Israel's latest cheap moves, smack of desperation !

 Either, old age is making me cynical or I have seen so much from Israel over the years, that no matter how low they go, It no longer surprises me.

Here are the latest cheap moves from the Zionist State.  Firstly, they are on a recruitment drive in the USA (no great surprise there I guess), they are advertising apartment blocks in Jerusalem, trying to recruit more settlers to go to Israel, the latest showing was in NY just a couple of days ago. In their video you get a virtual tour of this new apartment block, with breathtaking views of the Wall, the Knesset and rolling green lawns surrounding each block.  To encourage the fair people of NY, to leave the grimy rat infested streets, there are other little bonus items, such as a guaranteed job, government assisted rent payments and of course the promise of a better life in the Holy land.  Sounds so good, it almost makes ya think, where do I sign up?

Live in luxury in the Holy land, whilst Palestinians are driven out of their homes, look at the rolling green grass, carefully manicured, so as to feel like the best carpet underfoot,  but don't worry about the blood and sweat of the Palestinian family who once lived where the grass now grows.  Remember that awe inspiring view over the city of Jerusalem?  where one can clearly see fellow settlers go about their daily chores, with automatic weapons strapped to their clean, fresh and almost perfectly pressed garments.  It's all there for the taking! so long as you leave your humanity behind with the garbage and rats in NY.
By the way, before you leave NY, don't forget to wave and thank the average Joe, driving the Taxi Cab to get his teenage Daughter or Son into college,  before starting his second job in a greasy spoon diner. After all  it's his tax dollars that will pay for your dream life in the Holy land.


Oh Yea,  second, I almost forgot, again remember that description of the apartments? YES?  then you will remember that from this abode of  humanity, one could see the Knesset. Where the political minds of Israel gather to run the Zionist state (into the ground), guess what these vessels of intellect have been cooking up in the past weeks?  If you are thinking, a way to release Israel from the the doom that awaits it,  you would be wrong.  No, instead like little children, they are hatching new plans to SHUT UP, those pesky Human Rights activists,  I kid ye not!  (excuse the pun)..  A new bill, now the third one aims at restricting the activities of (you guessed it) Human Rights groups and Peace activists within Israel and  the OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territory). 

Bill no.1, was set to restrict funding of NGO's by foreign governments, which they claim is easily achieved by labeling such NGO's as political, thus not being able to avail of charitable status in Israel.

Bill no.2,  (was obviously cooked up during a game of spin the bottle), This forbids the registration of any charity involved directly or indirectly in the pursuance of war crimes against Israeli leaders or members of government.

Bill no.3, This one seeks to OUTLAW any activities which involve Boycott of Israeli goods, services, organisations or individuals, be they in Illegal settlements, OPT or Israel itself.   This is the most serious of the three, as it could effectively be used to ban entry into Israel and the OPT, this ban could result in immediate arrest of members of the Palestinian Authority and foreign governments deemed to partake in Boycott activity. It was proposed almost immediately after the PA decision to boycott settler goods.  Although not yet approved, it's effect would indeed be far reaching, as it would seriously inhibit the work of NGO's, charities and governments involved in the BDS campaign.

For the fullest description of the proposed bills mentioned above please cut and paste the link below:
http://tinyurl.com/393qao9 

Barak, trade MURDERS for food!

Barak, has just effectively asked to trade the lives of those MURDERED by Israel, on the Freedom Flotilla, for ease of goods into Gaza. Of course he is too clever to say it as straight up and honest as we have just done, but his statement means exactly the same thing. This bastion of absolute evil, (Barak) said "there is no reason for an International investigation into the flotilla (MURDERS) because there is going to be free movement of goods into Gaza".
Firstly WE must never accept LESS than a full investigation into these MURDERS, and the Israeli government must be held responsible at all costs. Second, this WITHOUT doubt proves that the government in Tel Aviv have indeed been slowly starving over 1.5 million people on a little strip of land called Gaza, there is also no doubt that the so called humans in the Israeli government (and I mean so called) will wallow in the knowledge that the Great people of Gaza will be seen world wide getting all these gifts from Israel.  Make no mistake, these are not gifts, this IS NOT AID, Israel will not be able to trade goodwill around the world as the did by being on the ground in Haiti.
Unless you think the dreadful treatment of those imprisoned in the concentration camps under the Nazis rule were given gifts when VERY occasionally fed. and YES I am drawing comparison, damn right, I am.

The latest statement from the so called leader of the free world (what a joke!), or to be pedantic about it his government, is that they are happy to see the movement of goods into Gaza! Please Mr President, spare us the special relationship BS, be a man for God's sake and grow a pair!

Whilst this is going on, what we in Europe don't know is that the low life government of Israel, when not slithering around on their bellies, are trying everything possible in the US (seat of the leader of the free world), to get American backing, to effectively make illegal (or apply the terrorist label) on human rights groups such as I.H.H..  There is no doubt that the Zionist run and financed AIPAC, will succeed because the government of America has become spineless. WHY??  Because money is king or Leader of the SO CALLED free world.

I make no apology for the use of CAPS

The ease on Gaza

We have been pondering the situation of Gaza, more to the point the Israeli stance and wondering what was really going on. This week during on-going meetings, all sorts of reports came out of Tel Aviv, They were going to ease the blockade, then meetings were canceled without real conclusions and no further date for another meeting set.
However the latest news received was that Israel produced a document stating that there would be an ease on the Gaza strip, this would normally be occasion for celebration, apart from the fact that this document was produced in English and Hebrew. So what? you might ask, isn't that a normal thing for Israel to do?
Well the answer is Yes, however on this occasion the statement in English differed from the one released in Hebrew! The English statement mentioned Israels intention to ease the current situation in Gaza, however the one in Hebrew DID NOT.
So here is the question, is Mr. Netanyahu fibbing to the rest of the world in English? or to the people of Israel? If the fib is directed at the Israeli people, what chance will is there that the ease on Gaza will actually happen? Remember in the past when an Israeli leader hid information or fibbed to the people who elected him / her, the result was a total wipe out at the next election.
What is without doubt is that Mr. Netanyahu is in an almost impossible position, on the one hand he is trying to keep pressure from other state leaders off by making gestures to satisfy them. On the other hand he must consider the possible harm, that softening on the situation of Gaza  might do to him and his party at the next election. I guess time, as usual will tell, which face presented by Mr. Netanyahu and the Israeli government is the real one and which one is the token .

Heroes from the M.V. Rachel Corrie in Waterford

Lately, there has been little reason for Human Rights and Peace activists to celebrate, despite the fact, that without doubt, those on The Freedom Flotilla, have achieved more than ever achieved before, in highlighting the inhumane plight of the Palestinian people. The Murder of the heroes on the IHH vessel and the INSANE insistence of the Israeli government, backed it seems by the American government, that there should ONLY be an internal investigation into the flotilla murders, has been VERY heavy on all our minds.

However on Thursday evening the 17th of June, Waterford City on the south east coast of Ireland, welcomed Derek and Jenny Graham of the M.V. Rachel Corrie. Derek and Jenny gave several radio and press interviews earlier in the day, and quite simply won the hearts and minds of the people of this great city.

At the scheduled meeting and official interview the county Mayo couple were simply electric!  Mr. Graham gave a heart wrenching description of a previous visit to Gaza, in particular calling to mind his visit to a pediatric unit of the main hospital. With a very audible crackle in his otherwise, strong and clearly heard voice, he began to describe the whole situation, on arriving at the unit, Mr. Graham described the image of one infant who had been born premature at 26 weeks, and (he explained) already this little miracle had the odds stacked against it. You see, this infant was Male and as with all males under 35 years of age was immediately considered by the Israeli State as a TERRORIST. On asking the doctor present, what the child was suffering from the answer was shocking, this little HELPLESS miracle required an immediate operation, however the problem was lack of anesthetic! Mr. Graham asked why they had a shortage and were could it be gotten from? the nearest available supply was not very far away, in fact had Mr. Graham been in Dublin, London or NY for example, fresh supplies could have been retrieved within minutes literally!  "However we were in Gaza, and getting any kind of medical equipment or medicines was next to impossible" he continued. To get permission from Israel took more time to get approved, never mind delivered than the little infant actually had on this Earth. Mr. Graham drew a breath and momentarily seemed to fight back his emotions before continuing, "Because of the terrorist label, an innocent little male infant would die within days. He had never made any mark on this world, never spoke his first words or gave greatly deserved and long wanted joy to his parents and yet he was to be denied life! his crime being born male".
Jenny Graham (his wife and another member of the Rachel Corrie), interjected at this point sensing her husbands struggle with his emotions. She said: "What Derek is describing to you all, is not the exception to the rule, it is very common, and somehow the people of Gaza still bravely manage to go on day after day. The problem is not availability, it's RED TAPE and often simply collective punishment". 
Derek continued: Yes that is it, collective punishment! after seeing one or two more infants, Derek said: " I stopped asking the question, why won't that infant survive. Because I knew all too well the answer would time and again be the same.

If there was one thing abundantly clear to all who came into contact with the Grahams, it was that they were a very special and very loving couple, each one protective of the other and each the power behind the other. Yet they were modest almost to a fault. One of the audience stood up to commend their actions and to call for recognition from all attending, that we were indeed in the presence of HEROES.
Both Derek and Jenny were visibly embarrassed by this statement, although thanking the speaker from the floor, Jenny said: "We are ordinary everyday people, nothing more, we just happened to be lucky enough to be in a position, where we could go to Gaza or get involved in the Freedom Flotilla mission", she continued: the real heroes are you guys the people on the ground, knowing that you were all behind us, is what made us feel safe on board the Rachel Corrie. We knew the people of Ireland were aware of us and all on the vessels on the flotilla, we even knew people would be wishing us the best and in many, many cases even praying for our safety. But since we got home to Ireland we have been totally overwhelmed by the volume of well wishers and the love shown by the people of this country. We are just lucky, Lucky to be able to help, lucky to have made it home alive and most of all, lucky to be Irish. If there are heroes, they are the Mothers of Gaza who on a daily basis fight for survival, fight to feed and keep their families safe and together, and the children who grow up wondering if the world outside Palestine is like theirs, asking all those they see as outsiders if they too, have soldiers knocking down their homes, or beating down their doors in the middle of the night, these are the real heroes.

There are NO words to accurately describe people like the Grahams, because there are no words in the English language powerful enough, to get across to others just how very special they are. Suffice to say,  if there are Angels or spirits out there doing good in the face of total evil, then surely there is a place amongst them, after this life for Derek and Jenny Graham.

City council calls for Israeli Ambassador to be expelled.

It is not often that the voice of the little man (or woman) is heard in political circles, more often than not, we shout, cry out and pray that we will be heard, Yet somehow it appears that our voices cannot reach the ears of those whom we elect to represent us. 

This very evening in Waterford City, on the south east coast of Ireland, there was a strange atmosphere about, we gathered outside city hall, It was a beautifully mild evening and those gathered could be seen clearly sporting their "Boycott Israeli Goods" T-shirts, however it was extremely hard to describe the mood at that time, there was tension, hope, expectation or indeed maybe an element of fear among those gathered.

 Waterford IPSC, (Waterford branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign) had lobbied long and hard, very hard, to get an official statement from the Politicians of Waterford city, calling for the Israeli Ambassador to be expelled from Ireland. We stood firmly together, there were people of differing religion, differing skin colour and differing accents, Yet we stood together as one. Of course we wondered if we had done enough to win this vote, whilst at the same time children were proudly holding the Irish and Palestinian flags, whilst playing together in innocence, as only children can.

We greeted the Politicians as they arrived, requesting their support, shaking their hands and nervously hoping not to say anything that might be perceived as offensive to their individual parties. We were aware very early on that day, that we had the full support of several of the Politicians, our collective task now was to try to convince the undecided amongst them to vote in our favour. You learn very quickly that politicians (NOT ALL BUT SOME)  say what they think you want to hear, I believe its called Lip Service, Our collective worry was that Lip Service would be paid (so to speak) to us, then another course of action would be taken inside city hall.

One of our Palestinian members spoke to both the crowd assembled and the Politicians arriving, giving a very eloquent and well described account of living in Gaza and greater Palestine, after the speech it could be seen plainly that some began to almost tremble with expectation of the events to come, just at the very moment the politicians began to enter the annals of city hall to take their seats.

The Lord Mayor of Waterford along with politicians from the Sinn Fein Party, Labour Party and the Workers Party (Irish Political Parties) had already given their collective assurance that they would be voting in favour of removing the Israeli Ambassador from Ireland.  The stage was now set, so to speak, the politicians had entered city hall and taken their places, however because of our numbers outside, there was simply not enough room for everybody to enter the chambers. One of the IPSC leaders stepped forward proposing that four should go in, and the rest would hold vigil outside, He then took the decision to send in one female Irish member of the group, who was given the instruction to keep in contact with the rest outside, via phone text messages. Then there were three more chosen, all three were to be Palestinian members of the group who currently reside in Waterford City. He apologized for the fact that we could not all enter and stated, whatever the outcome of the vote, there should be Palestinians present to witness the affair.

Time passed slowly, then the first text message arrived, it simply read "Nothing Yet", all about us held their collective breath in anticipation. Another 1/2 hour went slowly by and a second text message arrived, it read: Vote Beginning", you could almost cut the atmosphere among the crowd gathered outside. The word that the Vote had begun made its way to all of the people outside. At that very moment you could have literally heard a pin drop on the concrete beneath our feet, more time passed and the general conversations began again, It was both interesting and topical, yet talk of the World Cup, the current recession or when the next flotilla might be, would be cut off sharply on the sound of a text message arriving. Moments later a mobile / cell phone beeped loudly, as though to declare to all present its importance. Sure enough it was a text message, but a private one, nothing to do with the expected and eagerly awaited message from within City hall.  The people gathered, unanimously and without word nor direction, decided to collectively switch off their phones, it became clear that any distraction at that point in time, would be an unwelcome one.

A further ten minutes passed and finally the only mobile / cell phone still switched on began to proudly beep at us, there was a moment or two of complete silence, the the words "It has been voted in our favour", still the crowd assembled were silent, as though almost in some sort of trance, children looked to their parents for answers, all of a sudden one little boy stepped forward with a smile so broad that the edges of his lips almost looked like they were touching his ears. As loud as he could, he screamed "WE DID IT" and again "WE DID IT", there was a huge sigh of relief followed by and incredible outburst of emotion and a equally huge scream of success. Strangers kissed each other and congratulated each other, Hands were shook, victory signs waved, people hugged each other so hard that it momentarily robbed you of the air collected between kisses and shouts of celebration.

About another 1/2 hour passed and the first of the four IPSC members began exiting via the large doors of city hall, It was one of the Palestinian men, he leaped  forward to to embrace one of the leaders, and all present could see the tears in his eyes and on his cheeks, his only words were "I am very happy", within moments men and women were drying their eyes with the back of their hands, The men among us claiming that something entered their eyes or that they may be getting hay fever, but we all knew, every man. woman and child knew that this was a very special moment, Next the doors of city hall re-open and out come two more Palestinian men to great applause and finally the hero of the situation, the young Irish girl would kept us all aware of what was going on, via her text messages..

One man in the crowd asked: "can one man make a difference in a world of many? " the answer lay with one of the IPSC ladies present, "YES, she said, "If the cause is a JUST one", she then continued: "and by God the plight of the Palestinian People, is a JUST cause!" On hearing those words the celebration began again.

It has taken a while, for what we had achieved to truly sink in, the taking part and just being there, seemed almost reward enough, but this was followed by the realization of what had been achieved.

Today, Monday 14th of June 2010, Waterford IPSC and their supporters have managed to get full support from politicians from ALL parties in the city of Waterford,  To officially call on the government of Ireland to expel the Israeli Ambassador.   Furthermore, the majority of politicians present, outside after the meeting gave their support to our call to Boycott Israeli Goods in Ireland.