I am running a five-part ZGram series about what is happening in the Middle East because I am upset by the Israeli brutalities - the pain and suffering they inflict on the Palestinians while the world stands idly by. The least that I can do is to let the Palestinians speak to my own worldwide audience.
These five Zgrams came from Mid-East Realities: Making Sense of the Middle East at www.MiddleEast.Org, subtitled News, Information, & Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know!
Please remember that these are only glimpses - because I want my readers to get a mosaic in their minds of what horrors that edifice of lies, the so-called "Holocaust" has bought. Were it not for the "Holocaust" still acting as both shield and sword for outright murder at the hands of Israelis, we would not have to see what these vignettes reveal.
Just recently Ernst Zundel wrote in response to a student's query:
"Professor Peter Novick in his book "The Holocaust in American Life" details how the Zionists inside and outside Israel deliberately adopted the use of the "Holocaust" as a foreign and domestic policy tool to gain political, moral and financial advantages from its use. The poor Palestinians are the most abused victims of this "Holocaust" propaganda tool. What is being done to them behind the shield of "Holocaust victim" status is barbaric and unforgivable, and makes me want to hang my head in shame as a white man in the year 2000. It is a reflection of how emasculated the West has become, how utterly morally bankrupt - and we should be ashamed that we don't rain paratroopers down on that place and end the carnage caused by that miserable statelet once and for all. I ask God to forgive me for my own impotence in that Palestinian question."
Herewith Part I as taken from MER:
ISRAELI SNIPERS TARGET CIVILIANS AND MEDICAL PEOPLE
"Horrible days indeed.... I did not write any column...because in such days all I can produce are shouts and frustration -- murderers! keeps repeating in my mind.... I will nevertheless try to send you later today some more coherent words."
MER - Washington - 10/1/00: This anguished comment just received from an Israeli Professor associated with MER. And the following updates just received from The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees, three of whose workers have today been targeted by Israeli snipers. Also remember that many persons who are not severely injured do not go to hospitals for fear the Israelis may find them and subsequently interrogate them, and thus are not recorded in the statistics.
THREE AID WORKERS SHOT BY ISRAELI SNIPERS
October 1, 2000, 4:30 PM: Three UPMRC First Aid Workers have been shot by Israeli snipers using high-velocity ammunition. Suheila Abdel-Rahman, a UPMRC health worker, and two volunteers, Bashir Bargouthi and Ashraf Bisht were assisting the injured at the junction near the City Inn Hotel in Ramallah. All three wore vests clearly identifying them as medical personnel.
ISRAELI FORCES STILL FIRING AT CIVILIANS
October 1, 2000, 4:00 PM: The Israeli army and police continue using deadly force against Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem for the fourth day in a row. Palestinian deaths and injuries continue to mount as Israeli forces fire live high-velocity ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear gas indiscriminately into crowds of protesters.
The number of casualties are alarming:
* At least 25 Palestinians are dead.
* Over 750 are injured.
* Fourteen remain in critical condition.
Attacks on civilians have been especially brutal in the Gaza Strip, where 12-year old Rami Al-Dura was killed while under Israeli attack. Television cameras recorded the boy and his father, Jamal Al-Dura, trying to shield themselves from the hail of bullets. The father sustained critical injuries while trying to protect his son, but the army kept shooting until Rami was fatally wounded. Doctors are currently trying to remove a bullet from Jamal's spine to prevent paralysis. Ambulance driver Ghassan Al-Balbisi was shot to death by the same group of snipers while trying to reach the boy and his father.
These events are a clear indication of the force the Israeli army is employing in their continued attacks against unarmed Palestinian civilians. Reports of an Israeli "cease-fire" are false. This afternoon, the army has been using tanks, helicopters and anti-tank missiles against Palestinian men, women, and children.
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Thought for the Day:
"What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness."
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
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