Of Hajah Zainab – Is Palestine Still the Central Issue for Arabs? For years, the discussion has veered elsewhere, to other regions. Arab regional alliances are no longer driven. Palestine.”Whether one blames that neglect on the so- called Arab Spring, or explains it. Its past and present are laden with military. Asa winstanley's bi-monthly take on Palestinian issues. New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, October 22, 2011 0:31 - 3 Comments Palestine is Still the Issue Palestine is Still the Issue. Great video about Palestine / Israel conflict. This documentary has to be seen and is important in understanding the Middle East. Search the history of over 502 billion pages on the Internet. 2002 documentary on a VERY important topic. In 1977, the award-winning journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger, made a documentary called Palestine Is Still The Issue. He told how almost a million Palestinians had been forced off their land in 1948, and again in 1967. In this in-depth documentary, he has returned to the West Bank of the Jordan. In Hamas-controlled Gaza, sporadic rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air raids still take place. In November 2012, the representation of Palestine in UN was upgraded to a non-member observer State, and its mission title was changed from 'Palestine. Directed by Tony Stark. A documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has lasted for more than 50 years. Contains some interviews with the children in this conflict. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot. Is this a question of history, the Arab Spring, or regional rivalry? We are all Hajah Zainab. At the age of 2. 1, I crossed Gaza into Egypt to pursue a degree in political. The timing couldn’t have been worse. The Iraq invasion of Kuwait in. US- led international coalition and a major war, which. US invasion of Iraq in 2. This is a huge bluff of the Israeli establishment, that every criticism of its' policy is anti-semitism. In 1977, the award-winning journalist and film-maker, John Pilger, made a documentary called Palestine Is Still The Issue (1977). He told how almost a million Palestinians had been forced off. I was told that. Palestinians were “hated” in Egypt because of Yasser Arafat’s stance in support. Iraq at the time. I just did not know the extent of that alleged “hate.”It was in a cheap hotel in Cairo, where I slowly ran out of the few Egyptian. I met Hajah Zainab, a kindly, old custodian who. Watch PALESTINE IS STILL THE ISSUE online now - the United Kingdom Documentary by director Anthony Stark. In this in-depth documentary, John Pilger has returned to the West Bank of the Jordan and Gaza to ask why the Palestinians, whose right of return.She looked unwell, wobbled as she walked, and leaned. Still, the gentleness in her eyes prevailed, and. Hajah Zainab wept for two reasons: taking pity on me as I was fighting a deportation. Cairo – for no other reason than the fact that I was a Palestinian. Arafat endorsed Saddam. I grew desperate and dreaded the possibility. Israeli intelligence, Shin Bet, which was likely to summon me. I crossed the border back to Gaza. The other reason is. Hajah Zainab’s only son, Ahmad, had died fighting the Israelis in Sinai. Zainab’s generation perceived Egypt’s wars with Israel, that of 1. Palestine was a central cause. No amount of self- serving. But the war of 1. With direct, massive support from the US and. Arab armies were soundly beaten, routed at three different. Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank were lost, along with the Golan. Heights, the Jordan Valley and Sinai. It was then that some Arab countries’ relations with Palestine began changing. Without the pivotal Egyptian leadership, Arab countries. As Palestine –. all of it – was then under Israeli control, Arabs slowly walked away from what. Arab nation. Eventually, Egypt fought and celebrated its piecemeal victory of the 1. The negative repercussions of that agreement cannot. However, the Egyptian people, despite the passing of time, have. Israel. Chasm. In various Arab countries, a chasm still exists between the government, whose. Palestinian campaign in various media, are ever determined. Israel until Palestine is free. Unlike the well- financed media circus that has demonized Gaza in recent years. Hajah Zainab have very few platforms where they can openly express. Palestinians. In my case, I was lucky enough to run. Palestine and her only son all those. Nevertheless, that very character, Zainab, was reincarnated in my. I met her in Iraq in 1. She was an old vegetable. Iraq’s Sadr City. I met her in Jordan in 2. She was a cabbie. Palestinian flag hanging from his cracked rearview mirror. She was also. a retired Saudi journalist I met in Jeddah in 2. Moroccan student I. Paris in 2. 01. 3. After my talk, she sobbed as she told. Palestine for her people is like a festering wound. So, did the Arabs betray Palestine? The question is heard often, and it is. Yes, they did.” The demonizing of Gaza. Arab media, the targeting and starving of Palestinians in Yarmouk, Syria. Lebanon, the mistreatment of Palestinians in Iraq in 2. Some insist that the “Arab. Spring” was the last nail in the coffin of Arab solidarity with Palestine. I beg to differ. The outcome of the ill- fated “Arab Spring” was a massive letdown. Palestinians but of most Arabs. The Arab world. has turned into a massive ground for dirty politics between old and new rivals. But millions more like her still. Palestine, as they continue to seek their. Ramzy Baroud (www. Palestine. Chronicle. His latest. Father was A Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story (Pluto Press). Read more by Ramzy Baroud.
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