaders for over 100 years (including our own). We were denied even the right to tell our story or to mourn our dead. Some Palestinians heroically resisted and in so doing delayed the progress of this hegemonic entity for decades. Thousands languish in horrible conditions in Israeli jails (dungeons!). You also know that the Zionist lobby successfully colonized many western capitals, media, and even the military industrial complex that President Eisenhauer warned us about.</div><div><br /></div><div>Elected Israeli politicians (under apartheid laws they must be Zionist) have repeatedly shown you repeatedly that they want to liquidate the Palestinian cause. The Allon Plan of 1968 (reflected in 1979 Camp David Accord and 1993 Oslo Accord) sets the maximum you can aspire to "semi-autonomy" under Israeli sovereignty and you know that ( In my book "Sharing the Land of Canaan" I explained why there was never in human history an anti-colonial struggle that ended in two states (see the logical arguments at http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/). </div><div><br /></div><div>After these events in Gaza, sustaining a two-state delusion is even harder as Israeli colonization in the West Bank is empowered and accelerating. The West Bank ghettos will become permanent unless we move beyond the pathetic attempt to plead with Western governments and collusionist Arab governments for tokenism. What can be done? Rise to the (existential) challenge.</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Democratize the PLO and if not possible, then create a new umbrella for the Palestinian people. This is a way to ensure strengthened participation by 15 million Palestinians and getting them to donate, act, and pressure governments wherever they are. </div><div>2) We must first and foremost depend on ourselves to shape our future. While we welcome all solidarity and joint struggle movements (and these are growing) , setting directions and plans of action must be done based on careful internal studies and analysis. Palestinian intellectuals must play a significant role. A specific plan of action must have SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time bound)</div><div>3) We need to revolutionize diplomacy towards public and strong diplomacy. The Fatah run foreign ministry needs to be changed drastically. With few exceptions (like Ambassador Husam Zomlut), we have a majority of "ambassadors" who sit on desks and do very little. That public diplomacy should not give legitimacy to apartheid and allow normalization with it. We must push for removing racism and apartheid.</div><div>4) Fight corruption at all levels. Fight corruption. A noble cause like Palestine cannot afford corrupt systems.</div><div>5) (Re)education is an essential component of any freedom movement. Our children are our future and our biggest asset and we must focus on creating the best environment for empowered learning. </div><div><br /></div><div>We must realize that whether you are a dove or a hawk, you are fair game to the Zionist movement which wants the land and does not even want to share your land with you. We must work together in all humility but all seriousness to act in ways that honor the huge sacrifices done in the past 75 years. It is an existential struggle.</div>Mazin Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04350895520340099984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-45690518323091015832023-11-06T00:41:00.004-08:002023-11-06T01:38:49.853-08:00رسالة مفتوحة للسلطة الفلسطينية <p dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA">لقد كتبت أربع رسائل مفتوحة في وقت سابق موجهة
إلى: شعب غزة، والإسرائيليين واليهود الذين يدعمون الحكومة الإسرائيلية، والمجتمع
العالمي، والجمهور الأمريكي (يمكنك العثور عليها على يمين الصفحة</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA">)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">رسالتي المفتوحة الخامسة هذه موجهة إلى السلطة
الفلسطينية وفصائل منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">الحقيقة تُقتل مع رجالنا ونسائنا وأطفالنا في
غزة. اسمحوا لي أن أبدأ بالسؤال الأكثر وضوحا. ما الذي يجعل أي شخص (ناهيك عنك يا
سيد محمود عباس) يعتقد أنه يمكن الضغط على إسرائيل للسماح لنا بدولتنا في الضفة
الغربية وقطاع غزة بعد القضاء على حماس؟ لم يتمكن "المجتمع العالمي"
(الحكومات الغربية) حتى من التأثير على معدل الإبادة الجماعية والتدمير الممنهج
للمباني السكنية والجامعات والمدارس والمستشفيات. ولم يتمكنوا حتى من منع إسرائيل
من تدمير مرافق تخزين المياه وتجويع الشعب من الماء والغذاء. وعلى العكس من ذلك،
فقد شاركوا في إسكات الأصوات الفلسطينية في بلدانهم وشاركوا بدعم عسكري وأموال.
تعريف الجنون هو الاستمرار في فعل نفس الشيء وتوقع نتائج مختلفة. ظلت مجموعة أوسلو
تفعل ذلك لمدة 30 عامًا، وكانت النتيجة ترسيخ الاستعمار حيث يوجد الآن أكثر من 900
ألف مستوطن يهودي في الضفة الغربية. الاستمرار في ترديد شعار الدولة في مناطق 1967
هو جنون.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">قال أحد الوزراء الإسرائيليين إن على إسرائيل
أن تفكر في إسقاط قنبلة نووية على غزة. إنه ليس وحده. لقد عرض نتنياهو بنفسه خريطة
للشرق الأوسط الجديد في الأمم المتحدة قبل بضعة أشهر لا تحتوي على أي إشارة
إلى فلسطين أو الفلسطينيين. وقال الرئيس الإسرائيلي نفسه إنه لا يوجد فلسطينيون
أبرياء في غزة ويشاركه رأيه كل قادة اسرائيل. لقد أسقطت إسرائيل بالفعل ما يعادل
قنبلتين نوويتين على غزة، وتفرض الموت جوعا وعطشا على الملايين. هل يمكنك تسمية
مكان آخر خلال المائة عام الماضية حيث تعرض ملايين الأشخاص لمثل هذا الحرمان من
الماء والغذاء والكهرباء والوقود والأدوية؟ لكن اللافت للنظر هو أن الأمم المتحدة
مشلولة والمذبحة تحدث بدعم من الحكومات الغربية بقيادة الولايات المتحدة (شركاء في
الإبادة الجماعية). يستشهد مدنياً كل أربع دقائق في المتوسط وستة أطفال كل ساعة،
فلماذا يجتمع السيد محمود عباس مع بلينكن المذنب بنفس القدر في هذه المذابح? حتى
أن مواطنين أمريكيين قاموا بمقاطعة ظهوره وأخبروه أن يديه ملطختان بالدماء.
لكن حتى لو كنت تعتقد فعلا أنه يمكنك جعل بلينكن يعطيك شيئا (ربما فتات) فمن الذي
أذن لك أن تقول له إن منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية لا تزال الممثل الشرعي للشعب
الفلسطيني وعلى رأسها أنت? لماذا لا تقومون على الأقل بتشكيل حكومة وحدة الطوارئ
الخاصة بكم (نعم بما في ذلك فصائال اسلامية سواء اتفقنا معها أم لا). لما لا يحق لنا ما يحق لدولة الإحتلال؟ لاحظ مع اختلافهم أن جميع أعضاء الحكومة الإسرائيلية المؤقتة التي تدير هذه
"الحرب" فإنهم متفقون على أن استهداف المدنيين الفلسطينيين وتجويع 2.3 مليون
وتدمير جميع مرافق الرعاية الصحية هو أداة مشروعة.</span><span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">بعد مرور شهر على إرهاب الدولة الذي يتعرض له
سكان غزة نفد الوقت! وتعلموا بوضوح أن سيطرة إسرائيل على الضفة الغربية
أصبحت أكثر حدة من أي وقت مضى</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-JO" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-JO; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>وسيأتي دورنا وثم بقية العالم العربي بعد غزة.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> هل تعتقدون حقاً أن تصريحات بلينكن الجوفاء حول حاجة إسرائيل إلى
كبح جماح المستوطنين في الضفة الغربية لها أي فائدة؟ وهو نفس النوع من التصريحات
القائلة بأنه أثناء مكافحة الإرهاب يتم تشجيع إسرائيل على الامتثال للقانون الدولي
(وهم لا يفعلون ذلك ولن يفعلوا ذلك). ألا تعلمون أن هذه حكومة المستوطنين وجنودها
ووزرائها... إلخ، كلهم يدعمون القتل والتطهير العرقي للفلسطينيين سواء في مناطق
1948 أو في الضفة الغربية أو في غزة.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">يدعو الناس بحق إلى "وقف إطلاق
النار"، لكن هذه دعوة لوقف مؤقت لذبح الفلسطينيين الأبرياء على يد
جيش الاحتلال الفاشي الذي كان عازمًا على إنهاء المهمة التي بدأها عام 1948. لقد
تعرضنا للضرب لمدة 75 عامًا من قبل القوة الصهيونية المدعومة من الدول الإمبريالية
(سايكس بيكو 1916 و دعمت الولايات المتحدة إعلاني كامبون وبلفور في عام 1917 وما
إلى ذلك) وخانهما الزعماء العرب الفاسدون لأكثر من 100 عام (بما في ذلك زعماءنا).
لقد حُرمنا حتى من حقنا في رواية قصتنا أو الحداد على موتانا. وقد قاوم بعض
الفلسطينيين بأعمال بطولية مما أدى إلى تأخير تقدم هذا الكيان المهيمن لعقود من
الزمن. الآلاف يقبعون في ظروف مزرية في </span>الزنزانات الإسرائيلية. وتعلمون
أيضاً أن اللوبي الصهيوني نجح في استعمار العديد من العواصم ووسائل الإعلام
الغربية، وحتى المجمع الصناعي العسكري الذي حذرنا منه الرئيس الأمريكي روزفلت.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">لقد أظهر لك السياسيون الإسرائيليون المنتخبون
(بموجب قوانين الفصل العنصري، يجب أن يكونوا صهاينة) مرارًا وتكرارًا أنهم يريدون
تصفية القضية الفلسطينية. تحدد خطة ألون لعام 1968 (التي انعكست في اتفاق كامب
ديفيد عام 1979 واتفاق أوسلو عام 1993) الحد الأقصى الذي يمكن أن تطمح إليه للحصول
على "حكم شبه ذاتي" تحت السيادة الإسرائيلية وأنت تعلم ذلك. في كتابي
"تقاسم أرض كنعان" شرحت السبب لماذا لم ولن يكن هناك صراع ضد الاستعمار
انتهى إلى حل الدولتين. كفا أوهام.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">بعد هذه الأحداث في غزة، أصبح الحفاظ على وهم
الدولتين أكثر صعوبة. مع تمكين وتسارع الاستعمار الإسرائيلي في الضفة الغربية سوف
تصبح الكانتونات <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>دائمة وأكثر عزلة ما لم
نتجاوز المحاولة البائسة والخادعة لمناشدة الحكومات الغربية والحكومات العربية المتواطئة من
أجل اعطائنا الفتات. ماذا يمكن ان نفعل للارتقاء إلى مستوى التحدي الوجودي؟</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>1) تغيير منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية باتجاه الديمقراطية
وإذا لم يكن ذلك ممكناً، فيجب إنشاء مظلة جديدة للشعب الفلسطيني. وهذه طريقة لضمان
تعزيز مشاركة 15 مليون فلسطيني وحملهم على التبرع والعمل والضغط على الحكومات
أينما كانوا.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>2) يجب علينا أولاً وقبل كل شيء أن نعتمد على
أنفسنا في تشكيل مستقبلنا بتواضع وحزم. نرحب بكل الحركات التضامنية والنضالية
المشتركة (وهي في تزايد) إلا أن تحديد التوجهات وخطط العمل يجب أن يتم بناء على
دراسات وتحليلات داخلية متأنية ومدروسة. يجب على المثقفين الفلسطينيين أن يلعبوا
دورا هاما هنا. يجب أن تحتوي خطة العمل المحددة على معايير ذكية (محددة وقابلة
للقياس وقابلة للتحقيق وواقعية ومحددة زمنياً)</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>3) نحن بحاجة إلى إحداث ثورة في الدبلوماسية العامة
والقوية. تحتاج وزارة الخارجية التابعة لحركة فتح إلى تغيير جذري. فمع استثناءات
قليلة (مثل السفير حسام زملط)، لدينا أغلبية من "السفراء" الذين يجلسون
على مكاتبهم ولا يقومون إلا بالقليل وبعضه مضر. الدبلوماسية العامة لا ينبغي أن
تعطي الشرعية للفصل العنصري وتسمح بالتطبيع مع نظام الأبارتهايد. بل نصر على إزالة
الفصل العنصري.</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>4) محاربة الفساد على كافة المستويات. قضية
نبيلة مثل فلسطين لا يمكنها تحمل الأنظمة الفاسدة. يشمل هذا قضاء مستقل وقوانين لا
تحمي الفساد</span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>5) (إعادة) التعليم هو عنصر أساسي في أي حركة
حرية. أطفالنا هم مستقبلنا ويجب علينا التركيز على خلق أفضل بيئة للتعلم الذي يقوي
الشعب ويصنع مستقبل أفضل<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">بالتغيير نكون وفيين للتضحيات: لدم الشهداء
والمصابين ولمعانات المشردين<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">يجب على الجميع تحمل المسؤولية <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Mazin Qumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04350895520340099984noreply@blogger.com0