Readers' Letters and contributions, June 13, 2003
Human Price of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
Israeli daily aggression on the Palestinian people
Mission and meaning of Al-Jazeerah
Cities, localities, and tourist attractions
Dear Editor,
I am often struck by the United States' condemnation of other peoples' violence.
Is it not hypocritical for the United States to call upon other
governments and individuals to disavow resort to violence when America has
been the most frequently and deadly perpetrator of violence in the world
during the last half century? Think about it, if I had a gun and I was
shooting at you, but all the while shouting at you to throw down your
weapons and come out with your hands up, would you do so if all that stood
between your life and me was your ability to defend your life? I don't think
so, and if you did you would probably be made a martyr if I disrespected the
law prohibiting murder to the same degree that the United States has shown
contempt for international law. Granted, if you could trust in the law,
perhaps you would come out with your hands up, knowing that you would get a
fair trial. However, this incentive has been shown such contempt by America
that most reasonable observers no longer consider it a viable option for
other governments or individuals. The point is this: If America wants the
rest of the world to live peacefully--to give up its nuclear weapons and not
to threaten each other, and America, with the use of force--it must lead by
example. To kill the women and children and the brave soldiers of
Afghanistan and Iraq in violation of the most basic principles of
international law is not a good example. For America to tell the
Palestinians, and even the Israeli's to lay down their weapons and live in
peace is not credible, unless America can do the same. To tell North Korea,
Belarus, and Iran not to possess nuclear weapons is not credible unless
America gives up its nuclear weapons. It is America that is the problem, not
the rest of the world. The sooner this is recognized the greater will be the
chance of peaceful coexistence among all countries.
Dr. Curtis F.J. Doebbler
Washington, D.C. USA 20008
You have to be pretty belligerent to upset the Vatican, which usually refrains from politics and concerns itself more with religious issues; but Bush did exactly that through his pre-emptive war. Thanks Bush: The entire free world hates America because of you and your Zionist cohorts! See La Civilta Cattolica:
http://213.92.16.47/ESW_articolo/0,2393,41773,00.html
m.f.
Dear all,
Ayaz and Tahseen have been released from detention in Jordan.
They are currently with the British consulate and will be flying
home today (Wednesday). They have now made contact with their
families.
The pair were kept in separate detention cells in israel and interrogated
continuously. It is not yet clear how or why they were re-arrested when
they were sent back to Jordan.
The families would like to thank everyone for their efforts in getting them
released.
All for now, I will post updates on my Palestine website when more
information becomes available:
http://web.bham.ac.uk/sue_blackwell/politics/pal
Sue Blackwell
Department of English,
The University of Birmingham,
AP PHOTOS SHOW WOUNDED CHILDREN IN ISRAELI HELICOPTER ATTACK ON GAZA
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=gaza&n=100&c=news_photos
Is Sharon to blame? Israelis wonder.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,975604,00.html
Israeli army ordered to 'wipe out' Hamas
ABC News
Thursday, June 12, 2003. 4:37pm (AEST)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s878407.htm
Hamas Wants Foreigners Out Of Israel, Sharon Targeted
Islam Online
June 12, 2003
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/12/article10.shtml
Two Palestinian factions call for Abbas’ resignation
IAP
June 11, 2003
http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive.php?iapinfo+1223
Big Tough Zionists Beat Up 11-year-old
Tulkarem: Resident Arrested, Child Physically Attacked*
The Israeli army arrested 2 residents from Tulkarem refugee camp at dawn during a campaign of home raids.
The child Khaled Salem (11 years old) who was standing in front of the UNRWA school in the refugee camp was severely beaten up and held by the occupation forces for several hours. His right leg was broken.
Tulkarem refugee camp is subjected to raids and attacks by the Israeli army on a daily basis and Israeli armored vehicles constantly move around in the city despite the lifting of the imposed curfew
m.f.
CIA aware of dubious war motive
The Age [Australia]
The debunking of the Bush Administration's prewar certainties on Iraq
gathered pace yesterday when it emerged that the CIA knew for months
that a connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda was highly
unlikely. As President George Bush was forced for the second time in
days to defend the decision to go to war, a new set of leaks from CIA
officials suggested a tendency in the White House to suppress or
ignore intelligence findings that did not shore up the case for war."
(06/11/03)
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/10/1055220593386.html
WILL ANY AMERICAN, ANY HUMAN, OUR PRESIDENT, OUR CONGRESS EXPRESS "CONCERN"
ON DEMOLISHING A HOME OF A HANDICAPPED YOUNG MAN FOR MAKING HIS HOME
HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE? THIS IS A NATION OUR TAX DOLLARS FEED THEIR WEAPONS
AND BULLDOZERS WHILE OUR MEDIA DEFENDS THIS HUMANE "CIVILIZED DEMOCRACY".
MR. SULZBURGER, MR. GRAHAM, MR. LEVIN, MR. SUMNER, MR. EISNER: IS THAT PART
OF YOUR "ZIONIST" BELIEFS? WHEN HEARTS DIE FOR THE SAKE OF THE POCKET BOOK
CIVILIZATIONS DIE.
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-06/12/article12.shtml
Justice
Nyheter på nordiska språk efter engelska
Glenn D. Paige, TFF Associate, June 11, 2003
Legacy of a Nonviolent Political Leader. Governor Gulliermo Gaviria of Colombia
The killing of Antioquia state Governor Guillermo Gaviria Correa on
May 5, 2003, among ten hostages massacred by FARC guerrillas in
reaction to a military rescue attempt, deprived Colombia and the
world of a nonviolent political leader whose legacy is no less
significant than those of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2003/paige_ColombiaNonviolent.html
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, June 11, 2003
Britain once again has sabotaged Europe
"What is Europe?" Winston Churchill wrote in 1946, "A rubble heap, a
charnel house, a breeding ground for pestilence and hate"- language
that would not be out of place on one side of the vitriolic debate on
the Euro...Yet....
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2003/06.02_BritainSabotageEU.html
Special Features, June 11, 2003
World After Iraq & Who's Next? Article Collection
http://www.transnational.org/features/index.html#AfterIraqWhoNext
American militarism Article Collection
http://www.transnational.org/features/index.html#AmericanMilitarism
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