topic by
stump
4/29/2002 (15:29) |
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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 families 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 favour. 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.
'The Palestinian child's sob in the silence curses deeper than the PLO man in
his wrath.'
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