Ryan Ghadban: Mitt brev till kongressen!

Ryan Ghadban: Mitt brev till kongressen!: “However, I strongly oppose the fact that you see the Hamas as the greatest obstacle for peace. As much as I do not support their values nor their ideological beliefs, one has to accept the fact that in the last, democraticly held elections, they were the winning party. They are actually the choice of the people. One can go on and on denouncing them, however it will not bring about peace, it will only further isolate an already exhausted and opressed people. In true means of achieving peace, one also has to learn and try to understand why a party like Hamas was elected in the first place. One has to look at the core essence of the reasons. And one of the greatest reasons would indeed be the illegal, and brutal Israeli occupation. The people want change, yet for the last 30 years the Fatah party, with its scandals and corruptionscemes, has been ruling, with no change or very little, for the daily lives of the people.
In denouncing the elected party in occupied Palestine, and as has been done until now, isolating them from the world, what message do we give to the people? ‘Democracy is only good, if you vote for what we want you to vote for’”

(Via Ryan Ghadban.)

Ryan Ghaban ger sig i kast med att inte bara skriva väl underbyggt om situationen i Palestina och konsekvenserna av den israeliska statsterrorismen, han agerar också som i det ovan citerade brevet till Keith Ellison. Ellison är nyligen vald till ledamot i USAs kongress och Ghaban har kollat upp hans inställning till Israels ockupation, vägar till fred i området m.m.

Ghaban agerar också i andra fall, så har han t.ex. följt nyhetsrapporteringen kring det senaste mer flagranta exemplet på israelisk statsterrorism – beskjutningen av Beit Hanun – och inte bara noterat att vissa tidningar såsom DN och Expressen hade en “oförklaring” fördröjning av sin rapportering utan också gjort sig besväret att ringa upp respektive redaktion. Intressant läsning.

Ghaban refererar också till en läsvärd artikel i SVD skriven av Jamila al-Shanti. Artikeln har också varit publicerad i The Guardian.

Yesterday at dawn, the Israeli air force bombed and destroyed my home. I was the target, but instead the attack killed my sister-in-law, Nahla, a widow with eight children in her care. In the same raid Israel’s artillery shelled a residential district in the town of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, leaving 19 dead and 40 injured, many killed in their beds. One family, the Athamnas, lost 16 members in the massacre: the oldest who died, Fatima, was 70; the youngest, Dima, was one; seven were children. The death toll in Beit Hanoun has passed 90 in one week.

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Ryan Ghadban: Mitt brev till kongressen!: “However, I strongly oppose the fact that you see the Hamas as the greatest obstacle for peace. As much as I do not support...