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It’s been 7 years already since I have moved to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. By now I cannot imagine at all returning to Berlin or any other place on earth. I have become a proud [21.century] Zionist – in other words, I am more than happy that I have discovered my homeland and eventually settled down on it. Israel – a country, whose water and weather, sand and stones I have learned to love over the time.
Seit über 7 Jahren lebe ich nun in Jerusalem, der Hauptstadt Israels. Mittlerweile kann ich mir nicht vorstellen zurück nach Berlin, noch sonst wohin zu ziehen. Ich bin ein stolzer ]21. Jahrhundert[ Zionist geworden – soll heißen, bin glücklich, dass ich meine Heimat Israel entdeckt und besiedelt habe. Israel - ein Land, dessen Wasser und Wetter, Sand und Steine ich langsam aber sehr sicher zu lieben gelernt habe.

Unfortunately some people see things quite differently and instead of admiring the stones of Jerusalem and the sand of Tel Aviv, they hate it. In many places in the world people are thus at one regarding anything concerning “the Zionist state”. Some proclaim publicly that Israel is a “germ which should be squeezed out”; others claim that Israel is the “last remaining colonial power”; again others hold the opinion that Israel is a country of aggressive soldiers and Holocaust survivors who even succeed to suppress their minorities living in between them.
Jerusalemer Stein und Tel Aviver Sand stoßen jedoch nicht nur auf bewundernde Augen, sondern zunehmend auch auf Hass. In sehr vielen Ecken der Welt ist man sich ziemlich einig, wenn es um den „zionistischen Staat“ geht. Die einen verkünden öffentlich, dass Israel eine „Bakterie ist, die man schnellstmöglich ausdrücken sollte“; andere behaupten, dass Israel die „letzte verbliebene Kolonialmacht“ ist; wiederum andere sind der Auffassung, dass in Israel ausschließlich aggressive Soldaten und Holocaust-Überlebende wohnen, die es auch noch schaffen ihre Minderheiten zu unterdrücken.

Certainly all this is anti-Semitism/anti-Zionism/anti-Israelism, call it what you want, propaganda, which in absolutely no way reflect the reality of this beautiful and very special country. The reality here is much more complicated and probably therefore much more exciting, which is perceivable all over the world, in every language, since this “small spot of land” is been focused on almost all year long.
Das alles ist natürlich anti-semitische/anti-zionistische/anti-israelische, wie auch immer man „es“ gerade nennen möchte, Propaganda, die in keinster Weise die Realität dieses wunderschönen und sehr besonderen Landes widerspiegeln. Die Realität hier ist um einiges komplizierter, deshalb auch spannender, was sich bemerkbar macht, wenn man egal wo, egal auf welcher Sprache Nachrichten hört, denn fast das ganze Jahr über wird aus diesem „Quadratkilometer“ berichtet.

I am neither a journalist nor the chairperson of any academic institute; nevertheless, maybe even therefore, I hope that my opinions will make you think about the issues I will relate to.
I will especially deal with current Jerusalem and Israel relating matters, but among other themes will also refer to the Middle East, Iran and international relations in general.
Ich bin weder Journalist noch Vorsitzender irgendeines akademischen Institutes, jedoch, bzw. gerade deshalb, hoffe ich, dass meine Meinungen für manch einen von euch interessant sind und zum nachdenken verleiten.
Unter anderem werde ich Themen ansprechen, die das heutige Jerusalem und Israel direkt betreffen, werde aber auch über den Mittleren Osten, Iran und Internationale Beziehungen generell schreiben.



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29.06.2009

Red Cross: And what about Gilad Shalit???

I used to believe that the International Red Cross is an organization which takes care of humanitarian issues, is completely neutral and does not discriminate any nation, any people, any specific culture, religion, race or color.

Unfortunatley, I feel that I have been totally wrong on this.

The Red Cross has absolutely done NOTHING during the last 3 years to help free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was aducted in a cross-border raid by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas on June 25, 2006. This happened more than 3 years ago.
His abduction, the kidnapping of two other Israeli soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser (RIP) and Eldad Regev (RIP), by the Hezbollah terrorist organization, who in a ridiculous prisoner swap gave Israel back her sons, in coffins, and the continuing rocketfire on the southern and northern regions of Israel were the main reasons for the Israeli leadership to give green light to its military to "go out and protect" Israeli citizens. This war is commonly known as the Second Lebanon War (summer of 2006).

Not much has changed since. At least concerning Gilad Shalit.

Operation Cast Lead, an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, which was taken out during the very end of December 2008 and January 18 came after 8 years of almost uninterrupted Hamas rocket attacks on the southern Israeli cities, villages and Kibbutzim. More than 1000 Gaza residents, military men as well as civilians died; 9 Israeli soldiers and almost a dozen civilians died. Furthermore over 300 Israeli soldiers were injured and thousands of Israelis suffer from some sort of trauma till the very day.

It is more than obvious that both sides suffered, i.e. are still suffering. The Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel which leaves about 10% of the Israeli population in warlike conditions and Israel continues to block most of the border crossings and prevent international supply from reaching Gaza and its residents.

People on both sides of the border suffer. The sole responsible for all this is without any doubt the terrorist Hamas organisation which does not really give a damn about how many Gazans are suffering or dying. The main thing is that they keep the power over the Gaza Strip.

And what has the Red Cross done throughout the last 3 years? An organization which so to speak should guarantee any prisoner of war a minimum of rights, should at least insist on visiting him in order to make sure that he is ok, that he is alive.

Apparently, regarding the destiny of Gilad Shalit the Red Cross is not all too concerned.

Today the Red Cross finally made it into the headlines of Israeli newspapers because it accuses Israel of trapping 1.5 m. Gazans "in despair".
No word was said about Gilad Shalit. Not a single word!
Eingestellt von aro arye sharuz shalicar um 14:40 3 Kommentare
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