Comments on: Plundered water boosts Israel’s surplus

By: Priss

Priss — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 01:48:08 +0000

In reply to Pat O'Dea. No, Andrew, you can't use that bogus rubbis!

By: Samwise

Samwise — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:54:32 +0000

ANdrew, the “empty spaces” argument is the same used by white colonists when they arrived in Australia. IT was a flawed argument then, and it’s a flawed argument now.

THere have been Palestinians living in Palestine for thousands of years and your piss-poor rewriting of history shows how bankrupt you are of real ideas.

By: Frank Macskasy

Frank Macskasy — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:36:28 +0000

In reply to Andrea.

Indeed, Andrea. I even linked to one such event where Jewish protestors were opposing the bombing of Gaza. I think it was this link: http://forward.com/news/israel/202796/jews-march-in-new-york-rally-against-israel-war-in/

There are decent people everywhere, I fully concur.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:24:46 +0000

In reply to Pat O'Dea. Do tell us about your past lives, Andrew! They sound sooo interesting. Goat? Or fly?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:23:26 +0000

In reply to Frank Macskasy.

Frank: Just listen to the accents of the ‘fanatical settlers’ in so many interviews. Far too many have that trans-Atlantic twang.

And yet there are definitely decent Israelis who speak out, stand up for fairness and rights for Palestinians.

I wonder if Israel will ever get its Parliament into working order…

By: Theodore

Theodore — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 05:56:49 +0000

In reply to Greywarbler.

Doesn’t change a thing, Andrew. Admit it, Palestinians were there, living, working, farming, enjoying their birthright before being displaced by colonising Zionists.

It’s bullshit that the place was empty. You might as well say Australia was empty, or New zealand, or the Americas. It wasn’t empty until fucking invaders colonized and displaced the local populace.

You’re a shocking excuse for a human being, Andrew.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:37:13 +0000

In a world of suicide bombers, look for poisoned aquifers.
In a land of dehumanizing policies, look for an inhuman response.
Many years ago someone told me: to see if a peace accord is serious, look at the allocation of water. I think this comprehensive post answers to that.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:55:34 +0000

In reply to Lois Griffiths. Thanks for that Lois. I'll check it out now. The proper name for the system erected against the Palestinians is fascism. Failure to name it as such allows the terrible crimes against Palestinians to be accepted. The aim of the fascist system erected against the Palestinians is genocide. Invaders can not claim defense of their nation unless they give up the land they have invaded. These things were decided after WWII to prevent the rise of fascism again. By ignoring these things we put ourselves in the same position as any other society that has allowed a fascist state to emerge around them.

By: Helena

Helena — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:41:56 +0000

The day is coming soon, I pray, that the real history of earth will be disclosed and not as it is presented at this moment. The establishment of Israel was never intended to be a Jewish homeland. Mother Earth does not present man with “wasteland”, man has done that to Mother Earth. The UN, as the President of the Philippines has recently pointed out, is useless in bringing positive change for the upliftment of humanity: https://geopolitics.co/2016/08/21/duterte-lambasts-threatens-to-quit-from-the-un-for-interfering-philippine-affairs/
It was never intended that the UN should be a benevolent institution. It’s purpose is to be headquarters for NWO and Israel was always intended as a military launch pad against Russian, Iran and China.
UN agencies’ role in “disposing” of useless eaters going way back is well document and this is only one example: https://ladinopresiozo.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/unicefs-role-in-sterilizing-and-killing-sephardic-children/
The people of Israel and the people of Palestine are useless eaters to be disposed of by the NWO sooner rather than later … as are the rest of us. Is the land called New Zealand and its people in good condition and a sparkling example of how a caring” government looks after the people who (unwittingly) elected it?
Millions and millions of people are being killed and the atrocities being committed today in African countries get no attention or headlines in MSM. Why, because they are black? So was Queen Elizabeth I.
The 1% have twisted and distorted our history and soon we will be drip-fed the truth.

By: Leslie Bravery

Leslie Bravery — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:19:06 +0000

In reply to Mike K.

Hi Mike K,
Thanks for commenting, yes the daily cruelty suffered by the Palestinian people is a tragedy that must be brought to a halt. From the Occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem to Gaza there is nothing but oppression suffered by Palestinians.

There are many Palestinian support organisations worldwide and in New Zealand that would welcome contributions to enable them to work as effectively as possible. The really important thing is to get the truth out to the vast majority of people who really have little idea of the true enormity of Israel’s human rights abuses. You might also be interested in receiving the daily newsletter In Occupied Palestine (for further details, see http://www.palestine.co.nz the website of Palestine Human Rights Campaign Aotearoa/New Zealand (PHRC).

The PHRC is part of a wider New Zealand coalition of activist organisations, NZ Solidarity Network http://www.palestinesolidaritynz.net that would also welcome donations.

Worldwide there are also many organisations, indeed, too many to name them all here! It is worth mentioning though, the US-based Jewish Voice for Peace [https://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=14172&track=dareennation] because of its dedication in giving the lie to the claim that the Zionist ideology speaks for all Jews.

Anna Baltzer is a Jewish American whose grandparents were Holocaust survivors. She has written an account of her experiences in Palestine under Israeli military Occupation in a book entitled Witness in Palestine [https://www.amazon.com/Witness-Palestine-American-Occupied-Territories/dp/1594513074]. There is also a video, Life in Occupied Palestine [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_MDC2Gty4I] which encapsulates much of what is in the book. Another video account of Zionist atrocities in Palestine, well worth publicising can be found at [https://www.causes.com/posts/979349-please-watch-thi-svideo-please ]

Among the many other organisations worldwide:
Save the Children https://opt.savethechildren.net/about-us
International Solidarity Movement https://palsolidarity.org/
Palestine Remembered http://www.palestineremembered.com/

While it is good that we support each other, the really important job is to make sure that our representatives, politicians and those in power are brought to understand that silence and inaction are not acceptable. Likewise, the corporate news media and other news outlets, including radio and television, must be brought to account whenever they ignore or play down Israeli violations of international humanitarian law.
Thank you, Mike, for your concern.