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ANNE M VENESKY ANNE M VENESKY" <AVENESKY at prodigy.net
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:56:08 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: <vze26gs3@verizon.net>
To: <AVENESKY@prodigy.net>
Cc: <redscares9@yahoo.com>; <premdixit@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 12:41 AM
Subject: US/palestine solidarity...from the camps 4/3
> fwd if you dare.. (do you guys ever get in trouble for this?)
>
> peace,
> kevin
>
> Dehaishe refugee camp, west bank. 6am
> it is storming again, and was much of the night...the thunder competing
with the tank fire in the distance. It was the thunder that has a much
nicer sound...rich, rolling, you feel it deep in the bones...the sound of
the tanks was puny in comparison.
>
> the weather has probably been a very good thing...it is cold and wet and
windy...not good weather for fighting...at least all the israelis are
outside in the cold, while the few fighters they chase are holed up at least
dry,..if not warm.
>
> I am not sure what is the latest status of the fighting..in this area it
is mostly centered around the other camps (ayda and aza) and in bethlehem
itself in manger square at at other churches that the fighters have taken
refuge. The israelis seem to have no qualms though of bombing some of those
churches...esp the mosques.
>
> there are a lot of casualties reported..
>
> none of the resistace here had any opinion that they could actually hold
out for long...bethlehem is too easy to take militarily. for the people
here anyway, they are saying al aqsa is over...
>
> al aqsa..this intifada
>
> they decided that this intifada they would try "any means necessary" &
they have tried a lot over 50 yrs of struggle.
>
> In the last intifada the tried coordinated nonviolence, the participation
of all sectors of society -but still the israelis crushed it without
international society rising up to support the palestinians.
>
> over and over you hear this..it is heartbreraking..the people fighting
here do not expect to win on their own. many keep expecting the world and
especially the US to step in somehow...even though they realize it is the US
that has been the major partner in their suffering for all this time.
>
> This time, this intifada they said, they talked to their grandmothers, and
the grandmothers agreed..50 yrs is too much, it is better to die a martyr,
to give that for the cause of freedom, than to live this way any longer.
>
> no matter the cost in palestinian blood, as long as there was enough
israeli blood they will eventually win...the israelis will eventually tire
of this...
>
> it is impossible to say if they are right or not, but judging from the
israelis latest, massive and unprecedented response many have doubts..
>
> they expect the worst from the israelis in the coming weeks (three to four
weeks of proposed martial law, with god knows how many casualties and
killings) the virtual destruction of the palestinian authority, and all of
the infrastructure here- that is already almost accomplished.
>
> what will take over then? some here speculate that the israelis plan is
to try to get an islamic government in place here. that saves them a lot of
head ache...
>
> they don't have to deal with the revolutionary international rhetoric of
the PA or other organizations like the PFLP, and can instead deal with an
even more marginalized islamic ideology.
>
> then the palestinians will recieve even less international support..
> as they continue to pursue the "final solution" of bantustans and fortress
settlements.
>
> so WHAT CAN WE DO? as democracy loving internationalists? and anti
authoritarians?
>
> do everything that is possible...it is a historical moment in this
struggle, no one has seen this before, so no one can predict the outcome.
>
> there are a lot of voices here, really smart ones, eager to see further
alignment between this struggle and the face of the struggle represented by
seattle/durban/porto allegre..we can build those relationships..learn a lot
from each other.
>
> students can support the local divestment campaigns at their schools with
all of the direct action tactics that have been so successful in the
past...if there is not a divestment campaign at your school, start one now.
>
> work with other finacial pressure campaigns like SUSTAIN,- divestment and
boycotts were succeful before in the aparthied struggles.
>
> and more international solidarity trips are extremely welcome by the
palestinian people. when this phase of the struggle is over, and martial
law is lifted, there is a lot for people to do here..and lot of
relationships that can be built. many many europeans are doing it. "we
need more americans over here" is what everyone is saying.
>
> just my opinion..
>
> apologies again for the commentary..but this is open publishing after all.
>
> k
>
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