ShumBola
11-19-2000, 01:41 AM
Hey guys,
I'm really curios what happened to the previous article on this issue "What the Heck is going on in Palestine"....all are there but "that" article is missing, don't you guys smell a rat? ;)
Anyways, I got this article via e-mail which was send by Islamicity...it's still fresh, i'm sure those who are interested in credibility of the article can find it there.
What do you guys think about this article???
IslamiCity (c) 2000 Copyright :):):)ne moi slova
_____________________________________________
O Allah, give us equal courage to speak for truth and stand against injustice. O Allah,
bless those who speak the truth and guide those who hide the truth.
We share the following article as it has touched our hearts. We hope this will help us not
forget the sufferings of innocent victims in Palestine.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Charley Reese - The Orlando Sentinel - 11/16/2000
You're probably wondering what it is these Palestinians over there
want. Well, even if you are not wondering about it, I will tell you
anyway. They want the same thing the Founding Fathers of this
country (USA) wanted: freedom.
You see, in 1967, Israel fought a war with Syria, Jordan and Egypt and
won it right handily in about six days. In the process, it occupied the
West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Jordan had illegally
annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Egypt controlled Gaza.
The past 33 years, the Palestinians in those areas have lived under
Israeli military occupation. Israel has no legal claim to any of their
territory, including East Jerusalem. The United Nations has passed a
number of resolutions upholding the Palestinians' claims and their
right to self-determination. Bitter Harvest by Sami Hadawi has a good
account of these resolutions.
Americans, of course, do not know what it is like to live under military
occupation. Palestinians must at all times carry special identity cards.
Their cars must have a special license tag. They effectively have no
rights. Their land has been confiscated and Jewish settlements built
on it. Their own houses have been demolished or blown up. Olive
tress hundreds of years old have been bulldozed. Palestinians
frequently are placed under "closure," which means that they cannot
travel to get to their jobs. Often they are placed under curfew, which
means that they cannot leave their houses for any reason.
You cannot do anything but sit inside your house until your foreign
occupier gives you permission to leave. Whenever they protest these
indignities, some are shot dead, and even more stringent punishments
are imposed on the survivors. The Israeli human-rights organization
B'Tselem has documented much of this abuse, as have Christian
observer groups.
During the most recent upheaval, according to the British newspaper
The Independent, 191 Palestinians have been killed, and the wounded
number more than 5,000. The same article states that 24 Israelis have
been killed. Snipers have shot many of the Palestinians, including
children. Amira Hass has written poignantly of this practice in the
Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Israel recently has been condemned by
Amnesty International and the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights. Physicians for Human Rights recently condemned the use of
excessive force by the Israeli Defense Force
A British newspaper editorial recently observed that if the Palestinians
were black, the world would be united in denouncing Israel as a rogue
state. Unfortunately, the Palestinians are not black. Moreover, the
Israeli spin-doctors are so skillful and the Israeli lobby is so powerful
that they have managed to convince most Americans that Israel is the
victim of aggression.
In fact, more American sailors died on the USS Cole than Israeli
soldiers during the recent fighting, as of this writing. Apparently
Israelis define aggressors as 14-year-olds armed with slingshots. I
think that any man who can frame the face of child in his telescopic
gunsights and kill him is a filthy animal who doesn't deserve to walk
on this earth.
I've heard many tragic stories of Jewish children being shot by
soldiers during the Holocaust. I fail to see any difference between a
Jewish child being shot and a Palestinian child being shot. I fail to see
any difference in the children. I fail to see any difference in the
soldiers.
Americans who fail to speak out against these crimes being
committed against the Palestinians with our money and with our
government blocking any relief by the United Nations are accessories
to the crimes. Remember: There is a God. And, sooner or later,
there is always justice.
I'm really curios what happened to the previous article on this issue "What the Heck is going on in Palestine"....all are there but "that" article is missing, don't you guys smell a rat? ;)
Anyways, I got this article via e-mail which was send by Islamicity...it's still fresh, i'm sure those who are interested in credibility of the article can find it there.
What do you guys think about this article???
IslamiCity (c) 2000 Copyright :):):)ne moi slova
_____________________________________________
O Allah, give us equal courage to speak for truth and stand against injustice. O Allah,
bless those who speak the truth and guide those who hide the truth.
We share the following article as it has touched our hearts. We hope this will help us not
forget the sufferings of innocent victims in Palestine.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Charley Reese - The Orlando Sentinel - 11/16/2000
You're probably wondering what it is these Palestinians over there
want. Well, even if you are not wondering about it, I will tell you
anyway. They want the same thing the Founding Fathers of this
country (USA) wanted: freedom.
You see, in 1967, Israel fought a war with Syria, Jordan and Egypt and
won it right handily in about six days. In the process, it occupied the
West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Jordan had illegally
annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Egypt controlled Gaza.
The past 33 years, the Palestinians in those areas have lived under
Israeli military occupation. Israel has no legal claim to any of their
territory, including East Jerusalem. The United Nations has passed a
number of resolutions upholding the Palestinians' claims and their
right to self-determination. Bitter Harvest by Sami Hadawi has a good
account of these resolutions.
Americans, of course, do not know what it is like to live under military
occupation. Palestinians must at all times carry special identity cards.
Their cars must have a special license tag. They effectively have no
rights. Their land has been confiscated and Jewish settlements built
on it. Their own houses have been demolished or blown up. Olive
tress hundreds of years old have been bulldozed. Palestinians
frequently are placed under "closure," which means that they cannot
travel to get to their jobs. Often they are placed under curfew, which
means that they cannot leave their houses for any reason.
You cannot do anything but sit inside your house until your foreign
occupier gives you permission to leave. Whenever they protest these
indignities, some are shot dead, and even more stringent punishments
are imposed on the survivors. The Israeli human-rights organization
B'Tselem has documented much of this abuse, as have Christian
observer groups.
During the most recent upheaval, according to the British newspaper
The Independent, 191 Palestinians have been killed, and the wounded
number more than 5,000. The same article states that 24 Israelis have
been killed. Snipers have shot many of the Palestinians, including
children. Amira Hass has written poignantly of this practice in the
Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Israel recently has been condemned by
Amnesty International and the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights. Physicians for Human Rights recently condemned the use of
excessive force by the Israeli Defense Force
A British newspaper editorial recently observed that if the Palestinians
were black, the world would be united in denouncing Israel as a rogue
state. Unfortunately, the Palestinians are not black. Moreover, the
Israeli spin-doctors are so skillful and the Israeli lobby is so powerful
that they have managed to convince most Americans that Israel is the
victim of aggression.
In fact, more American sailors died on the USS Cole than Israeli
soldiers during the recent fighting, as of this writing. Apparently
Israelis define aggressors as 14-year-olds armed with slingshots. I
think that any man who can frame the face of child in his telescopic
gunsights and kill him is a filthy animal who doesn't deserve to walk
on this earth.
I've heard many tragic stories of Jewish children being shot by
soldiers during the Holocaust. I fail to see any difference between a
Jewish child being shot and a Palestinian child being shot. I fail to see
any difference in the children. I fail to see any difference in the
soldiers.
Americans who fail to speak out against these crimes being
committed against the Palestinians with our money and with our
government blocking any relief by the United Nations are accessories
to the crimes. Remember: There is a God. And, sooner or later,
there is always justice.