I am not very enthusiastic about supposedly religious solutions to the very real problems we face in the world today. So I am not happy that the largely secular Palestinian Authority has apparently become more of a collaborationist organization than a resistance organization.
After the Israelis placed Arafat under siege, essentially killing him the Palestinian Authority fell into complete disrepute among many Palestinians. It is a long story but then the CIA came in and trained a bunch of people. Who runs the PA now? I ask you?
WHY I AM INTERESTED IN PALESTINE, ISRAEL AND THE REGION
I PLEAD GUILTY TO BEING TOO INTERESTED IN TOO MANY THINGS. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE ARE AMONG THAT PLETHORA OF INTERESTS. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST TO ME FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I HAVE KNOW VARIOUS JEWISH AMERICANS WHO ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL AS WELL AS MANY CHRISTIANS WITH THE SAME PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE ALSO KNOWN A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE REGION OF PALESTINE, PEOPLE WITHOUT A RIGHT TO RETURN. THEY HAVE ALL SEEMED LIKE VALUABLE PEOPLE TO ME.
WHILE I CHEERED ON THE SIX DAY WAR IN MY CHILDHOOD AS THE FULFILLMENT OF DIVINE WILL I LATER CAME TO REALIZE THAT RELIGIOUS NOTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME A FACTS. A LITTLE STUDY LED ME TO SEE THAT THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE AND ISRAEL WAS ONE OF AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE RESISTING COLONIALISM, IN THIS CASE EUROPEAN JEWRY, EXPELLED FROM EUROPE WITH THE CONNIVANCE OF ZIONIST LEADERS AND DUMPED INTO PALESTINE AS SETTLERS.
I SEE IN ISRAEL'S EFFORT TO CONQUER PALESTINE A SORT OF PATTERN NOT ENTIRELY UNLIKE THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE EXPENSE OF FOUR HUNDRED CIVILIZATIONS. I WONDER IF WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE ISRAEL FINISH OFF THE PALESTINIANS TO THE DEGREE THE UNITED STATES FINISHED OFF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS.
THE RECENT MASSACRES IN GAZA BY ISRAEL HAS REINVIGORATED A LONGSTANDING INTEREST IN THIS REGION AND THIS LIBERATION STRUGGLE. WE NEED TO STUDY AND TEACH THE HISTORY OF THIS REGION WITHOUT BEING CENSORED, STIFLED OR INTIMIDATED BY THOSE WITH AN UNCRITICAL ZIONIST AGENDA.
NOR SHOULD WE BE SILENT ENABLERS OF THE PRO IMPERIALIST CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SO-CALLED "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH ISRAEL. NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP JUSTIFIES SILENCE IN THE FACE OF THE RECENT MASSACRES IN GAZA.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I HAVE KNOW VARIOUS JEWISH AMERICANS WHO ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL AS WELL AS MANY CHRISTIANS WITH THE SAME PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE ALSO KNOWN A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE REGION OF PALESTINE, PEOPLE WITHOUT A RIGHT TO RETURN. THEY HAVE ALL SEEMED LIKE VALUABLE PEOPLE TO ME.
WHILE I CHEERED ON THE SIX DAY WAR IN MY CHILDHOOD AS THE FULFILLMENT OF DIVINE WILL I LATER CAME TO REALIZE THAT RELIGIOUS NOTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME A FACTS. A LITTLE STUDY LED ME TO SEE THAT THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE AND ISRAEL WAS ONE OF AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE RESISTING COLONIALISM, IN THIS CASE EUROPEAN JEWRY, EXPELLED FROM EUROPE WITH THE CONNIVANCE OF ZIONIST LEADERS AND DUMPED INTO PALESTINE AS SETTLERS.
I SEE IN ISRAEL'S EFFORT TO CONQUER PALESTINE A SORT OF PATTERN NOT ENTIRELY UNLIKE THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE EXPENSE OF FOUR HUNDRED CIVILIZATIONS. I WONDER IF WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE ISRAEL FINISH OFF THE PALESTINIANS TO THE DEGREE THE UNITED STATES FINISHED OFF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS.
THE RECENT MASSACRES IN GAZA BY ISRAEL HAS REINVIGORATED A LONGSTANDING INTEREST IN THIS REGION AND THIS LIBERATION STRUGGLE. WE NEED TO STUDY AND TEACH THE HISTORY OF THIS REGION WITHOUT BEING CENSORED, STIFLED OR INTIMIDATED BY THOSE WITH AN UNCRITICAL ZIONIST AGENDA.
NOR SHOULD WE BE SILENT ENABLERS OF THE PRO IMPERIALIST CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SO-CALLED "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH ISRAEL. NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP JUSTIFIES SILENCE IN THE FACE OF THE RECENT MASSACRES IN GAZA.
Friday, January 23, 2009
TIME TO SCRUTINIZE ABBAS AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
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