Choices for Israel: Ethnic Cleansing, Apartheid or Democracy
[I saw this on the Mujahideen Ryder Blog]
In this video we see the Israeli Army commandeering a Palestinian home whenever they choose and usually in the middle of the night, turfing out the family so that they can sleep in their beds. So not only are they occupied in their own land, they are occupied even in their own homes.
We see Jewish fundamentalist (illegal) settlers determined not to move an inch even if it is a giant step towards peace, the irony is that they were ordered by their own government to populate the occupied territories.
We see the Israeli Army demolishing Arab houses in OCCUPIED East Jerusalem.
Israel is not the beacon of democracy that many in the West think it is.
The most shocking thing about this video is that fact that it was made in the first place and then aired on a prime US Channel CBS News, on a primetime show 60 Minutes.
Even with Herod Olmert’s attempt at killing as many people and children as possible in the attack on Gaza, the birth rates amongst Palestinians is so high that in 10 years the Jewish population will be a minority, insha’Allah. The only feasible way forward for Israel is peace and democracy even if they have to live as a minority, this is a conundrum that cannot be easily resolved and is a conundrum of their own making.
Tags: democracy, Israel, palestine