Rooting for Religion?
I wouldn't go that far, but I was rooting for Fatah to lose today (or was it yesterday already?). Fatah was the atypical rotten to the core third world puppet organization. Nepotism, bribery and repression have been doled out to Palestinians for generations, as if being treated as a prisoner in your own land by the 2nd most powerful military in the world was not enough.
Sure, you could say Hamas has a defined current of evil flowing thru its organization; but this is not the whole story. There has been many articles on the charities it funds and how they are seen as "pure" whereas Fatah was being exposed for the gangsters that they are.
The point that many people are missing here is no matter who is in power in the Palestinian territories the real power lies in Tel Aviv. Hamas (if the Palestinian vote is to be allowed to enshrine it self in law) will not have power over Water. They will have very limited authority over border crossings (from West Bank into Gaza) and would essentially be closed in by a religous superstate. So what this has all boiled down to is, as of right now, Palestinians have voted for a new set of prison guards. The warden has stayed the same.
Also all this talk about the USA refusing to speak to Hamas because it is a terrorist org is making me sick. How many govenments has the US coddled in Central and South America that have had genocidal policies toward its indigenous and/or suspected left wing sections of its population.
If this blog entry piques your interest you must see Paradise Now. I wrote a small review for it online no biggie but it captures what I was feeling right after I came out of the theatre.
BTW
How's this for my two bits on the Palestinan/Israeli conflict?:
The Middle East needs less states that are based on religion, be they Islamic or Jewish. These states need to be reformed. Israel (and Saudi Arabia) could be a start.
Incorporate the West Bank and Gaza into Israel, an Israel whose goal is not a Jewish State but a real democracy. Give full citizenship rights to all, be they of Palestinian origin or Eastern European origin. Give all the citizens in this New Israel equal rights under the law. Have both Muslims and Jews in the Army, Police, and yes even the Mossad. Make marital law, restriction of movement and discrimination in housing illegal. Give the Palestinians a future and a stake in the new state. This will rob the fundamentalists (be the Islamist or Zionist) of their base. Who will strap bombs to themselves if they have hope?? Perhaps down the road the voters in this new state will choose to rename the state to what is was called for centuries, Palestine. Or not. Whatever the name of the state, life would be better. Not perfect though. There will still be clashes, bombings, but a majority would being to feel human again. Maybe, who knows.
To keep political theme going I have selected a playlist full of Rebel Roots and Culture.
(Don't I always)
ciao
Candombe Apertura 2:02 Dusminguet
Queremos Paz 5:16 Gotan Project
Charla Town 4:58 Gnawa Diffusion
The Equaliser 5:46 The Clash
Blood on the Streets 4:30 Outernational
Ghetto 3:57 Akon
lean back (remix) 4:13 immortal technique ft sizzla
Crazy Baldheads (Alternate Album Mix) 3:08 Bob Marley & The Wailers
No More Trouble 4:00 Bob Marley & The Wailers
Welcome to Jamrock 3:22 Damien Marley
Sufferer's Time 3:55 The Heptones
Love & Hope 4:24 Ozomatli
GIRATUTTO(Urban) 4:09 Macaco
Ghetto Defendant 4:44 The Clash
Clandestino 2:26 Manu Chao
Orange Sky 6:19 Alexi Murdoch (From "Paradise Now")
Sure, you could say Hamas has a defined current of evil flowing thru its organization; but this is not the whole story. There has been many articles on the charities it funds and how they are seen as "pure" whereas Fatah was being exposed for the gangsters that they are.
The point that many people are missing here is no matter who is in power in the Palestinian territories the real power lies in Tel Aviv. Hamas (if the Palestinian vote is to be allowed to enshrine it self in law) will not have power over Water. They will have very limited authority over border crossings (from West Bank into Gaza) and would essentially be closed in by a religous superstate. So what this has all boiled down to is, as of right now, Palestinians have voted for a new set of prison guards. The warden has stayed the same.
Also all this talk about the USA refusing to speak to Hamas because it is a terrorist org is making me sick. How many govenments has the US coddled in Central and South America that have had genocidal policies toward its indigenous and/or suspected left wing sections of its population.
If this blog entry piques your interest you must see Paradise Now. I wrote a small review for it online no biggie but it captures what I was feeling right after I came out of the theatre.
BTW
How's this for my two bits on the Palestinan/Israeli conflict?:
The Middle East needs less states that are based on religion, be they Islamic or Jewish. These states need to be reformed. Israel (and Saudi Arabia) could be a start.
Incorporate the West Bank and Gaza into Israel, an Israel whose goal is not a Jewish State but a real democracy. Give full citizenship rights to all, be they of Palestinian origin or Eastern European origin. Give all the citizens in this New Israel equal rights under the law. Have both Muslims and Jews in the Army, Police, and yes even the Mossad. Make marital law, restriction of movement and discrimination in housing illegal. Give the Palestinians a future and a stake in the new state. This will rob the fundamentalists (be the Islamist or Zionist) of their base. Who will strap bombs to themselves if they have hope?? Perhaps down the road the voters in this new state will choose to rename the state to what is was called for centuries, Palestine. Or not. Whatever the name of the state, life would be better. Not perfect though. There will still be clashes, bombings, but a majority would being to feel human again. Maybe, who knows.
To keep political theme going I have selected a playlist full of Rebel Roots and Culture.
(Don't I always)
ciao
Candombe Apertura 2:02 Dusminguet
Queremos Paz 5:16 Gotan Project
Charla Town 4:58 Gnawa Diffusion
The Equaliser 5:46 The Clash
Blood on the Streets 4:30 Outernational
Ghetto 3:57 Akon
lean back (remix) 4:13 immortal technique ft sizzla
Crazy Baldheads (Alternate Album Mix) 3:08 Bob Marley & The Wailers
No More Trouble 4:00 Bob Marley & The Wailers
Welcome to Jamrock 3:22 Damien Marley
Sufferer's Time 3:55 The Heptones
Love & Hope 4:24 Ozomatli
GIRATUTTO(Urban) 4:09 Macaco
Ghetto Defendant 4:44 The Clash
Clandestino 2:26 Manu Chao
Orange Sky 6:19 Alexi Murdoch (From "Paradise Now")
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