Here is a short but sweet little item that shows how Revisionism spreads these days - without costing us a single pretty penny. It used to be that penetrating Arab countries with revisionist mass mailings, audio and video tapes, books and visits cost tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of dollars with very negligible results. I guess Revisionism is like an oak - an organism that grows slowly over many years - but once it has taken roots, it is a beauty to behold, and its branches stretch wide.
One fine example of how far we've come was sent to us by Dr. Ibrahim Alloush, an instrumental link to many Arab intellectuals. Be awed:
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In an open admission of guilt that was broadcast to millions of viewers through the satellite channel LBC, Mahmoud Darwish declared:
WE HAVE MADE A MISTAKE BY ASKING THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT TO BAN THE REVISIONIST HISTORIANS CONFERENCE IN BEIRUT.
This declaration came on the eve of Sunday, July 15, 2001, in a popular TV show on LBC Television called Hewar Al Ummour.
Mahmoud Darwish added that even though he is against opening up the subject of the "Holocaust" as Palestinian and Arab issues, he recognizes now that the demand of the fourteen Arab intellectuals to ban the revisionist conference in Beirut was a violation of the human rights and the rights of scientific research of revisionist historians.
This new announcement by Mahmoud Darwish comes on the heels of a similar announcement by Edward Said through the internet in April, in which he essentially said that even though he is opposed to revisionist historians on principle, he never asked any Arab government to ban an intellectual conference and that those collecting the signatures on the petition of the fourteen Arab intellectuals basically presented him with a different text.
The importance of Mahmoud Darwishís recent declaration, however, emanates from the fact that Darwish had initially reaffirmed his call to ban the conference in Beirut when questioned about the petition by the Saudi Daily, Al Watan, in April.
Darwish's change of mind, therefore, reflects mounting pressure from people across the Arab World who were enraged by the petition of the fourteen intellectuals.
In fact, supporters of the alleged Hollowcause in the Arab World can only present their case in very roundabout methods. "Raising this issue is not expedient politically", "I need [an indefinite amount of time] to collect more information on this matter", "Let us not argue over numbers" , etc - are frequently cited clichés by the minority who embrace Holocaust myths in the Arab World.
So do take note..
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P.S. For more information on why the "Holocaust" is relevant to Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims, please go to: http://www.freearabvoice.org/whyTheHolocaustIsImportantToArabs.htm
Long Thought for the Day:
And when the child asks, How did Freedom die, Mother? She will answer,
It died when the Solemn Men, the Self-Righteous men came to preserve it in the Formaldehyde of Correctness.
It died when those who Know Best codified and purified it with Good Thoughts.
It died when the self-righteous men brought Decent Standards to the libraries, when they banned Hate Speech from the public avenues, and when they proclaimed their own ideas to be Above Question.
It died when people forgot that Freedom is not just a means to something else, but Life itself. For without Freedom, life is a stale, drab shadow.
Freedom may live when men are brave and willing to fight and die for Freedom.
But Freedom dies when men become cowards, afraid of what others might think or do, and when men bind each other into the slavery of harmlessness.
- Slade