Post by Lipa Kaja on Jan 8, 2009 10:25:13 GMT -5
I have long opposed Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Year after year it has sickened me to watch not only the depths to which Israel will sink in its treatment of Palestine, but the tacit support and blind eyes of most western governments.
The last ten days have felt somehow different. Despite the heavily censored, Israel leaning BBC coverage of the unfolding holocaust in The Gaza I have felt a new and more Intensive rage towards Israel building in my soul.
I have therefore decided to bare my soul on this matter in the hope that others can tell me if I should worry about the terrain into which my new feelings might lead me.
I will try to explain as simply as I can and would invite your comments be they in support or opposition.
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel that under the Geneva conventions Palestinian resistance to occupation is legal?
Am I an anti Semite to say that there is a world of difference between a home made, unguided and ground launched fire cracker/rockets and a 500Lb laser guided, satellite targeted air launched missile?
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel that killing 100 Palestinians for every one Israeli killed amounts to collective punishment? Many Nazis were hanged for this particular war crime. The Geneva conventions outlawed it because of what happened to the Jews in WWII.
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel that every single inch of ground currently inhabited which is outside of the land granted in 1948 is (by Geneva convention) illegally occupied?
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel of the following rules that most decent human beings obey when invited to someone else’s home...
1. You sit where you are invited to sit.
2. You contribute to the hard work and only eat your fair share.
3. You do not abuse your hosts.
4. You don not blame your host for the crimes of others.
5. You don't hog the TV.
Am I an anti Semite for calling for the immediate impounding by the IAEA of all of Isreals nuclear weapons?
Am I an anti Semite for calling for an arms embargo and economic sanctions on Israel until it agrees to completely disarm, to return to its pre '67 borders and to behave with decency and dignity towards its neighbours and the world?
Some clarifications...
I am not a holocaust denier... In fact I would like to remind readers that World War 2 was a holocaust. 60 million human beings were wasted. That's 60 million not 6 million. I find it unacceptable to only speak of the Jewish dead when we speak of world war 2.
FACT: During World War 2 approximately 20 million Russians died. 12 million soldiers and some 8 million civilians. I don't see anyone turning a blind eye to Russian activities around the world and citing 20 million dead as an excuse. In fact, I would say the Russian contribution to World War 2 is shamefully ignored.
FACT: The Palestinians did not send anyone to any gas chamber yet still they have shouldered European shame by hosting the nation of Israel.
Do my clarifications make me an anti Semite?
Does holding these beliefs make me a Nazi?
I don't believe so. Only a Nazi would imprison 1.5 million people in a space which mile for mile is smaller than Britain’s Isle of White.
Only a Nazi would use overwhelming military might against fire crackers and then use propaganda to play victim.
Only a Nazi would be stupid enough to think that in the age of the internet its crimes could remain hidden.
FREE PALESTINE.
The last ten days have felt somehow different. Despite the heavily censored, Israel leaning BBC coverage of the unfolding holocaust in The Gaza I have felt a new and more Intensive rage towards Israel building in my soul.
I have therefore decided to bare my soul on this matter in the hope that others can tell me if I should worry about the terrain into which my new feelings might lead me.
I will try to explain as simply as I can and would invite your comments be they in support or opposition.
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel that under the Geneva conventions Palestinian resistance to occupation is legal?
Am I an anti Semite to say that there is a world of difference between a home made, unguided and ground launched fire cracker/rockets and a 500Lb laser guided, satellite targeted air launched missile?
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel that killing 100 Palestinians for every one Israeli killed amounts to collective punishment? Many Nazis were hanged for this particular war crime. The Geneva conventions outlawed it because of what happened to the Jews in WWII.
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel that every single inch of ground currently inhabited which is outside of the land granted in 1948 is (by Geneva convention) illegally occupied?
Am I an anti Semite to remind Israel of the following rules that most decent human beings obey when invited to someone else’s home...
1. You sit where you are invited to sit.
2. You contribute to the hard work and only eat your fair share.
3. You do not abuse your hosts.
4. You don not blame your host for the crimes of others.
5. You don't hog the TV.
Am I an anti Semite for calling for the immediate impounding by the IAEA of all of Isreals nuclear weapons?
Am I an anti Semite for calling for an arms embargo and economic sanctions on Israel until it agrees to completely disarm, to return to its pre '67 borders and to behave with decency and dignity towards its neighbours and the world?
Some clarifications...
I am not a holocaust denier... In fact I would like to remind readers that World War 2 was a holocaust. 60 million human beings were wasted. That's 60 million not 6 million. I find it unacceptable to only speak of the Jewish dead when we speak of world war 2.
FACT: During World War 2 approximately 20 million Russians died. 12 million soldiers and some 8 million civilians. I don't see anyone turning a blind eye to Russian activities around the world and citing 20 million dead as an excuse. In fact, I would say the Russian contribution to World War 2 is shamefully ignored.
FACT: The Palestinians did not send anyone to any gas chamber yet still they have shouldered European shame by hosting the nation of Israel.
Do my clarifications make me an anti Semite?
Does holding these beliefs make me a Nazi?
I don't believe so. Only a Nazi would imprison 1.5 million people in a space which mile for mile is smaller than Britain’s Isle of White.
Only a Nazi would use overwhelming military might against fire crackers and then use propaganda to play victim.
Only a Nazi would be stupid enough to think that in the age of the internet its crimes could remain hidden.
FREE PALESTINE.