Guest Post: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Deserve Civil Rights
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Deserve Civil Rights
By Mahmoud El-Yousseph
February 23, 2010
Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon face a very uncertain future. They deserve better. When Palestinians were kicked out of their homeland at gun point in 1948, some found a safe haven in Lebanon, where they were received with an open arms. Lebanese provided them shelters, food and other life essentials years before the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) took over. For that I am grateful, because I was born in one those 12 refugee camps 59 years ago.
Over six decades later, these refugees who constitute 17% of the total Palestinian population, continue to live in camps awaiting the right of return to their original homeland in Palestine. Until then, they have nowhere to go. Since most of the 450,000 refugees currently living in Lebanon (ten percent of Lebanon’s population) were born and raised there, why not grant them the basic civil rights enjoyed by their Lebanese counterparts and the rest of the world? With that I mean give them the right to work, own property and the right to medical benefits and social services.
Nawal Assadi is a young Palestinian writer who lives in Lebanon and writes extensively about the suffering of the refugees. In one of her articles she mentioned the story of Salah, who is a father of six children and unable to work for a medical reason. He relies on fishing to provide for his family, but that only nets him enough income for one meal per day to feed eight people. And if he is caught fishing, he has to pay a $1000 dollars fine.
Miss Assadi also met a family who lives only on deep fried potatoes [French Fries], never tasted fruits, and fresh vegetables are not part of their diet. Another heartwrenching story is about an elderly Palestinian living in a camp near Beirut who has to rely on the good will of others to survive and has no clue where her next meal is coming from.
Another heartbreaking story of mistreatment happened several years ago when a Lebanese-born Palestinian refugee was was refused entry at Beirut airport because of some trumped-up problem with his documents by Lebanese authorities; he could see his mother through the glass partition but had to turn back to Bahrain without being able to visit.
Late last year, my niece Nadia’s husband Mohammad, who works at a dairy processing factory, was picked up at a checkpoint as a result of mistaken identity. His family was forced to pay 2000 dollars in legal fees to prove his innocence. He was kept in jail for nearly 5 months. He is a father of five and the only bread winner. Mohammad told his wife who visited him weekly not to bring his children along, as he did not want them to see him behind bars. As a condition of his release, his wife has to come up with $1000 bond, which she had to borrow. Talk about coercion and embezzlement!
Generally speaking, Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon are not much better off than their counterparts living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank or under siege in Gaza. Their life is a sad chapter full of sorrow. They are denied basic civil and human rights and their movement is restricted. In fact, they are caged inside the twelve camps like animals with armed guards at the gate.
American researcher Franklin Lamb, along with several non-governmental organizations are trying to generate awareness and pressure Lebanon to grant Palestinian refugees their basic civil rights. Mr. Lamb, a leading expert on the Palestinian issue, recently published a letter arguing for the need such rights. After all, the U.S. government has given the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) a written guarantee in 1982 that Palestinian civilian refugees in Lebanon would be protected if they withdrew their fighters from Beirut following the Israeli siege of the Lebanese capital.
No one puts more smiles on the faces of Palestinian children in Lebanon and in other refugee camps throughout the Middle East than Susan Abulhawa. Abulhawa, who is a resident of Philadelphia, is the founder of Playground for Palestine. For the last serveral years, she has been busy building playgrounds in every Palestinian refugee camp. Abulhawa is the author of the book,The Scar of David.
As of late January, a three-member team of volunteers sent from the USA by the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (www.pcrf.net
Finally, the aforementioned stories of abuse and mistreatment of Palestinians are used by Zionists to counter critics of Israeli policies. For instance, how can the government of Lebanon or Egypt demand Israel comply with U.N. Resolution 194 granting the right of return, but at the same time deny Palestinian refugees living in their countries very basic human and civil rights. Case in point is the traitorous regime in Egypt who is currently aiding Israel in starving Palestinians to death in Gaza.These governments serve one master, and we know who that is.
That said, it would be unfair not to recognize and honor the Lebanese family who employs my niece Nadia’s husband. As of this writing, I have learned from my older brother, Nimer, that the “Koju family” has rehired Mohammad upon his release. Not only that, they provided his wife and children all of his lost income during his wrongful imprisonment. That act of compassion and generosity is what gives me hope that one day, the Palestinians I left behind in Lebanon in 1971 will soon have the same rights and freedom that my family and I enjoy in the USA.
Mahmoud El-Yousseph
Retired USAF Veteran
Feedback: elyousseph6@yahoo.com
Hanitizer I completely agree with this premise by Mahmoud El-Yousseph. I wonder why more isn't said about this very issue.
The term "Lebanese-born Palestinian refugee" seems ridiculous, doesn't it? Lebanon should definitely grant Palestinian refugees their basic civil rights…. and the question is why aren't they allowed to be full Lebanese citizens.
And I don't think this issue is a counter to Zionist policies, necessarily. But this issue does speak to the suggestion that at least some Arab powers want to keep the Palestinians as a festering sore to use against Israel, thus putting their hate above the needs of the people.
Eagle007blogger. In your opinion, if Palestinian refugees are allowed to become full-rights citizens in Lebanon, does this make their Right of Return claim null and void for Israel?
I don't know if the claim would be null and void…. But it really doesn't matter because the "claim" is basically useless anyway.
This question exemplifies the concerns of the Arab powers who want to keep the Palestinians as something to be used against Israel. Rather than let the people be settled and full-rights citizens in Lebanon or elsewhere, they would rather keep them as a claim to use against Israel.
Thank you for this compassionate article advocating for Palestinian rights. The Palestinians deserve justice and freedom wherever they suffer, including:
-1.5 million Palestinian Israeli citizens who live inside Israel
-More than 4 million Palestinians living in the occupied territories (could some of you respond to my comments on an earlier thread about the ILA and how Israelis mistreat Palestinians)
-Palestinians living in Lebanon
-Palestinians living in Jordan (probably treated better in Jordan than anywhere else; but not nearly well enough)
-Palestinians living in Egypt
-Palestinians living in Syria
-Palestinians living in the Gulf oil states [where they are mistreated by Gulf Arabs]
-Palestinians living in Iraq (who I am saddened to say are mistreated)
-Palestinians living in Northern Africa
-Palestinians living in Europe (Europeans sometimes mistreat their Palestinian European population)
-Palestinians living in North America [I was shocked at how Sarah Palin pronounced Khalidi's name and attacked him]
eagle007blogger, anyone who mistreats Palestinians is wrong . . . no matter who they are. I think it is very offensive that Lebanese don't grant Palestinians Lebanese citizenship.
I think of all the Palestinians you mentioned, the ones who are Israeli citizens probably enjoy the most security and prosperity, as compared to the others. Isn't that ironic?
Except of course for America.
Concede you have a point with respect to America and Canada; for all of Sarah Palin's foolishness.
However, what about Europe?
TGIA at
angryarabscommentsection.blogspot.com
has posted many articles discussing how the 1.5 million Palestinian Israeli citizens are mistreated. He and Molly have also posted articles arguing that Arab Jews are mistreated in Israel. Aren't there maybe 2 million Arab Jews? That would be perhaps 3.5 million Israeli Arabs that are mistreated. These same 3.5 million Israeli Arabs are in part responsible for Israel's success (tech sector, VCs, university research, arts, culture.) Shouldn't they get a lot more gratitude from Israelis?
Shouldn't Arabs speak out more on behalf of Israeli Arabs and their rights?
for all of Sarah Palin's foolishness
It turns out that Sarah Palin was right, after all. Americans have rejected Obama's government take-over of healthcare. And Americans are rejecting Obama's massive spending and huge debts. Sarah Palin always said that the government should reduce spending, and get out of the way.
No, the only foolishness has come from the Liberals, the Leftards, and the Socialists, who had control of the House, the Senate, and the Presidency – but they BLEW IT with their out-of-control fiscal insanity. Now America is swinging back the other way, thank goodness, the level of debt Obama is creating is not sustainable.
With all due respect ham, you are changing the topic. I am not discussing US domestic politics. I was ashamed and embarrassed by Sarah Palin's public comments on Khalidi in 2008. Its as simple as that.
Sarah Palin can be right about many other things; and contribute positively in many other areas; but that does not justify her comments on Khalidi.
Palin accuses Obama of ties to second 'radical professor'
So who is Rashid Khalidi?
Professor of Middle East Studies at Columbia University
Former PLO operative
Has justified as legitimate Palestinian “resistance” that results in death of armed Israelis
Rejects the possibility of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Khalidi has used his position at Columbia to further inculcate young minds with his anti-Israel, anti-Jewish historically inaccurate narrative. Khalidi said that killing Israeli soldiers is justified during the peace process.
Rashid Khalidi Compares Peace Process to Titanic, Issue of Jerusalem to Iceberg That Sank It
1998 Audio: Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi discusses U.S. foreign policy, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Likud party. Khalidi jokingly suggests that Netanyahu has to be finished off like finishing off a vampire with a stake.
Obama attended a 2003 farewell dinner for Khalidi – Obama toasted Rashid Khalidi at a going-away party before Khalidi headed off to New York City to become a professor at Columbia University.
In April,the Los Angeles Times’s Peter Wallsten wrote about the toast, saying a “special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking.
“His many talks with the Khalidis, Obama said, had been ‘consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases…It's for that reason that I'm hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation — a conversation that is necessary, not just around Mona and Rashid's dinner table,’ but around ‘this entire world.’”
Wrote Wallsten: “In the 1970s, when Khalidi taught at a university in Beirut, he often spoke to reporters on behalf of Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization. In the early 1990s, he advised the Palestinian delegation during peace negotiations. Khalidi now occupies a prestigious professorship of Arab studies at Columbia.
TALK SHOW HOST REVEALS OBAMA CONNECTION TO TERRORISTS
Barack Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers funneled money to Professor Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.
Stateless
The Iron Illusions of Rashid Khalidi
Obama failed to mention that Rashid Khalidi hosted a fundraiser for him when he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2000, or or that he attended a testimonial dinner for Khalidi and praised him when Khalidi left Chicago to chair Columbia’s Middle Eastern Studies Department, or that while he served on the Board of the Woods Fund, it voted to grant $40,000.00 to the Arab American Network, an organization headed by Khalidi’s wife, Mona Khalidi. The Woods Fund is also the focus of his relationship with William Ayers, the unrepentant Weatherman terrorist.
Rashid Khalidi is Another Barack Obama Scary Friend
Khalidi, to put it succinctly, is an apologist for terrorism and virulently anti Israel.
Barack Obama's relationship with Rashid Khalidi dates back to at least 2001, when the Woods Fund, of which Barack Obama was a director along with William Ayers, gave a $40,000 grant to the Arab American Action Network (AAAN). Rashid Khalidi's wife, Mona, is President of AAAN. The Wood Fund gave AAAN a second grant , for $35,000, in 2002, according to World Net Daily. AAAN is a controversial community organizing group that refers to the establishment of the State of Israel as a "catastrophe" and supports radical immigration reform.
Rashid Khalidi taught in Beruit and worked for the Palestinian news agency WAFA and was a spokesman for Yassir Arafat during the late 1970s. Rashid Khalidi was reported to have been an advisor to the PLO in the 1980s and was a professor at the University of Chicago at the same time Barack Obama taught there. Rashid Khalid has called Israel an "apartheid system in creation" and a destructive "racist" state.
According to a story in World Net Daily:
"He has multiple times expressed support for Palestinian terror, calling suicide bombings response to 'Israeli aggression.' He dedicated his 1986 book, 'Under Siege,' to "those who gave their lives … in defense of the cause of Palestine and independence of Lebanon." Critics assailed the book as excusing Palestinian terrorism."
Khalidi supports a "one state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which the State of Israel would be abolished in favor of a Palestinian state, In other words, he's bat-shit crazy!
Obama worked with terrorist
You can look at it from this perspective.
Israeli Arab citizens are the most discriminated against minority group in all nations of the world.
According to Israel Shahak "in all Israeli laws except one, the Law of Return, the word 'Jew' does not appear." Which means the state has a racial prejudice against Arabs (even against those who have a legitimate right to the lands now enclosed by israel) to return to their homeland whilst at the same time ANY Jew can emigrate to israel, as long as he is a Jew!
For more info on israel's racist policies log on to:
http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0198/...
eagle007blogger, anyone who mistreats Palestinians is wrong . . . no matter who they are
So the Palestinians have free license to do anything to anyone?
The Lebanese state would collapse under the weight of another minority group demanding political and economic power.
it would also push for a new census..which would completely ruin the government seating based on religious ratios (just one reason out of many)
So how do we reconcile the obvious need to grant Palestinians equal rights in Lebanon and maintain Lebanon's political and economic stability?
I know. Send them all into Israel to destroy their political and economic stability instead. Then we can kill two birds with one stone: get rid of the Jewish state, and take care of the Palestinians.
I don't think Lebanon would collapse by granting citizenship to Palestinians. Why should letting them have a voice and equal rights cause major problems?
Because of its financial power and diversity, Lebanon was known in its heyday as the "Switzerland of the East". In 2009, despite a global recession, Lebanon enjoyed seven percent economic growth and hosted the largest number of tourists in its history.
The main trouble is Hezbollah: Hezbollah chief meets Ahmadinejad in Damascus
Why is Beirut still a byword for chaos?
I don't think Lebanon would collapse by granting citizenship to Palestinians. Why should letting them have a voice and equal rights cause major problems?
Because of its financial power and diversity, Lebanon was known in its heyday as the "Switzerland of the East". In 2009, despite a global recession, Lebanon enjoyed seven percent economic growth and hosted the largest number of tourists in its history.
The main trouble is Hezbollah: Hezbollah chief meets Ahmadinejad in Damascus
Why is Beirut still a byword for chaos?
How did the discussion about granting civil right to Palestinians living in Lebanon switched gear to Sara Palin? Speaking of the former Alaska governor,I am truly disgusted with Mrs. Palin's loose mouth.
She has mad a bigoted remark yesterday on Fox News during interview with Sean Hannity while discussing the tragedy @ Fort Hood.
Mrs. Palin said she's "all for" profiling Muslims if it saves "innocent American lives."
Wouldn't those Muslims she's in favor of profiling be innocent Americans as well?
What she really meant – "I'm all for profiling Muslim – American people – if it saves non- Muslim-American lives."
How is her remarks different than the action taken by Maj. Nidal Hasan when her targeted innocent soldiers at Ford Hood, TX?
can you imagine what uproar the world would be in if If Mrs. Palin remarks were directed toward another religious or ethnic group? Shame on her!
This demagoguery by Mrs. Palin has threatening and a chilling effect on American Muslims like me. Hate speech is what preceded the concentration camp during WWII.
The ignorance of Sarah "Nazi" Palin has no end.
The fact remains, Muslim-Americans are a vibrant part of of America, they contribute to your economic growth. And yes, they serve in our nation military.
Mr. Palin should be held acountable and to taken her to task about her distasteful and bigoted remarks.
As far as Palestinians living in Lebanon since 1948, Lebanon has been a host country and temporary
shelter. It was never intended to be a permanent solution. Palestinians living in Lebanon do not wish to become citizens . All what they want is to live in dignity and respect. Their basic civil and human rights are protected until there is peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
It is true that during the civil war in Lebanon some of the Palestinian fighting group were very abusive and did bad stuff. But they are no longer there. They left Lebanon under US negotiated agreement that Palestinians non combatant left behind in Lebanon will be protected. Sadly, as I pointed out they are not.
Meanwhile when Palestinians are abused or mistreated by Israel, that is expected and comes as no surprise. However, you are being abused, degraded, and mistreat by your own brethren, that is more painful and border on betrayal.
dear Mr.El-Youseph,
you ask :" How is her remarks different than the actions of Maj Nidal Husan,..?"
ANSWER : Ms. Palin didn't murder a dozen unarmed people.
correction: the remarks of Mrs. Palin on Fox News were not made yesterday. I stand corrected.
How dare anyone criticize Khalidi! Sarah Palin has committed blasphemy!
Rashid Khalidi speaks of destroying Israel, and of killing Israelis. He is not to be questioned! He is infallible!
Mahmoud El-Yousseph :
Palin is certainly not the first or the only American to call for profiling. And she was right……
The Obama administration announced in January that citizens of 14 predominantly Islamic nations who fly to the United States must undergo enhanced screening at airports, including full-body pat-downs or body scanners.
And why are you putting words into her mouth, twisting what she said?
And you have completely avoided something: what if more careful attention had been paid to the warning signs displayed by Nidal Hassan, and all those lives could have been saved? No one filed a formal, written complaint about Hasan's comments or bahavior out of fear of appearing "discriminatory".
So obviously you want to provide as much cover as possible for Muslims who are planning to kill people. Why? Why do you want to make it harder to stop terror attacks? Are you in favor of terrorism?
Sarah Palin said she's "all for" profiling Muslims if it saves lives. Obviously you are against saving lives. Are you a terrorist?
So it appears you, Mahmoud El-Yousseph, want to provide cover for Muslims to carry out attacks by playing the "race card". This is truly despicable.
As if this is not bad enough, you try to play it to the hilt with outrageous comparisons to Nazi concentration camps, and wrap it all up by calling Sarah Palin a Nazi…. and then you say that her remarks are the same as Nidal Hassan's murder spree.
Mahmoud El-Yousseph: Sarah Palin is a great American, and her remarks are mainstream, and certainly are not the same as Nidal Hassan's murder spree. He shot and killed people, for no reason, other than he was a Muslim and had mental problems about the wars in the Middle East. Apparently you are happy with the outcome of that innocent, because you are against any action that might have prevented it.
And that shooting is not the same as Sarah Palin's words, or anyone's words… only a terrorist would try to say that… Americans like open discussion and debate, but not murder sprees for disagreeing.
You should be held accountable for slandering Sarah Palin, and for advocating for weaker security for Americans.
What Sarah Palin stated was racist.
A white Christian Texan flew his plane in to an IRS building filled with at least 200 employees, killing himself and one other person, in an explosive suicide form of protest.
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/pilot-rams-p... target=”_blank”>http://media.http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/pilot-rams-p...
A Harvard educated teacher shot at 6 of her colleagues
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article...
Did Sarah Palin argue for a racial profiling of all Caucasian Christian Americans after these incident? No! This amounts to racism. How you may ask?
By definition racism :
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
Precisely because she feels that Arabs/Muslims are less able to control their emotions, or are more violent then their White/Christian counterparts, she is a racist.
Statistically 99% of those planning to murder Americans are in fact Muslim. It's a simple fact, not racism. Looking to where a threat is most likely to come from is logical and smart, not racist.
And we are all supposed to believe in you., becaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaussee…..
"You Are The Chosen One"?
Swinging your light sabre on our intelligence and your mind control won't work here. Why?
CAUS WE ALL LOVE KABOB!!
Didn't you know that 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot?
Am I the chosen one? No, I am not Obama, but I am working on it. Maybe one day I can be a Messiah like him. Can I count on your support?
I am the truth-kabober! Kabob'ing all lies upon my skewer and roasting them to toasty perfection before dispensing them!
You bring race into with all your talk about "Caucasian Christian Americans"
Muslims are not a race, it's an ideology, and one that has in fact been twisted into a fascist ideology that employs terrorism – and that is where most of the threat to Americans and others comes from.
The fact that you deny where the most likely threats to come from just makes you seem stupid.
The fact that you bring up "Caucasian Christian Americans" makes you seem like a racist bigot.
Are you an Islamofascist?
hmmm….so i bring up terrorist acts by "Caucasian Christian Americans", and that makes me a bigot.
Palin brings up racist ideas for "Muslim Americans", and that makes her your hero ? ?
I think we can all see who the bigot really is…
Obviously you OooKhalid are bigoted and racist against what you consider to be Caucasian Christian Americans"
You should really try to overcome your bigotry.
Where did you learn all that, anyway?
And isn't it funny that people like you try to accuse others of what you are most guilty of?
You are asking me where i learnt that a Texan flew his plane into a building? !!
or where i learnt that a white lady shot at 6 of her colleagues? !!
Its called the N-E-W-S-P-A-P-E-R.
Stop watching American Idol and start reading. You'll also learn lottsa stuff, just like me
Will I learn to hate "Caucasian Christian Americans" too?
yippieeeee!!
y would u hate "Caucasian Christian Americans"?
The Obama administration announced in January that citizens of 14 predominantly Islamic nations who fly to the United States must undergo enhanced screening at airports, including full-body pat-downs or body scanners.
Thanks you OooKhalid for your reeffirmation.
Very well argued! And,
I could not have said it any have said it any better.
I may add this woman is a zionist slot.
Civil liberties: go ahead and sue me for defamation!
My son and I have served this country in uniform.
We were willing and ready to die for America if need be.
So, who is advocating for a weaker defense for America?
Mrs. Palin also told Barabar Walters in an interview not long ago,
it is ok, for Israelis to build more illegal settlement on stolen Palestinian land.
Why would anybody wants to have this woman as president, who does not respect
the rules of law.
I have to admit, the ONLY thing is going for this bitch is:her look.
Mrs. Palin said she's "all for" profiling Muslims if it saves innocent American lives.
Some of the innocent Americans who will be saved from terrorist attacks may very well be Muslims.
23 Islamic terrorist plots foiled since 9/11
Foiled Terror Plots Against America Since 9/11
Lone Acts of Islamic Terrorism in the U.S. Are Still Jihad
Do you think that only white Christian Americans were killed on 911? That is wrong. All kinds of people were killed on 911, including Muslims. So preventing attacks against American will save all innocent people including Muslims.
If there was a war with Russia, then Russians or communists would be profiled. Since there is a war with Islamofascists, Muslims should be profiled. It is to protect everyone, including you (unless you are an Islamofascist terrorist).
wooooow…that is soo smart! Do you get all your smartness by munching on your nutrient rich burger?
so using your brilliante logific….if we are at war with all Jews and Commies we should also start profiling all Jews and Commies. And then we can send then to concentration camps too. And then we can use them as human guinea pigs. Test out new medicines and cosmetics. Then we can label all our cosmetics: "Tested on Jews and Commies".
Damn you should get the Iron Cross.
Are you taking drugs?
If we are at war with someone: profile, yes. Send to concentration camps and use as human guinea pigs, no.
You should be a stand-up comic, I was laughing when I read your comment! Especially when it ends with the punchline: Then we can label all our cosmetics: "Tested on Jews and Commies".
HAHAHAHAHA! Just picture that!
Mrs. Palin said she's "all for" profiling Muslims if it saves innocent American lives.
Some of the innocent Americans who will be saved from terrorist attacks may very well be Muslims.
23 Islamic terrorist plots foiled since 9/11
Foiled Terror Plots Against America Since 9/11
Lone Acts of Islamic Terrorism in the U.S. Are Still Jihad
Do you think that only white Christian Americans were killed on 911? That is wrong. All kinds of people were killed on 911, including Muslims. So preventing attacks against American will save all innocent people including Muslims.
If there was a war with Russia, then Russians or communists would be profiled. Since there is a war with Islamofascists, Muslims should be profiled. It is to protect everyone, including you (unless you are an Islamofascist terrorist).
Najibullah Zazi terrorism case: Dots connected, lives saved
The capture of Najibullah Zazi, the disruption of his plot and his guilty plea this week show that when U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies work together they are capable of thwarting a serious terrorist attack.
Zazi, an Afghan immigrant, admitted in his guilty plea that he was planning to bomb the New York City subway on a date close to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks as part of an al Qaeda "martyrdom operation."
Zazi Pleads Guilty in Bomb Plot
Two More Men Charged in Plot to Bomb Subways
New Charges Are Expected for Others in Terror Plot
Obviously OooKhalid and Mahmoud El-Yousseph would like to stop profiling and investigating people like Najibullah Zazi.
NO OooKhalid and Mahmoud El-Yousseph we are NOT going to STOP protecting ourselves and our families! Sarah Palin is a HERO! She is a GREAT AMERICAN!
Darn! What the hell is Kabobfest turning into
Its attracting bigots and idiots, like flies on shit. XD XD
Kabobfest attracts Islamic bigotted idiots, and sadly, many people won't take the time to correct the racism unless it is specifically pointed at Arabs
OooKhalid stop hating non-Muslims. And stop making yourself believe lies.
yyyeaaaaaahhhhhh!! ok bro…. believe what you want,
…..as long as it helps to ease the constipation!
I am getting confused here! Is someone else imporersonating OooKhalid?
I know it is fahionable to emulate Arabs these days.
Why do you feel the need to equate Islam with "bigots" and '"idiot".
Have you ever seen a Muslim equate Christianity and Judeasim with deragorary terms? Of course not.
Muslims are forbidden from putting down or insulting other faith. That is part of the Isamic charachter.
Yes, I have to agree, Sarah Palin loves America. She loves this country like a pig loves his mudbath.
Was not she the one who said, " anyone who does not vote for her and John War McCain does not love America?"
No! She never said that! *swoosh*
Maybe what she said was ,"only patriotic American will vote for MaCain/Palin ticket"
Hey, can we a volunteer to google her exact statement. Just for the sake of accuracy!
I am willing to bet truth-Kabob'er my last dollar!
She never said that either!
it is fahionable to emulate Arabs these days
so Arabs are better than everyone else?
Racist!
the ONLY thing is going for this bitch is:her look
Sexist!
That's not what he said nor meant…c'mon now
Najibullah Zazi terrorism case: Dots connected, lives saved
So what have we learned here?
If we are at war with someone: profile, yes. Send to concentration camps and use as human guinea pigs, no.
Sarah Palin was right about saving lives, after all…….
Najibullah Zazi terrorism case: Dots connected, lives saved
And Lebanon should grant citizenship rights to Palestinians, instead of continuing the policy of trying to keep them as a weapon pointed at Israel, which is useless and just deprives them of basic rights.
Thank you and good night.
So what have we learned here?
If we are at war with someone: profile, yes. Send to concentration camps and use as human guinea pigs, no
Sarah Palin was right about saving lives, after all…..
Najibullah Zazi terrorism case: Dots connected, lives saved
And Lebanon should grant citizenship rights to Palestinians, instead of continuing the policy of trying to keep them as a weapon pointed at Israel, which is useless and just deprives them of basic rights.
While I don't condone Israel's horrible treatment of the Palestinians, I find it interesting that other countries are not equally berated or as likely to suffer violent attack for their equally horrible treatment of the Palestinian refugees.
What do you think the Lebanese should do about this? What should we, as outsiders to this situation, do? If the Lebanese add the Palestian refugees, it will tip the balance of the frail stability Lebanon has right now, but it is obvious we can't just let these go on.
It is very interesting how humans operate, Lebanon wants to punish the victim. Its like punishing the rape victim. She gets a divorce from her husband and is ostracized for something that she had no control over. If Lebanon were to give simple human rights to the Palestinians this will be a basis to build a strong foundation for the refugee population. I know Palestinians will never forget where they came from, but holding a man back from work because he is a victim of a situation that he has no control over? This is where Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and the world needs to step up. We have to start pushing for reform in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and all of the Arab world to treat refugees with respect and dignity.. The beginning to building a PR Campaign that will lead to changes is holding the countries that we as activists can actually influence accountable! Attaining Palestine needs to be United effort and it has to come from within.. From people of our blood..