Who are your friends?
Apr. 13th, 2002 04:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pluralthis post started as a response to another post
and began to have a life of its own
so i have continued it here
As sad and confusing as this truth maybe
the palestinians have no better friends
in the middle east
than israel and the jews
if their arab brethren were their friends
then why are they still herded into
refugee camps to suffer
the lowest possible human conditions
in
syria, lebanon and jordan
the refugee camps in the west bank
are joyrides to disneyland in comparison
[i have seen both first hand]
not that i am saying that
life in a west bank refugee camp is easy
its a mighty depressing way of life
but the difference between those camps
and the ones in arab countries
are stark and depressing
Jordan and Syria
have both on occasion
ordered their armies
to shell palestinian refugee camps
slaughtering wholesale
the populations
hell jordan even enacted
a policy of population control
in the late seventies and
early eighties
whenever they felt
the palestinian population
was getting to high
or too unruly
they would slaughter them
In the recent arab summits
every arab nation in the world
have called for an isreali withdrawal
and the creation of a palestinian state
Israel has only occupied those areas
since 1967
the UN mandated a palestinian state
in 1948
where were the arab worlds leaders then
where they were not was attending summits to pressure
jordan into removing it occupation forces
and liberating the palestinian state
the palestinian people are being basely used
used a cannon fodder
used as martyrs and victims
and the only country in the region
which has done anything to help them
is
israel
the combined arab nations
including the immensely wealthy
saudi arabia and kuwait
gave only seven million dollars
in humanitarian aid to the palestinians
seven million dollars out of
almost three hundred and twenty five million
which is required on an annual basis
but they give far more freely
to pay for bombs
and to reward the families of martyrs
Israel has given far more
Israel has provided many basic services to the west bank and gaza
Israel provided weapons and training for Arafats police force
in the still unfulfilled hope that he would make any attempt to curb terror
The palestinians living in Israel
have better lives than any palestinians
living in the middle east
they have citizenship
the right to vote
to own land and business
they are given equal treatment under the law
Our enemies claim that israel doesn't want peace
but that claim is ridiculous
since 1948
all israel has attempted to do
is gain peace and security
it has been attacked
time and time again
by every one of its neighbors
and still it has been israel
who bring concessions to the table to get peace
we gave the sinai back to egypt
we made trade and economic concessions to jordan
we made a unilateral withdrawal of our occupation of southern lebanon
and
we are absolutely willing to have a palestinian state as our peaceful friendly neighbors
what we are not willing to do
and what is not reasonable to ask of us
is that we empower the creation of a new country to attack and slaughter us
to add a new nation to the list of our enemies
Israel needs friends on its borders
Palestine needs the economic and technological assistance israel will provide it friends
but your people
and your leaders
continue to follow the words of violence and hatred
spewn by your arab brethren
who have proven themselves
through years of tyranny and neglect
to be no friend to your people
and now i must go
it is time to catch my plane
perhaps i will continue this later
if i feel more needs to be said
and began to have a life of its own
so i have continued it here
As sad and confusing as this truth maybe
the palestinians have no better friends
in the middle east
than israel and the jews
if their arab brethren were their friends
then why are they still herded into
refugee camps to suffer
the lowest possible human conditions
in
syria, lebanon and jordan
the refugee camps in the west bank
are joyrides to disneyland in comparison
[i have seen both first hand]
not that i am saying that
life in a west bank refugee camp is easy
its a mighty depressing way of life
but the difference between those camps
and the ones in arab countries
are stark and depressing
Jordan and Syria
have both on occasion
ordered their armies
to shell palestinian refugee camps
slaughtering wholesale
the populations
hell jordan even enacted
a policy of population control
in the late seventies and
early eighties
whenever they felt
the palestinian population
was getting to high
or too unruly
they would slaughter them
In the recent arab summits
every arab nation in the world
have called for an isreali withdrawal
and the creation of a palestinian state
Israel has only occupied those areas
since 1967
the UN mandated a palestinian state
in 1948
where were the arab worlds leaders then
where they were not was attending summits to pressure
jordan into removing it occupation forces
and liberating the palestinian state
the palestinian people are being basely used
used a cannon fodder
used as martyrs and victims
and the only country in the region
which has done anything to help them
is
israel
the combined arab nations
including the immensely wealthy
saudi arabia and kuwait
gave only seven million dollars
in humanitarian aid to the palestinians
seven million dollars out of
almost three hundred and twenty five million
which is required on an annual basis
but they give far more freely
to pay for bombs
and to reward the families of martyrs
Israel has given far more
Israel has provided many basic services to the west bank and gaza
Israel provided weapons and training for Arafats police force
in the still unfulfilled hope that he would make any attempt to curb terror
The palestinians living in Israel
have better lives than any palestinians
living in the middle east
they have citizenship
the right to vote
to own land and business
they are given equal treatment under the law
Our enemies claim that israel doesn't want peace
but that claim is ridiculous
since 1948
all israel has attempted to do
is gain peace and security
it has been attacked
time and time again
by every one of its neighbors
and still it has been israel
who bring concessions to the table to get peace
we gave the sinai back to egypt
we made trade and economic concessions to jordan
we made a unilateral withdrawal of our occupation of southern lebanon
and
we are absolutely willing to have a palestinian state as our peaceful friendly neighbors
what we are not willing to do
and what is not reasonable to ask of us
is that we empower the creation of a new country to attack and slaughter us
to add a new nation to the list of our enemies
Israel needs friends on its borders
Palestine needs the economic and technological assistance israel will provide it friends
but your people
and your leaders
continue to follow the words of violence and hatred
spewn by your arab brethren
who have proven themselves
through years of tyranny and neglect
to be no friend to your people
and now i must go
it is time to catch my plane
perhaps i will continue this later
if i feel more needs to be said
