Salim Nazzal – Zionists can threaten but can not intimidate me
By Mary Rizzo • Feb 1st, 2010 at 19:38 • Category: Biography, Israel, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Zionism
WRITTEN BY Salim Nazzal – At the beginning I got “strange” e-mails which hinted towards assassination and the like. The Zionist character in these e-mails was obvious. I simply paid no attention. I know Zionists fear the voice of the victims. My voice is the voice of my people who were murdered and uprooted from their home country. My voice is the voice of my nation surrounded by cemented walls and 620 checks points. My family is an old Galilean family who fled to Lebanon after my village was severally attacked and bombed twice by Zionist planes. Several persons of my family were killed, and in Lebanon, I was born and brought up as a refugee without home, without rights, without a future, but with the hope that justice will prevail one day. The intimidation e-mails never stopped. And each time I changed my e-mail they continued to try to intimidate me in the new e-mail and sent viruses almost all the time my computer is on.
The same thing happened regarding my phone and my cell phone, where I used to get unknown phone calls at night very often. I had to change them and keep their numbers secret. My lawyer advised me to keep all suspicious e-mails as evidence for the police in case my lawyer takes the case to court.
Last summer I went with my family to Cyprus to spend one week vacation. I found out that they are following me even there. I did not believe myself unless I was sure of that. When we came home to Norway I found that the roses in the garden were cut and thrown on the ground, and a tree was half cut by a knife to be easily seen. Under the tree there was a lighter which I had never seen before. The lighter was obviously put there as a symbol of fire.
I informed the Norwegian police, and the Norwegian intelligence service. I also informed the academic circles, and the media in Norway and the world stating clearing that Zionists were behind this. I made it clear that if they aim to stop my voice they will for sure fail. My voice is the voice of the children I saw with their bodies torn out by the Israeli F16. My voice is the voice of all Palestinians who long to go back home and to be free and to live in peace. My voice is trying to convey the story of my nation who did no wrong to anybody, but who paid heavily with 61 years of the pain of exile, 41 years of occupation and injustice.
My voice is addressing the consciousness of humanity, regardless of faith or ideology, country or color. Because as Professor Howard Zinn taught us, we need to view the history of humans not only through wars and conflicts, but also through solidarity and care. For that reason I hate nobody except occupation and injustice. I believe in the coexistence between Palestinians and Jews in one democratic state where all can live in equality and peace away from the culture of hate and wars and conflicts. But I strongly doubt that this goal can be reached while the apartheid state of Israel is strong. Therefore the solution in my view is to delegitimize the apartheid state of Israel with the hope that this can occur peacefully and to construct a new society where Jews and Palestinians can live on equal footing.
One month ago I decided to stop writing articles because I needed time to work on a book. I am a historian in the first place and not a political analyst. But I was anxious that if I stopped writing they might think they had scared me. They for sure could not because I am too old to be scared, and too stubborn to be intimidated. And more, because I know that I defend the culture of peace and justice, and they defend the culture of war and occupation. The haters are too blind to see the beautiful picture of Palestine in the future, where the voices of prayers go in harmony to the sky from the synagogues, churches and mosques. This is my dream, which I share with all the oppressed Palestinians alongside all the peace and justice lovers on earth.
Dr. Salim Nazzal is a Palestinian-Norwegian historian in the Middle East, who has written extensively on social and political issues in the region.
Mary Rizzo is an art restorer, translator and writer living in Italy. Editor and co-founder of Palestine Think Tank, co-founder of Tlaxcala translations collective. Her personal blog is Peacepalestine.
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How do you expect the Jews living in Israel trust any Palestinians after what you did to them. Jews of Israel have not forgotten the times the Palestinians had try to do a genocide on the jews 1922 tell about 1949. Israel rightful will denied the Palestinians right of return in the name safely and security. Any aim to push Israel allow the Palestinians right of return will lead death every Palestinians west Bank and Gaze strip over water ,food and fear of safely issues.
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@Jason: You're a liar plain and simple. Sorry, no one is buying this crap anymore. How much were you paid to write this drivel? What genocide in 1922 and 1949. Honestly? Have you no shame? No such attempted genocide ever happened either in 1922 or 1949 and then you have the audacity to threaten to kill every Palestinian if there is a right to return? How arrogant you are; do you not fear your Lord? Is that how every issue is solved by you and your ilk? By murdering and killing? Cleanse yourself and if you can, get in touch with your humanity if every drop of it has not been corrupted by your hate and unnatural ability to deny the truth. Really,now how far do you and y our ilk really intend to go with your ridiculous lies? Enough is enough already.
Here a link a link to the Arab revolt from 1936 to 1939. http://www.newjerseysolidarity.org/resources/kanafani/kanafani4e.html
Look for this part over here read it After this large numbers of British troops, estimated at twenty thousand, poured into Palestine, and on 30th September 1936, when they had all arrived, a decree was issued enforcing martial law. The mandatory authorities stepped up their policy of relentless repression, and September and October witnessed battles of the greatest violence – the last battles, in fact, to cover nearly the whole of Palestine.
Arab commit longer scale mass murders Jews living in Palestine at the time. Read the part were the Palestinian try attact jews in this site. To make simple sound like Arabs aiming for genicide against the jews. Fact UK 20,000 not force big bring down revolt and need turn Jews help sugestion that Palestinian revolt most Arab at the time aiding it.
So why Should jews take secound chance after what the Palestinians had done in 1939. Why should Jews let them return. For this reason Israel will kill Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaze strip. If they aim one state solution.