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ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE–THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
September 19, 2008 — crescentandcross
As
the conflict between Israel and Palestine rages in the Middle East, the
people of the United States, including President George W Bush and all
members of Congress, must ask themselves two questions:
the conflict between Israel and Palestine rages in the Middle East, the
people of the United States, including President George W Bush and all
members of Congress, must ask themselves two questions:
*How
would you feel if an invader came into your neighborhood and told you
to leave your home immediately because it was going to be demolished so
the land could be used to build many new homes for the murderous
invaders of Israel?
would you feel if an invader came into your neighborhood and told you
to leave your home immediately because it was going to be demolished so
the land could be used to build many new homes for the murderous
invaders of Israel?
*Would you sit back and offer no resistance as your entire life was reduced to rubble?
Answer
those questions honestly and you will understand the plight of all
Palestinians who been forced to live in subhuman conditions under
Israeli execution, occupation and control. If we would not tolerate the
abusive aggression of an invader in our own communities, how can we
allow Congress and the President George W Bush to–not only condone such
murderous aggression from Israel, but–pay for it, and all with our
taxpayer money, covered not only with the blood of Palestinians, but
with Americans as well, and in particular the sons of the USS Liberty,
attacked by Israel 41 years ago.
those questions honestly and you will understand the plight of all
Palestinians who been forced to live in subhuman conditions under
Israeli execution, occupation and control. If we would not tolerate the
abusive aggression of an invader in our own communities, how can we
allow Congress and the President George W Bush to–not only condone such
murderous aggression from Israel, but–pay for it, and all with our
taxpayer money, covered not only with the blood of Palestinians, but
with Americans as well, and in particular the sons of the USS Liberty,
attacked by Israel 41 years ago.
ISRAELI APARTHEID AGAINST PALESTINIANS
Sue
Heher, a South African Representative stationed in the West Bank, had
the following to say–”Other South African colleagues who have visited
Palestine have typically said they felt the situation here {Palestine}
to be worse than that of apartheid South Africa…’
Heher, a South African Representative stationed in the West Bank, had
the following to say–”Other South African colleagues who have visited
Palestine have typically said they felt the situation here {Palestine}
to be worse than that of apartheid South Africa…’
For those who need a little more info regarding Mz. Heher’s comments here, let the following be considered–
*Palestinians are forced to carry identification cards at all times when traveling from city to city
*Palestinians must apply for a very difficult-to- obtain permit to travel from city to city.
*Palestinians
are forced to stand in separate lines than Jews, so that the Jews are
not ‘tainted’ through what they consider ‘contact’ with ‘inferior’
beings
are forced to stand in separate lines than Jews, so that the Jews are
not ‘tainted’ through what they consider ‘contact’ with ‘inferior’
beings
*Palestinians
are not allowed to live in Jewish-only housing, even when Palestinians
have deeds proving their ownership of this property…
are not allowed to live in Jewish-only housing, even when Palestinians
have deeds proving their ownership of this property…
*Palestinians–Muslim
and Christian–are not allowed to buy, rent or lease land in 92% of the
State of Israel, simply because they are not Jewish
and Christian–are not allowed to buy, rent or lease land in 92% of the
State of Israel, simply because they are not Jewish
*Israel
gives 85% of water resources in Palestine to Israelis and the remaining
15% is divided among all Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, even
though the Palestinian population is much larger…
gives 85% of water resources in Palestine to Israelis and the remaining
15% is divided among all Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, even
though the Palestinian population is much larger…
*Israeli
sieges have stopped most Palestinians from going to work, going to
school (if they dare to for fear of beatings or sniper fire on innocent
children) going to hospitals with little or no medications, or going
shopping for basic necessities like food (if any is to be found)
thereby reducing the Palestinian population to starvation and disease…
sieges have stopped most Palestinians from going to work, going to
school (if they dare to for fear of beatings or sniper fire on innocent
children) going to hospitals with little or no medications, or going
shopping for basic necessities like food (if any is to be found)
thereby reducing the Palestinian population to starvation and disease…
*Israel refuses to abide by over 65 United Nations Security resolutions…
*Palestinians
have recognized the right of Israel to exist in 78% of the country and
Israel still has not reciprocated. Instead the masters of the
Palestinians cage them in Gaza as sub-human animals with no fresh
water, no food, NOTHING. If this were done to even a handful of Jews
anywhere else in the world it would be considered a holocaust and the
military might of the United States would be brought to bear in
‘fixing’ it…
have recognized the right of Israel to exist in 78% of the country and
Israel still has not reciprocated. Instead the masters of the
Palestinians cage them in Gaza as sub-human animals with no fresh
water, no food, NOTHING. If this were done to even a handful of Jews
anywhere else in the world it would be considered a holocaust and the
military might of the United States would be brought to bear in
‘fixing’ it…
THE HUMAN TOLL
In
a special interview aired on Israeli television, a former Israeli
soldier said that Israeli soldiers committed “unimaginable” practices
against Palestinians. Being a survivor of the murderous attack on our
ship USS Liberty June 8, 1967 I can vouch for that as well, since I
personally witnessed “unimaginable” inhuman slaughter, in particular
that of Americans on the high seas by the Government of Israel,
resulting in 34 murdered and 174 wounded. According to the testimony of
this former Israeli soldier, a common practice among them is competing
among themselves to see who could kill more Palestinians, bragging
afterward about how many they killed, deliberately targeting and
killing children walking home from school or playing outside, and
slamming the heads of handcuffed Palestinians onto concrete walls. I
bet the Israelis had a great big laugh over the murders they committed
against their American friends aboard AMERICA’S ship USS LIBERTY!!
a special interview aired on Israeli television, a former Israeli
soldier said that Israeli soldiers committed “unimaginable” practices
against Palestinians. Being a survivor of the murderous attack on our
ship USS Liberty June 8, 1967 I can vouch for that as well, since I
personally witnessed “unimaginable” inhuman slaughter, in particular
that of Americans on the high seas by the Government of Israel,
resulting in 34 murdered and 174 wounded. According to the testimony of
this former Israeli soldier, a common practice among them is competing
among themselves to see who could kill more Palestinians, bragging
afterward about how many they killed, deliberately targeting and
killing children walking home from school or playing outside, and
slamming the heads of handcuffed Palestinians onto concrete walls. I
bet the Israelis had a great big laugh over the murders they committed
against their American friends aboard AMERICA’S ship USS LIBERTY!!
There is no telling in the many many months of Israeli
occupation how many Palestinians have been murdered, tortured to death,
starved to death, and the untold who have been maimed and injured for
life by Israeli troops and Jewish extremists. Many of the victims are
average citizens on their way to work or to school, while others are
involved in protests against occupation. Only a handful were armed–do
you blame for trying to protect their families?
The
ugly truth though is that Israel is not putting America in an
impossible situation in the Middle East. Rather it is the President and
the congress who are putting America in an impossible situation by
allowing Israel to get by with these crimes. To call it despicable and
Un-American is the understatement of the millenium.
ugly truth though is that Israel is not putting America in an
impossible situation in the Middle East. Rather it is the President and
the congress who are putting America in an impossible situation by
allowing Israel to get by with these crimes. To call it despicable and
Un-American is the understatement of the millenium.
Palestinians
watch as Israel brings to bear against them and their loved ones
American-made weapons and over 15 million dollars a day in taxpayer
money and all of this while America is in the worst financial crises
ever. And yet, AND YET, Israel STILL demands that money, money we
Americans must borrow, and for what? TO GIVE TO A TERRORIST STATE,
money our kids and grandkids will have to pay back and which our
elected officials on bended knees are so very happy to turn over. Its
worse than disgusting, although I don’t really know what the right word
would be.
watch as Israel brings to bear against them and their loved ones
American-made weapons and over 15 million dollars a day in taxpayer
money and all of this while America is in the worst financial crises
ever. And yet, AND YET, Israel STILL demands that money, money we
Americans must borrow, and for what? TO GIVE TO A TERRORIST STATE,
money our kids and grandkids will have to pay back and which our
elected officials on bended knees are so very happy to turn over. Its
worse than disgusting, although I don’t really know what the right word
would be.
With
out the billions of dollars of American tax payers money pour into
Israel every year, not counting the jet aircraft, tanks, and on and on,
Israel would find it difficult IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE to sustain its illegal
and murderous occupation of Palestine that has gone on for over 41
years and continues that jeopardize American interests in such an area
as vital as the Middle East. Look at us now–in Iraq with well over
4,000 American sons and daughters dead, and for what? One
word–ISRAEL–and now as if this weren’t enough to satisfy her, now she
wants us to fight another war for her in Iran and our gutless leaders
in Washington DC will more than oblige their masters in Israel and
sacrifice more American blood and treasure. Unbelievable but true.
out the billions of dollars of American tax payers money pour into
Israel every year, not counting the jet aircraft, tanks, and on and on,
Israel would find it difficult IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE to sustain its illegal
and murderous occupation of Palestine that has gone on for over 41
years and continues that jeopardize American interests in such an area
as vital as the Middle East. Look at us now–in Iraq with well over
4,000 American sons and daughters dead, and for what? One
word–ISRAEL–and now as if this weren’t enough to satisfy her, now she
wants us to fight another war for her in Iran and our gutless leaders
in Washington DC will more than oblige their masters in Israel and
sacrifice more American blood and treasure. Unbelievable but true.
Why
isn’t our congress and our administration calling on Israel to stop the
racism and discrimination against Palestinians and end the occupation?
In truth the answer does not need to even be stated, but I will state
it nevertheless–FEAR. They are all
bought-and-paid- for whores of Israel and could care less about the
Palestinians or even their own American countrymen for that matter.
Israel
uses tanks, helicopters, death squads, state-of-the- art smart bombs
against the Palestinians (women and children alike) but our Congressmen
and Congresswomen and our President have not dared to call it what it
is– ISRAELI TERRORISM. They will talk us till they’re blue in the face
about ‘Islamic terrorism’, but hear them get anywhere near that ‘J’
word and they will run from it like a long-tailed cat in a room full of
rocking chairs. When a Palestinian living under Israeli occupation
strikes at Israel, he is labeled in no uncertain terms a terrorist. Why
the double standards? Why is Israel permitted everything in its effort
to keep the last colonial adventure of the world?
AIPAC and over 15
other Jewish lobbies for Israel operate on combined budgets exceeding
50 million a year or more. AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby with the closet
links to the government of Israel, is recognized by Fortune magazine to
be one of the most powerful lobbies on the hill and our elected stooges
gravel at their feet.
ANYONE WHO TAKES BLOOD-MONEY FROM ISRAEL’S LOBBY IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ISRAEL’S ACTIONS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
WHAT MUST THE UNITED STATES DO?
We
cannot sit back and permit the lobby of a foreign government to
determine U.S. Middle East policy that is not in the best interests of
the United States of America. We want our tax dollars spent at home,
not sent to Israel, A RACIST, NAZI STATE which refuses to return
illegally-seized lands to Palestinians that would be condemned were it
any other group of people. Our bought-and-paid- for congress must not
continue to allow their masters–the Israel lobby–to harm America’s own
interests.
cannot sit back and permit the lobby of a foreign government to
determine U.S. Middle East policy that is not in the best interests of
the United States of America. We want our tax dollars spent at home,
not sent to Israel, A RACIST, NAZI STATE which refuses to return
illegally-seized lands to Palestinians that would be condemned were it
any other group of people. Our bought-and-paid- for congress must not
continue to allow their masters–the Israel lobby–to harm America’s own
interests.
Not
wanting to over-use an already overused line, but America…WAKE UP. We
are in real deep trouble here and it is going to take you–my fellow
Americans–raising your voices and saying NO MORE!!! No more of the same
shame we have been living with for far to long.
wanting to over-use an already overused line, but America…WAKE UP. We
are in real deep trouble here and it is going to take you–my fellow
Americans–raising your voices and saying NO MORE!!! No more of the same
shame we have been living with for far to long.
Write,
phone, email your representatives in congress. Tell your friends,
family and neighbors. Do not be afraid of being called all the
predictable names. They mean nothing. Get hold of McCain and Obama and
tell them NO MORE. Stop this madness before its too late. For your own
sake for that of your children, at least try. Your children and
grandchildren are counting on you, because it’s their future you hold
in yours hands, so don’t waste it for them, and definitely, don’t waste
it for Israel.
phone, email your representatives in congress. Tell your friends,
family and neighbors. Do not be afraid of being called all the
predictable names. They mean nothing. Get hold of McCain and Obama and
tell them NO MORE. Stop this madness before its too late. For your own
sake for that of your children, at least try. Your children and
grandchildren are counting on you, because it’s their future you hold
in yours hands, so don’t waste it for them, and definitely, don’t waste
it for Israel.
God Bless America
Phillip F Tourney Survivor USS Liberty
Three Time President of the Liberty Veterans Association
Co-Host–‘The
Liberty Hour’ radio program heard every Saturday morning 1100 EST on
the Republic Broadcasting Network found at www.republicbroadca sting.org
tonktime5@yahoo. com
Three Time President of the Liberty Veterans Association
Co-Host–‘The
Liberty Hour’ radio program heard every Saturday morning 1100 EST on
the Republic Broadcasting Network found at www.republicbroadca sting.org
tonktime5@yahoo. com
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excerpts of this piece are reprinted here from an earlier piece
collaboratively written with some of the other survivors of the USS
Liberty
excerpts of this piece are reprinted here from an earlier piece
collaboratively written with some of the other survivors of the USS
Liberty
Laura, my dear... Have you ever heard of a quick read (as in the Huffington Post)? It needs to be shorter for people with short attention spans (like me). 
Never-the-less there is an Israeli perspective to be considered in the Palestinian issue. The problem with gaining a fair perspective is that there is so much disinformation planted in the media compounded by the secrecy practiced by all the governments involved.