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Posted on January 20, 2008
| Often Western officials and academics explain the enrolment of the
young in militant organizations to social and economical reasons. They
believe that since the heads of the familys are busy trying to put food
on the table, that causes many young to develop psychological and social
problems, which explains why many turn to violence and seek revenge from
others, or turn to drug dealing and becoming members of criminal gangs
that steal and kill. Therefore, they often concluded that improving the
economic situation is the key to solving the problems of resorting to
violence
As the Palestinian suffering has continued for decades, it has become increasingly difficult for Western politicians to address Palestinians rights, and often they focus on finding a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without addressing the core issues (such as right of return, ethnic cleansing, dispossession, ..etc.). Sometimes we hear Western officials talk about the suffering of the Palestinian people, and about the bad living conditions in the refugee camps, even sometimes we hear them talk about Palestinian human rights for those who live under Israeli occupation. However, you will rarely hear any of them talk about Palestinian national rights. Since Palestinians are exhibiting this "violent" phenomena, the West have focused its energy on solving this conflict by improving the economic or living conditions for Palestinians in the occupied territories. |
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From the beginning, Israel decided to confront Palestinian resistance with an overwhelmingly violent reprisal, however, it did not succeed despite its destructive power. Resistance has increased in quantity and quality to a degree that it is currently scaring many Israelis.
Besides confronting Palestinian resistance, Israel and the Western Governments found it necessary to work also on the economic and financial fronts as well.
The enemies of the Palestinian people resorted to two policies to defeat them: The first aimed to frustrate and depress them by physically defeating their will to resist, and the second policy aimed to entice them with financial gains, and leadership positions within their community.
I am not going to explain these policies in details, the reader
The first phase aimed to find a financial solution to the Palestinian cause by encouraging Palestinian academics to open centers and organizations that believe in the economic solution to the Palestinian cause, and to show the "civilized" face of the Palestinian people.
In the early 1980s, silently and carefully there was a search for Palestinian academics who could support such a policy. At the beginning, the environment in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip was not yet suitable for such activities.
Some educated Palestinians surfaced who called for talking to the West in a language that they can understand, which was focused mainly on exposing the suffering of the Palestinian people and exposing Israeli atrocities against them.
In the 1980s, they did not speak against resistance, and they did not disclose their intention to recognize Israel, but they focused on
improving the economic conditions as the tool to help the occupied Palestinians, and
they focused their attention on establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
I was one of those who were approached to support this policy; even the American consul in Jerusalem offered his cooperation in this regards in 1983, and the Israelis offered to make me a Palestinian leader in 1989.
At the time, American and Israeli policies aimed to refocus the
attention of the Palestinian people away from their Right of Return and
from their right to self-determination, to establishing a Palestinian
state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian suffering in
the occupied territories was used as the tool to
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The
Palestinian suffering in the occupied territories was used as the tool to shrink Palestinian demands, and to shrink the Palestinian
people to a people who live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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In return, these Palestinian academics received many benefits from the Israeli occupation, such as traveling abroad, freedom of movement, lecturing abroad, attending conferences, and even financial support in some cases.
To be specific, I mention the Palestinian Media Center, which enjoyed a wide range of activities including financial support from the PLO without any objections or restrictions from the Israeli occupiers. The people who headed this media center were exposed as Palestinian leaders, and the occupiers even harassed them to enhance their political legitimacy among the Palestinian people.
Slowly since 1988, Palestinians started to accept what used to be forbidden, and they even crossed the red lines which they imposed upon themselves earlier. They
After executing the policies of frustrating and financially enticing the Palestinian people, America and Israel turned to restricting Palestinians even more by controlling their sources of income directly or through the Western donor governments.
The goal was, and still is to make the Palestinian people a hostage to the loaf of bread they need to survive; which will turn them away from demanding their national rights and from resisting the Israeli occupation. In other words, the goal is to keep them busy just to survive from day to day, and not even think of their right of return or liberating Jerusalem.
These policies intensified after signing the Oslo Agreement and after the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). These policies are rooted on three primary principles:
Nowadays,, if anybody visits the West Bank, he will hear how the cost of living has sky rocketed, however, he hears little about the Israeli colonization policies, usurpation of Palestinian lands, arrests, and assassinations.
It is not fair to blame the average Palestinian.. Israeli and American policies were accepted by many in the Palestinian elite (especially among the academic class), which forced the average Palestinian to care about feeding his family at the expense of Palestinian national rights.
| If the economical pressure on Palestinians continues, and the daily
life in the West Bank continues to be connected with Western financial
sources, then priorities for the average Palestinian will switch from
national to personal. Instead of holding on to the right of return, the
average Palestinian will become obsessed with holding on to his salary. n a nutshell, the real goal is to buy Palestinian national rights at a fixed price, set according to Israeli and American dictation. Therefore, any talk about any "peaceful solutions" is meant only to gain time until they completely convert the Palestinian cause into a monthly salary cause. Ironically, this is exactly what Za'ev Jabotinsky advocated as early as 1923 in his famous Iron Wall article, he said: |
Priorities
for the average Palestinian will
switch from national to personal.
Instead of holding on to right of return, the average Palestinian will become obsessed with holding on to his salary. |
".... Settlement can thus develop under the protection of a force that is not dependent on the local population, behind an IRON WALL which they will be powerless to break down. ....a voluntary agreement is just not possible. As long as the Arabs preserve a gleam of hope that they will succeed in getting rid of us, nothing in the world can cause them to relinquish this hope, precisely because they are not a rubble but a living people. And a living people will be ready to yield on such fateful issues only when they give up all hope of getting rid of the Alien Settlers. Only then will extremist groups with their slogan 'No, never' lose their influence, and only then their influence be transferred to more moderate groups. And only then will the moderates offer suggestions for compromise. Then only will they begin bargaining with us on practical matters, such as guarantees against PUSHING THEM OUT, and equality of civil, and national rights."
Could this policy work at the end? There is no doubt about it that it is working now, however, not all the Palestinian people earn salaries, and not all the Palestinian people are willing to give up their national rights in return for the salary.
* This article was translated from Arabic which first appeared at AlJazeera.net. Click here to reach Dr. Qasim at his personal website.
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To manaboulis and everybody else
You are absolutely right - a land is not a Real Estate ! Land means : Your fathers & forefathers, as well as your children¿s & grandchildren¿s home and therefore is forbidden to be sold !
It is true, as you said, you all did pay dearly with your blood. And as you said, neither will you hesitate to pay with your own blood in order to get it back.
However, if you turn as bad as them, then they succeeded as you have became to be one of them! And this is why they continue to take more and more land away in the first place.
This is called provocation!
If you are good and Islam is the good, then I strongly believe that we are obliged ¿ in the name of God and peace - to sacrifice a piece of land. This sacrifice the people of Palestine have accepted for the sake of peace back in 1948 along with the entire Arab nation of Christians, Moslems, Jews & etc.
And if this piece of land would have stopped this ugliness, then you all would have succeeded.
Unfortunately, until today we have not succeeded because of the continues spilling of blood.
We all must remember that the sacrifice had already started with our forefather Abraham and as a result we have Ismail as our father as well.
But if Abraham would not have obeyed God, then we would not have Ismail !
Therefore, you must stop the spilling of blood by all means, return to PAPER & INK and stick to the 1948 accepted and signed agreement!
Please read our letters within Ikrimah ibn Aji Jahl at: sharifian-history at dot info
The land is not Real Estate. This is a homeland and an identity and wrong can not be right with paper money or even gold.
We paid for it with our lives and we'll pay the same to get it back.
ÈÇÑß Çááå Ýí ÝáÓØíä!
Iam palestinian and I love my land.
plz God help ma pbl in palestine plz plz plz
Dear Dr. Qasim,
At my husbands request I tried to email to you on March 20th, 2 letters. Have you received them? Kindly let me know. Thanks in advance. D.B.
Dear Dr. Qasim,
Sorry, not at but dot info
Best regards,
Mrs.D.Berry
Dear Dr. Qasim,
Thank you to include our website history - Zionists in Moroccan History & the History of the True Noble Sharifian Rulers. However, NOBODY can reach our site the way you mentioned it. In order for everybody to reach and read it you must mention our address sharifian-history at info (new) plus make a link to our site + please try to publish our story as well.
With many many thanks,
Mrs. D. Berry
In other words, Palestinians should not accept any aid in order to better their economic situation. It would be better that they suffer poverty, disease and illiteracy in order to hold on to their 'sacred right of return'.
Somehow, this does not fit with the fundamentals of human existence. You want the right to return, and if it is not given to you, then you will suffer (willingly), starve, and die, rather than stepping forward slowly, raising the standard of living, and easing the suffering of Palestinians in Ramallah and Azza, and building a nation with a stable government.
If it's all or nothing - you do not accept friendship and help in order to stand, independently, on your own feet, then why should the international community listen to your pleas? Why, if you reject their assistance, and their attempt to establish and independent Palestinian nation, should they vote to support your cause, when you reject anything that you deem a compromise?
Thank you for providing to my email the article and information by Dr. Abdul Sattar Qasim. Thank you for keeping my email address and forwarding the documentation. I frequently read Al-Jazeera.net. I pray, "God Be With Us All In Our International Communities For Equal Rights."
John M Hovsepian makes a good point about the Arab countries rallying round. One reason they have never done that is the lobbying and buying power of the US.
However, I believe we are witnessing a change. First, Egypt, after using teargas on those trying to cross the border, just stood back and watched after the border came down. That MUST have been a considered decision and shuld shame the more powerful Arab countries into action.
Second, the US economy is in such a mess, that their finacial might will be waning and therefore their ability to bully countries into supporting the US position will be seriously weakened. Let's hope that their market falls further and for longer than ever before.
I hope, these two things together will be the turning point in the struggle for justice for Palestine. However, the power of the web is already proven in changing major corporation and government policies in the West. We should all be using it to lobby politicians at every opportunity.
Thank you Dr.Qasim,
you wrote most of my thoughts, it is true that they are planning to do that, but our people will never allow them to do,they didn't know our great love to our land, we will never forget it, we will come back to it even after thousands of years.Best regards. to all.
Dear Madam, Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email which I will forward to my husband.
However, how did you get my email? All I now is, that for some years I have been trying to find some Arabic newspapers to publish our story which we now published ourselves on the web. Title: Zionists in Moroccan History & the History of the True Noble Sharifian Rulers.(not to be found on any search engines). Part I is about their tactics used and Part II is about our history.
Perhaps you might be interested in publishing .........?????
I look forwards to hear from you and remain,
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. D. Berry
This was a wonderful article and I agree with it 100%. I think this is why we need a strong government.. not necessarily Hamas, but a government that knows how to say NO. The only problem is the fact that the People of Palestine will stop worrying about the Right of Return and concentrate on the Right to Eat and Live.
I am a writer. a couple of months ago, I completed writing a book about the Palesinian tragedy and Western/Zionist colonial ambitians in the Middle East. The title of the book is,"Legalized Terrorism" I am now looking for publishers. Contact me if you have any interest.
The land is for sale even if some men and women have offered themselves for sale. The land is not a real estate, It is an identity that we will not surrender to Jews To Bush or China. We are coming back and tomorrow is just a sunrise away.
Thank you for alerting me to this article. The Israeli war on the Palestinian people is indeed waged on many, many fronts.
may Allah bless you,my only comment
WAAAAAAAAAAAAA......................islamah
Every year, more and more Israelis are native born and every year, more and more Palestinians are foreigners. The one glue which holds Israelis together is Palestinian hostility. Without Palestinian hostility, Israel would have flown apart at the seams and the Israeli natives would have junked the Law of Return. Therefore, ironically, it is Palestinian hostility which gives Israel its strength. And when Israeli history is written after most Jews have been ingathered in Israel (not Palestine) the Israelis will say to the Palestians "Thanks. We could not have done it without you."
That is absolutly true .let us analyse what is hapenning now in sectore Gazza ,to get rid of Hamas ,they have been blocking all the sector 3 days so far.Who do help them to do that,unfortunatly some of us(palestenians)and most of arabic warld.this is a tragedy.Isn't?
excellent article. however, anyone know where Arif Kanghar is? he used to live av Julis Village 24980. its importantent to me to find him.
Regards from Norway
As much as I agree with everything you say, I can find ONLY ONE solution for our dilemma.
Unless all the Arab countries unite completely with all their wealth and all their resources, nothing will ever happen.
At that time, an ultimatum would be issued to all the western supporters of the so-called israel, to stay out and not to interfere. Once that is done, we approach the jewish state and for the last time ask them to join us in establishing one democratic Palestine with joint Palestinian/jewish coalition government- one person one vote basis. For the first 25 years, jews who immigrated to Palestine from all over the world in the last 60 years, will not be allowed to cast a cote or elected to any governmental position.
The minor details can be worked out once the principle points are agreed upon.
Otherwise, no Palestinian will ever give up his/hers right to an inch of their country and the jews will never see a minute of peace as long as they are arrogant and evil!
Excellent article.
I really can't believe that anyone can sell his land and soul to the devil-Israel!
As long as we say NO, they will be afraid of us and we will return one day. But if we sell our rights and lands, we will loose everything, especially Allah¿s mercy.
Without Justice there can be No Peace.
What the Zionists (Who must NOT be confused with obedient Jews) have done to the Palestinian People is a huge Injustice. They will (and must) NEVER sleep peacefully in their beds, Until there is a JUST and EQUITABLE Solution to the decades of harsh treatment they have meted out to the Palestinians.
No Justice= NO PEACE!!!
Lots of people feel it, live it, wonder about it, and ask what is going on with the Palestinians,
Thanks to the writer who simplified it to the average.
A very informative article.
God Bless the Palestinian people, may they soon return to what is theirs.
G/d bless your efforts. I hope that I will live to see Palestine restored to the indigenous people of the land. I am a Jew. We surely should have learned a lesson from our own experience of being treated like animals in Europe during World War II. For the same people to have turned around and done much the same to an indigenous people in their own land is unthinkable.
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