Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Jul. 3rd, 2008 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eumeliaI've been a busy bee these past few days.
I had a fairly large exam today and handed in the paper I stayed up all night doing (same course, BTW). If I never touch this material again it will be too soon.
In two weeks the second semester exam season is to commence.
*glomps*
Monday and Tuesday there was a bunch of activity on campus planned and arranged by the Student Coalition (with your truly being one part of the planning and arranging team. Yes, I'm touting my own horn) regarding the Occupation, as June marked 41 years of the Occupation in Gaza and the West Bank).
On Monday we arranged an open discussion regarding the One State Solution and the Two State solution. It was great, as a whole bunch of opinions were heard and discussed.
The majority were Leftists, obviously - though the posters and fliers were worded to not be too demagogic or partial, we wanted the Mainstream student body to come a listen - of which there a few but out of thirty or so people that quickly dwindled to twenty to fifteen there weren't a whole lot of Liberals, though those that were there spiced things us a bit.There were no outright Rightists, as they know us and hate us... that's okay, we don't like them much either.
On Tuesday we had a myth busting session; an ICAHD activist gave a hugely informative lecture about the population control that goes on in the West Bank (specifically East Jerusalem, which is a world in and of itself within the Occupation discourse) under the guise of Security and how that word is used as a motivation for a whole slew of attacks against civilians in the West Bank (these attacks include House Demolitions, "Check Points", the Separation Wall etc. etc.).
After the ensuing discussion and break we had MBC reporter Qasem Hatib who came to talk to us about the "No Palestinian Partner" myth and discourse. We discussed how that particular discourse became prevalent in the Barak and Camp David years (and following) and how it has been used since then as a political tool by Israel to keep the status quo (not what he said, but what I gleaned from his very cynical journalistic words - such a pessimist, made us idealists all sad... kidding, I don't think I've ever met a bigger bunch of cynics than those in the Coalition).
Very successful half week so far, I'd say.
So it was a good, if stressful week on campus.
Wednesday was a bad day for Jerusalem.
A man went on a killing spree on a tractor. At this point there are at least three dead (Elizabeth Goren-Friedman, Bat-Sheva Unterman and one whose identity hasn't been released to the press yet and dozens injured, my friends and family are fine and I have no one to thank other than Luck and Chance, which you know I'm fine with that. I hope none of those injured die later tonight or over the rest of the week.
The man who went on the rampage was a Palestinian man - Hussam Dwayat - with an Israeli citizenship who lived in East Jerusalem and it at the moment neither Hamas, Islamic Jihad or any other militia groups are taking responsibility for the attack, so it could have been an independent action or just some psycho who lost it and decided to run amok.
The government responses to the attack that I've been reading in the press have been really disturbing. And in light of the information I had refreshed and gained through the week's political activities on campus, there is an added layer of insidiousness to what I'm reading (I don't care if you call me a conspiracy theorist, though it really isn't what I'm doing).
There has been talk before about revoking the rights of relatives of Terrorists.
Now the bill to actually enable the rights into being revoked passed the first call in the Knesset, which means that these proper citizens of Israel will be stripped of their ID's and Passports and be deported to Gaza... I wonder if they deport the relatives of other murderers.
In the mean time, in order to punish the dead guy there is plan on making his family homeless.
Yeah, that'll teach that dead guy and his friends who hate Israelis... destroying the house of his family and traumatizing the inhabitants and neighbors is just the ticket to ensure that those kids and young ones don't follow in the man's footsteps.
After all "something has to be done".
*thumbs up*
Excuse me while I vomit.
I had a fairly large exam today and handed in the paper I stayed up all night doing (same course, BTW). If I never touch this material again it will be too soon.
In two weeks the second semester exam season is to commence.
*glomps*
Monday and Tuesday there was a bunch of activity on campus planned and arranged by the Student Coalition (with your truly being one part of the planning and arranging team. Yes, I'm touting my own horn) regarding the Occupation, as June marked 41 years of the Occupation in Gaza and the West Bank).
On Monday we arranged an open discussion regarding the One State Solution and the Two State solution. It was great, as a whole bunch of opinions were heard and discussed.
The majority were Leftists, obviously - though the posters and fliers were worded to not be too demagogic or partial, we wanted the Mainstream student body to come a listen - of which there a few but out of thirty or so people that quickly dwindled to twenty to fifteen there weren't a whole lot of Liberals, though those that were there spiced things us a bit.There were no outright Rightists, as they know us and hate us... that's okay, we don't like them much either.
On Tuesday we had a myth busting session; an ICAHD activist gave a hugely informative lecture about the population control that goes on in the West Bank (specifically East Jerusalem, which is a world in and of itself within the Occupation discourse) under the guise of Security and how that word is used as a motivation for a whole slew of attacks against civilians in the West Bank (these attacks include House Demolitions, "Check Points", the Separation Wall etc. etc.).
After the ensuing discussion and break we had MBC reporter Qasem Hatib who came to talk to us about the "No Palestinian Partner" myth and discourse. We discussed how that particular discourse became prevalent in the Barak and Camp David years (and following) and how it has been used since then as a political tool by Israel to keep the status quo (not what he said, but what I gleaned from his very cynical journalistic words - such a pessimist, made us idealists all sad... kidding, I don't think I've ever met a bigger bunch of cynics than those in the Coalition).
Very successful half week so far, I'd say.
So it was a good, if stressful week on campus.
Wednesday was a bad day for Jerusalem.
A man went on a killing spree on a tractor. At this point there are at least three dead (Elizabeth Goren-Friedman, Bat-Sheva Unterman and one whose identity hasn't been released to the press yet and dozens injured, my friends and family are fine and I have no one to thank other than Luck and Chance, which you know I'm fine with that. I hope none of those injured die later tonight or over the rest of the week.
The man who went on the rampage was a Palestinian man - Hussam Dwayat - with an Israeli citizenship who lived in East Jerusalem and it at the moment neither Hamas, Islamic Jihad or any other militia groups are taking responsibility for the attack, so it could have been an independent action or just some psycho who lost it and decided to run amok.
The government responses to the attack that I've been reading in the press have been really disturbing. And in light of the information I had refreshed and gained through the week's political activities on campus, there is an added layer of insidiousness to what I'm reading (I don't care if you call me a conspiracy theorist, though it really isn't what I'm doing).
There has been talk before about revoking the rights of relatives of Terrorists.
Now the bill to actually enable the rights into being revoked passed the first call in the Knesset, which means that these proper citizens of Israel will be stripped of their ID's and Passports and be deported to Gaza... I wonder if they deport the relatives of other murderers.
In the mean time, in order to punish the dead guy there is plan on making his family homeless.
Yeah, that'll teach that dead guy and his friends who hate Israelis... destroying the house of his family and traumatizing the inhabitants and neighbors is just the ticket to ensure that those kids and young ones don't follow in the man's footsteps.
After all "something has to be done".
*thumbs up*
Excuse me while I vomit.
