Letâs be crystal clear. Israelâs massive attacks on Gaza today have one overarching goal: conflict management. How to end rocket attacks on Israel from a besieged and starving Gaza without ending the impetus for those attacks, 41 years of increasingly oppressive Israeli Occupation without a hint that a sovereign and viable Palestinian state will ever emerge.Indeed, the Occupation, in which Israel controls Gaza under a violent siege which violates fundamental human rights and international law, is not even mentioned in Israelâs PR campaign. Speaking to the international community, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni insists that no country would tolerate its citizens being attacked, a seemingly reasonable statement were it not for Israeli sanctions on Gaza supported by the US and Europe â" sanctions that preceded the rocket fire on Israel â" or the fact of Israeli Occupation in general…The responsibility for the suffering both in Israel and Gaza rests squarely with successive Israeli governments, Labor, Likud and Kadima alike. Had there been a genuine political process (remember, the closure of Gaza began in 1989), Israelis and Palestinians could have been living together in peace and prosperity already for 20 years. After all, already in 1988 the PLO accepted the two-state solution in which a Palestinian state would arise on only 22% of historic Palestine, alongside the state of Israel on the other 78%. A truly generous offer.-From ICAHDFollowing Yazan's coverage of the Syrian blogosphere in English, I will be covering those in Arabic.Yaman, blogging from the US, sums up the Arab feelings towards the ongoing massacre in Gaza:
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Free Man, a blogger who rarely blogs has posted three posts so far. He shares with us his thoughts on the Gaza massacre:
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عÙ٠غزة. ÙØ§ ٠جا٠ÙÙÙÙØ± ÙÙØ§ ÙÙØ§Ù Ø¬Ø§Ù ÙØ£Ù ØªÙØ§Ø²Ù ÙØ§ØªØ²Ø§Ù Ø£Ù Ø§Ù ÙØ°Ù اÙÙ Ø´Ø§ÙØ¯ Ø§ÙØ¯Ø§Ù ÙØ©. ÙÙ ÙØ§Ùت إسرائÙÙ Ø¨ØØ§Ø¬Ø© ÙØ°Ø±Ø§Ø¦Ø¹ Ø¹ÙØ¯Ù ا Ø§ØØªÙت ÙÙØ³Ø·ÙÙ ÙÙØªÙت ÙÙØ¬Ø±Øª Ø£ÙÙÙØ§ ÙØ§Ø±ØªÙتبت اÙ٠جازر بØÙ Ø³ÙØ§ÙÙØ§ Ø§ÙØ¢Ù ÙÙÙ Ù٠بÙÙØªÙÙ ÙØ£Ø±Ø¶ÙÙ Ø ÙÙ ÙØ§Ùت Ø§ØØªÙت إسرائÙÙ Ø´Ø¨Ø±Ø§Ù ÙØ§ØØ¯Ø§Ù Ù Ù Ø§ÙØ£Ø±Ø¶ ÙÙÙØ§ أ٠ثاÙÙ ÙØ£Ù Ø«Ø§Ù ØØ³ÙÙ Ù Ø¨Ø§Ø±Ù ÙØ£Ø²ÙØ§Ù Ù Ø§ÙØ°Ù شار٠ÙÙ ÙØªÙ ÙØªØ¬ÙÙØ¹ ÙØØµØ§Ø± Ø§ÙØºØ²ÙÙÙ.
Did Israel need excuses when it occupied Palestine, killed and displaced them as refugees and now committing massacres against the peaceful people in their homes and land? Would Israel occupied one inch of the land if it weren't for those like Husni Mubarak and his men who participated in killing and starving and blockading the Gazans?
Mr. Blond from Syria comments on the mechanism of the western mainstream media:
Ù٠أ٠صÙÙÙÙÙØ§Ù Ø¬Ø±Ø Ø¨Ø´Ø¸Ø§ÙØ§ ØµØ§Ø±ÙØ® Ø§ÙØ·ÙÙ Ù Ù ÙØ·Ø§Ø¹ غزة .. ÙÙØ§Ù ت Ø§ÙØ¯ÙÙØ§ Ù٠ا ÙØ¹Ø¯ØªØ ÙÙØØ´Ø¯Øª اسرائÙÙ ÙÙ ÙÙØ§ÙاÙ٠أ٠صÙÙÙÙÙ Ø§ÙØ¹Ø³ÙØ±ÙØ© ÙØ¬Ù ÙØ¹ Ø£Ø¬ÙØ²ØªÙا Ø§ÙØ¥Ø¹ÙØ§Ù ÙØ©Ø ÙÙØ·Ø§Ùبت Ø§ÙØ¹Ø§ÙÙ ÙÙ٠أ٠ÙÙÙ Ù Ø¹ÙØ§ ÙÙ Ù ÙØ§Ø¬ÙØ© ÙØ°Ø§ Ø§ÙØ¥Ø±Ùاب اÙÙÙØ³Ø·ÙÙÙ .. ÙÙÙÙ Ø£Ù ØªÙØªÙ ÙÙ Ø§ÙØ¹Ø´Ø±Ø§Øª ÙØ§Ù٠ئات Ù Ù Ø³ÙØ§Ù ÙØ°Ø§ اÙÙØ·Ø§Ø¹ اÙÙ ØØ§ØµØ± اÙÙ ØØ±ÙÙ Ù Ù Ø§ÙØ¥ÙساÙÙØ© Ø®ÙØ§Ù ÙÙÙ ÙØ§ØØ¯ .. ÙÙØ°Ø§ ÙÙ ÙÙØ§Ø¬Ù Ø¥ÙØ§ Ø¨Ø§ÙØµÙ ت ÙØ§ÙØªØ®Ø§Ø°Ù ÙØ§ÙØÙد ÙÙÙ Ø£ØØ³Ù Ø§ÙØ£ØÙØ§Ù Ø§ÙØªØ¹Ø§Ø·Ù Ø§ÙØ³Ø§Ø°Ø¬ !!!
Yaser Orwani, also blogging from Syria, informs us with a campaign launched for Gaza:
ØªØØª عÙÙØ§Ù â ÙÙÙØ§ غزة â ØªØ·ÙÙ Ù Ø¬Ù ÙØ¹Ø© ٠٠اÙ٠بر٠جÙÙ ÙØ§Ù٠ص٠٠ÙÙ ÙØ§ÙصØÙÙÙÙ ÙØ§Ù٠راسÙÙÙ Ù ÙÙØ¹Ø§ اÙÙØªØ±ÙÙÙØ§ Ø¹Ø§Ø¬ÙØ§Ù ØªØ¶Ø§Ù ÙØ§ ٠ع Ø§ÙØ§ÙÙ Ø§ÙØµØ§Ù د ÙÙ ÙØ·Ø§Ø¹ غز٠Ù٠ظ٠اÙ٠جازر Ø§ÙØµÙÙÙÙÙ٠اÙÙØ¨ÙØ±Ù Ø§ÙØªÙ ØªØ±ØªÙØ¨ Ù٠ا Ø²Ø§ÙØª Ù Ø³ØªÙ Ø±Ù ØØªÙ اÙÙØØ¸Ù
ÙØ²Ùارة اÙÙ ÙÙØ¹ : http://www.nowgaza.com
To visit the site: http://www.nowgaza.com
Yaser also have compiled a video which he dedicated to those who were killed by Israel in Gaza:
Many Syrian bloggers feel depressed and paralyzed over what's happening in Gaza now. Most of the Syrian blog-posts reflect this feeling. Some of the bloggers narrate how they feel, some of them blogged their silence as we will see later on in this coverage.
Syriangavroche in Spain shares with us an incident he had with his Gazan friend whose friend in Gaza had just lost his two brothers in the recent Israeli war on Gaza. He also shares with us his feeling of helplessness towards what can be done to help the innocent people in Gaza from being killed:
تÙÙÙ'ÙØª Ù٠ساعات اÙ٠ساء Ø§ÙØ£ÙÙÙ Ø§ØªØµØ§ÙØ§Ù ٠٠صدÙ٠غزÙ'اÙÙ ÙØ®Ø¨Ø±ÙÙ ÙÙÙ Ø¨Ø§Ø³ØªØ´ÙØ§Ø¯ Ø´ÙÙÙÙ٠صدÙ٠غزÙ'اÙ٠آخر ÙØ§Ùا ÙØ¹Ù ÙØ§Ù Ù٠شرطة غزÙ'Ø©, Ù Ø£Ù Ø§ÙØ¬Ù ÙØ¹ Ø³ÙØ°Ùب ÙØªÙدÙÙ ÙØ§Ø¬Ø¨ Ø§ÙØ¹Ø²Ø§Ø¡ ٠دع٠٠ب٠ا ÙØ³ØªØ·Ùع, ÙÙØ§Ø¹Ø¯ØªÙ ÙÙØ±Ø§Ù Ù ØªÙØ¬Ù'ÙÙØ§ Ø¥ÙÙ Ù ÙØ²Ù ÙØ°Ø§ Ø§ÙØµØ¯ÙÙ. Ø¹ÙØ¯Ù ا ÙØµÙÙØ§ ÙØ¬Ø¯Øª بعض Ø§ÙØ²Ù ÙØ§Ø¡ Ø§ÙØ°ÙÙ ÙØ§ÙÙØ§ ÙØ¯ سبÙÙÙØ§, Ù Ù٠أجد صدÙÙÙØ§ ÙÙØ¯ ÙØ§Ù ÙØ¯ Ø¯Ø®Ù Ø§ÙØÙ Ù'ا٠ÙÙØºØ³Ù ÙØ¬ÙÙ, Ù Ø¹ÙØ¯Ù ا خرج Ø±Ø¢ÙØ§ ÙÙØ¯Ù ÙØÙÙØ§ Ù ÙÙØª Ø£Ù٠٠٠تÙÙØ§Ù Ø¨Ø§ÙØ£ØØ¶Ø§Ù…عاÙÙÙ٠بشدة ٠اÙÙØ¬Ø± باÙÙØ§Ù ٠رة أخر٠بشÙ٠ج٠Ù'د ÙÙ ÙØ¯Ø±Ø§ØªÙ عÙ٠اÙÙØ·Ù, Ù Ù٠أعد أدر٠٠اذا Ø£ÙÙÙ, ÙÙØ²Ù ت Ø§ÙØµÙ ت Ø«ÙØ§ÙÙ Ø·ÙÙÙØ© ÙØ§Ø±Ø¨Øª Ø§ÙØ¯ÙÙÙØ© ØØªÙ ÙØµÙÙ ÙÙØ·Ø© شعرت ÙÙÙØ§ أ٠عÙÙÙ' أ٠أÙÙÙ Ø´ÙØ¦Ø§Ù.. ÙÙÙÙÙ Ù٠أجد ٠ا Ø£ÙÙÙ Ø¥ÙØ§ ÙÙÙ Ø© “lo siento” Ø¨Ø§ÙØ§Ø³Ø¨Ø§ÙÙØ©, Ø§ÙØªÙ ØªÙØ§Ù Ù٠اÙ٠آت٠٠تعÙÙ ØØ±ÙÙØ§Ù بأÙÙ٠أشعر ب٠ا تشعر ب٠٠ÙÙÙÙØ§ تعÙÙ Ø£ÙØ¶Ø§Ù “آسٓ.ÙØ§ أعÙ٠إ٠ÙÙØª Ø£Ø±ÙØ¯ Ø¨ÙØ°Ù اÙÙÙÙ Ø© اÙ٠عÙÙ Ø§ÙØ£ÙÙ Ø£Ù Ø§ÙØ«Ø§ÙÙ, Ø£Ù ÙÙØ§Ù٠ا..ÙØ§ Ø£Ø¯Ø±Ù Ø¥Ù ÙØ§Ù سبب اعتذار٠ÙÙ Ø¹Ø¬Ø²Ù Ø¹Ù ØªÙØ¯ÙÙ Ø´ÙØ¡ ٠ا عدا اÙÙÙØ§Ù .. ÙØ§ Ø£Ø¯Ø±Ù Ø¥Ù ÙØ§Ù Ø´Ø¹ÙØ±Ù Ø¨Ø§ÙØ°Ùب عائد Ø¥Ù٠أÙÙÙ Ø¬Ø¨Ø§Ù ÙØ®Ø§Ù Ø£Ø²ÙØ² Ø§ÙØ°Ø¨Ø§Ø¨Ø© بÙÙ٠ا ÙØªØÙ Ù'Ù Ø£Ø·ÙØ§Ù ÙÙØ³Ø·ÙÙ ÙØ¯Ùر ÙØ³Ø± جدار Ø§ÙØµÙت..ÙØ¹Ù .. أشعر Ø¨Ø§ÙØ°Ùب, Ù ÙØ¹Ù .. ØºØ§ÙØ¨Ø§Ù Ø£ÙØ§ Ù Ø°ÙØ¨..
When we arrived there there were some colleagues who had preceded us, and I did not find our friend who apparently had entered the bathroom to wash his face. When he showed up he approached us and I was the first to take him in the arms.[…]
He held me tight, and once again strongly burst into tears that it frozen my ability to speak, and I no longer knew what to say, I stayed silent for a minute till I felt I should say something .. I did not find anything to say but the word “lo siento” in Spanish, which is used in funerals, and it literally means that I feel what you feel, but it also means “sorry”.
I do not know if I meant the first meaning of the word, or the second, or even both ..
I do not know if the reason behind my apology is my incapability to provide anything but speech .. I do not know if my feelings of guilt is due to my cowardliness fear of a fly while Palestinian children bear the roar of the sound barrier breaking ..
Yes .. I feel guilty, and yes .. I am often guilty ..
Ayman Haykal, blogging from the US, decided that nothing can be said on the blow of horrific bloody images we see in Gaza now, he decided to be silent:
…Ø£Ù Ø§Ù Ø±ÙØ¨Ø© اÙÙ ÙØª ÙØ¨Ø´Ø§Ø¹Ø© Ø§ÙØ¸ÙÙ ÙÙØØ´ÙØ© Ø§ÙØ¹Ø¯Ù ÙØªÙاطؤ Ø§ÙØ£Ø® ÙØ§ÙØ´Ø¹ÙØ± Ø§ÙØ¬Ø§Ø±Ù باÙÙØ£Ø³ …ÙØ§ Ø£Ù ÙÙ Ø¥ÙØ§ أ٠أص٠ت.
I can not but be silenced.
Some bloggers blogged ways with which they think they can help the Gazas, Ola from Syria has more:
ØÙ ÙØ© تبرعات ÙÙ Ø§ÙØ¬Ø§Ù عات أ٠اÙ٠دارس Ø£Ù Ø§ÙØ¹Ù Ù Ø£Ù Ø£Ù Ù ÙØ§Ù ÙØ£Ù٠أÙÙÙØ§ Ù٠غزة ÙØØ§ØªØ¬Ù٠إÙÙ Ø§ÙØ¯Ùاء ÙØ§Ùغذاء Ø®ØµÙØµØ§Ù Ø£ÙÙÙ ØªØØª ÙØ·Ø£Ø© Ø§ÙØØµØ§Ø±
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2 - If you're good in English e-mail non-Arabs to familiarize them with the truth, because their mainstream media doesn't reflect truth on the ground.
3 â" Continue the boycotting strategy, and don't think it is not influential.[…].
4 - pray and pray.
5 - Publish infos in forums you're in and on your site or blog.
6 - publish pictures of the massacres and subtitle them in English or make compile them as videos and upload them on Youtube.
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