Comments and thoughts of an American Muslim on US Foreign policy in the Middle East and the so-called War on Terror,examining the contradictions from a perspective of justice, fairness and human rights.
“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
– Albert Einstein.
(More)I was really surprised and somewhat honored to have been listed on the Masada 2000 website along with Melodye Feldman, Norman Finklstein, Noam Chomsky and other critics of the policies of the Israeli Government who are striving for peace and justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. To suggest that a man of my age (59) and very limited financial resources could be considered a threat to Israel is beyond absurd, yet someone out there considered my participation in protests last summer against Israel’s invasion of Lebanon to be threatening enough to take my picture and post contact information about me.
(More)During the week of 2 to 8 November, while people in the US were preoccupied with the mid-term elections, a massacre took place in Gaza, with 86 human beings killed by Israeli forces. This massacre, as well as the continuing Israeli assault on Gaza seems to go largely unnoticed by the mainstream US media.
(More)What would you call a nation that
1. Not only is not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but also has an estimated arsenal of 200 nuclear weapons[1],
2. Kills a US citizen engaged in peaceful protest and denies any responsibility[2],
3. Attacks, bombs and threatens other countries in its vicinity[3],
4. Acquires territory from neighboring countries by military force[4], and
5. Kills leaders of the people in those occupied lands by means of missiles from helicopter gunships[5]?
I would call such a nation a "terrorist" nation, and US tax dollars fund that nation. Its name is Israel.
The Israeli siege against the Palestinian People continues despite all the fanfare of the recent Israeli “withdrawal.
In the United States, there is much hand-wringing as a result of the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections on Jan. 25, 2006. The US now must decide how to relate diplomatically to a democratically-elected government whose majority members belong to a party the US considers as “terrorist.