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ISAM A. BAQI
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From: Mazin Qumsiyeh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:52:10 -0400
Subject: Zionist pretexts & New Study confirms worst fears
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The compilation of links and resources on the issue of Islam and Christianity in
last week's email was not intended so that you go to and read every link in that
message or even to read the brief descriptions in front of all these links.
They were intended as resources so that when we have things like the
"Islamofascism Awareness Week", people could distribute facts to counteract the
propaganda. Generally, there is no need to read all the information sent in any
of our emails but skim it for useful bits. You do not even have to keep those
for future reference as most material is at qumsiyeh.org under the blog or under
the section for answers to lies and distortions.
In follow-up to that issue of those pushing for "clash of civiization", this
article from Israeli icon of the left Uri Avnery explains consisely why Zionist
leaders had to push the concept of Islam vs the "Judeo-Christian tradition" to
justify continued oppression of Palestinians. In the "The Mother of all
Pretexts" Avnery says that "our leaders are exploiting this slogan as a pretext
for sabotaging any possibility of an Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation. It is
just one more in a long line of pretexts." and he goes on to list some of those
pretexes (http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1192288533/ )
(must read) A NEW ISRAELI STUDY CONFIRMS OUR WORST FEARS : On the academic
research of Psychologist Nofer Ishai-Karen and Psychology Prof. Joel Elitzur,
Dalia Karpel shortened translation of article in Haaretz `Hamedovevet`
Translation published in Israeli Occupation Magazine (this was in the Hebrew not
English edition of Haaretz)
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=22525 (English partial translation)
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/905287.htm (Hebrew in Haaretz)
As I was reading this I was reflecting on our confrontation with Alan Dershowitz
who said Israel human rights record is "generally superb" and that no country
faced with what Israel is faced did any better. (More on the event and
Dershowitz's lies in next week's email)
Daniel Pipes and I have opposite views on many issues especially teh core issue:
his support of ethnocentric chauvenistic racism (Zionism). He even listed me
(with five others including Noam Chomsky as "Professors who hate America"). So
it is a bit surprising when I send you his article titled "Zionism's Bleak
Present" where I agree with his pessimistic appraisal of the Zionism of the
present (not withstanding Zionist success in pushing us for a war on Iraq, even
that backfired on them). Unfortunately the lesson that Pipes drew is not to
join other Zionists and ex-Zionists by begining to rethink a racist and
anachronistic ideology and develop anti-Zionist or at least a post-Zionist
discourse. No, the lesson is to keep digging the hole which gets bigger and
bigger (now taking on 1.5 billion Muslims after angering most decent Christians
and Jews). Anyway, read what Pipes says in this Jerusalem Post article. It is
a shame that some Palestinians are giving-up on our inalienable rights when most
people (even Zionists) are coming to realize that the racism that denies us
these rights is anachronistic and doomed to failure (Time was never on the side
of Zionism no more than it was on the side of Nazism or South African
Apartheid).
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/4997
(Presidential) Candidates court Jewish support
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21266470/
The Mega-Lie Called the "War on Terror": A Masterpiece of Propaganda. By Richard
W. Behan
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/63632/?page=entire
Grant F. Smith: "These are stifling times at college campuses"
http://www.startribune.com/562/story/1479297.html
"It Doesn't Get Any Worse Than That, Ray: Unmasking AIPAC" By WILLIAM A. COOK
http://www.counterpunch.org/cook10052007.html
(if the real story of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty is heard more often
and in the mainstream media or at least via the internet to US Citizens, they
would be up in arms to demand at least an end to the US-Israel "special
relationship") "New revelations in attack on American spy ship: Veterans,
documents suggest U.S., Israel didn't tell full story of deadly '67 incident"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-liberty_tuesoct02,0,66005.sto\
ry?coll=chi_tab01_layout
(on how a visit to the occupied areas is essential for anyone wanting to give
opinions on Israel/Palestine) "Go And See the Truth For Yourself, I Did,"
British Medical Journal,
http://uruknet.info/?p=m37031&hd=&size=1&l=e
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
http://justicewheels.org
http://qumsiyeh.org
