if it's not this it's that...

I swear, if Israel isn't waging war on some Arabs, then it's building settlements on their land, and if it's not that, they're condemning the Turkish PM for having the audacity to condemn the genocide of the Palestinians because of the Armenian genocide. Seriously, if one country makes a mistake almost a century ago, then that totally gives the green light to Israel to do the same thing. For a population that lived through the Holocaust, you think they'd empathize a little more with the Palestinians. But no, Hitler lives on through the Israelis... he must be down there in hell laughing his ass off at the irony of it all.

Of course, right in the middle of peace talks, Israel decides to continue with its settlement activity in the West Bank. So they've finished obliterating Gaza, time to move on to the rest of former Palestine. Do these people seriously want a homeland, cuz they seem to be doing everything in there power to undermine their cause and make as many of their neighbors hate them in the shortest amount of time possible. They must be trying to beat out Turkeys record for the "country most hated by an ethnic group" award or something.

who doesn't love Irony?

It's "Mission Accomplished" all over again as the Israeli government continues to spew its nonsense about the devastating and serious blow that was dealt to Hammas and the achievement of their objectives, even though rocket fire continues. The funny thing is that these bullies are now threatening to use disproportionate force against Hammas, as if they haven't been doing that since the beginning of their inception. What's even more Hilarious is that out of all the candidates running for the prime minister seat is Benjamin Netanyahu, who's position is that the last operation against Hammas wasn't successful and that Israel should have pushed even further with their operation... Are you serious, how much further could you have gone, Israel was already breaking international law and using weapons that are illegal. The Israeli military was throwing everything they had at Hammas short of using their Nuclear armament. Not to mention all the litter from those pamphlets telling the Palestinians that they should leave even though they're surrounded. Psychological warfare being used by a psychological imbalanced and illegitimate country... Not to mention cultural warfare as Israel is also waging war on the cultural heritage of the Arabs in the Middle East. Their continued excavation under the Dome of the Rock injured 14 people as they fell through the floor that collapsed under their feet due to the Israeli excavation weakening the buildings foundations. The funny part is that Israel is playing with so much fire that it's soon going to get burned. If the Dome of the Rock, the religious and cultural center of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, were to fall, that would be the proverbial straw that breaks the camels back. Losing this sacred and holy monument would most likely trigger an all out war. If something as minute as Ariel Sharon stepping foot into this shrine triggered a Jihad, imagine what this monuments destruction would entail... Israel will most likely face the Apocalypse much earlier than the rest of the world...

saved by the red tape...

What I want to know is what is the point of having an international body such as the UN that can't even regulate on its own members (Israel) and what is the point of international laws and treatise if no one (Israel) follows them and you can't use them against anyone (ISRAEL) because they didn't sign the stupid treaty in the first place! For cryin' out loud, there is overwhelming and undeniable evidence of war crimes, through pictures, video recordings, testimonies from people on the ground inside and outside the conflict zone, as well as incriminating statements made by many Israeli officials that were meant to mislead the international community (Livni: "There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza...").

Nope, all of said evidence is rendered useless in the face of technicalities as frivolous as difficulty in choosing who is responsible and lack of signatures on specific treatise. I though international law applied internationally. A humanitarian crisis transcends laws and red tape, it is a humanistic and moral issue...compassion and empathy for another suffering human being and the need to offer aid... is that something that needs an approval stamp from some governing body? Not surprising since in Israel a Palestinian can hardly visit their neighbor or go to work without being stopped at checkpoints.

Word has it Israel is preparing a legal defense team to fight against the charges being brought against the state of Israel regarding said war crimes. I'd just love to see the kind of crack-pot team they put together... if you need a good lawyer who can make Hitler look like the victim, go to Israel, some of the best liars... I mean lawyers come from there.

*The signs in the picture above read:
Jews<>Israel extreme opposites
The "Israelis" stole the name of Israel
Authentic Jews will never recognize the state of "Israel"
Jews are forbidden to have their own state before coming of the Messiah

I told you there were some sane Jews in Israel, you just need to look hard enough.

dancing with the devil...

The age of Obama is upon us my friends... who knows what is in store for our 44th president and what obstacles he will confront/destroy/avoid/contribute to. The way I see it, there are many directions this presidency could take but three very significant paths stand out to me at this point.

Path number 1: Obama, as demonstrated by his lovely yet cliche inaugural speech, will conform to the script given him as president of the US and will have a fairly non-revolutionary presidency, playing by the book and dealing with the issues that are presented to him in similar fashion to many of our past presidents.

Path number 2: Obama, being the wild card that he is, inspite of his cliche inagural speech, will stand out like a sore thumb, and take radically different and unorthodox stances on issues relevant to Israel and Palestine, towards Iran, China and Tibet, the economy and military industrial complex, not to mention the environment, human rights and torture, among a torrent of other issues that have been accumulating past presidencies. He will attack these issues and approach them in ways that will not make his task masters very happy, those who traditionally have held special relations with the president and have had much influence over the course of history due to their sway, oil corporations, the CIA, the Israel Lobby etc. Obama's actions and stances will make many people with special interests unhappy and he will either be assassinated (an extreme but not unheard of; JFK as he attempted to reform the CIA from the inside out), or his presidency will be brought under a cloud and will take a turn for the worse (like Jimmy Carter's presidency).

Path number 3: Obama, having the touch of genius that I believe he may possess (as demonstrated by how he handled his campaign) will publicly play the part of the president as the role has been already written for him, but will subtly be pushing forward with progressive and revolutionary change, unbeknownst to the public. The key word here being SUBTLE. He will address these issues indirectly, under the cover of being a role-model president. He will play the game of the politician to the fullest, by approaching these issues from the back door. For instance, if Obama were to propose a bill that would only promise international aid to countries who's borders were recognized by the US and the UN, this would make foreign aid to countries like... oh I don't know... Israel would be ineligible for the receipt of aid from the US (due to it's lack of definitive borders)... without the US, that boat would sink pretty quickly. Now, this is a fairly obvious political maneuver that wouldn't work at all (I just thought it up) but demonstrates the kind of political angling I'm talking about. Obama is going to have to be shady if he wants to support the causes that wouldn't float with the special interests in the higher tiers of the US government. This path supposes that Obama is legitimately for progressive change and knows how to play the game as well. While Obama has voiced his support for Israel time and again, let's not forget that his former pastor (Reverend Wright) is pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli... who knows what could be going through Obama's head. To sum it up, this path will require Obama to play the political game, all the while, his real motives are concealed.

Now, these are by no means the only paths available to Obama, but they are overarching directions and trends his presidency may take on. Some may say I'm overanalyzing, others may say I'm not giving Obama enough credit while others still, will say I'm giving the man too much credit.

Well I say that it doesn't matter what you say cuz regardless of what anyone says, the final say can only be said after the fact.

where's the love...

Aren't Arab Summits great? When you don't want something accomplished, you have an Arab Summit. How can any Arab Summit agree on something when you have some countries who are purely attending out of self-interest, and others attending for the interests of the United States and Israel, all undermining any progress that is attempted at by the few countries that are actually there for Arab Unity. Take Egypt for instance... with their "democratically" elected president/dictator who's been in office for over 25 years. If there was one good reason cloning of humans should be banned, it would be because this guy is probably funding research for it in order to extend his presidency. And if there a country ever in need of a coup de tat, it's Egypt, I hope it happens soon but who knows... it's Egypt.

Egypt's role during Operation Cast Lead seemed harmless enough with their seemingly sincere calls for a truce, attempting to bring both Hamas and Israel to the negotiating table. But the big question is why the Rafah border crossing opened to allow the flow of casualties out of Gaza and aid supplies in? Egypt is on a tight leash being held by the US and Israel. The only reason the Rafah crossing was opened the last time is because the Palestinians were able to blow it up. Everything Egypt does is under the approval of both Israel and the US. Their calls for a ceasefire were no different from what other countries were also doing... making lots of noise but taking no action. In the end, the calls for a ceasefire were merely a diversion, a song and dance to appease the world community with an alleged effort at peace while Israel hammered away at Gaza. The failures of the meetings along with their repeated reinitialization were just stalling tactics that Egypt was put up to by the US and Israel in order to allow more time to devastate Gaza while it looked like a conscious effort was being made to solve the conflict. What did you expect, Egypt is one of the rare breed of Arab countries that has ties with Israel.

Let's not forget Saudi Arabia's ties to Israel and the US as well. Kudos to them for donating one billion dollars to rebuild Gaza as they did for Lebanon as well after the war with Lebanon and Israel. All I can say is, did it really have to take 13oo deaths for you oil rich bedouin decadents to get off your bling and actually do something constructive with it? I mean, the Palestinians have been suffering just as much before this latest onslaught as they are now.

Wait!...this just in... the politicians at the Arab Summit have... just agreed that... there IS indeed a problem in Gaza. That they actually were able to agree on that is a feat in itself...

now they've done it...

It's finally happened, Israel has declared war on THE WHOLE WORLD. How else can its actions be explained, after the bombing of a UN shelter in the Gaza strip, setting aflame 10 million dollars worth of humanitarian aid, with white phosphorous no less (can't put those fires out with water). Not only that, Israel is considering a unilateral ceasefire, reserving the right to attack again whenever it chooses, all this while it is still continuing to bomb the Gaza Strip.

But I think I figured out what the Israeli's logic is behind this operation. In their minds they are not killing innocent civilians, contrary to popular opinion (the rest of the world minus the US). To them, every Palestinian is a valid target! All Palestinians that get caught in an Israeli cross-hair are militants so of course you're not killing Palestinian civilians, right? How else can you validate all the woman, children and elderly dying? Not to mention UN workers who are also coming under fire as well as hospitals and paramedics. Everyone in Gaza is a militant...paranoia anyone?

But since Israel is so busy trying to achieve something (nothing as of yet) before their elections and Bush leaves office, they're not noticing the hangman's noose that the Israeli government is putting around its own neck. The international community is getting angrier every day that goes by, as countries like Mauritania and Qatar, Venezuela and Bolivia are cutting ties with Israel. People are starting to see the truth behind all the lies that Israel has been spinning all these years. Israel can never portray itself as the perpetual victim again, not with all the civilian blood it has on it's hands, between Palestine, Lebanon and all the other Arab countries it has molested in its 60 years of existence. These crimes against humanity will be remembered as they are fresh in the minds of the youth of the region who have lived through it as well as the youth abroad who have witnessed it. Israel will never know peace because of it's actions. The victims of a Holocaust have become the victimizers of another Holocaust. I'd even go so far as to say... Hitler won World War II, as he seems to live on through the Zionists who seem to be living by his ideals and are condone ethnic cleansing and the oppression of an indigenous people.

I wonder if Obama will set the Israeli's straight or allow them free reign as usual... we'll see.

On a different note, the relations between Israel and the US have escalated to the next level as a forbidden romance has entered the picture...

Joe the Plumber Reporter!!??

Truthfully, I haven't posted because I become engrossed in reading the news about what's going on in Gaza as well as worldwide reactions to the conflict. The sheer amount of info and footage and activism is amazing, but the most amazing thing is Israel's complete and utter ignorance of it all. Not to mention the US's limited coverage from only the Israeli side. FOR GOD'S SAKE they've got JOE THE PLUMBER over there reporting for the American people. I'm telling you, if this isn't an indicator of how utterly ridiculous the US media is, than I don't know what is. On top of it all, practically the whole world is condemning and protesting Israel's attacks and but the the Israeli leaders keeps announcing "we've almost achieved our goals!" They've been almost achieving their goals the whole 18 days of the conflict but they haven't quite gotten there yet. It's another play of the Lebanon Israel War of 2006 where Israel was bombing and raiding until the last hours before the ceasefire was supposed to go into effect, hoping Hezbollah would have dropped their guard. Of course, Israel didn't achieve any of it's objectives in that war either. Like I said before, the Israeli's who condone the use of violence and this aggressive move are the same people who don't seem to be able to learn from their mistakes.

It's hilarious cuz this current conflict is unfolding the same way it did in '06. Israel's glory days from the 1967 war are gone. Rather than criticizing Israel, I should dedicate this blog to what the post Israel world is going to look like, because there's no way in hell that a country with Israel's criminal record is going to survive much longer. What's even funnier is that they put on the semblance of being in control of the operation in Gaza, named Cast Lead. I bet they named it that cuz if the white phosphorous they're dumping on the heads of the Gazans doesn't work, they're going to bust out their secret weapon...MOLTEN LEAD. No wonder these people can't learn from their mistakes, they're brain damaged from the fumes of their molten lead bombs. Even more ridiculous, they keep saying they're moving into the next phase of their operations, HOW MANY PHASES DO YOU GUYS HAVE!? I think they're just making up the phases as they go along, no one's quite sure what phase they're on. They're just going to keep creating phases to stay in Gaza indefinitely or until it is destroyed... unless they can listen over their gun and missile fire for one damn second to hear how the rest of the world is telling them to stop.

I'm taking bets on when Israel will be dismantled... I'm betting sooner than later. Any takers...?

ps check out these JOE THE PLUMBER links, the man is in a reporting/plumbing league of his own:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/joe-the-plumber-fights-wi_n_157239.html

Word of the day is UN...

UN stands for the UNited Nations, which passes resolutiUNs that go UNattended. Not that this is something UNheard of in the Middle East. It's UNfortunate for Israel that its reputatiUN is UNpromising when in comes to UN resolutions (currently 69 disregarded and breached by Israel). WUNce this most recent of Israel's UNproductive military operatiUNs passes, Israel will UNdoubtedly be no closer to the UNeventful and peaceful homeland that it's creators wanted it to be. Rather, it will be viewed as an UNtrustworthy and rambUNctious entity that uses UNproportional aggressive force resulting in UNneccesary civilian casualties. No-wUN is disputing anywUNs right to self defense, but it is UNmistakably obvious when violence is being used for more than self preservatiUN. For example: 800 Palestinian deaths vs 13 Israeli deaths. Also, while Israelis use self preservatiUN as an excuse, the Palestinians have the same rights to protectiUN from the Israelis, who foUNded their state 60 years before through violence and force, UNrightfully driving the Palestinians out of their homes and annexing parts of the coUNtry of Palestine, resulting in the UNlawful occupation of Palestine.

What's worse is that UN workers as well as UN shelters have also been targeted by Israel. Honestly, if Israel wants to avoid an UNtimely fall out from the international scene, it's going to have to recUNsider its approach to the conUNdrum that is its existence and how it deals with the internatiUNal commUNity as well as its neighbors...two wars in less than two and a half years...Israel is looking even worse than the US right now, not that either have recUNtly been looking good to begin with. If the UN wants to accomplish anything meaningful other than drafting resolutiUNs and finger waving, I suggest it recUNsider the idea of a permanent five member council, as the US seems to be abusing its privilege, and truly UNite the nations of the world and rUN like it should, putting into actiUN the full extent of its resources to solve the problems that hoUNd humanity... Israel amUNg them.

what can i say...

It's now even more obvious that the Israeli's could care less whether their targets are Palestinian civilians or not. The latest Israeli strikes have now hit a school that was being used as a UN shelter for Palestinians who had to flee their home because of Israel's latest offensive. But it is clear to these people that they are safe nowhere, not even under the neutral banner of the UN. I don't care what excuses and justifications the Israeli military comes up with, there is no excuse for hitting a UN shelter as they Israeli military is constantly being notified of the exact geographic locations of all UN posts.

It's deja vu for the Israeli military as a similar incident called the Qana Massacre on April 18, 1996. A UN compound in Qana which was clearly demarcated as being under the protection of the UN was targeted, 106 people died in that attack.* Of course the Israeli's had an excuse, but overwhelming evidence and investigation has shown the attack was intentional. Once again, we are seeing the same tactics being used by the Israeli military, a complete lack of respect for human life.

The difference this time, in this day and age is that Israel cannot get away with it. With alternative outlets for news and updates on the rise, people all over the world are witnessing Israel's atrocities and are shouting out. Thousands of protesters from Britain to Africa and from the United States to South Korea, are protesting against Israel and against the state governments who are standing by, idly watching. Back in the day, when information was not as readily available it was easy to get away with something like this, but no more, there is a growing awareness of Israel's true nature and the growing number of protesters is testament to that. Unfortunately, America is still behind in that sense as they continue to report one-sidedly, and continue to invite smooth talking Israeli representatives who could make the most brutal crimes against humanity look like a mission of peace. I want to acknowledge those people in Israel who are speaking out against Israel's offensive and are also on protest, these are truly brave people, who are humane enough to speak out against the wrongs supported by the overwhelming majority of their own people. As for the rest of the Israeli's, it's obvious you were left behind somewhere on the evolutionary time line, as you don't seem to have the ability to learn from your mistakes or the ability to see those who are truly suffering on the other side of the border except through the sights of your guns.

Now we come to the big question, why the hell do I even bother? I don't expect many people to read this blog let alone accept what I say as truth. But I don't need that, as there are over 60 years worth of study, literature and research backing the concepts and points I bring up, as well as an always growing international awareness, a flourishing oasis of alternative news sources that are reporting the truth, and a never ending accumulation of information that is becoming even more readily available to anyone, needing only the click of a mouse button. I have the force of all the protesters around the world plus generations of progressive, intelligent and humane people from this point in time spreading back 60 years and more, behind me. Whether my voice is heard or not is irrelevant, the important thing is that I add my voice to the growing chorus of people who have seen and continue to see the injustice in this world, and are doing something about it.
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*(http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/350/355/april-war/un-report/qana2.html)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_shelling_of_Qana)

Tzipi, working her magic...

The holder of the best quote of the year Tzipi Livni (see Jan 1 post) has, once again, blown us away with the her most amazing statement yet. She states, "This is a war against terror... we have nothing against the Palestinians," at a meeting with a delegation from the European Union. She must have learned a thing or two from George Bush about talking without actually saying much. This statement is gold... how can you wage a war on terror when the war you are waging is the source of that terror? "We have nothing against the Palestinians" she says, yet Israel has invaded the Gaza strip and no one can deny that all 548 deaths due to the Israeli offensive to date have been Palestinians. Israel believes it is targeting Hamas, but Hamas isn't a person. Hamas is made up of Palestinian people, so as the Israeli's assert that they have nothing against the Palestinians and that they only want to stop terror, they are simultaneously killing Palestinians, over a quarter of which are civilians, especially children. Don't tell me you have nothing against the Palestinians.

Of course, there wouldn't have been a problem if Hamas weren't firing rockets, isn't that right Israel? I highly doubt that, if it weren't the rockets it would be something else, like the one soldier Hamas has as a bargaining chip to trade for the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel's jails. If it wasn't that it would be who is in control of Jerusalem, blah blah on to infinity. The truth of the matter is, Israel will never settle for true peace except on its own conditions, tantamount to an unconditional surrender on the part of the Palestinians and a forfitting of the Palestinian refugees' right of return to their ancestral homelands. How can a solution to this conflict be reached if the Israelis want their cake and want to blow it to hell too?

so much to rant about and so little time...

My friends, I hate violence, and I believe that violence only begets more violence. So it is pointless when people on opposite sides of a conflict point fingers at one another without finding a solution to the problem that ignited the violence in the first place. Israel and its supporters believe that they are justified in all that they are doing between this weeks air raids and ground invasion, the blockade, the nationalization of falafel, and, to top it all off, Israel blames Hamas for forcing their hand because of rocket attacks. Hamas and it's supporters blame Israel for leaving them with no options and are fighting back with what little resources area available to them after 60+ years of occupation... and the list goes on and on, back and forth, with endless amounts of accusations and explanations. But there are undeniable constants in the equation that cannot be changed or misinterpreted in any way.

Firstly, long before the Balfour Declaration of 1917 that promised Palestine as a Homeland for the Jews, Palestine was already inhabited by...guess who... THE PALESTINIANS.

Secondly, an easily forgotten and overlooked fact was that there were many ARAB-JEWS who lived all over the middle east alongside Muslim and Christian Arabs. Yes, for those of you who didn't know, there have always been Jews in the region, but for cryin-out-loud they were as Arab as any Christian or Muslim in the Region, the only difference was their religion. But these three religious groups coexisted because they are all religions of the same family and because... that's right, they were all Arab.

Fact number three, after World War II it was the influx of NON-ARAB JEWS that believed they were entitled to Palestinian land which began to cause friction between immigrants and indigenous people. The mistake was that the Zionists believed that they were entitled to a homeland for all Jews at the expense of the indigenous population. The counter argument goes something like this: "The Land was barren and unoccupied and the Jewish settlers brought it to life, no one was living there until the Jewish settlers came." The problem with that assertion goes back to fact number 1: that the region has been occupied for thousands of years dating back even before historical records were kept. This assertion is backed up not only by archaeological evidence but also by countless historical records, including the, Quran, the Old testament of the Bible (Tanakh for the Jews), the New Testament of the Bible, as well as historical records kept by the Romans, the Byzantines and the Arab Caliphates. Again, many quack scholars want us to believe, that Arabs began to migrate to the region after the first Jewish settlers made it inhabitable. The overwhelming evidence (mentioned obove) contradicts this theory. Additionally, a sizable amount of objective scholars without ulterior motives discredit the Arab-migration-after-Zionist-settlement theory.

I can go on forever listing and proving facts but the truth of the matter is: While all peoples are entitled to life, liberty and land, it is inhumane and wrong to seek these entitlements at the expense of another people. There was no reason Jewish immigrants could not coexist and attempt to harmonize with the indigenous people...hell the Arab-Jews/Christians/Muslims were doing a fine job of coexisting for the longest time. It was the desire to create an exclusively Jewish homeland at the expense of an indigenous population which is how the Zionist forefathers shot themselves in the foot. That bullet wound is still there, infected and festering and rotting the very foundations that the state of Israel is currently teetering on.

fairness is relative...

I believe one of the most annoying and irritating thing I have ever heard is a pro-Israeli or Zionist complain to Al-Jazeera about fair journalistic representation. If there is any news agency in the world that knows about fair representation and balanced journalism, it is Al-Jazeera. But the fact that the Palestinians are even mentioned in an article is an outrage for those who are pro-Israeli, especially if they claim to be Israeli. For these people, it's all about the American Media which reports the whopping 4 Israeli deaths in the past week while neglecting to mention the 464 Palestinian deaths and 2000 casualties during the same time period.

I'd say life isn't fair to these ridiculous people who support Israel but how can you reason with a group of people who wholeheartedly believe 4 Israeli deaths equals 464 Palestinian deaths. In what world could 4 possibly equal 464? Well, Israel is a country that breaks more than rules of numerical equality after all...take for example the 68 UN resolutions that Israel is in direct violation of*. Oh but I forgot to mention, it's completely fair for Israel to not follow any rules or regulations but it's not fair if Al-Jazeera mentions the Palestinian death toll. But of course, simple things such as math and UN resolutions are too insignificant for Israel to think about... no no no they do all the thinking with their US-sponsored military and armaments. I mean it's so much easier to pull a trigger than to think about right and wrong, no?

Even more annoying is when you hear an Israeli say that Hamas is finally going to learn its lesson and is getting what it deserved. Firstly, how does killing civilians teach Hamas a lesson? Twenty five percent of the Palestinians that have been killed from this week's Israeli agression alone have been civilians. If anything, Israel is throwing more fuel on the proverbial fire that is anger against Israel. The Israelis who support the use of violence are the real idiots who need to finally learn their lesson. I mean, Since when has invading another country ever worked out for them fools anyway? Sure the 6 day war in 1967 got Israel most of the land it currently occupies but they have not had a days peace since and are still facing strong resistance to this very day. Another example: the Israeli military invasion of Lebanon in 2006 was a complete and utter failure. The fourth strongest military in the world was thwarted by Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon. Tanks, helicopters, smart bombs, even cluster bombs, forbidden by international law**, were ineffective and Israel failed in achieving a single objective for that war. And yet, here they are again, initiating a ground offensive in territory they don't know or control, with people so desperate that they are willing to fight to the end.

The sad part is that Israel has murdered and invaded and occupied and subjugated the Palestinian people for so long that they have erased any chance of being accepted in the region... not to mention all the other arab countries Israel has stepped on to get where it is today... the foot of its own grave. Even if Israel were to thwart Hamas, the irreparable damage to Israel's foundations has been done. More people than ever around the world have witnessed and denounce Israel's policys and actions. The sad part is, the Israeli Occupiers are so shortsighted that they can't see that no matter what they do from this point on, they will never be accepted as a legitimate state in the region, and that Israel will go down in history as an illegitimate imperialistic entity that has commited crimes against humanity.

Most ironic of all, the Israeli's and Palestinians are reliving the story of David and Goliath, except the roles have reversed where Israel is Goliath. And we all know who wins out at the end of that story...

*(http://christianparty.net/israelunresolutions.htm)
(http://www.thefairandbalancednews.com/pages/Israel%20Resolutions.htm)
**(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_bombs)

we sure know how to pick em...

Isn't it amazing how a person like George Bush ended up president of the United States. And what does that tell you about the people who voted the guy into office. It must have been his amazing ability to dodge things like shoes or the draft. Whatever it is, the man is truly in a league of his own. Why, just today he stated in his weekly radio broadcast how he urges, "all parties to pressure Hamas to turn away from terror, and to support legitimate Palestinian leaders working for peace." Let me provide some insight into how clever our president really is.

Firstly, just who is Bush referring to as legitimate Palestinian leaders working for peace? Many might assume that Georgy is referring to his good friend Mahmood Abbas, president of the alleged "State of Palestine"... keep in mind that for people like Abbas, the state of Palestine is a state of mind, he actually believes he is the president of a state.

But anyone who is aware of George W's true genius knows that he is not referring to Abbas, no my friends, W is actually referring to Hamas. Just look at his statement: "legitimate Palestinian leaders". W is obviously referring to Hamas which, coincidentally, won a surprise victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006. Those elections were a legitimate democratic election that had been approved and insisted on by the Bush himself... before he found out Hamas won the majority. Since Hamas was the democratically elected majority, that makes Hamas the legitimate leading majority of the Parliamentary government. (http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/gaza200804)


By condeming Hamas in the first part of his statement ("pressure Hamas to turn away from terror"), and then urging support for the legitimate leaders of Palestine (Hamas) in the second part of his statement, Bush is essentially negating his own statement and in actuallity is not saying anything at all (normal for men of his level of intellect). And we all had our doubts about the man, thinking he was an idiot, but in reality he is capable of such complex feats of logic and rhetoric...amazing. But for someone who in the end is not saying anything, it sure takes him a long time to say nothing. Though Bush leaves the reader with a small dilemma in his statement where he pressures "Hamas to turn away from terror." Israel being the main source of terror in the region, how can Hammas turn away from terror if it has surrounded the Gaza Strip and is knocking on their front door? The terror is Israel dropping bombs on the heads of a million-plus Palestinians with an imminent Israeli ground invasion on all sides... on top of 60+ years of invasion and occupation.

The jurry is going to be out on this one for a looooong time....

great start for the new year...

Although it is January first of 2009, I believe I have already found the quote of the year, courtesy of Tzipi Livni (above), Israel's foreign minister: "there is no humanitarian crisis in the [Gaza] Strip, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce." Let's start with the humanitarian crisis part...WHAT GAZA STRIP IS THIS WOMAN TALKING ABOUT!!! She must be talking about Little Gaza in Anaheim, where the only crisis is Disneyland's refusal to acknowledge lil Gaza as part of the park. Oh I see, we should ask for a definition of humanitarian crisis shouldn't we? Wikipedia states that:

A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is an event or series of events which represents a critical threat to the health, safety, security or wellbeing of a community or other large group of people, usually over a wide area. Armed conflicts, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and other major emergencies may all involve or lead to a humanitarian crisis.

I believe that Gaza is experiencing all of the above listed symptoms of a humanitarian crisis except for natural disasters...unless of course you consider the birth of people like Ehud Olmert and Tzipi Livni natural disasters in and of themselves (hell, I do). The condition of the Gaza Strip is deplorable, though very few people are aware of it due to filtered media coverage and biased reporting in favor of US Foreign Policy (the US and Israel are bossom buddies).
The statistics for Gaza's humanitarian crisis are available at http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/the-gaza-strip-a-humanitarian-implosion-20080309.html

Next point: since we have established that there is a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza strip, then livni's second statement that "there is no need for a humanitarian truce," is inherently incorrect... that is if you're a rational person and not a Zionist. But of course, if you're a Zionist, you think that Israel needs to teach the Palestinians a lesson and respond to Hammas's attacks through collective punishment.

All I can say is that collective punishment NEVER WORKS you idiots. Israel's invasion of Lebanon in the summer of 2006 and murder of hundreds of innocent civilians and destruction of millions of dollars worth of property only made the Lebanese people and international community ANGRIER!!! But the Israelis can't be bothered with that trivial concept called rationality, let alone humanity.

The mainstream media seems to forget that Israel is and has been an Occupying Entity bent on taking all Palestinian land and destroying the Palestinian people since 1948. These past six days of aerial assault are not another instance of Israel defending itself but rather the continuation of the invasion and conquest of Palestine that started some 60+ years ago. With today's waning attention span it is no wonder that the average American believes that this conflict is a recent one. They can't seem to remember who invaded who, let alone that falafel is an Arab dish and not an Israeli one.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire...