A bunch of people came to my village. They weren't very nice

The video is taken in the Palestinian village of An Nabi Saleh (population approx 500). Settler’s attempt to re-annex An Nabi Salih land despite the December 2009 Israeli court case that ruled the property rights of the land to the An Nabi Salih residents.
rougysays...

I wouldn't say "fuck Israel" because there are a lot of Israeli's who are pretty sick of this shit, too.

But I do agree it's a tragic situation and I really doubt that anything will ever be done about it.

I am tired of seeing the Palestinians being forced to live like animals.

aspartamsays...

Rougy is right. A lot of Israelis are embarrassed by this shit. In the same way that a lot of Americans were/are embarrassed by Bush/Cheney. But the world sees these despicable acts as the will of the nation because of the supposed democracy....in both cases. As a Canadian, I would be embarrassed and mortified if I saw my countrymen do such things to a defenseless people. *quality

>> ^2pornot2p:
Don't excuse me for saying this, but Fuck Israel. This is not tolerable.

TheFreaksays...

Yeah, I pretty much agree that Israel can go fuck itself.

Except...look at those U.S. made weapons they're using. Hmm, it's as if we in the U.S. are also responsible for what's happening. Wait, that can't be...we protect people from tyrrany and injustice. Right?

enochsays...

i was just gonna go off on a rant...
this infuriates me to no end.
over 80 years..80 fucking years these people have lived under an occupation.
while my government siphons off funding for the homeless and mentally ill and hands it to isreal.
billions..BILLIONS..and then my government gives isreal the military equivalent of food stamps.
here is a few billion scooter,but you can only use this monopoly money on american made weapons of mass destruction.
if you REALLY want to see some atrocities perpetrated by the isreali government,look up "the massacre at beit hanoun".
and my government is just as complicit and responsible.
now i am not coming down on the isreali people.i know quite a few and not one is proud of what goes on, but you know what really sets me off?
fucking fundamentalist christians here in the states!
"well the bible says the land is a gift from god for his chosen people"
oh..well forgive me..that is just so chock full of stupid it has to be true..right?
bah...this disgusts me....

tsquire1says...

Say it with me now. A-part-heid

Why do I say 'Fuck Israel'? Because Israel is colonialism. Israel is Imperialism. Israel is apartheid. Sorry folks, but those people living in that country that shrug their shoulders and say 'shitz crazy' are just as much to blame as the United States tax payers whose money goes to pay for the bombs dropped on the American School in west bank, a school built by U.S. $ and destroyed by U.S. $.

Neutrality is siding with the oppressor. Fuck Israel
Israel is an Apartheid state

demon_ixsays...

The soldiers are wearing Magav uniforms, which means Border Patrol, and make them part of the Israeli Police and not Army. Small technicality, but it does make them answer to a different set of rules.

Nabi Saleh has population records going back to 1922 on Wikipedia. I could only find a Hebrew version though. The settlement across from it is called Halamish, and was founded in 1977. According to Wikipedia it's a religious settlement, which doesn't really surprise me. Google maps can show you how ridiculously close they are.

I have no idea what this incident was about, but the Magav guys don't appear to be looking for anyone in particular, just going in looking for trouble and to cause fear. Their most likely reason is that someone was throwing rocks at cars on the road.

At any rate, this video makes me sick. Fuck anyone who thinks this is an appropriate way for people to behave, fuck their commanders for sending them there so obviously to generate a response, and fuck them for arresting people on their own home. Even if they were there to stop people throwing stones, how the hell are they supposed to find out who it was?

Fuck.

qualmsays...

Survival of the Fittest?
An Interview with Benny Morris

By ARI SHAVIT

http://www.counterpunch.org/shavit01162004.html

"But in an astonishing recent Ha'aretz interview, after summarizing his new research, Morris proceeds to argue for the necessity of ethnic cleansing in 1948. He faults David Ben-Gurion for failing to expel all Arab Israelis, and hints that it may be necessary to finish the job in the future. Though he calls himself a left-wing Zionist, he invokes and praises the fascist Vladimir Jabotinsky in calling for an "iron wall" solution to the current crisis. Referring to Sharon's Security Wall, he says, "Something like a cage has to be built for them. I know that sounds terrible. It is really cruel. But there is no choice. There is a wild animal there that has to be locked up in one way or another." He calls the conflict between Israelis and Arabs a struggle between civilization and barbarism, and suggests an analogy frequently drawn by Palestinians, though from the other side of the Winchester: "Even the great American democracy could not have been created without the annihilation of the Indians."

See also:
Diagnosing Benny Morris
The Mind of A European Settler
http://dissidentvoice.org/Jan04/Ash0126.htm

2pornot2psays...

Well said, well said my friend. I would completely lose my shit.>> ^Rugil:
I guess I shouldn't be posting while angry but I can't help myself.
You slap my mother like that and I'll fight you and your associates until one of us is in the ground.

TerryFsays...

Can you imagine how beautiful and pristine America would look if the white man would have never waged genocide against the Native Americans and stolen their lands. Yet now you all contribute to destroy this land and then rage against a nation that is merely reclaiming its long lost identity and lands. Can you say hypocrite?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. And here's a thought - never bring a rock to a gun fight. Better yet, don't throw rocks at a man with a gun.

enochsays...

>> ^TerryF:
Can you imagine how beautiful and pristine America would look if the white man would have never waged genocide against the Native Americans and stolen their lands. Yet now you all contribute to destroy this land and then rage against a nation that is merely reclaiming its long lost identity and lands. Can you say hypocrite?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. And here's a thought - never bring a rock to a gun fight. Better yet, don't throw rocks at a man with a gun.


soooooo.....
your point is colonialism is a good thing?nation building can only happen with genocidal extermination?
america would have never got the bump without slavery..should we have kept that also?
should i build a time machine and go warn the cherokee and apache nations?
rage against a nation that is merely reclaiming its long lost identity?
so the palestinians were only keeping the bed warm for almost 2000 years?
OR..or....
central asian jews formerly known as kazhars traded assistance during WW1 to britain who promised these non-european jews a portion of palestine.look up sept 11th 1922 amended balfour declaration.britains blood soaked gift to the world.
good lord man...
your lack of knowledge is staggering.you actually managed to regurgitate almost every pertinent piece of propaganda in your comment.
well done.

kceaton1says...

>> ^enoch:
>> ^TerryF:
Can you imagine how beautiful and pristine America would look if the white man would have never waged genocide against the Native Americans and stolen their lands. Yet now you all contribute to destroy this land and then rage against a nation that is merely reclaiming its long lost identity and lands. Can you say hypocrite?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. And here's a thought - never bring a rock to a gun fight. Better yet, don't throw rocks at a man with a gun.

soooooo.....
your point is colonialism is a good thing?nation building can only happen with genocidal extermination?
america would have never got the bump without slavery..should we have kept that also?
should i build a time machine and go warn the cherokee and apache nations?
rage against a nation that is merely reclaiming its long lost identity?
so the palestinians were only keeping the bed warm for almost 2000 years?
OR..or....
central asian jews formerly known as kazhars traded assistance during WW1 to britain who promised these non-european jews a portion of palestine.look up sept 11th 1922 amended balfour declaration.britains blood soaked gift to the world.
good lord man...
your lack of knowledge is staggering.you actually managed to regurgitate almost every pertinent piece of propaganda in your comment.
well done.


I agree. As the saying goes...you should learn from history and not repeat its mistakes. History should never be used in anyway to justify a means to an end. Especially when we have hindsight (bias).

xxovercastxxsays...

I'm of Italian ancestry. My great grandparents were from Castellammare di Stabia and Torre del Greco. Are you saying I'd be right to fly over to Naples and started ordering people out of their homes at gunpoint?

--- Spoiler alert! - Stop here if you don't want the answer yet! ---
Yes, that's exactly what you're saying.
>> ^TerryF:
Yet now you all contribute to destroy this land and then rage against a nation that is merely reclaiming its long lost identity and lands.

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