Hide and Seek
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
Leo Tolstoy
(1828-1910)
JUST FOR YOUR INFO
WATCH THIS!
That's what's going on in Jursalem
He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both.
Francis Bacon
(1561-1626)
So who's working against truce now?
There would be no agreement until a captured soldier is freed.
That's all for now..
Let's pray for peace
Leo Tolstoy
(1828-1910)
JUST FOR YOUR INFO
WATCH THIS!
That's what's going on in Jursalem
He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both.
Francis Bacon
(1561-1626)
So who's working against truce now?
There would be no agreement until a captured soldier is freed.
That's all for now..
Let's pray for peace
posted by attawie at Monday, February 23, 2009
12 Comments:
The picture in the Al-Jazeera article shows Ehud Olmert, so I assume you are talking about peace between Israel and Palestinians.
There was some bad news from Israel in the past couple days. The Israeli President asked Likud Party leader Netinyahu (sorry bad spelling) to form a government. This man wants nothing more than to expand settlements in the West Bank. There will never be peace while he is Prime Minister. Actually, I am shocked that he was even in the running to be Prime Minister again. Last time he was Prime Minister, he was involved in some serious scandals. The man has no shame! I am saddened that religious fundamentalist Jews have so much power in Israel.
Attawie,
I need to express my disagreement on this issue. I am praying for peace every bit as much as you are, but I don't think that even for one second Hamas or any of the other groups operating in the Gaza strip have the slightest interest in a truce...they aren't even interested in helping Palestinians, the people they claim they want to liberate.
Have you seen this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvEDj7MweBs
This is how Hamas really views the Palestinian people, and this is what type of political atmosphere they have built.
Netanyahu's election was a result of fear. Israelis are looking around and feel hopeless that anyone is serious about making peace with them.
My opinion is that instead of reaching out to Syria, Israel should try and make peace with Iraq...if only there could be more people like Mithal Al-Alusi and Hayder Al-Khoei. Iraq's role in the region is going to grow in the coming years, and I can imagine a situation where Iraq works to bring the Palestinians and the Israelis together...perhaps by signing a non-aggression treaty with Israel and helping to train the Palestinian police forces so they can remove fundamentalists on their own.
The Arabic Link Attawie provided is a news peace from Aljazeera website talking about Israel deciding to stop the ongoing negotiations for declaring a truce by putting an unnegotiatioble condition of releasing the imprisioned Israeli sodlier Jilaad Shaleet, Hamas has been dicussing the terms and details of the truce with the Egyptian mediators.
Just wanted to add that to clerify Attawies post for non arabic speakers.
Khalid,
Did you see the video that I linked to above?
David,
I edited the post and provided another link for English readers. You said it "The man has no shame"
C.H.
It seems whenever you comment you insist on watching that video, and I do the same and insist that you check the video I posted.
As a journalism student you need to get the two sides of the story - unless there's more sides - and then you can have look at the entire picture in order to shape your opinion.
I don't mind your disagreement with me and I welcome you to express your thoughts here but let me tell you that "people like Mithal Al-Alusi and Hayder Al-Khoei" are not heroes and not "that" respectable here in the this part of the world.
Khalid,
thanks for your explanation :)
Thanks Khalid for your explanation. Thanks also Attawie for the link in English.
I am thinking that this new stance by Israel concerning its captive soldier is purely political and is designed to influence the formation of the new government. I hope that Jilaad Shaleet will be released soon. I am sure his family is very anxious to be reunited with him. However, it seems rather cynical of Ehud Olmert to treat him as a political pawn.
Attawie,
Expressing our disagreement is a very important thing...it helps us understand our differences so we can work together to solve them.
I have had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Al-Khoei and I feel he is a true Iraqi patriot. His Grandfather was one of the greatest Marjas in the Shia Muslim world before his death in 1991. But I also understand that his views may not be in line with much of the Arab world. The same goes for Alusi, although I strongly believe he is a man who understands the reality of a very dangerous situation. The fact is, people like Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and his followers have inflicted far more harm on the Arab and Muslim world than Israel has, and this was the message that Alusi wanted to convey.
I watched your video and what those settlers are doing is to be strongly condemned. However, with or without them, the two-state solution is still going to be in shambles. First the Palestinian people need to decide what they want.
Do they believe Hamas is looking our for them? Do they want a secular or a religious state? Who is going to be their key ally in the region? These are serious issues that need to be addressed.
David,
This reminds me of an old joke was very popular in Baghdad after the US invasion. it goes something like this:
After the killing many civilians in Iraq, Bush and Condalisa Rice were in a conference and she showed concern about what explanation to give. Bush asked her not to worry and he found a good technique to let media forget about the civilians.
"Bush said: During the processw We'll kill 300 000 Iraqis and a dentist"
All the reporters asked "Why one dentist?"
Bush looked at Rice and said: "Did I tell you not to worry?"
You said: "Israel concerning its captive soldier is purely political and is designed to influence the formation of the new government." I don't have to add anything regarding this point. But what about the Palestinian prisoners? Some of them are jailed and yet there was no charge against them. Years have passed and I can assure you that there's a generation, almost my age, have seen their fathers only in photos hanged on walls.
Same is going on in Iraq BTW.
C.H.
I don't know what material to recommend for you to read or watch but I'm sure you need to find the missing pieces of the real picture in the middle east.
Attawie,
The Middle East is one of the most beautiful places in the world with some of the nicest people, but it also has some of the most brutal conflicts. Given the fact that no one on any political spectrum has been able to solve many of these issues, its safe to say that everyone is missing a piece to the picture that is going to bring stability.
Attawie, I think the joke tells the truth in the sense that Bush, Condi, and the rest of the neo-cons really did not care how many Iraqis died after the invasion. I am sure that Bush has no trouble sleeping at night.
Regarding Palestinian prisoners in Israel, I am sure you are right. Israel created its own versions of the Guantanamo prison many years before the U.S. They are probably doing the same kinds of torturing that Bush allowed for years. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bush administration consulted with Israelis on rough interrogation techniques.
Are there still a lot of prisoners being held in Iraqi prisons without and charge or trial?
C.H.
Back to your comment about stability and missing pieces, I can asure you there are no missing pieces. The pieces are there for all to see but they have chosen to ignore them.
No stability will ever be reached as long as the rights of the Palestinans are denied. check the British archives and you will see the truth.
David,
Mr. Bush can go to sleep comfortably at night because he knows that decades from now, long after he, Barack Obama, and the politics of the past have been written away to the history books, Iraq is going to be a shining beacon of hope that will light up this world that is all too often dark and unfortunate.
The elections on January 31st were some of the most moving images I had ever seen in my life.
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