On Fri Dec 1 14:18:41 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = malcolm
submit_by = .....
subject = map of palestine with administrative regions
comments = i'm trying to map some of the stats i've got from your
site using GIS software, but I can't find a graphic or
ArcView file showing me what the actual governing boundaries are.
I don't know where Nablus begins or ends, so i don't know how to
index its census data with the region on a map. Can you help?
sincerely, Malcolm E.
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On Fri Dec 1 05:34:52 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = KAMAL ......
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subject = INTIFADA POETRY AND POET
comments = DEAR FREINDS,
I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSLATE TO DUTCH AND TO FRENCH
INTIFADA POETS AND INTIFADA POETRY. CAN YOU ADVISE AND HELP ME TO
GET IN CONTACT WITH ANY POET, OF TO GET SOME OF INTIFADA POETRY,
AND HOW TO GET THE AUTORISATION TO TRANSLATE IT AND TO PUBLISH IT
?
THANK YOU, FREINDLY
KAMAL BEN HAM?DA
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Wa alaykom as-salaam,
Thank you for your message and inquiry.
yes, by all means - provided indicate the source and link to our
main page.
Good luck,
_____________________________________
Palestine-Net
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> On Fri Dec 1 07:02:37 2000,
> The following information was submitted:
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> name = ziad ...
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> subject = copy right
> comments = alsalm alykom...
> my name is Ziad and I am studying at De montfort University
in England..I
am doing a project about palestine and israel ( web site), and i
found very
good sources in your site, so i am just wondering if i can use
these sources
on my website as an educational reasons.
> thank you
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On Tue Nov 28 17:28:12 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = Angeles ...
submit_by = ...
subject = enquiry about palestinians in the exile
comments = Thank you very much for your answer to my request
about the possibility of publishing any of your reports.
I would like to know how to get some information about any
palestinian in the exile, as we are working in a project about
exiled people from all over the world. Could you please send me
some information? For example I have heard about the poets Jabra
Ibrahim Jabra and Tawfiq Sayigh, so if you have some documents
about their biography and works, I would be very thankful for any
information you could provide me and if not from them, maybe you
know about others. When the publication is finished, I will send
you a copy.
Thank you very much and congratulations for your work.
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On Tue Nov 28 14:20:46 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = dr.g. ...
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subject = old arab villages near Abu Gosh and neve ilan
comments = i am interested in more informations about arab
villages, which are destroyed in 1948 and later near Abu Gosh and
neve ilan.
dr.g.janssen/germany
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On Mon Nov 27 23:10:50 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = Jennifer ...
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subject = Food of Palestine
comments = HI, I was wondering if you could send me some
information on the food of PAlestine- what you eat, when, types
of meals, and special traditions. I am doing a research
project on Palestine and would appreciate the info. thank you
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On Mon Nov 27 21:49:15 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = Imraan ...
submit_by = ...
subject = Unity Of Muslims
comments = To Whom It May Concern
Assalamou Alaikoum
Now that we have reached the holy month of Ramadan the conflict
is still going on in Palestine and day after day there is more
victims.Muslims should be united.Just look at the time of the
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) and at the time of The Calipha Omar (r.a)
how the Muslims were united and how they were a powerful nation.If
today all the Muslims countries were united this conflict would
not have reached its actual state.Every nation would have feared
the Muslims.Even America.That is why America is not doing nothing
against Israel.America wants to see the Muslims disunited.They
fear that one day Muslims are united again.
And that is what we should all try to do.We should try to unite
all the Muslims countries.Look at the geographical position of
Israel.It is surrounded by Muslim countries.And still we cannot
do nothing.If only Muslims are united then shall we do
something against Israel.Can you pass on this message to Yaser
Arafat.Remember that every Muslims should be doing something to
unite the Muslims.Some Muslim coutries are very powerful, not in
terms of guns but in terms of petrol(black old).If Saudi Arabia
don't provide Amerca with its petrol can you just imagine
what would happen.America would not be able to run its cars and
all the war vehicules because they need our petrol to run their
vehicules.And with our petrol they come to destroy us.So thats
why I believe Muslims should be united.Mr Arafat should convey
all the Muslim countries and discuss about the Unity of the
Muslims.And could you please pass on this message to Mr Yaser
Arafat..And I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the
Muslims in the world a Ramadan Mubarak.
Assalamou Alaikoum .
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On Mon Nov 27 20:15:34 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = PCL-R ...
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subject = Support to Palestine
comments = In Solidarity with the Palestinian People
The Palestinian struggle for national independence continues, in
spite of the mounting Israeli aggression against the Palestinian
people and the clear bias by the United States in favor of Israel.
The US is providing Israel with unlimited support in its
continuing aggressions against the Arab peoples and its
continuing occupation of the Palestinian land, undermining the
Palestinians' rights of self-determination, their rights in an
independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, and their right
of return to their lands. This comes at a time when all efforts
for resolution are controlled by the US, after the exclusion of
the European and Russian initiatives.
Throughout the world, US policies are leading to the
encouragement of national and ethnic conflicts and civil wars, in
order to prepare for the US's military involvement in the role of
the "global policeman". These policies have all but
destroyed the notion of the so-called "international law"
and led to the hindering of international bodies, such as the UN,
and especially its Security Council. The United Nations has
become a tool for blackmailing entire nations and countries for
the self-interest of the United States, and, on the other hand, a
tool for covering-up crimes perpetrated by countries supported by
the US.
Under the guise of the "impartial judge" and the "defender
of democracy", the US commits the worst disciplinary and
oppressive measures against the peoples of the planet. The
American regime plays the same role within its own borders
through the oppression of ethnic and cultural minorities and
political activists. One of the principal examples is Mumia Abu
Jamal who is facing the death sentence next month following an
unjust and comical trial, proving the prejudice and racism of the
United State's legal system.
This racism is also plainly apparent in the case of the Native
inhabitants of North America, who, after dealing with almost
complete genocide, are now facing the most horrible types of
political and cultural oppression. Their enclosure in "refugee
camps" and the continuing unlawful imprisonment of Leonard
Peltier are but two examples.
The above examples prove the necessity of unifying and
coordinating efforts of the Arab peoples in a plan for struggle
that is in unity with worldwide struggles against the political
and economic hegemony of the United States.
We call on all Lebanese youth and students to join us in the
demonstration against the American Embassy in Awkar on Wednesday
29/11/2000 at 13:00.
Independent Leftist Groups
Direct Course Group
People's Movement
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On Mon Nov 27 10:15:11 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = jay ...
submit_by = ...
subject = questions about palestine
comments = Are the following statements true?...there is not/has
been a currency of Palestine...there has not been a Palestianian
language...there has not been a Palestinian capital in a
Palistian country...? I am searching for answers to thse
questions. Please advise/thanks for your help
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On Mon Nov 27 06:11:11 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = bilal ...
submit_by = ...
subject = DEAR YASIN
comments = 1. What happened at Deir Yassin beginning April 9,
1948?
About 100-120 of its residents, a great number of whom were women
and children, were massacred. The village was a Palestinian Arab
town of about 750 located west of Jerusalem. The "massacre"
actually occurred in three distinct phases to be discussed below.
2. Who perpetrated the massacre?
Members of the two Revisionist ("right-wing") Zionist
paramilitaries, the Irgun Zvai Leumi (Irgun) and Lochamei Herut
Yisrael (Lehi or Stern Gang).
3. Why do we hear that 254 were killed?
On the evening of April 9th the Irgun leader publicly exaggerated
the death toll in order to terrorize Arabs in Palestine. This was
near the end of the British Mandate as Arab-Jewish fighting
escalated. The 254 figure is almost certainly an exaggeration,
but not an Arab exaggeration.
4. Why did they attack that village?
Probably because they knew it would be easy as it was a village
that had stayed out of the escalating fighting in Palestine. The
Irgun and Lehi had never fought a regular military operation
before, or combined their forces before, preferring separate
guerrilla and terrorist activities. They also wanted to take part
in a new Zionist offensive near Jerusalem but rejected joining in
an attack on other villages alongside regular Zionist forces.
5. What were their plans for the village?
Their top consideration was economic as this was during Abdul
Khader al- Husseini’s cutoff of supplies to Jewish West
Jerusalem. As attack plans grew, however, they discussed
massacring all the villagers or just the males and any other
resisters. The purpose was to frighten Palestine’s Arab
residents into flight and defeat and to take revenge for attacks
and previous atrocities perpetrated against Jewish forces. An
order from Irgun Commander-in-Chief Menachem Begin reportedly
told them to observe the Geneva Convention. Whether this order
was taken seriously or passed along effectively is unclear. It is
clear that the night before the attack some were still talking
about inflicting large casualties to send a message of fear to
the Arabs of Palestine.
6. When exactly was the village attacked?
About 4:45 a.m. on Friday morning April 9, 1948. The attackers
numbered 120- 130. They came from two or three directions. They
had a loudspeaker to warn the villagers to flee, but the small
truck carrying it got stuck on the road from Givat Shaul and its
broadcast was not heard widely or perhaps at all.
7. Did the villagers of Deir Yassin fight back?
Yes. There was a village watch that was armed and some men of the
village began to stand their ground when the initial attack
faltered. The village had an agreement with the Zionist Haganah
militia to avoid mutual attacks, but the Haganah felt unable or
unwilling to stop the other Zionists from attacking.
8. When did the massacre occur?
The massacre occurred in three phases: the "hot blood"
massacre, the "warm blood" massacre (the main massacre),
and the "cold blood" massacre. The first occurred
during the initial fighting; the second occurred after the
village resistance was defeated, and the third occurred after
captured villagers were paraded in Jerusalem.
9. How quickly did the Irgun and Lehi capture the village?
Actually they did not capture Deir Yassin. Their attack was so
badly executed that the villagers drove them off important high
ground, forced the Irgun to retreat, and forced the whole attack
to stop after they had seized a portion of the village east of
the main square. A Haganah unit first used machine gun fire to
cover the Irgun retreat, and also to block villagers and other
help from coming back to Deir Yassin from Ein Kerem where many
had fled. The Irgun and Lehi were so untrained and uncoordinated
that they began throwing grenades without removing the pins and
many could not operate their guns. They suffered 36 wounded and
four killed. It is possible many of their casualties were caused
by their own people or by the Haganah. Finally about 10:00 a.m.,
a unit of Palmach (the elite forces of the Haganah) arrived with
a mortar and fired at the mukhtar’s house where a few
Arab men had taken up a strong position. These elite troops
quickly drove the Arabs out and moved through the village to
silence all further resistance.
10. When did the massacre begin?
The "hot-blooded" aspect of the massacre began in the
initial morning combat. Frustrated and angry at the village
resistance, many of the guerilla’s began shooting at
anyone they saw; some simply shot or stabbed people that they
found or caused to surrender.
11. Did the Haganah participate in the massacre?
It appears some of their forces may have shot a captured man they
assumed to be an Arab irregular soldier. But their forces quickly
left apparently not wanting to entangle themselves with Irgun and
the Lehi.
12. How did the main massacre proceed?
After the Palmach left, the Irgun and Lehi units began to "clean
out" the houses where many people of the village were hiding.
Enraged at the village resistance, humiliated in front of the
Haganah, traumatized by the casualties they took which seemed
large in their first combat, and energized by an ideology of
ethnic warfare, they forced those in the houses _- mostly women,
children, and old people -_ against walls and gunned them down.
Sometimes they threw hand grenades at them. This is the "warm
blood" massacre, as a witness described it. It was not „hot
blood“ because they were no longer in combat, but they
were still enraged by combat.
13. Were there other killings of prisoners?
Yes. Sometime after this, about 10-25 captured Arab men were
executed by firing squad in a quarry near the village. They
appear to have been "paraded", i.e., exhibited as
prisoners, on trucks prior to their execution. Other women,
children, and elderly were also paraded before the population of
west Jerusalem.
14. Were there other atrocities?
Yes. The most well observed was the parading of the prisoners in
public on the afternoon of the battle. Although other atrocities
are still debated, it is appears certain that looting occurred,
along with robbery of individuals. Mutilation of some bodies is
quite probable and there is credible evidence of sexual
atrocities. Torture and terrorization of captives appears likely
to have occurred as well. Obviously, the perpetrators of such
actions do not admit them and only some occurred in general view.
Also, the victims and their families themselves downplay these
out of respect for the deceased and a traditional peasant
village’s sense of community and family honor.
15. How did Deir Yassin affect history?
This also is still very debatable. It is generally agreed that
the massacre had some, if not great, effect in causing
Palestinian Arabs to flee during the 1948 war, thereby causing or
aggravating the Palestinian refugee problem. News of the massacre
also increased the level of demands in the Arab world for
military action in support of the Palestinian Arabs in 1948. It
has to some degree affected relationships between Israeli
political parties, as the massacre at Deir Yassin has been cited
as grounds for criticizing the Likud movement which is the
political descendant of the guerrilla groups which took part in
the massacre.
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On Sun Nov 26 22:02:22 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = Dave ...
submit_by = ...
subject = Middle east conflict
comments = How can there ever be a peace treaty signed when the U.S.
always backs whatever israel wants? I can understand the
frustration you are going through. Thanks for letting me respond
Dave L
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On Sun Nov 26 04:38:37 2000,
The following information was submitted:
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name = Majid ...
submit_by = ...
subject = A Plastic Peace in Palestine
comments = Dear webmaster
This is my point of view regarding what has been going on in
Palestine during the last 100 years. Its is short poem on justice
that we all should defend
Best wishes.
A Plastic peace in Palestine
By: Majid Al-Barghouthy*
With the blood of the bold,
With guns and gold,
Many wars were made
In this part of the world
Some thought that peace was cheaper;
It cost a plastic pen and a piece of paper.
They tried to stop the fighting waves,
By signing the peace of the braves.
Peacemakers did not think once or twice
That an expensive thing retains its price
That peace could be for all,
If justice were the final goal.
As long as tanks remain above the law
Against them all our rocks will fly and flow
Against them all we stand
Until they go and leave our land
Till then you’ll see one line:
A plastic peace in Palestine!
* A Palestinian poet
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