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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>July 14,
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South<br><br>
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<font size=2>UNITED STATES, JULY 14, 2006 - Once again, Israeli colonial
policies have engulfed the Palestinian and Lebanese people with massive
destruction and mayhem. Through shocking actions that are clearly Crimes
Against Humanity, the Israeli polity is continuing the Zionist project
that it started nearly six decades ago. The Palestinian Catastrophe
(Nakba) of 1948 is yet to see justice, refugees are yet to return,
thousands remain imprisoned, and the systematic atrocities committed
against the people of Lebanon are relived over and over again - all as
the world watches. <br><br>
<b>US Destabilization of the Arab World<br><br>
</b>Fully supported by the United States, the current Israeli war against
the people of Lebanon aims to destroy the popular resistance movement and
ignite an internal confessional strife within Lebanon with the ultimate
goal of creating a proxy state buffered with a "colonized zone"
and severed from its Arab surrounding, particularly Syria and Palestine.
Such has been the US-Israeli design for Lebanon for decades. <br><br>
In its veto on July 12 of the United Nations resolution condemning the
Israeli actions in Gaza, the Bush administration is sending a clear
message that Israeli conquests complement US policies for the region, as
manifested in the occupation and destruction of Iraq. Effectively, three
Arab states (Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon) are now simultaneously under a
violent siege and are being drawn into internal strives. <br><br>
Remaining in the cross-hairs of destabilization are Syria and Iran.
Pretenses have long been put forward as a prelude to various forms of
action against these two states. In both cases, there are plans underway
to plant US proxy forces within the political fabric of the society to
function in sync with the overall plan of conquest for the area.
US-Israeli strategists hope to ultimately control the remaining
contiguous anchor of resistance to empire: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria,
Iraq and Iran. With that control, US-Israeli hegemony over the Middle
East would be complete. <br><br>
<b>The Role of Arab Regimes<br><br>
</b>Given that nearly all Arab regimes have already been transformed into
proxy status, they are incapable of affecting any change in the political
process, even if they chose. The roles for these regimes have been well
defined and choreographed, hence their deafening silence and shameless
complacency. Arab states would, at the very least, be expected to
immediately severe all Israeli diplomatic relations and the economic
exchanges they have fostered and to stand in support of the popular
resistance movement. On the contrary, Arab regimes are striking with an
iron fist against the Arab people who dare to rise against injustice.
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The most atrocious of Arab positions thus far came from Saudi Arabia who
shamelessly entered the conflict on the side of the colonizer. The Saudi
monarchy is overtly blaming the resistance movement in Lebanon and
Palestine and is holding it accountable for the ongoing Israeli
destruction and mayhem. Fully supported by the Egyptian and Jordanian
regimes, the Saudi position appears to be an attempt to provide an
"Arab voice", albeit a token one, that would isolate the
resistance in South Lebanon and Palestine as "illegitimate" and
"adventurous" forces outside "acceptable behavior".
This is a dangerous destabilizing role played on behalf of the US-Israeli
alliance. It serves to open the gates for what is expected to come -
widening the attacks to include Syria and Iran in some form or another.
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In the same context, and in yet another serious development, President of
the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmud Abbas, has attempted to
disassociate the Palestinian flank from the Lebanese, hoping to strike a
deal and exit the ongoing anti- colonial struggle. Abbas has stated that
the Palestinian decision regarding the captured Israeli soldier is
independent from developments in Lebanon and its forces, in a clear
reference to the popular Lebanese resistance. This is a blow to the
Palestinian-Lebanese solidarity and must be opposed. <br><br>
<b>Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq – Inseparable<br><br>
</b>The coming period is critical. Attempts to destabilize Iran and Syria
are likely to escalate, along with an even larger attack on the
resistance in South Lebanon and Palestine. The confluence of these
policies with US designs in Iraq constitutes the overall defining
strategy for the US-controlled "New Middle East". In this
"New Middle East", the US hopes that natural resources, land
and sea access, and political servitude would be at will. <br><br>
The Arab American community and allies in the peace and justice movement
can't afford to turn a blind eye to any of the elements of these colonial
policies. It is vital that the support for boycott and divestment
campaigns expand. We must jointly call for an end to the war on Iraq and
an end to US funding of Israeli atrocities. Naiveté in the understanding
of geopolitics is a hindrance to peace and justice - Iraq is inseparable
from Palestine and Lebanon. <br><br>
And as we build a movement to oppose war and occupations, it is also
critical that we prevent any attempt to corrupt this movement from within
by means introduced by US proxy regimes and institutions. These attempts
are well under way, particularly within the Arab community. Millions of
dollars are being offered to set up functionary think tanks and centers,
all to introduce, or worse yet, to purchase defeatism. These attempts
must be challenged. <br><br>
We call on our community and the movement at large to join the NCA, MAS
Freedom Foundation and the A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition in a national emergency
mobilization on August 12. <br><br>
<div align="center"><b>NATIONAL EMERGENCY MARCH<br>
WASHINGTON D.C.<br>
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12<br>
Assemble 12 Noon at the White House</b> <br><br>
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<i>Defend the People of Palestine and Lebanon Stop the U.S.-Israeli
War<br>
From Iraq to Lebanon to Palestine: Occupation is a Crime<br>
Support the Palestinian Peoples Right to Return<br>
Money for Jobs and Education, Not War and Occupation<br><br>
</i><b>Despite all, the sun continues to rise from the South - from the
camps of the Gaza Strip to the villages of South Lebanon.</b> <br>
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