Habib, (Like Habib Koite), You know that I’m not in a Gambian Forum to discuss Zionism. I’d rather discuss Pan-Africanism. But if you bring up such subjects, I will put in my two cents worth. I have Palestinian Muslim friends such as Fah’d Ahmed, Mustapha Gibril Yamani, Marxist friends such as Jamal, Christian friends too, friends in Gaza, Nablus, and have no problem with any of them. I don’t know any sister Jabou. Who is she? I think that Zionism would be more a part of Hamelech, than berg...... (that was supposed to be a joke) Berg is only a mountain…… There is NOTHING racist about Zionism. Show me where the racism is. The slave trade? Darfur? Plenty of racism there. I have great sympathy for the Palestinian people. In 1986, I listened to the Mayor of Gaza, Mr. Shawaal, at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. I was sitting about a yard opposite him and witnessed him shed tears, big tears rolled down the cheeks of this big man, as he spoke about the children in the overcrowded slum that is Gaza, children without playgrounds,. He was appealing to the Swedish government to help them build a harbour so that they could export their tomatoes which were otherwise laying in heaps to rot. About that time, I was also giving sadaka, the little that I had. Israel left Gaza, lock, stock, barrel, and see what they are doing. FIRING rockets into Israel, causing havoc, instead of settling down to develop their piece of territory, building tunnels through which to smuggle weapons from Egypt. More trouble. If I had wanted to, I could have married a Palestinian woman. Such an arrangement was in the works. I did not for several reasons, one of them being that at this period of the national life of Palestinians, I thought that for continuity of the Palestinian generations, and for better prospects of that consciousness continuing it would be better for her to marry a Palestinian brother………. There is a way out. What is the point of blowing innocent people up and going to hell in the process of creating a so called Islamic State? http://www.google.se/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBR_enSE222SE222&q=Zionism In the meantime, just as ultra orthodox people like Sat mar and Neturei Karta want the Messiah to establish Zion, so too some Muslim voices wonder why the neighbouring Arab nations keep the Palestinian refugees in camps ( just to point an accusing finger at Israel). Why these refugees cannot become nationals of their host countries. Which Palestinian is willing to wait for the Mahdi (a.s.)? This is the kind of leader that Prof Paul Eidelberg would like us to have: http://www.israel-commentary.org/ Whatever new government comes into force in Israel will take measures that are more drastic to protect the lives of the Jewish people in Isreal. The Palestinian leadership could be wiped out. What will happen? Sheikh Yasin was targeted from an Apache helicopter as he left the fajr prayer. Rantisi was translated from life, and the mobile phone exploded in the ear of engineer Ayash, the bomb-maker. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6695007.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4813056.stm The backers of HAMAS, such as Iran, I do not think want a two-state solution. They do not want the “Zionist entity” to exist. Suppose someone said that they did not want the Gambia to exist. How would you go about negotiating with such a person? I have a plan. Seriously, I do. Even before Hamas WON THE ELECTION. But will they listen? This is what a Sierra Leonean Roland Bankole Marke wrote: “ Pundit dubbed it that God has left Sierra Leona The blind beggar with leprosy and stretched hands Pursuing sojourners with fixed eyes expecting alms” There too are problems. The Sierra Leone presidential and Parliamentary elections are on 11th August…… cornelius hamelberg I think sister Jabou has revealed your true identity in her last response ,, your berg name has zionism written all over it- your boss must pay you well for such fabricated stories meant to distract and distort facts and insult the real victims .No one has anything against the religion called Judiasm , it is racist zionism that most peace loving and just people are againt. Please do some justice to your conscience and put your self in the position of those oppresed palestinian peoplewho are being hit from all angles even from thier own arab and muslim so called brothers. remember that justice will prevail as we saw in south Africa .why are you so defensive and ivasive i just wish we all think of the helpless victims in those camps and refugee centers being robbed of thier degnity and honr daily good night ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤