Why is Apartheid Touted as a Solution?

[bluesoul]

By MAZIN QUMSIYEH

As I write this, Israeli occupation forces have just finished killing 14 and injuring 80 Palestinians in a five hour "sweep" in Gaza. Four of those killed and 26 of those injured were children (ages 10-16). In one week, Israeli occupation forces thus murdered 59 Palestinians (most were civilians). Little of this is reported in US mainstream media which is focusing on Martha Stewart and the explosions in Baghdad.

While everyone hears about Israeli victims, little is reported of the far larger number of Palestinian victims. The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the Intifada (Palestinian uprising against the illegal Israeli occupation) is now 2463 including 477 children. Reports by human rights organizations and UN investigators confirm that Israeli forces willfully target civilians . Further, in the past three years alone, over 3000 Palestinian homes were demolished rendering over 11,000 people homeless (Amnesty International).

Over 1100 Palestinians were killed in the large open-air prison called the Gaza strip. Here, over one million Palestinians live in a desert area with the highest population density anywhere in the world. Thus, 1 in 1000 Gazans was killed by Israeli occupation forces in just three years. Proportionally, this would be like having nearly 300,000 Americans killed in three years. But numbers do not tell the whole story as each victim (Palestinian as well as Israeli) is an equally precious human being. This is something forgotten as we defend Israeli apartheid.

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Source: http://www.counterpunch.org/qumsiyeh03082004.html

[drdon326]

1. Kick ...for bluesoul

(lousy article...but bluesoul doesnt post that much anymore
and i miss the guy)

[JohnLocke]

2. Where you been, Bluesoul?

[drdon326]

3. Yeah...I miss the dude.

yo,yo,yo....where you be, bluesoul??

[JohnLocke]

4. Somewhere in Slovenia, I guess.

:shrug:

[drdon326]

5. Lets call him...

do they have phones in Slovenia??

(calm down, i was just joking)

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[drdon326]

7. lol

bluesoul and i had some memorable discussions.

[Muddleoftheroad]

8. Gee, given the headline, I thought this was about the PA areas

Since they don't allow Jews there or even those they think MIGHT work with Israel in any way.

That attitude in fact is quite similar to the attitude shared throughout the Arab world.

[_Jumper_]

9. That's true

It is a good thing that there is no significant anti-Arab sentiment in Israel and America.

[PsychoDad]

10. LOL

It's also a good thing they are so "restrained".