Where are the Palestinian Gandhis? They are all over, seeking light. The great Amira Hass has this report on burgeoning Palestinian civil society:
Eleven Palestinian human rights organizations have called on the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas government in Gaza to endorse the Goldstone report by investigating Palestinian violations of international law allegedly committed during operation Cast Lead.
Acts listed by the report include Palestinian attacks on civilians in Israel and instances of internal repression, such as summary executions in the Gaza Strip and arrests and torture in the West Bank..Two of the 11 organizations that signed the letters, Adallah and the Arab Association for Human Rights, are based in Israel. The others operate in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and include groups such as the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Al-Haq, the Adameer prisoner’s rights group and the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling.
The letters state that "Whereas the bulk of the (Goldstone) report addressed violations by Israel, the occupying power, it also considered violations by Palestinian armed groups and the Palestinian authorities in Gaza and the West Bank".
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A bit off-topic, but while we’re on the subject of Gandhis for Palestine . . .
Anna Baltzer is calling attention to the efforts of IfAmericansKnew.org, which is calling for people of conscience to send emails and faxes pressure Bono to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Palestine.
As was reported previously on Mondoweiss, Bono issued a very tepid call for Palestinians to find their “own Gandhi” in his “Ten for ‘10″ editorial in the NY Times. As the website stated, Palestine may have several Gandhis, but they all are illegally imprisoned in Israel.
What Palestinians need is a Bono. He shouldn’t shirk his responsibilities as a humanitarian by “wishing” for a Gandhi in Palestine, when he is an emissary of peace and human rights and willfully turns a blind-eye to the Middle East.
There’s a call by IfAmericansKnew.Org to start pressuring Bono through an email and fax campaign through his management company. Click on the link below to learn more. It would be a gamechanger if Bono brought world attention to the Palestinian plight. Anything less is a “moral apartheid” on the part of Bono.
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/cur_sit/bono.html
Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist … in Graves and Prisons
http://www.ifamericansknew.org
I suspect that a game that would be changed by the likes of Bono, ie a game whose rules are set by the established forces and powers, is a game that will not be changed in the near future.
Gandhi was an opponent of the British Empire who was quite British in culture and it will not be easy to find someone who is of the Israeli system as well as against it. In philosophy, Gandhi was for non-violence. But non-violent resistance is wrong and evil unless the power being resisted is illegitimate – Bono and those like him would run a mile rather than admit the illegitimacy of Israel or even entertain the idea in their most troubled dreams.
The question of the legitimacy of the various governing or usurping powers seriously affects the question of whether the various violent acts on both sides of the Gaza conflict are themselves legitimate or constitute human rights violations. I expect that the Palestinian human rights organisations are preparing to argue that the root of the problem was all along Israel’s refusal to allow the legitimate government of Gaza – they might rather say ‘of Palestine’ – to function normally and their showing this refusal by imposing a blockade.
I expect that the Palestinian human rights organisations are preparing to argue that the root of the problem was all along Israel’s refusal to allow the legitimate government of Gaza – they might rather say ‘of Palestine’ – to function normally and their showing this refusal by imposing a blockade
where have you been? that’s already been argued repeatedly.
It’s still the essential point and needs to be more widely promulgated.
Thanks for posting this. I reported it yesterday or the day before.
Not much supportive comment of the effort here. Why is that?
Any changes expected as a result?
I hope so. War should be unnecessary.
You wag that imaginary dog by the tail any harder, Witty, and you’re going to have to start faking getting bitten.
I support it. Both sides violate human rights and both should be investigated.
Bono, like the rest of Israeli Hasbara (propaganda) dupes – is not aware of the fact that Gandhi was against the establishment of a Jewish state in British mandated Palestine. Gandhi advised the leaders of World Zionist movement in 1930s – to organize non-violent protests against the Nazi regime in their motherlands instead of applying violent acts in Palestine – in order to terrorize and force the Natives to vacate land and homes for the European Jews escaping from Nazi persecution. Did Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weismann or Ben Gurion listened to Gandhi? Had they done that the world would not at the brim of WW III. Gandhi before his assassination in 1948 – told Doon Campbell of Reuters: “It (Palestine) has become a problem which seems almost unsoluble. If I were a Jew, I would tell them: ‘Do not be so silly as to resort to terrorism….’ the Jews should meet the Arabs, make friends with them and not depend on British aid or American aid, save what descends from Jehovah”. Gandhi’s motto was: ”France is for French, England for the English and Palestine for the Arabs”……
Bono wish for a Palestinian Gandhi
http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/bono-wish-for-a-palestinian-gandhi/
Good initiative Thanks for the post!
WHO cares anymore, the world is awaiting the next revolution that will oust ALL political ties, positions and lobbys of every khazarian zionist in the world. The sell outs should be impailed along with all politicians in these “so called governments” and to the “so called” righteous people like bonehead bono whom are loosing fans by the day realize, NOT all the world is gulible to your selling out, which is most likely due to the “edge” whom is married to a khazarian. It will soon be irrelevant the times are here for the world to be returned to a state of humanity and rid the world and planet of ALL vermon that would do or side with the aparthied and the usa government which has been runned by the khazars to vanish. All I hear is the boo hoos of how people have suffered (as if they are the only ones whom matter). The world is not fooled with the natural causes for distruction in haiti it is terrible, the only reason the khazars are there is to take and make $$ they do not care about anyone that is not of the same feather, but have cornnered positions in every realm to make them feel good about themselves, sort of like this site, whom does NOTHING to change the governments policy or bring the awareness of the aparthied and lies of the aparthied and whom is doing all these crimes against humanity…still waiting for the insanity to stop and the ICcourts to DO THEIR JOBS.
But as usual……same old song and dance. Hey scott h of idf what have you been through, you poor sap ( did murdering the innocent leave you with a bad feeling) I can not wait for the world to turn the tables on the “so called humans” you will all be so deserving of much worst, and hopfully you will get your just deserts.
If the Palestinians do not oust abbass and company they will be deserving of what ever happens. Even though hammas whom are religous, just as other religons, they are all lies. there is NO GOD, there is proof of it. Bare with the reality it does not mean you live with out common sense and righteousness. You do not need a god for that just brains.
All the usa does is lie , lie lie. look at the cia and the “so called” alqueda, all these attacks just as 911 were done by khazars and the usa government, and yes there is proof. Even the suicide bombing recently was a hoax, and just as the 911 so called hijackers they are alive and well. Mrs olsen who was taken by mi6 and others whom have fled “thinking they are doing this for the better of the world and imminent attacks”, yeah right and I am humpty dumpty, you have all been played hook line and sinker
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