Re: Yes, There is Apartheid in Israel

TFB muslim piggy. Go complain to the royal
family of Saudi Barbaria.

"4PeaceMirelle" <anaminaam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> This Road is for Jews Only
>
> Yes, There is Apartheid in Israel
>
> By SHULAMIT ALONI
>
> Jewish self-righteousness is taken for granted among ourselves to such
> an extent that we fail to see what's right in front of our eyes. It's
> simply inconceivable that the ultimate victims, the Jews, can carry
> out evil deeds. Nevertheless, the state of Israel practises its own,
> quite violent, form of Apartheid with the native Palestinian
> population.
>
> The US Jewish Establishment's onslaught on former President Jimmy
> Carter is based on him daring to tell the truth which is known to all:
> through its army, the government of Israel practises a brutal form of
> Apartheid in the territory it occupies. Its army has turned every
> Palestinian village and town into a fenced-in, or blocked-in,
> detention camp. All this is done in order to keep an eye on the
> population's movements and to make its life difficult. Israel even
> imposes a total curfew whenever the settlers, who have illegally
> usurped the Palestinians' land, celebrate their holidays or conduct
> their parades.
>
> If that were not enough, the generals commanding the region frequently
> issue further orders, regulations, instructions and rules (let us not
> forget: they are the lords of the land). By now they have
> requisitioned further lands for the purpose of constructing "Jewish
> only" roads. Wonderful roads, wide roads, well-paved roads, brightly
> lit at night--all that on stolen land. When a Palestinian drives on
> such a road, his vehicle is confiscated and he is sent on his way.
>
> On one occasion I witnessed such an encounter between a driver and a
> soldier who was taking down the details before confiscating the
> vehicle and sending its owner away. "Why?" I asked the soldier. "It's
> an order--this is a Jews-only road", he replied. I inquired as to
> where was the sign indicating this fact and instructing [other]
> drivers not to use it. His answer was nothing short of amazing. "It is
> his responsibility to know it, and besides, what do you want us to do,
> put up a sign here and let some antisemitic re****ter or journalist
> take a photo so he that can show the world that Apartheid exists
> here?"
>
> Indeed Apartheid does exist here. And our army is not "the most moral
> army in the world" as we are told by its commanders. Sufficient to
> mention that every town and every village has turned into a detention
> centre and that every entry and every exit has been closed, cutting it
> off from arterial traffic. If it were not enough that Palestinians are
> not allowed to travel on the roads paved 'for Jews only', on their
> land, the current GOC found it necessary to land an additional blow on
> the natives in their own land with an "ingenious proposal".
>
> Humanitarian activists cannot trans****t Palestinians either.
>
> Major-General Naveh, renowned for his superior patriotism, has issued
> a new order. Coming into affect on 19 January, it prohibits the
> conveyance of Palestinians without a permit. The order determines that
> Israelis are not allowed to trans****t Palestinians in an Israeli
> vehicle (one registered in Israel regardless of what kind of
> numberplate it carries) unless they have received explicit permission
> to do so. The permit relates to both the driver and the Palestinian
> passenger. Of course none of this applies to those whose labour serves
> the settlers. They and their employers will naturally receive the
> required permits so they can continue to serve the lords of the land,
> the settlers.
>
> Did man of peace President Carter truly err in concluding that Israel
> is creating Apartheid? Did he exaggerate? Don't the US Jewish
> community leaders recognise the International Convention on the
> Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination of 7 March 1966, to
> which Israel is a signatory? Are the US Jews who launched the loud and
> abusive campaign against Carter for supposedly maligning Israel's
> character and its democratic and humanist nature unfamiliar with the
> International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the
> Crime of Apartheid of 30 November 1973? Apartheid is defined therein
> as an international crime that among other things includes using
> different legal instruments to rule over different racial groups, thus
> depriving people of their human rights. Isn't freedom of travel one of
> these rights?
>
> In the past, the US Jewish community leaders were quite familiar with
> the meaning of those conventions. For some reason, however, they are
> convinced that Israel is allowed to contravene them. It's OK to kill
> civilians, women and children, old people and parents with their
> children, deliberately or otherwise without accepting any
> responsibility. It's permissible to rob people of their lands, destroy
> their crops, and cage them up like animals in the zoo. From now on,
> Israelis and International humanitarian organisations' volunteers are
> prohibited from assisting a woman in labour by taking her to the
> hospital. [Israeli human rights group] Yesh Din volunteers cannot take
> a robbed and beaten-up Palestinian to the police station to lodge a
> complaint. (Police stations are located at the heart of the
> settlements.) Is there anyone who believes that this is not Apartheid?
>
> Jimmy Carter does not need me to defend his reputation that has been
> sullied by Israelophile community officials. The trouble is that their
> love of Israel distorts their judgment and blinds them from seeing
> what's in front of them. Israel is an occupying power that for 40
> years has been oppressing an indigenous people, which is entitled to a
> sovereign and independent existence while living in peace with us. We
> should remember that we too used very violent terror against foreign
> rule because we wanted our own state. And the list of victims of
> terror is quite long and extensive.
>
> We do limit ourselves to denying the [Palestinian] people human
> rights. We not only rob of them of their freedom, land and water. We
> apply collective punishment to millions of people and even, in revenge-
> driven frenzy, destroy the electricity supply for one and half million
> civilians. Let them "sit in the darkness" and "starve".
>
> Employees cannot be paid their wages because Israel is holding 500
> million shekels that belong to the Palestinians. And after all that we
> remain "pure as the driven snow". There are no moral blemishes on our
> actions. There is no racial separation. There is no Apartheid. It's an
> invention of the enemies of Israel. Hooray for our brothers and
> sisters in the US! Your devotion is very much appreciated. You have
> truly removed a nasty stain from us. Now there can be an extra spring
> in our step as we confidently abuse the Palestinian population, using
> the "most moral army in the world".
>
> [Translated by Sol Salbe]
>
> Shulamit Aloni is the former Education Minister of Israel. She has
> been awarded both the Israel Prize and the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights
> Award by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
>
> http://www.counterpunch.org/aloni01082007.html
>
> http://aliyaallzionists.wordpress.com/jews-only-by-pass-roads/
>
>  Mirelle