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Posted by Iqbal Tamimi

I have copied the following from the HyperTexts website about the NAKBA: the Holocaust of the Palestinians and I recommend that you have a look at this website
http://www.thehypertexts.com/

This is an index of articles compiled by Michael R. Burch, an editor and publisher of Holocaust poetry who believes there is an ongoing Holocaust of the Palestinian people. The only nonviolent cure, according to him, is for Israel to do what the United States began to do only a few decades ago: stop blaming the victims of racism, abandon Jim Crow laws, and establish equal human rights, fair laws and fair courts for everyone. Here are links to articles which present the facts, rather than racist propaganda, and show what men we can trust, like Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein, have to say on the subject of how the Palestinians have been treated by Israelis, Americans and the Western Powers.

Mohandas Gandhi on Palestine ... What did Mohandas Gandhi have to say about Palestine, Israel and the conflict between Jews and Arabs?

Einstein on Palestine ... Why did Albert Einstein turn down the presidency of the state of Israel, and what did he make of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Palestine ... What would Dr. King say about equal rights for Palestinians? Are their children perhaps also God's children?

The Elders on Palestine ... What do the Elders—Nobel Peace Prize laureates Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu—have to say about Israel and the Palestinians?

Nashville's Freedom Walk for Palestinians ... Accompany THT editor Mike Burch on a fact-finding freedom walk, accompanied by Palestinian Americans who incongruously did not blow him up!

Israeli Racism and Israel's Jim Crow Laws ... Americans had to learn the hard way that racism always leads to violence on both sides. This interview explains the real reasons for the violence in Israel: rampant racism and Jim Crow laws.

Independence Day Madness ... Why did Israel hijack the Spirit of Humanity? Why did a former US presidential candidate end up in a notorious Israeli prison, alongside a Nobel Peace Prize laureate?

Dear Mum: Email from an Israeli Prison Cell ... An interesting missive from a young Australian peace activist who ended up in an Israeli prison after trying to stop the demolition of a recently deceased Palestinian woman's house. It seems Jewish "settlers" are scanning newspaper obits for newly dead Palestinians, then rushing up with mallets to destroy their houses, while the poor souls are still lying in the morgue. To illustrate the macabre unreality of the situation, the activist's Jewish tour guide told her, "We politely make it impossible for them to live here." But there is nothing "polite" about demolishing people's houses, much less those of families who have just lost loved ones and haven't had time to properly mourn or bury them.

What Does the Bible Say? ... Does the Bible say Christians should support Jews, no matter how cruelly and unjustly they treat their neighbors? Would Jesus have driven 700,000 Palestinian farmers and their women and children from their homes, leaving them homeless and destitute?

The Role of American Taxpayers in the Holocaust of the Palestinians ... Why have American taxpayers funded and supported this new Holocaust, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars?

Root Causes and Parallels ... What is a Holocaust? Are there parallels between what the Palestinians suffer today, and what the Jews suffered during the Holocaust? Why did Thomas Jefferson have a lecture on "morality" preached to one of his slaves while he was being whipped for stealing nails, when Jefferson had robbed him of his life, liberty and ability to pursue happiness? If something is rotten in Denmark?

The Robin Hood of the West Bank ... Why are people using their bodies as "human shields" in Gaza and the West Bank, and why are these Good Samaritans the ones going to jail?

The Chicken or the Egg? ... Which came first: Palestinian violence, or Jewish and American racism against Arabs?

Parables of Zion ... Why pro-Israel propaganda makes no sense to someone with a logical mind and a handle on the facts.

The Genesis of Armageddon ... An annotated version of a white paper published by Jews for Justice in the Middle East about the ongoing conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinians. Does anything we've been told to believe about Israel and the Palestinians actually hold water?

The Samson Option ... Does the government of Israel intend to use nuclear blackmail when the world finally says "No more!" to its denial of basic human rights and dignity to the Palestinians?

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ISRAELI AMBASSADOR GETS THE SHOE IN SWEDEN!

Iqbal Tamimi

A shoe was thrown at Israel’s Ambassador to Sweden, Mr. Benny Dagan, when He was giving a speech at Stockholm University today. The shoe hit itstarget. It was followed by two books and a note pad, all hitting theseverely embarrassed ambassador.

The two protesters, a young woman and a young man, shouted “Murderers!”

And “Intifada!” while pelting Dagan with the objects. They are currently under arrest, suspected of assault and public disturbance.
The lecture was organized by the Foreign policy association at Stockholm University. The Ambassador was supposed to talk about the upcoming Elections in Israel, but turned quickly to issues of Hamas and Iran and Developed a lengthy defense for Israel’s recent actions in the Gaza Strip.

Some 20 minutes into the lecture, a woman stood up in the audience, threw a red shoe at the ambassador and shouted “Murderers!”. The shoe hit Dagan In his stomach. Another protester then joined in and hurled two books and a note pad.

Dagan was dumbstruck and paralyzed, but returned to his lecture shortly After a few minutes , only to face shouts and other verbal protests from

The audience. The meeting ended in chaos, while the two protestors were taken to custody.

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Corrupt Egyptian system: feeds the IDF, starves Gazans, oppresses journalists

By Iqbal Tamimi

Once upon an alleged democracy, the Egyptian government decided a couple of days ago to try the journalist Majdi Hussein, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Labour party in a military court -even though he is a civilian - because he broke the law when he tried to "illegally enter the Gaza Strip".


One wonders what is legal and what is not when it comes to Gaza. It seems the law in Egypt is extremely elastic and can accommodate all manipulations and tailoring of the law to fit different sizes of growing plots. The good old Egyptian system is abiding to the law to the letter, and that’s why it wants to try a journalist in a military court for entering Gaza ‘illegally’ while the good old authority was providing the Israeli military ‘legally’ with tons of foods through the Gaza crossings while blocking any food sent to the starved to death children of Gaza who were burned to the bone by white phosphorus by that same Israeli army Egypt was feeding.Last month the opposition Egyptian newspaper Alosbooa ‘The Week’ revealed in one of its reports a controversial story that was not refuted by the authorities about the Egyptian company ‘International Union of Food Industries’ which was providing the Israeli army with large quantities of homegrown Egyptian vegetables during the aggression on Gaza, since the very first day of the aggression. The report revealed that the Egyptian trucks were loaded with tons of frozen local grown vegetables from the company stores in the city of Sadat to the Israeli company "Food Channel", through Al Awja crossing between Egypt and Israel. One of the drivers said that he has made these deliveries many times to Israel but he was hiding this fact from his relatives and neighbours in Albadry neighbourhood at Assalam city, and that he used to tell them that he was delivering goods to other Arab countries, or the delivery is heading towards far ports like Savaja because he was embarrassed to tell them the truth. Other drivers said they no more feel embarrassed or ashamed of doing so because their government itself has normalized relations with Israel years ago. The workers in the company said that the food was repackaged with Hebrew writing, showing the expiry date and the contents, and that the food has been prepared according to Jewish religious rules. Thus indicating that it complied with the traditional religious Jewish parameters, and that’s why the company imposed a cordon around the place, keeping stored bags, boxes, posters and empty cartons away from the sight of intruders, not allowing any of the workers or the staff to approach the packaging area, and searching every worker at the end of his shift before leaving.



Contrary to what was expected, trade exchange between Egypt and Israel because of Israeli policies towards the Palestinians has increased notably to 4 billion dollars in addition to exports of oil and gas.



Regarding the journalist Majdi Husse, this was not his first encounter with the Egyptian authorities. He was Chief Editor of an Egyptian Islamic bi-weekly when he was imprisoned for 4 months along with the journalist Muhammad Hilal in 1998 with charges of defaming former Minister of the Interior in Egypt, Lt. Gen. Hussein al-Alfi.

Hussein said he was prevented twice by the Egyptian authorities from entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point, forcing him to take an alternative route to get into the Palestinian territories.

The Egyptian prosecutor in Al-Arish city said the decision to put Hussein on military trial (even though he is a civilian) came after three days of investigations with him, and that he was arrested upon his arrival to the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza. The trial of Hussein is expected to be held on Thursday.

The Labour party in Egypt considered subjecting one of its top officials to a military trial as a grave violation of human rights, since he is a civilian, and commented that Majdi's decision to get into Gaza Strip was driven by his "nationalist, Islamic, and popular considerations, and that Majdi's determination to enter the Strip reflects the general feeling in the Egyptian street to lift the siege on Gaza and to open the Rafah crossing point before the Palestinian people.”

Majidi is not the only Arab journalist Egyptian authorities prevented from entering Gaza, the Al-Jazeera team was denied entry into Gaza too. The Egyptian authorities denied two of Al-Jazeera’s top journalists Ahmed Mansour and Ghassan Bin Jiddo entry into the Gaza Strip without explaining the reasons. Especially since Egypt had granted entry into the Gaza Strip to foreign and European journalists.

In a telephone call with his satellite channel, Mansour confirmed that the Egyptian authorities told them that they (he and bin Jiddo) were denied entry, at a time it granted many journalists of different nationalities the right to enter the Strip.

"We presented our identification documents to the Egyptian authorities and requested permission to enter the Gaza Strip as other journalists did, but we were denied entry," added Mansour.

Mansour also said that the Egyptian officials stopped answering their telephone calls, but he stressed that the Al-Jazeera team will remain at the borders till a rational reason by the Egyptian authorities is given to justify such action.

Hence, according to the law-abiding Egyptian authorities, it is illegal to open the crossing to allow food and aid to the starved Gaza children, but it is legal to feed the Zionist army who were barbecuing Gaza children. It is legal to allow foreign journalists to cross to the Gaza haven, but it is against the law to allow Arab journalists to cross the borders to investigate or offer emotional support. It seems it is legal to stand on the borders and watch a full nation being killed and not only to stand idly doing nothing, but also to punish those who intend to help.

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A Healthy Palestinian Prisoner Operated on Without His Consent - Another Israeli Preach of human rights

By Iqbal Tamimi

Palestinian prisoner Mohannad Odeh from the town of Aroorah north of Ramallah in the West bank, filed a complaint to the lawyer of the Mandela Organization. His complaint might seem strange in the civilized world. He never knew why the Israeli prison administration transferred him to a hospital and why he was subjected to a surgery he knew nothing about since he is healthy.

He made it quite clear that he never suffered any health problems. But still he found himself being transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beir Elsabba (Beer Sheba).

He was requested to sign papers that should he died they can transfer and use his organs. He refused to sign and requested to see his family or get in contact with them before he was taken to the operating theatre. But the prison Administration denied him this request.

He was sedated, taken to the operating room, operated on without his consent. When he woke up, he found himself surrounded by Israeli doctors and medical instruments and pipes. What organs were taken? Or what kind of experimenting was done on such helpless prisoners?
Israel is breaching the International law inside and outside prisons. Palestinians are treated as if they have no human rights or dignity, and the international community is still debating should they interfere or not? Is it OK to allow hearing aids reach the Palestinian children who lost their hearing because of the Israeli bombings or not? Is it ok to make a man strip naked and dance for the soldiers’ sick pleasure? Is it ok to beat and torture a human
being? Is it ok to perform surgery on healthy, NON consenting adults or children? These and other questions must be answered by not only the Israeli government, the USA who funds Israel, but the whole world as well.

What is happening is outrageous. I hereby do request that the human rights groups and establishments conduct formal investigations and hold whoever is guilty- accountable for crimes against humanity.

Under no law it is accepted to breach human rights, occupied or not occupied, imprisoned or free. Should such outrageous breaches happen to a USA or UK citizen, the story would be on all the international front page news.
However because it is Palestinians who are being tortured and their organs are being taken away and their bodies are experimented on illegally, no one cares to report that. The world turns a blind eye.

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