This is how the Palestinians use their own children as shields. If this is how they treat their own kids, imagine what they would do to Israeli kids?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/video/video.php?v=58808090707&ref=nf
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Archive for January, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1694056.stm
A brave lady in South African who opened the door to democracy and freedom in a closed world. Was against the White regime and helped resist apartheid.
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Good article on AlJazeera, I am finding their reports very balanced a very good, worth reading:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/20091218732517323.html
The current situation of war is better for the Arab leaders, if peace arrived they would lose their countries very quickly, people would be free and would want democracy and freedom.
Let each citizen of the middle stand up and say, enough war and enough hatred.
1. Disband Hamas and Hezbollah.
2.Change of leadership and control in Iran and Syria.
3.All Arab countries to recognise Israel.
4.Israel to recognise full rights for Palestinians and agree on borders for state.
5.Gaza to be transferred to Egypt with a land swap deal.
6.Palestinian refugees to receive full citizenship in the country they currently reside, right of return cannot be considered.
7.Jerusalem to stay capital of Israel but free for all religions , under Israel all religions will have freedom of prayer , any other agreement will create intolerance and persecution in Jerusalem.
8. Borders to be agreed in West Bank to accommodate both parties and make a viable Palestinian state.
9. Peace accord with Syria, possible return part of Golan but not the Kinneret.
10. Peace with Lebanon and Syria and reconciliation with Iran once regime change has occured and moderation returns.
11. Peace with all Arab states and relaxation of travel restrictions.
As you can see this will take perhaps another 50-100 years , it will take many more struggles between I-P , P-P, P-Arab States, Radical-Moderates, East-West.
These may never happen and if they do will require strong leaders that are willing to change the past and create a new future based on freedom of man and freedom of will!
Believe in a better future and not leave the past behind!
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At this point in the history of the Middle East it’s worth mentioning something that is not obvious and people who don’t remember further than yesterday’s Metro!.At the end of the 19th century the middle east was part of the Ottoman Empire and the current Middle East borders did not exist, they were controlled areas by Sharif’s who paid taxes to the Empire!
The Ottomans joined forces with Germany during the 1st world war and lost their empire which was already crumbling, what happened after that is history but the causes of today’s events are deeply rooted in the decisions made by the British and French empires who controlled most of the world at this point!
Here the split begins:
The Sykes-Picot agreement was a secret agreement between Great Britain and France which decided how they would share the middle east between them after the war, with this agreement new borders and countries were created and those are what you see today.
“Some historians have pointed out that the agreement conflicted with pledges already given by the British to the Hashimite leader Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca, who was about to lead an Arab revolt in the Hejaz against the Ottoman rulers on the understanding that the Arabs would eventually receive a much more important share of the territory won.”
As mentioned above the 1st split is that this agreement directly conflicted with pledges gives to the Sharif’s that they would continue to have control after the war, on the basis of this pledge the Sharif’s together with Lawrence of Arabia revolted again the Ottoman’s in the war.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/The+Balfour+Declaration.htm
The Balfour declaration: “During the First World War, British policy became gradually committed to the idea of establishing a Jewish home in Palestine (Eretz Yisrael). After discussions in the British Cabinet, and consultation with Zionist leaders, the decision was made known in the form of a letter by Arthur James Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild. The letter represents the first political recognition of Zionist aims by a Great Power”
The Zionist movement and the Aliyot that had already begun created a new momentum for the Jewish population to migrate to at the time Palestine and start building the dream of a Jewish homeland. At this time the population of the land where no more than peasants and no one people , definitely not a Palestinian people, this was created much later by the Arab states to use a pawns in this larger struggle.
Great Britain and France are the main powers to blame for creating this mess and it’s continuing today in it’s new form, both Israeli’s and Palestinians are suffering! Not to mention the pre-1948 the Zionists accepted a two state solution and the Arabs did not!
So what does this mean:
1. Since the 1st world war the Arab world feels betrayed by the west!!!! This has caused a emergence if deep rooted feeling going back to the days of the Islamic Empire and the crusades and has created groups like the Muslim brotherhood and from that stems Hezbollah and Hamas, not to mention the extremist Sunni Wahhadism in Saudi Arabi that is the root of Al Qaeda and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/155236.stm
2.In Addition to this a deeply fanatical group has taken control of Iran which belongs to the Shia Faction.
In the history if the middle the Shia/Sunni killing has occured more than any other conflict! Why only Jews killing arabs have such a response and not Arab killing Arab!
3. Since the birth of the state of Israel in 1948 the Arabs could not accept a Jewish presence in the middle East and have been fighting this ever since, not because they want peace and justice (no Arab country knows the meaning of these two words) but to preserve their own control over their countries and refuse citizenship to the Palestinian refugees that are still in refugee camps in their countries, they treat them worse then the Israeli’s!
4. The PLO which is Fatah today was really created after the 67 war and has been funded by Syria and Iran ever since, creating new groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas along the way, Hamas now controlles Gaza after a civil war between the two factions and now just want to kill anybody not Muslim (Fanatics with a killing agenda)
So today the fight is not only in Israel! UK and the US had their bombings and the attacked Iraq and Afghanistan to stop the terrorists and now Israel is doing the same in Gaza, there are many innocent people in Gaza but war is war and Hamas must be destroyed along with all terrorist groups, this is a fight with a larger audience and one that the west cannot afford to lose!
Once again I am saddened by the loss of life on both sides but from my point of view only once the Arab states fully accept Israel and start teaching peace and security will this end! The problem is that once that happens all the current regimes in the middle East will crumble, with peace and security comes democracy and progress, once a man is free to think and act on free will you can never turn him back 😉 Peace to All!
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Israel have entered the Gaza strip to stop Hamas firing more rockets! May all the soldiers return safely and Shalom to all
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The president of the United States George Bush has confirmed what Israel is trying to say, Hamas is to blame for the current crisis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7809289.stm
I don’t understand why the Arab world does not accept peace and security as a basis for resolving the conflicts instead of using these conflicts for their own gain. I believe in western logic of democracy and justice and am not happy with the current violence but for peace sake, all the Arab countries need to do is to say – Enough violence, let’s talk peace, no more Hezbollah and not more Hamas, accept Israel and the west and starting building bridges,not blowing them up.
Israel will not fire another bullet if Hamas stops, we pulled out and do not want Gaza, I believe Gaza should be annexed to Egypt and Palestians given Egyptian citizenship, then we’ll see how long they will stay in Gaza for?
All countries should accept the refugees as their own citizens and peace will come, Israel will not be destroyed and all the Arab will have to learn to live in peace with the Jewish nation.
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As it’s new year, I have a couple of days holidays to rest,consolidate my thoughts for the year and make my new years resolutions.
As we begin 2009 Israel is hitting Gaza as a result of the Hamas rockets, the world is braced for a very difficult economic year ahead,America is getting to grips with a new president elect, South Africa is heading for elections on top of all the existing problems that we have, climate change, global warming, water and food shortages and the ever growing world population.
Sounds a lot to digest! Will how to do you eat a elephant, One peace at a time 😉
I believe very strongly in democracy, I believe very strongly in freedom of the individual to live his/her life to the full extent and be able to live out dreams and aspirations and I believe in the free market. The values
determine my life and lives of many people around me.
But I also believe that pure capitalism is not the answer, and neither is socialism and neither is communism, I also believe that the days of religion controlling the world should be behind us.
So where do we go from here, 2009 I believe is going to be a year of soul searching, each banker/accountant/lawyer/regulator/doctor/IT Consultant/politician/religious leaders needs to ask themselves, could I have done things differently,more responsibly last year and how can I change it next year. if this continue we will destroy ourselves.
So how do we get rid of the pure pursuit of material wealth, how do we get rid of money as a primary driver from our values and start seeking wealth in terms of the community and the world.
Israel
I strongly believe and am behind the actions currently being taken in Gaza, Hamas cannot be allowed to continue with firing rockets into Israeli territory, any country in the world would not accept this and Israel has shown restraint over the last year with civilians running scared every day in Israeli town, Hamas has it’s roots stemmed in hatred not only of the Israeli’s,Jews but anything western, this has come for the Islamic movements such as the Muslim brotherhood who’s aim it is to create a new Islamic state across the middle East, this movement was created at the end of the 1st world war when the Ottoman empire end and the British and french divided the middle east between them without any knowledge or full understanding of the region and created a conflict which continues today. Israel is the land of the Jews and has been promised to the Jews for 4000 years and will always be the Jewish homeland.
Yes, the Palestinians do deserve a place to live, in freedom and peace, but it must start with the Arab countries supporting peace and security, not Iran and Syria providing bombs and missiles to Hamas to cause more bloodshed, Iran and Syria are behind Hezbollah and Hamas and only want death a destruction, until this changes nothing will change in the middle east. Why have the arab countries kept the Palestinians in refugee camps for so long and not integrated them into their countries? Education and peace is vital and must be taught in schools and universities rather then hatred and suicide bombings!!!!
Israel exists as a country for 60 years but as a nation for 4000 years, long before anybody else and has a right to live in peace in it’s biblical lands. if anybody takes the time to understand the Israeli laws and decisions they will see Israel has given the most equality in Jerusalem for all religions and all people, Israel preaches peace and security, higher education is a must and Israel has a very high level of ethics, name me once Muslim country that has freedoms like Israel? Once Peace and security becomes primary this will all be resolved.
As for other issues I will cover as weeks and months go by.
Happy new Year 😉
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Babylon That! 