Yehuda Stern
29th July 2008, 19:26
Free Majdi Rimawi of the village Beit Rima!
An ISL Political Statement
This morning, the Jerusalem District Court convicted Majdi Rimawi, a Palestinian militant and activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, of recruiting and assisting the gunmen who assassinated far right Zionist leader and then* Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi.
*To be accurate, Ze'evi resigned from this position along with Avigdor Lieberman in protest of Israeli withdrawal from two neighbourhoods in Hebron.
Rehavam Zeeevi is considered by many Zionists to be a great martyr for the Zionist cause. It is of interest to know more about this "hero."
Rehavam Ze'evi was born in 1926 in Jerusalem. He joined the Palmach, a Zionist terrorist organization, in 1942. He was given the nickname Gandhi, because of the Arab garments which he wore during his terrorist activities before 1948. In 1948 he joined the Israeli army and helped carry out the mass expulsion of Palestinians, which, along with more than 30 mass murders, was an integral part of the creation of Israel. In 1974 he retired from the Zionist army with the rank of major-general.
Ze'evi held radical anti-Arab positions in his years in parliament and created a party, Moledet, with a one point agenda: to "transfer" all Palestinians from all the land of Palestine, from the river to the sea. He was known for calling Palestinians working in Israel as "lice" and a "cancer." He was a close friend of Sharon the butcher, and of Avigdor Lieberman. They all were connected as well to the Jewish mafia, led by Meyer Lansky, and they all have played a role in the theft of Palestinian lands. Many in Israel itself called him openly a fascist.
When the intifada broke out in 2000, Israel used US helicopters to attack civilian targets, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians. Clinton arranged "the largest purchase of military helicopters by the Israeli Air Force in a decade" (as reported in Ha'aretz). A few weeks later, Israel began using US helicopters for assassinations. Israel murdered political leader Abu Ali Mustafa. Ze'evi was killed in retaliation.
Following his killing Israel sent in tanks, troops and helicopters. Before dawn, the army sealed off the village of Beit Rima, north of Ramallah, saying it was the base for a cell of Palestinian militants that gunned down the minister. Palestinian officials denounced the raid as an "ugly massacre." Claiming that as many as nine people were killed, they called on the U.S. to force Israel to stop military incursions into six Palestinian cities and at least two villages that have left some 40 people dead.
After the assassination, two Israeli liberals, Shai Goldstein and Dror Rafael, reacted with the following satirical piece:
Teacher: Hello, students. As part of today’s social studies lesson, we will begin to learn about the legacy of Rehavam Zeevi. As you know, the government issued an order requiring every student in the country to study this man’s legacy. Can someone tell what Zeevi’s theory involved? Go ahead, Ronen.
Ronen: Transfer.
Teacher: Correct. Good, Ronen. This is Zeevi’s theory. Who can tell me what transfer is? Go ahead, Daniel.
Daniel: Gathering up all the Arabs, putting them on buses, and expelling them from Israel.
Teacher: Good, Daniel. This is exactly collective transfer. Ronit, you have a question?
Ronit: Can we put the Ethiopians on the buses, too?
Teacher: Ronit, please. I don’t stand for racism!
The ISL opposes the arrest of these man, as well as the hypocritical condemnations of them from across the political spectrum. We encourage all international sympathizers of the Palestinian cause to oppose Rimawi's arrest as well.
An ISL Political Statement
This morning, the Jerusalem District Court convicted Majdi Rimawi, a Palestinian militant and activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, of recruiting and assisting the gunmen who assassinated far right Zionist leader and then* Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi.
*To be accurate, Ze'evi resigned from this position along with Avigdor Lieberman in protest of Israeli withdrawal from two neighbourhoods in Hebron.
Rehavam Zeeevi is considered by many Zionists to be a great martyr for the Zionist cause. It is of interest to know more about this "hero."
Rehavam Ze'evi was born in 1926 in Jerusalem. He joined the Palmach, a Zionist terrorist organization, in 1942. He was given the nickname Gandhi, because of the Arab garments which he wore during his terrorist activities before 1948. In 1948 he joined the Israeli army and helped carry out the mass expulsion of Palestinians, which, along with more than 30 mass murders, was an integral part of the creation of Israel. In 1974 he retired from the Zionist army with the rank of major-general.
Ze'evi held radical anti-Arab positions in his years in parliament and created a party, Moledet, with a one point agenda: to "transfer" all Palestinians from all the land of Palestine, from the river to the sea. He was known for calling Palestinians working in Israel as "lice" and a "cancer." He was a close friend of Sharon the butcher, and of Avigdor Lieberman. They all were connected as well to the Jewish mafia, led by Meyer Lansky, and they all have played a role in the theft of Palestinian lands. Many in Israel itself called him openly a fascist.
When the intifada broke out in 2000, Israel used US helicopters to attack civilian targets, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians. Clinton arranged "the largest purchase of military helicopters by the Israeli Air Force in a decade" (as reported in Ha'aretz). A few weeks later, Israel began using US helicopters for assassinations. Israel murdered political leader Abu Ali Mustafa. Ze'evi was killed in retaliation.
Following his killing Israel sent in tanks, troops and helicopters. Before dawn, the army sealed off the village of Beit Rima, north of Ramallah, saying it was the base for a cell of Palestinian militants that gunned down the minister. Palestinian officials denounced the raid as an "ugly massacre." Claiming that as many as nine people were killed, they called on the U.S. to force Israel to stop military incursions into six Palestinian cities and at least two villages that have left some 40 people dead.
After the assassination, two Israeli liberals, Shai Goldstein and Dror Rafael, reacted with the following satirical piece:
Teacher: Hello, students. As part of today’s social studies lesson, we will begin to learn about the legacy of Rehavam Zeevi. As you know, the government issued an order requiring every student in the country to study this man’s legacy. Can someone tell what Zeevi’s theory involved? Go ahead, Ronen.
Ronen: Transfer.
Teacher: Correct. Good, Ronen. This is Zeevi’s theory. Who can tell me what transfer is? Go ahead, Daniel.
Daniel: Gathering up all the Arabs, putting them on buses, and expelling them from Israel.
Teacher: Good, Daniel. This is exactly collective transfer. Ronit, you have a question?
Ronit: Can we put the Ethiopians on the buses, too?
Teacher: Ronit, please. I don’t stand for racism!
The ISL opposes the arrest of these man, as well as the hypocritical condemnations of them from across the political spectrum. We encourage all international sympathizers of the Palestinian cause to oppose Rimawi's arrest as well.