Thoughts of a Hijaabi

Ok so instead of me mocking or re-tell all of the you the latest news, here are some quotes:

“The Israeli military seems to consider anyone left in the area a combatant who is fair game for attack,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “Such consistent failure to distinguish combatants and civilians is a war crime.”

“Just because the Israeli military warned the civilians of Qana to leave does not give it carte blanche to blindly attack,” said Mr Roth. “It still must make every possible effort to target only genuine combatants.”

“Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah member of the Lebanese parliament said: “The cabinet, the resistance and the people are united on their stand. Stopping the Israeli aggression is the priority, there is no other discussion, there is no negotiation concerning any other issues. When the Israeli aggression stops, we can then discuss other political issues.” “

“We couldn’t ignore Qana,’’ an Israeli Foreign Ministry official said about the 48-hour suspension, referring to the bombing Sunday in which dozens of civilians died. “And if we want to continue to get the full cease-fire we want, with an international force, it was important to change the tone and the conversation. We can continue to fight, in a more surgical way, a less ferocious way, that allows us to move forward.’’

“ “There’s nobody left in our village,” she said. “Not a human or a stone.” “ (here)

“History is repeating itself: civilian deaths followed by apologies.” (here)

“King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has promised to give $500m to Lebanon to pay for reconstruction. He also approved $1bn for the Central Bank of Lebanon to support the economy.” (here)

“Saudi Arabia warns everybody that if the peace option fails because of Israeli arrogance, there will be no other option but war,” King Abdullah.

“The Saudi government is also to give $250m to the Palestinians, who are suffering the effects of an Israeli onslaught following the capture of an Israeli soldier by Gaza-based militants. The Saudi aid pledges come after the UN on Monday launched a $150m (£81m) aid appeal for Lebanon. “ (here)

“The US has announced a $30m package to ease the suffering of civilians.” (here)

“The EU has already pledged $12.6m in aid.” (here)

“Israel Defense Forces said: “Responsibility for any and all casualties among uninvolved Lebanese civilians lies squarely on the shoulders of Hezbollah, which abuses civilians as human shields, and on the Lebanese government which fails to prevent this.” “

“Israel calls it a terrible mistake. They said the same in 1996, until a video recorded by one of the UN soldiers was handed to veteran reporter Robert Fisk of the Independent newspaper. This showed an Israeli drone was flying low over the base and would have seen the civilians. “ (here)

And to finish up this post, a few words from our dearly thought full President Bush:

“Bush said, “A multinational force must be dispatched to Lebanon quickly so we can help speed the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Lebanese people,” he said in a speech at a Coast Guard facility in Miami. “Iran must end its financial support and supply of weapons to terrorist groups like Hezbollah. Syria must end its support for terror and respect the sovereignty of Lebanon.” “

“When democracy spreads in the Middle East, the people of that troubled region will have a better future, the terrorists will lose their safe havens and their recruits, and the United States of America will be more secure,” Mr. Bush said. “The hard work of helping people realize the benefits of liberty is laying the foundation of peace for generations to come.”

It’s nice to see that he’s using some new phrases.

Israel has finally agreed for a 24 hour period for Southern Lebanese residence to leave the area safely. Basically this whole Lebanon thing has gotten me maddd up tight and upset. What was Israel waiting to kill a dozen more innocent people and young innocent sweet children before they agreed to stop bombing them and giving them horribly painful deaths? There most recent attack has been on Quana, o no but they are not bad people they are just trying to blow up Hezbollah fighters, except they kinda missed and killed a bunch of innocent people instead, Congratulations Mr. Israeli soldiers, Ebert&Roeper give you two thumbs up. So before you guys get all excited because you get to write more lil happy messages and ship off more gifts to Lebanon, make sure that you know that you have a horrible sense of direction and aim and you will miss and kill a dozen civilians instead. And General Eshel:

“It is possible that various things were stored inside the house, things that ultimately caused an explosion,” General Eshel said. “Perhaps things we were unable to blow up in the strike, that could have been left behind. I say this very carefully, but at the current time I haven’t got the slightest clue what could explain this time difference.”

Great this will eventually be there excuse fro more bombs, stronger bombs etc… for later on.
Now there picking on the demonstrators who are attacking the United Nations headquarter in Lebanon, and how they are also expressing hatred towards the United Sates. I wonder why they are expressing hatred, I mean there only witnessing there whole country being teared apart, watching there innocent children dyeing, and innocent people dyeing, no biggie right?

Ok that was definitely too much of my ramblings for anyone.

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Remember these pictures? The Israeli kiddies who wanted to send some beautiful lil gifts to Lebanon.

Well I guess the parents felt left out, and thought, hey we shouldn’t be greedy, the adults must play a part in this sending gifts:

Yes they are indeed o so thought full, I would post the results, but this is a public blog and I know many people who can’t handle pictures like that. 54 civilians dead, and 34 of them were children. It’s ok, remember Israel’s the good people right? BBC news had some pictures of the destruction.

Sadly everywhere we look in the world, there is some sort of trouble. We hear of all th civilians being killed, the family’s going through all of the pain, but the ones who are completely innocent are the children. Africa has the world’s highest child mortality rate, and the Congo’s have a higher rate than the rest of Africa. The Congo’s had a civil war that ended a while ago, but the disaster and problems it left behind is killing off its people. Its been reported that approximately 1,250 people die each day in the Congo’s from hunger and amongst other diseases. Every two minutes a child dies in the Congo’s of a preventable disease. There are many articles that tell of stories of the children who pass away, reading those articles i literally felt my heart melt inside of me. The kids are UNDER the age of 5, that’s when there still completely innocent. I mean i have a little brother and like a million Little cousins and ok, lets not go there. The city is also flowing with orphans on the streets, with no care or protection. Well once again some more a lot of Du’aa is needed, and we should all be pretty damn thankful.

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The situation in Lebanon isn’t getting any better, and from the looks of it, it’s probably going to only get worst. Everyone’s trying to get out, for those who are wealthy leaving and settling somewhere else is no biggie. For others who have jobs that help them just get by each day, and have a few things that are worth of value, leaving Lebanon is no option. In a BBC report it shows how these hard working people have no option either way. If they stay they’ll be suffering because of the more trouble that’s coming twoards them, and if they leave they’ll suffer more because the conditions in there home country is rough and they can’t stand to go back to there country with empty hands. Some are even working at Lebanon and are sending money back to there families over sea. As usual the one’s in the most need are the ones neglected.

On other news, it is said that Bush&Blair want to help develop peace in the Middle East. There goals are:

“He told reporters their top priorities in dealing with the crisis were to:

• Help provide immediate humanitarian relief
• Achieve an end to the violence
• Return those displaced by the crisis
• Help with reconstruction “

Now lets see how Mr.Bush & Mr.Blair will handle this, and how many “sacrifices for peace” there will be.

Article of the day

24 Palestinian’s Killed in Al Shijaeeya Neighborhood (East of Gaza City ). The Israeli’s began attacking the Palestinians sometime after Dawn on Wednesday, July 26. The spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Khaled Radi reported that 70 persons were injured, 12 are in critical condition, and 14 are going to be permanently disabled. The Palestinian Ministry of health disclosed the names of the Palestinians who have been killed:

1.Bara’ Sabah Habeeb, child, 3 years old.
2.Yasser banat, 23. member of the Islamic Jihad.
3.Mohammad Adas, 26, member of the P.A Executive Force.
4.Yahia Al Saudi, 30, member of Hamas.
5.Husam Al Saudi, 31, member of Hamas.
6.Salaam Al Saudi, 29, member of Hamas.
7.Adnan Waleed Al Saudi, 29, member of Hamas.
8.Mohammad Al Bahteeny, 35, member of the Islamic Jihad.
9.Mohammad Haniyya, 25, civilian.
10.Nabeel Zeino, 21, civilian.
11.Hani Hjeila, 18, civilian.
12.Nafeth Hannouna, member of Salah Ed Deen Brigades.
13.Mahmoud Mohammad Al Barnash, 23, member of Hamas.
14.Mohammad Anwar Sa’da, member of the Islamic Jihad.
15.Majed Habash, 30, member of the Hamas.
16.Mahmoud Nahedh Habeen 29, member of the Islamic Jihad.
17.Shahd Okal, child, 9 years old.
18.Maria Okal, child, 3 years old.
19.Asma’ Ali Okal, 33, civilain, the mother of Shahd and Maria.
20.Saleh Hassanen, 20, civilian.
21.Ziad Mohammad Salem, 50 civilian.
22.Malik Moheeb Al Mash-harawi, 18, civilian.
23.Nael Abu Assy, 20, member of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades.
24.Unidentifed resident, handicapped found killed by Israeli missile in northern Gaza.

If you take the time to actually read that list, it hurts a lot more than just 24 Palestinians were killed, because now you see the name, and you get some information about them. There are still reports coming in that maybe more have been killed. What I am waiting for is someone to come along and say we are taking away the “bad people” and killing some civilians is just the cost, Well I’m here to ask you how the hell do you know who’s good and who’s bad? If your going to start judging people, then wait till you hear the sterotypes of what peopel think about your race.

Anyway…We should all keep them all in our Du’aa’s. I hope that whatever little goal or idea the Israelis have in there twisted little narrow minded heads will soon end and wills stop the mass murder of all the innocent people. They are in Lebanon too and Allahu Allam what the hell is going to happen there, Jon Stewart explained very well in the video below: (taken from aabiransabeel)

If you are interested in protest/demonstrations here are some that are taking place this week in New York:

Protest the U.S.-Israeli Aggression
July 26, Wednesday
6pm
Union Square (South)
Initiated by Al Awda-NY, the Right to Return Coalition

Outreach in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
July 27, Thursday
3:30-5:30pm
Meet at the Bay Ridge stop on the R train (4th Ave. and Bay Ridge Ave.)
Pass out flyers for the week’s activities and to get the word out about the August 12 National Emergency March on Washington to Defend the People of Palestine and Lebanon.

Protest in Front of the Israeli Mission to the UN
July 28, Friday
3:30-6:30pm
2nd Ave., between 42nd and 43rd Sts.
Initiated by Al Awda - NY-NJ, the Right to Return Coalition

March Across the Brooklyn Bridge
July 29, Saturday
2pm
from Cadman Plaza Park (Brooklyn) to City Hall
A, C to High St.; 2, 3 to Clark; 4, 5 to Borough Hall
Initiated by the Ad-Hoc Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, of which ANSWER is a participating organization.

***Mark your calenders for August 12, there will be a national march on the White House, if you would like to read more go to this site.***

..another state might enjoy that.” Ah good ol’ New York, yeah this clip is kinda old, but yeah it still makes me laugh: