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5.0 out of 5 starsmore voices from struggling Palestine
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2003
Baruch Kimmerling's new book "Politicide" refers to Sharon's war against Palestine,the dissolution of Palestinian existence as a legitimate social,economic and political entity.So creating new myths and searching for new demons is an ongoing process.How is it possible to have a State of Palestine, that competes with Israel for economic prosperity?
Jenin was simply another means within this process of eradication, a slow "ethnic cleansing" grabbing more land in the process with bogus construction fences(some 2 billion US dollars),to control the West Bank, that has aquifers beneath that supplies Israel and the settlements with water.
Jenin in northern West Bank, was the place of temporary unity of various militias, Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. It was for three days April 2 to 5, 2002 that Israel tried to take over the camp were they resided that was booby-trapped. On April 9 the Israelis requested a ceasefire to evacuate eight wounded soldiers and 13 corpses, this after 60 Palestinians died, an unknown number injured and a massive destruction of property which had left some 5,000 Palestinians homeless.Israel had produced some 215 airstrikes, as well as numerous Apache helicopter incursions. On the Israeli side 23 soldiers were killed and over 100 injured in Jenin.
This film is banned in Israel,it is part of Sharon & Company's propaganda to keep Israelis as ignorant as possible on their "politicide". We hear more struggling voices here. The film is mostly interviews with Palestinians, children,mothers, and fathers who had seen their children die before them, or a father running unable to help his child who fell due to a explosion.An old man who walked with a cane, was shot by an Israeli soldier in his good leg,"for what reason. . . " He exclaimed. I had no weapon my hands were raised. "Now I am a complete cripple".
A 10 year girl who reads whatever she can has nothing but contempt for the Israelis, that they are simply another set of butchers. They will lose, she says.What? Morals, integrity, dignity,justice.
There is another Israel that Palestinians know little, of "refusniks" Israeli soldiers who refuse to serve in the Occupied Territories, and have been sentenced to jail terms, or the various Israeli organizations as Peace Now, or Rabbis for Palestine who are working for a State of Palestine.
