Invasion Of The Body Snatchers? Wickedness Of The Zionists
Recalled
17 August 2010By Mazin Qumsiyeh
The ‘news’
that is transferred to masses in the West through
controlled media are so disconnected from reality that
it is shameful. Fortunately the spreading of real news
by decent people through the internet and other
alternative media is shaking the foundations of
oppression (which are ignorance, apathy, racism).
Thus, an anonymous ‘US official’ is quoted as
threatening Turkey if it does not start towing the
line in opposition to Iran and support of apartheid
Israel. And the Israeli government statements about
the removal of a wall in Gilo are printed as if they
are facts (the wall was actually erected to keep
residents of an illegal colony of Gilo afraid and
supportive of apartheid rather than to protect them
and since polls show that Israelis have developed fear
of gentiles to paranoia levels, it is no longer
needed). And the Quartet (US, UN, EU, Russia) is
unwilling to challenge the fascist government of
Israel so it pressured Abbas to go to direct
negotiations (already 19 years of that produced only
expanded colonies and shrinking Palestinian lands).
But the Zionist controlled media does not dare publish
reality: what is happening on the ground to people.
The popular resistance is all but ignored by the self
delusional right wing Zionists and their managed media
outlets.
If we allow exceptionalism in any way, we are all
doomed. Now in the "democratic" US, there are
challenges to building an Islamic center in New York
City, in “democratic” Europe there are countries were
you can examine and challenge any historical event
except the Zionist version of WWII history, and in
Apartheid Israel calling for BDS may soon be declared
a crime punishable by law. The International
investigations on war crimes are ignored (e.g.
Goldstone report) or scuttled (e.g. Israel's attack on
the Freedom Flotilla). But more and more people are
realizing that this project of “chosen people”,
“democracy is only how we chosen define it”, “above
the law” notions, and “us here them there” must fail
and is failing whether it comes from ideologies of
Nazism or Zionism (and the two collaborated closely
for 11 years) whether from the mouth of Osama Bin
Laden or Shimon Peres or Benjamin Netanyahu.
Can humanity rise to the challenge? In this article by
Patrick Cockburn, you can read how even a tiny state
like Lebanon was able to challenge the might of Israel
and defeat its plans (http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick08062010.html).
Lebanon’s popular pressure also got Syrian forces to
leave Lebanon. Maintaining its independence from Both
Israel and Syria (and by extensions US and Iran) is no
small deed. If we Palestinians can just take the
lessons of how, by the will of common people, a small
nation can succeed against the interests of powerful
countries. We must rise to this challenge instead of
allowing ourselves to fall into the traps set for us
(see Palestinian democracy Under threat from all
sides: Democracy is flagging in both the Palestinian
territories http://www.economist.com/node/16793370).
What if all of us stop talking about two states in
Palestine and instead reveal the reality that Israel
is a racist apartheid state (see for example this
brilliant article by George Bisharat and Nimer Sultany
in the Miami Herald: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/../1776256/
second-class-citizens.html). What if we set aside
factional and personal interests and put the people
interest first?
We can start by demanding unity and by that there
would be no direct or indirect negotiations until
Palestinians are strengthened (via struggles and
sacrifices) to negotiate as equals not as prisoners
and prison guards. We can demand simple human rights
including the right of return and full equality
instead of ghettos and Bantustans with a flag and
elites who are rich.
We can achieve this by first liberating our minds from
the notion that the hegemony of the US, Israel or any
other country is permanent and really understand that
history changes (is changing). A nation like Egypt
cannot forever remain prisoner to the whims of Hosni
Mubarak (and soon his son
Jamal) and must again retake its place as leader in
the Arab world. If we just have faith in Egyptians and
Palestinians and Jordanians and Israelis; i.e if we
have faith in ourselves. We all must continue to push
with all our energies towards utilizing the tools
available to us for educating others (personal
interactions, internet and other modern communication
tools) and with all our energies on boycotts,
divestments and sanctions (BDS). On the latter front,
the successes continue to pile-up as Harvard
University fund just sold all its Israel holdings (see
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/
docview.asp?did=1000581912 ).
I am reminded of the old science fiction movies like
“Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” But the choice for
us individuals is to be like robotic groaning Zombies
or active and alive human beings challenging
injustice.
Take action now: Please call your Congressperson to
oppose H.Res. 1553 (see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamal-abdi/
resolution-green-lighting_b_657608. html ) - A House
Resolution introduced on July 22, 2010 which gives
support for possible Israeli military strike on Iran.
The Resolution has been referred to the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
And as always, come visit us in occupied Palestine…
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a
villager at home http://www.qumsiyeh.org Professor,
Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities Chairman of the
Board, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between
People, http://www.pcr.ps
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