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Some News from Israel: A war ending and Darfurian refugees

"JUNAID PRISON, NABLUS - "For five years, I was a wanted man, but we had enough," says Sufian Qandil of the Tigers, an organization associated with Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. It's noon, and Qandil woke up only a few minutes ago in the prison cell where according to an agreement with Israel he must now spend his nights. "We keep our agreements, even those signed with the Jews," he says, placing his hand on his pillow with a Mickey Mouse pillowcase.

The Al-Aqsa brigades were dissolved. Some members joined the security forces of the Palestinian Authority after receiving amnesty from Israel, while others are being held in PA prisons. A rare look inside Junaid Prison reveals a new era in relations between Israel and Fatah activists. They were involved in dozens of terror attacks, but now they say the era of war is over. They want normal lives. There is another expression of the winds of change blowing through Israel-PA relations: The PA arrests men wanted by Israel on request."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1028675.html

"On the pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Neve Sha'anan neighborhood, between the old and the new Central Bus Stations, stands a blue metal door. This unmarked door conceals a shelter housing Sudanese refugees from Darfur.

Until very recently, between 80-100 Darfuri men lived in the 5-room shelter at any given time. The shelter was, for most, an interim stop between prison and a rented apartment."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1027276.html

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Regarding the first article...

The conflict between Israelis and "Palestinians" is over. The PLO and Israel have a peace treaty and PLO terrorists are no longer fighting (not a lot, anyway).

The conflict is now between the Iran-supported Muslim Brotherhood (including Hamas, and ironically they are Sunnis) on the one side and Israel, Arab nationalists, moderate Arab governments, and Saudi Arabia(!) on the other side.

Regarding the second article...

I am still investigating what I should do about it. If I had the time now I would fly to Tel Aviv and see what must be done. I am currently trying to find out to whom I can give money to help.

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Revolutionary movements grow up and become mainstream - and others are born to take their place.

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Revolutionary movements grow up and become mainstream - and others are born to take their place.

Arab nationalism simply lost. They lost face because they never could unite Arab countries. They lost support when they failed to annex Israel and slaughter the Jews. They lost influence when Sadat made peace with Israel. And with Saddam they lost their last major leader. Ever since 2003 the PLO has been struggling.

Make no mistake. They are fascists, allies of Nazi Germany during World War II, and scum. Abbas made his PhD with a thesis about how the Holocaust didn't happen. And Yasser "Arafat"'s mentor and uncle was a personal friend of Hitler's.

But the "Muslim" Brotherhood is worse. They are as bad as the Arab nationalists used to be during World II and the decades following it. Plus they have the support of the western left which Arab nationalism did not have during its heyday (before 1967) and the support of the Iranian regime, which Arab nationalists rightly opposed.

The last remains of Arab nationalism can be seen in a tamed PLO, a Syrian Baath party and regime that has totally surrendered to Iran, the tamed dictatorship of Libya, the regime in Khartoum (Sudan), and some irrelevant groups in Lebanon. That's it.

It's between Iran plus "Muslim" Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda now.

The secular scum have lost. It's up to the religious scum to wage war now.

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http://www.damanga.org/

Damanga has been recommended to me as a good charity to support Darfurians. It's a Muslim charity with excellent ties to churches and especially synagogues.

To verify Damanga I called one of the synagogues their president spoke at (Beth Israel in North Carolina) and they confirmed everything.

About the founder Muhammed Yahya:

Mr. Yahya was born in a small village east of Al-Geneina, the capital of Darmassaleit (West Darfur state). Both as a child and adult, he experienced the brutal racism that permeates Sudanese society. In 1993, his village witnessed the first attacks of the Sudanese government's Arab militia raiders, known as janjaweed. Yahya's home was completely decimated and most of his relatives and neighbors were shot, raped, or burned alive in their huts. Yahya was studying at Al-Azhar University in Cairo at the time his village was destroyed. He received word that his parents were safe, but he lost 21 other family members.

http://www.damanga.org/about/mohamed.htm

Apparently these guys actually do something for multiculturalism and don't just talk about it:

Mohamed Yahya attended the 6th Annual Passover Seder for Jew, Arabs, and Muslims held by Washington Area Jews for Jewish Muslim Understanding. It was held at Columbia@Corssroads Baptist Church in Falls Church, Virginia. Every year Jews celebrate the ancient holiday of Passover to commemorate the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt over 3,000 years ago, and the universal desire for freedom and justice. The Seder celebrated the Four Cups of Passover—Knowledge, Understanding, Justice, and the Cup of the Future -- among Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and all peoples of the world. Mohamed Yahya was able to express his concerns about the situation in Darfur and how the story of the Jewish Exodus gives hope for the future of Darfuris.

http://www.damanga.org/newsroom/recent_events/seder.html

Anyway, I have started donating to Damanga. I respect their attitude towards multiculturalism, their honesty about Arab racism, their religious foundations, and the importance of their cause.

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