Like a bird sweeping across the sky In spite of broken wings, The sun still brighter Despite the night, The sweet smell of lily of the valley Under a thick blanket of concrete pavement, Heartbeat Taken out of my chest. . .
niedziela, 15 maja 2011
Palestyńskie flagi w Tel-Avivie pierwszy raz od 1948 roku
Amerykanie używali białego fosforu w Afganistanie
White phosphorous used in Afghan war
source in english : http://www.presstv.ir/detail/179875.html
US-led forces in Afghanistan have made extensive use of white phosphorus bombs in densely-populated areas.
White phosphorus is a substance that burns upon coming into contact with human flesh; it sticks to the skin and continues to burn as long as there is oxygen. The result is severe and possibly lethal chemical burns.
Wojska amerykańskie używały białego fosforu w gęsto zaludnionych obszarach Afganistanu. Jest to niezgodne z międzynarodowymi konwencjami.
Biały fosfor jest substancją, która pali się od wejścia w kontakt z ludzkim ciałem, przykleja się do skóry i pali tak długo, jak długo ma dostęp tlenu. Rezultatem są ciężki i ewentualnie śmiertelne oparzenia chemiczne.
Amnesty International wzywa do przeprowadzenia śledztwa.
piątek, 13 maja 2011
Israeli Confessions
1. “There is a country which happens to be called Palestine. A country without people”
Chaim Weismann, 1914
In Context:
"In its initial stage, Zionism was conceived by its pioneers as a movement wholly depending on mechanical factors: there is a country which happens to be called Palestine, a country without people, and, on the other hand, there exists the Jewish people, and it has no country.
Source: Nur Masalha, Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 6
2. “… we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it”
Moshe Sharett, 1914
In Context:
“We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture .....”
Source: Benny Morris, Righteous Victims, p. 91
3. “we must expel all Arabs and take their places”
David Ben-Gurion, commenting on the proposed Peel Commission Partition plan in 1937
In Context:
"We must expel Arabs and take their places .... and, if we have to use force-not to dispossess the Arabs of the Negev and Transjordan, but to guarantee our own right to settle in those places-then we have force at our disposal."
Source: Nur Masalha, Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 66
4. “I don’t see anything immoral in it”
David Ben-Gurion, 1937
In Context:
"With compulsory transfer we [would] have a vast area [for settlement] .... I support compulsory transfer. I don't see anything immoral in it."
Source: Benny Morris, Righteous Victims, p. 144
5. “There is not a single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population”
Moshe Dayan, 1969
In Context:
“Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist. Not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushua in the place of Tal al-Shuman. There is not a single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population.” Source: Address to the Technion, Haifa, reported in Haaretz, April 4, 1969
6. “Everyone has to move, run and grab as many hilltops as they can to enlarge the settlements, because everything we take now will stay ours”
Ariel Sharon, 1998
In Context:
“Everybody has to move, run and grab as many hilltops as they can to enlarge the settlements because everything we take now will stay ours… Everything we don’t grab will go to them.”
Source: Agence France Presse, November 15, 1998.
7. “If I was an Arab leader, I would never make terms Israel…” …”This is natural, we have taken their country”
David Ben-Gurion, 1973
In Context:
"I don't understand your optimism.," Ben-Gurion declared. "Why should the Arabs make peace? If I was an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure, God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them?
Source: Nahum Goldman, The Jewish Paradox, p. 99
8. “There is no more Palestine. Finished.”
Moshe Dayan
In Context:
"There is no more Palestine. Finished . . ." [does it really need a context?]
Source: Avi Shlaim, Iron Wall, p.316
9. “No one has the right to put the Jewish people and the state of Israel on trial”
Ariel Sharon, 2001
In Context:
"Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial."
Source: Quoted in BBC News Online, 25 March, 2001
NAKBA DAY - demonstracja w Warszawie

NAKBA DAY
63 LATA OKUPACJI PALESTYNY
DEMONSTRACJA W WARSZAWIE ....
Gdzie: ambasada Izraela, ul. Krzywickiego 24
Organizatorzy:
W Warszawie odbędzie się przemarsz spod ambasady Izraela do Sejmu, gdzie złożymy apel do polskiego rządu o zajęcie jasnego stanowiska wobec planowanego na wrzesień głosowania w Zgromadzeniu Ogólnym Narodów Zjednoczonych nad uznaniem państwowości Palestyny. Głosowanie jest reakcją społeczności międzynarodowej na brutalną politykę okupacji terytoriów palestyńskich połączoną z kolonizacją i bezprawną aneksją tych ziem, czystką etniczną, eksmisjami i wyburzeniami domów na masową skalę oraz odmową uznania prawa Palestyńczyków do samostanowienia.