Newsletter by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Mazin Qumsiyeh, 18th of November 2015.
The manufactured hysteria about the bombing in Paris will
expand weapons manufacturing and sales around western countries. Arms
manufacturer stocks are already booming and the Zionists and neoconservatives
who own and run these companies will get even richer. Liberty and democracy
will suffer as new freedom-restricting laws are passed using manufactured fear
(like in the US after September 11, 2001). Politicians like Netanyahu and
Hollande enjoy this and consolidate their grip on power. Common people pay the
price. Israeli authorities took the opportunity of this manufactured mass
hysteria to ban the moderate Islamic movement and to jail its popular leader
Raed Salah (a most kind and gentle person). Seventeen civil society
organizations working on areas ranging from health to empowerment to education
were closed by the apartheid regime. Civil society organizations and political
movements of various political and religious affiliations in
expand weapons manufacturing and sales around western countries. Arms
manufacturer stocks are already booming and the Zionists and neoconservatives
who own and run these companies will get even richer. Liberty and democracy
will suffer as new freedom-restricting laws are passed using manufactured fear
(like in the US after September 11, 2001). Politicians like Netanyahu and
Hollande enjoy this and consolidate their grip on power. Common people pay the
price. Israeli authorities took the opportunity of this manufactured mass
hysteria to ban the moderate Islamic movement and to jail its popular leader
Raed Salah (a most kind and gentle person). Seventeen civil society
organizations working on areas ranging from health to empowerment to education
were closed by the apartheid regime. Civil society organizations and political
movements of various political and religious affiliations in
1948 areas (including leadership of the Arab communities
inside “Israel”) were furious and declared a strike Thursday. The cynical
racist Israeli policies times to take advantage of tragedies elsewhere indeed
promote extremism and fundamentalism and if there is not enough extremist or
fundamentalist groups, the Western and Israeli spy agencies create them (false
flag operations are very common). Only a highly educated public can challenge
this new globalized system of terror-racism-militarization leading to more of
the same.
inside “Israel”) were furious and declared a strike Thursday. The cynical
racist Israeli policies times to take advantage of tragedies elsewhere indeed
promote extremism and fundamentalism and if there is not enough extremist or
fundamentalist groups, the Western and Israeli spy agencies create them (false
flag operations are very common). Only a highly educated public can challenge
this new globalized system of terror-racism-militarization leading to more of
the same.
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| Michael Walzer |
The best way for Americans to defeat the Islamic state is
to end support for Jewish nationalism http://mondoweiss.net/2015/11/americans-support-nationalism#sthash.CdElvw5l.dpuf
Outlawing the northern branch of the Islamic Movement is
yet another McCarthyist step by the Israeli state. But if anyone thinks this
will bring an end to the movement, they are dead wrong.
yet another McCarthyist step by the Israeli state. But if anyone thinks this
will bring an end to the movement, they are dead wrong.
Quotable Quotes
‘Today, in a world convulsed by violence and unbelievable
brutality the lines between ‘us’ and ‘the terrorists’ have been completely
blurred… We don’t have to choose between Imperialism and Terrorism, we have to
choose what form of resistance will rid us of both. What shall we choose?
Violence or non violence? …We have to choose knowing that when we are violent
to our enemies, we do violence to ourselves. When we brutalize others, we
brutalize ourselves. And eventually we run the risk of becoming our
oppressors’. Arundhati Roy
brutality the lines between ‘us’ and ‘the terrorists’ have been completely
blurred… We don’t have to choose between Imperialism and Terrorism, we have to
choose what form of resistance will rid us of both. What shall we choose?
Violence or non violence? …We have to choose knowing that when we are violent
to our enemies, we do violence to ourselves. When we brutalize others, we
brutalize ourselves. And eventually we run the risk of becoming our
oppressors’. Arundhati Roy
“To solve our problems, then, we certainly need to
learn, but what we need to learn is not so much new knowledge as new actions-
new, more cooperative, wiser ways of living.
Above all we need to learn how to resolve our conflicts in more just,
humane, and nationally cooperative ways.” Nicholas Maxwell, Wanted: a new
way of thinking, in New Scientist 14 May 1987 (author of “From knowledge
to Wisdom”)
“Most of my family came from Poland and many of myrelatives were killed in the death camps during the Holocaust. When I walk in
what was left from the Warsaw Ghetto I can’t stop thinking about the people of
Gaza who are not only locked in an open air prison but are also being bombarded
by fighter jets, attack helicopters and drones, flown by people whom I used to
serve with. I am also thinking about the delegations of young Israelis that are
coming to see the history of our people but also are subjected to militaristic
and nationalistic brainwashing on a daily basis “. Yonatan Shapira former
Israeli Air Force captain and now refusnik and BDS activist “All
oppression creates a state of war.” ~Simone de Beauvoir
“Is there any man, is there any woman, let me say
any child here, that does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is
industrial and commercial rivalry?” Former US President Woodrow Wilson,
1919
any child here, that does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is
industrial and commercial rivalry?” Former US President Woodrow Wilson,
1919
“Individuals have international duties which
transcend the national obligations of obedience, therefore [individual
citizens] have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace
and humanity from occurring.” Nuremberg War Crime Tribunal, 1950
transcend the national obligations of obedience, therefore [individual
citizens] have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace
and humanity from occurring.” Nuremberg War Crime Tribunal, 1950
“The efficiency of the truly national leader
consists mainly of preventing the people’s attention from becoming divided, and
of always concentrating it on a single enemy.” Adolf Hitler, ‘Mein Kampf’
1924
consists mainly of preventing the people’s attention from becoming divided, and
of always concentrating it on a single enemy.” Adolf Hitler, ‘Mein Kampf’
1924
“First, they came for the Communists, and I did not
speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade
unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then
they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then
they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.” Pastor
Martin Niemoller, who was arrested by the Nazis in 1937
“I came to America because of the great, great
freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting
America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my
lifetime.” Albert Einstein, 1947
freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting
America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my
lifetime.” Albert Einstein, 1947
“One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with
us on just about everything that’s come before them, where we’re involved, and
it didn’t upset my breakfast at all.” Ronald Reagan, former US President,
basking in the triumph that was the US invasion of Grenada, 1983
us on just about everything that’s come before them, where we’re involved, and
it didn’t upset my breakfast at all.” Ronald Reagan, former US President,
basking in the triumph that was the US invasion of Grenada, 1983
“Britain has been a major force in world affairs for
several centuries. No British Patriot should be willing to give up that
status.” Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, 1997
several centuries. No British Patriot should be willing to give up that
status.” Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, 1997
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, youhave chosen the side of the oppressor.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is
a revolutionary act.”- Gerorge Orwell
a revolutionary act.”- Gerorge Orwell
“Action is the antidote to despair.” Joan Baez
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is
for good people to do nothing.” Edmund Burke
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and
I understand” Chinese Proverb
I understand” Chinese Proverb
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
“It is innocence that is full and experience that isempty. It is innocence that wins and experience that loses.” -Charles
Peguy
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it
must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any
man.” –Shakespeare
must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any
man.” –Shakespeare
Mazin Qumsiyeh
