Zionist Occupation and Expulsion Take Their Tolls!
by Evelyn Hecht-Galinski, Sicht vom Hochblauen, 12 January 2017, translated by Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik and edited by author William Hanna.
Netanyahu
and his regime reacted with customary “outrage” to the attack in Jerusalem
where Netanyahu with immediate instinctiveness appeared centre stage to invent
a connection between the Islamic State and the Palestinian perpetrator, Fadi al
Hanbar, a 28-year-old father from Dschaba, an illegally occupied part of East
Jerusalem. It is absolutely mysterious how Netanyahu arrived at this conclusion
without any apparent evidence: especially since the Israeli-Palestinian problem
is not due to the Islamic State, but to the decades-long illegal occupation of
Palestine and the expulsion of Palestinians.
and his regime reacted with customary “outrage” to the attack in Jerusalem
where Netanyahu with immediate instinctiveness appeared centre stage to invent
a connection between the Islamic State and the Palestinian perpetrator, Fadi al
Hanbar, a 28-year-old father from Dschaba, an illegally occupied part of East
Jerusalem. It is absolutely mysterious how Netanyahu arrived at this conclusion
without any apparent evidence: especially since the Israeli-Palestinian problem
is not due to the Islamic State, but to the decades-long illegal occupation of
Palestine and the expulsion of Palestinians.
Was this
young Palestinian “attacker” not himself a victim? He had been just released
from an Israeli prison, where – of course – he was detained as a “terrorist
suspect” rather than a brave “resistance fighter” as was the case for those
Europeans who during the Second World War fought against Nazi occupations. Currently
more than 6,000 Palestinians are detained indefinitely and without trial in
Israeli prisons under Administrative Detention Orders. Almost all Palestinian
families at one time or another had family members who were detained or are
still being detained without knowing when or if they will ever be released. Men
and women, old and young, are brutally tortured and kept in unacceptable,
inhumane conditions that contravene the Geneva Convention. The Apartheid regime
illegally occupying Palestine does not hesitate to use its infamous secret services
Shin Bet and Mossad – along with their renowned superpower ally – perpetrate murderous
crimes on a global scale. Extra-judicial executions by the “Jewish Defence
Forces”; barbaric attacks by illegal Jewish settlers; and targeted killings by
Mossad are carried out with impunity everywhere because the “Jewish State” has granted
itself the licence to kill.
young Palestinian “attacker” not himself a victim? He had been just released
from an Israeli prison, where – of course – he was detained as a “terrorist
suspect” rather than a brave “resistance fighter” as was the case for those
Europeans who during the Second World War fought against Nazi occupations. Currently
more than 6,000 Palestinians are detained indefinitely and without trial in
Israeli prisons under Administrative Detention Orders. Almost all Palestinian
families at one time or another had family members who were detained or are
still being detained without knowing when or if they will ever be released. Men
and women, old and young, are brutally tortured and kept in unacceptable,
inhumane conditions that contravene the Geneva Convention. The Apartheid regime
illegally occupying Palestine does not hesitate to use its infamous secret services
Shin Bet and Mossad – along with their renowned superpower ally – perpetrate murderous
crimes on a global scale. Extra-judicial executions by the “Jewish Defence
Forces”; barbaric attacks by illegal Jewish settlers; and targeted killings by
Mossad are carried out with impunity everywhere because the “Jewish State” has granted
itself the licence to kill.
Should
there be astonishment at such attacks and explicitly against soldiers who were
ironically on a bus tour through Jerusalem. Furthermore, these officer cadets
have been trained to go to places where they are particularly needed, and where
they have to execute reprisals and operations against Palestinians. In the
occupied East Jerusalem the atmosphere is tense with Palestinians fearing that after
January 20 – when Trump is inaugurated as U.S. President – matters will only
get worse. Will Trump for example make good on his statement that under his presidency
– with help of David Friedman, the orthodox Jew, right-wing settlement
supporter, and the future U.S. ambassador to the “Jewish State” – the U.S. embassy
would be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem thereby violating international
law? This would be a provocation of the worst kind, cemented by the
illegitimate claim of Jewish Zionist-fascist hardliners and their illusion of
an “eternal and undivided Jerusalem” as capital of the “Jewish State”.
there be astonishment at such attacks and explicitly against soldiers who were
ironically on a bus tour through Jerusalem. Furthermore, these officer cadets
have been trained to go to places where they are particularly needed, and where
they have to execute reprisals and operations against Palestinians. In the
occupied East Jerusalem the atmosphere is tense with Palestinians fearing that after
January 20 – when Trump is inaugurated as U.S. President – matters will only
get worse. Will Trump for example make good on his statement that under his presidency
– with help of David Friedman, the orthodox Jew, right-wing settlement
supporter, and the future U.S. ambassador to the “Jewish State” – the U.S. embassy
would be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem thereby violating international
law? This would be a provocation of the worst kind, cemented by the
illegitimate claim of Jewish Zionist-fascist hardliners and their illusion of
an “eternal and undivided Jerusalem” as capital of the “Jewish State”.
How can the
Palestinians be blamed? They have for decades been forced to live under brutal conditions
and are now faced with the threat of extremist Jews with Netanyahu regime
support of having a new Jewish Temple built on Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount), the
Islamic holy site (“the Noble Sanctuary”) where the al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of
the Rock have stood for over 1,300 years. Directly after the recent attack, the
Netanyahu regime decided to arrest the IS followers in the “Jewish State”
without due legal process under the notorious Administrative Detention Orders
that had for decades been routinely used against “troublesome” Palestinians
whose illegal detention without trial has been condemned by human rights
organisations such as Amnesty International, B`Tselem, and Human Rights Watch to
no avail while the international community with its core “values” maintained a
cowardly silence!
Palestinians be blamed? They have for decades been forced to live under brutal conditions
and are now faced with the threat of extremist Jews with Netanyahu regime
support of having a new Jewish Temple built on Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount), the
Islamic holy site (“the Noble Sanctuary”) where the al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of
the Rock have stood for over 1,300 years. Directly after the recent attack, the
Netanyahu regime decided to arrest the IS followers in the “Jewish State”
without due legal process under the notorious Administrative Detention Orders
that had for decades been routinely used against “troublesome” Palestinians
whose illegal detention without trial has been condemned by human rights
organisations such as Amnesty International, B`Tselem, and Human Rights Watch to
no avail while the international community with its core “values” maintained a
cowardly silence!
Five
family members of the attacker have already been arrested, his house scheduled
for destruction, and his body due to be buried in secret without being returned
to his family whose applications for reunification with the inhabitants in the
Gaza Strip have been refused by the Security Cabinet.
family members of the attacker have already been arrested, his house scheduled
for destruction, and his body due to be buried in secret without being returned
to his family whose applications for reunification with the inhabitants in the
Gaza Strip have been refused by the Security Cabinet.
Ethnic
detention and illegal house demolitions – injustices tolerated by Western state
communities – with even Germany always insisting on responsibility for
remembrance of the past as justification for a “Jewish State,” failing to meet
the responsibilities of the present for universal justice and human rights.
detention and illegal house demolitions – injustices tolerated by Western state
communities – with even Germany always insisting on responsibility for
remembrance of the past as justification for a “Jewish State,” failing to meet
the responsibilities of the present for universal justice and human rights.
Rather
than continually promoting the illegal Jewish occupation of Palestine, Merkel
and Steinmeier should instead denounce the fascist crimes against humanity and stop
the colonial terrorist zeal of their “Jewish friends”. There are no protests
from Germany, the U.S. or the EU, who while expressing condolences for the
attack on Israel, regard justified Palestinian resistance to persecution as
being acts of terrorism.
than continually promoting the illegal Jewish occupation of Palestine, Merkel
and Steinmeier should instead denounce the fascist crimes against humanity and stop
the colonial terrorist zeal of their “Jewish friends”. There are no protests
from Germany, the U.S. or the EU, who while expressing condolences for the
attack on Israel, regard justified Palestinian resistance to persecution as
being acts of terrorism.
Because
of this blatant double standard injustice there will never be peace. Only when
the hypocritical “community of values” under “Christian-Jewish” leadership begins
to perceive the illegal occupation as the main cause of legitimate Palestinian
resistance, will there be tranquillity.
of this blatant double standard injustice there will never be peace. Only when
the hypocritical “community of values” under “Christian-Jewish” leadership begins
to perceive the illegal occupation as the main cause of legitimate Palestinian
resistance, will there be tranquillity.
Why
should this resistance against the illegal occupation of Palestine be
considered as an act of terrorism as compared with resistance to Nazi Germany’s
terror! The application of double standards is always inadvisable because it
will only fail at a political level. While Netanyahu – who is bogged down in
the quagmire of a brutal occupation – is constantly looking for any opportunity
to divert responsibility away from himself, the community of states should
resist participation in, and support for this denigrating game.
should this resistance against the illegal occupation of Palestine be
considered as an act of terrorism as compared with resistance to Nazi Germany’s
terror! The application of double standards is always inadvisable because it
will only fail at a political level. While Netanyahu – who is bogged down in
the quagmire of a brutal occupation – is constantly looking for any opportunity
to divert responsibility away from himself, the community of states should
resist participation in, and support for this denigrating game.
This is a
Zionist regime of a country drowning in a moral swamp – where a soldier’s cold-
blood murder of an injured Palestinian lying on the ground – is celebrated by the
majority of the population with even Netanyahu recognising him as a hero and
brave opponent of terrorism. By reacting in this manner, Israel’s Zionist
regime has forfeited any right to claims of being a democracy.
Incomprehensibly, the military court has just condemned the soldier to only
Second Degree murder and not to assassination. A further outrageous injustice
would be if this murderer-soldier Azaria, was to be pardoned!
Zionist regime of a country drowning in a moral swamp – where a soldier’s cold-
blood murder of an injured Palestinian lying on the ground – is celebrated by the
majority of the population with even Netanyahu recognising him as a hero and
brave opponent of terrorism. By reacting in this manner, Israel’s Zionist
regime has forfeited any right to claims of being a democracy.
Incomprehensibly, the military court has just condemned the soldier to only
Second Degree murder and not to assassination. A further outrageous injustice
would be if this murderer-soldier Azaria, was to be pardoned!
Despite
what Netanyahu and Western politicians want us to believe, this attack had
absolutely nothing to do with Paris, Nice, Berlin, or anywhere else. The fact
is that in the decades-long illegally occupied Palestinian Territories the
injustice of the occupation has created a fertile ground for such resistance
attacks by a hapless, denigrated, and desperate people, who have absolutely nothing
to lose.
what Netanyahu and Western politicians want us to believe, this attack had
absolutely nothing to do with Paris, Nice, Berlin, or anywhere else. The fact
is that in the decades-long illegally occupied Palestinian Territories the
injustice of the occupation has created a fertile ground for such resistance
attacks by a hapless, denigrated, and desperate people, who have absolutely nothing
to lose.
Meanwhile
Netanyahu simply pursues self-serving policies that retain his power base by
directing attention towards Iran, the Hezbollah, and Hamas. Furthermore he stokes
the fire in Syria by supporting the terrorists of al-Nusra and taking the
opportunity to reconnect with ISIS – which does not even operate in the “Jewish
State” – so as to delegitimise the Palestinians and portray himself as the hero
supporting the war against terrorism.
Netanyahu simply pursues self-serving policies that retain his power base by
directing attention towards Iran, the Hezbollah, and Hamas. Furthermore he stokes
the fire in Syria by supporting the terrorists of al-Nusra and taking the
opportunity to reconnect with ISIS – which does not even operate in the “Jewish
State” – so as to delegitimise the Palestinians and portray himself as the hero
supporting the war against terrorism.
This infamous
conduct becomes even more so when Western politicians like French Prime Minister
Hollande officially authorise targeted killings with drone attacks in Africa
and the Middle East since 2013. On the list containing 17 names of those to be
killed, 13 are still pending! Welcome to the club of those who have the licence
to kill! With such policies, conscientiously supported by Germany and other
Western alliance partners who promote such bombing, the real reason behind the
“War on Terror” becomes apparent.
conduct becomes even more so when Western politicians like French Prime Minister
Hollande officially authorise targeted killings with drone attacks in Africa
and the Middle East since 2013. On the list containing 17 names of those to be
killed, 13 are still pending! Welcome to the club of those who have the licence
to kill! With such policies, conscientiously supported by Germany and other
Western alliance partners who promote such bombing, the real reason behind the
“War on Terror” becomes apparent.
This is
not a Clash of Civilizations between the saviour “Judaeo-Christian values” and
extremist Islamic terror, as they would have us believe, but a deliberate
attempt to “Zionise” Western democracies into accepting the illegal occupation
and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. To this end, the Brandenberg Gate was illuminated
in the flag colours of the Star of David which is a symbol of Israel’s illegal
occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine!
not a Clash of Civilizations between the saviour “Judaeo-Christian values” and
extremist Islamic terror, as they would have us believe, but a deliberate
attempt to “Zionise” Western democracies into accepting the illegal occupation
and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. To this end, the Brandenberg Gate was illuminated
in the flag colours of the Star of David which is a symbol of Israel’s illegal
occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine!
When such
an occupation becomes an Israeli right, Palestinian resistance becomes an essential
obligation!
an occupation becomes an Israeli right, Palestinian resistance becomes an essential
obligation!
