You may not be rich or have much, but giving time, energy and effort to help a fellow human is priceless and what humanity is about. Unfortunately, governments are trying to stop community and togetherness, governments preference is isolation, fear and division because it generates money for them. Just take a look at what was community and ask yourself why it's being phased out. This year when you go to the Million Mask March, Vendetta or any march, bring a sandwich with you and possibly a flask containing a hot drink or cuppa soup to give to someone who doesn't have the comfort of a home to go back to, kitchen to cook in, pillow or bed to lay their tired, cold and aching body on and keep warm. We are all a step away from homelessness, it is in your best interest to learn and educate yourself about how easy it is to end up on the street from your warm safe home. Help your fellow human, because Governments won't, they're doing the opposite, they're hiding the real figures so the uneducated don't know how big the homelessness problem is and keep calm and carry on, no questions asked. If you can give your time, energy and effort to help, here's some ideas to be going on with:
One day it could be you on the streets, there are many reasons why it happens, the drug and alcohol abuse reason is a myth, that's just a way of escaping the horrors on the streets. We are one pay cheque away from being homeless. I'm hoping you see the benefit of helping out your fellow human, after all who knows when you may need a helping hand from someone that you don't know and are too distressed to ask.
If you have the cash to do so, I'd suggest filling some sandwiches and buying a flask and giving them out to those that need a meal and roof over their head. If you have a little more cash to spare I'd suggest filling a back pack with some or may be all of these items: Toiletries / wet ones Towl flannel Socks Hat Gloves Any food Blanket or sleeping bag Silver foil shelter/tent /blanket ebay 99p Hand warmers 99p Think as if your off hiking for a few days so what would you need to put in? The more the governments around the globe squeeze the economy in favour of war and austerity, the more we need to look out for our fellow humans, we all have common ancestors and are part of the same family, time we looked after one another, because governments are only interested in generating money, the time of looking after their people has gone. QUESTION 1 - What should have been done (and what should be done now) with the many thousands of Palestinians who had lived on their land for centuries when the State of Israel was founded?
How is forcing them off their ancestral land and into refugee camps any different from what we did to the Native Americans in the 1800′s (other than the time period) which is now almost universally regarded as genocide? Both situations feature intimidation, killing, and the taking of land. Even though there is much controversy as to whether the Palestinians left voluntarily, a number of even Israeli and IDF sources say that the exodus was primarily involuntary but due to the deliberate actions of the Israelis. Rich Forer’s book covers this in detail. But let’s assume for the moment that the myth of voluntary (without any threat or intimidation) exodus is predominantly correct. How does that change anything? I can understand some people leaving to escape a war zone, but when the active conflict is over, why should they not be able to go back to their home, orchards, and fields, and continue their life from where they left off? Why should Israel have rights to the land on which the Palestinians had been living for hundreds of years? Reports indicate that over 1 million Iraqis have fled their homes in northern Iraq. By leaving “voluntarily” in the face of the intimidation and brutality of ISIS, have they given up their rights to return to their homes? QUESTION 2 - By what right does Israel continue to take over more Palestinian land, and continue to bulldoze Palestinian homes and orchards and build settlements in the territories that were declared to be Palestinian by the UN in 1948? The entire rest of the world (even the US) has declared the settlements to be illegal, yet Israel continues to take more land. US leaders are all apparently too intimidated to stand up to Israel to force them to stop their illegal expansion. We continue to send them massive amounts of money and equipment. Again, how is that expansion different from the genocide and forced migrations perpetrated by the US on the Native Americans? QUESTION 3 - Given Israel’s relentless expansion, consistently over decades, beyond their given territory, how can anyone conclude anything other than that Israel’s covert plan is eventually to annex all of Palestine (again, like what we did to the Native American lands)? QUESTION 4 - If you agree that expansion to annex all of Palestine is the covert goal of Israel, how could you possibly conclude that Israel has ever negotiated anything in good faith? Note that even at the acceptance of the 1947 UN Resolution partition, Ben-Gurion pledged to his party that the boarders established were “not final”, thus their acceptance was merely a tactical necessity as a prelude to further expansion. Why would Israel genuinely agree to any ending of hostilities if their actual (covert) goal is to expand Israel to include all of Palestine? What would you do if full annexation were your actual goal from the start? Note also that for the 1947 partition, the Palestinians were neither consulted nor compensated, so how could that plan be the basis for peace? How could you expect the Palestinians not to fight back against that existential assault? QUESTION 5 - If you agree that Israel has the (above) covert agenda, how can you conclude that any peace discussions or dialog would possibly result in a peaceful solution to the conflict? Boycott H&M; Boycott Israel - buy from Sabbah Store (Collected Commission Donated to Palestinian Children Charities) Of course, some Muslims have the covert agenda of establishing a Sharia Law theocracy, and there are many Muslim (and non-Muslim) countries with abhorrent records of the treatment of women, for instance, but that does not justify Israel’s assault and annexation of Palestinian land. Furthermore, many Palestinian leaders are secular and understand the dangers of theocracies. QUESTION 6 - Given the above, how do you think Palestinians should respond against such insults and atrocities? How would you respond if you were a Palestinian whose home and/or livelihood (orchards, farmland, etc.) was just bulldozed with little to no notice and with no compensation – to make room for a new settlement of Jews who are actually subsidized to live on what had been your land for hundreds of years? QUESTION 7 - In what way is the Goldstone report on the 2008-2009 War on Gaza inaccurate in finding that the vast majority of war crimes were perpetrated by Israel? You can find the report at:http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/12session/A-HRC-12-48.pdf The author is a well-regarded Jewish jurist from South Africa who was commissioned to investigate war crimes. He initially refused when the mandate was to investigate only Israeli war crimes. Once the charter of the investigation was enlarged to look at war crimes perpetrated by both sides, he was willing to participate. Note that he documents war crimes on both sides; it’s not all about Israel, but Israel holds the cards. The Palestinian options available for responding to Israel’s occupation are severely limited because of Israel’s military and technological prowess. Here are some quotes from the report: Military objectives as stated by the Government of Israel do not explain the facts ascertained by the Mission, nor are they congruous with the patterns identified by the Mission during the investigation. While the Israeli Government has sought to portray its operations as essentially a response to rocket attacks in the exercise of its right to self-defence, the Mission considers the plan to have been directed, at least in part, at a different target: the people of Gaza as a whole. It is clear from evidence gathered by the Mission that the destruction of food supply installations, water sanitation systems, concrete factories and residential houses was the result of a deliberate and systematic policy by the Israeli armed forces. It was not carried out because those objects presented a military threat or opportunity, but to make the daily process of living, and dignified living, more difficult for the civilian population. QUESTION 8 - Why do you suppose that many Jews, including Israelis, at risk of being hit by rockets and subject to governmental persecution, and especially those who have actually been to Gaza, support Palestinian rights? In fact, just this week (August 16, 2014) there was a massive (estimates of 10,000 people) anti-Gaza War demonstration in Tel Aviv. On the other hand, you’d be hard-pressed to find even one Palestinian anywhere in the world who supports Israel’s position. Why do you think Jews would oppose their own government’s policies if the perspective of Israel and the US corporate media on the conflict were accurate? And no, it’s not because they’re “self-hating Jews” (a meaningless term). Am I a “self-hating American” because I oppose my government’s fraudulent wars and consistent support of terrorists and brutal dictators? Rich Forer’s book has a chapter specifically addressing the “self-hating Jew” issue. From the Goldstone report: The Mission is of the view that actions of the Israeli Government during and following the military operations in the Gaza Strip, including interrogation of political activists, repression of criticism and sources of potential criticism of Israeli military actions, in particular NGOs, have contributed significantly to a political climate in which dissent with the Government and its actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is not tolerated. QUESTION 9 - Why is the United States the only country in the world that supports Israel in the UN (aside from 3 minor Pacific Island countries)? Does the entire rest of the world (dictatorships and democracies, Muslim and Christian alike) know something that the US refuses to acknowledge? And no, it’s not “universal antisemitism”. That’s unwarranted paranoia left over from World War 2. Israel is a pariah precisely because of their treatment of the Palestinians. In addition, Israel has violated by far the most UN Resolutions of any country in the world. The US is only number 2 in that regard. Remember that UN Resolution violations was one of the excuses the US used to invade Iraq in 2003. QUESTION 10 - Why does Israel have discriminatory (against Palestinians) laws (50 by some counts), many passed in the 1950s and 1960s? Many of Israel’s laws are based on (and thus favor) Judaism, not unlike Sharia Law is based on Islam. Both result in theocracies to some degree, and bad governance and human rights violations. One absurd example is that Israel built some good roads in the West Bank on which Palestinians are specifically prohibited from driving. What connection does that have to terrorism (if that is the excuse given for the differential treatment)? Note that even if you were black in the southern U.S. during the 1950′s, you could (legally anyway) drive on all roads in the country. How is that not apartheid, like South Africa’s apartheid used to be? QUESTION 11 - What’s wrong with talking with so-called terrorists? Not only is one man’s terrorist another man’s freedom fighter, but history shows many examples where genuine dialog with terrorists produces peace (the IRA in Ireland, and South Africa come to mind), whereas continuing to do what hasn’t worked for over 60 years and expecting different results is often defined as insanity. In addition, the first leaders of Israel were terrorists against the original British occupation of the region.Of course, the dialog must be genuine, and both sides must desire peace rather than using the dialog for posturing and propaganda purposes. One side wanting peace while the other side constantly sabotages peace guarantees failure of the peace process and continued conflict.Peace will come to the Middle East when both sides can (from the Beautiful Wave movie): Look into the eyes of your enemy, and when you can see yourself, then you can talk. By Paul Kinzelman Read more on the original article: Sabbah Report http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2014/08/21/questions-ask-pro-israeli-friends/ 'When forces of oppression come to maintain
themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.' - Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. |