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</a></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5>US Zionist Media and
International Human Rights
Day</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3> <br><br>
By Mazin Qumsiyeh<br><br>
Al-Jazeerah, December 11, 2006 <br><br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Today is International human rights
day. It is a start of a new week after a week of rabid racist and
anti-human rights rhetoric and work carried around the US by the usual
suspects (joined by a few others who finally outed themselves as
racists). The US media has had little coverage of human rights issues.
Instead the vicious attacks on Jimmy Carter continue even though many of
us consider his book far too leaning and accommodating to racist Zionism
(see below). Behind the scenes and with no debate allowed, a a bill
passed in Congress to apply draconian sanctions on Palestinians,
collective punishment, until they “elect” (I put quotes because people
under occupation do not have full freedom to engage in modalities of
elections as International and Human Rights laws require) more acceptable
leaders who will agree to Israeli and US demands of surrender. <br><br>
The sanctions will make life even more miserable in the occupied
territory nearly 40 years after Israel illegally occupied these
territories contrary to international law and UN resolutions. (Action
alert on this at bottom, please take action). In Congress, racists like
Tom Lantos stand with straight face to denounce Palestinians and declare
his allegiance to Israel instead of the US. On CNN, Glenn Beck vilifies
Muslims by questioning the loyalty of the one newly elected member of
Congress who happens to be Muslim. <br><br>
While there are more Muslims in the US than Jews, over 43 members of
Congress are Jewish and only one is now Muslim. Beck then goes on to
vilify Palestinians (Christians and Muslims) claiming they were backward
“wandering nomads with few goats” ignoring the facts that over 2500
thriving villages and towns existed before the State of Israel proceeded
with its ethnic cleansing. His racism is not unique. <br><br>
It is common on TV and talk radio (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark
Levin, Bill O’Reilly) and many more. It is common rhetoric from Mort
Zuckerman (editor and publisher of US Report and World News) and of
“commentators” (racist pundits) like Jeff Jacoby, Charles Krauthammer,
and Thomas Friedman. Does anyone really think that all of these racist
attacks are not connected in any way? More importantly, do we, US
citizens and taxpayers who are footing the bill, swallow the language and
actions of hate or challenge it?<br><br>
I think more and more people are beginning to challenge it. Perhaps that
is why the aforementioned Zionists are becoming more shrill and louder
(they are beginning to worry that the message is not getting through). I
think that is why they need to be challenged with the truth. They should
be challenged to public debates and dialogues on the issues. Many will
shy away from that (Alan Dershowiz refuses to debate Norman Finkelstein
for example). <br><br>
I have debated Morton Klein (President of the Zionist organization of
America), David Harris (American Jewish Committee) and over 11 other
Zionists. None of them (with the exception of one person) has the courage
to have another public dialogue with me. I urge all readers to write to
the media and write to the pundits themselves and question why they will
not debate post-Zionist or anti-Zionist Jews or even knowledgeable
Palestinians. Would love to debate Morton Klein myself and people like
him (anywhere/any time). <br><br>
To go back to Human rights, why don’t we all write to the media and ask
why Human Rights (and International Law) have been missing from the “road
map to peace” and from the Iraq Study Group Report. How can we restore
human rights (and constitutional protections) recently stripped by the
administrative and legislative branches of government (and likely now to
be endorsed by a reformulated supreme court)? Can we mobilize enough
people to speak truth to power (and realize that collectively we do make
a difference)? Freedom and human rights ofcourse will not be granted to
anyone by the oppressors, there must be a struggle for these. Can we
struggle together? Have a good Global Human Rights day (and
year).<br><br>
<b>New Groups<br><br>
</b>American Council on Middle Eastern Policy
</font><a href="http://www.mideastcouncil.org/">
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
http://www.mideastcouncil.org</a></u></font>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3> Architects & Planners for
Justice in Palestine
</font><a href="http://www.apjp.org/">
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
http://www.apjp.org</a></u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>
New Website by Ramzy Baroud, The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle
of a People’s Struggle
</font><a href="http://www.ramzybaroud.net/">
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
http://www.ramzybaroud.net/</a><br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>President Jimmy Carter
when asked about the use of the term Apartheid said he was talking about
the areas occupied by Israel in 1967. That is sad since Israel practiced
apartheid since 1947 when 70% of the native Palestinians where expelled
in the area that became Israel by 1949. 530 villages were completely
depopulated but over 100 of the remaining villages were never
"recognized" by the Jewish state (so they get no water, no
electricity, no roads, no government services). and Israel is now going
to demolish more homes in these "unrecognized"
villages.<br><br>
See below: "The Israeli interior minister, Roni Bar-On, declared
that his ministry has planned the demolition of more than 42,000 homes of
Palestinian Bedouins that were built even before 1948 when Israel was
proclaimed. The minister, speaking at a session for the Israeli
parliament's interior committee, claimed that all those houses were
"illegal" and warned that any new homes built in the so-called
"unrecognized" villages in the Negev [Naqab] desert would be
razed. <br><br>
According to PIC, the regional council for those villages, not recognized
by Israel, said in a statement commenting on the minister's statement
said that what the minister threatened meant the destruction of an entire
community. On the ground, the Israeli authorities on Wednesday demolished
17 houses in Tawil village, Negev [Naqab] desert, and assaulted an old
woman and four young men who tried to stop them." <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
<a href="http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Palestine/207111">
http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Palestine/207111</a><br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Fascinating developing
discussion on Jewish opposition to Zionism <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo=796902">
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo=796902</a></u>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
<a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1164881826112" eudora="autourl">
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1164881826112</a>
&<br><br>
<a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1164881826112&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull">
pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull</a><br><br>
<a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/20074/Letters_To_The_Editor.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/20074/Letters_To_The_Editor.htm<br><br>
</a></u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Delusional
fabrication: Propaganda tools of Israel and American Zionists By Paul J.
Balles
</font><a href="http://www.redress.btinternet.co.uk/pjballes40.htm">
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
http://www.redress.btinternet.co.uk/pjballes40.htm</a><br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Two-state solution is
dead, and Israel killed it. By: Jeff Halper, <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
<a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17508024&BRD=1425&PAG=461&dept_id=154727&rfi=6">
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17508024&BR</a><br><br>
<a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17508024&BRD=1425&PAG=461&dept_id=154727&rfi=6">
D=1425&PAG=461&dept_id=154727&rfi=6</a><br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Apartheid Israel: A
Beacon of Hope? By Prof. VIRGINIA TILLEY Counterpunch, 5 December 2006
(excellent article, MUST READ) <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
<a href="http://counterpunch.org/tilley12052006.html">
http://counterpunch.org/tilley12052006.html</a><br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Jewish Groups To
Challenge Ethics Reform, By Nathan Guttman, Forward, 1 December 2006
(this does not really address the bigger scandal of the powerful AIPAC
and its refusal to register or disclose under the foreign lobby rules-
MQ) Two of America's most influential Jewish organizations are gearing up
for their first direct confrontation with the incoming, Democratic-led
Congress. <br><br>
The topic: Democratic proposals for congressional ethics and lobbying
reform. At issue are two key congressional perks, targeted for
elimination, that Jewish organizations rely on to achieve community
goals: overseas junkets, including dozens of trips to Israel each year,
funded by Jewish organizations; and an estimated $25 million a year in
earmarked funds for Jewish communal projects. Both the trips and the
earmarked funding face possible elimination as part of the Democrats'
pledge to fight corruption on Capitol Hill. <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
<a href="http://www.forward.com/articles/jewish-groups-to-challenge-ethics-reform/">
http://www.forward.com/articles/jewish-groups-to-challenge-ethics-reform/</a>
<br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>A regrettable
indifference, By Amira Hass Haaretz 6 December 2006 (On Israel holding of
about 10,000 Palestinian Political Prisoners) <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>
<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/797419.html">
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/797419.html</a><br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>ACTION 1: Contact the
White House NOW by phone 202-456-1111, by fax 202-456-2461, and by email
comments@whitehouse.gov and ask the President to veto S.2370, the
Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. Tell the President that the United States
should not be sanctioning people for exercising their right to
vote.<br><br>
ACTION 2: Buy Palestine Products this holiday
</font><a href="http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/">
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http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/</a><br><br>
<a href="http://www.zatoun.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.zatoun.com<br><br>
</a><a href="http://www.needleinthegroove.org/">
http://www.needleinthegroove.org</a><br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Mazin Qumsiyeh<br><br>
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