Monday, September 27, 2010

An American sees the occupation for the first time

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“The conditions you see there, if they were happening in America, we would never accept them, we would all be up in the hills with guns."

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  1. vzaSeptember 28, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    I agree with her.



    Here is the latest nonsense from our public servants, the U.S. Senators:






    Eighty-seven U.S. senators have already signed on to a letter, which was initially circulated only three days ago, calling on Obama to publicly pressure Abbas to continue with the direct peace talks begun Sept. 1 in Washington.
    The senators sent the letter (PDF) to Obama on Monday. It stated that "Neither side should make threats to leave just as the talks are getting started," a thinly veiled reference to Abbas's multiple statements that he would leave the talks if the moratorium was not extended.
    The senators also praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for staying at the table even though the beginning of the process was marred by violence.


    http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/27/87_senators_urge_obama_to_pressure_abbas

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  2. vzaSeptember 28, 2010 at 4:08 PM

    <span>I agree with her.  
     
     
    Here is the latest nonsense from our public servants, the U.S. Senators:  
     
    Eighty-seven U.S. senators have already signed on to a letter, which was initially circulated only three days ago, calling on Obama to publicly pressure Abbas to continue with the direct peace talks begun Sept. 1 in Washington.  
    The senators sent the letter (PDF) to Obama on Monday. It stated that "Neither side should make threats to leave just as the talks are getting started," a thinly veiled reference to Abbas's multiple statements that he would leave the talks if the moratorium was not extended.  
    The senators also praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for staying at the table even though the beginning of the process was marred by violence.  
     
     
    http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/27/87_senators_urge_obama_to_pressure_abbas</span>

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  3. thankgodimatheistSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    They were bought and they were bought cheap..

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  4. thankgodimatheistSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:12 PM

    <span>They were bought and they were bought cheap..</span>
    Thanks for the linl.. I'll make it a post a bit later..

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  5. samerSeptember 29, 2010 at 5:07 AM

    I am sorry this is not related to the topic but worth a look
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/arab-american-writing_b_741205.html?ref=twitter

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  6. joeSeptember 29, 2010 at 6:48 AM

    I very much admire this woman's principles and bravery, but this story highlights a subtext of the whole Palestine/Israel issue: If a Palestinian describes what his people go through, no one listens, believes, and/or cares. This tragedy will not end until Palestinians are allowed to speak for themselves-and I don't mean by a mouthpiece chosen by their enemy.

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  7. PitirreSeptember 29, 2010 at 11:47 AM

    Not related to the topic either, but worth a look:
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/27/AR2010092704658.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions

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  8. vzaSeptember 29, 2010 at 5:04 PM



    If Palestinians want to strike fear into the hearts of Israelis they should (a) give up on violence as a tool of persuasion; (b) give up on the current round of negotiations; and (c) start holding demonstrations in which they ask for only one thing: the right to vote. Their argument would be simple: They live under Israeli rule, and Israel is a democracy, so why aren’t they part of it?
    A truly peaceful movement with such elemental aspirations — think of Martin Luther King or Gandhi — would gain immediate international support. In Europe and the United States, leftists would agitate in growing numbers for economic and political pressure on Israel.




    http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/a-one-to-two-state-solution/

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  9. Jemmy HopeSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:18 AM

    Ah, yes. The Palestinians must give up the stone throwing, but the Israelis can carry on killing.
    Abbas represents Abbas and a bunch of kleptocrat cronies. He's an unelected dictator.

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