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Today's
Photos
Palestinian police escort
the body of Ali al-Yaseany, draped with Palestinian and Hamas flags,
during his funeral procession through the streets of the West Bank town of
Ramallah Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001. Al-Yaseany, 26, was killed in a fire
fight that erupted when Israeli army forces entered Palestinian-controlled
territory in Ramallah.
A Palestinian policeman
looks out from a hole blasted in the wall of a seaside Palestinian naval
installation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip,
Saturday Sept. 15, 2001. Israeli forces fired missiles from the air and
from the ground Saturday at three separate Palestinian security targets in
the Gaza Strip, injuring 12 Palestinians and damaging buildings, witnesses
and officials said.
Palestinians sit next the
rubble of their destroyed house after it was attacked by Israeli
bulldozers and tanks at Bait Hanoun north of the Gaza Strip September 15,
2001.
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LATEST NEWS FROM PALESTINE
Khader
al-Yaseany, right, lies on a hospital bed to be treated for
shock as family members grieve the death of his son Ali
al-Yaseany, 26, who was killed in the West Bank town of
Ramallah, early morning Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001. Israeli tanks
and troops entered the Palestinian city of Ramallah early
Sunday.
Letter From Ramallah - "Israel is pounding us even as I
write"
Sept 16, 2001 - Ramallah
I am writing to you now to the sound of Israel's "Defense
Forces" pounding the living daylights out of my hometown
Ramallah. As the whole world is too busy paying tributes to
the victims of terror attacks in NYC and DC, Israel has had a
field day in terror attacks of their own on us here. Since the
attacks in the US, the Israelis have taken their assaults on
Palestinians to new heights. Every day they have invaded a few
cities using tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets. Since the
beginning of the intifada, there has not been so much Israeli
aggression like that witnessed since last Tuesday.
No one could put this clearer than Shaul Mofaz, Israel's
Chief of Staffs, who boasted that his forces have killed tens
of Palestinians and no one in the world said anything. Indeed,
since last Tuesday there have been unrelenting attacks on each
Palestinian city for no reason. Since the beginning of the
Intifada Israelis have carried out only 2 or 3 such attacks,
while since Tuesday, there has been at least a dozen. Tens of
Palestinian martyrs have fallen, and their cries have fallen
on deaf ears in this world. Everyone seems to be more
interested in backing that raging cowboy Bush as he declares
his country going into war against a yet unidentified enemy.
The attack on the WTC and Pentagon, is a clear act of terror
that I, and millions of Palestinians, denounce. Yet it must be
really painful to see how the whole world has had nothing to
do in the last few days but mourn the victims, while more than
a million and a half civilian Iraqis have died since the
beginning of the US terror campaign on Iraq. Why did no one
weep for them, why did no one weep for the hundreds of
thousands in Rwanda, and why is my people's suffering under
the illegal Israeli occupation no longer interesting to
anyone?
Excuse me if my thoughts are a bit incoherent, or if my
sentences seem to make little sense, but it is really hard to
concentrate with Apache choppers hovering a few hundred feet
above your head, armored tanks unleashing their might on your
neighborhood, all sorts of missiles flashing across your
window, and a nearby building being obliterated to rubble. If
you don't hear from me anymore, then know that one of those
missiles has managed to find its way to my room, turning me
into a meaningless number in a meaningless statistic that no
one will pay attention to. For some inexplicable reason I felt
like writing this here and now, and sharing it with you, I
would really appreciate it if you could pass it on to as many
people as possible. Israel must not be allowed to continue its
attacks on Palestinians.
If terror is to be fought in this world, state terror is
the first terror that must be eradicated. American attacks on
civilians in Iraq, Sudan, and Yugoslavia, and Israel's
continued terror in Palestine are primary examples.
Finally, my heart goes out to every victim of terror in the
world, to the people of Hiroshima, Auschwitz, Rwanda, Baghdad,
Belgrade, Vietnam, New York, and DC, it is at moments like
this that I feel your suffering and pain. I can now honestly
say that I know what it feels like to be a victim.
Yours
Saifedean Ammous
16/9/20001
Ramallah, Palestine
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Other current
stories
Still No Justice
For the Victims Of Sabra and Shatila (IAP Statement - Sept
16)
Terror attack on Beit Sahour
(Sept 16)
Twenty
Palestinians Killed in Israel's Latest Onslaught (Sept 16 -
LWA)
Zionist troops re-enter Ramallah, fierce clashes
reported (Sept 16 - IAP
News)
Zionist regime
sees WTC incident as opportunity to besmirch the Palestinians (Sept 16
- IAP News)
Yesterday's
Headlines
IAP
condemnation of the terrorist attack on our nation (Sept 11 - IAP
News)
Interesting quote
Of the day
"When Sharon lectures the world about the forces of darkness
and the forces of light, it is like Adolph Hitler speaking on the merits
of tolerance and human brotherhood. Sharon probably murdered a hundred
thousand men, women and children in his life・nd now he has the audacity
and the brazenness to speak about the forces of darkness and forces of
light." - Sept 16 Husam Nasser, a Palestinian Islamic leader in the
Al-Khalil area.
Learning Under Shelling The Start of
the School Year in Beit Jala & 羨yda Refugee Camp (September
2001) (ARIJ)
Information
regarding FBI raid on Infcom Corp (Updated regularly)
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