One Equals Fourteen Hundred in New World Order Mathematics (1=1400)!

Written by Paul I. Adujie

Lawcareer2007@aol.com

New York, United States

Usually reliable and impeccable sources have informed me, that the mathematical formula above defines the New World Order and the logic of current geopolitics. In sum and effect, one sexy Iranian life, is worthier, than, the lives of 1400 persons in Palestine.

This usually impeccable sources informed me, that Israel Defense Forces or IDF conducted a brutal military action, of the scotched-earth variety, and as a consequence, 1400 persons, were killed unsung in Palestine. These Palestine persons comprised or included children, grandmothers and the infirm. This is not ancient history. These brutalities were inflicted on Palestine in January 2009!

Then, spring-showers came and May-flowers followed, June 2009 arrived as a natural cause of events. And on June 12, 2009, Iran engaged in a democratic experiment, albeit, imperfect by all accounts. There were suspicions and complaints against a perceived heavy-hand of the Iranian government of the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, whose finesse, politesse and diplomatic skills are arguably indistinct.

As it turns out, this Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been accused of not playing by the fleeting and ever shifting rules of the geopolitical nuclear weapons club. A club to which membership is determined solely your ability to engage in strategic ambiguities, so long as, your sanguine deceit is underwritten by powerful friends. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not photogenic, does not have friends or clout. It is even doubtful whether he has Arab and Persian family, other than those who are too willing to betray him and collaborate with outsiders who are keen at frustrating his nuclear club membership aspirations. Who decides nuclear which nation may acquire and possess nuclear capability? What are criterion such determinations?

So far at least, to be a nuclear power, all you need is the audacity. Then fortify such audacity with a few chess moves. And you are in. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has audacity perhaps. But he has no underwriter friends. Saddam Hussein’s attempts at strategic ambiguity caused him his throne, and then his life and the ruination of Iraq. Saddam did not have nuclear weapons or chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, but Saddam’s imitation of strategic ambiguity, opened his unguarded flank and he was walloped by those who had other plans for Iraq and the rest is, unfolding history. The Straits of Hormuz and the entire Gulf of Persia will never be the same.

Similarly, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has enemies in high places. These enemies pounced on the indisputably flawed Iranian elections on June 12, 2009. And all hell broke lose and it was all bedlam thereafter. There were what appeared to be choreographed, orchestrated and synchronized bashing of the government of Iran and the men at its pinnacle, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in particular. The government and the press in the Western world were on the same page and coordinating efforts to unhinge the government of Iran in regime change engineered by some unseen hands from outside Iran. Agents of the United States government took the extraordinary steps of demanding that Twitter.com postpone scheduled technical maintenance. All, order to allow, Iranian demonstrators, agitators, and their handlers, outside Iran, to coordinate unsavory activities against the legitimate government of Iran.

Is it just me? I think that it is not farfetched to deduct from all these, the role played thus far, by Iran’s nuclear power ambitions. Iran’s continues to insist that she is pursuing nuclear, for civilian energy or peaceful purposes only. But after the June 12th elections, the pursuit of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran intensified. Declared and otherwise known enemies of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under the guise of wishing Iranian good elections, and governance, went full blast against Iran. Western governments and Western press, in unison, uniformly attacked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran, without reserve.

It will be recalled, the Western press it was, which never questioned or take to task, the warmongering war drums of George W. Bush, former president of the United States, as he sought to invade and occupy Iraq. It will be recalled that Western press were willingly, and even eagerly embedded, trading away their press freedom and independence. And after June 12 2009, Westerners approvingly, and suddenly, named and extolled a theocratic Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a clear renegade retrogressive conservative retrograde; a reformer! Suddenly! These obvious affront and shenanigans of endorsements by the Western governments and press, pretended to ignore Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s record as part of the ruling conservative clubhouse member in Tehran! Again, telling that country who their leader should be… or what leader among them is palatable tolerable to the West’s desires for Iran?

While the protests in Iran were on, coming across as coordinated and engineered by Iranians, with apparent help from outsiders, or handlers, including employees of British Diplomatic outpost in Teheran. The government of Iran, presided over by no other than a torn on the flesh of the West, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, cracked down on protesters and sundry agitators. There were reports that many Iranian citizens were injured or maimed or even killed. Molotov cocktails were and blazing fires featured prominently in the post election news reports.  

In this admixture outrage and crackdown, there were reported deaths of about 69 Iranian civilians. An unknown person killed Neda Soltani, in circumstances that were not sufficiently clear. Meanwhile, so many protest posters borne by Iranians were prefabricated in English! I guess and suppose that the governing Ayatollahs respond more rapidly when beseeched in English? Why not in Farsi? Persian Languages are too sonorous and lame? Or is it that the posters were produced in an English speaking diplomatic outpost, as have been alleged by Iran, and then customized for CNN worldwide viewing audience for effect?

But, Western governments and western press have insisted all along, that Neda Soltani was killed by Iranian agents or security forces. Even though the jury was out, regarding specificities surrounding the murder of Neda and some other Iranians who died in post election rancor, stampede and violence.

Democracy and freedom, liberty and the rule law for all, are excellently wonderful concepts, there are simply nothing better. But this should be seen as quite distinct, from the idea of force-feeding democracy to peoples in democracy starved nations worldwide. Force-feeding of anything, no matter how ordinarily wonderful creates resistance, by the victim of force-feeding. Particularities and peculiarities of conditions and multiple variables on the grounds, in many nations dictate the quality of democratic ideals and other fine ideals which can be established or foisted easily or with phased efforts. We cannot presume to know what is good for every nation on earth.

Western governments and press were loud in their silences when Israel rammed roughshod into Palestine territory and brutally snuffed out the lives of 1400 Palestinians. This is not the first time, during which hundred of Palestinians have been killed by Israelis in the preceding couple of years. The indiscriminate killings hundreds of Palestinians at time, by Israel is actually not limited to the last couple of years. It is a periodic and rather regular occurrence. There is sense of an apocalyptic foreboding, regarding what Israel may do next, not in Palestine, but instead, an military attack against Iran, which could very easily become the beginning of the Third World War!

Why does the world, appear to have made “peace” with the deliberate devaluation of life in Palestine? And in comparison with Iran, what is the difference between the lives of Palestinians and the Iranians? Why did Western governments and press, all of sudden become advocates and advertisers of martyrdom after the death of Neda? All of a sudden, Neda was omnipresent and wrapped symbolisms. And even those who hitherto suffered from self-inflicted xenophobia and unrestrained Islamo-phobia, suddenly became “informed” interpreters of martyrdom, right before our very eyes, all of a sudden!

The world should be asking, why there are these double standards in the measurements of life’s value and worth in Palestine and Iran? Advocacy of democracy, freedom, liberty and human rights etc should not be motivated by our self-serving interests. Human Rights and democracy etc should be pursued genuinely for because of the known value of these great ideas; And not informed by expediency of our self-interests.

There are legitimate Human Rights, democracy and the rule of law etc in Iran. And that was the case before, during and after the June 12 2009 flawed elections. Similarly, There are Human Rights, democracy, liberty, political independence etc in Palestine, the crises in Palestine are rather intractable.

Clearly, a Palestine demonstrator against settlement expansions on Palestine land by Israelis is too easily construed as Palestine terrorist. A Palestinian who resists land grabs by Israelis, a Palestinian is an unreasoned terrorist who does not value human life, if she says to Israel, what a former president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, that is, tear down the Apartheid Wall!

A Palestinian who endures humiliations in daily life, including being a permanent refugee in his own land since 1948, and compelled daily to present an Apartheid like pass to Israelis, for ingress and egress on Palestine soil, is a terrorist? Palestinians who are resisting occupiers and occupation forces; in the only existing colonial enclave, such a Palestinian, is a terrorist? What would you, and I, do, if we were, and are, subjected to the same fate to which Palestinians have had to endure since 1948 and still endure, even as you read this?

Before anyone accuses me of seeking 70 Heavenly Virgins, as reason for my expression of dismay and disgust, over the plights and predicaments of Palestinians; Let it known that I am not biologically a Palestinian. I was not raised as a Muslim. One does not have to be a Muslim to identify obvious and perpetual human suffering. Nor does anyone have to be of Palestinian descent, Arabian or Persian origin, before one can see the glaring injustices and inhumanity meted unto Palestinians.

 Let it be known that I do not have the strength for 70 women on earth or heaven. And virgins are just too much work anyway! I am impatient with the sorts of pedagogical efforts it would require to teach one virgin, let alone, 70, worse, I prefer my gifts here, as heaven can wait, as we must first, deal with all the trouble in the world, including the abject and appalling conditions in Palestine! I have no desire for the urban legend and folkloric 70 Heavenly virgins.

Injustice in Palestine therefore, is injustice to fellow humans cohabiting earth with the rest of us all. We should care.

Those who seek to undermine Palestinian cause have over the years, portrayed Palestinians as unreasoned, illogical, murderous, and possessed with mindless bloodlust. Critics of Palestinians want the world to believe that the average Palestinian is incapable of objectivity or negotiation for peace. Palestine is too often presented as a place where the average citizen is an Islamic extremist and zealot who seeks martyrdom and 70 heavenly virgins. Such inanities present Palestinians as subhuman, and as if in Palestine, the average Joe Plumber, come prepackaged with terrorist tendency in their genetic markers!

Palestinians who are seeking freedom from oppression are too often presented as persons seeking phantasmagoric orgies of blood and orgasmic satisfaction from suicide bombing. Perhaps the world ought to and must ask, how any person, driven to the wall of hopelessness and with seeming nothing to lose, would act.

Palestinians are not unreasoned. They simply want their land. Just as they want their suffering and hardship to be recognized. They want their endless refugee status to have an expiration date stamped on it. They want the usurpation of their political, economic and cultural power to come to an end. This is not too much for any group of people to ask.

We have to wonder how the average citizen in Palestine must feel, when as it happens, 1400 Palestinian are killed, houses burnt, bombed and bulldozed by Israelis, and the world suffers willful amnesia, rather blissfully. But the same world cried ceaseless tears for Neda Soltani and the other 60 plus Iranians who died during the post June 12th election imbroglios. What is good for 69 dead Iranians must be good for 1400 dead Palestinians; unless 1400 is less than 69 in the New World Order mathematics of geopolitics?

The world ought to be expressing righteous indignations and rightfully so! Palestinians are humans, just like Iranians and the rest of us! Public policies driven by expediency are shortsighted and parochial. Such policies are merely gunpowder and high octane petrol in a hot and unventilated room. Such highly flammable combustibles are bound to sooner than later, come home to roost. There is oppression and inhumanity in Palestine. The conditions in Palestine are combustible accelerants by any other name.

In Palestine, the ordinary person, on a daily basis faces inhuman conditions. People in Palestine are subjected to depraved and exceedingly perverse treatments. Why would these sorts of degradations be reserved for ordinary persons in Palestine, who are not necessarily violent persons? Palestinians who are not in the government of PLO, FATAH or HAMAS? There is a pervading worldwide silence regarding the searing conditions face by citizens of Palestine. And what is worse, is the fact that the deaths in post election activities in Iran, saw loud drumbeats by governments and the press. Whereas 1400 deaths in Palestine went unsung! These sordid state of affairs surely cannot continue or peace and security will remain an elusive dream forever.

REGARDING THE PAIN OF OTHERS http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=susan+sontag+regarding+the+pain+of+others&aq=&aqi=&aq=f&aqi=g2&fp=8ec80112f99bfde5

This essay is dedicated to the memory of a Jewish woman, the late Susan Sontag, author of, among many written works, a wonderful one titled: Regarding the Pain of Others. Susan Sontag was woman

a woman who, in her written prose expressed beautiful thoughts; A woman whose beautiful prose was matched by her own gorgeousness in real life. A woman, whose gentle soul courageously carried the lights of social conscience, so that others can see and find their pathways; a woman who rendered, her thoughts in beautiful prose; she was a luminous beauty in person and in her thoughts and care for others.

 A woman, who did not allow her biological origins and religion to foreclose or serve as bar for the truth. Even when it was eminently inconvenient and uncomfortable to those near, dear and treasured by her.

Robot  # 1 | 15.08.2009 06:04

In Palestine, the ordinary person, on a daily basis faces inhuman conditions. People in Palestine are subjected to depraved and exceedingly perverse treatments. Why would these sorts of degradations be reserved for ordinary persons in Palestine, who are not necessarily violent persons? Palestinians who are not in the government of PLO, FATAH or HAMAS? There is a pervading worldwide silence regarding the searing conditions face by citizens of Palestine. And what is worse, is the fact that the deaths in post election activities in Iran, saw loud drumbeats by governments and the press. Whereas 1400 deaths in Palestine went unsung! These sordid state of affairs surely cannot continue or peace and security will remain an elusive dream forever....Read the full article.

LoveNigeria  # 2 | 15.08.2009 08:42

Prominent Arab journalist Daoud Al-Shiryan has recently written columns harshly criticizing the Arab world for its mistreatment of “Palestinian refugees.” Arab refusal to integrate the “refugees” into society is “no different than objecting to peace,” said Al-Shiryan in columns translated by MEMRI. Millions of Arabs claim “Palestinian refugee” status based on their descent from Arabs who fled Israel during the War of Independence. Refugee status is passed on indefinitely, meaning that millions who were born and raised in countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait and Iraq do not hold citizenship in those countries, but are instead considered refugees who must live in camps, awaiting their “return” to Israel. The camps are run by the United Nations, which provides benefits to refugees through its UNRWA program. Shiryan, who writes for Al-Hayat and is a senior manager at Al-Arabiya television, said Arab governments that insist on separating refugees from the rest of the populace are engaging in behavior “tantamount to the slow murder of the Palestinians.” The camps in which refugees currently live are “like hell,” he said. All countries containing such “refugee” camps must open the camps and allow their residents to work freely and send their children to regular state schools, Shiryan said. He called for a campaign aimed at encouraging the integration of refugees into Arab society. "These countries must stop treating the Palestinians like a plague, using slogans which, as we all know, have become nothing but empty utterances in a loathsome struggle,” he said. “Stop fighting at the expense of the Palestinian people's dignity.” In a subsequent article, Shiryan compared the plight of Arab refugees in Arab countries to that of Jewish refugees in Western nations. Jews from Arab countries who moved to the United States prospered, he said, while Arab refugees continued to suffer. "The Arabs kept the Palestinians in refugee camps and made them into a people defeated both morally and materially. In contrast, the West welcomed the Jews and made them a leading in science, arts, literature, economics and politics,” he wrote. Following the publication of his articles, Shiryan was accused of promoting Zionist and pro-Western goals. He rejected the accusations, and turned the tables on his attackers, alleging that their mistreatment of refugees is “aimed at getting rid of the Palestinians altogether.”

I Love Nigeria  # 3 | 15.08.2009 12:36

Love Nigeria wrote: Refugee status is passed on indefinitely, meaning that millions who were born and raised in countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait and Iraq do not hold citizenship in those countries, but are instead considered refugees who must live in camps, awaiting their “return” to Israel. The central theme of my article is the math and the math remains the same! And it is 1 death in Iran is considered by some, as more than 1400 in Palestine! 1=1400 is fuzzy and bath math which devalues lives in Palestine. AND, as for perpetual claim of refugee statuses... I must suppose that you are familiar with the term Diaspora? Google, Diaspora Jew and then re-examine your comments as to whether descendants can claim refugee statuses... from Biblical times to the present. I do agree with you however, that the Arab/Persian world, have been part of the problem... as far as Palestine oppression is concerned. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia should be able to apply resources and clout soften the plight and predicaments of the people of Palestine.... but instead, these Arab countries are beholden to Western governments, Western governments are in turn, subject to the powers of Jewish Lobby. Arab/Persian governments actually betray and blackmail Palestine cause... frequently. Please note, that some Arab countries have in sometimes offer monies etc in assistance for Palestine. But there so much more to be done:cry2:

Mr Bentley  # 4 | 15.08.2009 14:33

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Bamaguje  # 5 | 16.08.2009 07:45

My dear Paul, your anti-Israeli diatribe indicates that you are obviously one of those clueless victims of Arab propaganda. I intend to do an article which will set the records straight that religious intolerance of the only non-Muslim nation in the Middle east (Israel) is the root of the Arab-Israeli conflict not "Israeli occupation". That's why Muslims all over the world - including here in Naija - get so worked up about Israel, but don't give a hoot about the much more heinous atrocities inflicted on our Muslim Black brothers & sisters in Darfur by the Arab occupation in Sudan. As for Iran's nuclear intentions, both the current President Ahmedinajad and his predecessor, the so-called "moderate" Rafsanjani have expressed a desire to "wipe Israel of the map". Just a few weeks ago, Iran's maximum tyrant, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered Ahmedinajad to sack Prime Minister Mashai because the later reportedly said "“Iranians want to be friends with everyone, including the Israelis”. So a nuclear armed Shiite Iran is a clear & present danger, not only to Israel but to neighbouring Sunni Arab nations.

I Love Nigeria  # 6 | 16.08.2009 13:52

Bamaguje Thanks for your comments. But I take strong exceptions to your opinion which labels and castigate me as a victim of Arab propaganda and in effect, anti Israel... I am no victim of anyone and I am not a bashing Israel. I am familiar with the issues at stake in Darfur in the Sudan, I actually have made a few public comments about it in the past. I joined public campaign for that purpose as well. please see excerpts below and you may also visit the links which is supplied. http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/index.php/content/view/665/55 The Genocidal Horrors And Persisting Barbarities In The Sudan By Paul I. Adujie Saturday, 26 June 2004 The horrifying conditions being endured by millions of Black African Sudanese, were catalogued by Nicholas Kristof Esq. of The New York Times in a series of heart wrenching articles, he did a remarkable job of reporting the genocide and ethnic/religious cleansing, taking place in Darfur Sudan, as he portrayed the horrific and protracted conflict in the Sudan, and the genocide in Darfur, which has been financed and supplied, amply with materials, by the so-called government in the Sudan. What has happened or still happening in Darfur, is complete human tragedy in every sense! The Sudanese government, that ought to protect all its citizens, and provide for every citizen’s safety and security is widely reported, engaged in despicable acts, as the current government in Khartoum has disgustingly, supported and encouraged pillaging bands of Arabs, called Janjaweed, (sounds more like they have been smoking Ganja-Weeds?) (Considering the egregious violations of human rights!) The Sudanese government has been implicated in this catastrophes, it is actively engineered by the Khartoum government, in order to illegally, re-engineer the color line, to tilt the ethnic and religious configuration of the Sudan, particularly, the region that is called Darfur. It is noteworthy, that the Khartoum government and its opposition recently reached, yet again, another peace agreement, to end the protracted internecine war in that country. But we must not gloss over the continuing sufferings of millions of Sudanese people in the hands and weapons of marauding Arabs, supported by their military regime friends in the Sudanese capital. Some have argued, that the western world, particularly the US, have frequently offered winks and nods to the Khartoum government, because, of the one big reason, which is American interest is Sudan's recently developed oil wealth; The Bush administration is always looking for new sources of supply and has declared African oil to be a strategic national interest, perhaps, that makes human rights violations secondary? We are all aware and too familiar with the frequency at which the ever-fragile peace in the Sudan, have faltered. The Sudan have had thirty years of civil war of endless misery, it is mostly war of attrition for far too long. This internecine war has raged for far too long! This protracted conflict in the Sudan has festered for far too long. And it has openly degenerated into this Arabs versus Black Africans, with the Arabs having the upper hand, mostly because the day’s government in the Sudan supports and supply weapons to the Arab raiders. The genocide perpetrated in Darfur by the Janjaweed and their Khartoum cohorts, is really not different from thirty-year conflict, the Darfur tragedy is continuation and another salvo in inglorious efforts to Arabize the Sudan, the conflict have been replete with color, ethnic and religious undertones and maneuvers in all putridity.

I Love Nigeria  # 7 | 16.08.2009 14:11

Bamaguje As you can probably discern from the excerpts below, there are direct implications and impact on Nigerians, beyond color and brotherhood in Islam. Nigerian soldiers were murdered in their peace-keeping efforts and duty. However, that does not lessen my concern for the injustice and oppression faced daily by citizens of Palestine, on a routine/daily basis! AND, even though I disagree with you, I am quite unwilling to insinuate that Israeli propaganda have caused you brain-damage in the interim! http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/paul-adujie/death-of-nigerian-soldiers-peacekeepers-hold-sudan-government-accoun.html Death of Nigerian Soldiers Peacekeepers; Hold Sudan Government Accountable Written by Paul I. Adujie Friday, 05 October 2007 Murdering Nigerians, soldiers or civilians, must be turned into unaffordable and exorbitant luxury, too expensive for Sudan, Spain, Turkey and everywhere else. There must be consequences for President Omar Bashir and his other riff-raffs in Khartoum, for the senseless and gruesome murder of our soldiers in Darfur-Sudan President Bashir and his gang of dictators should be held to account for the murder of seven Nigerian soldiers, peacekeepers who were selflessly, gallantly and heroically protecting harmless Darfurians who have suffered death and deprivations from agents of death funded and supported by the Sudanese government in Khartoum It is public knowledge that President Bashir’s government has for years, supplied weapons and money, to Arab marauders also known as Janjaweed, whose mission is to wipe out Africans in gentrification in favor of Arabs. Mr. Bashir’s government has tacitly aided ethnic cleansing and horrific genocide; against the Africans in Darfur Sudan and as a result, millions of Africans have been displaced and turned into refugees and tens of thousands other Africans have been murdered brutally, by the Khartoum assisted Jajanweed militias. The genocidal horrors and persisting barbarities in the Sudan http://www.kwenu.com/publications/adujie/genocide_sudan.htm http://www.google.com/search?q=genocidal+horrors+and+persisting+barbarities+in+darfur++Adujie&btnG=Search&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1 http://www.google.com/search?q=genocidal+horrors+and+persisting+barbarities+in+darfur+sudan+Adujie&btnG=Search&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1 As Nigerians grieve with the family and friends of our troops, who were murdered in the course of their selfless duty of peace keeping, duties which our troops have to perform in harsh conditions and in the middle of nowhere in Darfur Sudan; We must demand actions and measures that must be taken against President Bashir, the sponsor of these Arab Janjaweed lunatics and there must be change in the rule of engagement, and such new rules, must enable our troops to take-on Janjaweed most aggressively! These fallen Nigerian soldiers were enduring most harsh conditions in that Janjaweed terrain in Sudan. It is a very sad day for the families of these soldiers and it is as well a gloomy day for Nigeria and Africa. Preserving and protecting the work of our heroes-past, requires that measures are taken immediately to forestall a repeat of this dastardly act by those Janjaweed murderers

I Love Nigeria  # 8 | 16.08.2009 14:23

Bamaguje, you do not have to be Arab or Muslim, to be concerned about injustice and oppression. In fact, you can be Israeli and Jewish, and still be concerned about Muslims and yes, the rights of fellow human being in Palestine! Enrich yourself or (shine your eyes) as some Nigerians would say. Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag http://www.mclemee.com/id22.html Resistance and Courage by Susan Sontag http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/616/susan_sontag_on_resistance The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy - Wikipedia, the free ... Mearsheimer and Walt argue that "No lobby has managed to divert U.S. .... this tack all of a sudden that it's some kind of an overly powerful Jewish lobby. ... History of the book - Content - Reception - Reaction to the reception http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_U.S._Foreign_Policy

Bamaguje  # 9 | 18.08.2009 08:29

=Paul Aduije;381415>Bamaguje, you do not have to be Arab or Muslim, to be concerned about injustice and oppression. In fact, you can be Israeli and Jewish, and still be concerned about Muslims and yes, the rights of fellow human being in Palestine! Frankly, I have no sympathy whatsoever for the so-called Palestinian suffering, because it is largely self-inflicted as they and their Arab neighbours would not allow be the only Jewish nation. There are however over 20 Arab nations - if membership of Arab league is anything to go by - controlling over 99% of the Middle East. Arabs invaded Israel and attempted to destroy the Jewish nation in 1948 when Israel declared independence and wasn't occupying any 'Palestinian' territory. Just this month in Fatah's Bethlehem conference, the PLO reaffirmed its determination to expel all Jews and obliterate Israel. This has been their agenda right from 1964 when Fatah was formed, and Israel occupied no territory. In fact article 24 of the Fatah/PLO charter in 1964 renounced all claims to West bank & Gaza which were then under Jordanian and Egyptian rule. The only "Palestine" PLO was interested in "liberating" was Israel itself. My comment on Darfur was to drive home the point that Muslims' hostile obsession with Israel has nothing to do with "Palestinian suffering", as they appear unconcerned about the more heinous atrocities perpetrated by the Arab occupation in Sudan against Black African Muslims in Darfur. It is simply Islamic anti-semitism, as even the Quran (2:65, 5:60) severally denounces Jews as apes and pigs.

I Love Nigeria  # 10 | 18.08.2009 10:18

Bamaguje What would you do, if you were a citizen of Palestine? You were summarily uprooted from your land, in 1948 and you remain a refugee in your occupied land... and you are recipient of the most degrading/dehumanizing treatment? What precipitated the Arab-Israel wars? The Arabs were just unreasonable? Or could it be that the Arabs were fighting hegemonic oppressors? You receive humiliations and all manners of injustices minutely? What would you do? There is this book that I have, it is titled “Wrestling With Zion” it comprises multitudes of essays, in which many prominent Jews debate their conflicted emotions regarding the conditions in Palestine, and then, the need to support Israel. Israel’s right to exist is recognized by many citizens of Palestine and people in the Arab world. But, we ought also be as audacious in proclaiming the rights of people in Palestine. It has become so fashionable to defend Israel, without bathed breath for conditions of the citizens of Palestine. Palestine is actually the underdog in this struggle. It is rather astonishing, that many rally to support Israel which already has the upper hand, militarily, economically and diplomatically! You and I, can agree or stipulate that Israel’s right to exist is not mutually exclusive with Palestine statehood and Human Rights for citizens of Palestine.

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