The mirror
Americas abject subservience to the government of Israel has led us into deep complicity in Israels shocking air and ground military assault on 1.5 million defenseless human beings called Palestinians who are crowded in a hellhole called Gaza…one remains already amazed that human beings could survive in that hot, humid land covered constantly with a heavy blanket of dust…and now bombs and tanks. Remember, apart from Hamas and it’s fighters there are people like you and me there, schools, kids, teenage couples, students, families, even good looking girls (some might have big breast, too)…think of bombing me, for example, not just some faceless “people” you retain…”others”.
This “others” could not escape, because Israel long ago converted Gaza, a tiny coastal strip adjacent to Israel and only the size of an area you drive through in minutes across and a few hours along…”depends on the traffic”, into a miserable outdoor prison. Shoah comes to mind inevitably. Inmates are effectively locked down around the clock, except for a few injured who are permitted to seek medical care in Egypt. For 18 months they suffered from an Israeli blockade. Food and medical supplies dwindle dangerously. Even before the assault, electricity was intermittent and food supplies dangerously low. The number of infants, children and young mothers delivering in unhuman conditions that died due to lack of normal living and medical care conditons during last year and a half is difficult to establish, and even more difficult to pubblically announce, as media is not in favour of exposing such theme, protecting the “untouchables”.
Eighty percent of the inhabitants of Gaza are victims of Israels illegal expansion into Arab territory in the Jewish states early history. They, or their forebears, fled into Gaza as a place of refuge when they were forced by Israeli military units to leave their homes in what is now Israel. and again Shoah inevitably comes to mind.
As I write, 5hundrieds of Palestinians have been killed and over 3,000 injuredmany of them women and children. It’s not over, as I write new israeli attack is taking place. The pretext for this most recent assault on Gaza are homemade missiles launched by Hamas supporters in Gaza that occasionally hit a nearby Israeli village. The missiles caused four Israeli deaths, a few injuries and some destruction. These bombings are also a lamentable violation of international law, but they hardly justify the massacre Israel has inflicted on Gazans.
The plight of Gazans intensified when they voted to power several years ago members of Hamas, a political organization that Israel helped bring into being years ago as a political counterweight to the PLO. Hamas developed into a large, independent and popular organization that provided needed social and other services before emerging as a strong critic of Israels mistreatment of Palestinians. The leadership proposed an extended ceasefire without response from Israel.
The moment Hamas gained authority in a free and fair election, the U.S. government began conspiring privately with Israel on ways to reverse forcibly the electorates decision. So much for the democratic process. But we are used to this.
I state that the spate of homemade rockets does not give Israel either the moral or legal authority to punish the entire population of Gaza.
I get surprissed when I hear Us. goverment representatives stating that Israel had no choice. But americas political structure and most of american media are bereft of balanced appraisal… and almost all the Members of Congress toe the Israeli line and express supportive words.The Palestinian death toll measures in hundrieds with over two thousand seriously injured. In contrast, less than ten Israeli soldiers were killed and a handful injured. Only Aljazeera television has kept the Arab world fully informed with regular glimpses of the true extent of death and injury suffered by Gazans.
The American people, largely unaware about their governments subservience to Israel, are unwitting partners in the inhuman brutality being inflicted on the people of Gaza. The fighter planes, helicopter gun-ships, tanks, and missiles used to visit death, injury and destruction upon the Palestinians are gifts of the U.S. government. In the UN Security Council, only the United States opposed a call for an immediate ceasefire. Without Americas unconditional military and political support, Israel could never carry out the destruction of Gaza or its humiliation of Palestinians in the West Bank and other war crimes. Americas indifference to the plight of Gazans makes me wonder if american citizens have lost all capacity for moral outrage.
If you wish to find out who is really responsible for Israels scofflaw behavior and war crimes, you might have to look in the mirror.
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January 30th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I’m proud of you Ms Big Breast & Big Brain Anekee! The situation is intresting and alarming (even if most of all get used to listen to it), the propaganda is high, and the history is mostly unknown (I mean before the 2nd WW). Now, lots of persons would say that speaking about it won’t change anything, but let’s consider that most of american and european delegated politicians this “off-shore” matters and, in a certain way, they switched off their mind and conscience… nad obviously this happens particularly when people suffers for economic problems (and when they have too much money too). Just only ONE question now, it can sounds banal, but is not: why WE do support Israel?? Perhaps ’cause we let politicians doing their own interest, and there are many many israel-american citizens… So I totally agree (this time) with Anekee’s thought, and from my side I ask anyone to …to know to think and feel responsable for this terrible and grim reality! Something could change if everybody would fell involved, don’t you think? (I’m too optimist, Anekee? Yes, I know…)
January 30th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Are you truying to say that the Gaza people were slaughtered for no reason?
And that the only obvious reason is (again) religion?
I think it is somekind of reprisal. A cowardice payback for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I am using cowardice here because I understand that the Gaza muslims are the weakest and the most defenceless in the Middle East.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Cowardice also because the Americans didn’t do it theirselfs, but “sponsored” the Israeli…
January 31st, 2009 at 9:41 pm
The Israeli government conducted three weeks of lightning warfare with the full arsenal of a modern military against a civilian population in whose midst lurked small numbers of irregulars. The result was the use of a hammer to swat at mosquitoes. While no people should have to live in fear of regular attack by rocket fire, the disproportionate and prolonged response by the Israeli military shows that once again the government is willing to throw all illusions of peace to the wind and brutalize once again the civilian population without whose goodwill a lasting peace will never be possible. Further, it is wrong for the Israeli government to issue a blanket order masking the identity of military personnel who took part in the operation, soas to shield members of the army from war crimes prosecution. Oh, how far the Israelis have fallen on the moral ladder.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Deep enough, Bill, to making me free to detach completely the current Jewish “question” from anything that happend to Jews in the past. On the Holocaust Remembrance Day, every Jew should be ashamed of TODAY while we all are remembering THE PAST.
February 4th, 2009 at 12:45 am
First some facts, if I may:
Countries with Largest Jewish Populations
Rank Country Jews % of World Jewish Population
1 Israel 5,313,800 40.6%
2 United States 5,275,000 40.3%
3 France 491,500 3.8%
4 Canada 373,500 2.9%
5 United Kingdom 297,000 2.3%
6 Russia 228,000 1.7%
7 Argentina 184,500 1.4%
8 Germany 118,000 0.9%
9 Australia 103,000 0.8%
10 Brazil 96,500 0.7%
11 Ukraine 80,000 0.6%
12 South Africa 72,000 0.6%
13 Hungary 49,700 0.4%
14 Mexico 39,800 0.3%
15 Belgium 31,200 0.2%
UNITED STATES AT A GLANCE
Religion
56 percent of the population is Protestant.
28 percent of the population is Roman Catholic.
2 percent of the population is Jewish.
4 percent of the population is categorized as “other.”
10 percent of the population does not follow a religion.
NOTE: There are no statistics for the percentage of the U.S. population who are Muslim. Estimates of the numbers of American Muslims range from 5 to 7 million. The U.S. State Department notes that Islam is one of the fastest-growing religions in the U.S. and by the year 2010 the U.S. Muslim population is expected to surpass the U.S. Jewish population.
Now there are about the same number of Muslims and Jews in the U.S. I the whole world there are many more Muslims than Jews. I confess I don’t understand the western countries that seem to back Israel in this barbaric attack. And I don’t understand why Hamas deliberately brings the Israeli war machine down on it’s own people, by firing rockets into civilian populations.
It is said that the terrorist attacks against the U.S. were retaliations for the U.S. support of Israel. But the U.S. also has close ties with Saudi Arabia.
It’s madness and there seems to be no end in sight…
February 4th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
But wait…is Jew a definition of ethnic group, cultural group or a religious group in your stats? Cos’ others are just religions. And as far as concerning me…religions can stay at home between 4 walls, like sex and it’s deviations…after all, a religion is a cultural ddeviation of a human mind (Anekee docet!)
February 4th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Imagine rockets fall everyday on Milano , I think the reaction of Israel is reasonable but unfortunatelly in every war there are will be innocent victims but palestinian people are victims of hamas
February 4th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I try to imagine that first italian goverment has invaded notherrn territories off from Milano, then they were trying to produce a local Party financing it to beat the old enemy (Hamas against PLO), then, when seeing that this new local Party is getting too much possibilities and is becoming more of a threat rather than allied partner against the old enemy, interfering with elections in order to beat this new party, and as they won anyway, isolating lake Como area for 18 months in order to make that party they innitialy sponsored fall…but causing misery and poverty of innocent civilians…and if then there were rockets fired from that lake Como area after all the shit italian goverment was producing before, then I would definetly not feel like I have to defend my town Milano from them but from my own goverment…especially if this total attack on Como would be a Berlusconi idea to reinforce his election camapin (as Tzipi Livni did)…shit, Sergey, I have some common sense left, don’t under estimate me!
February 4th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Sweetheart, that’s right, but Israel people do not want live in war,everyone want tove in piece 4ever. But also politicians of Israel are weak . Two years they can not release Israeli soldier from hamas but it is also know that hamas is supported by Siriya ,Iran, Hizballa.This is the chain. Israel invested money in Gaza before in order to give gazans to develop themselves. but all money gone to hands of terorists before was arafat, yasin, now hamas and all money goes to their hand instead of to develop gaza as country. Hamas only interested in destroying israel why ? what’s the reason. the same like it was in september 11. All people in gaza was celebrating this event like ” holiday ” for them that in one day almost 3000 people died. was celebrating whay ? they happy that people died that they even didn’t know them . They a litle bit crazy. And all population of gaza now is hostages of hamas. Hamas is not interested if it is women dies or childrens because they even rise children to fight and those moms very proud that their son at age 5 takes gun and will comite suicide and will be in the heaven with 40 virgins. This is very wild fanatic view and faith. Sweety, hamas uses gaza people in wars also. The more civilians will die the more pressure on Israel will be this is their power , and in this way they think they win.
Therefore hamas must be licidated and it must stop firing rockets on Israel territories and kirden gardens.
February 4th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
The reason for blocade that first off all Israel was trying to resolve the conflict not by the power by victims of the war but by this way ,because of the rockets on israely territories.Israel gave them gaza and they instead to devlop themselfes they started build rockets and fire it on israely teritories. that the reason that all borders in gaza are closed. it is like sunctions
February 13th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
“But wait…is Jew a definition of ethnic group, cultural group or a religious group in your stats? Cos’ others are just religions. And as far as concerning me…religions can stay at home between 4 walls, like sex and it’s deviations…after all, a religion is a cultural ddeviation of a human mind (Anekee docet!)”
It’s a semantic distinction, I know, but it’s an important point to bring up. Jewishness is, i.m.h.o., a religious quality, first and a cultural quality second. Jews are not different ethnically from the Arabs. They are all Semetic.
It’s like the idea that some people are “hispanic”. There is no “hispanic race”, but it’s almost considered to be a race, because of strong physical and cultural ties.
This is a central question in Israeli Identity! Israel was created as a homeland for “the Jews”, but there are none jews living there. These “non-jews”, (muslims, christians, etc.), are they considered “citizens of Israel”, with full rights and priviledges? I think that they are considered 2nd class citizens, and are marginalized by the main-stream population, and yet Israel is touted as the only “democracy” in the region.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
nice writing! i love to see some action about opinions!mine is the same of israelian palestine war…peace is the only solution to stop all revolutions!
February 19th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Peace is the goal, but what are the means?
November 9th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Peace is not the goal…never was, and ever since Orwell described this sindrom there is no illusion left. War is business, terror gives a way for control, and peace…? ..only for the one that kicked the bucket.
Dear members, please, get an avatar…it’s easy, just send a desired pic to a anekeeblog@gmail.com. …it’s so much easier for everybody to follow.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
inner peace is the goal, but then you need war upon others to reach that. This is humanity
November 17th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I find the discussion fascinating, but a few important points missed.
First off, you’re dealing with a community that not only has been through thousands of years of war, many people in the area are still at war for reasons long forgotten. I don’t care what the religious reasons are, religion has been used as means for political gain for as long as religion has been a factor (the Egyptian kings were considered ‘Gods’). You insist that America, in it’s subtle workings, has worked to keep this war going and without that perhaps it wouldn’t be today? America is doing what it can, perhaps not specifically in Israel, but in the Middle East in general, to end this seemingly never ending war. And what they have done has been as effective as it could be, but look at what you’re trying to end. You’re not just ending a war that no one says they want, you’re trying to end an entire lifestyle. It’s what they know. It’s what their parents and grand parents knew. You can’t just end the reasons for the fight, you can’t force them to stop, you have to change the entire thinking of the entire culture. This is nearly impossible to do. I’m not saying the effort shouldn’t be made, but…
It was earlier stated that any attention given to Israel has been waned since we’re now distracted with our own financial crisis. And as well we (the United States, as well as most Western cultured countries) should be. Afterall, who appointed any of these countries world police? Yeah, sure, if they have the resources and ability to help out, with power comes such responsibility (sorry, it may be a tired out quote by this point, but it is still a valid point). But, right now, they’re all under so much stress that we really have to look back to ourselves and deal with our own problems before policing up everyone elses.
These aren’t my only thoughts on this, but I didn’t want to drag this comment out too long. I will, however, end with what I feel is my most important point: Why Israel? North Korea is under a dilusional tyrant, Haiti is under a constant civil war, there’s just about every country in the Middle East under similar problems as Israel, and just about all of Africa is dealing with warlords and corrupted government. So, why do we decide to focus on Israel when there are so many more issues? Of all of these, is Israel really a top priority?
November 17th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Yes… for the reason of that small detail…they have nuclear weapons.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:41 am
As do many other countries. I don’t completely agree with the US stance on stopping Iran from getting nuclear arms, after all, who are we to say who is to have them and who can’t? Seems a bit hyporcritical of a lot of these Western countries to tell these others that they can’t have the same things we have. On the other hand, there’s too much evidence stating that Iran would use their nukes if they had them, whereas Israel has not.
Bottom line: Those that present themselves more as a world wide threat are the ones being given the most attention. If we gave attention to every little country that has it’s internal strife, we’d be spread even more than we already are, and we’re already stretched too thin.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am
“On the other hand, there’s too much evidence stating that Iran would use their nukes if they had them, whereas Israel has not.”
I couldn’t agree less to this.There is no argument to give me a convincement that Israel would not use those arms if Iran had them. Saying this, what are we exactly talking about here?
November 18th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
What we’re talking about are the militia groups that really hold control of the Irani government, which is the entire reason the Western countries are in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Though, I don’t quite understand what you mean by Israel using arms if Iran had them. Why would Israel use arms that Iran has?