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Published on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by GRITtv
Kathleen and Bill Christison: Palestine in Pieces
There are few US writers who have spent as much time in Palestine as
Kathleen and Bill Christison. Over the years they've provided an
indispensable overview of life in the occupied territories and their
assessment of what's happening today is grim indeed. Settlements are
continuing apace and there doesn't appear to be a serious or even a
minor shift in US policy. Former CIA employees, they have traveled to
the region regularly and have authored numerous books and articles,
most recently, Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation
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Show AllScholarly opinion is only now owning up to the deep philosophical link between the Zionist movement and its racist and Nazi precursors (http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Empire-Nazis-Ruled-Europe/dp/B001S2PR20). Of course, these links were obvious to contemporary observers. Victor Klemperer (http://www.amazon.com/Will-Bear-Witness-1933-1941-Paperbacks/dp/0375753788) who miraculously survived as a Jew inside Germany (he was married to a German woman) wrote the following in his diary a few months after the Nazis came to power:
We hear a lot about Palestine now; it does not appeal to us. Anyone who goes there exchanges nationalism and narrowness for nationalism and narrowness.
i just ran across a statement from a great humanitarian, former president jimmy carter. according to president carter, the overwhelming majory of israeli citizens want to end the encroachment. THEY WANT PEACE!
the palastinian situation is an ongoing "hot topic" throughout the middle east,including israel,and europe as well. however, carter laments the fact the subject fails to draw media attention in this country.
if the needless cost of life and human suffering does not stir the american heart, maybe learning that feeding the war machine is breaking the bank.
money! that's the way to make 'em sit up and take notice!
Kathleen and Bill Christison are truly great, and I'm glad I watched their interview with Laura Flanders, above, even though first I had to sit through 30 seconds or so of Obama making his usual lying, mealy-mouth comments.
But what the Christisons had to say was worth it. If there's any hope for the future at all, it's because there are still people like the Christisons among us.
After watching this I am saddened that the voice of the Palestinian people is so faint among us. We must find a way to loosen the Isreali lobby from the backs of our congressman. And yet the Israeli lobby is so well funded and organized I honestly doubt this will ever happen. It is left to those Jews who are more moderate and balanced in thier beliefs to speak up for the Palestinians. I, for one, will...