“Baba and I are best friends
We often play and laugh till late
In his arms I felt like a king
Near his heart, I touched the moon”
But, once upon a freaky nightmare
Zipped out in a dark and eery night
Landed upon his Holy-Land
Ogres of death kidnapped his heart
Snatched it off and left a void
He holds on mama tight and weeps
Baba is gone, don’t leave me alone
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“Who am I?
Where did I come from?
What am I doing here?
And why?”
Getting “educated”:
Don’t you know your name?
You are “Anne Smith”, “Tom Foster”, or “Jimmy Brown”
You came to this earth from a mum and dad
And if you travel back in time
You’d unearth your ancestors…
A single dismal cell floating in a murky pool of mud
As to why: you came to stay for a while -for no particular reason-
To play… to learn… to work… to earn… to ache… to pain…
And -for no particular reason-
To suffer… and watch others suffer
Then -for no particular reason-
Only to fade away
Into few molecules
Beneath the ground
Bear in mind… in this crazy world there is only matter; nothing but matter
So nothing really matters
Who ever says otherwise is superstitious… credulous… insecure… irrational
In other words… nothing short of mad
Don’t waste your time philosophising
Chasing hopeless answers for pathetic questions
Seize the moment… grab every chance you can
To play… hunt pleasure… have fun
That is -in truth- the crux of the matter
………………………………………..
“But… but… but what about this heart that sways inside?
Smaller than my fist… greater than the cosmos
What about my thoughts… my consciousness… my mind?
Preceding ancient history… travelling ahead of dreams… surpassing scopes of hope…
Transcending space boundaries…stretching beyond all time …
What about this love I foster?
Colour’s ever green… passion: forest deep…
Vigour: waterfall… taste: honey sweet
Width: ocean azure… length: sky high… breadth: world wide
Would the infinite turn into nothingness?
Would mayhem produce order and law?
Could oblivion bring into being awareness and consciousness?
And if it’s all purposeless, why live in agony… why exist in vain… why stay at all?”
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It is ALL the fault of the Church, you see, the Church turned the Rothschilds into money-lenders
The Rothschilds & Co. hated it, poor things. They strongly resisted going into that unethical business, it just didn’t feel right, besides it was totally against their principles and values.
Filling their coffers from the pockets of the poor, stealing the piece of bread from the mouth of the hungry, and throwing hardworking home-owners in the streets only to get filthy rich was absolutely against everything they believe in. It was all very troubling to their pure conscience.
The Church, because of its “inherent irrational and inexplecable anti-Semitism”, gave them an ultimatum, either lend money with huge interest or else. This is the story behind their involvement in that business, these helpless victims were forced to practice such tough and painful jobs
They couldn’t stand such practices, but they had no other choice, no alternative was allowed. period.
They had no interest in performing such jobs, but they were forced by the Church to lend gentiles money with gross interest, thus they had to do it, they simply had to do it.
You could almost weep for them, the poor selfless souls, for all the hard work they do, printing all these banknotes, day in day out, only to lend it to others (altruism at its best), and what do they get in return? pitiful percentage of interest!
The greed, the greed of the world! What an ungrateful world!
Centuries on, the jealous and hateful world still ungrateful. Instead of looking with awe and admiration at Rothschild’s magnificent empire and mind-blowing achievements and their unwavering dedication to help the population, the world shamelessly dare to accuse them of greed and malevolence behaviour! They even blame them of concentration of wealth and for the rampant poverty in the world .
O ye unfaithful world! when thou shall humble yourself before the masters and express your gratitude. Maybe the world should organise fundraising events to enable the bailing out of banks and to help the poor bankers out of their hardship and distress in such unstable and volatile financial climate!
Oy Vey
Now, seriously, it is shocking to see shifting the blame for the historical involvement of Jews in dealing with usury and money lending towards the church, rather than acknowledging the truth about the origins of such practice.
It is astounding to witness their inability/ unwillingness to admit the ugly reality, namely that Jewish ideology as documented in their “sacred” rather than the “Church” may have something to do with that chronic behaviour, making it an obligation and a mitzvah to lend non-Jews with interest, and only to lend Jews without interest.
The lack of insight, the lying, the chutzpah and the frantic refusal of ever accepting responsibility for their actions is mind-boggling.
Let us look at facts
“When an Israelite lends money to a Gentile or to an “indwelling stranger” (a half-convert of foreign blood), he may and should charge him interest; and when he borrows from such a person he should allow him interest. It is the opinion of Maimonides that for Jews to charge Gentiles interest is a positive command of the written law.”
The following quotations are from the Hebrew Bible, 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation:
“If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him
interest.” (Exodus, 22:25)[29]
“And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee. Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.” (Leviticus, 25:35-37)
“Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.
Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.” (Deuteronomy, 23:20-21)
Wikipedia: Loans_and_interest_in_Judaism
“The Torah expresses regulations against the charging of interest in the Exodus 22:25–27, Leviticus 25:36–37 and Deuteronomy 23:20–21.
In Leviticus loans themselves are encouraged, whether of money or food, emphasizing that they enable the poor to regain their independence, but, like the other two places in the Bible, forbids the charging of interest on the loan.[5] All three places state that the charging of interest is exploitative.
In Exodus and Deuteronomy it is clear that it would be acceptable to charge interest on any loan to a non-Jew.[5].”
Who would do as Jesus did?
Who would kick the money-lenders out?
Of the Land, that is, Holy
Of the Temple… Palestine?
Who would do as Jesus did?
Who would feed the empty tummy?
Who would come to aid the frail?
Who would lend a helping hand?
Who would heal the broken heart?
Who would do as Jesus said?
“Sell his garment and buy one”?
Who would kick the wicked out?
Who would do as Jesus did?
Who would stop the criminals lying?
Who would save the little ones dying?
Who would fend the meek and weak?
Who would scorn the haughty ones?
Who would do as Jesus said?
“Sell his garment and buy one”?
Who would kick the arrogant out?
.
Of course any mention of the background, identity, ideology or allegiances of those usurper bankers, or any attempt to bring to light the evil they to the world, will grant you the crown of “antisemitism”
In this upside-down world
Charity: bailout of bankers adding to the trillions in their “empty” coffers
If we don’t give them that, our world would collapse… yes, collapse
Economy: snatching the last piece of bread from a hungry destitute
Financial growth: interest goes up and up, while life goes down
Could these relentless Zionist wars against Islam has something to do with the fact that the teaching of Islam stands in stark contrast with that of Talmud, ISLAM FORBIDS USURY categorically, and promotes generosity and charity as the foundation of caring society and the fact that Islam rejects financial systems which are built upon interest, credit, debt and the exploitation of the poor ?
“O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but be God-conscious. That ye may (really) prosper” (3:130)
“Woe to those that deal in fraud, Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due. Do they not think that they will be called to account?”(83:1-4)
“If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time till it is easy for him to repay. But if ye remit it by way of charity, that is best for you if ye only knew”. (2:280)
“God will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity: For He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked. Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular prayers and regular charity, will have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. O ye who believe! Be God-conscious, and give up what remains of your demand for usury, if ye are indeed believers.”(2: 276-278 )
”Those who devour usury will not stand except as stands one whom the Evil One by his touch hath driven to madness. That is because they say: “Trade is like usury, but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (the offence) are companions of the Fire: they will abide therein (for ever)” (2:275)
“Allah will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity: for He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked” (2:276)
“Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular prayers and regular charity, will have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve” (2:277)
In fact, when I was young, I used to be puzzled by a verse, in which the usurers are warned in the strongest terms possible, that if they don’t desist from dealing with usury, then let them take notice of a war from God Almighty Himself, against them, indicating that dealing with usury is actually equivalent to waging war against God !
Only in retrospect, and after observing the destructive force of this utterly corrupt system today, and witnessing the largest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind, where the super rich are sucking the world dry, while they foment and finance wars thus bringing choas to the entire planet, that I understand the gravity and obscenity of that system.
There is no future for mankind IF WE FAIL TO dismantle the current financial system, cleanse our societies from such evil and start anew.
“O ye who believe! Be God-conscious and give up what remains of your demand for usury, if ye are indeed believers. If ye do it not, take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger: but if ye repent ye shall have your capital sums; deal not unjustly and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.” (2: 278-279)
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Be optimistic
Always
Never lose hope
Ever
B
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The majestic force of LIFE
Is greater than
The destructive force of evil
Simple as that !
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Dear friends of Palestine,
In recent years, the discussion about alternative solutions in Palestine has intensified. At various conferences held, among other places, in Haifa, Ramallah, Munich, Stuttgart and Dallas, the subject of ODS – One Democratic State – was analysed as a viable solution, i.e. one state for all. This important discussion is now coming to Zurich. Why now? How could ODS be implemented? Where do the current political parties in the region stand? What would this mean for the people and the region? We invite you for an in-depth discussion of ODS on the 17-18th May for a two-day conference in Zurich:
ODS One Democratic State in Palestine / Israel
May 17th 2014: Public symposium at Volkshaus, Zurich: 10:00am to 9:30pm, Stauffacherstrasse 60, 8004 Zurich
– with Ghada Kharmi, Ilan Pappe, Samir Abed-Rabbo, Rania Madi, Yoav Bar, Radi Jarai, Ofra Yeshua-Lyth and many more. In the evening, open discussions with the speakers will be held
May 18th 2014: Workshops sessions for activists and speakers at Quartierzentrum Aussersihl Zurich: 11am to 4pm, Hohlstrasse 67, 8004 Zurich
– with activists from solidarity groups from Switzerland, Germany, Austria & others
All lectures and discussions will be held in English, with little to no translation.
Tickets: will be sold at the door for CHF 35 (basic ticket) or CHF 70 (support ticket: includes donation for event). In cash only, allows access to all activities held on both days; food and drinks not included.
Ticket Reservation: via email to onedemocraticstate@gmx.ch stating your full name, number of tickets, and whether you plan to attend the Saturday, Sunday or all sessions. Please RSVP by latest May 13th.
Presented by:
- ODS: www.onedemocraticstate.org
- GSP: Association Switzerland-Palestine: www.palaestina.ch
- Cafe Palestine: www.cafepalestine.ch
- BDS Switzerland: www.bds-info.ch
Further information about ODS can be found at: www.odspal.jimdo.com and www.ods-palestine.ps
Please distribute this e-mail and flyer to other interested parties and please spread to your websites, Facebook pages, etc.
In Solidarity,
Shirine Dajjani, ODS Zurich
Dear Gabi
I would like to bring to the attention of the conference, to Palestinians who call for ODS and their supporters, the following points hoping that my concerns would be incorporated in the discussion and taken seriously:
a) In calling “Israel” APARTHEID
b) In calling for Abolition of Zionism,
c) In calling for One Democratic State solution as opposed to LIBERATION
d) In the Obliteration of Concepts of Resistance and Liberation
Calling the Zionist entity mere “apartheid”, i.e “separation”, would only serve in concealing the true expansionist GENOCIDAL nature of the Jewish state, thus whitewashing and minimising its century old crimes of ethnic cleansing and slow genocide.Such perception diminishes the Palestinians alienable rights into some modest demands of betterment of treatment by simple changes and modifications to “Israel’s” laws, naively assuming that such aims could be achieved by campaigning to put pressure on “Israel” in order to revise some of its policies.
“Apartheid” presents “Israel” as a “normal” and “legitimate” political system which contains only few holes, some racist laws, and wrong policies which can easily be changed and corrected. Such use would no doubt promote the legitimization of this entity.
From a legal aspect, crimes of apartheid does not carry the same weight under International Law as Crimes against Humanity, which “Israel” is guilty off, thus may be harder to prosecute.
Campaigning to demand that the existing Jewish state, would change some of its policies (rather than to call for its dismantling and delegitimisation, to end this entity, once and for all) would simply enable the total usurpation of historic Palestine.
Zionism is “JEWISH NATIONALISM, an ideology needed at a certain time to BRING JEWS to Palestine and to create a homeland for Jews, and now a significant percentage of them are already there. Zionism has ACHIEVED ALL ITS GOALS. So as an ideology and a concept, it is not even needed anymore, because all its aims have been achieved and abandoning it is surplus.
Imagine if we had an aim and call it RFP (Rat Free Palestine), then in 5 years from now, we achieve that aim, how meaningful can it be if international groups for the rights of rats to come after we achieved our goal, and to demand that we abolish RFP ideology! Their campaign is not only meaningless and pointless but also stupid
.
The one state means in plain language:
1) Inviting the Zionist entity to ANNEX and OCCUPY what is left of Palestine.2) Blessing the invaders with the “right” to keep the LOOT of whatever they have captured through wars of conquest and aggression.
3) Enabling the invaders to ENLARGE and EXPAND their entity, a small step towards a “greater israel”.
4) Embracing the finalization of the Zionist project.
5) Campaigning to upgrade the Palestinians’ status from “occupied Palestinian” to “slave Israelis”, living under the boot of Jewish supremacists who see Palestinians and other goyim as animals created only to serve Jews.
6) Absolving war criminals, murderers and land grabbers of all responsibility before the law, nay, rewarding them for their crimes.
This poll which clearly concludes that “Most of the Jewish public in Israel supports the establishment of an apartheid regime in Israel if it formally annexes the West Bank“
Is this “one-israeli-state” what Palestinians have been “yearning” for, for decades?Is this what they have been striving for and have sacrificed their lives for generations to achieve ?Is this what will fulfill their aspiration and make their sacrifices worthwhile?
Hereby, for the sake of historical truth, and for defending, preserving and protecting the rights of future Palestinian children, I call upon this conference, and upon my brothers and sister, Palestinians and supporters alike to unite under the banner of LIBERATION, affirming our Inalienable Rights and clarifying our aims and aspirations to ourselves and to the world by SIGNING this Declaration
There is also a realistic proposal for our Jewish supporters who are serious about helping Palestinians in regaining their rights
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Deep… deep inside…
In the land of sorrow… where I reside
Where only pain reigns
Passion becomes resistance
Love grows rebellious
And hope stands tall
Grief runs deep
Cutting through hills and mountains
In the caves and underground
Far beyond my reach
It was raining agony… that day
Restless… agitated… weighed down
Haunted by my nightmare
You’re never coming home
Looking up… into sky
Yelling for help
My soul whispers
Here I am God… exhausted… give me your hand… come to my aid
Here I am God… full of sorrow… and anguish…ease my pain
Here I am God… hurt and tired… help me…hold me… heal me
Here I am God… lonely… be my friend and companion
Here I am God… lost… guide me… show me the way
And like a dazzling morning at the crack of dawn, dispelling all darkness
Like gentle rain drops drizzling over a parched piece of land
Like a rainbow flowing piercing through thick murky clouds
Like sweet scent of love drifting capturing your heart
Like a velvet ruby rose blooming right before your eyes
Like a soft warm blanket in a cold winter night
Like a tender mother’s hand stroking her child
I felt
God’s loving-hand
Then…
Then this sweet… sweet comfort
Gently overwhelming
Lovingly embracing
Tenderly holding
Magically transforming
That distressed soul with a troubled heart
In this land of sorrow
Suddenly
Pain is overthrown and Passion reigns again
And sweet… sweet comfort falls down as rain
Calm descends
Serenity prevails
Tranquillity enfolds
Joy blooms
And sweet… sweet comfort falls down as rain
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This love I have for you
Holds me, lifts me, carries me through
When all is dark
When pain is deep
When love is scarce
When friends are few
This love I have for you
Holds me, lifts me, carries me through
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