The Hanukkah Massacre in GAZA:
The Sacrificial Lamb to the
Israeli-American-Arab Interests
By Mohamed Khodr
ccun.org, December 30, 2008
“What thou hast done to thyself none else did,
Thou has
caused pain to the spirit of the Prophet
Ignorant of the witchery of
the Frank (the west),
Behold the mischief hidden in his sleeve!
By
his diplomacy all nations prostrate,
Unity of the Arabs crushed to
pieces,
As long as they are caught in his vicious trap,
The Arabs
shall not enjoy a moment's peace."
--Muhammad Iqbal, famed Pakistani
Poet, “The Glory of Iqbal”, by Shakyh Abdul-Hanan Ali Nadwi
“The
Arabs are right when they paint America as a great Zionist conspiracy”
--Douglas Rushkoff, New York University and other Schools, “Wrestling
with Zion”, Grove Press, 2003
(Author of: Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism”, among many
other books)
"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are
all his accomplices."
-- Edward R. Murrow, the famed CBS Journalist
and Anchor
While the Christians celebrate the birth of the
Prince of Peace, Bush the Christian offers one last massacre gift to
Israel during Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, where the only
Jewish light seen over Gaza is Bush’s green light to dispose of
Palestinian civilians and the lights of missiles and rockets fired from
the latest American war planes courtesy of the ignorant but complicit
American taxpayer.
As of this writing 284 Palestinians
have been murdered, over 700 injured (many in critical condition); most
are innocent civilians living in the most densely populated area in the
world—Gaza. This is the highest one day total of dead and
injured by Israel’s terrorism since its founding in 1948.
Given Israel’s total siege of Gaza for over 18 months preventing any
food, water, medicines, and fuel to enter, the injured are taken to the
only hospital in Gaza where the siege ensured that not enough medical
supplies are available to save the dying infant, the pregnant mother, or
the elderly grandparent.
Bush and Rice after receiving the
highest awards and most expensive gifts, including over $350,000 of
Jewelry for Condi Rice from Saudi Arabia, the Gulf nations, and Jordan,
justify Israel’s slaughter with the usual mantra that Israel has the
right to “retaliate and defend itself”. For eight years Bush and
Rice have not only defended Israel’s massacres but actually provided
military and financial support as it launched military strikes across
its borders attacking the Occupied Territories, the 2006 indiscriminate
bombing for 34 days of Lebanon including the dropping of 1.5 million
cluster bombs three days before the ceasefire, to the bombing of the
alleged Syrian nuclear facility.
And what did the
new and improved “hope and change” President elect Obama say regarding
the genocide in Gaza: “NO COMMENT”.
Israel’s
slaughter has taught Obama a lesson even before he takes office—don’t
mess with Israel or you’ll be burned. He’s shackled by his
strong support of Israel during his candidacy and by his Jewish occupied
White House. Obama will begin his term fearful of the Israeli
lobby and devoid of any chutzpah to alter events in the MidEast,
especially in reigning Israel’s wanton power to strike at will, even
against Iran, having been castrated by a foreign lobby, much like the
dog he seeks for his daughters.
The
American-Israeli-Arab alliance became the “axis of evil” to eliminate
all Islamic resistance and political parties in the Middle East, all
under the pretext of a “war on terror” and the establishment of
democracy and liberty in the Middle East, something this evil alliance
truly fears lest it leads to the overthrow of Arab tyrannical
dictatorships, ends America’s cheap access to oil, and the unification
of the entire Arab Muslim world against Israel’s military hegemony in
the region.
"Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name."
--Madam Rolande -from the guillotine platform during the French
Revolution
Gaza—Oh, Gaza---you bleed, you die, you’re buried in
total obscurity from a world that has surrendered you to Israel to do as
it wills. Given that America, Israel, and the Arab
governments have all declared you an “enemy entity” and all Gaza
Palestinians as “enemy combatants” you’re total annihilation is
justified in the eyes of this evil axis.
While Israel is
the actual murderer, Pro-American tyrannical Arab regimes are the
enablers, the second green lighters if you will. In
public they issue the usual “condemnations”, “laying the blame and
responsibility on Israel”, calling for an urgent Arab summit and
demanding a halt to all military actions, calling upon the Security
Council to meet knowing very well that both the United Nations and Arab
League are American proxies, all the while in private they support
Israel’s genocide against Hamas and Hezbollah despite the massacre of
thousands of civilians.
During the inhumane strangling siege of
Gaza, Egypt closed its borders to either provide supplies to the
starving Palestinian children or allow the sick and injured Palestinians
to enter Egypt for treatment, meanwhile providing gas to Israel.
Not one single Arab government came to the humanitarian rescue of the
beleaguered Palestinians, in effect supporting the Israeli-American
determination to eliminate Hamas at any cost.
Two days prior to
this slaughter Tzipi Livni, Israel’s Foreign Minister and Kadima Party
candidate for Prime Minister, visited Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,
Israel’s closest Arab ally, to announce that Israel will launch an
offensive to eliminate Hamas. Did Mubarak give his Arab
green light to this slaughter? Secondly, Mahmoud Abbas,
“President” of the West Bank, visited Bush in the Oval office.
Did Abbas, the Israeli American darling, give his approval for this
slaughter?
As customary in Israeli elections candidates compete
as to who is the greater genocider of Palestinians, who will continue
the mass construction of illegal settlements, sabotage any international
peace efforts, and lay the groundwork for the eventual expulsion of
Palestinians from their occupied land. Given that
Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud’s right wing extremist candidate, promises the
greater genocide of Palestinians, Livni, his opponent, must project a
stronger determination to be the Palestinian Terminator.
Among
Livni’s candidate proposals is to expel Israeli Arab citizens from their
homes (again) and settle them in the future Palestinian “state”; in
effect proposing another ethnic cleansing. (Haaretz 12/11/08)
In the middle is Ehud Barak, the Labor Party Defense Minister, who
endured intense political criticism for his “soft” approach to Gaza’s
rockets, thus this Hanukkah massacre to bolster his political position.
He states that this will be a long and painful military onslaught until
Hamas is in effect eliminated from Palestine. To further increase
his popularity he promises a massive ground invasion.
This is
the same Barak who stated the following when he was Prime Minister
during the Second Intafada:
"If we thought that instead of 200
Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a
stroke, we would use much more force...."
-- Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Barak, quoted in Associated Press, November 16, 2000
Although Barak, a military hero, did recognize the legitimacy of the
Palestinian resistance by saying:
"I would have joined a
terrorist organization."
-- Ehud Barak's response to Gideon Levy, a
columnist for the Haaretz newspaper, when Barak was asked what he would
have done if he had been born a Palestinian.
But what about the
Arab League of Despots, Tyrants, and Corrupt Traitors of Islam and
Arabs?
As usual, the Arab League has called for an immediate
summit of Arab leaders to discuss the genocide in Gaza. So far
less than half of the leaders have agreed to attend although they may
send low level representatives. Arab leaders are more
competent in fighting each other than fighting foreign domination or
deadly occupations. Where have the trillions of oil
dollars gone? Where have the hundreds of billions of dollars of
purchased American weapons gone---gathering dust in the Arabian Desert?
Such weapons are meant as symbolic deterrents against each other and
Iran but are meaningless in any war given that the Arab military forces
are just as illiterate, incompetent, lazy and corrupt as their leaders.
But let’s assume that there is an Arab Summit to pacify the Arab
street. Here’s what will happen.
Several leaders won’t attend because of their hurt feelings from words
spoken by other leaders, because America says so, and because they want
to save face due to the consistent abject failure of Arabs to do
anything meaningful internally or externally.
There are 57 Muslim nations and 50 Muslim Ambassadors in Washington D.C.
with only one Israeli Ambassador. Can you guess who has the
real power in D.C? Who’s on television defending the genocide,
who’s writing op-eds in the major papers, who’s on radio, who’s
launching the most aggressive public relations campaign to justify the
genocide? Obviously it’s not the 50 Muslim Ambassadors who are
totally absent from the American political, social, and media scene.
They are true reflections of their leaders in their total incompetence.
But wait, you can find them in D.C. at strip clubs, exclusive night
clubs, parading with beautiful women, and….well, you get the picture.
They are on an “Alcoholic Jihad” while the majority of American Muslims
and American Muslim organizations are laying low with their cowardly
heads buried in their comfort niches content with launching a “Jihad by
Email” in the usual hallmark of reactive actions.
Like their brethren natives back home, American Muslims despite their
wealth and high education are AWOL, disconnected from the suffering of
Muslims around the world fearful of losing their jobs, of being
harassed, or worst, ending up on a “list”.
Back to the
Arab League:
If they meet, here’s their patented Arab
bellicose communiqué:
“We condemn Israel’s aggression, demand
the world interferes and stop all military actions, call for the full
support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians based on U.N.
Resolutions 242, 338 and a lifting of the siege of Gaza, encourage Obama
to adopt the Arab Peace Plan and his direct involvement to resolve the
conflict (obviously not their responsibility), demand Israel allow
humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, and indirectly criticize Hamas for this
Israeli massacre.”
The final part of the Communiqué will
read (my interpretation):
“If Israel persists again on
killing another thousand Palestinians, the Arab League will call for
another Summit to discuss that genocide too.”
Israel was founded
by terrorism with support of the British and American “democracies”.
It lives by terrorism, and God willing will end by terrorism.
A nation that massacres its neighbors and mankind by the sword shall
perish by the sword, that according to the Old Testament (Exodus 21:14)
and the New Testament (Matthew 26:52).
“Israeli-Zionist society
is predicated on a concept of religious/national exclusivity, resting on
the distinction between “Jew” and “Non-Jew” that is institutionalized
into all the formal state structures and on a concept of democracy as no
more than rule by the majority without any protection of the right of
minorities. Israel’s approach to conflict resolution is based on
the premise that “might makes right”, coupled with a complete disregard
for internationally recognized standards of state behavior and, as
noted, a particularly cavalier disregard for the principles and
resolutions of the United Nations….Indeed---the Machiavellian power
machinations of persons, such as Henry Kissinger---who gave Israel carte
blanche in the Middle East to assure its effectiveness as a “surrogate
power” for American interests---or the craven subservience and political
expediency of those members of Congress who have wanted the money and
votes domestic pro-Israeli forces could deliver…the common denominator
amongst all the American peace efforts is their abysmal failure.”
---Cheryl A. Rubenburg, Associate Professor of International
Relations, Florida International University in “Anti-Zionism: Analytical
Reflections”, p. 195
My dear Palestinians, you are alone in
this world forsaken even by your own incompetent disunited power hungry
leaders whose allegiance is not to you but to foreign interests.
They are ignorant and disillusioned in their belief that there is an
actual governmental institution that each seeks to dominate.
Abu Abbas has thrown his lot with the Israeli-American-Arab alliance
that seeks to eliminate the freely elected Hamas in Gaza. While
Hamas has shown its total political failure unable to comprehend that
“irrational exuberance”, and enthusiasm served with foolish bellicosity
is no match for Israel’s 3M domination of the western world’s foreign
policy: Money—Media—Military Power.
Although Hamas is a legitimate resistance movement its policies and
methods of resistance are utterly stupid and counterproductive.
The time, place, and circumstances that allowed other national
resistance movements to succeed is totally lacking in Palestine:
unity of purpose and collaboration---easy access to financial aid and
military weapons from foreign powers---well trained militias and
competent charismatic political and military leaders---successful short
and long term strategic plans---and most importantly, a savvy knowledge
on media manipulation and public relations. These
elements are what made the Zionist terrorist groups successful in their
theft of Palestine and the ethnic cleansing of its people.
Neither Fatah, Hamas, or any other Palestinian party or group is blessed
with these elements. It’s incredulous that there are
multiple Palestinian parties disunited in purpose and often are fighting
each other than their occupier.
Hamas, created with
Israel’s aid and blessings, has failed its people in providing them with
their most basic needs or providing the political and public relation
leaders able to articulate and communicate the legitimacy of their cause
to the outside world. Hamas, when will you learn that the
world lives and dies by the “image” of events? Israel can
kill and within seconds have articulate spokespersons on television
justifying their actions, yet you’re unable to develop any relations
with any worldwide media to present your case. In this, you’re
joined by the entire Arab Muslim world.
Stop the madness of the
useless rockets that recently killed two Palestinian girls.
They do nothing but provide Israel the excuse and the support of the
international community to massacre the innocent. The
entire world including Mahmoud Abbas and the Arab Muslim world join
America, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations (the four
stooges of the Road Map) in blaming you for Israel’s slaughter even if
Israel attacks Gaza preemptively. Fight with intellectual
vigor, with intelligence, with a media savvy campaign, develop
articulate English speaking spokespersons, utilize the internet, but
stop the counterproductive bellicosity and stupid rockets.
In today’s world “image” wins western hearts and minds, especially of
Americans. You’re facing the most powerful “evil empires” in the
world, America and Israel, and you can’t win.
I beg you, for the
sake of the four year old Palestinian girl shot through the head by an
Israeli sniper, bury her in peace and bury your rockets and pompous
words and begin a resistance of non-violence. You’ll pay a
heavy price but all independence struggles demand huge sacrifices.
In few Arab and Muslim cities protestors are expressing
their anger against America and Israel. I say to them and to
all Muslims, first clean your house of the tyrants, hold on to God’s
covenant, and patiently develop your economic and military strength and
you will ultimately succeed in liberating your lives, lands, and
resources from America’s imperialism that uses its military as an
instrument to satisfy the selfish unlimited consumption of its people.
“Indeed, Allah will never change the condition of a people until
they change what is in themselves.”
(Quran 13:11)
The
massacre of the Palestinians continues unabated with blood, tears, and
screams going unseen and unheard by a callous world. The Arab
leaders have done their part—most have issued “press releases” to urge a
return to the cease fire that Israel broke and indirectly blame Hamas
for forcing Israel’s hand, the hand that has never stopped killing and
expelling Palestinians since 1948. No Arab leader has
publicly appeared to condemn this atrocity.
Israel’s brilliant
media strategy is to prevent western journalists from entering Gaza to
document the dead and charred bodies lining the streets while allowing
free access to the Arab media to further inflame the Arab Muslim world
against American policies and interests, perhaps leading to terrorism
against Americans and their institution, thereby justifying Israel’s
“war of terror upon the innocent”. You see America, these
Arabs and Muslims are hate filled terrorists indoctrinated by Islam’s
teaching of killing Jews and Christians.
The dead
Palestinians are martyrs who will enter Paradise, but it is us, the
living, who will continue to endure hell on earth at the hands of the
Israeli-American-Arab axis of evil with their smart bombs and stupid
policies.
“As for those who take the deniers of the truth
for their allies in preference to the believers - do they hope to be
honored by them when, behold, all honor belongs to God alone?
(Quran 4:139)
Our constant hope is that in the end Divine
Justice will prevail against the murderous oppressors.
Long live
Palestine and its yearning for freedom and independence from the “axis
of evil”.
References:
http://guardian.150m.com/palestine/resources.htm (A list of Online
Books on Israel and Palestine: some links are lost, excellent
bibliography for in depth reading)
http://www.christusrex.org/www2/koestler/index.html (Arthur
Koestler’s book online: The 13th Tribe; how European Jews arose from the
Kingdom of Khazaria and not from the original Israelites)
http://palestinethinktank.com/
(Excellent Analytical Site on the Israeli Palestine conflict)
http://palestineremembered.com/ (Comprehensive/Excellent Informative
Site on all issues of Israel’s Terrorism/Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine)
http://ifamericansknew.org/
(Great site by an American Journalist on the Israeli Palestinian
conflict)
http://thirdworldtraveler.com/ (Superb Site of Archived
Articles/Books on the most critical issues of today)
http://usa.mediamonitors.net/
(Site of wide ranging articles on the MidEast, U.S. foreign policy,
Muslim world)
http://www.aljazeerah.info/ (Critical Political Articles and Islamic
teachings)
http://axisoflogic.com/ (Good Analytical Articles on worldwide
issues)
http://antiwar.com/
(Best site on Antiwar Articles)
http://counterpunch.org/
(Excellent Site/Newsletter with well known authors)
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/27/7322
http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/SubjectIndexM.htm (Most
Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem by Issa Nakhleh)
http://etalmud.com/index.php?paged=2
(Good Review of the Talmud)
http://www.chomsky.info/articles/199112--02.htm (Noam Chomsky:
International Terrorism: Image and Reality
In Alexander George (ed.),
Western State
Terrorism, Routledge, December, 1991)
http://www.noahide.com/yeshu.htm (The Blasphemous belief of
Hasidic Jews regarding Jesus/Mary)
*According to former Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Likud, terrorism can be justified in the
service of (Zionist but not Palestinian) national struggle: « Neither
Jewish morality nor Jewish tradition can be used to deny the morality of
terror used as a means of war.... We are very far from any moral
hesitations when concerned with national struggle. First and foremost,
terror is part of the political war appropriate for the circumstances of
today”
-- Hazit (Aug.1943, Journal of Lehi, the terrorist
organization Shamir led before Israel’s independence
Let us not
ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors
and they defend themselves... The country is theirs, because they
inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their
view we want to take away from them their country."
--David Ben Gurion, quoted on pp 91-2 of Chomsky's “Fateful
Triangle”, which appears in Simha Flapan's "Zionism and the Palestinians
pp 141-2 citing a 1938 speech.
"Israel may have the right to put
others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish
people and the State of Israel on trial."
-- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 25 March, 2001 quoted in BBC
News Online
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