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The Crisis in Palestine

Posted on September 11, 2014November 30, 2020 By Usama Ghanayem 1 Comment on The Crisis in Palestine
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By Usama Ghanayem 

You do not have to be a brain surgeon to see what is happening in Palestine. Israel is trying to eviscerate the Palestinians entirely. They have turned the West Bank into a series of bantustans. Meaning, the occupied territories have been turned into fragmented enclaves surrounded by high walls, guard towers, “Jewish only” settlements. The occupied territories are doted with those notorious Israeli checkpoint’s where people get strip searched, and detained for hours for no reason whatsoever. Palestinian towns and villages are surrounded and people are harassed by the Israeli military everyday. 

English: Israeli military vehicle
English: Israeli military vehicle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The IOF (Israeli occupation force) suposidly protects the heavily armed and paranoid  “Jewish” settlers. These dangerous and looney settlers terrorize and even murder the indigenous Muslims and Christians. They (the settlers) are under the protection of the IOF. Little children even understand who the aggressors are from the victims here.

Unfortunately, there is an abundance of brainwashed and close-minded people particularly here in the United States of America. Many of the American people (only) believe what they were brought up to believe. Anything outside of their delusional bubble cannot possibly be true- they’re only subject to what they know and understand. Specifically, the holier then thou bunch in the Bible Belt. Mostly the thinking and aware people have come to this reality, and have arrived at this conclusion.

This deadly situation in Palestine has been a stagnating and festering for far too long.

There has been nearly 70 years of military occupation. Thankfully the tide is turning in suprisingly big ways thanks to social media, like Facebook and Twitter where you can voice your opinion. People worldwide can see through the lies of zionist owned media conglomerates, such as Turner. Social media has circumvented mainstream news and has put a significant dent in the schemes of those who wish to do humanity great harm. 

It is painful to listen to these inebriated Israeli officials that talk with their cantankerous attitudes, listening to these consiousless (people) attempting to justify the barbaric attacks on the Gaza Strip in Israel’s last war on the impoverished territory . The Israeli lawmaker Ayelet Shaked, calls for the the “slaughter of mothers in Gaza because they give birth to little snakes”. The extent Israel goes to dehumanize the Palestinians is unprecedented. The positions that these lawmakers and government officials take are simply revolting. The absurdity of their thinking is astounding all in itself. “It would be laughable” if it were not so deadly serious”. 

I’m shocked every time I hear one of these Israeli government stooges talk. Listening to them fumble and bumble with their words, trying to find a way to make sense or to justify these horrendous atrocities. This is simply painful to listen to. It’s nauseating to be quite honest. This batch of Israelis are some of the most devious, Ill-tempered, quarrelsome, disagreeable, brain damaged, comatosed, douche bags that humanity has to offer. 

I really have a hard time understanding how the (Average Joe Schmoe in America) sleeps at night knowing that men, women, and children are getting massacred in their name. The “average Joe” has no remorse, no guilt, no sympathy for the millions of dead and tens of millions of refugees from Iraq, Syria and the rest Middle East/North Africa since the first Gulf War. That was caused directly or indirectly to “protect” Israel.

In my view this madness is about greed, money, and power not (religion). Using religion is just a front to keep the Arab people in a perpetual state of war with itself. Thankfully the World is waking up faster then I have ever seen in my 47 years of breatheing. Before I had little hope in humanity. But now I see the light at the end of this dark and bloody tunnel. I also see a Third World-War up and coming before we get to that light. It will be triggered by Israel no doubt. Israel runs the US, this is no secret and the Zionist’s will trigger this Third Global War. They are already causing trouble in Ukraine, but in the end justice will prevail.

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Usama Ghanayem
Usama Ghanayem
Usama Ghanayem is a 47 year old from the city of Ramallah, Palestine. For those whom are unfamiliar with this beautiful town, it's located in the Israeli occupied West Bank, that would be (West of the River Jordan).

I'm an Eastern Orthodox Christian Arab. Like many other Palestinian families we fled because of the hostilities between the Israeli military and Palestinian guerrilla fighters in 1967-1969. At age 3, I remember the Israeli bombing of our area, as well as the school down the street from our house in Es Sult, Jordan.

I remember my older brother and his friends playing in the craters after that particular bombing, but I cannot forget the screaming and panic of my mom and my sisters as they were rushing us downstairs for "safety". Even though I was only 3 years old, I remember this vividly. It still haunts me from time to time. We left Palestine for a (safer) area in the country of Jordan, the Hashemite kingdom.

My father Wadi moved to the United States in 1968, settling in the city of San Francisco. We followed him in December of 1969 after he settled and established a home for us. We then flew from the capital city Amman, Jordan, to Beirut, Lebanon. After leaving the Middle East we had various stops in Milan, Italy, New York, Chicago and finally in San Francisco our final destination.

I lived in the United States since I was 3 years old, up until this present day.

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  1. Ray Hanania says:
    September 12, 2014 at 7:28 am

    I agree with you Usama … and especially about the stumbling Israeli spokespeople … they are smooth and know the words, but their arguments are stiff and challenge commonsense and reason and I hear more Americans today questioning Israel, which is why the pro-Israel activists are stepping up their paid-PR efforts.

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