Who will ever break the silence on Israel?

Saturday, January 3, 2009
By OmEr Jamil
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Deeply saddening, appalling is indeed the violence in Gaza, as our world leaders have called it. Events which stir our emotions intensely. But more than emotion, we all feel a view, have an opinion as politics doesn’t just conjure feeling, it conjures thought and viewpoints as more than anything its about how we look after mankind in the world we live in. And in this present world we live in, it has to be said not only is the Palestinian conflict one of the most saddening, but is one which conjures the most political voice. For even the most apolitical amongst us, we all have a view about whether those people who claimed their homeland after around 2000 years, were right to do so, or wrong.

I remember some years ago, before I came to Islam, I was travelling in Morocco with a young Jewish girl who told me about how her parents envisaged settling in Israel one day from the UK, as their ultimate dream. At that time all I knew about Israel was, that it was a place in the middle east which came up in the news now and again, but didn’t really know why and I wasn’t that bothered either. When I returned to the UK, I ambled through some news pages in a vague attempt to maybe find out about this Israel. All I read was Israel was suffering at the hands of Palestinians and Palestinians were suffering at the hands of Israelis. Seemed like another classic conflict situation with some sort of history I’d never get but I hoped, as a passing thought, that both sides would meet in the middle somewhere. Thats classic conflict mediation isn’t it, even in marriages, it’s all about meeting somewhere in the middle; compromise. Both sides had to do their bit.

A couple of years later, my attachment to my Muslim brethren, urged me to read up on the history of Palestine and Israel. I read about a group of people homeless in Europe. I read about them set their eyes on a land they not only wanted to live in, but rule over. I read about them coming into Palestine and throwing people out of their homes, bulldozing them down and making people refugees in their own land. I read about bloodshed, I read about their domination, occupation spreading like a infectious disease. I read about their sophisticated missiles and tanks, whose design, manufacture was aided in Britain and America; massacre families, and the resistance of the Palestinians named as terrorism. Palestinians who grew up generation after generation in the muddy squalor of refugee camps in their own land attempted to fight this occupation with whatever they had. I read it all. Then came the wall, the blockades and the intense attacks of the last few days.

This was Israel. This was occupation, domination and suffering to the nth degree whilst the world watched, calling it deeply saddening and terribly appalling, but never wrong.

There have been many demos over the last few days, asking Israel to stop the attacks – and despite news reports saying that they won’t until Hamas does, we must be slightly loopy if we ever believe they will put an end to their agenda which has been ruthlessly undertaken over the past century. And the West – they will never verbalise Israel’s cruelty, as they are the ones who set the cannon loose and gave the go-ahead all those years ago. It’s a silence that will never be broken in Washington or London, and if we don’t own up to this, we continue to leave the suffering Palestinians stranded in a problem which has been sugarcoated and sold to us as a solution through roadmaps and ceasefires.

The solution lies in a place which we don’t always look. Like a action-packed thriller, where the director misguides you into thinking who the killer is, masking the real one in order to create that all breath-taking twist, the Muslims will also face their twist. The realization that sustainable change can only come from the solution Allah SWT gives us for our politics. Lobbying MPs, pressuring Israel, all these things serve to divert us from the real solution – the armies of the Muslim lands – who did they stand to defend? The thousands and thousands of people, weaponry who make up the Muslim armies – where and for what reason do they stand idle?

Allah SWT will ask the rulers of the Muslim world, where were their ears and their eyes as the missiles fell, one after the other? These rulers we know prefer to shake the hands of the perpetrators than straighten them, in order to keep their seats of power. But Allah Almighty is the owner of the Heavens and the Earth, and it is He who can destroy all 50+ of them and their kingdoms in a fell swoop and one day InshaAllah He will. There will come a day, as Allah SWT has promised where just Islamic rule will return to this Earth and liberate all the oppressed. This is the only solution which can pool together the resources of the Muslim world, and create the unity to enable a resistance which stands to the likes as those of Israel. This is the solution which doesn’t accept a few Palestinian homes being returned, or a few Palestinians being allowed to work – This is the solution which will return an uncompromising rule of law which favours no race, only justice, to the Arabian plains. I pray that we are strong enough to remember this and become part of its return, instead of busying ourselves with fruitless actions which actively ensue its delay.

 

 Source: Life Before

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6 Responses to “Who will ever break the silence on Israel?”

  1. Avishay Perez

    In order to understand the situation, one must not ignore some saddening realities.

    One of which is that it is inherited in Arab agenda that it is “All or nothing”, and they apply it on the conflict. The Israelis have picked-up anything that they could, and ultimately created a powerful nation. The Palastinias say that they won’t stop until they will kick all Israelis (or Zionists, in their language) to sea. There is no compromise, because they don’t want to compromise.

    By the way – their houses are demolished because of their terrorist acts and since there is no real army to fight with (only cowards that hide behind babies as human shield), this is their punishment. The wall was put because of the terrorist acts, so there is a need to control their movement (palastinian workers in Israel made most of the suicide-bombings. And if I’m not mistaken – isn’t suicide forbidden in Islam?? By the Qur’an it means going to eternal hell).

    Gaza is under siege because they smuggle weapons and rockets inside trucks of medical care and food, so everything must be checked (FYI, trucks are still being sent to the Palastinians by Israeli government, so the citizens will have a way to survive. They are being “raped” by the Hamas regime which the elected.)

    Also, many of them left their homes due to a war – which they started. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon (with the help of many residents) attacked Israel right after its independence and did not accept the territory that was given to them (which brings us back to the “all or nothing” way of life).

    All in all, I suggest the palastinians to let go the arms and sit behind a table and negotiate, because this is a war that they can’t win.

    With weapons – there can be only death.
    When one chooses weapon – one will get death.

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  2. haris shahid sulehria

    whom u r calling terrorist they r actually the freedom fighters and as far as the suicide bombing is concered the israilies left no option for them if sombody will kill ur whole family all ur love ones what will u do you will take revenge at any cost and that will be the only reason u ll b living with…and as far as the isralil is concerned they are nothing without the support of US and united kingdom and INSHALLAH we the MUSLIMS will kick these jews out of palastine..

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  3. kumar

    Live and let live in peace. At least some courageous nation Israel is defending its people.
    Why should palestine people firing rockets in to israel ? Why do not those guys keep their mouth shut and develop what ever land they have ? Problem is muslims do not satisfy with what ever they want..they want to take it from neighbours. I understand the formation of Israle. But accept the fact. Those who ruled (british and french) has every right to give those lands to who so ever they wish. Even after 7 day war, all muslims can not even pluck hair from israel. So better keep shut and live on mercy of israle.

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  4. Abdullah

    @ Haris
    I agree with Haris

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  5. Thank you Perez, Haris, Kumar & Abdullah for your voice contribution towards the topic. I had been silently observing the discussion, therefore, i have added a new article in here from Global Research I hope it answers the critique of Perez and Kumar and also leads the discussion further, positively.

    here you go

    Blaming the Victims – The Dominant Media Vilify Hamas

    http://www.Haqeeqat.Org/2009/01/04/blaming-the-victims-the-dominant-media-vilify-hamas/

    #716

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