Re: Tunisia versus the people - ACTUALLY JEWS INHUMAN UNCARING APARTHEID ACTIONS
mose
"B J Foster" <bjfo...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Also on Tuesday, a minor court in Grombalia, nearly 30 miles (48
> kilometers) South of Tunis, postponed the hearing in the case filed
> against Zuhair Makhlouf, a political activist and contributor to Assabil
> Online, a Tunisian news Web site, to November 24, for 'harming and
> disturbing others through the public communication network'.
>
> Makhlouf was arrested on October 20. He had taken pictures and published
> an article about pollution in the industrial areas in Nabeul, according to
> a statement by local human rights organizations. Like Ben Brik, he is
> currently being held in Al-Mornaguia prison, in the southern suburbs of
> Tunis. Under the Telecommunications Code, he could be sentenced to up to
> one year in prison".
> http://cpj.org/2009/11/in-tunisia-government-harassment-of-journalists-on.php
WHAT A PISS WEAK EXCUSE FOR ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING ACTION BY YOUR JEWISH
MATES. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL US , BECAUSE TUNISA DOESIT WE SHOULD
EXCUSE YOU.
BUT YOU ARE DOING MUCH WORSE AND MORE OFTEN.
SO LETS GO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION YOU HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.
"Zora Starr" <zoroastrians.c...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Fighting Oppression In The West Bank
By RONNIE BARKAN
A lot of my friends tell me it's dangerous to come to the West Bank, and
that the vast majority of Israelis are brainwashed and think all
Palestinians are terrorists. I keep responding that it is dangerous because
there are Israeli soldiers here. When I cross over into the West Bank - and
sometimes I come here on my scooter, so I'm totally exposed - the only
people I'm afraid of are the Israeli soldiers, who are armed and dangerous.
Very dangerous actually.
My friends don't believe me when I say this, but when such a horrible
incident like 31-year-old Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahma's death here in Bil'in
[on 17 April], or when my good American friend Tristan Anderson was
critically injured; when you show them video footage of all this, some still
try to deny it and come up with all kinds of excuses, but some people are
genuinely shocked by what they see.
Bassem embodies the spirit of the non-violent struggle. Up until the very
last minute of his life, he was engaging with the soldiers near the
segregation wall and talking to them about what we are doing here. He tried
to tell them: 'Calm down, don't shoot, this is a nonviolent demonstration'.
The very last thing he told the commander who is in charge of his murder was
that there was an Israeli woman - she was actually French but he believed
her to be Israeli - who was hit. And as he was telling them this he suffered
a fatal blow in the chest from a teargas canister.
I held him in my hands as he was dying. I will remember him as a really
great person, always smiling, with a lot of energy and charisma, and who
would never let go of this spirit of struggling for his land and engaging
with people. He would approach every single person and say hello, shake
their hands, ask if they need anything. Upon hearing of his murder, everyone
in Bil'in reacted emotionally and everyone said he never picked up a stone.
He was such a non-violent person.
We formed our group Anarchists Against the Wall in 2003 during a peace camp
with Palestinians, when the Israeli government attempted to annex more than
half of a village's land. That was our first joint struggle against Israeli
oppression.
Our group focuses on demonstrations and direct action against the apartheid
wall, settlements and land confiscation - and they are all in solidarity
with the local population. We use different techniques. Anything that can
bring attention to what the military is doing here is well and good, as long
as it's nonviolent.
When they were building the wall, which took up to 60 per cent of Bil'in's
land, we tried to stop the bulldozers in many different and creative ways -
and some of the villagers here are very creative. They did an excellent job
at the time, if only symbolically. We stopped them from building the wall
for days. And on the day of Bassem's death, we organised a protest in Tel
Aviv that was attended by over 500 people.
In the last four years, the symbol of Bil'in has gained reputation and
momentum throughout the world. It is known as the village that is steadfast
in its struggle against Israeli oppression. Among the people of Bil'in there
is a change and I hope it will carry on throughout this region, where people
are accepting all kinds of different people in these peaceful
demonstrations.
We do not just take part in Bil'in demonstrations, but in every nonviolent
struggle across the West Bank and wherever we're invited.
Initially it was a little bit difficult because there is a large divide
between Israeli and Palestinian society. A lot of people in the village were
a bit afraid; they were questioning what the Israelis are doing here. But
throughout the West Bank, wherever I go people realise very easily that I am
with them, not against them, and I'm welcomed wherever I go and it's a nice
feeling.
This is a joint struggle. Palestinians treat us as equals, as partners, and
this is very important. This is what the Israeli authorities are most afraid
of: that Israelis cross the barrier, both the physical one and the mental
one, and they put on a lot of pressure to prevent it. When I go to Ramallah,
for example, it's forbidden by Israeli law. When I come here they say that
for the Israelis security's sake it's a closed military zone, so you can't
enter and it gives them a good excuse to arrest us. And we get arrested a
lot. But what I care about is international law rather than Israeli law.
If I was a Palestinian, I would surely be dead by now because of some things
that I do on a daily basis. Such as crossing a checkpoint when I'm not
allowed to, or standing in front of a soldier aiming a rifle at me. The
Israeli armed forces do react differently, depending on whether it's a
Palestinian, an international or an Israeli standing in front of them.
I am a conscientious objector to the Israeli military. I think this was one
of the best decisions I ever took in my life. I must say I faced very few
repercussions because of this stand, although others were less fortunate. I
stand 100 per cent behind such a decision between humanity and nationalism,
and I choose to be first and foremost a human being before anything else.
. Ronnie Barkan was talking to Karl Schembri in Bil'in, West Bank.
Anarchists Against the Wall is an Israeli group that supports Palestinian
resistance to the Israeli separation wall.
Source
url:http://www.myreader.co.uk/gp/1212-1.aspx