By Jaffer Ali
A publication of hard-hitting essays approximately one of many severe international conflicts of our time. Writes writer Jaffer Ali: "The Palestinian fight is de facto a human one who transcends Palestine. . . there is not any longer a spot for Zionism within the twenty first Century. . . so long as there's any kingdom within the center East that defines citizenship by means of racial, ethnic or spiritual categorization, there'll by no means be a long-lasting peace. "If the preferred will have been expressed in the entire oil regimes, it truly is most probably that oil and gasoline will be used as a weapon to discourage US army may possibly. no less than, those assets will be applied for the advance of the region's economic climate. shortly the mixed GNP of twenty-two Arab nations equals that of Spain, even if over half all of the world's oil sits in a variety of deserts. The oil could benefit a handful of leaders and their prolonged households, yet over eighty five% of the area lives lower than the poverty line.
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The US is about to shift from its historic, unilateral support for Israel. It is impossible for the oil regime leaders to ignore the new dynamic in the region. Even though they are dictators and monarchies, they still need a minimum of support from the streets or else their fate will be similar to that of the once Why Is Israel So Scared? 39 powerful Shah of Iran. Revolution is not conducive to a steady and stable flow of oil to the US. ’” The shift is happening before our eyes. This is why Israel is so scared.
12 Discovering the Chasm (11/16/02) Every once in a great while one or more events occur that transform the nature of a struggle. As if by magic or Divine Intervention, a people decides collectively that the chasm between freedom and death is the only alternative of their existence. They reach a point when they decide that the years of humiliation, the years of waiting for deliverance from outside parties, and the years of placing faith in their leadership must be rejected once and for all. It is a point of no return.
Despite massive PR campaigns from hired agencies and millions of dollars spent by the Israeli lobby, the US population has actually seen through the fog and believes that mainstream media is biased in favor of Israel. Most people feel that Israelis and Palestinians are equally to blame for the ongoing violence in the region. This parity is a dramatic shift in perception, and is not by accident. It actually serves a latent US desire to switch horses. Israel has illegally Occupied the West Bank and Gaza since 1967.