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Mayor
The power of non-violence is being sorely tested in the Middle East. It was a marvel to watch average Egyptians attempting to transformsociety non-violently. The power of aunited people can wash away opposition when they stand as one.
Unfortunately, places likeSyria are making non-violence almost impossible. History has taught us that government willcommit heinous crimes to keep power. Bahrain is trying to achieve freedom non-violently even in these violenttimes. Yemen is also at a crossroads;non-violence or spilt blood among family.
The biggest challenge fornon-violence in the Middle East will occur in Palestine. Before very long, the Palestinian diasporawill decide that they are going to get up and walk in an organized, non-violentreturn home. Israel is currently tryingto colonize as much of the West Bank and Jerusalem as they possibly can, so theIsraeli people are going to have to decide if they truly want to live in peaceor permanent war. If they want peace, theyare going to have to abandon the Transfer Policy, an unofficial goal of transferringall Palestinians out of Greater Israel. It is unofficial because the policy is a form of genocide according theUN.
The reason that this crisis hasgone on for nearly 60 years is because Israel made a conscious decision afterWWII to take as much land as they could in preparation for the settlement ofJews in a new homeland. Even after England and the UN provided Israel with moreland than their share of the population deserved, Israel kept taking land usingterrorist tactics. With Ben Gurion's approval, terrorist Zionist military thugsinvaded Palestinian land, murdered civilians in cold blood, and told the survivorsto tell others that the same fate would befall them if other Palestiniansdidn't leave. As a result, refugee camps housing nearly a million people haveexisted throughout the region ever since.
That history isn't going away. Israel and the US will have to deal with it ifthey ever really want peace in the region. The US has to decide if we wantto see peace in the region because of the victory of non-violence; doing so means making clear to Israeli leaders thatwe will no longer defend their oppression of Palestinians but still want toinsure the peace and security of all Israelis. The irony is that Palestine and Israel have the potential to prosperbecause of their diverse make-up.
A revolution impacts the post-revolutionary period by theway it takes place: if we want to establish peace and security for a people,those people should transform society in the way they want to live after theyare done.
God Speed,
David
Unfortunately, places likeSyria are making non-violence almost impossible. History has taught us that government willcommit heinous crimes to keep power. Bahrain is trying to achieve freedom non-violently even in these violenttimes. Yemen is also at a crossroads;non-violence or spilt blood among family.
The biggest challenge fornon-violence in the Middle East will occur in Palestine. Before very long, the Palestinian diasporawill decide that they are going to get up and walk in an organized, non-violentreturn home. Israel is currently tryingto colonize as much of the West Bank and Jerusalem as they possibly can, so theIsraeli people are going to have to decide if they truly want to live in peaceor permanent war. If they want peace, theyare going to have to abandon the Transfer Policy, an unofficial goal of transferringall Palestinians out of Greater Israel. It is unofficial because the policy is a form of genocide according theUN.
The reason that this crisis hasgone on for nearly 60 years is because Israel made a conscious decision afterWWII to take as much land as they could in preparation for the settlement ofJews in a new homeland. Even after England and the UN provided Israel with moreland than their share of the population deserved, Israel kept taking land usingterrorist tactics. With Ben Gurion's approval, terrorist Zionist military thugsinvaded Palestinian land, murdered civilians in cold blood, and told the survivorsto tell others that the same fate would befall them if other Palestiniansdidn't leave. As a result, refugee camps housing nearly a million people haveexisted throughout the region ever since.
That history isn't going away. Israel and the US will have to deal with it ifthey ever really want peace in the region. The US has to decide if we wantto see peace in the region because of the victory of non-violence; doing so means making clear to Israeli leaders thatwe will no longer defend their oppression of Palestinians but still want toinsure the peace and security of all Israelis. The irony is that Palestine and Israel have the potential to prosperbecause of their diverse make-up.
A revolution impacts the post-revolutionary period by theway it takes place: if we want to establish peace and security for a people,those people should transform society in the way they want to live after theyare done.
God Speed,
David
