Islamosocialist
24th August 2011, 03:08
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Aug. 15 and some days since.
He met with our political and religious leaders, who are very partial to him.
But we have a... weird, it's really the only word... relationship with Israel and Palestine. During the Holocaust, Bosniaks (Muslims) saved many people and important artifacts, such as one of the oldest and most elaborately decorated Jewish Haggadah in the world.
During the genocide against us in 1992-1995, Israel helped very much, more than any of us expected. They even took in Muslim orphans, by the hundreds, and kept them safe during the war. Some even remained in Israel, converted to Judaism. They're cult celebrities now, including a relatively famous model/IDF soldier.
And we have a small but very well integrated Jewish community. It's only about 1,000 people now, since the Holocaust. But they're... much more visible than their percentage of the population would suggest. One of them, Jakov Finci, I daydream would be our president. I wish so badly for it!
But... we're Muslim, and we have eyes, we can see what is happening to the Palestinians so our hearts are there as well.
We have "Welcome to Ramallah" signs around the city during the war. We have books of condolences all over the city every time a Palestinian leader is killed.
So it's very... mixed.
I think Abbas was perhaps surprised. I hope so. And I wish an Israeli leader would visit us. We get a surprising number of Israeli tourists. It's hilarious actually because their tour guides tell them not to advertise where they come from. So you always only discover it after talking with them for 30 minutes or more. And I don't care, and they say no one ever cares, hahaha. Israeli tour guides, stop hiding it! It's OK, ha!
And now that you know all this, I ask you... does it really matter?
Abbas visits Sarajevo. A sidelined leader visits whatever city in wherever, of little global importance.
Why spend the money? What does it accomplish? What should we hope to do with events such as this? What could I, personally, have done to further our leftist goals at such an event?
He met with our political and religious leaders, who are very partial to him.
But we have a... weird, it's really the only word... relationship with Israel and Palestine. During the Holocaust, Bosniaks (Muslims) saved many people and important artifacts, such as one of the oldest and most elaborately decorated Jewish Haggadah in the world.
During the genocide against us in 1992-1995, Israel helped very much, more than any of us expected. They even took in Muslim orphans, by the hundreds, and kept them safe during the war. Some even remained in Israel, converted to Judaism. They're cult celebrities now, including a relatively famous model/IDF soldier.
And we have a small but very well integrated Jewish community. It's only about 1,000 people now, since the Holocaust. But they're... much more visible than their percentage of the population would suggest. One of them, Jakov Finci, I daydream would be our president. I wish so badly for it!
But... we're Muslim, and we have eyes, we can see what is happening to the Palestinians so our hearts are there as well.
We have "Welcome to Ramallah" signs around the city during the war. We have books of condolences all over the city every time a Palestinian leader is killed.
So it's very... mixed.
I think Abbas was perhaps surprised. I hope so. And I wish an Israeli leader would visit us. We get a surprising number of Israeli tourists. It's hilarious actually because their tour guides tell them not to advertise where they come from. So you always only discover it after talking with them for 30 minutes or more. And I don't care, and they say no one ever cares, hahaha. Israeli tour guides, stop hiding it! It's OK, ha!
And now that you know all this, I ask you... does it really matter?
Abbas visits Sarajevo. A sidelined leader visits whatever city in wherever, of little global importance.
Why spend the money? What does it accomplish? What should we hope to do with events such as this? What could I, personally, have done to further our leftist goals at such an event?