Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 16 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Questioning another crime against Palestine VTMBH Article: Author Marco Arteaga Calderon VTMBH Article: Publication Ecuador News VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Erica Pearson VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of crimes started more than five decades ago. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body For those who have ears and want to hear, hear this… For those who have a mind and want to think, think about this, reflect, and act… No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of crimes that began more than five decades ago. The call to exterminate the Palestinian people began after the United Nations, under pressure from the oil lobbies of France, England and the United States, created the state of Israel. Since then, everything has been validated by the maintenance of security in the Middle East, just as Truman declared at the end of World War II. The Palestinian people have long suffered as pariahs in their own land. They have spent years surviving an absurd situation of social, spiritual and intellectual instability. How can they know if their houses will still be standing tomorrow; if their harvests will still be there; if their families will stay together; if some will go to prison, into exile, or die? The past decades have also been years of defense as the Palestinian people tried in vain to live in peace. When the tank and the cannon have attacked, the gun has responded; when the gun has attacked the knives have responded; when the knives have attacked, the stones have responded; when the stones have attacked the cries of mothers and children have responded. Today, human bombs have been the method of resistance to organized attack on Palestinians. The bombings have been a last resort to assert a faith in the future life of the Palestinian people. Over more than fifty years, the Palestinian peoples permanent disadvantage has not been an obstacle in their righteous fight for justice, liberty, and well-being in their own country. Where is the terrorism when someone defends their family or way of life? Would you let others invade your home, kill members of your family, and then just accept being called a terrorist for trying to stop, in any way, this outrage? Wasnt terrorism born in the Middle East when, in May 1948, the state of Israel was formed, usurping part of the Palestinian territory? Didnt terrorism persist when Ben Gurion, already leader of Israels government, declared that Israel did not have limits because the countrys borders were changeable? Besides this, was there was not the political will and disposition to continue taking someone elses land? Why, in contrast, is there no political will or disposition today to establish peace? Arent the thousands of dead, on both sides, enough to stop the spilling of innocent blood? What more does Sharon want, if Israel is already recognized by Arabs and Palestinians, in general, something that right-wing Israelis and the Likud party wanted so strongly? Is it that they dont really aim to live in peace, with Palestinians and Israelis living in separate states, but instead plan to continue carrying out the collective homicide of the Palestinian people? And what has become of the moral, political and cultural struggles towards the establishment and development of separate states during so many years? What of Anwar Sadats and Yitzhak Rabins assassinations? Hasnt Mr. Bushs recent anti-terror initiative been, judging from what the world is witnessing, a mere pretext to unleash international fascism, following the whims of a decadent and mortally wounded empire? With fetishistic phrases, Mr. Bush, a clumsy extremist triumphantly holding a position to which he was not elected, is he not? And has he not declared an axis of evil, whose leaders, Iraq, Syria and Iran, should be liquidated? And this not the same Mr. Bush who now supports the genocide of the Palestinian people? The so-called friendly European nations are practicing <i>tortugismo </i> (are dragging their feet). Even the United Nations gives just lukewarm declarationsit looks like General Secretary Kofi Annan receives orders only from the North. Is the UN waiting for the last Palestinian to disappear before acting? Are Islamic and Arab nations finally going to agree to stop manipulating the Palestinian cause in their own interests, be they ideological, oil-related, or political? Will they do as they did before, and become united in the effort to create a Palestinian state with the boundaries it has always had, free and sovereign, whether the United States (and its partner in war, Israel) likes it or not? Dont you think that the time for the big to decide for the little has ended? Not only should Israel stop shooting and threatening the Palestinian people, but it should obey UN Resolution 1402 ordering them to withdraw the military forces from Palestinian territory. Above all, everything needs to return to the political and territorial conditions that existed before 1967. To defend the Palestinian cause, now more than ever, means to defend a real democracy of freedom and justice! VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 120 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Questioning another crime against Palestine 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. No. It isnt another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of cri Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-15