Clash of Civilizations, Europe and the Israeli Colonial War on Gaza
Issam Aburaiya for the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
The atrocious war that the State of Israel launched on Gaza (December 2008-January 2009) is just the latest incarnation of the Jewish-colonial settler project in Palestine. It also goes without saying that this project has been always animated by and interwoven with cultural practices and representations. “Ccultures,” as Thomas eloquentlystates, “are not simply ideologies that mask, or rationali ze forms of oppression that are external to them; they also expressive and constitutive of colonial relationships in themselves,” to put it otherwise, “has always, equally importantly and deeply, been a cultural process; its discoveries and trespasses are imagined and energized through signs, metaphors and narratives; even what would seem purest moments of profit and violence have been mediated and enframed structures of meaning.” …
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Gaza Aftermath (6) “The only BMW shop in Gaza.”
PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Nasser Al ‘Amoudi, with his biker’s jacket and sunglasses, embodies the essence of a car enthusiast. For years he has been the proud owner of the only BMW spare parts shop in the Gaza Strip. People would travel from every corner to purchase second hand parts from his shop. Now Nasser’s workshop and garage, which were worth $300,000 before the Israeli army destroyed them during their latest offensive, lie in tatters, and his financia l security has gone… During the offensive, while Nasser sheltered in his home in Shati refugee camp with his wife and three children, Israeli fighter jets, helicopters, naval vessels, and ground tanks pounded Salateen. His garage and workshop were levelled by Israeli military bulldozers around the 14 of January 2009…
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An Arab summit in Baghdad – a weird event
Roads to Iraq
… Why it was a wise decision to exclude Iraq from hosting the upcoming Arab summit? Maliki noticed that Arabs were not totally enthusiasts about this issue. Jordanian writer Nikola Nasir sees more reasons: It would be a historical event, a non-Arab (Talabani) to be the president of the biggest Arab institution.
President Jalal Talabani built his historic glory on the separation from the Arab world, and did not hesitate to welcome the invaders. Arabs are now in dispute on who is the strategic enemy, whether it is Israel or Iran, they should notice the fact that Talabani and his separatist movement have a historical relations with both, against the Arabs.…
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Children Of Darkness – Killing ‘Them’
Media Lens
On March 23, BBC online reported another bloody day in Iraq:”It was the second bomb attack in Iraq on Monday, with an earlier explosion near the capital. Baghdad, killing at least eight people. “The BBC’s Hugh Sykes, in Baghdad, says al-Qaeda have launched several attacks in Diyala since losing support in other parts of Iraq.” The foe, naturally, was the global bad guy, “al-Qaeda”. Thirty years ago the BBC would have declared them “Communists” or “Marxists”. We wrote to the BBC’s “man in Baghdad” the same day…
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Waiting For The World To Answer
Ayman T. Quader
It was an ordinary morning December 2008. Children were playing and having fun. They were digging between the rocks to get some space for their childhood. This is the story of Ahmad , a little boy without sin who was killed on that morning. Ahmad was known among his friends as lively, bustling boy (…) “We are an extended family living in a house that comprises four floors. My family and I live in the second and my father in the first floor” says Ahmad’s father. When he not iced that Ahmad and his sister Mariam were going to play in the garden of the house, the father tried to stop him as the family was waiting for Mohamed, the older brother to take an early lunch. But his attempt was in vain. “It was like an earthquake hitting our house and every thing was shaking” said the father. Doors and windows were broken, too. The Father tried to find out what had happened outside and searched for the source of the terrible noise he had heard. A cloud of smoke was covering the sun. “There was nothing else to do than to assure myself about the family as another explosion shocked the nearby building. I tried to make sure that everyone was inside the house, and then I convinced myself to feel safe.” Suddenly Mariam cried out: “Daddy, daddy, Ahmad, Ahmad…” The little girl Mariam broke out in tears, terribly afraid about her brother. “Her shouts froze my body” said the father. Ahmad was found under the rubble of stones at the entrance of the house…
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Betrayed Awakening
Moon of Alabama
Maliki sent out his army to capture Awakening leaders no longer payed by the U.S.: The arrest of Raad Ali, who helped the Americans stabilize the west Baghdad neighborhood of Ghazaliya, came to light Sunday, five days after the Iraqi army picked him up in a midnight raid, his aides said. The U.S. is actively helping in this (…) Parviz thinks that this is part of a U.S.-Iran rapprochement.That is certainly possible. The U.S. may have decided to defer to Iran in Iraq for cooper ation in Afghanistan and to generally lower level the hostility level. …
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