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26 de Enero, 2008
Tear Down the Wall
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Signs of the Sixth Sun | Tags: borders, Gaza, Israel, Jews, Palestinians, Power to the People
I WONDER sometimes if we (the human race) will ever live to evolve to a point (and yes it's "evolve" in my way of seeing things, hello, my blog, blog meet readers) where we look back on all the futile walls we tried to use to keep some people hungry and some others well-fed and think to ourselves what a barbaric lot we were. Perhaps one day—and this is hope, mind you—we will think of this age as sort of a medieval period redux. I know I'm alive today and I do!
GAZA — Egypt tried to restore its border with Gaza on Friday, stationing riot police officers in an effort to block Palestinians from entering. But Palestinians used a bulldozer to knock down another portion of the wall separating Egypt and Gaza.The Egyptians announced on loudspeakers that the border would be closed at various times of the day on Friday, but allowed Palestinians who were inside Egypt to return to Gaza laden with goods, even as cranes lifted pallets of supplies over another part of the border barricade. The barrier on the Egyptian side is a low concrete wall topped with barbed wire.
There were small clashes throughout the day, with short episodes of rock-throwing. Egyptians fired guns into the air and aimed water cannons above the heads of the those in the crowd to keep them back. The new breaches in the wall were large enough for cars and trucks to drive through, and some Egyptian guards then retreated.
Egypt is under pressure from Israel and the United States to restore the international border and regulate it, but does not want to use excessive force against the Gazans, whom the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, has insisted are starving under the pressure of Israeli restrictions on imports and travel.
I'm proud of the woman who came to this nation on my mother's side of the family. She was a Romanian Jew fleeing anti-Semitic violence. She was a stowaway on a ship. She had her last name erased by Immigration officials. To this day we don't know what it was. This was my maternal great-grandmother, Mollie.
I do not care for what Israel is doing. I do not affiliate myself with the actions that seem to define Israel today. In fact, I do not feel any kinship with that state. And this occupation and monstrous treatment of Palestinians is the main reason why. In fact, due to the inescapable affiliation I share on some level, I feel shame for what Israel is doing.
I strongly support those who break through walls, propelled by hunger and hope for a better life. Whether they be Mexican or Palestinian or German or Chinese. The country is not significant. The oppression is.
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Comentarios (11)
janna dijo:
Right ON.
Palabras por janna spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 09:16 AM
Capsicum dijo:
Amen!
Palabras por Capsicum spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 09:40 AM
No One of Consequence dijo:
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
It just gets better every time you say it.
Palabras por No One of Consequence spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 12:04 PM
James dijo:
I'm with you: Tear down the wall!
Palabras por James spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 12:09 PM
bebop-o dijo:
Interesting. No Disney employees?
The site can't chided. You make readers joy that you speak in behalf of the oppressed. Thank you. I came across you @ www.Salon.com Glenn Greenwald.
Palabras por bebop-o spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 03:28 PM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
dijo:
thank you, bebop-o. i am guessing you used a online translator and normally speak a language aside from English? either that, or spambots are smarter than they used to be. I joke.
some of your message confuses me, but i think i understand most of your words. thank you.
and i don't even want to see disney employees hungry behind walls, no. although they may possibly deserve it. another joke. hooboy. nevermind.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 03:44 PM
RC dijo:
The wall being broken down happened there between Gaza and Egypt before. This is not the first time. Because of the originally Egyptian organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, the government of Egypt is very nervous about Palestinian radicals entering Egypt freely since they {Egypt} had acted severely and over a long period in the past {and present} to suppress violent activity by armed groups.
So even without any urging by the US and Israel to close the wall it is likely that Egypt will do that very soon.
Israel would kind of like Mubarak to leave the wall open and let Egypt run Gaza or let Gaza trade with Egypt. The US is too busy doing other stupid things in that neighborhood to get involved.
But Egypt does not want to have to deal with radical Islamic elements and the easiest thing for them is to close the wall as fast as possible.
Probably what will happen is that Egypt will diplomatically agree to ship goods into Gaza but no longer allow Gazans to cross the border.
Meanwhile, it is very nice to see the photos of hundreds of thousands of people experiencing some relief from the consequences of the local power struggles.
Palabras por RC spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 04:58 PM
Elaine Vigneault dijo:
Hear, hear!
Palabras por Elaine Vigneault spat forth on el 26 de Enero, 2008 at 09:04 PM
Changeseeker dijo:
This story was like a breath of fresh air (literally)! I abhor what Isreal is being allowed to do to the Palestians and helped to do by the U.S. government. It's immoral. The situation in Gaza and the one at Guantanamo Bay are the two in the world that make me saddest. I love it when people just stand up and do what needs to be done. It's a model for all of us in myriad ways.
Palabras por Changeseeker spat forth on el 27 de Enero, 2008 at 02:16 PM
FreddyBak dijo:
So a wall is a wall. No room for nuance. No possibility that, just maybe, some walls are built for different reasons. Some to keep people in so they stay opressed, and others to keep people out, so they don't blow up pizza parlors and schools with children in them. Nope. A wall is a wall.
Palabras por FreddyBak spat forth on el 27 de Enero, 2008 at 07:44 PM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
dijo:
yes, go talk to the palestinians about nuance. because i think you need to take your lesson and all its possibilities on the road. seriously, the people need you. don't let them down.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
spat forth on el 27 de Enero, 2008 at 07:48 PM