Comments on: Reham Alhelsi – Saying "I didn’t know" is no excuse anymore http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/06/09/reham-alhelsi-saying-i-didn%e2%80%99t-know-is-no-excuse-anymore/ Free Minds for a Free Palestine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:11 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: eileen fleming http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/06/09/reham-alhelsi-saying-i-didn%e2%80%99t-know-is-no-excuse-anymore/#comment-817 eileen fleming Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:59:32 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=657#comment-817 Speaking as an American civilian journalist [ I receive no paycheck] and Christian of the Beatitudes [NOT of any Institution] who has been through occupied Palestine five times because I was driven to learn, bear witness and report on life in places such as Ramallah, Jenin, Hebron, Bil'in, Zababdeh, east Jerusalem and the refugee camps of Bethlehem, I contend the problem is; good people do NOT want to know the truth for denial is safe harbor when one is culpable in a horror. Speaking as an American about American Christians; the issue is they do not know the truth because they do NOT want to know and USA corporate media and government propaganda have colluded to 'dumb down' the republic. Many in America claim this is a Christian nation, which it most certainly in NOT: for Jesus promised it is the Peacemakers who are the children of God; NOT those who bomb, starve, torture, occupy others, nor those who do not have eyes to see, or ears to hear, or hearts that bleed over the misery that we the people of America by virtue of paying taxes are culpable in. Eileen Fleming, Reporter and Editor WAWA http://www.wearewideawake.org/ Author "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" Producer "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Speaking as an American civilian journalist [ I receive no paycheck] and Christian of the Beatitudes [NOT of any Institution] who has been through occupied Palestine five times because I was driven to learn, bear witness and report on life in places such as Ramallah, Jenin, Hebron, Bil'in, Zababdeh, east Jerusalem and the refugee camps of Bethlehem, I contend the problem is; good people do NOT want to know the truth for denial is safe harbor when one is culpable in a horror.

Speaking as an American about American Christians; the issue is they do not know the truth because they do NOT want to know and USA corporate media and government propaganda have colluded to 'dumb down' the republic.

Many in America claim this is a Christian nation, which it most certainly in NOT: for Jesus promised it is the Peacemakers who are the children of God;

NOT those who bomb, starve, torture, occupy others, nor those who do not have eyes to see, or ears to hear, or hearts that bleed over the misery that we the people of America by virtue of paying taxes are culpable in.

Eileen Fleming, Reporter and Editor WAWA
http://www.wearewideawake.org/
Author "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory"
Producer "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu"

]]> By: Wael http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/06/09/reham-alhelsi-saying-i-didn%e2%80%99t-know-is-no-excuse-anymore/#comment-816 Wael Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:37:52 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=657#comment-816 Dear Reham, those all are bitter fact, which will be rolled next year if we stay fragmented leverage-less the way are.. Why we are shouting to the word and neglecting the huge power we have internally? No one will listen to us, if we are not learn better listening to each other and build bridges with palestine activism in spite of diversity to create one day global synergy. Dear Reham,

those all are bitter fact, which will be rolled next year if we stay fragmented leverage-less the way are..
Why we are shouting to the word and neglecting the huge power we have internally?
No one will listen to us, if we are not learn better listening to each other and build bridges with palestine activism in spite of diversity to create one day global synergy.

]]> By: Wael http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/06/09/reham-alhelsi-saying-i-didn%e2%80%99t-know-is-no-excuse-anymore/#comment-815 Wael Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:37:30 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=657#comment-815 Dear Reham, those all are better fact, which will be rolled next year if we stay fragmented leverage-less the way are.. Why we are shouting to the word and neglecting the huge power we have internally? No one will listen to us, if we are not learn better listening to each other and build bridges with palestine activism in spite of diversity to create one day global synergy. Dear Reham,

those all are better fact, which will be rolled next year if we stay fragmented leverage-less the way are..
Why we are shouting to the word and neglecting the huge power we have internally?
No one will listen to us, if we are not learn better listening to each other and build bridges with palestine activism in spite of diversity to create one day global synergy.

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