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		<title>الألواح الفولاذية المصرية تقطع الطريق على أهل غزة</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[من رفح: دافيد بورت- إذاعة هولندا العالمية/ يقول مصطفى: &#8220;ليس هناك ما نخسره&#8221;. منذ فترة قصيرة أصبح على حفاري الأنفاق في قطاع غزة الأخذ بالحسبان الخطر الجديد خلال عملهم المحفوف بالمخاطر. فقد بدأت مصر ببناء جدار تحت الأرض على طول الحدود مع القطاع. وهو عبارة عن جدار سميك من الصفائح الفولاذية يتم غرزها عميقاً في [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: right;">من رفح: دافيد بورت- إذاعة هولندا العالمية/ يقول مصطفى: &#8220;ليس هناك ما نخسره&#8221;. منذ فترة قصيرة أصبح على حفاري الأنفاق في قطاع غزة الأخذ بالحسبان الخطر الجديد خلال عملهم المحفوف بالمخاطر. فقد بدأت مصر ببناء جدار تحت الأرض على طول الحدود مع القطاع. وهو عبارة عن جدار سميك من الصفائح الفولاذية يتم غرزها عميقاً في الأرض<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-818" title="Holding on for dear life" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Holding-on-for-dear-life1.jpg" alt="Holding on for dear life" width="433" height="289" /></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">يتأرجح مصطفى فوق فتحة مدخل النفق، ويقوم رفيقه بإنزاله بواسطة رافعة كهربائية عبر الممر الرأسي الذي يبلغ عمقه ستة عشر متراً. وبعد وصول مصطفى (29 عاماً) إلى القاع، يرسل بإشارة الأمان عبر جهازه اللاسلكي، قائلاً: &#8220;أيوة&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">النفق الضيق رطب وخانق. لا يمكن لمصطفى وحافرَي أنفاق آخرَين الانتصاب. وعلى ركبهم وبضوء خافت يشغّلون رافعة تسحب ببطء كمية من التربة المحفورة باتجاههم. فقد انهار قسم من النفق قبل أسبوع. ويقود مصطفى أعمال تعزيل النفق</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><strong>انعدام الثقة</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">لا يوافق الحفارون على التصوير. ومنذ فترة وجيزة تهيمن أجواء كبيرة من عدم الثقة تجاه الصحفيين. فهناك إشاعة تدور بأن الأنفاق التي يزورها الصحفيون تتعرض بعدها بقليل للهجوم من قبل الطيران الإسرائيلي. ولكن ذلك ليس ما يخيف الحفارين بالدرجة الأولى، وإنما أعمال البناء التي تجري على الحدود المصرية</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">لا يبعد نفق مصطفى كثيراً عن المكان الذي بدأ فيه المصريون ببناء جدار تحت الأرض. تقول صحيفة هآريتس الإسرائيلية إن مصر ستغرز صفائح فولاذية على عمق 20 متراً تحت الأرض وعلى طول 9 كم. والهدف من ذلك قطع الطريق على الأنفاق. ولن تقدر قاطعات الفولاذ على اختراق سماكة هذه الصفائح<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-821" title="Digging foundations for what reports say will be a underground metal wall in Egypts latest effort to prevent smuggling into the Gaza Strip" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Digging-foundations-for-what-reports-say-will-be-a-underground-metal-wall-in-Egypts-latest-effort-to-prevent-smuggling-into-the-Gaza-Strip.jpg" alt="Digging foundations for what reports say will be a underground metal wall in Egypts latest effort to prevent smuggling into the Gaza Strip" width="433" height="309" /></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><strong>آلات الحفر</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">من جهة حدود غزة يمكن رؤية المصريين وقد بدؤوا بالاستعدادات الأولى لبناء الجدار. وراء الشريط الشائك مباشرة، والذي يمثل الحدود الرسمية، تقوم الحفارات بالحفر عميقاً في الأرض. يقول مسؤولون أمنيون في مصر إن الهدف من تلك الحفر زرع أنابيب فولاذية في أماكن مختلفة. ويمتنعون عن التصريح بأكثر من ذلك</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">تتعرض مصر منذ سنوات للضغط من أجل مكافحة التهريب عبر الأنفاق. وعلى الرغم من ذلك، لم تنجح القاهرة بإغلاق شبكة ما تحت الأرض. ويعتقد بوجود أكثر من ألف نفق تحت الاستخدام عبر مدينة رفح الحدودية. وعمليات تهريب المواد الغذائية والأدوية والسلاح مزدهرة أكثر من أي وقت مضى، وذلك بفضل حرس الحدود المصريين الذين تتم رشوتهم<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-823" title="View from Gaza on Egyptian border" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/View-from-Gaza-on-Egyptian-border.jpg" alt="View from Gaza on Egyptian border" width="433" height="292" /></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><strong>سيارت جديدة</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">يقول مصط &#8220;تكلف عملية مد النفق من 120 إلى 150 ألف دولار. فهناك إذن الكثير من المصالح المرتبطة به، حتى من جهة الحدود المصرية</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">وحتى أن هناك نفقاً كبيراً يمكن لسيارة أن تعبر خلاله. وأرضية هذا النفق من الاسمنت المسلح. وسر هذا النفق محفوظ بسرية تامة، وأما بالنسبة لأهل غزة فهو التفسير الوحيد لحقيقة انتشار عشرات من السيارات الخاصة من موديل عام 2009، والتي تجوب شوارع غزة. فقد قامت إسرائيل بإغلاق المعابر الحدودية الشمالية مع القطاع منذ تسلمت حماس مقاليد السلطة في القطاع صيف عام 2007</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><strong>صدمات كهربائية</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">لا يعتقد الكثير من حفاري الأنفاق أن الهدف من أعمال الحفر التي تقوم بها مصر بناء جدار تحت الأرض. وإنما يخشون بشكل خاص أن تقوم مصر بضخ مياه البحر إلى المنطقة. وبهذه الطريقة تصبح الأرض هشة، مما يؤدي إلى انهيار الأنفاق. وهناك إشاعة أخرى تقول إن المصريين سيصلون التربة الرطبة بالكهرباء</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><strong>آلام</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">على الرغم من الأخطار المحدقة، يواصل مصطفى عمله في النفق. وتحت معطفه يرتدي مشداً يشد به ظهره. فمنذ أسابيع انقطع كابل الرافعة، فسقط أمتاراً عبر الممر الرأسي إلى قعر النفق. وحتى الآن يشعر بآلام شديدة، ولكنه لم يستطع إيجاد عمل آخر يجلب له المال الكافي لإعالة أسرته. ويبدو أنه لا يعبأ ببناء الجدار ما تحت الأرضي:</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="AR-SA">يقول مصطفى، بينما يقوم برفع كيس كبير من التربة الحمراء عبر فتحة النفق: إذا ما وصلوا إلى عمق 30 متراً تحت الأرض، عندها فقط نصبح في مشكلة. وفي هذه الحالة سنحاول فتح ثغرة عبر الجدار. سنقوم ما بوسعنا لتفادي الجدار. ليس هناك ما نخسره</span></span></p>
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		<title>Gaza still in ruins a year after the war</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One year after the beginning of Israel&#8217;s 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip, reconstruction work has barely begun. The territory is strewn with ruins and workers in Gaza City have only just begun clearing the rubble.
In the hardest hit areas, such as the village of Beit Hanoun and the Jabalya refugee camp, it looks as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One year after the beginning of Israel&#8217;s 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip, reconstruction work has barely begun. The territory is strewn with ruins and workers in Gaza City have only just begun clearing the rubble.</p>
<p>In the hardest hit areas, such as the village of Beit Hanoun and the Jabalya refugee camp, it looks as though the war ended just yesterday. Bombed out buildings and houses alternate with tents housing large families. The only difference between now and the end of the war is that the roads have been cleared.</p>
<p>The international community has made more than 2.78 billion euros available for reconstruction but Gaza residents haven&#8217;t seen a cent so far. Israel and Egypt have both refused to allow building materials into the territory. <span id="more-803"></span></p>
<p>To coincide with the commemoration of the start of the attack, two groups have started campaigns to break the blockade. On 31 December, a group of international peace activists in Gaza are planning to organise a protest march to the Israeli border. The Gaza Freedom March will go from Gaza City to the Erez crossing.</p>
<p>Around 1350 activists have signed up to take part in the event and they are hoping to be accompanied by around 50,000 Palestinian demonstrators. The activists who have signed up have all signed a document promising to protest peacefully. Manny activists who planned to participate have been refused entry into the Gaza Strip by the Egyptian authorities.</p>
<p>Egypt&#8217;s Rafah crossing</p>
<p>Another peace initiative was started outside the Gaza Strip. Volunteers working for the Viva Palestina aid convoy are stranded in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba with some 200 lorry loads of goods. They are waiting for permission from the Egyptian authorities to proceed by ferry to the Gaza Strip. Egypt has so far refused to co-operate. The activists are considering starting a hunger strike in order to put pressure on the Egyptian authorities.</p>
<p>The controversial British politician George Galloway is heading the convoy. In an interview with the Arab television station Al Jazeera on Sunday, he called directly on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to allow the goods through.</p>
<p>&#8220;Please, President Mubarak, let&#8217;s solve this issue. We have to make haste otherwise the food and medicine will spoil. We are just four hours from Gaza,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Object achieved</p>
<p>In Tel Aviv, less than an hour&#8217;s drive from the Gaza Strip, there is very little awareness of the one year anniversary. There is also very little debate about the legitimacy of the attack. The vast majority of Israelis are convinced that the attack did achieve the desired objective, namely reducing the number of rocket attacks on Israeli targets carried out by Palestinian militants. No one is discussing the price that Palestinians civilians had to pay in order to ensure the safety of Israeli civilians.</p>
<p>Gazans</p>
<p>The notion that Hamas&#8217; popularity would diminish under the influence of the blockade has proven false. It is relatively peaceful in the streets of Gaza City and the population has grown closer under the shared suffering. Last week, more than 200,000 people attended a Hamas demonstration in Gaza City. Despite all the trouble and suffering, many Gazans are proud of their determination to continue resisting Israel.</p>
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		<title>Young Palestinians feel powerless</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For generations, young Palestinians were the driving force behind every major change to their society. However, these days the group is shrouded in a thundering silence. A study published in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday shows that apathy and fear are striving for dominance.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For generations, young Palestinians were the driving force behind every major change to their society. However, these days the group is shrouded in a thundering silence. A study published in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday shows that apathy and fear are striving for dominance.</p>
<div id="attachment_794" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 458px"><img class="size-full wp-image-794" title="IMG_6697" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/IMG_6697.jpg" alt="Gaza Shabab" width="448" height="334" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Gaza Shabab</p></div>
<p>The study, aptly named ‘Promise or Peril?’ was carried out by the Palestinian youth forum Sharek (Arabic for ‘to participate’) and focussed on young Palestinians between the age of 15 and 24. This demographic represents about 30 percent of the Palestinian population in the occupied territories.<span id="more-787"></span> </p>
<p>According to the researchers, young Palestinians may be among the most politicised people in the world. Each political party or movement has its own youth wing. And yet, nearly 70 percent of those interviewed said they were not politically active.   </p>
<p>Each generation faces its own challenges. Twenty years ago, young Chinese boldly challenged the Communist regime in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Young Americans took part in mass protests against the Vietnam War and young South Africans founded the anti-apartheid movement.    </p>
<p><strong>Intifada</strong></p>
<p>After the foundation of Israel in 1948, young Palestinians laid the foundation for organised resistance. They formed militias and political parties, and were the driving force behind the first Intifada (uprising against Israeli rule in the Palestinian Territories) in 1987. Their rebellion forced Israel to sit down at the negotiating table, only to be followed by silence.</p>
<p> <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-792" title="Palestijnse jongere in Gaza4" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Palestijnse-jongere-in-Gaza4.bmp" alt="Palestijnse jongere in Gaza4" />The researchers say this may be explained by the stifling effect of the Israeli occupation, but do not shy away from self-criticism. The failure of the Oslo peace process and the return of the PLO from exile have paralysed the current generation of young Palestinians. The creation of the Palestinian Authority forced young people back into a hierarchical straightjacket.   </p>
<p><strong>Checkpoints</strong></p>
<p>This would explain why the role of young Palestinians in the second Intifada in 2000 was fundamentally different from the first. They were being replaced with armed militias and confrontations took place at checkpoints instead of in the community. Youth worker Tayseer Mohsein from Gaza characterises the second Intifida as an ‘explosion without direction&#8217;. &#8220;Most young Palestinians did not play an active role in the uprising.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sufian Mushasha, a Sharek team leader, says: &#8220;The leaders of this uprising ignored the young or used them as pawns in the armed struggle. Fighters who kill and are being killed replaced young people as the symbol of resistance”. Young people had no discernable influence on the policies of these resistance groups.</p>
<p><strong>Disenchantment</strong></p>
<p>The current generation of young Palestinians are turning their backs on politics. Disenchantment with national institutions and the impotence of Palestinian leaders are seen as contributing factors. The researchers say feelings of impotence have taken hold of a majority of young Palestinians.  </p>
<p>Palestinian society is permeated by corruption and ‘wasta&#8217; (cronyism). To find a job, you need to bribe someone or know someone with good contacts. Even after crowning a good education with a <em>cum laude</em> graduation, you still need connections to find a job. The researchers write this undermines the value of a good education.</p>
<p><strong>Glass of water</strong></p>
<p>A graduate says: &#8220;After completing my studies I applied for a job at the education ministry. I received an email asking me: have you no wasta? You could not get a glass of water in this place without wasta”.</p>
<p>The researchers argue that many young Palestinians are being held hostage by poverty and unemployment. Particularly in the Gaza Strip, these two factors are held responsible for driving young people into the arms of armed groups. Although the finger is also being pointed at the Israeli occupation.</p>
<p><strong>Crucial</strong></p>
<p>The researchers call on young Palestinians to take matters into their own hands and to no longer wait for Fatah and Hamas to finally settle their differences. Nor should they wait for the moment the international community decides to increase pressure on Israel.</p>
<p>In the study’s postscript, the authors write that the creative potential of this group is as big as its potential for destruction and violence. Which is why it is crucial young Palestinians should get adequate means to develop in the right direction”.</p>
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		<title>الشباب الفلسطيني والإحساس بالعجز</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[تقرير: ديفيد بورت / لأجيال متتالية كان الشباب الفلسطيني القوة الدافعة وراء كل تغيير كبير في مجتمعهم. ولكن في الوقت الحالي فإن الصمت الشامل يلف هذه الفئة العمرية. هكذا تبين من نتائج البحث الذي تم تقديمه البارحة في مدينة رام ا لله

 
البحث الذي يحمل اسم ( فرصة أم خطر) والذي يرعاه منتدى الشباب الفلسطيني (شارك)، [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: right;">تقرير: ديفيد بورت / لأجيال متتالية كان الشباب الفلسطيني القوة الدافعة وراء كل تغيير كبير في مجتمعهم. ولكن في الوقت الحالي فإن الصمت الشامل يلف هذه الفئة العمرية. هكذا تبين من نتائج البحث الذي تم تقديمه البارحة في مدينة رام ا لله</p>
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البحث الذي يحمل اسم ( فرصة أم خطر) والذي يرعاه منتدى الشباب الفلسطيني (شارك)، يوجه اهتمامه للشباب من الفئة العمرية بين 15 إلى 24 عاما، وهي فئة تمثل 30 بالمائة من مجموع السكان الفلسطينين. ربما يكون الشباب الفلسطيني أكثر الفئات البشرية تسييسا علي مستوى العالم كما يقول الباحثون، فكل حزب أو حركة سياسية فلسطينية لديها فرع الشباب الخاص بها، ولكن مع كل هذا اعتبر 70 بالمائة من الشباب المستجوبين أنفسهم غير ناشطين سياسيا<br />
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<p style="text-align: right;">كل جيل يختبر علي طريقته. قبل عقدين من الزمان كان الشباب الصيني هو المتحدي الشرس للنظام الشيوعي بالتظاهرات التي حدثت في ميدان تيانانمن في بكين، والشباب الأمريكي الذي تظاهر ضد حرب فيتنام، وشباب جنوب إفريقيا الذي وجه نضاله ضد نظام الفصل العنصري</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">►انتفاضة<br />
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بعد تأسيس إسرائيل في العام 1948، أرسى الشباب الفلسطيني أرضية المقاومة المنظمة. تم تشكيل ميليشيات عسكرية، وأحزاب سياسية، كما كان الشباب الفلسطيني هو القوة الدافعة خلف الانتفاضة الأولى في العام 1987. فبفضل هؤلاء الشباب وانتفاضتهم، اضطرت إسرائيل للجلوس إلى مائدة المفاوضات. ولكن الصمت خيم بعد ذلك</p>
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تعليل هذا الصمت يرجعه الباحثون إلى الواقع الخانق للاحتلال الإسرائيلي، ولكن هنالك أسبابا ذاتية أيضا. فانهيار عملية السلام وعودة كوادر منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية من المنفى في العام 1994 كان له شل فعالية الجيل الحالي إلى حد كبير، كما يشير البحث. كما أنه وعند تأسيس السلطة الفلسطينية وجد الشباب أنفسهم محشورين في ركن الهرمية العمرية</p>
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►نقاط تفتيش<br />
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<p style="text-align: right;">لهذا كان دور الشباب في الانتفاضة الثانية في العام 2000 مغايرا تماما لدورهم في الانتفاضة الأولى، حيث حلت محلهم الميليشيات المسلحة، وصارت المواجهات تحدث عند المعابر ونقاط التفتيش، بدلا من أن تحدث داخل المناطق السكنية. يصف الباحث الاجتماعي تيسير محسن الانتفاضة الثانية بالقذيفة الطائشة. فالغالبية العظمى من الشباب لم تشارك في هذه الانتفاضة<br />
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&#8220;أهمل قادة الانتفاضة الثانية الشباب ودورهم، أو استخدموهم كقطع شطرنج في الصراع المسلح مع إسرائيل&#8221;، كما يقول سفيان مشعشع، احد قادة الفرق بمنظمة (شارك) &#8221;لم يعد الشباب يمثلون رمز المقاومة، ولكنهم يمثلون مقاتلين يقتلون ويقتلون&#8221; داخل مجموعة المقاومة هذه ليس لدى الشباب تأثير يذكر على السياسات والخطط<br />
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►كوب ماء<br />
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&#8220;عندما انتهيت من الدراسة وقدمت طلبا للعمل في وزارة التربية والتعليم جاءني الرد في رسالة إلكتروني، وفيها السؤال الآتي: هل لديك واسطة؟ لا يمكنك الحصول على كوب من الماء دون واسطة&#8221;<br />
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حسب ما يراه الباحثون فإن الشباب الفلسطيني وقع رهينة للفقر والبطالة. ينضم الكثير من هؤلاء الشبان في قطاع غزة إلى الجماعات المسلحة هربا من واقعهم المرير. وهنا أيضا يوجه الباحثون إصبع الاتهام نحو الاحتلال الإسرائيلي</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">►فرص</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">ويناشد الباحثون الشباب الفلسطيني إيجاد حلول بأنفسهم وعدم الانتظار حتى تتوصل الأطراف الحزبية المتناحرة في حركتي حماس وفتح من رأب الصدع الفلسطيني الداخلي. كما لا ينبغي عليهم الانتظار أو تعويل الكثير على تكثيف ضغط المجتمع الدولي على الإسرائيليين<br />
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وفي خاتمة التقرير جاءت هذه التوصية &#8220;القدرة الخلاقة لهذه الفئة من الشعب الفلسطيني ليست واضحة بقدر إمكانيتها على ممارسة العنف، لذلك فمن الأهمية القصوى أن يحصل الشباب الفلسطيني على الفرص الكافية لكي يطور نفسه في الاتجاه الصحيح&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Giving up on a Palestinian state?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinton&#8217;s disastrous Middle East trip seems to have crushed the little hope there was for the renewal of negotiations. As a result voices among Palestinians for a one state solution grow louder and louder.
First we heard PLO official and former PA minister Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida say this on Sunday:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clinton&#8217;s disastrous Middle East trip seems to have crushed the little hope there was for the renewal of negotiations. As a result voices among Palestinians for a one state solution grow louder and louder.</p>
<div id="attachment_455" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"><img class="size-full wp-image-455" title="Clinton Netanyahu" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Clinton-Netanyahu.JPG" alt="Unprecedented" width="455" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Unprecedented</p></div>
<p>First we heard PLO official and former PA minister Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida say this on Sunday:</p>
<p>“I give up the Palestinian state. I want one state. I’m ready to sign a one state and don’t want two states. If there won’t be a Palestinian state, it will be like South Africa here.” <span id="more-753"></span></p>
<p>And today chief negotiator Saeb Erekat hinted toward the same message:</p>
<p>“If God – like in Netanyahu’s terms – would be a land broker, and if they want to kill the two state solution, then maybe this is the moment of truth for the Palestinian leadership, for Abu Mazen, to tell his people the truth, that with continuation of settlement activity, the two state solution is no longer an option.”</p>
<div id="attachment_754" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 397px"><img class="size-full wp-image-754" title="Erekat" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Erekat.JPG" alt="The PA's headache" width="387" height="462" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The PA&#39;s headache</p></div>
<p>He continued by saying that the Palestinians might just as well focus their attention on creating a country where Muslims, Jews and Christians can live as equals. Dr. Erekat called upon Netanyahu to close his eyes and walk him through the year 2030.</p>
<p>“What does he see in the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean sea. We’re going to stay here. We have no option but to stay in this land.”</p>
<p>Update: Even the <a title="Financial Times" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d952ee0-cc97-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html" target="_blank">Financial Times </a>is saying it, the two-state-solution is over.</p>
<blockquote><p>Mr Abbas’s position has been steadily eroded over time because he has absolutely nothing to show for his years of pursuing a peace strategy based on a negotiated settlement – except for expanded Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.</p>
<p>If a figure such as Mr Abbas cannot survive in the present climate, then he is likely to be replaced by a far more radical and uncompromising leadership. No Palestinian leader can or will negotiate while Israeli colonisation of the West Bank continues. Mr Netanyahu’s refusal to call a halt to expanding settlements means in effect there will be no two-state solution.</p>
<p>If that is so, then the prospect is for a long and bitter fight for equal rights within one state. That would spell the end of Israel as a democratic Jewish state. It would come to resemble in many ways the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. If Mr Netanyahu believes that he has achieved a victory by refusing to halt the settlements, he is wrong. It is more like a project of national suicide.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>In pictures: Friday prayers with Haniyeh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my last stay in Gaza, I went to Friday prayers with Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh. Unfortunately, he wasn&#8217;t very talkative that day, so I only have pictures of our encounter. Here goes.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During my last stay in Gaza, I went to Friday prayers with Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh. Unfortunately, he wasn&#8217;t very talkative that day, so I only have pictures of our encounter. Here goes.</p>
<div id="attachment_668" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"><img class="size-full wp-image-668" title="Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Haniyeh-71.JPG" alt="Haniyeh leaving the Shajiaa area in east Gaza City in his armored limousine" width="455" height="310" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Haniyeh leaving the Shajiaa area in east Gaza City in his armored limousine</p></div><br />
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<p><div id="attachment_666" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"><img class="size-full wp-image-666" title="Haniyeh pointing at the ajnabi" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Haniyeh-12.JPG" alt="Haniyeh leaving Thunurayin mosque in the Shajiaa area in east of Gaza city. I later learn that he asked his head of security if that ajnabi journalist had been thoroughly frisked." width="455" height="346" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Haniyeh leaving Thunurayin mosque in the Shajiaa area in east Gaza city. I later learnt that he asked his head of security if that ajnabi journalist had been thoroughly frisked</p></div>
<div id="attachment_670" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"><img class="size-full wp-image-670" title="Ismael Haniyeh " src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Haniyeh-21.JPG" alt="Haniyeh leaving Thunurayin mosque in the Shajiaa neighborhood" width="455" height="332" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Haniyeh leaving Thunurayin mosque in the Shajiaa neighborhood</p></div>
<div id="attachment_673" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"><img class="size-full wp-image-673" title="Haniyeh 3" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Haniyeh-31.JPG" alt="Haniyeh with Khalil Al Haya (right, wearing white), PLC member, deputy leader of Hamas" width="455" height="254" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Haniyeh with Khalil Al Haya (right, wearing white), PLC member, deputy leader of Hamas</p></div>
<div id="attachment_679" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 418px"><img class="size-full wp-image-679" title="Haniyeh " src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Haniyeh-41.JPG" alt="Haniyeh walking through Shajiaa neighborhood " width="408" height="346" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Haniyeh walking through Shajiaa neighborhood </p></div>
<div id="attachment_682" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"><img class="size-full wp-image-682" title="Ismael Haniyeh offering condolences" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Haniyeh-62.JPG" alt="Haniyah offering his condolences to the father of a martyred Hamas member after Friday prayers" width="455" height="308" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Haniyah offering his condolences to the father of a martyred Hamas member after Friday prayers</p></div>
<div id="attachment_687" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 413px"><img class="size-full wp-image-687" title="Haniyeh's executive security force" src="http://www.davidpoort.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Haniyehs-guards2.JPG" alt="Haniyeh's executive security force. They requested that their faces not be shown" width="403" height="346" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Haniyeh&#39;s executive security force. They didn&#39;t want to show their faces</p></div>
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		<title>Israëlische campagne: &#8216;Geef je Joodse vrienden aan&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opnieuw zorgt een tv-campagne voor opschudding in Israël. Dit keer zijn het de Joden in de diaspora die zich beledigd voelen.
In een tv-commercial wordt opgeroepen om joden in het buitenland die getrouwd zijn met niet-joden aan te geven bij Masa, de organisatie achter de campagne. Masa neemt vervolgens contact op met deze ‘verloren’ Joden om [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Opnieuw zorgt een tv-campagne voor opschudding in Israël. Dit keer zijn het de Joden in de diaspora die zich beledigd voelen.</p>
<p>In een tv-commercial wordt opgeroepen om joden in het buitenland die getrouwd zijn met niet-joden aan te geven bij Masa, de organisatie achter de campagne. Masa neemt vervolgens contact op met deze ‘verloren’ Joden om ze over te halen om een jaar naar Israël te komen.</p>
<p>Masa (‘reis’ in het Hebreeuws) is een Zionistische organisatie die voor Joden gratis vakanties naar Israël organiseert. De bedoeling is om Joden in de diaspora meer binding met Israël te laten voelen. Israël ziet de assimilatie van Joden in het buitenland als een bedreiging voor het voortbestaan van het land.</p>
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<p>In het spotje zegt een voice-over &#8211; door een sterverslaggeefster van de Israëlische televisie &#8211; dat meer dan 50 procent van de Joodse jeugd in het buitenland assimileert. Met andere woorden; 50 procent zou zijn joodse identiteit verliezen onder invloed van zijn of haar niet-joodse partner. “We raken ze kwijt voor Israël”, zegt de verslaggeefster, met treurige muziek op de achtergrond.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> <span>Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky has <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1113574.html">yanked</a> an anti-assimilation ad campaign that has outraged Jews abroad. The campaign was co-sponsored by the government. </span>  <span id="more-614"></span></p>
<p>Daarna wordt men in de commercial opgeroepen om jonge Joden die buiten hun religie getrouwd zijn aan te geven bij Masa, een semi-overheidsorganisatie. “Samen zullen we ons inspannen om zijn of haar band met Israël te verstevigen, zodat ze niet verloren zullen gaan.” Een dag na de lancering van de campagne ontving Masa al ruim 200 telefoontjes, de meeste om inderdaad vrienden of familieleden in het buitenland als ‘als niet joods genoeg’ aan te merken.</p>
<p>Maar er was ook veel kritiek. Op het internet werd Masa vergeleken met de inquisitie. “In de Middeleeuwen werd men door de inquisitie aangespoord om mensen aan te geven die in het geheim Joods waren. Vandaag de dag wil de Israëlische overheid dat men informatie afgeeft over mensen die niet Joods genoeg zouden zijn”, aldus de Amerikaans-Joodse schrijver Roi Ben Yehuda op zijn weblog. Volgens Ben Yehuda beledigt de campagne in een klap zo&#8217;n 50 procent van alle Joden in het buitenland. “Alsof ze ontvoerd zouden zijn door hun niet- Joodse partner.”</p>
<p>De commercial sluit af met de slagzin: “Een jaar in Israël, een liefde voor je leven”. Volgens de Amerikaanse blogger Richard Silverstein is het niet duidelijk of Masa hiermee een leven lang goede Joodse seks bedoelt, of een levenslange liefde voor Israël (of beiden). Bovendien klopt de statistiek van 50 procent niet, zegt Silverstein. De meeste Joden die trouwen buiten hun religie blijven volgens hem gewoon Joods, of overtuigen hun partner om zich te bekeren tot het jodendom. Hun kinderen worden bovendien opgevoed volgens Joodse tradities, zegt Silverstein.</p>
<p>Fanatieke Zionisten hebben over het algemeen een lage dunk van Joden in de diaspora. Deze afkeurende houding wordt in het Hebreeuws shlilat ha-galut genoemd (letterlijk ‘verwerping van leven in de diaspora’). Volgens Silverstein worden in deze campagne de begrippen Zionisme en het jodendom foutief aan elkaar gelijk gesteld.</p>
<p>Roi Ben Yehuda beschrijft op zijn weblog een vrij gevat denkbeeldig telefoongesprek tussen Masa en zijn eigen grootmoeder.</p>
<p>Tata: Hello. Hello.<br />
Masa: Shalom.<br />
Tata: Shalom. I am calling to report a lost Jew.<br />
Masa: Yes, please continue.<br />
Tata: Not just any lost Jew, an Israeli living in the US.<br />
Masa: Excellent.<br />
Tata: How much is the reward?<br />
Masa: Um, there is no financial reward. You will be satisfied to know that you are helping bring a lost sheep back to his flock. So how do you know this individual?<br />
Tata: He is my grandchild.<br />
Masa: Ok. How do you know he is assimilated?<br />
Tata: Well, for starters he married a shiksa.<br />
Masa: Yes. That is terrible. A sure sign that he is assimilated.<br />
Tata: Don’t get me wrong. She is a lovely girl. Smart, beautiful and kind. They are happy together. They even celebrate the Jewish holidays together. But she is not Jewish. She is not Jewish!<br />
Masa: Well, we can take care of that.<br />
Tata: Conversion?<br />
Masa: No, no, in the spirit of Ezra the scribe, we are going to get him to divorce her and marry a nice Jewish girl.<br />
Tata: That seems harsh.<br />
Masa: Don’t worry; in the end he will thank you. More importantly, you will have nachas.<br />
Tata: Finally, an organization that gets me.<br />
Masa: Yes we do. Mazal tov on taking the first step. We will take it from here.<br />
Tata: Ok, just don’t tell him I called you.<br />
Masa: No problem. It will be our little secret.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Scum, traitor, mentally unstable&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He has been called a “traitor”, ‘scum” and “mentally unstable” by his fellow Israelis. Uri Davis is the first person of Jewish origin to be elected to the Revolutionary Council of the Palestinian Fatah movement. He calls himself an &#8220;anti-Zionist”and has tapped into a deep well of Israeli resentment. There have even been calls for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He has been called a “traitor”, ‘scum” and “mentally unstable” by his fellow Israelis. Uri Davis is the first person of Jewish origin to be elected to the Revolutionary Council of the Palestinian Fatah movement. He calls himself an &#8220;anti-Zionist”and has tapped into a deep well of Israeli resentment. There have even been calls for him to be deported.</p>
<p>Uri Davis was elected to the Revolutionary Council in 31st place from a field of 600 &#8211; testimony, he says, to the open and liberal nature of the Fatah movement, describing it as:</p>
<p>“A non-ethnic movement where membership depends on agreement with the political programme, regardless of linguistic background, confessional background, citizenship background or any other distinction”. <span id="more-769"></span></p>
<p>A lesson learned<br />
Davis was born into a Jewish family, with a British father and a Czech mother. His mother’s family died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz – a familiar story in Israel. But while the vast majority of Jews believe this means they must guarantee their security from persecution, the lesson Davis learned was different.</p>
<p>“I was educated by my parents not to generalise. Any sentence beginning “all Jews, all Arabs, all Germans, all Britons” is a false sentence. My mother would not say that THE Germans killed her family, a specific group of Nazis killed her family”.</p>
<p>Spiritual Zionist<br />
He is 66 now, but that warning from his parents still informs Davis’ life and work. He is careful how he describes himself and with his definition of what he calls his own “anti-Zionism”. What he opposes is the “political Zionism” of Israel’s founders, something that amounts, he says, to a land grab based on ethnic cleansing. The philosophy he believes in is the “spiritual Zionism” of a number of Jewish thinkers who believed Palestine should become a spiritual centre that would support the Jewish diaspora.</p>
<p>Justice, not vengeance<br />
Davis spent many years away from Israel, returning after the signing of the Oslo accords in the mid 1990’s and has struggled, since then, to persuade others of the importance of the lesson he learnt from his parents about the dangers of generalising.</p>
<p>“The difficulty for people like myself, human rights defenders working at the Hebrew-Arab interface, is to convince the mainstream of the Hebrew society in Israel that the mainstream of the Palestinian – Arab society both inside and outside Israel, is not seeking vengeance, it is seeking justice”.</p>
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		<title>Wall football ad infuriates Palestinians</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It lasts less than one minute, but a local telephone company&#8217;s television commercial is causing a furore in Israel. The controversial advert shows a fun game of football next to the security wall round the West Bank. It has led to a furious response from Palestinians.
Palestinian politicians are calling it disgusting and insulting. They are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It lasts less than one minute, but a local telephone company&#8217;s television commercial is causing a furore in Israel. The controversial advert shows a fun game of football next to the security wall round the West Bank. It has led to a furious response from Palestinians.</p>
<p>Palestinian politicians are calling it disgusting and insulting. They are demanding it be withdrawn but Cellcom, the company behind the commercial, is not worried in the slightest. <object width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/AH02uc1vB4k"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AH02uc1vB4k" />This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by <a href="http://www.roytanck.com">Roy Tanck</a>. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.</object></p>
<p>Kicking a ball<br />
The TV commercial kicks off with an Israeli army vehicle being struck by a ball from the other side of the wall. The soldiers decide to kick the ball back over. When the ball is immediately returned, they call for reinforcements. The scene develops into a friendly match between a whole army team and their unseen opponents on the other side of the wall.</p>
<p>The footie game ends with the pay-off: &#8220;When all&#8217;s said and done, what do we all want out of life? A bit of fun!&#8221;<span id="more-600"></span></p>
<p>Garden fence<br />
The advert has unleashed a storm of criticism. Critics are slamming Cellcom for making use of the suffering of the Palestinians to sell mobile phones.</p>
<p>Arab member of the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) Ahmed Tibi explains that &#8220;the wall separates families and stops children from going to school. The company behind this advert makes it look like a garden fence in Tel Aviv.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cellcom rejects all the criticism and is refusing to scrap the commercial. A company spokesman defends the advert as actually illustrating how people from different backgrounds want to have fun in exactly the same way. The message will actually help Israelis and Palestinians come closer together.</p>
<p>Vulgar humour<br />
Critics dismiss this explanation as disingenuous. They argue that the ad is aimed at young Israelis doing their compulsory army service and that vulgar humour is more likely to get through to this target group than any fraternal message of peace. The fact that the Palestinians on the other side of the wall remain unseen is held up as an example of increasing the divide between the two communities.</p>
<p>Opponents of the commercial have started a group on the Facebook internet site, and there are spots on YouTube about the ad. One film clip shows the Israeli soldiers calling in air support after the ball has been returned; a Palestinian city is then seen coming under bombardment.<object width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/WSDfVVmP2vc"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WSDfVVmP2vc" />This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by <a href="http://www.roytanck.com">Roy Tanck</a>. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.</object></p>
<p>Cat and mouse<br />
The protests are not confined to the Internet. Every week, hundreds of Palestinians and foreign peace activists protest against the construction of the wall in the Palestinian village of Bilin. Every week, the deadly game of cat and mouse with the Israeli army is repeated. The Palestinians throw stones and the soldiers reply with rubber bullets and tear gas. Several people have been killed.</p>
<p>After the commercial, the Bilin Palestinians decided to carry out a test. Rather than stones, a couple of footballs were kicked in the direction of the Israeli forces. Tear gas and water canons were used in response.<object width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Et8VGyCDt10"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Et8VGyCDt10" />This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by <a href="http://www.roytanck.com">Roy Tanck</a>. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.</object></p>
<p>Reality<br />
An activist explains: &#8220;We wanted to show how Israeli soldiers really behave rather than how they are depicted in the TV commercial. The protesters wanted to illustrate the reality surrounding the construction of the wall. That’s what we got in return: tear gas.&#8221;</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Poort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Het duurt nog geen zestig seconden. Maar een tv-commercial van een lokale telefoonaanbieder zorgt voor opschudding in Israel. In het omstreden spotje zou de Muur rondom de Westelijke Jordaanoever op een relativerende manier geportretteerd worden, tot woede van de Palestijnen. Een vrolijk partijtje voetbal bij de Muur vinden ze ongepast.
Palestijnse politici noemen de spot walgelijk [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Het duurt nog geen zestig seconden. Maar een tv-commercial van een lokale telefoonaanbieder zorgt voor opschudding in Israel. In het omstreden spotje zou de Muur rondom de Westelijke Jordaanoever op een relativerende manier geportretteerd worden, tot woede van de Palestijnen. Een vrolijk partijtje voetbal bij de Muur vinden ze ongepast.</p>
<p>Palestijnse politici noemen de spot walgelijk en kwetsend. Ze eisen dat de commercial uit de lucht wordt gehaald, maar Cellcom, het bedrijf dat het spotje liet maken, piekert daar niet over.<object width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/AH02uc1vB4k"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AH02uc1vB4k" />This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by <a href="http://www.roytanck.com">Roy Tanck</a>. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.</object></p>
<p>Balletje trappen<br />
De tv-commercial begint met een scène waarin een Israëlisch legervoertuig op patrouille wordt geraakt door een voetbal die over de Muur komt zeilen. De soldaten besluiten de bal terug te trappen. Als direct daarna de bal opnieuw hun richting op komt, wordt er versterking ingeroepen en ontaardt het tafereel in een oergezellige voetbalmiddag voor het hele peloton. De onzichtbare tegenstander aan de andere kant van de Muur doet leuk mee.</p>
<p>Het spontane potje voetbal wordt afgesloten met de pay-off: &#8220;Wat willen we uiteindelijk allemaal in het leven? Een beetje lol hebben!&#8221;<span id="more-592"></span></p>
<p>Tuinhekje<br />
De spot heeft een storm van kritiek veroorzaakt. Critici menen dat Cellcom het leed van het Palestijnse volk misbruikt voor de verkoop van mobiele telefoons.</p>
<p>&#8220;De Muur scheidt families van elkaar en verhindert kinderen om hun scholen te bereiken&#8221;, zo zei Ahmed Tibi, een Arabisch lid van het Israëlische parlement, de Knesset. &#8220;De makers van deze commercial doen als of het om een tuinhekje in Tel Aviv gaat&#8221;, aldus de politicus.</p>
<p>Verboedering<br />
De telefoonaanbieder verwerpt alle kritiek en weigert de spot terug te trekken. Volgens een woordvoerder van het bedrijf illustreert de tv-commercial juist de wijze waarop mensen met verschillende achtergronden op dezelfde manier plezier willen hebben. Met deze boodschap zouden de Israëli&#8217;s en de Palestijnen juist nader tot elkaar komen, beweert Cellcom.</p>
<p>Vulgaire humor<br />
Critici trekken deze uitleg in twijfel. De bedoeling van de telefoonaanbieder is om jonge Israëli&#8217;s tijdens hun verplichte dienstjaren in het leger aan zich te binden. Deze doelgroep zou niet bereikt worden met een verbroederende boodschap, maar eerder met vulgaire humor, zo menen de critici. Ook het feit dat de Palestijnen aan de andere kant van de Muur onzichtbaar blijven, is voor de tegenstanders een doorn in het oog. Daarmee zou de kloof tussen beide volken alleen maar dieper worden.</p>
<p>Op internetsite Facebook is een groep in het leven geroepen met tegenstanders van de commercial en op YouTube zijn protestvarianten gepost. Zo is op een filmpje te zien hoe die Israëlische soldaten na het terugkrijgen van de bal de luchtmacht inschakelen en vervolgens met grof geschut een Palestijnse stad bombarderen.<br />
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<p>Kat en muis<br />
Maar de protesten beperken zich niet alleen tot het internet. Iedere week protesteren honderden Palestijnen en internationale vredesactivisten in het Palestijnse dorpje Bilin tegen de bouw van de muur. Het is een wekelijks terugkerend, levensgevaarlijk kat-en-muisspel met het Israëlische leger. De Palestijnen gooien stenen, de soldaten schieten met rubber kogels en traangasgranaten. Daarbij zijn al meerdere doden gevallen.</p>
<p>De Palestijnen in Bilin besloten naar aanleiding van de commercial maar eens de proef op de som te nemen. In plaats van stenen te gooien werden afgelopen vrijdag een paar voetballen richting de Israëlische soldaten getrapt. De ludieke actie werd beantwoord met traangas en het waterkanon.</p>
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<p>Werkelijkheid<br />
&#8220;We wilden laten zien hoe de Israëlische soldaten zich in het echt gedragen, in tegenstelling tot hoe ze worden neergezet in de tv-spot&#8221;, zegt een van de activisten. &#8220;Hiermee willen de demonstranten laten zien hoe het er in de werkelijkheid aan toegaat rondom de bouw van de Muur. Dit is wat we terugkrijgen van de soldaten; traangas.&#8221;</p>
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