Sunday, January 16, 2011
MAM : n'oublions pas !
ALLIOT-MARIE propose d'aider la Tunisie dans la répression
envoyé par SuperBeurkMan. - L'info internationale vidéo.
Quand les artistes investissent la rue: Un vent de Tunis a soufflé sur Alger…
Une heure durant, Alger leur semblait acquise. Ils étaient plus d’une centaine de manifestants pacifistes à avoir investi la place de la Liberté de la Presse en brandissant des mots d’ordre clairs, inscrits sur des banderoles : «Levée de l’état d’urgence», «Pour la liberté d’expression» ou encore «Ya mouwaten fekk el qouyoud» (citoyen, brise tes chaînes)». Ils ont scandé Qassaman. Ils ont chanté Min Djibalina et ont donné de la voix en s’écriant à l’unisson : «Djazaïr hourra dimocratia».
Il était 13h quand les premiers manifestants commençaient à occuper les lieux. Ils se sont appropriés la rue sous les yeux de badauds tantôt médusés, tantôt amusés par ce véritable «show citoyen». Et c’était d’autant plus un «show» qu’il était le fait, au moins pour une partie, d’un nombre important d’artistes entre cinéastes, comédiens, écrivains, éditeurs, musiciens. Ils ont répondu à l’appel d’un collectif qui s’est créé sur facebook sous le nom de Mouvement pour la reconquête citoyenne (MRC). Parmi les artistes qui ont répondu présent, citons les comédiens Adila Bendimered, Kader Farès Affak, Nabil Asli ; les réalisateurs Khaled Benaïssa, Karim Moussaoui, Lamine Ammar-Khodja ; le groupe de punk hardcore Dimokhratia ; les écrivains Bachir Mefti, Sofiane Hadjadj, Chawki Amari, Adlène Meddi ainsi que des représentants des éditions Barzakh. Il y avait aussi un nombre important de journalistes venus en leur nom propre et beaucoup de militants associatifs qui, même s’ils n’étaient pas forcément mandatés par leurs organisations respectives, ont tenu à soutenir cette action, à l’instar de Abdelmoumen Khelil de la LADDH, Arezki Aït Larbi de SOS Libertés, Yacine Teguia du MDS, Si Mohamed Baghdadi du Réseau des démocrates algériens, ainsi que des membres du groupe Bezzzef !, des représentants de LMG (la coordination pour la libération de Mohamed Gharbi) et des représentants du Comité de défense des libertés démocratiques...
Il était 13h quand les premiers manifestants commençaient à occuper les lieux. Ils se sont appropriés la rue sous les yeux de badauds tantôt médusés, tantôt amusés par ce véritable «show citoyen». Et c’était d’autant plus un «show» qu’il était le fait, au moins pour une partie, d’un nombre important d’artistes entre cinéastes, comédiens, écrivains, éditeurs, musiciens. Ils ont répondu à l’appel d’un collectif qui s’est créé sur facebook sous le nom de Mouvement pour la reconquête citoyenne (MRC). Parmi les artistes qui ont répondu présent, citons les comédiens Adila Bendimered, Kader Farès Affak, Nabil Asli ; les réalisateurs Khaled Benaïssa, Karim Moussaoui, Lamine Ammar-Khodja ; le groupe de punk hardcore Dimokhratia ; les écrivains Bachir Mefti, Sofiane Hadjadj, Chawki Amari, Adlène Meddi ainsi que des représentants des éditions Barzakh. Il y avait aussi un nombre important de journalistes venus en leur nom propre et beaucoup de militants associatifs qui, même s’ils n’étaient pas forcément mandatés par leurs organisations respectives, ont tenu à soutenir cette action, à l’instar de Abdelmoumen Khelil de la LADDH, Arezki Aït Larbi de SOS Libertés, Yacine Teguia du MDS, Si Mohamed Baghdadi du Réseau des démocrates algériens, ainsi que des membres du groupe Bezzzef !, des représentants de LMG (la coordination pour la libération de Mohamed Gharbi) et des représentants du Comité de défense des libertés démocratiques...
Ce que vous ne lirez pas dans la presse française : "Israël a testé Stuxnet sur l'usine de Dimona"
Le ver informatique qui paralyse le programme nucléaire iranien aurait été mis au point sur les centrifugeuses israéliennes. D'après les révélations du New York Times, dimanche, les centrifugeuses du sud de l'Etat hébreu sont identiques à celles du site nucléaire iranien de Natanz. L'objectif : tester leur vulnérabilité afin de nuire le plus efficacement possible au programme de Téhéran.
En 2008, la société allemande Siemens aurait coopéré avec le Laboratoire national de l'Idaho, qui permet d'identifier les failles dans les ordinateurs de contrôle des centrales nucléaires iraniennes. Le laboratoire est une branche du Département américain de l'énergie atomique, responsable des armes nucléaires aux Etats-Unis. Les vulnérabilités identifiées à l'époque auraient été utilisées l'année suivante par Stuxnet.
Le ver aurait mis les centrifugeuses iraniennes hors de contrôle. Il aurait, par la suite, enregistré discrètement la marche opératoire de la centrale afin de détecter les opérations appliquées quotidiennement. Il semblait alors aux responsables que les centrifugeuses fonctionnaient correctement.
Stuxnet a cependant pénétré à travers les disques amovibles et s'est propagé à d'autres ordinateurs et lecteurs branchés sur eux. Après quelques jours, le virus ralentit les moteurs et les endommage.
Selon le Times, Stuxnet a été développé par les Etats-Unis et Israël, avec l'aide des Allemands et des Britanniques. L'ancien président américain, George W. Bush aurait autorisé le programme en janvier 2009 ; et son successeur, Barack Obama, a ordonné d'en accélérer la mise au point.
http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1294306633908&pagename=JFrench/JPArticle/Printer
16/01/2011
En 2008, la société allemande Siemens aurait coopéré avec le Laboratoire national de l'Idaho, qui permet d'identifier les failles dans les ordinateurs de contrôle des centrales nucléaires iraniennes. Le laboratoire est une branche du Département américain de l'énergie atomique, responsable des armes nucléaires aux Etats-Unis. Les vulnérabilités identifiées à l'époque auraient été utilisées l'année suivante par Stuxnet.
Le ver aurait mis les centrifugeuses iraniennes hors de contrôle. Il aurait, par la suite, enregistré discrètement la marche opératoire de la centrale afin de détecter les opérations appliquées quotidiennement. Il semblait alors aux responsables que les centrifugeuses fonctionnaient correctement.
Stuxnet a cependant pénétré à travers les disques amovibles et s'est propagé à d'autres ordinateurs et lecteurs branchés sur eux. Après quelques jours, le virus ralentit les moteurs et les endommage.
Selon le Times, Stuxnet a été développé par les Etats-Unis et Israël, avec l'aide des Allemands et des Britanniques. L'ancien président américain, George W. Bush aurait autorisé le programme en janvier 2009 ; et son successeur, Barack Obama, a ordonné d'en accélérer la mise au point.
http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1294306633908&pagename=JFrench/JPArticle/Printer
16/01/2011
Netanyahu sur la Tunisie
Pour Netanyahu, la révolution tunisienne prouve que les grandes puissances ne peuvent pas s'engager pour la paix (car la région n'est pas stable).
En clair : Israël ne serait prêt à faire la paix qu'avec des dictateurs ? Elle est belle la "seule démocratie du Moyen-Orient" ! ...
En clair : Israël ne serait prêt à faire la paix qu'avec des dictateurs ? Elle est belle la "seule démocratie du Moyen-Orient" ! ...
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn et la Tunisie
Quand la tête du FMI déclarait que la Tunisie était un modèle pour les pays émergents
Ne l'oublions pas au moment de choisir !
Ne l'oublions pas au moment de choisir !
Silence dans les médias israéliens
Dans la une de Haaretz aujourd'hui, rien sur la Tunisie. Ils continuent leur fixation sur le Liban. Un journal de centre-gauche ? Vraiment ?
N'oubliez jamais son nom : Mohamed Bouazizi
Il mérite une avenue à son nom, et sa mère : un chateau à Tunis.
À lire : "Hommage. De Rosa Parks à Mohamed Bouazizi"
Foued Mebazaa
Le président du Parlement tunisien, Foued Mebazaa, a été proclamé samedi président par intérim par le Conseil constitutionnel écartant ainsi la possibilité d'un retour à la tête de l'Etat de Zine El Abidine Ben Ali qui a fui en Arabie saoudite.
Mohamed Ghannouchi
Ancien premier ministre et président par interim de la Tunisie (en vertu d'un décret signé par Ben Ali avant sa fuite), Mohamed Ghannouchi est l'homme de main du FMI.
Former Prime Minister and now acting President of Tunisia, Mohamed Ghannouchi is the IMF man.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Crédibilité de Ben Ali : ZÉRO
Au lendemain du "Je vous ai compris" du dictateur tunisien Ben Ali, promettant notamment que la police ne tirerait plus à balles réelles, on vient d'apprendre la mort d'une personne (par balle) à La Marsa (Tunis).
La police continue de tirer sur les manifestants à balles réelles dans le centre de Tunis, ce qui fait de Ben Ali, un grand Pinocchio.
La police continue de tirer sur les manifestants à balles réelles dans le centre de Tunis, ce qui fait de Ben Ali, un grand Pinocchio.
Mensonges et propagande des médias libanais (financés par l'Arabie Saoudite)
"وذكر التلفزيون التونسي أن مسيرات شعبية عارمة سارت في شوارع تونس تجاوباً مع خطاب الرئيس بن علي الليلة الماضية إلى مواطنيه.
وأكد مواطنون تونسيون أن خطاب بن علي أعاد الأمور إلى نصابها، وطالبوه بمنح الاعلام مزيدا من الحرية."
"Et la télévision tunisienne a rapporté que des manifestations massives et populaires ont marché dans les rues de Tunisie en réaction favorable au discours fait par le président Ben Ali à destination de ses citoyens la nuit passée. Et les citoyens tunisiens ont affirmé que le discours de Ben Ali avait permis un retour à la normale, et ont appelé à plus de liberté des médias."
وأكد مواطنون تونسيون أن خطاب بن علي أعاد الأمور إلى نصابها، وطالبوه بمنح الاعلام مزيدا من الحرية."
"Et la télévision tunisienne a rapporté que des manifestations massives et populaires ont marché dans les rues de Tunisie en réaction favorable au discours fait par le président Ben Ali à destination de ses citoyens la nuit passée. Et les citoyens tunisiens ont affirmé que le discours de Ben Ali avait permis un retour à la normale, et ont appelé à plus de liberté des médias."
La fin de Bakchich
Une page se tourne. Bakchich va fermer ses portes fin janvier. L’hebdo de vendredi sera le dernier, et nous maintiendrons les sites web en activité autant que possible. Retour sur nos chemins de traverse.
Israeli bulldozers do the talking
Despite prior condemnations, Israel is pressing ahead with demolitions as it continues to colonise East Jerusalem and the West Bank, writes Khaled Amayreh
Pressions du CRIF et atteinte à la liberté d'expression à l'ENS
Nous apprenons avec stupeur la décision de Mme Canto-Sperber, la directrice de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, de retirer la réservation de la salle accordée pour la tenue d'une rencontre exceptionnelle avec Stéphane Hessel mardi 18 janvier. Cette conférence s'inscrivait dans la lignée de l'appel qui a reçu les signatures prestigieuses de personnalités politiques et intellectuelles de sensibilités très diverses, et de 10000 citoyens. L'appel peut encore être signé ici : www.collectifpaixjustepalestine.org
Le CRIF (Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) revendique cette victoire de la censure, et remercie ses amis : Valérie Pécresse (ministre de l'enseignement supérieur), Bernard-Henry Lévy, Alain Finkielkraut, Claude Cohen-Tanoudji, Arielle Schwab. Tous, selon lui, seraient intervenus activement pour bâillonner Stéphane Hessel et ses prestigieux soutiens. Lire le communiqué du CRIF ici : http://www.crif.org/?page=articles_display/detail&aid=23242&returnto=accueil/main&artyd=70
Mobilisées pour les droits démocratiques et contre les menaces visant Stéphane Hessel et les prévenus de la campagne BDS, de nombreuses personnalités devaient effectivement s'exprimer à la tribune ou par des messages:
- Benoist Hurel (secrétaire général adjoint du Syndicat de la Magistrature)
- Leila Shahid (ambassadrice de la Palestine auprès de l'Union Européenne)
- Haneen Zoabi (députée au parlement israélien)
- Michel Warschawski (Israélien, fondateur du Centre d'Information Alternative)
- Nurit Peled (mère israélienne d'une victime d'attentat, fondatrice du cercle des familles endeuillées, Prix Sakharov pour la paix du parlement européen)
- Elisabeth Guigou (députée, ancienne Ministre de la Justice et Garde des Sceaux)
- Daniel Garrigue (député, porte parole de République Solidaire)
- Gisèle Halimi
- ... et bien d'autres...
300 personnes étaient déjà inscrites pour cette conférence, exclusivement annoncée sur Mediapart. La direction a déjà reçu de nombreux mails de protestation, auxquels elle répond par le déni.
Le comportement indigne de la directrice d'un des hauts lieux de l'intelligence française et de celles et ceux qui ont fait pression sur elle pose de nombreuses questions auxquelles nous répondrons, avec nos invités et amis, lors du rassemblement auquel appellent les organisations ayant soutenu cette conférence.
Rendez-vous mardi 18 janvier à 18h30 pour un grand rassemblement contre la censure et pour le respect des libertés démocratiques.
Nul n'a le droit d'interdire aux citoyens de notre pays de dénoncer l'impunité des violations israéliennes du droit international et la collusion de notre gouvernement avec la droite extrême au pouvoir en Israël!
L'annonce du lieu du rendez-vous sera publiée vendredi 14 janvier à 17h précises sur le site de Mediapart, dans notre espace club : http://www.mediapart.fr/club/edition/soutenons-stephane-hessel-et-les-pacifistes-de-la-campagne-bds.
Organisation signataires : AFPS (Association France Palestine Solidarité), CCIPPP (Campagne Civile pour la Protection du Peuple Palestinien), CJPP5 (Comité Paix Juste Palestine 5ème), Génération Palestine, GUPS (Union Générale des Etudiants de Palestine, UJFP (Union Juive Française pour la Paix)
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
RIP Hatem Bettahar
En attendant de savoir s'il était Français, Tunisien, ou Franco-tunisien, les médias l'ont qualifié d' "Universitaire de l'Oise", pour ne pas mettre le Quai d'Orsay dans l'embarras.
Soyez rassurés, il était franco-tunisien. Vous pouvez respirer, à présent... Même si le mieux, pour nos diplomates chevronnés, eût été qu'il ne fut que Tunisien.
Juste un homme, prof d'informatique, mort assassiné par la police tunisienne, d'une balle en pleine tête semble-t-il.
Circulez, y a rien à voir.
Soyez rassurés, il était franco-tunisien. Vous pouvez respirer, à présent... Même si le mieux, pour nos diplomates chevronnés, eût été qu'il ne fut que Tunisien.
Juste un homme, prof d'informatique, mort assassiné par la police tunisienne, d'une balle en pleine tête semble-t-il.
Circulez, y a rien à voir.
Torture en Tunisie et classe politique française : qui ne dit mot consent.
J'ai lu, dans la presse de ce matin, une déclaration du ministre français des Affaires Étrangères :
"Aujourd'hui, la priorité face à cette situation doit aller à l'apaisement après des affrontements qui ont fait des morts. Un apaisement qui peut reposer sur des techniques de maintien de l'ordre (...) puisque nous avons des savoir-faire en la matière."
J'aimerais donc dédier cette vidéo à Michelle Alliot-Marie. Elle a été prise dans un bureau de la Sûreté d'État. Tortionnaires fiers, ils ont filmé leur concitoyen qui git au sol, dans son sang (peut-être aussi pour l'humilier ?)
À vous, Mme Alliot-Marie, à vous, Monsieur Sarkozy, à vous, Mr. Bruno Lemaire, à vous, Mr. Frédéric Mitterrand.
Que la honte soit sur vous tous.
"Aujourd'hui, la priorité face à cette situation doit aller à l'apaisement après des affrontements qui ont fait des morts. Un apaisement qui peut reposer sur des techniques de maintien de l'ordre (...) puisque nous avons des savoir-faire en la matière."
J'aimerais donc dédier cette vidéo à Michelle Alliot-Marie. Elle a été prise dans un bureau de la Sûreté d'État. Tortionnaires fiers, ils ont filmé leur concitoyen qui git au sol, dans son sang (peut-être aussi pour l'humilier ?)
À vous, Mme Alliot-Marie, à vous, Monsieur Sarkozy, à vous, Mr. Bruno Lemaire, à vous, Mr. Frédéric Mitterrand.
Que la honte soit sur vous tous.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Libérez Mordechai Vanunu, toujours retenu en otage en Israël !
Mordechai Vanunu, ingénieur nucléaire israélien, qui avait révélé en 1986 l’étendue du programme nucléaire israélien, n’a pas eu le droit de quitter Israël pour recevoir à Berlin le prix Carl von Ossietsky.
Enlevé en 1986 par les services secrets israéliens lors d’un voyage à Rome, ce pacifiste a été ramené en Israël et condamné pour « trahison de secret d’Etat » à 18 ans de prison. A sa libération, il a été interdit de tout contact avec des journalistes étrangers et assigné à résidence.
Déjà honoré par le prix Nobel alternatif en 1987, « pour son courage et son abnégation en révélant l’étendue du programme nucléaire israélien », Mordechai Vanunu vient de se voir attribuer à Berlin le prix Carl von Ossietsky du nom du pacifiste allemand, fondateur de la Ligue des Droits de l’Homme allemande, prix Nobel de la paix en 1935 qui avait été condamné pour avoir dénoncé le réarmement clandestin de l’Allemagne.
Dans un communiqué, le MRAP "condamne le refus du gouvernement israélien d’autoriser Mordechai Vanunu à quitter Israël pour recevoir le prix qui lui a été attribué tout comme les autorités allemandes en 1936 avaient interdit à Carl von Ossietsky de se rendre en Norvège pour recevoir le Nobel et comme récemment les autorités chinoises n’ont pas autorisé Liu Xiabo à se rendre à Oslo recevoir le Nobel de la paix."
Eh oui, c’est cela la démocratie israélienne.
Tout notre respect et notre considération à Mordechai Vanunu !
CAPJPO-EuroPalestine
Sunday, January 2, 2011
« J’accuse »
Par Hani Shukrallah, Samedi 1er janvier 2011
L’hypocrisie et les bonnes intentions n’empêcheront pas le prochain massacre. Seul un regard sévère sur nous-mêmes et une volonté nécessaire de faire face à l’horreur de notre crise le permettront.
Nous nous joignons au refrain des condamnations. Ensemble, Musulmans et Chrétiens, gouvernement et opposition. Églises et mosquées, dignitaires religieux et laïcs : tous, nous levons et déclarons d’une seule voix la dénonciation sans équivoque d’Al-Qaïda, des militants islamistes, et des fanatiques musulmans de toute mouvance, teinte et couleur. Certains d’entre nous iront même jusqu’à dénoncer l’islam salafiste, l’islam fondamentaliste dans sa globalité, et l’islam wahhabite, importation saoudienne si étrangère à notre culture nationale égyptienne.
Et une fois de plus, nous affirmerons l’éternelle unité des « composantes jumelles de la nation » (ndlt : Musulmans et Coptes). Nous convoquerons une nouvelle fois la révolution de 1919 et sa bannière hissée qui montre l’étreinte du croissant et de la croix, symbolisant le lien indestructible.
Beaucoup de tout cela ne sera que pure hypocrisie, un grand nombre de ces réactions sera invariablement nuancé de manière à conserver, juste sous le vernis, des tas de préjugés bornés, un deux poids deux mesures flagrant et, en effet, une bigoterie engluée chez tant de ces dénonciateurs.
Tout cela ne sera d’aucune utilité. Nous sommes déjà passés par là, nous avons déjà fait exactement la même chose et pourtant les massacres continuent, chacun plus horrible que le précédent. La bigoterie et l’intolérance se propagent plus profondément et plus largement dans chaque coin et fissure de notre société.
Il n’est pas aisé de vider l’Égypte de ses Chrétiens : ils ont été là depuis aussi longtemps qu’existe le christianisme dans le monde. Près de 1500 ans de règne musulman n’ont pas éliminé la communauté chrétienne de la nation. Au contraire, elle a été maintenue suffisamment forte et vigoureuse pour jouer un rôle crucial dans le façonnement de l’identité nationale, politique et culturelle de l’Égypte moderne. Pourtant aujourd’hui, deux siècles après la naissance de l’État égyptien moderne, et alors que nous nous engageons dans la deuxième décennie du 21ème siècle, ce qui était inenvisageable avant ne relève plus de l’impossible : une Égypte sans Chrétiens, où la croix s’échapperait de l’étreinte du croissant et du drapeau symbolisant notre identité nationale moderne.
J’espère si (lorsque ?) ce jour arrive, être mort depuis longtemps ; mais mort ou vivant, ce sera une Égypte que je ne reconnais pas et à laquelle je n’aurais aucune envie d’appartenir.
Je ne suis pas Zola, mais, moi aussi je peux accuser.
Et ce n’est pas les assoiffés de sang d’Al-Qaïda ou quelqu’autre gang de voyous impliqué dans l’horreur d’Alexandrie qui m’intéressent. J’accuse le gouvernement, qui semble penser que surenchérir sur les islamistes lui permettra de leur couper l’herbe sous le pied. J’accuse la foule de députés et d’officiels du gouvernement qui ne peuvent pas s’empêcher d’emporter leur bigoterie personnelle au parlement ou aux différents organes gouvernementaux, à l’échelle nationale ou locale, où ils exercent leur pouvoir de manière à la fois brutale et désespérément absurde, sans jamais faire l’objet de contrôles. J’accuse ces organes de l’État qui pensent qu’en soutenant la tendance salafiste, ils nuisent à la confrérie des Frères musulmans, et qui aiment ponctuellement instrumentaliser les sentiments anti-Coptes vraisemblablement pour détourner l’attention de questions gouvernementales autrement plus sérieuses.
Mais plus que tout, j’accuse les millions de soi-disant musulmans modérés parmi nous : ceux qui versent de plus en plus dans le préjugé et dont l’esprit devient chaque année plus étroit.
J’accuse ceux parmi nous qui se dresseraient avec fureur contre la décision d’arrêter la construction d’un centre islamique près de ground zero à New York, mais qui applaudissent la police égyptienne lorsque celle-ci interrompt la construction d’un escalier dans une Église copte du quartier d’Omranya. J’étais là, et je vous ai entendus parler, dans vos bureaux, dans vos clubs, dans vos buffets dinatoires : « les Coptes méritent une bonne leçon », « les Coptes deviennent de plus en plus arrogants », « les Coptes parlent des Musulmans dans leurs dos » et dans le même souffle : « les Coptes empêchent les femmes chrétiennes de se convertir à l’islam en les kidnappant et en les emprisonnant dans des monastères ».
Je vous accuse tous parce que dans votre aveuglement bigot, vous ne pouvez même pas voir la violence que vous faites à la logique et au sens commun : vous osez accuser le monde entier de deux poids deux mesures contre vous, et dans le même temps, vous êtes complètement incapables d'être lucides à l'égard de votre flagrant deux poids deux mesures.
Et enfin, j’accuse les intellectuels libéraux, Musulmans et Chrétiens qui sont soit complices, soit qui ont peur ou plus simplement ne veulent pas dire ou faire quelque chose qui risque de déplaire « aux masses », et qui se sont tenus en marge, considérant qu’il était suffisant de se joindre au futile refrain des dénonciations qui se succèdent alors même que les massacres se propagent de plus en plus, toujours plus horriblement.
Il y a quelques années j’ai écrit dans le quotidien arabe Al-Hayat pour répondre à un éditorial paru dans un des journaux égyptiens. L’éditorialiste, dont j’ai depuis oublié le nom, louait les propos patriotiques d’un Égyptien copte qui avait lui-même écrit qu’il préfèrerait être tué des mains de ses camarades musulmans plutôt que d'espérer une intervention américaine qui le sauve. M’adressant au patriote copte, je lui ai demandé où s’arrêterait sa volonté de se sacrifier en l’honneur de la nation. Donner sa vie peut être une entreprise noble voire louable, mais serait-il aussi prêt à renoncer à ses enfants, sa femme, sa mère ? Combien d’Égyptiens chrétiens, lui ai-je demandé, serait-il prêt à sacrifier avant d’espérer une intervention étrangère : un million, deux, trois, tous ? J’avais alors dit, et je continue de le dire aujourd’hui, que nos options ne sont ni pauvres, ni vides d’imagination, de détermination, et nous ne sommes pas forcés de choisir entre avoir des Égyptiens coptes tués, en petit nombre ou en masses, ou courir dans les bras de l’Oncle Sam.
Est-il si difficile de nous concevoir comme des êtres humains rationnels avec un minimum de fermeté pour choisir notre destin, celui de notre nation ? C’est là, en effet, notre seule option, et nous ferions mieux de la saisir avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.
Traduction H. A.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
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Gaza 2010. Exhibition in Paris' Modern Art Museum / Kai Wiedenhöfer.
Expostion Gaza au Musée d'Art Moderne (attaqué par la LDJ)
envoyé par Ali-Fredo. - L'info video en direct.
Lettre à Brice Hortefeux - attaque de la LDJ au Musée d’Art Moderne à Paris
publié le mardi 23 novembre 2010
Jean-Claude LEFORT
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LA LDJ TENTE DE DÉTRUIRE UNE EXPOSITION PHOTO SUR LES MASSACRES À GAZA
Publié le 21-11-2010
Appliquant le mot d’ordre lancé par le CRIF, une trentaine de voyous dont certains (mais pas tous) encagoulés et munis de casques de moto ont attaqué dimanche en début d’après-midi le Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (11 Avenue Wilson, 7016 – Paris – M° Iéna ou Alma-Marceau, ligne 9), pour tenter de détruire une exposition photographique consacrée aux massacres d’Israël de décembre 2008 – janvier 2009 dans la bande de Gaza.
Les voyous ont tenté d’atteindre la galerie d’exposition au sous-sol du musée pour saccager le travail du photographe Kai Wiedenhöfer. Sans succès : l’accès leur a été barré par le service de sécurité du musée.
Ils ont alors perturbé l’entrée des visiteurs en scandant des slogans hostiles à la direction du Musée d’Art Moderne et apposé des autocollants sur lesquels on pouvait lire : « Antisionisme=Antisémitisme politique //A bas l’antisémitisme d’où qu’il vienne //Le palestinisme actif, c’est l’activisme antijuif//Stop au palestinisme antijuif ».
Les émules des nazis n’ont évidemment pas craint, dans leur assaut, de tenter de saccager les multiples œuvres exposées aux côtés des photographies de Gaza dans l’enceinte du Musée d’Art Moderne (MAM), à savoir les toiles de Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Amadeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall ou Henri Matisse.
Pas plus qu’ils ne se souciaient, quand ils attaquaient la librairie Résistances à Paris en juillet 2009, de savoir si les livres qu’ils détruisaient avaient pour auteurs Mahmoud Darwish ou Primo Levi.
Et nous mettons en cause le CRIF, vitrine « présentable » du lobby israélien en France, et non pas la seule « Ligue de Défense Juive », dont on ne savait pas encore, dimanche soir, si elle revendiquerait l’attentat contre le Musée. Car c’est le CRIF lui-même qui a donné le signal la semaine dernière, en appelant à la suppression de l’exposition, comme on peut le lire sur le site de cette officine :
http://www.crif.org/index.php ?page=articles_display/detail&aid=22403&artyd=9
TOUS AU MUSEE DES MARDI 23 NOVEMBRE
Hommage au martyre du peuple de Gaza, l’exposition de Kai Wiedenhöfer connait depuis son ouverture le 5 novembre un succès mérité, dont a rendu compte la chaîne France 3 dans un de ses reportages : http://culturebox.france3.fr/all/29623/gaza-2010-regards-sur-une-terre-meurtrie-par-kai-wiedenhoder#/all/29623/gaza-2010-regards-sur-une-terre-meurtrie- par-kai-wiedenhofer
Dimanche matin encore, quelques heures avant l’assaut des voyous, un public nombreux, attentif et recueilli, se pressait dans la salle où sont exposées les terribles photos.
C’est pourquoi nous appelons tous les lecteurs de notre site, et au-delà, à visiter, dès mardi 23 novembre à 10 heures l’exposition « Gaza 2010 », 11 avenue du Président Wilson, 75016 – Paris (M° Iéna ou Alma-Marceau, ligne 9).
Nous vous invitons également à téléphoner au directeur du MAM, M. Herrgott, au 01 53 67 40 00, pour lui dire qu’il en va de sa dignité de résister au terrorisme, et de maintenir les conditions normales d’accueil à l’exposition Gaza, soit du mardi au vendredi, de 10 heures à 18 heures.
Note : en raison de la présence d’une exposition spéciale, l’accès aux collections permanentes (et à l’exposition Gaza) se fait sur le côté du Musée, en passant dans la cafeteria.
CAPJPO-EuroPalestine
http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article5624
M. Brice Hortefeux
Ministre de l’Intérieur
Place Beauvau
75008 Paris
Monsieur le Ministre,
La « Ligue de défense juive » (LDJ) vient de se livrer à nouveau, ce dimanche, à des actes de pure violence extrême contre, cette fois, le Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris qui accueille une exposition du grand photographe Kai Wiedenhöfer.
Cette exposition résulte d’un séjour et d’un travail de trois mois, sur place, du célèbre photographe après les tragiques événements de Gaza. Elle donne à voir des aspects effroyables – aussi bien humains que matériels – de l’offensive israélienne qui s’est abattue contre les populations de cette bande de terre palestinienne durant l’hiver 2008/2009.
Ce reportage, a été récompensé par de nombreux Prix internationaux. Ces distinctions n’ont pas empêché le Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (CRIF) de manifester, le 15 novembre dernier, son « indignation » contre ce qu’il qualifiait d’« acte de militantisme politique que ne devrait pas accepter le Musée d’art moderne de Paris, qui est sous la responsabilité de la ville de Paris ».
Coïncidence ? Six jours après cette attaque contre la liberté de création et d’expression, une bande de voyous se réclamant de la LDJ, encagoulés pour certains, a voulu détruire cette exposition, au risque d’endommager les œuvres de Picasso et de Matisse accrochées à proximité.
Les vigiles du Palais de Tokyo ont fort heureusement réussi à s’interposer, mais le musée a été fermé et l’accès à l’exposition également. Ce n’est pas acceptable.
Ce n’est pas la première fois que la LDJ mène ce type d’opération commando destructeur et aveugle mettant en cause des œuvres d’art notamment.
Et ce n’est pas la première fois que nous signalons que ce groupe extrémiste a été dissous, en raison de ses actes extrémistes violents d’un autre âge, aussi bien en Israël qu’aux Etats-Unis.
Faut-il vous rappeler que, le 7 avril 2002, l’un de ces voyous, qui se livraient à une « ratonnade », avait grièvement blessé d’un coup de poignard un commissaire de police ? Des complicités lui avaient permis de se réfugier en Israël. Là-bas, cinq ans plus tard, le même homme avait tué un père de famille palestinien de 35 ans de vingt-quatre coups de couteau…
Monsieur le Ministre,
Compte tenu de ce qui vient de se passer au Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris nous vous demandons instamment :
1) D’assurer, par une présence policière adaptée, la protection de cette exposition qui doit se poursuivre en toute tranquillité. Rien ne serait pire que de céder à l’intimidation violente de la LDJ.
2) De diligenter une enquête sur les conditions dans lesquelles, après le communiqué du CRIF, ces individus, faute de pouvoir obtenir l’interdiction de cette exposition, ont cru pouvoir l’interdire eux-mêmes. Ils doivent être sanctionnés fermement par la justice de notre pays. Ces malfrats de la politique nuisent évidemment à la communauté dont ils se réclament et dont ils ternissent terriblement l’image. Votre collègue Michèle Alliot-Marie, lorsqu’elle était ministre de la Justice et Garde des Sceaux, a demandé incroyablement aux Parquets de poursuivre des militants pourtant pacifistes et antiracistes pour « provocation publique à la discrimination ». Si les nervis, violents et racistes, de la LDJ n’étaient pas poursuivis, votre gouvernement tout entier serait légitiment soupçonné de pratiquer au minimum un intolérable « deux poids deux mesures ».
3) De décider, au vu de l’ensemble des « actions radicales » menées systématiquement par ce groupuscule, de dissoudre la LDJ, qui, depuis longtemps, ne devrait pas avoir pignon sur rue dans notre pays. Il est temps, plus que temps, que cette décision s’impose.
Dans l’attente de décisions rapides de votre part,
Je vous prie de croire, Monsieur le Ministre, à l’expression de mes salutations distinguées.
Jean-Claude Lefort
Député honoraire
Président de l’AFPS
http://www.france-palestine.org/article16104.html
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
This is France
French Policemen brutalizing women (one of them pregnant) and children :
Evacuation de familles sans logement à la Courneuve
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Evacuation de familles sans logement à la Courneuve
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
"Mohamed Larbi Ben M'hidi", de Yacine Amine
"Yacine Amine a 61 ans. Il a longtemps travaillé dans l'Administration algérienne. Il a enseigné de 1966 à 1970. Ensuite, il est entré dans le service des Domaines (qui s'occupe des biens de l'Etat). En tout, il a passé près de 34 ans dans l'Administration. Il est marié et père de 3 enfants. Actuellement il est à la retraite, après une carrière bien remplie, au sens propre comme au sens figuré."
Je vous conseille son livre sur Mohamed Larbi Ben M'hidi, que vous pouvez commander ici. Et puis, pourquoi pas faire un petit tour par Alger ?
Mohamed Larbi Ben M'hidi : Prophétique ?
"Vous parlez de la France de Dunkerque à Tamanrasset, je vous prédis l'Algérie de Tamanrasset à Dunkerque. Vous voulez l'Algérie française et moi je vous annonce la France algérienne."
« Je préfère mourir avant l’indépendance pour ne pas assister à vos déchirements pour le pouvoir ! »
Je vous conseille son livre sur Mohamed Larbi Ben M'hidi, que vous pouvez commander ici. Et puis, pourquoi pas faire un petit tour par Alger ?
Mohamed Larbi Ben M'hidi : Prophétique ?
"Vous parlez de la France de Dunkerque à Tamanrasset, je vous prédis l'Algérie de Tamanrasset à Dunkerque. Vous voulez l'Algérie française et moi je vous annonce la France algérienne."
« Je préfère mourir avant l’indépendance pour ne pas assister à vos déchirements pour le pouvoir ! »
Photo: A Palestinian woman whose house has been occupied by Jewish settlers faces Israelis who came to celebrate Jerusalem Day in the mainly Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem (Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images). Source, WSJ via Mondoweiss.
El-Hajj Malek El-Shabazz / Malcolm X
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
"We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us."
"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today."
"My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."
"Stumbling is not falling."
"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time."
"They put your mind right in a bag, and take it wherever they want."
"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us."
"Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks."
"A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself."
"I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action."
"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."
"I feel like a man who has been asleep somewhat and under someone else's control. I feel that what I'm thinking and saying is now for myself. Before it was for and by the guidance of Elijah Muhammad. Now I think with my own mind, sir!"
"The thing that you have to understand about those of us in the Black Muslim movement was that all of us believed 100 percent in the divinity of Elijah Muhammad. We believed in him. We actually believed that God, in Detroit by the way, that God had taught him and all of that. I always believed that he believed in himself. And I was shocked when I found out that he himself didn't believe it."
"I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation."
"It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country."
-- February 19, 1965 (2 days before he was murdered by Nation of Islam followers)
"Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world."
"...I shall never rest until I have undone the harm I did to so many well-meaning, innocent Negroes who through my own evangelistic zeal now believe in him even more fanatically and more blindly than I did."
-- on those he encouraged to follow Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad
"When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't believe in freedom. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire . . . or preserve his freedom."
"You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being."
"Dr. King wants the same thing I want. Freedom."
"I want Dr. King to know that I didn't come to Selma to make his job difficult. I really did come thinking I could make it easier. If the white people realize what the alternative is, perhaps they will be more willing to hear Dr. King."
-- in a conversation with Mrs. Coretta Scott King.
"I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."
Eyewitness to the Israeli Assault on the Mavi Marmara
By DAVE LINDORFF
Kevin Neish of Victoria, British Columbia, didn’t know he was a celebrity until he was about to board a flight from Istanbul to Ottawa. “This Arab woman wearing a beautiful outfit suddenly ran up to me crying, ‘It’s you! From Arab TV! You’re famous!’” he recalls with a laugh. “I didn’t know what she was talking about, but she told me, ‘I saw you flipping through the Israeli commando’s book! It’s being aired over and over!’”
A soft-spoken teacher and former civilian engineer with the Canadian Department of Defense, Neish realized then that a video taken by an Arab TV cameraman in the midst of the Israeli assault on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza of him flipping through a booklet had been transmitted before the Israelis blocked all electronic signals from the flotilla. The booklet had pictures and profiles of all the passengers, and he’d found it in the backpack of an Israeli Defense Force commando.
Neish, 53, was on the second deck of the flotilla’s lead ship, the Turkish Mavi Marmara, with a good view of the stern, when the IDF, in the early morning darkness of May 31, began its assault with percussion grenades, tear gas and a hail of bullets. He then moved to the fourth deck in an enclosed stairwell, from which he watched took photographs as casualties were carried down past him to a makeshift medical station. Several IDF commandos, captured by the passengers and crew, were also brought past him.
“I saw them carrying this one IDF guy down,” he recalls. “He looked terrified, like he thought he was going to be killed. But when a big Turkish guy, who had seen seriously injured passengers who had been shot by the IDF, charged over and tried to hit the commando, the Turkish aid workers pushed him off and pinned him to the wall. They protected this Israeli soldier.”
That was when he found the backpack which the soldier had dropped. “I figured I’d look inside and see what he was carrying,” Neish says. “And inside was this kind of flip-book. It was full of photos and names in English and Hebrew of who was on all the ships. The booklet also had a detailed diagram of the decks of the Mavi Marmara.”
Meanwhile, he says, more and more people were being carried down the stairs from the mayhem above—people who’d been shot, and people who were dying or people already dead. “I took detailed photos of the dead and wounded with my camera,” he says, adding, “There were several guys who had two neat bullet holes side by side on the side of their head–clearly they were executed.”
Neish smuggled his photos out of Israel to Turkey despite his arrest on the ship and imprisonment in Israel for several days. “I pulled out the memory card, tossed my camera and anything I had on me that had anything to do with electronics, and then kept moving the chip around so it wouldn’t be found,” he says. “The Israelis took all the cameras and computers. They were smashing some and keeping others. I put the chip in my mouth under my tongue, between my butt cheeks, in my sock, everywhere, to keep them from finding it,” he says. He finally handed it to a Turk who was leaving for a flight home on a Turkish airline. He says the card ended up in the hands of an organization called Free Gaza, and he has seen some of his pictures published, so he knows they made it out successfully.
Neish says that claims that the Israeli commandos were just armed with paint guns and 9 mm pistols are “Bullshit–at one point when I was in the stairwell, a commando opened a hatch above, stuck in a machine gun, and started firing. Bullets were bouncing all over the place. If the guy had gotten to look in and see where he was shooting, I’d have been dead, but two Turkish guys in the stairwell, who had short lengths of chain with them that they had taken from the access points to the lifeboats, stood to the side of the hatch and whipped them up at the barrell. I don’t know if they were trying to hit the commando or to use them to snatch away the gun, but the Israeli backed off, and they slammed and locked the hatch.”
“I never saw a single paint gun, or a sign of a fired paint ball!” he says. He also didn’t see any guns in the hands of people who were on the ship. “In the whole time I was there on the ship, I never saw a single weapon in the hands of the crew or the aid workers,” he says. Indeed, Neish, who originally had been on a smaller 70-foot yacht called the Challenger II, had transferred to the Mavi Marmara after a stop in Cyprus, because his boat had been sabatoged by Israeli agents (a claim verified by the Israeli government), making it impossible to steer. “When we came aboard the big boat, I was frisked and my bag was inspected for weapons,” he says. “Being an engineer, I of course had a pocket knife, but they took that and tossed it into the ocean. Nobody was allowed to have any weapons on this voyage. They were very careful about that.”
What he did see during the IDF assault was severe bullet wounds. “In addition to several people I saw who were killed, I saw several dozen wounded people. There was one older guy who was just propped up against the wall with a huge hole in his chest. He died as I was taking his picture.”
Neish says he saw many of the 9 who were known to have been killed, and of the 40 who were wounded, and adds, “There were many more who were wounded, too, but less seriously. In the Israeli prison, I saw people with knife wounds and broken bones. Some were hiding their injuries so they wouldn’t be taken away from the others.” He also says, “Initially there were reports that 16 on the boat had been killed. The medical station said 16. There was a suspicion that some bodies may have been thrown overboard. But what people think now is that the the other seven who are missing, since we’re not hearing from families, may have been Israeli spies.”
Once the Israeli commandos had secured control of the Mavi Marmara, Neish says the ship’s passengers and crew were rounded up, with the men put in one area on deck, and the women put below in another area. The men were told to squat, and had their hands bound with plastic cuffs, which Neish says were pulled so tight that his wrists were cut and his hands swelled up and turned purple (he is still suffering nerve damage from the experience, which his doctor in Canada says he hopes will gradually repair on its own).
“They told us to be quiet,” he says. “But at one point this Turkish imam stood up and started singing a call to prayer. Everybody was dead quiet–even the Israelis. But after about ten seconds, this Israeli officer stomped over through the squatting people, pulled out his pistol and pointed at the guy’s head, yelling ‘Shut up!’ in English. The imam looked at him directly and just kept singing! I thought, Jesus Christ, he’s gonna kill him! Then I thought, well, this is what I’m here for, I guess, so I stood up. The officer wheeled around and pointed his gun at my head. The imam finished his song and sat down, and then I sat down.”
While the commandeered vessels were sailed to the Israeli port of Ashdot, the captives were left without food or water. “All we were given were some chocolate bars that the Israelis pilfered from the ship’s stores,” says Neish. “You had to grovel to get to go to the bathroom, and many people had to just go in their pants.”
Things didn’t get much better once the passengers were transferred to an Israeli prison. He and the other prisoners with him, who hadn’t eaten for more than half a day, were tossed a frozen block of bread and some cucumbers.
On the second day, someone from the Canadian embassy came around, calling out his name. “It turned out he’d been going to every cell looking for me,” says Neish. “My daughter had been frantically telling the Canadian government I was in the flotilla. Even though the Israelis had my name and knew where I was, they weren’t telling the Canadian embassy people. In fact the Canadians–and my daughter–thought I was dead, because people had said I’d been near the initial assault. The good thing is that as they went around calling out for me, they discovered two Arab-born Canadians that they hadn’t known were there.”
“Eventually they got to my cell and I answered them. The embassy official said, ‘You’re Kevin? You’re supposed to be dead.’”
After being held for a few days, there was a rush to move everyone to the Ben Gurion airport for a flight to Turkey. “It turned out that Israeli lawyers had brought our case to the Supreme Court, challenging the legality of our capture on international waters. There was a chance that the court would order the IDF to put us back on our ships and let us go, so the government wanted to get us out of Israel and moot the case. But two guys were hauled off, probably by Mossad (the Israeli intelligence agency). So we all said, ‘No. We don’t go unless you bring them back.’”
The two men were returned and were allowed to leave with the rest of the group.
“I honestly never thought the Israelis would board the ship,” says Neish. “I thought we’d get into Gaza. I mean, I went as part of the Free Gaza Movement, and they had made prior attempts, with some getting in, and some getting boarded or rammed, but this time it was a big flotilla. I figured we’d be stopped, and maybe searched. My boat, the Challenger II, only had dignitaries on board including three German MPs, and then Lt. Col. Ann Wright and myself.
At one point in the Israeli prison, all the violence finally got to this man who had witnessed more death and mayhem than many active duty US troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. “I broke down and started crying,” he admits. “This big Turkish guy came over and asked me, ‘What’s wrong?’ I said, ‘Sixteen people died.’”
“He said to me, ‘No, they died for a wonderful cause. They’re happy. You just go out and tell your story.’”
DAVE LINDORFF is a founding member of the new independent collectively-owned, journalist-run online newspaper ThisCantBeHappening.net
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Kevin Neish of Victoria, British Columbia, didn’t know he was a celebrity until he was about to board a flight from Istanbul to Ottawa. “This Arab woman wearing a beautiful outfit suddenly ran up to me crying, ‘It’s you! From Arab TV! You’re famous!’” he recalls with a laugh. “I didn’t know what she was talking about, but she told me, ‘I saw you flipping through the Israeli commando’s book! It’s being aired over and over!’”
A soft-spoken teacher and former civilian engineer with the Canadian Department of Defense, Neish realized then that a video taken by an Arab TV cameraman in the midst of the Israeli assault on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza of him flipping through a booklet had been transmitted before the Israelis blocked all electronic signals from the flotilla. The booklet had pictures and profiles of all the passengers, and he’d found it in the backpack of an Israeli Defense Force commando.
Neish, 53, was on the second deck of the flotilla’s lead ship, the Turkish Mavi Marmara, with a good view of the stern, when the IDF, in the early morning darkness of May 31, began its assault with percussion grenades, tear gas and a hail of bullets. He then moved to the fourth deck in an enclosed stairwell, from which he watched took photographs as casualties were carried down past him to a makeshift medical station. Several IDF commandos, captured by the passengers and crew, were also brought past him.
“I saw them carrying this one IDF guy down,” he recalls. “He looked terrified, like he thought he was going to be killed. But when a big Turkish guy, who had seen seriously injured passengers who had been shot by the IDF, charged over and tried to hit the commando, the Turkish aid workers pushed him off and pinned him to the wall. They protected this Israeli soldier.”
That was when he found the backpack which the soldier had dropped. “I figured I’d look inside and see what he was carrying,” Neish says. “And inside was this kind of flip-book. It was full of photos and names in English and Hebrew of who was on all the ships. The booklet also had a detailed diagram of the decks of the Mavi Marmara.”
Meanwhile, he says, more and more people were being carried down the stairs from the mayhem above—people who’d been shot, and people who were dying or people already dead. “I took detailed photos of the dead and wounded with my camera,” he says, adding, “There were several guys who had two neat bullet holes side by side on the side of their head–clearly they were executed.”
Neish smuggled his photos out of Israel to Turkey despite his arrest on the ship and imprisonment in Israel for several days. “I pulled out the memory card, tossed my camera and anything I had on me that had anything to do with electronics, and then kept moving the chip around so it wouldn’t be found,” he says. “The Israelis took all the cameras and computers. They were smashing some and keeping others. I put the chip in my mouth under my tongue, between my butt cheeks, in my sock, everywhere, to keep them from finding it,” he says. He finally handed it to a Turk who was leaving for a flight home on a Turkish airline. He says the card ended up in the hands of an organization called Free Gaza, and he has seen some of his pictures published, so he knows they made it out successfully.
Neish says that claims that the Israeli commandos were just armed with paint guns and 9 mm pistols are “Bullshit–at one point when I was in the stairwell, a commando opened a hatch above, stuck in a machine gun, and started firing. Bullets were bouncing all over the place. If the guy had gotten to look in and see where he was shooting, I’d have been dead, but two Turkish guys in the stairwell, who had short lengths of chain with them that they had taken from the access points to the lifeboats, stood to the side of the hatch and whipped them up at the barrell. I don’t know if they were trying to hit the commando or to use them to snatch away the gun, but the Israeli backed off, and they slammed and locked the hatch.”
“I never saw a single paint gun, or a sign of a fired paint ball!” he says. He also didn’t see any guns in the hands of people who were on the ship. “In the whole time I was there on the ship, I never saw a single weapon in the hands of the crew or the aid workers,” he says. Indeed, Neish, who originally had been on a smaller 70-foot yacht called the Challenger II, had transferred to the Mavi Marmara after a stop in Cyprus, because his boat had been sabatoged by Israeli agents (a claim verified by the Israeli government), making it impossible to steer. “When we came aboard the big boat, I was frisked and my bag was inspected for weapons,” he says. “Being an engineer, I of course had a pocket knife, but they took that and tossed it into the ocean. Nobody was allowed to have any weapons on this voyage. They were very careful about that.”
What he did see during the IDF assault was severe bullet wounds. “In addition to several people I saw who were killed, I saw several dozen wounded people. There was one older guy who was just propped up against the wall with a huge hole in his chest. He died as I was taking his picture.”
Neish says he saw many of the 9 who were known to have been killed, and of the 40 who were wounded, and adds, “There were many more who were wounded, too, but less seriously. In the Israeli prison, I saw people with knife wounds and broken bones. Some were hiding their injuries so they wouldn’t be taken away from the others.” He also says, “Initially there were reports that 16 on the boat had been killed. The medical station said 16. There was a suspicion that some bodies may have been thrown overboard. But what people think now is that the the other seven who are missing, since we’re not hearing from families, may have been Israeli spies.”
Once the Israeli commandos had secured control of the Mavi Marmara, Neish says the ship’s passengers and crew were rounded up, with the men put in one area on deck, and the women put below in another area. The men were told to squat, and had their hands bound with plastic cuffs, which Neish says were pulled so tight that his wrists were cut and his hands swelled up and turned purple (he is still suffering nerve damage from the experience, which his doctor in Canada says he hopes will gradually repair on its own).
“They told us to be quiet,” he says. “But at one point this Turkish imam stood up and started singing a call to prayer. Everybody was dead quiet–even the Israelis. But after about ten seconds, this Israeli officer stomped over through the squatting people, pulled out his pistol and pointed at the guy’s head, yelling ‘Shut up!’ in English. The imam looked at him directly and just kept singing! I thought, Jesus Christ, he’s gonna kill him! Then I thought, well, this is what I’m here for, I guess, so I stood up. The officer wheeled around and pointed his gun at my head. The imam finished his song and sat down, and then I sat down.”
While the commandeered vessels were sailed to the Israeli port of Ashdot, the captives were left without food or water. “All we were given were some chocolate bars that the Israelis pilfered from the ship’s stores,” says Neish. “You had to grovel to get to go to the bathroom, and many people had to just go in their pants.”
Things didn’t get much better once the passengers were transferred to an Israeli prison. He and the other prisoners with him, who hadn’t eaten for more than half a day, were tossed a frozen block of bread and some cucumbers.
On the second day, someone from the Canadian embassy came around, calling out his name. “It turned out he’d been going to every cell looking for me,” says Neish. “My daughter had been frantically telling the Canadian government I was in the flotilla. Even though the Israelis had my name and knew where I was, they weren’t telling the Canadian embassy people. In fact the Canadians–and my daughter–thought I was dead, because people had said I’d been near the initial assault. The good thing is that as they went around calling out for me, they discovered two Arab-born Canadians that they hadn’t known were there.”
“Eventually they got to my cell and I answered them. The embassy official said, ‘You’re Kevin? You’re supposed to be dead.’”
After being held for a few days, there was a rush to move everyone to the Ben Gurion airport for a flight to Turkey. “It turned out that Israeli lawyers had brought our case to the Supreme Court, challenging the legality of our capture on international waters. There was a chance that the court would order the IDF to put us back on our ships and let us go, so the government wanted to get us out of Israel and moot the case. But two guys were hauled off, probably by Mossad (the Israeli intelligence agency). So we all said, ‘No. We don’t go unless you bring them back.’”
The two men were returned and were allowed to leave with the rest of the group.
“I honestly never thought the Israelis would board the ship,” says Neish. “I thought we’d get into Gaza. I mean, I went as part of the Free Gaza Movement, and they had made prior attempts, with some getting in, and some getting boarded or rammed, but this time it was a big flotilla. I figured we’d be stopped, and maybe searched. My boat, the Challenger II, only had dignitaries on board including three German MPs, and then Lt. Col. Ann Wright and myself.
At one point in the Israeli prison, all the violence finally got to this man who had witnessed more death and mayhem than many active duty US troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. “I broke down and started crying,” he admits. “This big Turkish guy came over and asked me, ‘What’s wrong?’ I said, ‘Sixteen people died.’”
“He said to me, ‘No, they died for a wonderful cause. They’re happy. You just go out and tell your story.’”
DAVE LINDORFF is a founding member of the new independent collectively-owned, journalist-run online newspaper ThisCantBeHappening.net
Source
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fears for his life
There was an international uproar in April when Wikileaks released classified US military video of a US helicopter crew firing on a group of people in Iraq. (collateralmurder.com)
"The man behind whistleblower website Wikileaks says he is not in a position to record an interview amid claims his life is in danger.
Julian Assange, the Australian-born founder of Wikileaks, is said to be under threat with reports that the site has hundreds of thousands of classified cables containing explosive revelations.
There was an international uproar in April when the website released classified US military video which officials had been refusing to make public for three years.
The leaked video showed a US helicopter crew mistaking a camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher before firing on a group of people in Iraq.
Mr Assange has also told his supporters he is planning to release a video of a US air strike in Afghanistan that killed many civilians.
The 2007 video of the US army helicopter shooting civilians has already led to a chain of events which reportedly has Mr Assange in hiding.
A hacker blew the whistle on the US army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, who allegedly handed that video to Wikileaks.
Mr Manning is now reported to be in custody in Kuwait.
The hacker says Mr Manning bragged to him about having thousands of diplomatic cables that would embarrass US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and several thousand diplomats around the world.
It has since been reported that American officials are searching for Mr Assange to pressure him not to publish the cables.
But an unnamed source in the Obama administration has told Newsweek that the US government is not trying to convince Mr Assange not to release the cables, but it is trying to contact him.
The World Today has also received an email from Mr Assange which says: "Due to present circumstances, I am not able to easily conduct interviews".
In an email to supporters this week, Mr Assange denies Wikileaks has 260,000 classified US department cables.
But he confirms the website has a video of a US air strike on a village in western Afghanistan in May last year.
The Afghan government said at the time of the attack that 140 civilians died.
Life in danger
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon papers in the 1970s showing government deceit over the Vietnam War, says he believes Mr Assange has reason to keep his whereabouts secret.
"I think it's worth mentioning [that there is] a very new and ominous development in our country," he said.
"I think he would not be safe, even physically, entirely wherever he is.
"We have, after all, for the first time ever perhaps in any democratic country... a president who has announced that he feels he has the right to use special operations operatives against anyone abroad that he thinks is associated with terrorism."
Mr Ellsberg told a US TV network Mr Assange's life may be in danger.
"I was, in fact, the subject of a White House hit squad in November on May 3, 1972," he said.
"A dozen Cuban assets were brought up from Miami with orders, quoting their prosecutor 'to incapacitate Daniel Ellsberg totally' on the steps of the Capitol.
"It so happens when I was in a rally during the Vietnam war and I asked the prosecutor 'what does that mean - kill me?' He said the words were to incapacitate you totally, but you should understand these guys, meaning the CIA operatives, never use the word 'kill'."
Professor Amin Saikal, director of the centre for Arab and Islamic studies at the Australian National University, says the US government has strong motivations for keeping video of the strike under wraps.
"That NATO operation in western Afghanistan caused quite a number of civilian casualties which caused outrage among the Afghan leaders," he said.
"The issue was also raised very strongly in the Afghan parliament.
"I suppose that the American authorities would be very adverse at the release of the video at this point which could cause more problems in the relationship between Afghanistan and Washington."
As far fetched as Mr Ellsberg's claim sounds, the national president of Whistleblowers Australia, Peter Bennett, agrees Mr Assange's life may be at risk.
"There is a lot of money to be made from wars. There is a lot of people who will become very, very wealthy through the course of this Afghan war," he said.
"To stop anybody raising questions about its conduct would put those profits at risk and profit is a high motivation to stop somebody interfering with those profits.
"It is possible that there are vested interests - military, political and certainly economic, possibly even criminal - who would rather him not release that information.
"There is a serious chance that his wellbeing could be at risk. If I was in his shoes, I would be taking all necessary precautions to make sure that my whereabouts and my wellbeing were being protected.""
Source
http://wikileaks.org/
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Free Salah Hamouri / Libérez Salah Hamouri
Salah Hamouri is a French-Palestinian sociology student held hostage in an Israeli prison since 2005.
Denied the Right to go Home
From: “Ramzi & Zeina”
zeina_ramzi[at]yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:42:14 AM
Subject: Denied the right to go home (text in e-mail)
June 21, 2008
I am Palestinian – born and raised – and my Palestinian roots go back centuries. No one can change that even if they tell me that Jerusalem, my birth place, is not Palestine, even if they tell me that Palestine doesn’t exist, even if they take away all my papers and deny me entry to my own home, even if they humiliate me and take away my rights. I AM PALESTINIAN.
Name: Zeina Emile Sam’an Ashrawi; Date of Birth: July 30, 1981; Ethnicity: Arab. This is what was written on my Jerusalem ID card. An ID card to a Palestinian is much more than just a piece of paper; it is my only legal documented relationship to Palestine. Born in Jerusalem, I was given a Jerusalem ID card (the blue ID), an Israeli Travel Document and a Jordanian Passport stamped Palestinian (I have no legal rights in Jordan). I do not have an Israeli Passport, a Palestinian Passport or an American Passport. Here is my story:
I came to the United States as a 17 year old to finish high school in Pennsylvania and went on to college and graduate school and subsequently got married and we are currently living in Northern Virginia. I have gone home every year at least once to see my parents, my family and my friends and to renew my Travel Document as I was only able to extend its validity once a year from Washington DC. My father and I would stand in line at the Israeli Ministry of Interior in Jerusalem, along with many other Palestinians, from 4:30 in the morning to try our luck at making it through the revolving metal doors of the Ministry before noon – when the Ministry closed its doors - to try and renew the Travel Document. We did that year after year. As a people living under an occupation, being faced with constant humiliation by an occupier was the norm but we did what we had to do to insure our identity was not stolen from us.
In August of 2007 I went to the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC to try and extend my travel document and get the usual “Returning Resident” VISA that the Israelis issue to Palestinians holding an Israeli Travel Document. After watching a few Americans and others being told that their visas would be ready in a couple of weeks my turn came. I walked up to the bulletproof glass window shielding the lady working behind it and under a massive picture of the Dome of the Rock and the Walls of Jerusalem that hangs on the wall in the Israeli consulate, I handed her my papers through a little slot at the bottom of the window.
“Shalom” she said with a smile. “Hi” I responded, apprehensive and scared. As soon as she saw my Travel Document her demeanor immediately changed. The smile was no longer there and there was very little small talk between us, as usual. After sifting through the paperwork I gave her she said: “where is your American Passport?” I explained to her that I did not have one and that my only Travel Document is the one she has in her hands. She was quiet for a few seconds and then said: “you don’t have an American Passport?” suspicious that I was hiding information from her. “No!” I said. She was quiet for a little longer and then said: “Well, I am not sure we’ll be able to extend your Travel Document.” I felt the blood rushing to my head as this is my only means to get home! I asked her what she meant by that and she went on to tell me that since I had been living in the US and because I had a Green Card they would not extend my Travel Document. After taking a deep breath to try and control my temper I explained to her that a Green Card is not a Passport and I cannot use it to travel outside the US. My voice was shaky and I was getting more and more upset (and a mini shouting match ensued) so I asked her to explain to me what I needed to do. She told me to leave my paperwork and we would see what happens.
A couple of weeks later I received a phone call from the lady telling me that she was able to extended my Travel Document but I would no longer be getting the “Returning Resident” VISA. Instead, I was given a 3 month tourist VISA. Initially I was happy to hear that the Travel Document was extended but then I realized that she said “tourist VISA”. Why am I getting a tourist VISA to go home? Not wanting to argue with her about the 3 month VISA at the time so as not to jeopardize the extension of my Travel Document, I simply put that bit of information on the back burner and went on to explain to her that I wasn’t going home in the next 3 months. She instructed me to come back and apply for another VISA when I did intend on going. She didn’t add much and just told me that it was ready for pick-up. So I went to the Embassy and got my Travel Document and the tourist VISA that was stamped in it.
My husband, my son and I were planning on going home to Palestine this summer. So a month before we were set to leave (July 8, 2008) I went to the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, papers in hand, to ask for a VISA to go home. I, again, stood in line and watched others get VISAs to go to my home. When my turn came I walked up to the window; “Shalom” she said with a smile on her face, “Hi” I replied. I slipped the paperwork in the little slot under the bulletproof glass and waited for the usual reaction. I told her that I needed a returning resident VISA to go home. She took the paperwork and I gave her a check for the amount she requested and left the Embassy without incident.
A few days ago I got a phone call from Dina at the Israeli Embassy telling me that she needed the expiration date of my Jordanian Passport and my Green Card. I had given them all the paperwork they needed time and time again and I thought it was a good way on their part to waste time so that I didn’t get my VISA in time. Regardless, I called over and over again only to get their voice mail. I left a message with the information they needed but kept called every 10 minutes hoping to speak to someone to make sure that they received the information in an effort to expedite the tedious process. I finally got a hold of someone. I told her that I wanted to make sure they received the information I left on their voice mail and that I wanted to make sure that my paperwork was in order. She said, after consulting with someone in the background (I assume it was Dina), that I needed to fax copies of both my Jordanian Passport and my Green Card and that giving them the information over the phone wasn’t acceptable. So I immediately made copies and faxed them to Dina.
A few hours later my cell phone rang. “Zeina?” she said. “Yes” I replied, knowing exactly who it was and immediately asked her if she received the fax I sent. She said: “ehhh, I was not looking at your file when you called earlier but your Visa was denied and your ID and Travel Document are no longer valid.” “Excuse me?” I said in disbelief. “Sorry, I cannot give you a visa and your ID and Travel Document are no longer valid. This decision came from Israel not from me.”
I cannot describe the feeling I got in the pit of my stomach. “Why?” I asked and Dina went on to tell me that it was because I had a Green Card. I tried to reason with Dina and to explain to her that they could not do that as this is my only means of travel home and that I wanted to see my parents, but to no avail. Dina held her ground and told me that I wouldn’t be given the VISA and then said: “Let the Americans give you a Travel Document”.
I have always been a strong person and not one to show weakness but at that moment I lost all control and started crying while Dina was on the other end of the line holding my only legal documents linking me to my home. I began to plead with her to try and get the VISA and not revoke my documents; “put yourself in my shoes, what would you do? You want to go see your family and someone is telling you that you can’t! What would you do? Forget that you’re Israeli and that I’m Palestinian and think about this for a minute!” “Sorry” she said,”I know but I can’t do anything, the decision came from Israel”. I tried to explain to her over and over again that I could not travel without my Travel Document and that they could not do that – knowing that they could, and they had!
This has been happening to many Palestinians who have a Jerusalem ID card. The Israeli government has been practicing and perfecting the art of ethnic cleansing since 1948 right under the nose of the world and no one has the power or the guts to do anything about it. Where else in the world does one have to beg to go to one’s own home? Where else in the world does one have to give up their identity for the sole reason of living somewhere else for a period of time? Imagine if an American living in Spain for a few years wanted to go home only to be told by the American government that their American Passport was revoked and that they wouldn’t be able to come back!
If I were a Jew living anywhere around the world and had no ties to the area and had never set foot there, I would have the right to go any time I wanted and get an Israeli Passport. In fact, the Israelis encourage that. I however, am not Jewish but I was born and raised there, my parents, family and friends still live there and I cannot go back! I am neither a criminal nor a threat to one of the most power countries in the world, yet I am alienated and expelled from my own home.
As it stands right now, I will be unable to go home – I am one of many.
zeina_ramzi[at]yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:42:14 AM
Subject: Denied the right to go home (text in e-mail)
June 21, 2008
I am Palestinian – born and raised – and my Palestinian roots go back centuries. No one can change that even if they tell me that Jerusalem, my birth place, is not Palestine, even if they tell me that Palestine doesn’t exist, even if they take away all my papers and deny me entry to my own home, even if they humiliate me and take away my rights. I AM PALESTINIAN.
Name: Zeina Emile Sam’an Ashrawi; Date of Birth: July 30, 1981; Ethnicity: Arab. This is what was written on my Jerusalem ID card. An ID card to a Palestinian is much more than just a piece of paper; it is my only legal documented relationship to Palestine. Born in Jerusalem, I was given a Jerusalem ID card (the blue ID), an Israeli Travel Document and a Jordanian Passport stamped Palestinian (I have no legal rights in Jordan). I do not have an Israeli Passport, a Palestinian Passport or an American Passport. Here is my story:
I came to the United States as a 17 year old to finish high school in Pennsylvania and went on to college and graduate school and subsequently got married and we are currently living in Northern Virginia. I have gone home every year at least once to see my parents, my family and my friends and to renew my Travel Document as I was only able to extend its validity once a year from Washington DC. My father and I would stand in line at the Israeli Ministry of Interior in Jerusalem, along with many other Palestinians, from 4:30 in the morning to try our luck at making it through the revolving metal doors of the Ministry before noon – when the Ministry closed its doors - to try and renew the Travel Document. We did that year after year. As a people living under an occupation, being faced with constant humiliation by an occupier was the norm but we did what we had to do to insure our identity was not stolen from us.
In August of 2007 I went to the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC to try and extend my travel document and get the usual “Returning Resident” VISA that the Israelis issue to Palestinians holding an Israeli Travel Document. After watching a few Americans and others being told that their visas would be ready in a couple of weeks my turn came. I walked up to the bulletproof glass window shielding the lady working behind it and under a massive picture of the Dome of the Rock and the Walls of Jerusalem that hangs on the wall in the Israeli consulate, I handed her my papers through a little slot at the bottom of the window.
“Shalom” she said with a smile. “Hi” I responded, apprehensive and scared. As soon as she saw my Travel Document her demeanor immediately changed. The smile was no longer there and there was very little small talk between us, as usual. After sifting through the paperwork I gave her she said: “where is your American Passport?” I explained to her that I did not have one and that my only Travel Document is the one she has in her hands. She was quiet for a few seconds and then said: “you don’t have an American Passport?” suspicious that I was hiding information from her. “No!” I said. She was quiet for a little longer and then said: “Well, I am not sure we’ll be able to extend your Travel Document.” I felt the blood rushing to my head as this is my only means to get home! I asked her what she meant by that and she went on to tell me that since I had been living in the US and because I had a Green Card they would not extend my Travel Document. After taking a deep breath to try and control my temper I explained to her that a Green Card is not a Passport and I cannot use it to travel outside the US. My voice was shaky and I was getting more and more upset (and a mini shouting match ensued) so I asked her to explain to me what I needed to do. She told me to leave my paperwork and we would see what happens.
A couple of weeks later I received a phone call from the lady telling me that she was able to extended my Travel Document but I would no longer be getting the “Returning Resident” VISA. Instead, I was given a 3 month tourist VISA. Initially I was happy to hear that the Travel Document was extended but then I realized that she said “tourist VISA”. Why am I getting a tourist VISA to go home? Not wanting to argue with her about the 3 month VISA at the time so as not to jeopardize the extension of my Travel Document, I simply put that bit of information on the back burner and went on to explain to her that I wasn’t going home in the next 3 months. She instructed me to come back and apply for another VISA when I did intend on going. She didn’t add much and just told me that it was ready for pick-up. So I went to the Embassy and got my Travel Document and the tourist VISA that was stamped in it.
My husband, my son and I were planning on going home to Palestine this summer. So a month before we were set to leave (July 8, 2008) I went to the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, papers in hand, to ask for a VISA to go home. I, again, stood in line and watched others get VISAs to go to my home. When my turn came I walked up to the window; “Shalom” she said with a smile on her face, “Hi” I replied. I slipped the paperwork in the little slot under the bulletproof glass and waited for the usual reaction. I told her that I needed a returning resident VISA to go home. She took the paperwork and I gave her a check for the amount she requested and left the Embassy without incident.
A few days ago I got a phone call from Dina at the Israeli Embassy telling me that she needed the expiration date of my Jordanian Passport and my Green Card. I had given them all the paperwork they needed time and time again and I thought it was a good way on their part to waste time so that I didn’t get my VISA in time. Regardless, I called over and over again only to get their voice mail. I left a message with the information they needed but kept called every 10 minutes hoping to speak to someone to make sure that they received the information in an effort to expedite the tedious process. I finally got a hold of someone. I told her that I wanted to make sure they received the information I left on their voice mail and that I wanted to make sure that my paperwork was in order. She said, after consulting with someone in the background (I assume it was Dina), that I needed to fax copies of both my Jordanian Passport and my Green Card and that giving them the information over the phone wasn’t acceptable. So I immediately made copies and faxed them to Dina.
A few hours later my cell phone rang. “Zeina?” she said. “Yes” I replied, knowing exactly who it was and immediately asked her if she received the fax I sent. She said: “ehhh, I was not looking at your file when you called earlier but your Visa was denied and your ID and Travel Document are no longer valid.” “Excuse me?” I said in disbelief. “Sorry, I cannot give you a visa and your ID and Travel Document are no longer valid. This decision came from Israel not from me.”
I cannot describe the feeling I got in the pit of my stomach. “Why?” I asked and Dina went on to tell me that it was because I had a Green Card. I tried to reason with Dina and to explain to her that they could not do that as this is my only means of travel home and that I wanted to see my parents, but to no avail. Dina held her ground and told me that I wouldn’t be given the VISA and then said: “Let the Americans give you a Travel Document”.
I have always been a strong person and not one to show weakness but at that moment I lost all control and started crying while Dina was on the other end of the line holding my only legal documents linking me to my home. I began to plead with her to try and get the VISA and not revoke my documents; “put yourself in my shoes, what would you do? You want to go see your family and someone is telling you that you can’t! What would you do? Forget that you’re Israeli and that I’m Palestinian and think about this for a minute!” “Sorry” she said,”I know but I can’t do anything, the decision came from Israel”. I tried to explain to her over and over again that I could not travel without my Travel Document and that they could not do that – knowing that they could, and they had!
This has been happening to many Palestinians who have a Jerusalem ID card. The Israeli government has been practicing and perfecting the art of ethnic cleansing since 1948 right under the nose of the world and no one has the power or the guts to do anything about it. Where else in the world does one have to beg to go to one’s own home? Where else in the world does one have to give up their identity for the sole reason of living somewhere else for a period of time? Imagine if an American living in Spain for a few years wanted to go home only to be told by the American government that their American Passport was revoked and that they wouldn’t be able to come back!
If I were a Jew living anywhere around the world and had no ties to the area and had never set foot there, I would have the right to go any time I wanted and get an Israeli Passport. In fact, the Israelis encourage that. I however, am not Jewish but I was born and raised there, my parents, family and friends still live there and I cannot go back! I am neither a criminal nor a threat to one of the most power countries in the world, yet I am alienated and expelled from my own home.
As it stands right now, I will be unable to go home – I am one of many.
Gaza Flotilla Testimonies
Jamal Elshayyal is a news producer for Aljazeera and was filming on the Marvi Marmara when the Israelis attacked :
Lindsey German is Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition :
Alex Harrison is a member of Free Gaza Movement and was part of the Gaza flotilla :
Laura is a housewife from North London. She was on the Marvi Marmara when the Israelis attacked :
Alexandra Lort-Phillips :
Osama Qashoo is a film maker and was founder of Free Gaza Movement. He was on the Marvi Marmara when the Israelis attacked :
Bernard Regan :
Ibrahim Musaji :
George Galloway's Conclusion
AND REMEMBER
...The BBC = The Bush & Blair Corporation OR The British Bullshit Corporation (your choice!)
Lindsey German is Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition :
Alex Harrison is a member of Free Gaza Movement and was part of the Gaza flotilla :
Laura is a housewife from North London. She was on the Marvi Marmara when the Israelis attacked :
Alexandra Lort-Phillips :
Osama Qashoo is a film maker and was founder of Free Gaza Movement. He was on the Marvi Marmara when the Israelis attacked :
Bernard Regan :
Ibrahim Musaji :
George Galloway's Conclusion
AND REMEMBER
...The BBC = The Bush & Blair Corporation OR The British Bullshit Corporation (your choice!)
A lunatic person writes to Norman Finkelstein
"Unreal !!!!!!
06.07.2010
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 1:50 PM, John Smith vfdima@hotmail.com wrote:
As an American Jew that came from Russia and who has personally experienced Anti-Semitism, I’m amazed at the complete nonsense that comes out of your mouth !!!! I have been to Israel many times (unlike you) and Israel is fighting Anti-Semitism that you have never experienced yourself and fighting for survival !!!!
You are just a liar and ugly and disgusting piece of shit !!!! Hamas and Hezbollah are Islamic terrorists and being friends (they kill thousands of civilians even their own) with them just speaks of your character !!!! Israel should nuke them all, I hope they will soon, at least Iran. It would be great if you were visiting Iran at that time J
Listen to this if you want to know the truth !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg
Too bad Nazis did not kill your parents during Holocaust, they would not have such an evil child named Norman !!!!! You are a fucking disgrace to civilization !!!! Fuck you and suck my dick !!!!!!!!!!!!
"
06.07.2010
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 1:50 PM, John Smith vfdima@hotmail.com wrote:
As an American Jew that came from Russia and who has personally experienced Anti-Semitism, I’m amazed at the complete nonsense that comes out of your mouth !!!! I have been to Israel many times (unlike you) and Israel is fighting Anti-Semitism that you have never experienced yourself and fighting for survival !!!!
You are just a liar and ugly and disgusting piece of shit !!!! Hamas and Hezbollah are Islamic terrorists and being friends (they kill thousands of civilians even their own) with them just speaks of your character !!!! Israel should nuke them all, I hope they will soon, at least Iran. It would be great if you were visiting Iran at that time J
Listen to this if you want to know the truth !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg
Too bad Nazis did not kill your parents during Holocaust, they would not have such an evil child named Norman !!!!! You are a fucking disgrace to civilization !!!! Fuck you and suck my dick !!!!!!!!!!!!
"
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Open Letter re pro-Zionist Australian Government inaction over Israeli terrorism against Australians
The following Open Letter has been sent to the Australian Government and to Australian Mainstream Media and MPs because of the failure of the pro-war, pro-occupation, pro-Zionist Australian Labor Government to taken any meaningful action against Israeli terrorism, even when such terrorism is against Australian citizens e.g.
1. Massive Israeli theft of billions of dollars worth of property of Palestinian Australian citizens.
2. Israeli bombing of 25, 000 Australian citizens in Lebanon in 2006 (this including severe wounding Australian Defence Force Major Matina Jewell and the murdering of all of her UN Peacekeeper comrades).
3. Forging of Australian passports for use in terrorist atrocities (notably the recent Dubai assassination).
4. Most recently, the Israeli terrorist piracy against the Gaza Aid Flotilla ( an act of Piracy against Australians in International waters, tasering one, shooting another, and violently kidnapping, robbing and illegally imprisoning all 5 Australians as well as murderously assaulting, kidnapping and imprisoning 700 of their humanitarian colleagues, wounding 70 and murdering 9; 3 Israeli Australians were part of this criminal Israeli terrorist assault on Australians and others in International waters).
Open Letter.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Open letter to Australian PM Kevin Rudd, Deputy PM Julia Gillard, Attorney General Robert McClelland & Foreign Minister Stephen Smith re Israeli state terrorism against Australians.
It has been recently revealed that, despite prior rebuke, Israel has continued to routinely violate Australian sovereignty and border security by forging Australian passports for criminal and indeed terrorist purposes.
In return Australia has delivered a diplomatic slap on the wrist and no action has been taken against actual or potential Israeli-Australians directly involved in or otherwise supporting this terrorist criminality.
Indeed immediately after this latest outrage, the Australian Labor Government announced a $349 million defence deal with Apartheid Israel that effectively puts Australia-violating Israeli state terrorism at the heart of Australia’s defence.
Now Israeli state terrorists – including 3 Israeli-Australians - have murderously attacked 5 Australian citizens in an act of Piracy in International waters, tasering one, shooting another, and violently kidnapping, robbing and illegally imprisoning all 5 (as well as murderously assaulting, kidnapping and imprisoning 700 of their humanitarian colleagues, wounding 70 and murdering 9).
Detailed formal complaints about this latest atrocity and 50 other areas of Israeli state terrorism against Australia and sent to half a dozen officers of the Australian Federal Police have elicited only 2 replies, one asserting that no Commonwealth offences have been disclosed and referring me to Foreign Minister Smith.
The Australian Labor Government panders to war criminal, race-based Apartheid Israel, to what outstanding Jewish Israeli scholar Professor Avi Shlaim (Oxford University) has described as a nuclear terrorist rogue state, and in contrast disgracefully ignores the expert and humane advice of the numerous outstanding anti-racist Jewish scholars opposed to racist Zionism, preferring the advice of war criminal Israeli state terrorists and their racist Zionist supporters.
Zionist-funded Labor further put its obscene friendship with racist Zionist-run Apartheid Israel before the interests of Australia when Israel was bombing 25,000 Australian citizens in Lebanon in 2006 (severely wounding Australian Defence Force Major Matina Jewell and murdering all of her UN Peacekeeper comrades).
Australian Labor Government preferment of racist Zionists and Israeli state terrorists who threaten Australia to outstanding, anti-racist, humanitarian Jewish scholars and writers is egregious anti-Jewish anti-Semitism (in addition to its egregious anti-Arab anti-Semitism) and an immense threat to all decent, anti-racist Jews in Australia and around the World.
Informed by anti-racist Jews Against Racist Zionism, responsible and patriotic Australians will demand rigorous Australian Government protection of Australia and Australians from Israeli state terrorism (and its traitorous Australian supporters) - and in the absence of such protection (surely a fundamental obligation of Government) will Dump the Australian Labor Party (aka the Apartheid Labor Party or the Apartheid Israel-supporting Labor Party) and Put Labor Last forever.
Yours sincerely, Dr Gideon Polya Macleod, Melbourne, Victoria 3085 Australia.
By : Dr Gideon Polya
June Monday 14 2010
1. Massive Israeli theft of billions of dollars worth of property of Palestinian Australian citizens.
2. Israeli bombing of 25, 000 Australian citizens in Lebanon in 2006 (this including severe wounding Australian Defence Force Major Matina Jewell and the murdering of all of her UN Peacekeeper comrades).
3. Forging of Australian passports for use in terrorist atrocities (notably the recent Dubai assassination).
4. Most recently, the Israeli terrorist piracy against the Gaza Aid Flotilla ( an act of Piracy against Australians in International waters, tasering one, shooting another, and violently kidnapping, robbing and illegally imprisoning all 5 Australians as well as murderously assaulting, kidnapping and imprisoning 700 of their humanitarian colleagues, wounding 70 and murdering 9; 3 Israeli Australians were part of this criminal Israeli terrorist assault on Australians and others in International waters).
Open Letter.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Open letter to Australian PM Kevin Rudd, Deputy PM Julia Gillard, Attorney General Robert McClelland & Foreign Minister Stephen Smith re Israeli state terrorism against Australians.
It has been recently revealed that, despite prior rebuke, Israel has continued to routinely violate Australian sovereignty and border security by forging Australian passports for criminal and indeed terrorist purposes.
In return Australia has delivered a diplomatic slap on the wrist and no action has been taken against actual or potential Israeli-Australians directly involved in or otherwise supporting this terrorist criminality.
Indeed immediately after this latest outrage, the Australian Labor Government announced a $349 million defence deal with Apartheid Israel that effectively puts Australia-violating Israeli state terrorism at the heart of Australia’s defence.
Now Israeli state terrorists – including 3 Israeli-Australians - have murderously attacked 5 Australian citizens in an act of Piracy in International waters, tasering one, shooting another, and violently kidnapping, robbing and illegally imprisoning all 5 (as well as murderously assaulting, kidnapping and imprisoning 700 of their humanitarian colleagues, wounding 70 and murdering 9).
Detailed formal complaints about this latest atrocity and 50 other areas of Israeli state terrorism against Australia and sent to half a dozen officers of the Australian Federal Police have elicited only 2 replies, one asserting that no Commonwealth offences have been disclosed and referring me to Foreign Minister Smith.
The Australian Labor Government panders to war criminal, race-based Apartheid Israel, to what outstanding Jewish Israeli scholar Professor Avi Shlaim (Oxford University) has described as a nuclear terrorist rogue state, and in contrast disgracefully ignores the expert and humane advice of the numerous outstanding anti-racist Jewish scholars opposed to racist Zionism, preferring the advice of war criminal Israeli state terrorists and their racist Zionist supporters.
Zionist-funded Labor further put its obscene friendship with racist Zionist-run Apartheid Israel before the interests of Australia when Israel was bombing 25,000 Australian citizens in Lebanon in 2006 (severely wounding Australian Defence Force Major Matina Jewell and murdering all of her UN Peacekeeper comrades).
Australian Labor Government preferment of racist Zionists and Israeli state terrorists who threaten Australia to outstanding, anti-racist, humanitarian Jewish scholars and writers is egregious anti-Jewish anti-Semitism (in addition to its egregious anti-Arab anti-Semitism) and an immense threat to all decent, anti-racist Jews in Australia and around the World.
Informed by anti-racist Jews Against Racist Zionism, responsible and patriotic Australians will demand rigorous Australian Government protection of Australia and Australians from Israeli state terrorism (and its traitorous Australian supporters) - and in the absence of such protection (surely a fundamental obligation of Government) will Dump the Australian Labor Party (aka the Apartheid Labor Party or the Apartheid Israel-supporting Labor Party) and Put Labor Last forever.
Yours sincerely, Dr Gideon Polya Macleod, Melbourne, Victoria 3085 Australia.
By : Dr Gideon Polya
June Monday 14 2010
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