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A short, succinct article that tells a lot,
written by a young Palestinian student in Washington State
University, for which the paper - under pressure, as usual,
from pro-Israeli activists - had to apologize!!!
I am Israel" by Hashem Said
The Daily - Washington State University, Feb. 25, 2002
I am Israel - I came to a land without a people for a people
without a land. Those people who happened to be here,had no
right to be here, and my people showed them they had to leave
or die, razing 480 Palestinian villages to the ground, erasing
their history.
I am Israel - some of my people committed massacres and later
became Prime Ministers to represent me. In 1948, Menachem
Begin was in charge of the unit that slaughtered the
inhabitants of Deir Yassin, including 100 men, women,
and children. In 1953, Ariel Sharon led the slaughter of the
inhabitants of Qibya, and in 1982 arranged for our allies to
butcher around 2,000 in the refugee camps of Sabra and
Shatilla.
I am Israel - carved in 1948 out of 78% of the land of
Palestine, dispossessing its inhabitants and replacing them
with Jews from Europe and other parts of the world. While the
natives whose milies lived on this land for thousands of
years are not allowed to return, Jews from all over the
world are welcome to instant citizenship.
I am Israel - in 1967, I swallowed the remaining lands of
Palestine - the West Bank and Gaza - and placed their
inhabitants under an oppressive military rule, controlling
and humiliating every aspect of their daily lives.
Eventually, they should get the message that they are not
welcome to stay, and join the millions of Palestinian
refugees in the shanty camps of Lebanon and Jordan.
I am Israel - I have the power to control American policy. My
American Israel Public Affairs Committee can make or break
any politician of its choosing, and as you see, they all
compete to please me. All the forces of the world are
powerless against me, including the UN as I have the American
veto to block any condemnation of my war crimes. As Sharon so
eloquently phrased it, "We control America".
I am Israel - I influence American mainstream media too, and
you will always find the news tailored to my favor. I have
invested millions of dollars into PR representation, and CNN,
New York Times, and others have been doing an excellent job
of promoting my propaganda. Look at other international news
sources and you will see the difference.
I am Israel - and you Palestinians want to negotiate"peace!?"
But you are not as smart as me; I will negotiate, but will
only let you have your municipalities while I control your
borders, your water, your airspace, and anything else of
importance. While we "negotiate," I will swallow your
hilltops and fill them with settlements, populated by the
most extremist of
my extremists, armed to the teeth. These settlements will be
connected with roads you cannot use, and you will be
imprisoned in your little Bantustans between them, surrounded
by checkpoints in every direction.
I am Israel - with the fourth strongest army in the world,
possessing nuclear weapons. How dare your children confront
my oppression with stones, don't you know my soldiers won't
hesitate to blow their heads off? In 17 months, I have killed
900 of you and injured 17,000, mostly civilians, and have the
mandate to continue since the international community remains
silent. Ignore, as I do, the hundreds of Israeli soldiers who
are now refusing to carry out my control over your lands and
people; their voices of conscience will not protect you.
I am Israel - and you want freedom? I have bullets, tanks,
missiles, Apaches, and F-16's, to obliterate you. I have
placed your towns under siege, confiscated your lands,
uprooted your trees, demolished your homes, and you still
demand freedom? Don't you get the message? You will never
have peace or freedom, because I am Israel.
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