Outraged by Slate.com on world refugee day
- By: Qwaider
- On:Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:04:29 AM
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I was shocked and appalled by Slate.com for the way the have absolutely disregarded the Palestinian refugees. The hundreds of thousands that were driven out of their lands, forced into the conditions worse than Auschwitz and suffered ethnic genocide by their oppressors. These opressors were rewarded today by Slate which showed a picture from "Sha'ar Ha'aliya" in Haifa in 1950. For those who don't know "Sha'ar Ha'aliya" was just a triage point to manage the huge influx of Jewish occupiers that were flocking from all over the world to take over the ancestral land of the Palestinians. The Palestinians were consequently driven from their homes, farms, schools universities and businesses into the humiliating life of refugees. Helpless and hopeless in scattered refugee camps.
Here's the slate page: http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060620/?GT1=8295
The Palestinians of today STILL suffer from the 58 year occupation of their homeland. Where they were driven by force by the vastly aggressive Israeli war machine. From the gangs of the Hagana to the Israeli "Occupation" forces. Which were trained in Europe and other parts of the world to be Assassins, terrorists, murderers, rapists and above all thieves. Yet the atrocities are never mentioned when the Palestinians of today are returning the favor. What the west is branding as terrorism in Palestine is nothing more that the result of the terrorism that was inflicted unjustly on these people. If anyone wants to be fair. Bring back the war criminals and put them to trial for the atrocities they've committed. Do this before branding one organisation or another with being terrorist.
Let me state here that I'm against terrorism in all ways, shapes or forms. I'm against killing civilians on both sides and I am 100% WITH putting the evil doers to trial. Starting with the aggressors
I found it extremely disturbing and offensive that the Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees didn't make it to the list of refugees that slate.com posted. While "Sha'ar Ha'aliya" was on the first page. A make shift camp for people to be situated in after they have immigrated from the west to the land of Palestine.
The hundreds of Thousands became millions that are STILL till this day after 58 years living in Refugee camps in West bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. It is such a shame that Slate would pick their oppressors to be on their front page while people who are still living the holocaust are not even mentioned.
Have Slate even looked at the UNRWA reports?
Therefore I will be appealing to all Palestinian, Muslim, Arab and other humanitarian organizations to make counter posts, to show the world and Slate in particular that this will not pass unnoticed and that the voices of millions of refugees living in poverty and pain are louder than their ill attempt to wipe them out. Not only did Israel try to wipe them out, but now Slate and the likes are attempting the same. This is such a sad day for humanity.
I decided to post few pictures to counter what Slate has posted. Feel free to link and to copy. There are literally oceans of these pictures on the Internet. Yet Slate picked only the ones relating to the oppresses to show. I am so disappointed and appalled by such act Just to put the Palestinian refugee catastrophe in perspective. Check out these numbers Checkout the wikipedia article on Palestinian refugees: Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee
This is where refugees live today
Memories....
I've noted this on my blog. I wish one of the more articulate Jordanian or Arab bloggers would write a template letter that individuals can then send to the editors of Slate magazine and maybe even send letters to other people on the internet and bring this to their attention, like the folks at Electronic Intifada, or maybe the Palestinian diplomatic mission to the United States.
You may want to check from time to time Hanan Ashrawi's website "miftah" ... here's the link: http://www.miftah.org/
She has GREAT info as well as solid analysis and background information together with quotes, not only about the past but as well the presence! Pay her a visit!
http://www.dheisheh-ibdaa.net/home.htm
FANTASTIC folks!!!
They are amazing from Dhaisheh refugee camp.
That was such a perfect proof of what i said on one of your previous posts,when i said i don't trust media and i don't believe them ..they serve the west's intrests cause they rule most of their economics and they play this offensive and frustrative game of mentioning some lie over and over and over again untill the whole world believes and next generations forget all about the past and deal with this as a fact!!
by the way i am proud to say that in egypt we don't have camps for palestanians..they live among us and we don't remember their nationality unless papers or governments are mentioned..
i've had them in my school and they were my neighbors..
close ones too!!
http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060620/?GT1=8295
Today is World Refugee Day. [caption on Slate on World Refugee Day]
HAIFA, Israel—Sha'ar Ha'aliya Absorption Camp, 1950 [Caption for lead picture on SLATE'S Photo Essay].
There are many pictures in their photo essay on refugees, with the Jews in the absorption center leading and nothing on Palestine's refugees
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What some bloggers did:
http://arabesquerhabsody.com/blog/?p=270
http://scatterload.blogspot.com/
http://blog.sweetestmemories.com/default.asp?Display=110
"they serve the west's intrests cause they rule most of their economics and they play this offensive and frustrative game of mentioning some lie over and over and over again untill the whole world believes and next generations forget all about the past and deal with this as a fact!!"
i'm so much into doing something..just show me the way..
tell me what to do exactly..write letters..sure,tell me to whom should i adress them..
jazakom allah kheir.
I hope that we can all work together for effective resistance. My way, as I said in an earlier comment, is by writing letters, and also using my blog as a means of resistance, by posting history, posting stories by resolute Palestinian writers such as Dr. Salman Abu Sitta and Khaled Amayreh, the journalist and by keeping Right of Return and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as a means to justice as my focus.
I will write a post tonight or tomorrow, and future posts as well, inshallah, with information re whom to write and what websites to consult. And let's continue to use our blogs as a means to work together for effective resistance.
Ohoud, Umkhalil, Qwaider, and Hamzah what you are doing is great and its the right thing we should all do now.
I hate the media:/
I will post about this in my blog becoz it should be posted, and I will ask every body to write letters and say NO.
Thank you all for bringing this issue up.
Do you know www.kibush.co.il/links.asp?lang=1
you`ll find links at my website being almost daily updatet(but not perfect!)
I know there are people who work for peace and understanding. But this one point, if left unchecked will comeback and comeback! Refugees have the right to live. To return. To be compensated for the atrocities that were done to them
I always thought the Internet would make it impossible to hide the plight of the Palestinian people.
They can keep it out of newspapers, TV and radio...... but Americans are going to read about it on the Internet, at places like your site when they do a Google search.
Make sure you've got the right 'Tags' !