Tony Blair and the business of covering up war crimes


Tony Blair on a visit to Israel’s wall in Qalqiliya in the occupied West Bank, August 2009. (Khaleel Reash/MaanImages)

Jim Holstun, The Electronic Intifada, 14 October 2009
On 7 October 2009, Tony Blair gave a lecture at a New York university. In responding to an unexpectedly direct student question, he publicly joined, for the first time, the US and Israeli Zionist consensus rejecting the Goldstone report.

On 27 June 2007, Blair left his job as UK prime minister under the cloud of the war on Iraq that he had concocted with former US President George W. Bush. Just hours later, he assumed his new position as the Special Envoy to the Mideast Quartet (EU, Russia, UN, US). He had long been a Zionist and a member of Labor Friends of Israel, and he received heartfelt farewells-and-hellos from Ehud Olmert (“A true friend of the State of Israel”) and Tzipi Livni (“a very-well appreciated figure in Israel”). Palestinians living under Israeli occupation did not find this a very a promising development.

Though Blair spends only a week a month in the Middle East, he has managed to keep busy. He maintains a grueling, globe-trotting schedule of lectures, for which he receives up to $500,000. On top of this, he has been at work on his memoirs, for which he received a $7.3 million advance. Consulting work brought him $3.2 million (including a bonus) from J. P. Morgan Chase and $800,000 from Zurich Financial Services. By October 2008, he had amassed at least $19 million, far outdistancing even the enterprising Bill Clinton. He is thought to be the highest paid public speaker in the world.

Blair’s schedule has caused some concern in the Middle East. His office insists that his “current role in the Middle East takes up the largest proportion of his time,” but in late 2008, a Western diplomat in Jerusalem wondered if “his overstretchedness has produced a tactical blunder,” while a UN official in Jerusalem said, “There is a general sense that he is not around” (“Lectures see Tony Blair earnings jump over #12,” The Times, 29 October 2008). In September 2008, a coalition of Mideast aid groups accused the Quartet of “losing its grip,” adding that its “failings could have serious ramifications for implementing international law around the globe” (“Aid groups: Tony Blair faces imminent failure in Middle East,” The Times, 25 September 2008).

On 27 December 2008, Israel launched the Gaza massacre, which it dubbed “Operation Cast Lead.” Eight days later, when asked about Blair’s reaction, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown explained, “Tony’s on holiday at the moment.” While Blair found time to attend a private opening of the new Armani store in Knightsbridge, he found none to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, thus recalling his silence during the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon (“As Gaza is torn apart by war, where is Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair? He’s been on holiday,” Daily Mail, 5 January 2009). In early January, Blair flew to Israel, but he did not condemn the Israeli assault. In February 2009, while Palestinians in Gaza were still digging themselves out and mourning their dead, he accepted a $1 million prize from Tel Aviv University as the “Laureate for the Present Time Dimension in the field of Leadership” (Press release, 2009 Dan David Prize, 17 February 2009).

On 1 March 2009, he finally made it to Gaza. He conceded “a huge amount of damage” and the deaths of “large numbers of civilians,” but rejected as “not very sensible” any discussion of disproportionality in Israel’s attacks (“Blair shocked at devastation on first Gaza visit as envoy,” The Scotsman, 2 March 2009). Blair did not meet with Hamas leaders, and his visit to Gaza lasted only a few hours, for he had to make a pilgrimage to Sderot, the Gilad Shalit of western Negev settlements (“Middle East envoy Tony Blair in Gaza for first time,” The Independent, 1 March 2009). In June, he visited Gaza a second time and, as proof of his deep humanitarian instincts, went so far as to say that the Palestinians were in a “tough situation” (“Former British PM Blair Visits Gaza Strip,” Voice of America News, 15 June 2009).

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Data: Tingkat Buta Huruf di Palestina Terendah di Dunia

Tepi Barat – Infopalestina: Data statistik yang disusun oleh Biro Pusat Statistik Palestina atau PCBS (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics) menunjukkan tingkat angka buta huruf di wilayah Palestina terendah di dunia, di mana hanya ada 126 ribu buta huruf orang dewasa di wilayah Palestina.

Demikian diumumkan Ola Awad, Penjabat Pelaksana Ketua PCBS, pada peringatan Hari Pemberantasan Buta Huruf Internasional yang jatuh pada hari Selasa (8/9). Dia menyatakan bahwa hal itu sesuai dengan definisi United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), yang mendefinisikan bahwa orang yang buta huruf adalah orang yang tidak dapat membaca dan menulis kalimat sederhana tentang kehidupan sehari-hari.

Dalam kesempatan tersebut Awad memaparkan indikator paling menonjol yang terkait dengan buta huruf di wilayah Palestina. Tingkat buta huruf antara individu-individu yang berusia 15 tahun ke atas 5,9% (2,9% pria dan 9,1% perempuan) pada tahun 2008. Sementara di negara-negara Arab 28,9% pada tahun-tahun 2005 – 2007 menurut data dari UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Jumlah buta aksara di dunia Arab (61) juta pada tahun yang sama. Di antaranya 39 juta perempuan, dengan proporsi buta huruf di kalangan perempuan hingga 38,5% dibandingkan 19,7% di kalangan laki-laki. Dan tingkat buta huruf seluruh dunia di antara individu-individu yang berusia 15 tahun ke atas 16,1%. Dengan jumlah buta aksara di dunia, kira-kira (774) juta orang, di antaranya 496 juta adalah perempuan. Di mana tingkat buta aksara antara laki-laki dewasa di dunia 11,6%, sementara di kalangan perempuan dewasa 20,6% untuk tahun yang sama.

Sebuah Pergeseran Kualitatif

Awad mengatakan telah terjadi pergeseran yang jelas pada tingkat buta aksara dalam dua belas tahun terakhir. Data-data menunjukkan terjadinya penurunan yang signifikan sejak tahun 1997 pada angka buta huruf; di mana angka buta aksara di antara individu yang berusia 15 tahun ke arah 5,9% pada tahun 2008, sementara pada tahun 1997 sebesar 13,9%. Ini berarti bahwa dari setiap 100 orang berusia 15 tahun ke atas terdapat 6 orang yang buta huruf.

Kecenderungan penurunan ini berlaku untuk kedua jenis kelamin; di mana di kalangan laki-laki turun dari 7,8% pada tahun 1997 menjadi 2,9% pada tahun 2008. Sementara di kalangan perempuan turun dari 20,3% menjadi 9,1% untuk periode yang sama. Penurunan tertinggi terjadi di kalangan laki-laki; di mana tingkat penurunan mencapai 62,8%, sementara di kalangan perempuan 55,2%.

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1933 Germany vs. 2009 Israel


“The ‘main surprise’ of the recent Israeli elections Avigdor Lieberman is a man who really has much in common with Adolph Hitler.”

By Khalid Amayreh

Journalist — Occupied Palestine
Editor’s note: The rise of the rightwing in Israel through the recent Knesset elections that was preceded by the bloody war on Gaza — which left more than 1,300 dead most of them are women and children — has aroused a lot of criticism among Palestinians. Khalid Amayreh opines about the rise of Lieberman.

In the early 1930s, many in Germany saw the Nazis as the wave for the future. Thousands of new members joined the Nazi party, giving absolute allegiance to the Fuhrer, Adolph Hitler. In the spring of 1932, with six million unemployed, chaos in Berlin, starvation and ruin as well as the threat of Marxism, and a very uncertain future, the masses turned to Hitler by the millions.

In the German presidential elections, which took place on March 13, 1932, Hitler received over 11 million votes or 30 percent of the total. His opponent, President Hindenburg, received more than 18 million votes or 49 percent.

With Hindenburg failing to get the absolute majority he needed, Hitler seized the opportunity and immediately embarked on a frantic campaign, arousing national feelings and promising something for everyone. In the Third Reich, he said, every German girl would find a husband.

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OF killed four Palestinians and wounded five others


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In the Gaza Strip, OF killed three members of the Palestinian resistance in two separate incidents in Khanyounis and Beit Hanoun towns on 5 and 9 February.

On 6 February, a Palestinian fisherman was wounded when OF naval troops opened fire at Palestinian fishing boat in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip.

In the West Bank, on 5 February, OF extra-judicially executed a member of the al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic Jihad) in Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. OF raided his family’s house one month ago and threatened to kill him if he did not surrender to them.

On 6 February, a Palestinian civilian was wounded when OF fired at a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinian civilians in Hebron.

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Doktrin Talmud untuk tentara Yahudi

Di bawah ini adalah segelintir ayat-ayat Talmud yang dijadikan doktrin perang tentara Israel. Dalam peperangan, seorang tentara Israel wajib mendaras Talmud dalam kesempatan yang khusus. Terlebih di hari Sabbath (Sabtu).

- “Orang Yahudi diperbolehkan berdusta menipu Ghoyim (non-Yahudi)” (Baba Kamma 113a)
- “Semua anak keturunan Ghoyim sama dengan binatang, ” (Yebamoth 98a)
- “Seorang Ghoyim yang berbaik pada Yahudi pun harus dibunuh, ” (Soferim 15, Kaidah 10)
- “Barangsiapa yang memukul dan menyakiti orang Israel, maka ia berarti telah menghinakan Tuhan, ” (Chullin, 19b)
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Doktrin Kitab Talmud

Talmud merupakan kitab suci kelompok Zionis-Yahudi di seluruh dunia. Seluruh tindak-tanduk Zionis-Israel mengacu pada ayat-ayat Talmudisme. Bahkan Texe Marrs, investigator independen Amerika yang telah menelusuri garis darah Dinasti Bush selama enam tahun, menemukan bukti bahwa keluarga besar Bush, termasuk Presiden AS George Walker Bush, merupakan sebuah keluarga yang sangat rajin mendaras dan mempelajari Talmud.

“Dinasti Bush adalah dinasti Yahudi dan mereka menjadikan Talmud sebagai kitab sucinya. Adalah salah besar menyangka mereka sebagai keluarga Kristiani. Mereka menunggangi kekristenan untuk menipu warga Kristen dunia. Padahal, mereka merupakan keluarga Talmudis yang taat, ” demikian Texe Marrs.

Kita tentu sudah banyak mendengar tentang Talmud. Namun belum banyak yang mengetahui apa saja ayat-ayatnya. Berikut kami tampilkan sejumlah ayat-ayat Talmud yang menjadi dasar segala tindakan kaum Zionis terhadap orang-orang non-Yahudi (Ghoyim atau Gentilles), dan darinya Anda akan bisa “memahami” mengapa kaum Zionis selalu saja mau menang sendiri, selalu mengkhianati perjanjian, dan sebagainya. Inilah ayat-ayat suci mereka:

“Hanya orang-orang Yahudi yang manusia, sedangkan orang-orang non Yahudi bukanlah manusia, melainkan binatang.” (Kerithuth 6b hal.78, Jebhammoth 61a)

“Orang-orang non-Yahudi diciptakan sebagai budak untuk melayani orang-orang Yahudi.” (Midrasch Talpioth 225)

“Angka kelahiran orang-orang non-Yahudi harus ditekan sekecil mungkin.” (Zohar II, 4b)

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IOF warplanes blast a number of targets in Gaza

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RAFAH, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes blasted a number of targets along the Gaza Strip borders with Egypt and in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza late on Friday night.

Security sources told PIC reporter that the Israeli warplanes launched four raids on the border area in the vicinity of Rafah crossings along with a number of suburbs in Rafah city.

Six Palestinians were wounded in two Israeli aerial raids on Jabalia at midnight Friday after a warehouse containing wood was blasted in downtown Jabalia. The warehouse was completely burnt while nearby houses were damaged, security sources said.

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Hamas: Israeli elections produced three heads of “terrorism”

GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement said on Tuesday that primary results of the Israeli elections have showed that three Israeli heads of “terrorism” were gaining ground in the Israeli arena.

Spokesman of Hamas Movement in Gaza Strip Fawzi Barhoum stressed that Hamas will remain steadfast and firm on the national constants and aspirations of the Palestinian people regardless of who would rule in the Hebrew state.

Three Israeli fanatic parties, Kadima of Tzipi Livni, the Likud of Binyamin Netanyahu, Yisrael Beiteinu of the ultra-rightist figure Avigdor Lieberman, reaped most of the seats in the Israeli Knesset (parliament).

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Wawancara Eksklusif : Juru Bicara Brigade Al-Qassam


Abu Ubaidah, Juru Bicara Brigade Al-Qassam

Gaza – infopalestina; -Abu Ubaidah, juru bicara Brigade Izzuddin Al-Qassam, sayap militer Hamas, menegaskan bahwa perang ‘furqon’ membuat perubahan besar di tubuh bangsa Arab dan umat Islam. Perang ini juga membentuk kesadaran dan solidaritas cukup besar dalam pemahaman perjuangan dan jihad yang belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya.

Dalam wawancara khusus dengan infopalestina, Abu Ubaidah mengatakan;”Perang ini telah mencetak jutaan orang baru yang simpati dengan perlawanan dan perjuangan. Saya yakin hal itu akan bisa membentuk perubahan besar, barangkali tidak secepatnya, tapi, insya Allah, pada level sejumlah pemerintah, telah menjadi keyakinan bahwa dengan membantu perjuangan ini akan menjaga kemuliaan mereka.”

Berikut wawancara tersebut secara lengkap:

Di Medan Jihad…..

Menurut Anda, apa rahasia utama kemenangan ini?

Setelah itu berpulang kepada takdir Allah ta’ala, rahasia lain adalah karena keteguhan, kegigihan dan menjalankan rencana yang telah dirancang sebelumnya dalam menghadapi perang model seperti ini. Begitu juga pada keuletan Palestina di level masyarakat dan faksi-faksi perlawanan. Ditambah lagi taktik dan strategi militer yang handal berikut methode perang yang kami terapkan dalam menghadang militer Zionis Israel.

Tanpa merinci, tentu Anda sudah mendapatkan informasi tentang agresi ini sebelumnya, lalu bagaimana persiapan Anda dalam menghadapi perang ini. Khususnya pernyataan pihak Anda tentang strategi baru dalam menghadapi serangan dan Anda akan menggunakan senjata yang belum pernah digunakan sebelumnya?

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”Pasukan Berseragam Putih” Muncul di Gaza

Para mujahidin menceritakan munculnya”pasukan lain” berseragam putih saat perang Al-Furqan berlangsung. Siapa mereka?

Hidayatullah.com—Serangan 22 hari oleh tentara Israel ke Jalur Gaza masih menyisahkan cerita-cerita menakjubkan. Sebagian orang menilai, itulah ayaturrahman (tanda-tanda kebesaran Allah) di bumi Jihad, Jalur Gaza.

Situs berbahasa Arab, www.islammessage.com, menulis, bahwa seorang mujahidin Al-Qassam menyebutkan bahwa ada sebuah rumah milik keluarga Dardunah, yang berada di antara Jabal Al Kasyif dan Jabal Ar Rais tepatnya di jalan Al Qaram.

Pasukan Israel mendatangi rumah ini, seluruh anggota keluarga diperintahkan untuk duduk di sebuah ruangan, salah satu anak laki-laki diinterogasi, mengenai ciri-ciri para pejuang Al-Qassam.

Laki-laki itu menjawab bahwa para pejuang Al-Qassam mengenakan baju hitam-hitam.Akan tetapi tentara itu malah marah dan memukulnya hingga pingsan, dan itu terjadi berturut-turut selama tiga hari. Setiap ditanya, laki-laki itu menjawab bahwa para pejuang Al-Qassam memakai seragam hitam.

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Adian Husaini : Mengalahkan Yahudi

Kebiadaban kaum Yahudi terhadap warga Palestina masih berlangsung. PBB sudah mengecam, Dunia Islam –melalui OKI– telah mengutuk dan mengajukan resolusi ke Dewan Keamanan PBB. Tapi semua itu kandas karena diveto Amerika Serikat (AS) dan Prancis. Di Indonesia, demo menentang perlakuan kejam Israel silih berganti. Hampir tak ada kata-kata lagi yang bisa menggambarkan kekejaman dan kekejian Yahudi Israel.

Anehnya, masih ada media massa di Indonesia yang menggunakan istilah ‘militan Palestina’ untuk pejuang Palestina. Istilah yang tidak disematkan kepada penguasa Zionis Yahudi dan para pendukungnya, yang terang-terangan membantai warga sipil Palestina. Terjadi stigmatisasi dan demonisasi, sehingga seolah-olah darah para pejuang Palestina memang ‘halal’ ditumpahkan dengan cara apa saja.

Seperti biasa, Yahudi tak menggubris suara dunia, apalagi suara umat dan dunia Islam. Sepertinya Israel sudah hafal irama respons kaum Muslim. Jika dibantai, dibunuh, dan dianiaya, mereka akan mengeluarkan resolusi atau kecaman. Paling jauh melakukan aksi demonstrasi, membakar bendera Israel dan AS. Setelah itu, diam.

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In Gaza, a “ranch” turned to rubble


Tents for those whose homes were destroyed in Israel’s 22-day-long military siege of Gaza, 31 January 2009. (Matthew Cassel)

Rami Almeghari writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Lebanon, 3 February 2009

Piles of bricks, metal sheets and pieces of wood, are all that remains of tens of Palestinian homes in the Ezbet Abed Rabu (Abed Rabu Ranch) neighborhood, east of Jabaliya town in the northern Gaza Strip.

“There is nothing left for us to live for — the house was lost and the furniture destroyed,” lamented Suad Muhammad Abed Rabu, a 53-year-old mother sitting in front of a fire stove in a still intact room of her badly damaged home. “We prefer to die in our demolished house rather than live life as outcasts,” she said. “Since we were born we have been suffering. Since 1948 we have moved from one refuge to another and from one war to another. All, including Arabs and Europeans, are conspiring against us, they don’t want us to live.”

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HAMAS : Salah satu organisasi paling berkualitas di dunia

Harakah Muqawwamah Islamiyyah (Hamas) lahir sebagai kelompok sosial pada 1978. Sejarah pertumbuhan Hamas tidak lepas dari peran almarhum Syekh Ahmad Yassin yang mendirikan organisasi sosial dan dakwah di daerah pendudukan Jalur Gaza dan Tepi Barat pada 1973. Hamas makin populer ketika aksi intifadah (1987-1993) melawan tentara Zionis Israel berkobar.

Seiring waktu, Hamas berkembang menjadi sebuah partai politik. Secara tidak terduga pula, Hamas memenangkan Pemilu bebas dan adil pertama di dunia Arab, dengan program mengakhiri korupsi kronis yg terjadi dan memperbaiki pelayanan publik yang hampir tidak ada di Gaza dan Tepi Barat.

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