The Week That Put a Cork in the KeystoneXL and Opened the Floodgates in Palestine

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Wed, 11/19/2014 - 12:00am
Keeping up with the week on the run...
A Message from Mazin:

 
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Mazin Qumsiyeh <mazin@qumsiyeh.org> wrote:
 
    I return to this country (and it is one country) to find the situation more
    tense than it was two weeks ago when I left. An Israeli colonial settler
    runs over Palestinian children killing one 5 year old and injuring another.
    A Palestinian native runs over Israeli border police in Jerusalem killing
    one officer and injuring several. Such incidents are increasing. Zionism
    started here as a colonial movement to change a multi-religious flourishing
    Palestine into JSIL (the Jewish state of Israel in the Levant). The support
    of western powers was and continues to be critical for JSIL's establishment
    and (increasingly more expensive) maintenance.  Colonial movements must
    destroy on one hand the native society and build a new society. In the case
    of colonization of Palestine (now called Israel), the destruction is
    breathtaking. 7 million of us are refugees or displaced people (out of a
    population of 12 million). Land left for us to live on in historic
    Palestine is about 8% (that includes the ghettos left for us in the
    Galilee, Naqab, Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank). Millions of
    settlers from Europe and other parts of the world now control 92% of the
    land, more than 90% of the water, all border crossings, and all other
    natural resources in the country. The Zionist policy of might makes right
    has meant that human rights and international law are not applicable here.
    This adds to the frustration and anger of the native people. The natives
    were deprived of real leadership (previously the PLO) and instead has now a
    “Palestinian Authority” (PA) approved by the US/Israel.  The PA men, more
    concerned for their jobs than the future of Palestine, now act as
    subcontractors for the occupation.  This was the trap that was created in
    the negotiations in Norway in 1993 (subsequently referred to as the Oslo
    accords). Since then, the number of Israeli colonial settlers in the West
    Bank alone rose from 180,000 to 650,000. More and more life for the
    remaining Palestinians has become unbearable (unless they are from the
    elite of the PA, most in Ramallah). And to maintain a racist system meant
    an Israeli educational and social system that increasingly pushes its
    population to the extremes.
 
    The chauvinistic, schizophrenic system marches along the road of fascism
    oblivious to the future. Homes are being destroyed, millions of us are
    denied the right to live in most of our country and even the right to visit
    and pray in churches and mosques in Jerusalem. The efforts of transforming
    the country to look more “Jewish” accelerate especially around Jerusalem
    creating more tensions. Decent Israelis are leaving the system (300,000 now
    live in Germany where the fastest growing Jewish population is). Local
    Palestinians with no place to go are getting desperate. The pressure is
    building as a pressure cooker builds steam. Acts of individual violence
    that we see are merely a symptom of this unsustainable system. And the
    danger is spreading. The Jewish State of Israel in the Levant (ISIL) has to
    have new states like Sunni (ISIS) and Shia and others so that it becomes
    “naturalized” instead of the only apartheid system in Western Asia. Still
    our choices are there: 1) might makes right, or 2) human rights including
    abolishing religion based states and insist on secular democracies. The
    first path leads to a lose-lose situation and the second to a win-win for
    all. There is no lose-win scenario (as MLK once said we either live
    together in equalityas fellow human beings or we perish together as fools).
    Hanging between the two roads will mean only more extremism, more violence,
    and more injustice. Choosing democracy, human rights, and justice is not
    easy and we pay a price (financial, physical etc). It is we the people who
    must push for that (everyone now recognizes that our politicians are mostly
    hypocritical, self-centered fools). The day I returned is also the day the
    US “elections” gave us an even more subservient congress bent on further
    destruction of US economy to serve special interests.  Some of us pay
    heavier prices than others and some are even killed (many of my own
    personal friends were killed in non-violent demonstration). Some lose jobs
    or homes. Some are injured. Some spend years as political prisoners. But
    this is a struggle that is existential and must be engaged in. How to do it
    and maintain dignity, humanity, and inner peace is a challenge. “You can’t
    be neutral on a moving train” so apathy is collusion with oppression. When
    our short time on this earth nears its end, will we regret standing by or
    will we be proud that we tried our best to make it better? The choice is
    obvious.
 
    For those wondering about my nearly two weeks in Europe: I met hundreds of
    people, spoke at over 15 events in three countries (France, Switzerland,
    and Norway), established good contacts and initial discussion that could
    help establish joint projects between our Palestine Museum of Natural
    History and some European groups in ways that bring us closer to
    sustainable development, democracy, and justice (i.e. help us travel along
    that win-win road). All and any partnerships with people who share this
    vision would be welcome. A luta continua (the struggle continues).

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    Daddy Yankee feat. Plan B
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    Once Upon Tha Mic
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    Moviebox Birmingham Limited
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    Dale
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    Cantinas EP
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    Latino Resiste
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    Bersa Discos #6
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    Arianna Puello
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    Asi Lo Siento
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    Apocalypse Soon EP
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