[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [HumanRights] Obama's speech followed by a murder

[Brussel Morton K.]

FYI. Including a pretty revolting You Tube video from mostly drink  
sodden Israeli youth. --mkb

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> From: "Mazin Qumsiyeh" <mazin at qumsiyeh.org>
> Date: June 6, 2009 1:52:26 AM CDT
> To: Mort Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>
> Cc: Human Rights Newsletter <humanrights at lists.qumsiyeh.org>
> Subject: [HumanRights] Obama's speech followed by a murder
>
> Israeli occupation forces murdered our friend Aqel Srur (age 35)  
> yesterday in the nonviolent demonstration in Ni’lin the day after  
> many people showed excitement about Obama’s "peace" speech without  
> carefully analyzing it (see below).
>
> Israelis get four-fifths of scarce West Bank water, says World  
> Bank.  Palestinians losing out in access to vital shared [sic]  
> aquifer in the occupied territories
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/27/israel-palestinian-water-dispute/print
>
>
> Obama's speech shows little real change. In most regards his  
> analysis maintains flawed American policies
>  By Ali Abunimah 4 June 2009
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/04/barack-obama-middleeast
>
> Yet, and as is expected people who are 98% supportive of Israeli  
> government policies will be attacked for not being 100% supportive  
> (remember the Pope’s visit?).  So in this Video we see young people  
> in Jerusalem express their opinions (this is not just revealing  
> about Obama but about racism in general)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxt9HwfPwPo
> A Palestinian friend reacted to this footage thus: “Within the  
> Palestinian Community, I can say that these attitudes translate into  
> an evil apartheid system that has destroyed our communities and our  
> livelihoods and that continues to perpetrate enormous violence on  
> defenseless civilians.  80% of Israelis supported the recent bombing  
> of Gaza, and that 80% support comes out of attitudes that are shown  
> in this footage.  These attitudes also explain how and why Avigdor  
> Lieberman has risen to power in Israel today.”
>
> "Israeli education ministry" worried about the few teachers who  
> might (God forbid) let students know a tiny bit of the suffering of  
> Palestinianshttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1090345.html
>
> Action: Break the siege: Schedule in Palestine (both sides of the  
> green line)
> http://www.radicalendar.org/calendar/all/all/display/85240/index.php?view=event&fulldate=2009-06-05
>
>
> Silence is complicity
>
> Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
> A Bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home
> http://qumsiyeh.org
> Asks the Possible of the Impossible, "Where is your dwelling-place?"  
> "In the dreams of the Impotent," comes the answer. Rabindranth Tagore
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