HOSTILE ENTITY

by Malik Isasis



















Just how far is the Israeli government ready to go to continue its policy of colonization of the Palestinian people? On Wednesday, September 19, 2007 the Israeli government declared Gaza a “Hostile Entity”, which will give the Israeli government the green light to shut off food supplies, electricity, and water to 1.5 millions Palestinians. Israel's new policy is likely to exacerbate an already humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Is Israel calling the trees, water, rocks and soil of the Gaza Strip, hostile? If my calculations are right, and it’s not the topography that is hostile, it must be the 1.5 million people.

The decision to declare the Palestinians a “Hostile Entity” was reportedly due to the frequent rocket attacks by individuals and or groups in the Gaza Strip. The Turkish Press reported, ”Although the frequent rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip are rarely carried out by Hamas, Israel holds the group responsible, claiming it does nothing to stop them”.

Coincidently, the Missing in Action Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice emerged from hiding to pay a visit to Israel. She said Hamas was "indeed a hostile entity. It is a hostile entity to the US as well," then she stuck her head back up her ass.

Rice followed that statement with this, “[Washington]will not abandon the innocent Palestinians in Gaza and indeed will make every effort to deal with their humanitarian needs." Remember the 30-Day Israel-Lebanon War of August 2006? Rice refused to call a cease fire, stating instead, “false promise if it simply returns us to the status quo.” She added, “Syria knows what it needs to do and Hezbollah is the source of the problem.” Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Forces were dropping U.S. made incendiary, bunker-busting bombs, and bombs laced with white phosphorous, which is a chemical agent that melts the skin like wax, on the civilian population of Lebanon.

Are Arabs and Muslims suppose to believe her when she says that the United States “will not abandon the innocent Palestinians in Gaza”? Why would they when she just referred to them as a “Hostile Entity?”

How is Hamas hostile to us? Have they attacked us? Is Israel the 51st state? Just curious.

Patterns of War




Just as Bush and Co. decided to call accused terrorists “Enemy Combatants”, the Israeli government has decided to call a State or Territory a “Hostile Entity”. The two almost sound alike don’t they? The corporate media doesn’t question these terms or declarations; they just go along with it. These declarations are specifically meant to dehumanize Arabs and Muslims so that the United States, and Israel can colonize, humiliate and subjugate them under the guise of fighting terror.

“Why are you sticking a probe in this man’s ass while hanging him upside down?”
“Enemy combatant, sir.”
“Carry on.”

“In other news, the Israeli Defense Forces continued its air campaign over Gaza, now referred to by Israel as a “Hostile Entity”. Thirty civilians were killed, most were children…O.J. Simpson was again acquitted for….”

Importance of Narrative: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Against all common sense and logic, maybe not, Israeli’s neocons and powerful lobbying group The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) are able to project the folklore of Israel’s as being a victim, but more importantly, like her guilt ridden big sister the United States, Israel feels it is exceptional. As noted in a paper titled, “Israel’s National Security and Myth of Exceptionalism” (Political Quarterly, Vol.114, No. 3, pp.409-434, Autumn 1999) by Gil Merom, “…Americans still believe today that they are inspired by an exceptional idealist creed.
A sense of exceptionalism may also serve collectives, the modern nation-state included, in other instrumental ways. When married to power, a notion of exceptionalism may generate aggression and violence (pp.409).

Built into this exceptionalism is the idea of innocence, benevolence. It is why Americans have difficulty with the idea that it could be a fundamentally white supremacist society, which is why African Americans are made to feel like their crazy when they point out policies and State sponsored violence against them or that the United States has effectively killed 1 million Iraqis under its occupation. The atrocities that were committed against Jews throughout history, specifically during World War II have made the State of Israel hypervigilent. It is difficult for many Jewry to imagine that the Israeli government's subjugation and daily humiliation of Arabs is nothing other than for their safety, rather than the government subjecting a people to some of the same oppression because of racism. Neither America nor Israel was inoculated from the human condition of oppressing the weak.

America is not innocent, or benevolent and neither is its little sister, Israel.

ALL THE RAGE

by Malik Isasis












The Republican Party, or as some in the African American community call them “The White Man’s Party” has passed its fanatical rightwing base’s audit and have been recertified as the racists pieces of shit that they proudly claim to be. The top tier Republican candidates for president all had scheduling conflicts and passed on the Black Forum Debate at Morgan State University, which was to be moderated by PBS’ Tavis Smiley.


"The frontrunners, specifically Mr. Romney, Mr. McCain and Mr. Guiliani, have said to us they will not be on stage at Morgan State University on September 27th. All the Democrats showed up in June, but the front running Republicans have said they will not be there. They have also told Univision that they will not be there for the Hispanic debate. So, collectively, what the Republican frontrunners have told both black and brown Americans is that we don't appreciate you, don't value your issues and you're not a priority to us."

The corporate media as disconnected, and nonsensical as ever has joined in on the tone of the Republican Party’s xenophobia. Here’s what I got out of this week's monitoring MSNBC, FOX NEWS and CNN: black and Arab people are hostile, belligerent; Mexicans are invading; and the Chinese are trying to kill Americans softly. CNN and Fox News are the worst offenders with daily coverage about illegal immigration, which is code for Mexicans and foreign imports, which is code for Chinese.

When Nothing Else Works

When nothing else works, fear.

Black People. Brown People. Yellow people will kill you.

The corporate media, right wing political operatives and the Republican Party are stoking the ignorance of their base, igniting white rage, and there’s nothing scarier in the world than scared white people.

There are 1 million dead in Iraq to prove it.

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