Views from Mazin Qumsiyeh

The Israeli judges of the "supreme court" today seemed at first
sympathetic to the plight of the villagers of Al-Walaja whose houses are being
surrounded on all sides as they get separated from their agricultural lands
(and all their water sources). But the system was clearly stacked against
natives. Half the people who were slated to go from Al-Walaja to the court
were denied entry to Jerusalem where the court is held (this includes people
impacted directly like farmer Abu Nidal, the village council head, other
members of the village council, and me!). The judges ruled to postpone for
another hearing in 45 days and allowed the apartheid government to continue
building the wall in the meantime! This is to give the government time to
come-up with confiscation orders for land that will be now on the other side
of the wall (maybe even the graves of Abu Nidal's family members). My wife
and many international observers attended the hearings but it was all in
Hebrew and so they could not understand much of what was going on. With
Israeli Zionist judges using Zionist laws (contrary to International law)
and judging between the Israeli Zionist government and native occupied
Palestinians, it is hard to be optimistic about the legal discourse (but it
is attempted anyway and must be accompanied by other actions). There are
other cases of abortion of justice in the past week:

[Israel] Supreme Court ruling allows Jews-only housing in Jaffa [Arab]
neighborhood
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/supreme-court-ruling-allows-jews-only-h
ousing-in-jaffa-neighborhood-1.323421

Israeli court in Haifa continues the charade and killing prospects of
justice for murdered Rachel Corrie (a victim of the apartheid state).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/middleeast/08corrie.html?_r=1&ref=wo
rld

And the Israeli government just approved tenders for 1300 new buildings in
illegal Jewish colonial settlements in Arab East Jerusalem (contrary to
International law including the fourth Geneva Convention and a number of UN
Security Council Resolutions. This while Netanyahu is visiting the US
demanding they attack yet another sovereign country (Iran) to please his
agenda. Meanwhile, the human and material cost of the Zionist-inspired wars
on Afghanistan and Iraq continue to escalate.

[I cannot overemphasize how critical it is fior all people to watch this
hebrew language documentary (English subtitles). Simply stunning expose of
a history the Zionist movement worked very hard to suppress. The data here
should put the final nail in the coffin of the idea that Zionism is good for
those who believe in Judaism]. The Antisemitic Side of Zionism
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4452153918748081072#docid=902406897
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(Glilad Atzmon, ex-Israeli saxophonist comments on this film:
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/gilad-atzmon-the-anti-semitic-side-of-zionis
m-must-watch.html

[stunning and uplifting] This soulful song by the great Mahalia Jackson, and
accompanied by striking images, is dedicated to all the ordinary citizens of
the world, who have dared challenge the brutal blockade of Gaza. In
particular, it pays homage to the martyrs aboard Mavi Marmara, who were shot
in cold blood by the Israeli Defense Forces. The video was put together by
Sana Kassem of goldstonefacts.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbZogbTY3Q


Israeli documents show deliberate policy to keep Gazans at near-starvation
levelsþ
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21799

Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home
http://www.qumsiyeh.org
http://www.pcr.ps