Son of Holocaust Survivors Denied Access to Israel
Professor Norman Finkelstein (political scientist, author, academic) of the United States was recently imprisoned upon his arrival to Israel. Without being allowed entry into the country, Professor Finkelstein was arrested, interrogated, imprisoned and then forced to leave the country due to his critical views regarding the illegal policies of the Israeli government.
Despite being of Jewish faith and the son of Holocaust survivors, Israel reinforced the fact that they do not discriminate when it comes to being racist! The Zionist governments refusal to allow Prof. Finkelstein entry typically means that he will be banned for 10 years from entering the country despite the fact that as a man of Jewish faith, he has a right to settle there according to their laws. Their claim of "security risk" is nothing more than a euphamism for their racist policies. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz in a May 27 editorial states: "Considering his unusual and extremely critical views, one cannot avoid
the suspicion that refusing to allow him to enter Israel was a
punishment rather than a precaution."
Is this the democracy we continue to hear about that must continue to be supported by our tax dollars? How embarrassed should the U.S. administration be to blindly support such a racist government. How often must Israel show it's true colors before our administration takes their head out of Israel's ass and sees the light?
While our economy is struggling, the U.S. provides over $3 billion annually from our tax dollars as grants (yes, grants) to fund the killing of innocent civilians, expropriation of land, building of illegal settlements, demolition of homes......and oh yeah, the building of an Apartheid Wall in the 21st century. And now, in this instance, discrimination against an individual with an impecable reputation for exercising a right this country was so proudly founded upon. I encourage everyone to contact their representatives in the government and let your voice be heard.
Let us not forget the victims of Al-Nakba
As the Zionist State of Israel prepares for their 60 year
"celebration", let us not forget what this "celebration"
represents for the Palestinians and for all decent human beings. The
establishment of the State of Israel, albeit illegitimate, was established at
the expense of the entire Palestinian population.
As “Israel”
celebrates, the Palestinians will mourn as they remember Al-Nakba (the “catastrophe”)
whereby over 500 villages were wiped out by the Jewish forces. They will mourn the entire villages of Palestinians
that were massacred as the Jewish forces attempted to ethnically cleanse the
Palestinian population. They will mourn
as they remember the 750,000 people that were expelled from their homes and land;
they will mourn as they reflect upon the fact that the illegitimate creation of
a Jewish state has created the longest suffering and largest refugee
populations in the world.
Let us congratulate “Israel”
for their tremendous accomplishments having committed and continuing to commit
the most heinous of crimes and doing so with the world standing by. This is the ‘true’ democracy we need in the
Mid East. Let us congratulate “Israel” for
successfully convincing the world that they are the victims as the facts prove
they are truly the worst of aggressors.
The facts cannot be denied.
As Zionists claim there were no Palestinians displaced, David Ben Gurion is quoted as saying:
“Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not
even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because
geography books no longer exist…There is not a single place built in this
country that did not have a former Arab population."
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva
Convention makes it illegal for an occupying force to expel people in order to
occupy their land. The acquisition of
land during time of war by this means is clearly illegal. This is the same international law that makes
it illegal for “Israel” to
occupy the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Although International Law allows for the return of refugee populations, Israel has refused to abide by the laws that govern the world. The records are clear and every sensible
human being realizes what the facts are.
Unfortunately, “Israel”
has its own distorted views and considers itself an exception to the law.
Let us not forget history and let us
not forget the victims of Al-Nakba.