The Israeli-Arab conflict is about treachery, confiscication of land, the forceful exile of Palestinians from their homeland, the imposition of Israel: the 52nd State of the United States in the Middle East and the continued subjugation and humiliation of the Palestinians. It is also about a determined and lawful struggle for freedom by the Palestinians against US-backed tyranny led by the Israeli occupation force. The hype in the Western media about suicide bombings being carried out by the desperate Palestinians against innocent Israeli civilians visa vis the indiscriminite killings of Palestinians and summary execution of their activists and militants by the Israeli occupation forces is unbelievable. Killing of the innocent is wrong regardless of the method in which the killings are committed but the Western media which feeds us with information is fond of potraying suicide killings as far more uncivilised than killing by tank fire or other so-called conventional methods inspite of those targeted on both sides being civilians or suspected militants. As it stands, the death ratio between the Palestinian and Israeli sides is 8 to 1. The biasness of the Western media towards Israel should not surprise anyone who knows that Rupert Murdoch is the best friend of Ariel Sharon. The ultimate, just and dignified formula to solving the conflict was recently put forward by the Saudis. It is none other than the return of Israel to its pre-1967 borders in return for the full recognition of the State of Israel by the entire Arab world. However, the US and Sharon has not learnt the full lessons of Lebanon. The Arab-Israeli conflict is highly profitable to the US armaments industry. The US diplomatic and military establishment is still convinced that the dividends of peace in the Middle East will undermine their economic and military prowess throughout the world and until there is a genuine change of heart from that line of thinking, the conflict will rage on and continue to claim more innocent souls from both sides. However, if Israel defies the US and withdraws to its pre-1967 borders today, the conflict will end today. Until then, the genuine struggle of the Palestinians against foreign occupation and subjugation will continue regardless of the price to be paid. To those who try to equate Yasser Arafat with Ariel Sharon, it is like equating Nelson Mandela with Peter Botha. Yasser Arafat is also fighting for the liberation of his people and like Mandela in his struggle days is prepared to die in the cause to free his people. There can be no capitulation to subjugation as Ho Che Ming: leader of the free Vietnamese forces told Uncle Sam during the Vietnam war. Why are those who are proclaiming to be neutral over a clear case of subjugation vs liberation in the Israeli-Arab conflict not likewise neutral over the misrule in the Gambia? Don't say it is because you are Gambians and not Palestinians. Decent men should stand for freedom everywhere. I therefore have and shall not have any regret in to labelling all those who profess to be neutral in the Arab-Plestinian conflict as being under one of the following three categories: 1- Ill-informed about the origin and state of the conflict. 2- Selectively unjust but posing to be neutral 3- Plainly hypocritical As Saiks would say, 'for Freedom' The yoke of oppression must be shattered! BMK _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~