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From Belfast to Palestine
by Eileen Fleming
David Rovics sings of connections between Khader Adnan’s current hunger strike to the IRA hunger strikes of 1981, “As, no doubt, the Israeli occupation of Palestine is more than a little reminiscent of the British occupation of Ireland, most particularly during the Troubles.”
A Dave Rovics connects Khader Adnan and Bobby Sands
On January 5, 2006, while in Ramallah I went to the Headquarters of ADAMEER [Arabic for conscience] and met with spokesmen, Ala Jaradat a slightly built man who delivered a powerful message in a soft spoken voice:
“Since 1967, 650,000 to 700,000 Palestinians have been arrested and detained. That totals 20% of the total population and 80% of all adult Palestinian males have been arrested.
“Most of these arrests occur after midnight when large numbers of IDF storm into neighborhoods or refugee camps, horrifying everyone and arresting anyone 14 years or older. Sometimes they storm into business offices and arrest the breadwinners of the families without any charges.
“These arrests and detentions are based on military orders; we live under a kind of Marshall Law which rules every aspect of Palestinian life: where we live, our license plates that restrict our movement and limited voting rights. Under these military orders the Israeli government is free to hold anyone eight days without accusations or charges. They can hold anyone up to 180 days for interrogation and up to 60 days without benefit of a lawyer.
“The Israeli government never agreed to the Second Geneva Convention, the Knesset never ratified it, and when it comes to the Occupied Territories they totally ignore it. Israel is the only State that approved torture of detainees. I know there are dictators who use torture, but Israel is the only State that supported torture until 1999. That is when International, Israeli and Palestinian pressure groups forced the issue and Barack was confronted about it when he visited the United States.
“The IDF will round up and arrest family members and use threats against their relatives to force confessions. The interrogations lead to Military Trials which is theoretically like court with three Judges presiding but only one is required to have an education and a law degree is not at all necessary. The Military Commander appoints the translators, issues all orders, assigns the judges, and has total control. One appeal is allowed, but if the judges are settlers the Palestinian is in deep shit!
“Administrative Detentions are issued by the Military Commander for a period of six months and the reason is always labeled ‘Security’ and the charges can be renewed indefinitely. One Palestinian spent eight years under Administrative detention and hundreds have endured four or more years. Today fifty are being held for the past four years. They may be released for a day or two and then they are rearrested because they are social or political activists but reasons are not given by the Israeli government.
“At any given moment 10% of those in prison are under Administrative Detention. There are currently 8,000 prisoners and 800 of them are under Administrative Detention. The government does not have to inform anyone about these arrests except the Red Cross and only if they are imprisoned over two weeks, but most arrests go unreported.“Any Palestinian under the age of 16 is tried as an adult, but for an Israeli Jew it is 18 years of age. Under 12 years old the child can be arrested but not detained. Over 12 they can be arrested, detained, interrogated, prosecuted and sentenced for throwing stones.
“Most of the Israeli Jews that are imprisoned are in for violent crimes against society and they are mixed in with the Palestinian population. The guards encourage them to do what ever they want to do against the Palestinian population. This is an open invitation by the Israeli government to incite violence and terror in the prison system. We have sworn affidavits from Palestinians claiming it was the guards who encouraged the violence inflicted upon them.
“In August 2004 the Palestinians went on a hunger strike to raise awareness of this problem and the Minister of Health who is responsible for them stated publicly: ‘Our hospitals are off limits to them They can all starve themselves to death.’
“No human rights organizations are allowed access to the prisoners. Only lawyers and the Red Cross can visit them but have no access to the facilities where they are detained.
“The methods and photos from Abu Grahib and Guantanamo were no shock to any Palestinian who had been in prison between 1967 and the ‘80’s. All the methods used in Abu Grahib were normal procedures against Palestinians. In 1999 Internationals, Palestinians and Israelis for human rights threatened a boycott against Israel and that is what forced the Supreme Court to address the torture issue. They did not ban torture and the General Prosecutor can choose not to prosecute those who still use it.”- MEMOIRS of a Nice Irish-American ‘Girl’s’ Life in Occupied Territory
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Theres an intelligence war going on here in the 06 Counties between MI5 and the PIRA. Sinn Fein basically has reunification sown up in the long run and MI5 are doing their best to disrupt it, all of the recent ‘dissident’ attacks are MI5-ran. MI5 controls the RIRA/CIRA. Omagh was a false flag. I’m pretty sure Massareene may have been. Any ‘dissident’ attack you hear about is not a Republican attack. Demographics are changing here and the British don’t like it, the majority of people under 30 are Catholic/Nationalist, the majority of students are Catholic/Nationalist. The DUP is becoming closer to Dublin… and among all that, MI5 is formenting false terror.
Just like the old days.
Thank you for that info and here is statement from Khader Adnan, from his hospital bed:
“I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers not for my own sake as an individual, but for the sake of thousands of prisoners who are being deprived of their simplest human rights while the world and international community look on…It is time the international community and the UN support prisoners and force the State of Israel to respect international human rights and stop treating prisoners as if they were not humans.”
Please and Thanks to All who act during this Week of Action Feb. 19-26 for Khadner Adnan:
http://uspcn.org/2012/02/18/khader-adnans-hunger-strike-palestinian-resistance-steadfastness-and-courage/
Thanks to everyone who acts during this Week of Action Feb. 19-26 for Khadner Adnan– and all prisoners of conscience!
I served as a British soldier in Northern Ireland – and interestingly I am also a Roman Catholic. I can give you my take on it – but it varies somewhat with Jordan above.
It must be remembered that the British Army was deployed to N.I. in 1969 – with a remit to PROTECT Roman Catholics. Catholics were being routinely beaten up by Protestant ‘Specials’ police – that were little more than establishment thugs. There is no doubt that an apartheid system existed then and the Protestant majority in N.I. controlled all the police and powerful establishment jobs – and were treating their Catholic neighbours in an appalling manner. It was rather strange when the Catholic gangs then began to kill British soldiers – because there was no need for it in the circumstances. (Much later it became clear to me why this was deliberately sparked off). Over time the ‘IRA’ then re-emerged. It is a phenomena in Ireland and Irish history – which manifests itself from time to time during times of great upheaval and trouble.
The PIRA or Provisional Irish Republican Army – was the military wing – and it was organised into separate ‘ASUs’ or Active Service Units around the province. These units had a certain amount of autonomy – the reason primarily being for security of information and to limit British Intelligence infiltration. Sinn Fein was the IRA political wing – which had to publicly claim a certain amount of distance from the PIRA.
Thousands of British soldiers came home in plastic bags over the years. I came very close to being slotted myself on several occasions. In one year in the 1970s more soldiers were killed than the entire number of British lost in Iraq and Afghanistan put together (Up until recently when this was exceeded). This happened whilst the politicians talked tough about “Not negotiating with terrorists”. Then one day the PIRA changed tack, however, and began killing politicians in Britain and blowing up financial centres instead. THEN it suddenly became a case of “Hey boys – lets TALK about this!” Now there are two IRA terrorists that are Members of Parliament.
There were several issues that struck me as odd in the Northern Ireland Campaign. In our Operations room were photos of known PIRA terrorists duly categorised in accordance with how dangerous they were. I recall one day seeing another bunch of photos of young people that were listed as ‘Potential Subversives to the Crown’. These people were not from Ireland and strangely many of them went on to form Tony Blairs ‘New Labour’ group – many of them ending up in the New Labour Cabinet office running the British government! Blair was not on that list – he was on the CND list – and a suspected Soviet sympathiser. Somehow these people ended up being promoted to positions of ultimate power 20 to 30 years later. How did THAT happen?
Also I recall a big split in the IRA when Sinn Fein’s first website was put on the net. The website was a love letter to Stalin, communism, feminism and political correctness in general. It was all about the need to have massed third world immigration into Ireland and Europe and to fight racism. This stunned us – and obviously stunned some members of the IRA! I suspect that various people made it plain to the Sinn Fein leadership that this was NOT what they were risking their lives for and it was NOT what previous IRA members had died for! The ASUs had been fighting for Irish Nationalism and a united Ireland as far as they were concerned – not some extreme left wing ideology.
It then became clear that the warfare and killing had been engineered, deliberate and political – and carefully orchestrated by communist elements disguising themselves as Irish Nationalists. This was when the ‘Real IRA’ and other groups like the INLA split away in disgust.
Tony Blair and New Labour also noticed the extreme left wing nature of the website – and it was then that a love affair began between Sinn Fein and Blair – in what by then was the fully subverted ‘British’ government.
There has also been a lot of ‘History re-writing’ about Northern Ireland. Now that most of the fighting is over the politicians are positioning themselves along with any new public perceptions of right and wrong conjured up by the media.
The ‘Bloody Sunday’ incident was not as straight forward or as portrayed by recent film ‘re-enactments’. The facts are these:
PIRA units in Londonderry declared the Bogside area east of the river Foyle ‘Free Derry’ and put up barricades. The police were thrown out. This was then occupied by them and had no police or rule of law for six months.
41 British soldiers had been killed by PIRA snipers in the run up to the ‘Bloody Sunday’ incident – a fact that is now somehow overlooked by modern ‘history’.
Things came to a head when the PIRA began setting up snap road blocks – and pulling people that they did not like out of cars going to and from work. These people were executed with shots to the head by the side of the road. This caused extreme concern.
A decision was made to send in shock troops to ‘re-take’ the area that had been held hostage for six months. Support Company and C Company 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment was sent in.
They immediately came under fire from multiple locations from high and low velocity weapons. Many people saw the gunmen and some were even photographed shooting at the soldiers. 1 Para returned fire killing some gunmen. All the dead were men – the youngest was 16.
The lies started virtually immediately – from a plethora of directions. The soldiers just turned up to do their job and their duty that day and have been hounded by rich lawyers, the great and the good ever since. America has had its unpopular wars as well – as I am sure Gordon will confirm. If you want to blame anyone – blame whichever politician decided to send air assault troops into a crowded urban environment where they were bound to come under fire.
Strangely – whilst israel has a ‘Bloody Sunday’ incident almost every week – the very SAME rich lawyers, great and the good NEVER seem to even mention it. Indeed they look the other way instead.
A categorical and deliberate lie.
Jordan, England and Ireland were the first countries folded into the NWO by intruders who despised both nations except for how they served one purpose or another. You will recall the very early and constant battles in Ireland among the English, Irish, and the Normans who went from ruling England to living in Wales, and moved further to Ireland.
Yet for all of it they managed to settle fights with truces, terms of surrender and new alliances. The High King of Ireland travelled to London to ask assistance of the English King. They were friends and allies. After another round of battles King Henry himself arrived at one point with his army fully armed to the teeth and had he wanted to he could have depopulated Ireland to a wildlife park, but that was not his intention; the fighting was so intense as to be a growing threat to England and he wanted it stopped.
Under the most difficult circumstances the Kings and the varied warring parties worked and kept some semblance of order. Still, in those days there was much growth in Ireland and the beautiful Anglo-Irish/Normancastles were built, destroyed by the same ones who destroyed the natural growth and prosperity of England. All that was previously known changed after the Reformation which was goaded by outsiders who coveted the English treasury. The English people were subjected to a terrible Civil War for no other reason than to shakle them for future purposes. The ghastly history that followed tortured both countries in different ways for centuries.
But here we all are now and what to do. The first thing to remember is that the entire centuries old conflict was artificially constructed by outsiders. Keeping all parties at each other’s throats and spilling blood on a regular basis is a primary central banker goal, so as much as you feel justified and – I do not deny that there was great injustice – remember it is bait and simply delights the perverts who torment us all.
As good as anger feels give some thought to defusing it – anger and revenge only serve the purposes of the puppeteers. Many Anglo-Irish groups have sprung up to discuss how this has wreaked havoc on their lives, and there would be no harm in showing up to one just to listen for 15 minutes and them leave. Always keep one line of communication open no matter what.
Remember that the British were sent to Ireland without really knowing the history or what they were walking into, just as ours have been sent to the Middle East looking for terrorists when in fact and unbeknownst to them they are assisting drug dealers, money grubbers, and oil looters. So now we have enemies where none should be, but the average GI or Marine still hasn’t a clue and doesn’t understand why he is hated, but he will still fire back when shot at and will be a force to be reckoned with when he sees his buddies shot to bits. And on it goes.
The English were just as abused in that their army and others were infiltrated and altered to fit the goals of those who could not survive a barfight, just as ours is now. The inclusion of Ireland into the EU, IMF, etc., has and will continue to do more damage to Ireland than the Brits ever did, for their job was to hold the ground and go home. This NWO gang is in the process of changing the cultural fabric of Ireland and its borders forever so that the sense of national identity will be distorted and eventually destroyed. Compare the values and mores of your boyhood to where they are now. You were changed without your ever noticing.
Take stock of every major Br/Ir conflict and find the hidden hand. Even the Black and Tans – how did that happen? I mean really happen? Where were the regular Brits? They were in the process of being destroyed for nothing during World War Hoax #1 because the head of British Intelligence, William Wiseman, was a traitor. He was working with his dear friend Max Warburg who was head of German Intelligence. Another traitor. Both were working for the Rothschilds. After the carnage Wille went to work in Max’s bank for a nice, big, fat salary. See? The whole thing was a racket and here we all were thinking it was the big, bad Gerries behind it all.
Jordan, wake up. We’ve all been had. Don’t take the bait. Look at Ireland now, who is looting it and turning the Irish into debt slaves? Not some Brit with a rifle, oh no, the enemy is much worse than that. And faily invisible. But defeatable. They are unimaginably evil psychopaths but they are still human. As long as anger and revenge serves as a distraction the parasites can do as they please and taking Ireland as their own vacation timeshare is just what they have in mind.. Don’t carry their water no matter how factually you can justify it. The whole thing is a fraud.
I conclude with suggesting a movie – “The Eagle,” set in Roman Britain and is somewhat similar to tthe overlapping conflicts of outsiders, natives, loyalty, honor, and love of country seen in past and current events. Not a chick movie.
Sorry you feel that way jordan – but I don’t know where you get your info from. This article could be better but is from an eye witness:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1286646/BLOODY-SUNDAY-INQUIRY-Brave-British-soldiers-branded-criminals.html
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