4/14 A teach-in
Israel^s Real History: Palestinian Dispossession and Resistance
It is called a land without a people for a people without a land,
but the founding myths of Israel are no comfort to those of us
who have been watching the last twenty days of Israeli brutality
against the Palestinian people. But rather than representing an
aberration in Israeli policy, the massacres in Jenin and Nablus
are merely a continuation of Israeli policies already in place ^
dispossession, settlement, discrimination, and expansion. The
legacy of the state of Israel is not democracy but a series of
massacres of Palestinians ^ Deir Yassin, Qibya, Sabra, Shatila,
and now Jenin. Come to a teach-in about the real history of
Israel and find out why Palestinians have been resisting Israeli
occupation of Palestinian lands for over 54 years. Featuring
Elias Rishmawi of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination
committee.
Wednesday, April 17th 6PM 100 Wheeler Hall
\_ cool.
\_ history teaches us one thing : might makes right. get over it.
\_ Okay. I haven't gotten involved on the various Israel/Palestine
trolling on the motd, but dude, the above is ridiculous. Granted,
Israel's behavior with regard to Palestine isn't particularly
saintly, and, at times, is downright deplorable. Then again,
given that the widely held Palestinian view is that Israel has
no right to exist and should be destroyed, it's a little absurd
for Palestinian supporters to point at Israel and scream "You
bastards!" Furthermore, this seems to gloss over the fact that
Israel acquired the West Bank as a result of the Seven Days
(sometimes chronicaled as Six Days) War. In case you don't
actually read about history, that's when Egypt mounted a surprise
attack on Israel, because, in the words of Radio Cairo,
"The existence of Israel has continued too long. We welcome the
Israeli aggression we welcome the battle we have long awaited.
The peak hour has come. The battle has come in which we shall
destroy Israel."
Nevermind that Israel has repeatedly tried to return both the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip, but every time that it has done so, it has
been met with ridiculous demands and no concrete promises of
security.
So trolls go ahead. Continue playing the game of 'my side of the
conflict is more subjugated'. Watch as the hordes of Berkeley
faux-intellectual wankers get whiplash as their heads ping-pong
back and forth in a futile attempt to decide which group is more
oppressed. -dans
\_ Sounds like a even-handed scholarly view. ;-p (not) |
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