Ahmad Izz Halaweh before and after the treatment by the Abbas Police! Courtesy of AHT.

The Palestinian police arrested Ahmad Izz Halaweh. In custody, he has been beaten to death. At his funeral, they fired at the mourners. Halaweh was a prominent Fatah-leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs brigade in Nablus who was the third killed by the Abbas police within three days. Halaweh was suspected as being the main suspect in a shootout with Palestinian police that left two policemen dead. The Israel oppressor can be happy with such an obedient executioner that kill its own resistance fighters.  Weiterlesen →

Both videos show a realistic picture of Israel. The voices of reason seem like cries in the wilderness.

https://youtu.be/B6dTDbDpAPc

Besorgter Netanyahu!

Der israelische Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanyahu ist ein Meister der Selbstinszenierung. In einer Videobotschaft an die Palästinenser betonte er, dass er sich um die Menschen im Gaza-Streifen mehr sorge und kümmere als die regierende Hamas. “I, the prime minister of Israel, care more about Palestinians than their own leaders do. Israel cares more about Palestinians than their own leaders do.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz7Jf1Ts3IE

Israel hat einem Mitarbeiter der NGO „World Vision“ und einem Vertreter des Entwicklungsprogramms der Vereinten Nationen vorgeworfen, sie würden öffentliche Gelder an die „islamische Terrororganisation Hamas“ weiterleiten, ohne jedoch einen einzigen Beweis für diese Behauptung vorzulegen. Netanyahu erwähnte weder Präsident Abbas noch Ministerpräsident Hamdallah, sondern warf der Hamas-Führung im Gaza-Streifen vor, „unschuldigen und verarmten Palästinensern“ lebenswichtige Hilfe anderer Nationen vorzuenthalten. „Hamas used this stolen money to build a war machine to murder Jews.”

Dass Israels Kriegsmaschinerie für die katastrophale Lage im Gaza-Streifen verantwortlich ist, erwähnt Netanyahu mit keinem Wort. Das israelische Militär verübte in den Jahren 2008/09 und 2014 zwei Massaker im Gaza-Streifen. Beim ersteren kamen zirka 1 400, beim letzteren 2 200 Menschen ums Leben, überwiegend Frauen und Kinder. Stattdessen stellte er die rhetorische Frage:

“So I ask you — who cares more about Palestinians? Israel, that facilitates the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, every single day? Or Hamas, that robs Palestinian children of that very same aid?” Und er fuhr fort: “Israel, that treats wounded Palestinians from Gaza in its hospitals? Or Hamas, that prevents injured Palestinians from getting help? Imagine, just imagine, where we might all be if Palestinian leaders cared as much about helping their own people as they did about hurting our people. The Palestinian people deserve better. And today, I express my deepest sympathy with innocent Palestinians and those well-meaning nations who generously donated money to help them.”

Um das Maß vollzumachen, behauptete Netanyahu, dass der „Zynismus und die Grausamkeit von Hamas“ jedem  schade und sogar  den Frieden bedrohe.

Um den Tourismus im Gaza-Streifen anzukurbeln, veröffentlichte Hamas folgendes Video. Ist dies nun Wirklichkeit oder iein Potemkinsches Dorf?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeRlfcLAUII

Auch hier.

The documentary „Oriented“ shows three gay Palestinian Israeli citizens who live in Tel Aviv. Jake Witzenfeld produced the film before the Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip in 2014 and it revolves around the question of identity. Gay Palestinians find it difficult to be accepted by their own society, but they feel almost the same discrimination in liberal Tel Aviv because they are not Israelis and Jews. Despite their feeling discriminated by Zionist Israel, the film is free of any of usual clichés towards Palestinians.

The three protagonists, Khadar, Fadi and Naim, living in Tel Aviv, exploring how they can teach their families that they are gay. Khadar and Fadi have Israeli friends. However, you are aware that they are still not recognized as equal citizens in a society dominated by Zionism. Fadi feels guilty because he has fallen in love with an Israeli soldier. „I’m in love with the enemy.“

Palestinian society makes a „coming out“ for guys very difficult. Even in a future fictional Palestinian state the three might not be welcomed. They have established the group „Qambuta“ that fights against sexual discrimination and ethnic stereotypes. Khadar, Fadi and Naim hope that in the near future such identities are no longer relevant.

„Oriented“ is very moving. The Israeli society should just accept Israeli-Palestinian gays as the do with Jewish ones because Israel is their state too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0PKz3Qz9uw