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Does it explode?
Mazin Qumsiyeh
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mazin@qumsiyeh.org

Langston Hughes wrote a poem, `Lenox Avenue Mural` in the 1930s:

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?



Our situation in Palestine is very dire indeed. Millions of Palestinians
squeezed uinto concentration areas and money pours in to a few of them to
keep the lid on the rest of us. Among Palestinisns and Israelis, the
rich get richer and the poor get poorer (though the disparity of money
allocation is still 10:1 in favor of Israeli Jews over the indiginous
Palestinians). But it is also not just an economic issue: the issue is
racism. Zionism, bult on notions of privilage and chosenness cannot help
but spread racism. The pogroms in Tel Aviv against Africans is just a
small manifestation of the kind of pogroms and ethnic cleansing done
against the native Palestinians. And it continues to be done. Even as
Zionists celebrated occupying Jerusalem, studies show Israeli policies
succeeded in creating the highest levels of poverty among Palestinians of
Jerusalm. And the disastrous affects of the Oslo agreements continue to be
felt throughout the occupied areas. Settlement building and destruction of
lives and livelihood continue.



There is a process of slow transfer from most of the West Bank to the
ghettops otherwise designated area A. The Palestinian `Authority`
continues to have a charade of a `government` (appointing new `ministers`
recently) while under occupation. And while talking for years about
`reconciliation` and the need to revive the `peace` process (it is a
process so the quotes are correctly placed only on `peace`). No
consultation with people and no strategy of liberation is presented. An
Israeli general once quipped to his fellow criminals` `once we have settled
the land, all the Arabs will be able to do is run around like drugged
roaches in a bottle.` Sharon used to call it with his thick English
accent: the `piss process` and his right hand man Dov Weisglass correctly
identified the purpose: to ensure there will never be a Palestinian state
and to never discuss Palestinian rights. The only efficiency worth noting
today for the PA is its ability to suppress any `friction` via the security
cooperation with the Israeli army. Acts of armed and non-violent
resistance are both successfully suppressed. The PA meticulously adhjeres
to its obligations under Oslo (as subcontractors for the occupation) while
Israel regularly invades area A that is nominally under PA `control` (the
12% of the WB or 2% of historic Palestine). Meanwhile, money and resources
are taken from Palestinian lands and people to enrich the coffers of
Israeli billionairs (including land developers) and the Israeli military. A
profitable occupation indeed! The Palestinian dream of living in freedom
and dignity is deferred yet again as the Zionist dominated media works
feverishly to talk about Iran and other issues. Israeli authorities
continue to think of ways to direct anger towards anything and anyone other
than Zionism (the primary cause of instability in this part of the
world). Billions of dollars keep moving and millions become poorer.



But back to Hughes question: does a dream deferred sag or does it expode?



Jerusalem Day 2012: Unprecedented Deterioration in East Jerusalem: The
prolonged policies that created 78% poverty rates and a frail job market in
East Jerusalem.
http://www.acri.org.il/en/2012/05/16/poverty-in-east-jerusalem/



(for Europeans who came here illegally and expelled the indiginous peopel
to make a Khazar State, this turn of events is ironic)

How I survived a Tel Aviv mob attack
http://972mag.com/how-i-survived-a-tel-aviv-mob-attack/46587/

Israeli Kristallnacht: Africans attacked in Tel Aviv anti-migrant demo
(PHOTOS) http://www.rt.com/news/israel-anti-migrant-demo-061/



(Worth reading. Note: title usually chosen by editors not author) Not All
Israeli Citizens Are Equal

http://imeu.createsend1.com/t/r-l-hryuthy-oikkddhd-i/



Saturday (Tomorrow): Hosh Jasmin is a new organic farm and camping/hicking
facility in Bethlehem area (Al-Makhrour). Their first event is a hiking
trip to Battir. For more info call 0599868914, saadehmazen@yahoo.com
www.hoshjasmin.blogspot.com



Israel`s Mabo - Israel/Palestine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=49jBz2kR8Ts



Nakba documentary on Aljazeerah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm7dMhE80dw



Good news: `Art is a hammer to shape reality`: PalFest breaks the siege of
Gaza

http://electronicintifada.net/content/art-hammer-shape-reality-palfest-breaks-siege-gaza/11318



Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD

A Bedouin in Cyberspave, a villager at home


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