Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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We see them as human beings also, and also as victims of the Israeli regime and it's inhumane policies.
But the oppressed people come before the occupiers, just like most people consider first the suffering of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust before the German civilians who suffered in the Allied bombings.
It's not denying the humanity or the suffering of the latter.
Palestine was mentioned already by the Carian-Greek historian Herodotos(484-425 BCE).
United States of America must not exist either, as it was a Colonial invention by the British settlers of the eastern seaboard of the Turtle Island and had no previous existence prior to 1776.
Same goes naturally for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and that later invention of European settlers, Israel.
The first part is pure fantasy. The first written examples of Hebrew, for example, are short texts from the mid-8th century BCE.
Everything you write about Palestinians beyond the anthem is just wrong and I bet you know it. Even "liberal Zionists" Kimmerling and Migdah in their "The Palestinian People" date Palestinian identity (and national struggle) back to 1834.
Palestinian National Congresses were already meeting in the 1910s. Those who established PLO in 1964 included members of Palestinian parties of the 1920-1940s and participants of the 1936-1939 uprising against the British rule.
Palestinian flag was the Palestinian flag already in the 1930s and then it had the Muslim Crescent Moon and the Christian Cross in it, which were later removed to make it religiously neutral.
Israeli occupation claimed that Samer had broken the rules of his probation by visiting another village. Israel claims to have (illegally) annexed this particular village and claims it is part of Jerusalem, but now decided - so that they could get Samer back in jail - that it was actually on the West Bank. Because of this, as a part of the deal to end his hunger strike, Samer was sentenced to 8 months for supposedly breaking the rules of his probation.
Part of the prisoner exchange deal. Israel has imprisoned again dozens of ex- political prisoners released as part of it by using various excuses or none at all in some cases.
Israel accused Samer Issawi of being a member of DFLP - a small leftwing party (enjoys 3-4 percent support among Palestinians in the occupied territories), member of the Abbas' government, and no longer in US "terrorism" list - and having taken part in the second intifada in an armed attack against illegal settlers, in which no one was injured.
In the typical Israeli manner they had sentenced him for decades in jail for this act of opposing the occupation.
Baruch Goldstein, the illegal settler terrorist, murdered Samir's teenage brother and 28 other people in 1994. Goldstein is considered a great hero among large number of Jewish Israelis and his grave is a place of modern day pilgrimage.
Majority on either side is not interested in a lasting peace that majority on the other side would be ready to accept.
Palestinians are ready to give up far more than Israel, but this is still not enough for the majority on the Israeli side, which Israeli elections clearly show.
There simply isn't a majority on the Israeli side which would accept pre-1967 lines with few land swaps, which is basically the minimum for a viable Palestinian state.
In the current negotiations Israel demands that it would be allowed to annex Jordan Valley or at least control it for 25 more years. According to World Bank, Jordan Valley could produce 3.5 billion dollars a year for Palestinian state (currently Israel gets 620 million dollars a year from the illegal agricultural colonies in there), which is twice the whole international yearly aid to Palestinians.
Samer Issawi's hunger strike was a quite genuine hunger strike, otherwise the Israeli occupation would have claimed otherwise loud and clear.
His teenage brother was one of Baruch Goldstein's victims, most members of his family have been imprisoned by Israel, his brother Medhat for 19 years and one brother's home was destroyed by Israel as a "revenge" for his hunger strike.
3 civilians were killed in Gaza. 3 year old Hala Abu Sheikha, a so far unnamed man in Beit Lahiya and 22 year old Salah Abu Latif (the Israeli Bedouin). 6 others wounded, including mother and brother of Hala, the latter seriously.
These follow attacks in recent days against Gaza and Palestinian fishermen on sea by Israel. On 20th Israeli sniper killed civilian Odeh Jehad Hamad 1 kilometer inside Gaza.
Israel has broken the November 2012 truce almost 300 times, but Western media like CNN refuse to report Israel's atttacks on Gaza - and also most killings on West Banks by Israel, which have increased since the peace negotiations began again.
There have been increasing Israeli attacks in recent days, one civilian death, and apparently as a revenge a Popular Resistance Committee's sniper shot dead an Israeli civilian employee of IDF working on the border fence. After that Israel made artillery and bomb attacks, killing unnamed man and 3/4 year old Hala Abu Sheikha and injured badly her brother and mother.6 other Palestinians at least have been wounded, 3 combatants and 1 child among them.
In 1890 the actual population statistics for Palestine were 432 000 Muslims, 57 000 Christians and 43 000 Jews.
(In 1800 the numbers had been 246 000 Muslims, 22 000 Christians and 7000 Jews.)
In 1922 the numbers were 589 000 Muslims, 71 000 Christians and 84 000 Jews.
In 1931 the numbers were 760 000 Muslims, 89 000 Christians and 175 000 Jews.
In 1947 the numbers were 1 181 000 Muslims, 143 000 Christians and 630 000 Jews.
Oh, by the way, according to the Israeli Supreme Court in their recent decision to reject "Israeli" in national identification cards, there's no such people as "Israeli".
In 1890 the actual population statistics for Palestine were 432 000 Muslims, 57 000 Christians and 43 000 Jews.
(In 1800 the numbers had been 246 000 Muslims, 22 000 Christians and 7000 Jews.)
In 1922 the numbers were 589 000 Muslims, 71 000 Christians and 84 000 Jews.
In 1931 the numbers were 760 000 Muslims, 89 000 Christians and 175 000 Jews.
In 1947 the numbers were 1 181 000 Muslims, 143 000 Christians and 630 000 Jews.
Oh, by the way, according to the Israeli Supreme Court in their recent decision to reject "Israeli" in national identification cards, there's no such people as "Israeli".
Judaism is a religion, ethnically Jews are diverse as recent genetic studies show. Palestinians have deep roots in their land. Genetically they are also very close to the original followers of Judaism; Ashkenazi Jews for example are genetically what a child between a Palestinian and a Northern Italian would be.
International law gives occupied people full right to resist militarily and Americans should remember that George Washington and the other Founding Fathers did not lead a non-violent resistance to the British, but fought a long war to gain independence for the United States.
Americans have no right to say to Palestinians that they should not follow the same path which they themselves took in 1776.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Apologists of Israel expect that there should be something equivalent of Hoover dam on the borders of Gaza and as there isn't, they go on claim that the Palestinian claims are just propaganda.
But there are small dams and two major reservoirs, one seasonal, just on the borders of northern Gaza. Normally these are used to stop water from getting to the Gaza side.
The even occasionally lush vegetation on the ethnically cleansed side of the border is one of the symbols of oppression, not a "miracle" of "making the desert bloom" - just a result of denying water from Gaza.
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