Not content with stealing many aspects of Palestinian and Arab culture, from food to clothing to music, and then relabeling it as 'Israeli', the Zionut entity also has problems with Palestinians expressing said heritage. What if people found out falafel was actually NOT commissioned by King Soloman two thousand years ago?! The very fabric upon which Israel is built-lies and theft-would come crumbling down.
For this reason, Israel is very sensitive to the idea of Palestinians celebrating Palestine. Up until the 1990's, raising the Palestinian flag in public was considered enough of a reason to justify getting shot, and the world Palestine was banned from appearing in print. Books that mentioned Palestinian history were censored or banned, and Palestinians were not allowed to have their own media.
Paranoid, despotic fucks.
Anyway, the Hakawati Stage in East Jerusalem was set today to be the scene of festivities celebrating the appointment of Jerusalem as Cultural Capital of the Arab World in 2009. Foreign dignitaries, representatives of civil society and representatives of the Palestinian Authority were present when Israeli police stormed the venue soon after the celebrations started, arresting several Palestinian officials and civilians at the scene and closing down the Hakawati.
Israel wants to impose on the world it's desire to have all of Jerusalem as its capital city. This would include East Jerusalem and the Old City, which are predominately Palestinian, and a huge tract of the surrounding West Bank stretching from Ramallah in the north, Bethlehem in the south and Jericho in the east. As such, it feels extremely threatened by the Palestinians of Jerusalem when they celebrate their history and their culture, because none of it meshes very well with Zionism. It will rush to crush any such expressions of Palestinian of Arab identity.
Just another day in the only democracy in the Middle East.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Israel doesn't like culture
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hey MHMD can you post a link to an article on what happened at hakawati stage?
lol, what a ridiculous post. I've seen some Palestinian textbooks and I'd be horrified if my kids, or any kids for that matter, were exposed to such hatred.
And yes, everything middle eastern is Palestinian. I'll send the memo out.
A nationalist movement rooted in so much hatred seems inevitably stunted. And it's almost amusing that posts like this sometime sit side by side with posts extolling the virtues of a one state solution where everyone will live in peace and harmony.
And fyi, when Jerusalem was not under Israeli control, ONLY Muslims were allowed to worship there. Under Israeli control, all religions can worship. But keep up the selective arguments if you desire, but it does nothing to further your cause.
oh mo, when you hate so much, it makes you less cute.
Hahaha, if Christians weren't allowed to worship in Jerusalem prior to Israel control, then why was there a CHRISTIAN QUARTER?
dumb ass. seriously. please.
anon 7:29, just to compound your idiocy, do you mind telling us what it was that you saw in those frightening Palestinian textbooks?
Heh:
Jerusalem police on Tuesday forcibly dispersed a conference of several dozen Arab residents of east Jerusalem which was organized by the Palestinian Authority, police said.
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According to the moribund Oslo Accords, Palestinian political activity is banned in Jerusalem.
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"Several dozen".
A more detailed account:
Two years ago, the Arab League quietly designated Jerusalem its 2009 "Arab Cultural Capital," an honor that rotates among Arab countries. Winners typically use the occasion to showcase their attachment to Arab culture, sponsoring poetry, music, dance performances, lectures, school activities and sporting events.
In Jerusalem, it's not that simple. Israel says the entire city is its undivided and eternal capital. The Palestinians want east Jerusalem — captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and site of key Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites — as the capital of a future state.
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When they arrived, the doors were locked and police stood outside.
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About 50 participants attempted to hold a news conference outside, but police broke up the event. They said two people were briefly detained during a scuffle. A policeman shouted insults at the crowd, and a protester tossed an empty bottle that shattered on the street. No one was hurt.
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And Emily, you can find the story at Mohammed's only "news" source, IMEMC.
Take a look for yourself, Mo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_textbooks
mohammad are you blogging from jerusalem?
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