<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368</id><updated>2011-10-12T10:35:49.289+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Palestinian Poet &amp; Geographer (Saed J. Abu-Hijleh)</title><subtitle type='html'>Saed J. Abu-Hijleh is a Palestinian human geographer, poet, and radio show host, who is currently working as a lecturer of political and environmental geography at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>60</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-7463306452630762166</id><published>2011-10-12T10:35:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T10:35:49.317+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Nine Years!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Nine years&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Still travelling in a river of tears&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Carrying your face&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Your name&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Trying to reach your heart&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;So the part can unite &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;with the whole…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Nine years&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Holding the rope&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;So you won’t slip away&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;For death not to kill hope&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Nine years&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Of waging wars&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;On my soul&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;On my body&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;On enemies of love&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Following your dream&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Took me to lots of places&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Hot and cold&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Met many faces&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Your story must be told…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Shaden&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;A lighthouse&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;A compass&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;A road map&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;To the most beautiful place&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;To the Oasis&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Full of love and grace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Brothers and sisters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Young and old&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Content and happy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Thanking the Lord&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;October 11, 2011, Nablus, Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;(On the Ninth Anniversary of the Assassination &amp;amp; Martyrdom of our mother Shaden Abdel Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-7463306452630762166?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/7463306452630762166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=7463306452630762166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7463306452630762166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7463306452630762166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2011/10/nine-years.html' title='Nine Years!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-5785676409827476745</id><published>2011-02-17T01:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T01:10:47.209+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Embroidery!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;(A poem for Mama Shaden on her 70th Birthday!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needles or bullets&lt;br /&gt;they both pierce the fabric&lt;br /&gt;of the heart&lt;br /&gt;one with love &lt;br /&gt;the other with hate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You sat there every evening&lt;br /&gt;embroidering a future smile on my face&lt;br /&gt;and soul&lt;br /&gt;for eternity&lt;br /&gt;and they came one evening&lt;br /&gt;and embroidered pain on my heart&lt;br /&gt;for mortality&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I shall embroider my words on their bullets&lt;br /&gt;and send them back&lt;br /&gt;to their wicked souls…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can still hear your laughs&lt;br /&gt;and see your smile&lt;br /&gt;that is why I am going the extra mile…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always feel your presence&lt;br /&gt;in this house&lt;br /&gt;in my essence&lt;br /&gt;in your absence&lt;br /&gt;from social gatherings&lt;br /&gt;and the narrow streets leading to the houses of the oppressed…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your needlework is not finished yet&lt;br /&gt;and soon&lt;br /&gt;soon inshallah&lt;br /&gt;little hands shall&lt;br /&gt;pick up your needle&lt;br /&gt;and continue the journey of love in the fabric of freedom…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Feb 15, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-5785676409827476745?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/5785676409827476745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=5785676409827476745' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/5785676409827476745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/5785676409827476745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2011/02/embroidery.html' title='Embroidery!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-8001300144940114234</id><published>2010-12-17T16:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-17T16:59:47.970+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Respond!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Nablus, Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:08:54 +0200&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Respond to my endless pain with a smile, with no words, with &lt;br /&gt;calming silence, with your eyes closed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be the Sea, for my ship is made of paper, and my crew these &lt;br /&gt;lonely words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Respond to my endless pain with your heart, with your presence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be the Sahara desert, or the Oasis, or both, for I have to cross you &lt;br /&gt;and reach you at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Respond to the hidden call, to the voice coming from that sacred &lt;br /&gt;place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open your eyes and touch my face.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-8001300144940114234?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/8001300144940114234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=8001300144940114234' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8001300144940114234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8001300144940114234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/12/respond.html' title='Respond!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-249278660051444395</id><published>2010-11-18T02:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T02:56:56.552+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Seven Breaths</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed Abu-Hijleh (Sindbad the Spiritual Nomad)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;November 18, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Nablus, Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am the one to blame&lt;br /&gt;for being so lame&lt;br /&gt;and not offering enough breaths&lt;br /&gt;on the altar of love…&lt;br /&gt;You reached me after a long journey&lt;br /&gt;when I used many breaths&lt;br /&gt;to run away from bullets&lt;br /&gt;to climb some mountains&lt;br /&gt;or to save other breaths from being lost&lt;br /&gt;yes&lt;br /&gt;you have reached me&lt;br /&gt;when&lt;br /&gt;I am a "little tired"&lt;br /&gt;when one breath at a time&lt;br /&gt;might restore some logic&lt;br /&gt;to the madness of the thorny path&lt;br /&gt;when painful wisdom demands it&lt;br /&gt;yet&lt;br /&gt;there is still some greatness left&lt;br /&gt;in the journey of the Palestinian Dinosaur&lt;br /&gt;and hope shall restore&lt;br /&gt;Sindbad&lt;br /&gt;for the coming journey&lt;br /&gt;inshAllah with sure steps&lt;br /&gt;towards&lt;br /&gt;the most beautiful destination&lt;br /&gt;with the most beautiful&lt;br /&gt;companion&lt;br /&gt;that shall meet me&lt;br /&gt;after Seven Honest Breaths&lt;br /&gt;and Seven Honest Steps&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-249278660051444395?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/249278660051444395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=249278660051444395' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/249278660051444395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/249278660051444395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/11/seven-breaths.html' title='Seven Breaths'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-4290097037810117362</id><published>2010-11-12T15:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-12T15:50:30.341+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Intent !</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed Abu-Hijleh (Sindbad the Spiritual Nomad)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;November 12, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Nablus, Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In your tent I sat&lt;br /&gt;waiting for thee&lt;br /&gt;to show me…&lt;br /&gt;In your tent I sat alone&lt;br /&gt;waiting for you…&lt;br /&gt;In your tent I struggled to leave my ego outside,&lt;br /&gt;to leave my wounds&lt;br /&gt;and blunders…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In your tent&lt;br /&gt;I breathed with difficulty&lt;br /&gt;the past&lt;br /&gt;the present&lt;br /&gt;and the unknown…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your love is my intent…&lt;br /&gt;Or is it your intent that makes Me the I that I should be!!!&lt;br /&gt;Or is it me who should intend that?&lt;br /&gt;Can you help me?&lt;br /&gt;Or should I help myself to reach you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not know all the reasons why I am here…&lt;br /&gt;Did you bring me here?&lt;br /&gt;Or is it I who wanted to come?&lt;br /&gt;Or is it chance?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can feel your presence…&lt;br /&gt;and I shall seek my essence…&lt;br /&gt;In your tent I have the intent to reach you,&lt;br /&gt;to be with you…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-4290097037810117362?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/4290097037810117362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=4290097037810117362' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4290097037810117362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4290097037810117362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/11/intent.html' title='Intent !'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-109582011488601762</id><published>2010-05-12T22:22:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T22:22:27.867+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Once Again Israel is Being Rewarded (by Samia Khoury)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;May 12, 2010&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The vote to accept Israel into the Organization for Economic Co-operation and development (OECD) while it continues to violate Palestinian Human rights and to flout UN resolutions, indicates that something is very wrong in the values of the world community. But then politics have never had moral values, and that is why the world is in such a mess. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While the siege on Gaza has been allowed to continue for over 3 years simply because Hamas won the elections in a democratic process, and while further sanctions are being considered against Iran for its nuclear activities, Israel continues to enjoy a free hand in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. It also enjoys the privilege of not signing the non-proliferation agreement nor having its nuclear facilities inspected. Once again Israel is being rewarded. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today Israel is celebrating Jerusalem Day according to the Jewish calendar. It is the day Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem to West Jerusalem after the June 1967 war as “The Eternal United Capital of Israel.”. Until 1948 West Jerusalem had a Jewish minority as it was the residential section of Palestinians who were evicted from their homes or had to run away out of fear for their lives after the massacre of Deir Yaseen. As if dispossessing the Jerusalemites in 1948 was not enough, Israel now continues to chase them out of their homes and property in East Jerusalem, where they have taken refuge or were they had always been living . Under different pretexts, and by unjust laws created by Israel and applied by its own court system, Palestinians are left helpless and homeless. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our gift on this special day came through the announcement of the establishment of two Israeli settlements within East Jerusaelm One behind the YMCA and the American Consulate, and the other in the Old City near Al-Aqsa mosque. A special report by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was issued today as well, indicating that Israel has already confiscated 24,500 dunums of Palestinian land which is the size of one third of East Jerusalem. (4 dunums = 1 acre) During 2009 alone, Israel has demolished 80 homes leaving around 300 of their Palestinian inhabitants homeless. That is aside from the ongoing onslaught on the Sheikh Jarrah quarter and the Bustan area in Silwan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Obama, in the meantime sends us harsh messages not to flout the indirect talks. It is yet beyond me why on earth did we Palestinians accept to pursue those negotiations when every member of the Palestinian Authority and the negotiating team had so adamantly announced earlier that there will be no negotiations unless the settlement activity stops. Of course Mr. Obama himself had to bow to Israel when its prime minister simply ignored the request, so did the Palestinian Authority think that they would be up to that challenge? Not Surprisingly, such a serious decision was not taken by a unanimous PLO vote but by a simple majority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand why did we need the blessing of the Arab countries when they had already offered Israel a perfect deal in the 2002 summit in Beirut whereby all Arab countries were willing to recognize Israel and have diplomatic relations with it provided it ends the occupation. Had Israel been interested in peace, it would have jumped at this offer. That was a generous offer, and the American administration and Mr. Obama should have seized that opportunity to pressure Israel, instead of wasting more time, energy and money on Mr. Mitchell’s shuttle trips. Whether the talks are direct or indirect, they will continue to be futile as long as the component of justice is not there and as long as the right of return is not on the agenda. Over and above, they will be futile as long as Israel continues to be rewarded morally and financially for the dispossession of the Palestinians, and its effect on the whole region.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-109582011488601762?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/109582011488601762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=109582011488601762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/109582011488601762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/109582011488601762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/05/once-again-israel-is-being-rewarded-by.html' title='Once Again Israel is Being Rewarded (by Samia Khoury)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-3512152631452471397</id><published>2010-04-17T09:36:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T09:37:28.277+03:00</updated><title type='text'>April 17, 2000 (Palestinian Prisoners’ Day) !</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Nablus, Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is the Palestinian Prisoner's Day. &lt;br /&gt;What can I say! &lt;br /&gt;My words are chained, my thoughts pray, &lt;br /&gt;To the giant spirits behind bars, to their hearts, &lt;br /&gt;To dreams made of tears and clay. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today Samir and Ahmad become one, &lt;br /&gt;United in hunger they walk the path, &lt;br /&gt;"Death or freedom" is the way. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today all wounds become one, &lt;br /&gt;Transcending bars and barbwires, &lt;br /&gt;Imprinting shame on the jailer’s forehead. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, Brothers and Sisters of the Inside, &lt;br /&gt;You are freer than we are.&lt;br /&gt;We are the prisoners indeed, of selfishness, apathy, and greed. &lt;br /&gt;We are the ones chained by the illusions of safety. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today the Inside becomes the outside, the outside the Inside. &lt;br /&gt;Today is now and forever! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can say no more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;This poem was written on April 17, 2000 yes the struggle and plight of Palestinian prisoners still continues in 2010.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-3512152631452471397?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/3512152631452471397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=3512152631452471397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/3512152631452471397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/3512152631452471397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-17-2000-palestinian-prisoners-day.html' title='April 17, 2000 (Palestinian Prisoners’ Day) !'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-4239846500608904476</id><published>2010-03-28T16:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-03-28T16:39:58.929+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Morning Sakhneen*</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh, March 26, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good Morning Sakhneen&lt;br /&gt;the Spirit of Palestine&lt;br /&gt;if you know what I mean&lt;br /&gt;the valley of Battoof&lt;br /&gt;“ta3al wa shoof”&lt;br /&gt;how racism&lt;br /&gt;tries to separate&lt;br /&gt;hand from land&lt;br /&gt;see the lies&lt;br /&gt;with your own eyes&lt;br /&gt;the theft of water&lt;br /&gt;the source of life &lt;br /&gt;to make the indigenous&lt;br /&gt;full of strife&lt;br /&gt;Yet&lt;br /&gt;the People of Sakhneen&lt;br /&gt;are rooted in love&lt;br /&gt;and they only fear&lt;br /&gt;God above&lt;br /&gt;the Land for them&lt;br /&gt;is Being&lt;br /&gt;and to be for them&lt;br /&gt;is become a tree&lt;br /&gt;watered from the sky&lt;br /&gt;that brings freedom&lt;br /&gt;from the Mediterranean sea&lt;br /&gt;so come and see&lt;br /&gt;with your own eyes&lt;br /&gt;the Zionist lies&lt;br /&gt;the People of Sakhneen&lt;br /&gt;they do what they mean!!!&lt;br /&gt;they are true lovers&lt;br /&gt;of a sacred land&lt;br /&gt;called Falasteen :-)&lt;br /&gt;they have proven their love&lt;br /&gt;in 1976&lt;br /&gt;when six crossed to the other side&lt;br /&gt;they could not abide&lt;br /&gt;the theft of land&lt;br /&gt;by the same hand&lt;br /&gt;that massacred &lt;br /&gt;and "ethnically cleansed”&lt;br /&gt;their brothers and sisters&lt;br /&gt;the rooted goodness&lt;br /&gt;of this ancient place...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People of Sakhneen&lt;br /&gt;and this land are one&lt;br /&gt;their flesh its soil&lt;br /&gt;and its soil their flesh&lt;br /&gt;and those who came by parachutes&lt;br /&gt;have no roots&lt;br /&gt;in the &lt;br /&gt;valleys and mountains&lt;br /&gt;of their Mother&lt;br /&gt;Palestine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* Shakhneen or Sakhnin is one of the main towns inside Palestine 1948 areas, in the heart of the Galilee. The town became famous when its residence revolted against the Israeli Authorities decisions to confiscate thousands of acres from its lands to build Jewish settlements. On March 30, 1976, three of its residence, along with another three from nearby Palestinian villages that joined the revolt were killed by the Israeli Army in what became to be known as the "Day of the Land". This revolt and the memory of the fallen Palestinian martyrs who sacrificed their souls to defend their lands and the dignity of the Palestinian People are commemorated on March 30th of each year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have written this poem in honor of a Palestinian delegation from Sakhneen who came to visit Nablus on March 25, 2010. Among the woman and men of the delegation were many who participated in the 1976 revolt (Intifada) of the Day of the Land and who were either injured or imprisoned by the Zionist army. Among them also was the sister of Martyr Khader Khalaileh, one of the six Palestinians who were killed in 1976. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thanks to my colleague and friend, Mr. Ala Abu Idhair, who invited me to join him in meeting our sisters and brothers from Sakhneen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-4239846500608904476?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/4239846500608904476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=4239846500608904476' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4239846500608904476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4239846500608904476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/03/good-morning-sakhneen.html' title='Good Morning Sakhneen*'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-7409220980670051183</id><published>2010-03-24T01:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T01:30:30.241+02:00</updated><title type='text'>رسالة إلى الرئيس الفلسطيني وصحبه -- بقلم د. عبد الرحيم كتانة</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;تحية وبعد&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;أبرزت وسائل الإعلام المحلية والعربية اليوم نبأ تعرضكم لانزلاق في منزلكم في رام الله وتوجهكم إلى الأردن للعلاج والراحة……انتهى الخبر&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وبما أن الخبر يندرج في الإطار الصحي , فمن حقي كطبيب فلسطيني أعيش على الأرض الفلسطينية أن أتوجه باللوم والنقد لحضرتكم ودفاعا عن مهنة الطب في بلدي&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;السيد الرئيس : كنت ,وفي أكثر من مكان , قد وجهت النقد للمؤسسة الصحية وللسياسة الصحية في مناطق السلطة , ولكن هذا لا يعني , إطلاقا, أننا نفتقد للأطباء المميزين والمستشفيات المميزة , وإنما ننتقد سعيا للأفضل والأكمل&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;إن أطباءنا يتمتعون بمهارات عالية لا تقل , بأي حال من الأحوال عن زملاءهم في الدول المجاورة, وان مستشفياتنا الخاصة والحكومية تستطيع استقبالكم وصحبكم أحسن استقبال وتقديم أفضل الخدمات والرعاية والراحة .إن أبناءكم أولى بكم وبثقتكم وهم يتساءلون (وعن حق)لماذا كلما عطس أو زحلق أو التوى كاحل أحدكم هرعتم إلى الخارج للعلاج؟ونحن هنا لا نتكلم عن المصاريف والتكاليف والأموال التي تصرف على العلاج في الخارج( على أهميتها القصوى) وإنما نتحدث عن الثقة بالنفس وبالشعب. فما دامت ثقتكم بشعبكم وأبناءكم وأطباءكم مهتزة إلى هذا الحد , فلماذا تطلبون ثقتهم لانتخابكم وتنصيبكم عليهم ؟&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;السيد الرئيس : لا ادري مدى خطورة الوضع الصحي الذي آلت إليه الأمور معكم وما نوع الإصابة ,ولكم طبقا لما وردنا من خلال وسائل الإعلام فإننا نتكلم عن رضوض , يستطيع أي طبيب في أي قرية فلسطينية علاجكم ورعايتكم والاعتناء بكم&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;طبعا , لا اكتب لكم مستفزا ولا متشفيا , فا لموضوع ليس شخصيا ولا سياسيا ,ففي السياسة انتقد نهجكم باستمرار,ولكن وبعد أن تكررت هذه التصرفات من قبل القيادة الفلسطينية فقد آن الأوان لان نرفع صوتنا ( نحن معشر الأطباء)لتنبيهكم . لقد صادف , وانأ ازور بعض الأطباء – الأصدقاء في البلدان العربية, أن التقي ببعض القيادات الفلسطينية في عياداتهم للعلاج من أمراض بسيطة جدا,وكأننا في فلسطين نعيش طبيا في القرن التاسع عشر,وحضر لعيادتي العشرات منهم طلبا لتقرير طبي للحصول على تحويل من اجل العلاج في الخارج من أمراض يتوفر في بلدي الإمكانيات والكفاءات لعلاجها. إننا نشعر وانتم تتحدثون عنا – نحن معشر الأطباء في فلسطين – بازدرائكم لنا ولإمكانياتنا , إذن لماذا تسمحون لنا بممارسة مهنة الطب وعلاج المواطنين الفلسطينيين العاديين&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ولا يفوتني , في هذا المقام على توجيه اللوم والعتاب إلى السيد وزير الصحة ونقيب الأطباء لصمته المطبق إزاء تصرفات القيادة في هذا المجال.وختاما ,لكم ولصحبكم نقول تواضعوا قليلا, ففراشنا قصير ,لكن اعتزازنا بأنفسنا وبعلمنا وإمكانياتنا كبير وكبير جدا&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ملاحظة: قد يقول قائل بان الرئيس كان أصلا في الخارج ولم يذهب إلى الخارج للعلاج , وانأ اعرف انه كان في بيته في تونس فذهب إلى بيته في عمان وليس إلى بيته في رام الله أو بيته في غزة أو بيته في القاهرة اللهم ارزقه بيتا خيرا من بيته , وما دام رئيسنا فليتفضل للعلاج عندنا في الداخل&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;د.عبد الرحيم كتانة&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-7409220980670051183?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/7409220980670051183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-7530628028631109368</id><published>2010-03-23T23:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-23T23:56:54.624+02:00</updated><title type='text'>729 the number of apartheid (by Mark R. Hesling)</title><content type='html'>You are not what you buy, but what you buy matters, and nobody with a fully developed sense of morality would willingly and consciously support a system of exploitation, theft, brutality and apartheid. Unfortunately, a lot of us do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we wish to adhere to any form or concept of 'sustainable development' then we need to take responsibilty for our actions, and the consequences of our purchases. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is why the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) has been calling for a consumer boycott of Israeli goods, services and products. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The BDS movement argues that such sanctions are necessary because governments, especially those in Europe and North America, have failed to intervene and impose economic, cultural and political sanctions against the Israeli state for continued violations and crimes against international law, human rights, and humanity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many retailers and outlets in the UK that sell not only Israeli produce, but also produce grown on land in the Occupied Territories, often labelled as 'Produce of Israel.' A product barcode beginning with 729 denotes Israeli origin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many might feel uncomfortable with the idea of boycott, but all of us have moral principles which we aim to adhere to, though a depressingly small number of us act upon those principles by not purchasing, for example, goods made with child labour, cosmetics developed through animal testing, or products that aid in the destruction of the rainforests. If the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against South African apartheid could have been rationalised and justified then so can a boycott of Israeli apartheid. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is difficult to profess support for childrens rights whilst purchasing goods that ensure children are denied the chance to attend school and attain a decent education, or support animal rights whilst buying unnecessary goods made with the suffering of animals, or call yourself an environmentalist whilst buying produce that directly results in the destruction of the rainforest and you certainly CANNOT call yourself an advocate of human rights whilst willingly and consciously purchasing goods that support apartheid, colonialisation, exploitation and theft.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Located at: &lt;a href="http://www.sustainablescotland.com/people/help/israel-palestine-settlements-apartheid.html"&gt;http://www.sustainablescotland.com/people/help/israel-palestine-settlements-apartheid.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-7530628028631109368?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/7530628028631109368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=7530628028631109368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7530628028631109368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7530628028631109368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/03/729-number-of-apartheid-by-mark-r.html' title='729 the number of apartheid (by Mark R. 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-8356298251891226265</id><published>2010-03-13T23:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T23:58:59.482+02:00</updated><title type='text'>حملة كرامة -- إلغاء ضريبة الخروج عن طريق الجسر فوراً</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;الحملة الدولية لحرية حركة الفلسطينيين - حملة كرامة&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Karama Campaign&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;إ&lt;strong&gt;لغاء ضريبة الخروج عن طريق الجسر فوراً -- بقلم حازم القواسمي&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;بينما يقوم معظم دول العالم بلغاء ضريبة المغادرة، ما زالت السلطة الفلسطينية تفرض باتفاق مع الاسرائيليين ضريبة خروج عالية قيمتها 143 شيكل على كل فرد. أي إذا سافرت أم مع خمسة أولادها تدفع 858 شيكل، ما يفوق 230 دولار أمريكي (ضريبة فقط)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وعندما طالبت حملة كرامة من الرئاسة ورئاسة الوزراء إلغاء قيمة هذه الضريبة، أجابتنا السلطة بأن هذه الرسوم تأتي بناء على اتفاق باريس الاقتصادي والذي يقضي بأن يذهب نصف هذه القيمة للاسرائيليين والنصف الآخر للسلطة الفلسطينية. فقلنا لهم أنه باستطاعة السلطة طلب تعديل الاتفاق وإلغاء رسوم الضريبة&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;الغريب أنه لا يوجد إجابة عند أحد في السلطة لماذا يتم جباية هذه الضريبة؟ فوجود الاسرائيليين أصلاً غير شرعي على الجسر كما تقول السلطة، وهذه نقطة عبور بين فلسطين والأردن، فلماذا ندفع كل هذه الملايين سنوياً للاسرائيليين على حساب المواطن المعدوم. وهل يعقل أن ندفع للاحتلال ثمن موظفيه وجنوده الذين يقومون بإذلالنا وإهانتنا؟ ولن نستعجب أن تطلب السلطة الفلسطينية من المواطن الفلسطيني الغلبان أن يدفع في الأيام القادمة رسوم على كل حاجز اسرائيلي يعبره؟&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;تكون السلطة الفلسطينية واهمة إذا اعتقدت أن حملة كرامة ستكتفي بإلغاء العشرة شواكل التي كانت تفرضها بلدية أريحا، مقابل أن تستمر في جني ملايين الدولارات على حساب المواطن الفلسطيني المعدم. لن نكل ولن نمل ولن نستسلم حتى يسافر المواطن الفلسطيني بلا رسوم مطلقاً من فلسطين إلى الأردن والعودة بحرية وكرامة. وإذا أرادت السلطة الملايين فلتأخذها من الدول المانحة التي تسعد بدفع المبالغ عوضاً عن الاحتلال الاسرائيلي&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;الحملة الدولية لحرية حركة الفلسطينيين "حملة كرامة"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;حازم القواسمي&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;المنسق العام&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: 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Zone)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;نحن أبناء جامعة النجاح الوطنية، طلبةً وأساتذةً وموظفين، وانطلاقاً من إيماننا الراسخ بضرورة التحرك الوطني الواعي نطالب بجعل جامعة النجاح الوطنية "منطقة خالية من البضائع الإسرائيلية" كجزء من النضال الجماهيري السلمي لإنهاء الاحتلال العسكري الإسرائيلي ونظامه العنصري البغيض، وعلية نطلب من&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;إدارة جامعتنا الحبيبة تلبية هذا النداء وأن تشترط على متعهدي الكافتيريات عدم بيع المنتجات الإسرائيلية واستبدالها ببديل وطني أو&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;عربي أو من منتجات دولة أجنبية صديقة&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;أساتذتنا وموظفينا وطلبتنا الالتزام ودعم هذه الحملة الرائدة والعمل على تطبيقها داخل الجامعة لكي تصبح جامعة النجاح نموذجاً يحتذى به&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;متعهدي الكافيتريات وأصحاب المحلات والمكتبات في داخل الجامعة التعاون الطوعي مع الحملة وتحقيق هذا المطلب&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;مقاطعتك للبضائع الإسرائيلية ودعمك للمنتج الوطني واجب وطني وديني وأخلاقي&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;الجهات الداعمة للحملة: نقابة العاملين ، مجلس إتحاد الطلبة ، وكافة الكتل الطلابية في جامعة النجاح الوطنية&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-4541150144418942312?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6882200947760382000</id><published>2010-02-24T13:35:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T02:19:20.779+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Open Letter to the International Geographical Union (IGU) "We cannot be neutral on a moving train!"</title><content type='html'>Open Letter to the International Geographical Union (IGU)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1181"&gt;http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1181&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;As geographers, faculty, students, academic scholars, and people of conscience, we are profoundly dismayed by IGU’s decision to hold its July 2010 regional conference in Tel Aviv, in violation of the widely endorsed Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. We are equally troubled by IGU’s response [1] to the open letter issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), which urged the Executive Committee to relocate the upcoming regional conference out of Israel [2]. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PACBI’s letter was a compelling reminder that Israel’s academic establishment (and geography in particular) is implicitly and explicitly complicit with the Israeli state’s colonial, discriminatory, and oppressive policies towards Palestinians. As important social institutions they advance, sustain, and provide the intellectual and moral justification for Israeli actions against Palestinian people and their representatives both within Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is noteworthy that “no Israeli university or academic union has ever taken a public position against the occupation, let alone against Israel‘s system of apartheid or the denial of Palestinian refugee rights.”[3] PACBI underlines the prevailing, and deeply disturbing role of Israeli Universities in developing the very weapons and military doctrines used against Palestinians. Moreover, they highlight the tragic irony of geographers holding a conference about “Bridging Diversity in a Globalizing World” in a country built on urban destruction and gradual ethnic cleansing, a state which defines itself as an exclusively Jewish state, not a state of all its citizens, one that continues to violate human rights with total impunity and stands accused of war crimes for its latest offensive in Gaza [4].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IGU Executive’s response claims that they are “morally and possibly financially bound to honor the commitment the IGU made to its colleagues in Israel” in 2000. Pragmatic impediments to relocate such an event are understandable yet solvable. It is however far less clear what the executive means by the ‘moral’ standard that binds them to ignore the widespread international outcry against Israel’s longstanding mistreatment of the Palestinian people as well as the open calls for support by Palestinians in their quest for basic justice. Against these concrete ethical imperatives the Executive Committee invokes its statutes, which proscribe boycotts, along with the guidelines of ICSU (International Council for Science) on the free circulation of scientists. Yet, we know that statutes are open to amendment in the face of critical circumstances and geographers have, over the last five decades, debunked positivist reductionism and struggled successfully to free our discipline from the false ‘objectivity’ of traditional science. The fact of Israel’s colonial and apartheid system, the oppression of the Palestinian people, including the denial of their inalienable rights, the irrational violence against and enclosure of the people of Gaza along with widespread international condemnation are ample and pressing reasons for cancelling or relocating the Tel Aviv conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IGU Executive says they are concerned that the Boycott forecloses the possibility of debate and feel “the most effective way to resolve policy and political differences allegedly justified by science is through direct and open confrontation of the conflicting ideas and their proponents”. These arguments are based on three crucial misconceptions. First, the assumption that the relationship between Israel and Palestine is a symmetrical one ignores the overwhelming economic, social, military and political power of Israel relative to the poverty-stricken, war-ravaged state of the Palestinian people, their state and its institutions. A historical colonizer-colonized relationship along with the constant threat of military assault robs Palestinians of their basic livelihoods let alone the privilege and right to disagree politically or otherwise. Secondly, the intimation that the Israeli-Palestinian question is about “policy and political differences” and therefore not the concern of geographers since politics and science are two pure and separate spheres is an anachronistic vision of the discipline, and an insult to the very many geographers around the world whose work does not adhere to that simple binary and is ethical, policy-oriented and/ or politically engaged. And thirdly, the suggestion that Boycotts are not effective or legitimate is decisively invalidated by the example of South African anti-apartheid movement, which shows it to be among the most useful and least violent tactics in resisting oppression and injustice at an international level. A rising tide of International support for the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign calls on us to take a similar stance in the case of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To date all other forms of international intervention have failed to convince or force Israel to comply with international law and to end its repression of the Palestinians. As educators and intellectuals we must take exception to the impunity with which Israel has targeted Palestinian educational rights. Since its establishment Israel’s policies have been aimed at the destruction of Palestinian historical manuscripts, journals and books [5], suppression of academic freedom and closure of Palestinian universities [6], mobility restrictions on staff and students [7], destruction of educational infrastructure [8], systematic discrimination against Palestinian students [9], as well as arrest and deportation of local academic and international staff [10]. The latest example of these policies in our field is the travel ban imposed by Israel on geographer Khalil Tafakji, Director of the Cartographic Section of the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem, and regular lecturer in international forums about Israel discrimination and ethnic cleansing policies in East Jerusalem [11].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In light of the above, and in the tradition of engaged scholars such as the well-respected late James M. Blaut whose intellectual efforts were guided by solidarity with oppressed people including the Palestinian people and South African anti-apartheid groups, we the undersigned, believe that it is our moral responsibility as scholars, intellectuals and activists to talk truth to power against injustice. In this spirit of international solidarity and resistance to oppression we stand in support of Palestinians’ non-violent anti-colonial struggle through a public campaign of boycott divestments and sanctions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Historically, geography as a science was established and consolidated in direct service of European imperial and colonial expansion. The discipline's critical turn in the latter 20th century has worked to expose and repudiate this history and its militaristic and colonial tradition. It is in this spirit that we, the undersigned, collectively petition the IGU Executive Committee to take immediate steps to relocate the July 12 – 16, 2010 regional conference outside Israel. Given the circumstances if the conference goes ahead inside Israel we will not attend or otherwise participate in any manner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We the undersigned, scholars and people of conscience, urge you to act promptly and ethically in this matter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[1] &lt;a href="http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1126"&gt;http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1126&lt;/a&gt;(see below)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[2] &lt;a href="http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1126"&gt;http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1126&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[3] &lt;a href="http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1175"&gt;http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1175&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[4] &lt;a href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/9/docs/UNFFMGC_Report.pdf"&gt;http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/9/docs/UNFFMGC_Report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[5] &lt;a href="http://www.jerusalemquarterly.org/ViewArticle.aspx?id=36"&gt;http://www.jerusalemquarterly.org/ViewArticle.aspx?id=36&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[6] &lt;a href="http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/downloads/pdfs/AcademicFreedomPaper.pdf"&gt;http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/downloads/pdfs/AcademicFreedomPaper.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[7] &lt;a href="http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/news/catindex31"&gt;http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/news/catindex31&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[8] &lt;a href="http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/news/catindex32"&gt;http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/news/catindex32&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[9] &lt;a href="http://www.adalah.org/features/education/New_Data_on_Education_August_2009.pdf"&gt;http://www.adalah.org/features/education/New_Data_on_Education_August_2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[10] &lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/443.shtml"&gt;http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/443.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[11] &lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11058.shtml"&gt;http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11058.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SIGN HERE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEw0OUVnekhuNW9SYV93WHN1OXJfUFE6MA"&gt;https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEw0OUVnekhuNW9SYV93WHN1OXJfUFE6MA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;View the up-to-date list of endorsers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tL49EgzHn5oRa_wXsu9r_PQ&amp;amp;single=true&amp;amp;gid=0&amp;amp;output=html"&gt;http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tL49EgzHn5oRa_wXsu9r_PQ&amp;amp;single=true&amp;amp;gid=0&amp;amp;output=html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6882200947760382000?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-2210636980938211153</id><published>2010-02-22T09:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T09:10:38.999+02:00</updated><title type='text'>بعض النماذج في مؤسساتنا الرائدة</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;(نقلا عن الإنترنت ولا أدري من الكاتب)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;هزيز الدنب&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;هو كائن حي يتكاثر في مكاتب المدراء وفي الممرات التي يمر منها المدير ويتمتع بالدجل والخداع وله خمسون وجه وهو لا يستطيع مجاراة الناجحين فيلجأ لهز الدنب يتميز بذكاء مجاملة عالْ جدا ولا يعمل الا قبل حضور المدير او المسؤول بخمس دقائق ويتظاهر بالتعب والاجتهاد ، يتغذى على المدح والعلاوات وكلمات الشكر ، ودائما يمدح نفسه بانه شريف ونظيف اليد ويأخذ رزقه من تعب جبينه ، وكما قالت الشاعرة الكبيرة شيرين: انا مش بتاعت الكلام ده انا كنت طول عمري جامدة&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;ضريب الاسافين&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;هو كائن حي يتكاثر في اماكن استراحات الموظفين ، يتميز بقوة السمع والشم ، يستطيع شم الاخبار والمصائب عن بعد ، وسريع جدا بنقل المعلومات ، يستطيع قلب الامور بلحظات ، يتغذى على ضحاياه من الموظفين المساكين ، وكما قال الشاعر: ما بدي قلك شوبني.. شو الي جرالي بهالدني&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;كثير الحكي&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;كائن كلامه اكثر من فعله يستطيع التكلم بخمسين كلمة في الثانية ، كلامه كثير لكنه طيب القلب ولا يؤذي احدا ، وكل مشكله تقع على رأسه في النهاية ، يتكاثر في الحمامات العامة وفي كل مكان يوجد به طعام ، وكما قال الشاعر: المتعوس متعوس ولو حطوله فانوس&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;الأخرس&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;كائن&amp;nbsp;حي لا يتكلم كثيرا ، يسمع اكثر من ان يتكلم ، يجب الحذر منه عودة لقول الشاعر: ما تخاف غير من الساكت.. ويأخذ كل ما يريد ، لكن بدون ما يحس حد ، صبور وذكي جدا وكما قال الاديب الكبير: ساكت قلبي عمبيشكي ساكت.. لا ما بدي ابكي ساكت.. عيوني عمتحكي انا ساكت&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;.الخويثه&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;كائن حي فاتح فمه دائما.. معاهم معاهم.. عليهم عليهم ، ليست لديه شخصية ، ليس له رأي ، اخر واحد بدوام واول واحد بروح ، دائما تعبان ومش طايق حاله يتغذى على الشيبس والاندومي ، وهذا كما قال الشاعر الكبير سعد الصغير: وحركب الحنطور وتحنطر درجن درجن&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;اللي ملوش دخل&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;كائن حي ، دائما يكون لابس بدلة من غير كرافه ، وكرش كبير ويعتقد بانه مولود مدير ، ويتواجد في مكاتب المدراء، ليس له عمل او عمله تافه فبيشتغل بالناس ، يمتاز بثقالة الدم ، والتبجح بالجاه والنسب كل همه العزايم والقهوة والشاي ، والتمسح بالمدراء عديم الاحساس ، يمتاز بقوة العين عند حضور الطعام ، والجرأة على الزملاء وكل ما تطرده (برجع بطلع) ودائما بعرف بكل شي ، وبعرف كل الناس ، وكل ما يتوكل بموضوع بخربه وبخربطه وبفشل.. وكما قالت الشاعرة نانسي: شخبط شخابيط.. لخبط لخابيط.. مسك الألوان ورسم عالحيط&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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This form of popular struggle has spread to many other Palestinian villages and areas in East Jerusalem. The protests are made to show opposition to the confiscation of roughly half of the village's land by the Israeli Jewish-only settlement colony of Modi'in Illit. In 2007, after the village protested every Friday for almost 3 years, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the barrier does not serve a security purpose and ordered it rerouted. The Israeli army however, did not start to reroute the barrier until last week and informed the village that it will only return 364 (or 60%) of its 575 taken acres. During this week's protest the army fired dozens of tear gas canisters, shock grenades, and sprayed the crowd with liquid smelling like sewer and feces.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1581832782749142285?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1581832782749142285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1581832782749142285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1581832782749142285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1581832782749142285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/02/palestinians-tear-down-parts-of.html' title='Palestinians tear down parts of the Apartheid barrier (by Lia Tarachansky)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-8558348671327636026</id><published>2010-02-15T23:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T23:26:52.387+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Talk to Hamas (by Arik Diamant and David Zonsheine )</title><content type='html'>As Israeli soldiers we hang our heads in shame over last year's attack on Gaza's civilian population. Dialogue, not war, is needed &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Israeli media marked the one-year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, the war on Gaza, almost as a celebration. The operation is recognised almost unanimously in Israel as a military triumph, a combat victory over one of Israel's deadliest enemies: Hamas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As combat soldiers of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), we have serious doubts about this conclusion, primarily because hardly any combat against Hamas took place during the operation. As soon as the operation started, Hamas went underground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most casualties were inflicted on Palestinians by air strikes, artillery fire, and snipers from afar. Combat victory? Shooting fish in a barrel is more like it. Operation Cast Lead consisted essentially of bombing one of the most crowded places on earth, striking civilian targets such as homes, schools and mosques, and ultimately leaving a trail of more than 1,300 casualties, mostly civilians, over 300 of whom were children. As soldiers of the IDF reserves, we bow our heads in shame against this hideous attack on a civilian population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the goals of the operation, these too are questionable. Allegedly, operation Cast Lead was intended to stop the firing of missiles by Hamas. But the Qassam missile problem had been solved before the operation started. The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in place from 19 June 2008 had resulted in a drastic reduction of missiles fired from Gaza from a few hundreds per month to about a dozen for a period of five months. It was Israel that never lived up to its end of the bargain to end the siege of Gaza, breached the ceasefire in November 2008 by attacking targets in the Strip, essentially ignored Hamas's proposal to renew the ceasefire, and eventually began operation Cast Lead a few weeks later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The true goal of this operation was different from the one announced by Israeli officials. The real objective was not to stop the Qassams but to overthrow the Hamas government. As such, the operation failed. Hamas in Gaza is stronger than ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A year after this brutal war, a change of strategy is needed. Israel should commence immediate talks with Hamas, negotiating not only a ceasefire but also the "core issues" to be part of an end-of-conflict agreement. An open dialogue with Hamas is clearly in Israel's interest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, because Hamas was democratically elected in Gaza and has won the trust and respect of a significant part of the Palestinian people, anyone hoping to resolve this conflict will eventually need to bargain with the group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second, Hamas has proven capable of delivering peace and quiet to the citizens of southern Israel. As demonstrated before, Hamas has a strong hold on all organisations acting in Gaza and can enforce a truce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third, a prisoner exchange deal is our only chance to bring back the abducted IDF soldier, Gilad Shalit. In return, Israel will release hundreds of Hamas prisoners, out of the 8,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Such a deal can have a pacifying influence on public opinion both in Israel and in Palestine and can be an important step towards reconciliation between the two peoples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hamas is currently Israel's enemy, but peace is made with enemies, not with friends. Hamas is also a powerful, pragmatic and well organised movement, possibly a future partner with whom Israel can "cut a deal". A reluctance to recognise Hamas as the party in charge in Gaza is a strategy that failed and needs to be replaced. A nation that is truly looking for peace cannot afford to ignore its partners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Arik Diamant and David Zonsheine are the founders of Courage to Refuse, a movement of Israeli reserve soldiers who refuse to serve in the occupied territories. In November 2009 they launched an initiative calling Israel to open a dialogue with Hamas&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-8558348671327636026?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/8558348671327636026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=8558348671327636026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8558348671327636026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8558348671327636026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/02/talk-to-hamas-by-arik-diamant-and-david.html' title='Talk to Hamas (by Arik Diamant and David Zonsheine )'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-2299197391575290140</id><published>2010-02-12T18:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-12T18:49:47.064+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A sign of hope: On the anniversary of the release of President Nelson Mandela (By Samia Khoury, February 11, 2010)</title><content type='html'>On the anniversary of the release of Mr. Nelson Mandela, Mr. Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister said: “His story reminds us that there is no corner of the earth so far away, no injustice so entrenched, no enemy so powerful that people of good conscience cannot campaign for, change and win” &lt;br /&gt;Indeed how very true. And thanks to Mr. Brown for pointing that out, because it certainly gives us -Palestinians- some hope, especially that Palestine is not that far away from Britain. Neither is the long history of the dispossession of the Palestinians unknown to the prime minister at 10 Downing Street. After all the root cause of the tragedy of Palestine started in Britain in 1917 with the Balfour declaration and the British mandate which lasted until 1948.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would seem to me that Britain should be the first country of conscience to redress the grave injustice “so entrenched” since 1948 and further exacerbated by the occupation of the rest of the Palestinian Territories in 1967. Indeed the enemy has proved to be powerful to an extent that it has marginalized the role of the United Nations, and turned the super powers into a tool that it can manipulate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People of good conscience are already campaigning for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel, a campaign similar to the one that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa. So I hope that Britain will have the moral courage to set the record straight, and ride the wagon of the BDS, until the occupation comes to an end. Or will the rhetoric we heard on Nelson Mandela’s anniversary of freedom simply wither into thin air, and the “powerful enemy” will continue to gloat over the fact that nobody will dare meddle with its policies?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-2299197391575290140?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/2299197391575290140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=2299197391575290140' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='text'>رسالة غابرييل غارسيا ماركيز الاخيرة لقرائه</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;اعتزل الروائي الشهير غابرييل غارسيا ماركيز الحياة العامة لأسباب صحية بسبب معاناته من مرض خبيث. ويبدو أن صحته تتدهور حالياً&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ومن على فراش المرض أرسل رسالة وداع إلى أصدقائه، ولقد انتشرت تلك الرسالة بسرعة، كالنار في الهشيم، وذلك بفضل الأنترنت، فوصلت إلى ملايين الأصدقاء والمحبين عبر العالم&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;نص الرسالة&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;"لو شاء الله أن ينسى إنني دمية وأن يهبني شيئاً من حياة أخرى، فإنني سوف أستثمرها بكل قواي. ربما لن أقول كل ما أفكر به لكنني حتماً سأفكر في كل ما سأقوله&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;سأمنح الأشياء قيمتها، لا لما تمثله، بل لما تعنيه&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;سأنام قليلاً، وأحلم كثيراً، مدركاً أن كل لحظة نغلق فيها أعيننا تعني خسارة ستين ثانية من النور&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;سوف أسير فيما يتوقف الآخرون، وسأصحو فيما الكلّ نيام&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;لو شاء ربي أن يهبني حياة أخرى، فسأرتدي ملابس بسيطة واستلقي على الأرض ليس فقط عاري الجسد وإنما عاري الروح أيضاً&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;سأبرهن للناس كم يخطئون عندما يعتقدون أنهم لن يكونوا عشاقاً متى شاخوا، دون أن يدروا أنهم يشيخون إذا توقفوا عن العشق&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;للطفـل سـوف أعطي الأجنحة، لكنني سأدعه يتعلّم التحليق وحده&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وللكهول سأعلّمهم أن الموت لا يأتي مع الشيخوخة بل بفعل النسيان&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;لقد تعلمت منكم الكثير أيها البشر... تعلمت أن الجميع يريد العيش في قمة الجبل غير مدركين أن سرّ السعادة تكمن في تسلقه&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;تعلّمت أن المولود الجديد حين يشد على أصبع أبيه للمرّة الأولى فذلك يعني انه أمسك بها إلى الأبد&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;تعلّمت أن الإنسان يحق له أن ينظر من فوق إلى الآخر فقط حين يجب أن يساعده على الوقوف&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;تعلمت منكم أشياء كثيرة! لكن، قلة منها ستفيدني، لأنها عندما ستوضب في حقيبتي أكون أودع الحيا&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;قل دائماً ما تشعر به وافعل ما تفكّر فيه&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;لو كنت أعرف أنها المرة الأخيرة التي أراكِ فيها نائمة لكنت ضممتك بشدة بين ذراعيّ ولتضرعت إلى الله أن يجعلني حارساً لروحك&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;لو كنت أعرف أنها الدقائق الأخيرة التي أراك فيها ، لقلت " أحبك" ولتجاهلت، بخجل، انك تعرفين ذلك&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;هناك دوماً يوم الغد، والحياة تمنحنا الفرصة لنفعل الأفضل، لكن لو أنني مخطئ وهذا هو يومي الأخير، أحب أن أقول كم أحبك، وأنني لن أنساك أبداً&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;لأن الغد ليس مضموناً لا للشاب ولا للمسن. ربما تكون في هذا اليوم المرة الأخيرة التي ترى فيها أولئك الذين تحبهم . فلا تنتظر أكثر، تصرف اليوم لأن الغد قد لا يأتي ولا بد أن تندم على اليوم الذي لم تجد فيه الوقت من أجل ابتسامة، أو عناق، أو قبلة، أو أنك كنت مشغولاً كي ترسل لهم أمنية أخيرة&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;حافظ بقربك على من تحب، أهمس في أذنهم أنك بحاجة إليهم، أحببهم واعتني بهم، وخذ ما يكفي من الوقت لتقول لهم عبارات مثل: أفهمك، سامحني، من فضلك، شكراً، وكل كلمات الحب التي تعرفها&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;لن يتذكرك أحد من أجل ما تضمر من أفكار، فاطلب من الربّ القوة والحكمة للتعبير عنها. وبرهن لأصدقائك ولأحبائك كم هم مهمون لديك&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-5226425549425154154?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/5226425549425154154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=5226425549425154154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/5226425549425154154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/5226425549425154154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html' title='رسالة غابرييل غارسيا ماركيز الاخيرة لقرائه'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-2764740775742114992</id><published>2010-01-30T15:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-30T15:57:57.698+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Carleton students launch major divestment campaign (video, report, articles)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cobject%20width=%22560%22%20height=%22340%22%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/vbegyuRbL1s&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowFullScreen%22%20value=%22true%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowscriptaccess%22%20value=%22always%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cembed%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/vbegyuRbL1s&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20allowscriptaccess=%22always%22%20allowfullscreen=%22true%22%20width=%22560%22%20height=%22340%22%3E%3C/embed%3E%3C/object%3E"&gt;&lt;object height="340" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vbegyuRbL1s&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vbegyuRbL1s&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OTTAWA, January 27, 2010 – Carleton students have released a report detailing how the Carleton University Pension fund invests in companies involved in violations of human rights and of international law. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The report was created by Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA – Carleton), who are launching a campaign to end Carleton's unethical investments and adopt a socially responsible investment policy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Northrop Grumman and Tesco supermarkets are the five companies profiled in the report. The report documents how these companies manufacture weapons and weapons components that are used to kill and maim Palestinian civilians, that support the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and that perpetuate Israel’s illegal siege of the Gaza strip. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Students are appalled to learn that Carleton is affiliated with companies providing support for illegal military occupation” says SAIA - Carleton member Yafa Jarrar. “We thought our University was guided by more than just the balance sheet.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carleton Faculty who have heard about SAIA Carleton’s campaign have been shocked to learn their pension fund is tied into such unethical investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I do not want my pension fund profiting from the sale of Hellfire missiles and Apache Helicopters,” say Trevor Purvis, who teaches Law at Carleton. “By investing in the firms, not only does Carleton violate its own ethical principles, but it essentially makes Carleton complicit in breaches of international law and human rights violations.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LINK TO DIVESTMENT DOCUMENT:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://carleton.saia.ca/documents/DivestmentCampaign/CarletonUniversityDivestmentReport.pdf"&gt;http://carleton.saia.ca/documents/DivestmentCampaign/CarletonUniversityDivestmentReport.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;==============================&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ARTICLES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carleton's war portfolio: Students demand divestment from apartheid&lt;br /&gt;By Aidan MacDonald&lt;br /&gt;January 22, 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/01/carletons-war-portfolio-students-demand-divestment-apartheid"&gt;http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/01/carletons-war-portfolio-students-demand-divestment-apartheid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking back at Carleton's divestment from South Africa&lt;br /&gt;By Alroy Fonseca&lt;br /&gt;January 22, 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/01/looking-back-carletons-divestment-south-africa"&gt;http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/01/looking-back-carletons-divestment-south-africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-2764740775742114992?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/2764740775742114992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=2764740775742114992' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2764740775742114992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2764740775742114992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/01/carleton-students-launch-major.html' title='Carleton students launch major divestment campaign (video, report, articles)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1801382540671142535</id><published>2010-01-22T01:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T01:58:47.674+02:00</updated><title type='text'>محاضرة في جامعة النجاح بعنوان كيف أكون قياديا -- قدمها أ. سائد أبو حجلة</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;محاضرة في جامعة النجاح بعنوان : كيف أكون قياديا&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.maannews.net/arb/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=255865"&gt;http://www.maannews.net/arb/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=255865&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;نابلس - معا - نظمت دائرة العلاقات العامة في جامعة النجاح الوطنية اليوم محاضرة للأستاذ سائد أبو حجلة المحاضر في الجامعة بعنوان "كيف أكون قياديا" حضرها عدد من أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية في الجامعة بالإضافة إلى عدد من طلبة الجامعة والمهتمين&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ونظمت المحاضرة في مدرجات الشهيد ظافر المصري في الحرم الجامعي القديم وتحدث فيها أ.ابو حجلة عن العناصر الأساسية للشخصية القيادية وبدأ المحاضرة بطرح معادلة ذهنية تلقي الضوء على موضوع القيادة بشكل عام وهي الرؤية والتحكم والفعل، كما بين الفرق بين مفاهيم الفعل ورد الفعل والفعل المبادر والذي يجب ان يكون منسجما مع الرؤية التي شكلها القيادي&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وتناول أ.ابو حجلة موضوع المفهوم التربوي وبين ان التربية بالتعريف مفهوم تنموي تراكمي وان اول ما يعتمد عليه القيادي هو الحصول على المعلومات التي تشكل اللبنة الاساسية للمعرفة والتي تعتبر مدخلا اساسيا للعملية التنموية&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;كما ركز خلال المحاضرة على موضوع القوة واشار الى ان المعرفة هي من اهم عناصر ما يسمى بالقوة الهيكيلية في المفهوم المعاصر والتي تعتمد بالاساس على التحكم بالامن والتحكم بواسائل الانتاج والتمويل ومصادر التمويل والتحكم بالمعرفة والافكار والمعتقدات&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وطرح خلال المحاضرة افكارا تتعلق بالمفهوم القيادي مستوحاة من كتاب العادات السبع للاشخاص الفعالين وهو للكاتب الامريكي ستيفن كوفي وهذه العادات هي: ان يكون الانسان مبادرا وان يبدأ بالهدف اولا وان يضع الاولويات وان يفكر بمبدأ المكاسب المشتركة مع الآخرين ومحاولة فهم الآخرين قبل ان يطلب منهم فهمه وكذلك مبدأ التعاون الخلاق، ومبدأ تجديد وتفعيل الطاقات&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وشدد ابو حجلة على المهارات التي يجب ان تتوفر في القيادات ومنها ادارة الوقت والاتصال والقراءة التي تؤدي الى تطوير المعارف بشكل مستمر، كما تحدث عن المهارات القيادية التي يمكن تطبيقها في في كافة مناحي الحياة العامة والخاصة وقطاعات المجتمع المدني وهذا في نظر ابو حجلة موضوع هام وحيوي للمجتمع الفلسطيني وخاصة فئة الشباب&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وركز على ضرورة تدريب المدربين ليصبحوا قادرين ومؤهلين جيدا خاصة في مجال العملية التربوية وانتهاج منهجية تعليمية هدفها تعزيز قدرات الطاقات الشبابية من خلال تطبيق مبدأ "البراكسيس" وهي النظرية التي يتم تعديلها من خلال التفاعل مع الواقع&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وفي نهاية المحاضرة تم طرح العديد من من الاسئلة والمداخلات التي تتعلق بموضوع القيادة في القطاع الخاص وفي البرامج الشبابية الامر الذي اثرى النقاش ووضع موضوع القيادة في سياقه الفلسطيني بشكل عملي&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1801382540671142535?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1801382540671142535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1801382540671142535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1801382540671142535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1801382540671142535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post_22.html' title='محاضرة في جامعة النجاح بعنوان كيف أكون قياديا -- قدمها أ. سائد أبو حجلة'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-762290422072819031</id><published>2010-01-20T22:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T22:08:55.114+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Israel's assassination policy</title><content type='html'>This is a video report done by Lia Tarachansky of The Real News Network on the recent Israeli cold-blooded assassinations of Palestinian martyrs Raed Surakji, Ghassan Abu Sharekh, and Anan Suboh, may Allah have mercy on their souls. Israeli soldiers committed Summary Executions (or Extrajudicial killings) condemnable by International Law. 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style="text-align: center;"&gt;العمل التضامني الدولي مع فلسطين&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;جلسة ثقافية أعدها المنتدى التنويري في نابلس&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;إنطباعات الناشط المجتمعي سائد ابو حجلة&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;عقد المنتدى التنويري الثقافي الفلسطيني (تنوير) جلسة ثقافية بعنوان (العمل التضامني الدولي مع فلسطين) إستضاف فيها الأستاذ سائد أبو حجلة المحاضر في جامعة النجاح الوطنية، والنقابي الامريكي كالفن كلارك الناشط في حركة التضامن الدولية مع الشعب الفلسطيني في مدينة شيكاجو، وأدار النقاش د. يوسف عبد الحق، رئيس مجلس الادارة في المنتدى والمحاضر في جامعة النجاح الوطنية&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وفي بداية الجلسة أشار الدكتور عبد الحق إلى أهمية البعد الاقتصادي في الصراع مع المحتل كشكل من أشكال المقاومة الشعبية، مبينا أن البعد الاقتصادي لم يستثمر فلسطينيا بعد، وأنه استثمر جزئيا في بداية الانتفاضة، لكنه لم يستمر وفق خطة استراتيجية واضحة المعالم. واشار الى التقصيروتشتت الجهود والارتجال وضعف الاداء التراكمي لاحداث التغييرالمطلوب، فيما تتجاوب حركة التضامن في اوروبا والعالم الان في استخدامه كسلاح حاد للدفاع عن حقوق الشعب الفلسطيني وملاحقة مجرمي محرقتي لبنان وغزة وعدم تركهم للافلات من العقاب باعتبارهم مجرمي حرب&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وقدم الأستاذ سائد أبو حجلة خلال محاضرتة تحليلا منهجيا لموضوع التضامن الدولي مع فلسطين متناولا خمسة أسئلة رئيسية: ما المقصود بالتضامن الدولي في السياق الفلسطيني وما هي أشكالة المختلفة ؟ وما هي أبعاده الجغرافية والزمنية؟ وما الفّرق بين التضامن الرسمي والشعبي؟ وكيفية الاستفادة من مبادرات وحركات التضامن والاليات المطلوبة لتطويرها&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ملقيا الضوء على أمثلة ونماذج عملية من التضامن عايشها خلال جولتة الأخيرة في أوروبا وكندا التقى خلالها بالعديد من منظمات المجتمع المدني الناشطة في الدفاع عن حقوق الشعب الفلسطيني&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;أشكال التضامن&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وخلال شرحه لمفهوم التضامن عرف أبو حجلة الإنسان المتضامن بأنة "صديق لفلسطين يعمل من أجل حقوقنا وقضيتنا الوطنية" وأن هناك "جهات متعددة تصتف بجانبنا لُتقوي جبهتنا في معادلة الصراع مع العدو ولتثبيت هويتنا الوطنية&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ثم أوضح أن هناك أشكال مختلفة من التضامن، مبينا أن التضامن السياسي يتمثل بالضغط على حكومات الدول لإحقاق الحقوق المشروعه لشعبنا في المنظمات والمحافل العالمية. أما التضامن الاقتصادي فلا يقل أهمية في تعزيز صمود شعبنا على الارض. وأضاف أن أشكال التضامن الاخرى كالتضامن الثقافي والاعلامي والأخلاقي والمعنوي تعتبر روافد مهمة ومتممة للتضامن الاقتصادي والسياسي&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;البعد التاريخي لحركات التضامن&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ثم تحدث أبو حجلة عن تطور الحركات التضامنية مع الشعب الفلسطيني والمراحل التاريخية المتعددة التي مرت بها منذ بداية الإحتلال البريطاني لفلسطين وحتى يومنا هذا. وقال أن في فترة ما بين نكبة عام 1948 وحتى 1967 حصر التضامن مع الشعب الفلسطيني في الدول الاسلامية والعربية ومن ثم توسع هذا التضامن ليشمل المعسكر الإشتراكي بعد حرب عام 1967 وإنشاء منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;انقلاب الصورة&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ثم اشار أن الصورة النمطية المشوهة التي رسمها الإعلام الصهيوني عن الفلسطيني كإرهابي بدأت تتغير بعد الاجتياح الصهيوني لجنوب لبنان واحتلال بيروت وقتل وجرح 20 ألف لبناني وفلسطيني وتتويج ذلك بمجزرتي صبرا وشاتيلا التي هزت الوجدان العالمي وحفزت على تشكيل العديد من المنظمات والشبكات التي تدافع عن حقوق الشعب الفلسطيني مثل لجنة 29 نوفمبر والذي أخذت من تاريخ يوم التضامن مع الشعب الفلسطيني كإسم لها والتي انطلقت في مدينتي شيكاغو ونيويورك وإنتشرت في معظم المدن الأمريكية الرئيسية ومن ثم تحولت للجنة التضامن مع الشعب الفلسطيني&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ولفت المتحدث الى أن الانتفاضة الأولى عام 1987 هي التي أحدثت الانقلاب الحقيقي في الصورة بحيث تغيرت صورة "داوود وجالوت" حين واجه "جالوت" الإسرائيلي المدجج بالسلاح "داوود" الطفل الفلسطيني الذي حمل الحجر مقابل البندقية وهنا شاهد العالم بأسره على شاشات التلفاز كيف قام جنود الإحتلال بقتل "أطفال الحجارة" بدم بارد بإستخدام الرصاص الحي وكيف إستخدموا الهروات لتكسيرعظام الفلسطينيين&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ثم اردف قائلا "أن تراكم أحداث الانتفاضة وانتهاكات المحتل وجرائمة أعطت جرعة تضامن قوية مع شعبنا في كل من القارتيين الأوروبية والأمريكية والعالم ككل، فصور القتل وتدمير البيوت وسرقة الارض وإقتلاع الأشجار كلها ممارسات هزت ضمير العالم"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;بدء التحرك وتنظيم العمل&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;الاجتياحات وانتفاضة الاقصى ومحرقتي لبنان وغزة أخرجت اصوات كثيرة ضد "إسرائيل"، ولم تعد تنطلي اتهامات اللوبي الصهيوني لمنتقدي جرائم الاحتلال "بالاسامية" على أحد &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;واعتبر المتحدث عام 2006 بالمفصلي لتنامي وتحالف الجمعيات المتضامنة مع الشعب الفلسطيني واعتبار اسرائيل دولة كولنيالية ودولة نظام فصل عنصري (أبارتهايد) وارهاب بعد سلسلة المجازر واضطهاد الشعبيين الفلسطيني واللبناني، حيث لم يعد بإمكان إسرائيل أن تدعي أن لها الموقع الأخلاقي الأعلى في الصراع، وتكشفت اكاذيبها في اتهام معارضيها بالاسامية لأن غزارة دم المجازر فاق قوة أبواقها الاعلامية في قلب الحقائق&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ماذا يحصل في كندا وأوروبا اثر تداعيات محرقتي لبنان وغزة؟ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وعن إنطباعاتة عن النشاط التضامني خلال زيارتة لكندا وأوروبا قال الأستاذ أبو حجلة "لقد مكثت 12 يوما في كندا حيث حاضرت أكاديميا وسياسيا في جامعات تورونتو وترنت وكوينز وأتوا ومونتريال، بدعوة من (التحالف ضد نظام الفصل العنصري الإسرائيلي) المتكون من مجموعة أصدقاء ونشطاء زاروا فلسطيين وشاهدوا عن كثب بأم أعينهم ما يجري على الارض من جدار وحصار وحواجز وإهانة واجتياحات، ثم أسسوا هذا التحالف الذي يضم في صفوفة الكثير من اليهود الذين يمقتون الصهيونية ويعملون جاهدين لانهاء الإحتلال ونظام فصله العنصري. كما نوة للدور الريادي التي تقوم بة مؤسسة التضامن من أجل الحقوق الانسانية للشعب الفلسطيني والتي لها فروع كثيرة في كندا&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وأفاد بوجود تحالف ضخم جدا في في مدينة مونتريال يحوي الكثير من المؤسسات الكندية والعربية ويعرف التحالف الان باسم (تضامن) ويعمل لتوسيع وتعميق الحملة الدولية لمقاطعة إسرائيل وسحب الإستثمارات منها وفرض العقوبات عليها (BDS) والتي تحظى الأن بدعم كبيرمن قبل حركات التضامن كبرنامج نضالي ضد الأبارتهايد الإسرائيلي&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وأعلمنا أبو حجلة عن بعض المؤسسات المترددة للدخول في التحالف لأن الاسرائيليين لديهم حراك أيضا من طرفهم ضد المقاطعة، وأن بعض الكنديين يخافون اللوبي الصهيوني لئلا يوصموا بالاسامية، وغدا بعض السياسيين والنشطاء يخشون ارهاب اللوبي الصهيوني وابتزازه على عكس الاوروبيين الذين ماعادوا يهتموا بهذا الاتهام الذي فقد قوته ومحتواه وبريقه&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وفي ذات السياق تحدث أبو حجلة عن مشاركتة في مؤتمر كبير بعنوان (حرية التعبير، حرية التعليم) نظمته أربعة منظمات تضامنية، أعضاءها من الاساتذة والاكاديميين والطلبة، بعضهم طرد من مؤسسته لنقده اسرائيل وممارساتها ضد الفلسطينيين، حيث ركزت المحاضرات على إعادة الاعتبار لحرية الكلام والتعبير والتدريس حول القضية الفلسطينيية دون تكميم الأفواه. وقد شارك في المؤتمر ما يقارب عن 300 شخص معظمهم ينتمون للجهات المنظمة للمؤتمر وهي معلمون من أجل السلام والعدالة وأكاديميون من أجل فلسطين ومدرسون من أجل فلسطين وطلبة ضد الأبارتهايد الإسرائيلي&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وتساءل المتحدث؟&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;هل صدفة أن يتم حجزي في مطار مدينة تورونتو لمدة خمس ساعات؟ وهل صدفة أن توجه لي أسئلة في كندا ليست بالتقليدية، على نمط "هل ستتحدث ضد اسرائيل؟ وهل تحمل في حقيبتك مواد إعلامية ضد اسرائيل؟ وهل ستعقد اجتماعات ضد اسرائيل؟" لقد تيقنت من محاولة ارهابي واسكات صوتي قبل أن اصل لكندا ولربما منعت من الدخول لولا الضغط السريع والاتصالات المباشرة مع دائرة الهجرة في المطار من قبل أصدقائي الكنديين&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ولم يقلل المتحدث من أهمية الانجازات التي تمت في كندا لحركات التضامن التي بدأت تنتشر كالنارفي الهشيم بين قطاعات الطلاب والنقابات المهنية والعمالية والكنائس ومؤسسات العمل المدني، وأن هناك عدد كبير من المؤسسات باختلاف تلاوينها وضعت المقاطعة عل سلم أولوياتها&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;التجربة الأوروبية&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;أفاد المتحدث أبو حجلة الذي زار أوروبا لمدة شهر أن حملة المقاطعة في اوروبا قطعت شوطا كبيرا، ونقابة الاكاديميين البريطانيين فتحت الباب على مصراعيه، ولم يستسلموا لابتزازهم واسكاتهم من اللوبي الصهيوني، ثم لحقت بها العديد من النقابات الاخرى المهنية والنقابية والطلابية والكنائس وذلك بتحفيز وتنسيق مع لجنة التضامن مع الشعب الفلسطيني التي أنشأت نافذة على الإنترنت بخصوص المقاطعة وتسمية البضائع التي يجب حظرها&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وقال أنه زار مدينة لكسمبرغ، التي تعتبر غنية ولها ثقل في اوروبا ، بدعوة من لجنة السلام العادل في الشرق الأوسط، وألقى محاضرة عن المجتمع الفلسطيني تحت الإحتلال وذلك ضمن سلسلة محاضرات نظمتها اللجنة في الآونة الأخيرة عن الوضع الراهن للصراع العربي-الإسرائيلي. كما أطلعنا على زيارته لمدينة بازل في سويسرا التي تعتبر مركز انطلاق الحركة الصهيونية بقيادة هرتزل، والتي يوجد فيها اليوم مؤسسة تضامنية لمقاطعة إسرائيل ومن ثم مدينتي لوزان وجنيف، معقبا أن كل هذه المدن فيها تضامن كبير مع الشعب الفلسطيني&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;الموقف الفلسطيني&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وأوجز أبو حجلة الموقف الفلسطيني واصفا اياه بالتشرذم وتفتت موقف الحركة الوطنية الفلسطينية، وأنها تفتقر لبرنامج واضح لمخاطبة الشعوب الاخرى &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ثم أشار أن "هناك إرتباك وتساؤلات حتى حول قضايانا المصيرية التي ليس لها رؤية واضحة، لقد سؤلنا عنها خاصة حول الدولة العلمانية الواحدة، وحول آلية المقاطعة التي لا يتم التحدث عنها رسميا، والتي يقوم بها الاوروبيون وغيرهم وفق النداء الفلسطيني للمقاطعة والذي صدر في عام 2005."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ثم اضاف بحرقة "لدينا اشكاليات كثيرة، والمنطق اللاأخلاقي أن نطلب شيء من غيرنا ونحن أنفسنا لا نطبقه."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;الخاتمة: نداء&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;أنهى أبو حجلة مداخلته حول محرقة غزة، وقال أن الدم الفلسطيني الذي سال هناك أعطى وقودا لحركات التضامن التي توسعت وانتشرت بشكل غير مسبوق. ولكن للأسف التخاذل والتواطئ كبير، كما حصل في مسيرة (شريان الحياة لفلسطين)(Viva Palestina) التي تم اعاقتها وكان مخططا لها أن تصل إلى غزة في الذكرى السنوية الاولى للمحرقة، حيث شارك فيها 550 ناشط وناشطة مروا من 10 دول وقطعوا آلاف الأميال للتضامن مع فلسطين. وكذلك مسيرة الحرية لغزة (Gaza Freedom March) التي شارك فيها 1400 متضامن من 43 دوة مختلفة، ولكنهم منعوا من الوصول إلى غزة بعد وصولهم القاهرة حيث قاموا بالتظاهرهناك إحتجاجا على قرار السلطات المصرية ومن ثم أصدروا اعلانا سمي بإعلان القاهرة طالبوا فية برفع الحصار عن غزة ومقاطعة إسرائيل وسحب الإستثمارات منها وفرض العقوبات عليها (BDS) ومحاكمة مجرمي الحرب الإسرائليين.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ورأى المتحدث أن حجم التضامن وصل مراحل متقدمة، وتقع على عاتقنا مسؤليات كبيرة كحركة وطنية لترتيب أمورنا، لأن الوقت من دم والتاريخ لا يرحم.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ماذا نريد من المتضامنين؟&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;أوجز أبو حجلة المطالب من أصدقائنا المتضامنين بحملة اعلامية واسعة لفضح وكشف الإنتهاكات الإسرائيلية لحقوق الانسان الفلسطيني، وتشكيل مجموعات ضاغطة على اسرائيل، ودعم الحملة الدولية لمقاطعة إسرائيل وسحب الإستثمارات منها وفرض العقوبات عليها، والدعم المالي والاقتصادي لتعزيز صمود الشعب الفلسطيني.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;المتحدث الآخر، النقابي الامريكي كالفن كلارك أشار الى زيارته الثانية لنابلس، وقال " قبل ان أتي لفلسطين، قرأت عنها، وعقدت مقابلات حولها، وقد أتيت لهنا في المرة الاولى وراعني الاهانات لشعبكم على الحواجز، وقد أقمت لمدة شهر مع عائلة شهيد كان مهددا بيتها بالنسف، شاهدت الخوف والصبر والمعاناة بعيونهم خلالها عرفت معنى المقاومة، لاني تعرفت على عائلة ثانية لي هي أل خلفة التي تم تدمير بيتها بعد مغادرتي الى بلدي شيكاغو. كنت خائفا أن لا ياذنوا لي بالعودة لآهلي في فلسطين بعد أن غبت عنهم ستة سنوات، وكنت خائفا ان لا أدفع دينا في رقبتي لهذا الشعب العظيم."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;"أنا مع حركة التضامن الدولية مع الشعب الفلسطيني، ومعكم مؤسسات كثيرة تعمل عندنا كمؤسسة طلاب من أجل العدالة في فلسطين ولها عدة فروع، ومؤسسات عربية وفلسطينية ويهودية واسلامية تعمل من اجل فلسطين وهناك أيضا التحالف ضد الحرب والعنصرية، وفية نضع شرط لدخول المؤسسات تحت مظلة التحالف بحيث لا نقبل أي مؤسسة جديدة لا توافق على حقوق الشعب الفلسطيني مسبقا."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وافاد المتحدث الامريكي "بحكم موقعنا الجغرافي في مدينة شيكاغو، لقد احدثنا ارباك كبير لشركة كتربلر وأعقنا عقد اجتماع هيئتها العامة هناك، وحرضنا المشاركين بسحب اسهمهم من الشركة، لأن اسرائيل تدمر البيوت الفلسطينية بمعداتها الثقيلة، ونعدكم من جانبنا بأننا سنعيق اجتماعهم في الربيع القادم وسنمنع الاجتماع من الحدوث، وسنفضح ذلك على صفحات الجرائد الاقتصادية، لنؤثر على سمعة الشركة مما سيخفض قيمة اسهمها !"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وأشار الى العمل النضالي مع طلاب من أجل العدالة الذين عطلوا المجرم أولمرت من التحدث في الجامعة لمدة خمسة ساعات ونصف الساعة، وقال "أحدثنا له ارباك داخل القاعة وكنا نربط انفسنا وفق سلسلة بشرية لاعاقة الشرطة، وفي خارج القاعة تظاهر بنفس الوقت أكثر من 300 متضامن تحت المطر الغزير الذي بثته الجزيرة بشكل مباشر."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;وانتهت المداخلات بالاجماع على أن الشعب الفلسطيني غير ملزم لخلق برامج وحلول للاحتلال الذي اقتلع شعبنا من أرضة. وأكد المشاركون على ضرورة الخروج من ظاهرة الارباك في الساحة الفلسطينية لكي يتم التناغم مع ظاهرة المد التضامني في الساحة العالمية، فهل من نظرة مستقبلية للتشبيك الوطني والعالمي لموسم حصاد أفضل لفلسطين؟ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ابو زيد حموضة منسق العلاقات والاعلام&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;نابلس، فلسطين &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;15/1/2010 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-8578958175908770795</id><published>2010-01-12T07:19:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T07:20:37.272+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Truth</title><content type='html'>“Eye for an eye &lt;br /&gt;Tooth for tooth”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But last night the Sufi Nai told you&lt;br /&gt;“Smile for a smile&lt;br /&gt;Heart for a heart”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your whole being cried&lt;br /&gt;You understood&lt;br /&gt;That&lt;br /&gt;Your heart&lt;br /&gt;Is in His hand&lt;br /&gt;You understood&lt;br /&gt;That&lt;br /&gt;Without&lt;br /&gt;His grace &lt;br /&gt;You have&lt;br /&gt;No face&lt;br /&gt;You saw&lt;br /&gt;Once again&lt;br /&gt;With your heart&lt;br /&gt;You almost forgot&lt;br /&gt;That you strayed&lt;br /&gt;Away from the path&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon you will go away&lt;br /&gt;To the master of love&lt;br /&gt;And whirl around yourself&lt;br /&gt;Till you are no more&lt;br /&gt;Where there is no ship&lt;br /&gt;Or shore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The truth is one&lt;br /&gt;What you have done&lt;br /&gt;What you have said&lt;br /&gt;What you bled&lt;br /&gt;Your breath&lt;br /&gt;Love&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-8578958175908770795?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/8578958175908770795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=8578958175908770795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8578958175908770795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8578958175908770795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2010/01/truth.html' title='Truth'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-5943814728896403522</id><published>2010-01-11T02:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T02:43:44.891+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pure!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Nablus, Palestine, Jan 11, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful, fragile, seductive, and ephemeral…&lt;br /&gt;My love for this rose is almost criminal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet she is almost pure&lt;br /&gt;And I chose her to be my cure…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this day and age&lt;br /&gt;You get to choose&lt;br /&gt;Your sickness&lt;br /&gt;Your wounds&lt;br /&gt;And the bruise&lt;br /&gt;On your heart&lt;br /&gt;And if you are a true lover&lt;br /&gt;Your obituary&lt;br /&gt;On this page!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this day and age&lt;br /&gt;You get to choose&lt;br /&gt;The murder weapon&lt;br /&gt;And the number of bullets&lt;br /&gt;And words you hear&lt;br /&gt;That pierce your soul&lt;br /&gt;And shatter your heart&lt;br /&gt;To pieces&lt;br /&gt;You get to choose the smile&lt;br /&gt;That will kill you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh my sweet rose&lt;br /&gt;I chose you&lt;br /&gt;Or you chose me&lt;br /&gt;It is almost the same&lt;br /&gt;In this game &lt;br /&gt;Of hide and seek&lt;br /&gt;Where only egos speak&lt;br /&gt;Yet we are part of this mortal song&lt;br /&gt;Right or wrong…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe there is still hope&lt;br /&gt;That love is waiting&lt;br /&gt;At the end of this rope…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-5943814728896403522?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/5943814728896403522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=5943814728896403522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1574131711407445146</id><published>2010-01-01T11:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T11:43:28.545+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mimi</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;By Sindbad the Spiritual Nomad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;On the first day of 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mimi &lt;br /&gt;The only pure love I had&lt;br /&gt;Died in someone else’s hand&lt;br /&gt;While I was across the river&lt;br /&gt;Listening to an Egyptian poet&lt;br /&gt;Denouncing with conviction&lt;br /&gt;A police state &amp;amp; an old dictator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mimi&lt;br /&gt;Came from nowhere&lt;br /&gt;And met me there&lt;br /&gt;In the land of the heart&lt;br /&gt;Where a smile is all it takes&lt;br /&gt;To fill your being with grace&lt;br /&gt;And give your soul wings&lt;br /&gt;To fly anywhere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MiMi&lt;br /&gt;Must I&lt;br /&gt;Mention I&lt;br /&gt;To fill the sky&lt;br /&gt;With rain&lt;br /&gt;So the rainbow can come&lt;br /&gt;And arch over “The Mountain of Fire”&lt;br /&gt;And bridge two hearts across this valley…!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mimi&lt;br /&gt;Left me too soon&lt;br /&gt;And left my nights without moon&lt;br /&gt;I have now to dig deep&lt;br /&gt;And reach the core of things&lt;br /&gt;And start all over again&lt;br /&gt;But this time&lt;br /&gt;With slow deep breaths&lt;br /&gt;And sure steps with no regrets&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mimi&lt;br /&gt;I hope you will forgive me&lt;br /&gt;I brought you in my life when I was not ready&lt;br /&gt;I did not know how fragile you were&lt;br /&gt;And that you needed my love and care&lt;br /&gt;I wish I did not travel across the river&lt;br /&gt;And kept you in my arms for ever…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing I will say will bring you back&lt;br /&gt;And I do not know the price of redemption&lt;br /&gt;All I know it is going to be Big&lt;br /&gt;And that’s why I have to dig&lt;br /&gt;And dig&lt;br /&gt;And dig&lt;br /&gt;Till I can’t dig no more&lt;br /&gt;Then I’ll know I reached the core&lt;br /&gt;Only then I can truly love…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1574131711407445146?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1574131711407445146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1574131711407445146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1574131711407445146'/><link rel='self' 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/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;The First Anniversary of the Israeli War on Gaza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;Honoring the souls of our Martyrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;in the Gaza Strip and Nablus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We invite you on this occasion to join us in lighting candles to express our solidarity and our demand to break the siege and end of the suffering of our people in Gaza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;and to solidify our popular struggle against the oppressive practices of the Israeli Occupation in the West Bank and to condemn the recent horrific crime of the cold-blooded assassination of three Palestinian activists in Nablus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Martyrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;(Ghassan Abu Sharekh, Raed Surakji, Anan Suboh)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;On the evening of Saturday, January 2, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13;"&gt;5:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;Martyrs' Circle – Nablus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Kindly bring candles and signs in both Arabic and English and invite all friends and international solidarity activists located in the Nablus region&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;Palestinian Political Parties’ Coordinating Committee &amp;amp; the organizations, groups, powers, and personalities of the Nablus District&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;بمناسبة الذكرى السنويه الأولى للحرب الإسرائيليه على غزة&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;وإكراما وإجلالا لأرواح شهدائنا الأبرار&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;في قطاع غزة وفي نابلس جبل النار&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;ندعوكم للتجمع&lt;br /&gt;لإشعال الشموع إحياء لذكرى شهداء العدوان الصهيوني الغاشم&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;وللتعبير عن تضامننا ومطالبتنا برفع الحصار وإنهاء معاناة شعبنا الصامد في غزة&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;وتعزيزا لمقاومتنا الشعبية ضد ممارسات الإحتلال الإسرائيلي في الضفة الغربية&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;وإستنكارا لجريمة الإغتيال البشعة &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;التي إقترفتها قوات الإحتلال الصهيوني في نابلس &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;بحق مناضلينا الأبطال&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;الشهداء&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;(غسان أبو شرخ ، رائد السركجي ، عنان صبح)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;وذلك مساء يوم السبت الموافق 2-1-2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;الساعة 5:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;في ميدان الشهداء (الدوار) – نابلس&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;الرجاء من جميع المشاركين&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;إحضار الشموع وأيضا كتابة شعارات تضامنية باللغتين العربية والإنجليزية &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;ودعوة جميع الأصدقاء والنشطاء&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;والمتضامنين الدوليين المتواجدين في محافظة نابلس&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;لجنة التنسيق الفصائلي &lt;br /&gt;و مؤسسات وفعاليات وقوى &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;وشخصيات محافظة نابلس&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;27-12-2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div 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January 2, 2010) دعوة للمشاركة في نشاط تضامني مع غزة ونابلس'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-4311571533469432292</id><published>2009-12-25T00:50:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T01:03:47.905+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Messenger of Peace 2010 !</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was born to tell&lt;br /&gt;that Earth mustn’t be hell.&lt;br /&gt;Jesus The messenger of Peace&lt;br /&gt;walked the thorny path&lt;br /&gt;to end oppression&lt;br /&gt;and impede human attrition…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2010 years later&lt;br /&gt;oppression is still the norm&lt;br /&gt;and the lost Children of “Canaan”&lt;br /&gt;cannot go home&lt;br /&gt;prevented by a fascist terrorist state&lt;br /&gt;that calls itself “Israel”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Israel” is a hijacked name&lt;br /&gt;and smearing it with injustice is a shame.&lt;br /&gt;Israel is the title Allah gave to Jacob,&lt;br /&gt;a revered prophet and father of many prophets.&lt;br /&gt;But today “Israel” means bullets and rockets,&lt;br /&gt;blood and tears,&lt;br /&gt;and lives full of agony and fears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Israel” is indeed a hijacked name&lt;br /&gt;and to stain it with genocide is a shame.&lt;br /&gt;Yet historical fallacy is accredited by Western diplomacy&lt;br /&gt;and the blessed name of a good prophet&lt;br /&gt;is now an Apartheid state&lt;br /&gt;and we have to accept this bloody fate&lt;br /&gt;and silently be ethnically cleansed&lt;br /&gt;and see our flesh with earth blend&lt;br /&gt;torn apart by bombs made&lt;br /&gt;in the USA&lt;br /&gt;called DIME&lt;br /&gt;while Europe pays&lt;br /&gt;in many ways&lt;br /&gt;for the continuation&lt;br /&gt;of this crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2010 years ago&lt;br /&gt;The Messenger of Peace was born&lt;br /&gt;to tell &lt;br /&gt;that Earth mustn’t be hell&lt;br /&gt;that love conquers all…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today the birthplace of Jesus is surrounded by hate:&lt;br /&gt;Walls behind walls and gate after gate;&lt;br /&gt;To reach the city of nativity&lt;br /&gt;you must pass&lt;br /&gt;through humiliation&lt;br /&gt;turnstile&lt;br /&gt;and injure your soul&lt;br /&gt;mile after mile…&lt;br /&gt;Ugly soldiers will “look you with a scorn”&lt;br /&gt;and your whole being is torn;&lt;br /&gt;You are your ID&lt;br /&gt;A number&lt;br /&gt;A security threat&lt;br /&gt;Or benign existence&lt;br /&gt;But keep your distance&lt;br /&gt;From the barrel of the gun&lt;br /&gt;Any wrong move and you are gone…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The messenger of Peace 2010&lt;br /&gt;People of Palestine&lt;br /&gt;Women and men&lt;br /&gt;Young and old&lt;br /&gt;The story must be told&lt;br /&gt;Truth we cannot bend:&lt;br /&gt;“Israel” is a lie&lt;br /&gt;On earth and in sky&lt;br /&gt;No more should die&lt;br /&gt;Apartheid must end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;DIME is the "Dense Inert Metal Explosives" that were used heavily by Israel in its war on Gaza 2008-2009 resulting in the horrific deaths and injuries among Palestinian civilians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-4311571533469432292?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/4311571533469432292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=4311571533469432292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4311571533469432292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4311571533469432292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/12/messenger-of-peace-2010.html' title='The Messenger of Peace 2010 !'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-2389080160936915126</id><published>2009-12-23T10:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T10:48:20.051+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Long Live Palestine by Lowkey (Official Video)</title><content type='html'>Long Live Palestine by Lowkey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1CJwTNC9M"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1CJwTNC9M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we listen to tunes, made by ignorant fools,&lt;br /&gt;Israel blocked the UN from delivering food,&lt;br /&gt;They'll bring in the troops and you won't even glimpse at the news,&lt;br /&gt;They make money of the products that we are quick to consume,&lt;br /&gt;It's not simply a question of differing views,&lt;br /&gt;Forget emotions, this is fact, what I spit is the truth,&lt;br /&gt;Makes no difference if you're a Christian or if you're a Jew,&lt;br /&gt;They are just people living in different conditions to you,&lt;br /&gt;They still die when you bomb their schools, mosques and hospitals,&lt;br /&gt;It is not because of rockets, please god can you stop it all,&lt;br /&gt;I'm not related to the strangers on the TV,&lt;br /&gt;But I relate because those faces could have been me,&lt;br /&gt;Words can never ever explain the raw tragedy,&lt;br /&gt;It's not a war they're just murdering more rapidly,&lt;br /&gt;We are automatically supporting pure savagery,&lt;br /&gt;Imagine how you'd feel if it was your family,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is for the child that is searching for an answer,&lt;br /&gt;I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palestine remains in my heart forever,&lt;br /&gt;We stand for peace, in times of war we shan't surrender,&lt;br /&gt;Remember, it didn't start in that dark December,&lt;br /&gt;Every coin is a bullet, if you're Mark's and Spencer,&lt;br /&gt;And when your sipping Coca-Cola,&lt;br /&gt;That's another pistol in the holster of a soulless soldier,&lt;br /&gt;You say you know about the Zionist lobby,&lt;br /&gt;But you put money in their pocket when you're buying their coffee,&lt;br /&gt;Talking about revolution, sitting in Starbucks,&lt;br /&gt;The fact is that's the type of thinking I can't trust,&lt;br /&gt;Let alone even start to respect,&lt;br /&gt;Before you talk learn the meaning of that scarf on your neck,&lt;br /&gt;Forget Nestle,&lt;br /&gt;Obama promised Israel 30 billion over the next decade,&lt;br /&gt;They're trigger happy and they're crazy,&lt;br /&gt;Think about that when you're putting Huggies nappies on your baby,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza,&lt;br /&gt;This is for the child that is searching for an answer,&lt;br /&gt;I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter,&lt;br /&gt;Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not just a war over stolen land,&lt;br /&gt;Why do you think little boys are throwing stones at tanks?&lt;br /&gt;We will never really know how many people are dead,&lt;br /&gt;They drop bombs on little girls while they sleep in their beds,&lt;br /&gt;Don't get offended by facts, just try and listen,&lt;br /&gt;Nothing is more anti-Semitic than Zionism,&lt;br /&gt;So please don't bring bad vibes when you speak to me,&lt;br /&gt;I know there's plenty of Rabbi's that agree with me,&lt;br /&gt;It's your choice what you do with this message,&lt;br /&gt;Don't get it confused; I view this from a truly human perspective,&lt;br /&gt;How many more resolutions have to be violated,&lt;br /&gt;How many more children have to be annihilated&lt;br /&gt;Israel is a terror state, there terrorists that terrorise,&lt;br /&gt;I testify, my television televised them telling lies,&lt;br /&gt;This is not a war, it is systematic genocide,&lt;br /&gt;But whatever they try, Palestine will never die!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-2389080160936915126?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/2389080160936915126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=2389080160936915126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2389080160936915126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2389080160936915126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/12/long-live-palestine-by-lowkey-official.html' title='Long Live Palestine by Lowkey (Official Video)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-8284636101546142261</id><published>2009-12-12T12:21:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-12T12:23:58.699+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A radio program by BBC Alan Johnston on his return to Nablus after six years (I am interviewed in this program)</title><content type='html'>A radio program by BBC Alan Johnston on his return to Nablus after six years. Alan interviewed me in 2003 after my Mother Shaden Abu-Hijleh was assassinated by Israeli soldiers. Excerpts of this interview are included in this program. In it I recount the tragic moments of the crime. You can listen to the radio show by visiting the following link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0057d1s"&gt;http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0057d1s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you reach to the page hit Listen Now (and if you could not hear, hit the Lower Bandwidth Version).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to say that I do not agree with several things in this program and we all have to listen to it critically. Actually, I gave the BBC a long and in-depth interview on Nov. 11, 2009 about my analysis of the current situation, and the fake "economic peace" of Netanyahu in light of the continued Israeli Military Occupation and Apartheid (the siege of Gaza, the ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem, the Apartheid wall, the expansion of Israeli colonies, settler violence, and the continued killing and imprisonment of Palestinians, etc.) but it was not included in this program for editorial considerations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, Alan Johnston does say clearly that without ending the Israeli occupation the current calm will collapse as was the case in the first and second intifadas, and he should be commended and thanked for the good effort he put in this program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the best,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-8284636101546142261?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/8284636101546142261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=8284636101546142261' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8284636101546142261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/8284636101546142261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/12/radio-program-by-bbc-alan-johnston-on.html' title='A radio program by BBC Alan Johnston on his return to Nablus after six years (I am interviewed in this program)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6076296944157104141</id><published>2009-12-10T18:53:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T18:55:11.599+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Call for Action: Oppose Portuguese Water Deal with Mekorot! Defend Palestinian Water Rights! Uphold International Law!</title><content type='html'>Israel's national water carrier Mekorot signed a "co-operative" venture with EPAL, the Portuguese water company that serves 2.5 million consumers in the country's capital and the south. The agreement claims to safeguard the Portuguese water system against "terrorist threats", building on Mekorot's alleged "expertise" in the area. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Portuguese deal is in a reality a thinly veiled attempt for Mekorot to profit from its many years of experience as an agent of Israel's illegal and immoral occupation of Palestine. The deal with Portugal serves as a launch pad for the company to sell its services to the rest of Europe, pumping millions of dollars back to Israel's military apparatus. This money will inevitably be used to consolidate Israel's criminal appropriation of Palestinian water aquifers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An Amnesty International report published last October accuses Israel of denying Palestinians access to water. "Swimming pools, well-watered lawns and large irrigated farms in Israeli settlements ... stand in stark contrast next to Palestinian villages whose inhabitants struggle even to meet their domestic water needs," reads the report. Israel's daily water consumption per capita is four times higher than the 70 litre per person consumed in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, a number well below the recommended World Health Organization guidelines. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Israel reroutes more than 80 percent of water retrieved from the Mountain Aquifer. This aquifer is the only supply of drinking water for Palestinians, while Israel draws water from other sources, including the Jordan River. Somewhere between 180,000 and 200,000 Palestinians in rural communities of the West Bank have no access to running water. About 90 to 95 percent of Gaza’s drinking water supply has been contaminated with sewage and seawater and is now undrinkable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Palestine Solidarity Committee (CSP) in Portugal wrote a letter to EPAL protesting the agreement. The company defended the deal by shirking its responsibility for the faith of the Palestinians. Adding insult to injury, EPAL sacked an employee that expressed dissent, an attempt to curtail freedom of expression inside the organization. Nevertheless, in light of European Union directives in the award of public contracts (2004/18/EC), the company is walking on thin ice and the deal can fall if the right public pressure is applied. Already the Portuguese media has expressed interest in the case. This is an international appeal to activists worldwide to help us curtail Mekorot's expansion into Europe at an early stage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demand that EPAL end its agreement with Mekorot NOW!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - Write a letter to EPAL, to the Portuguese Ministry of Environment and to the Portuguese media exposing this shameless deal and demanding that EPAL breaks its agreement with Mekorot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please copy us on all correspondence: &lt;a href="mailto:stopmekorotcampaign@gmail.com"&gt;stopmekorotcampaign@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Model letter (in Portuguese): &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/12zuWF"&gt;http://bit.ly/12zuWF&lt;/a&gt; (you can also write in English)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EPAL board of directors: jose.zenha@epal.pt , jose.zenha@epal.pt , jose.figueira@epal.pt , anita.ferreira@epal.pt , blopes@epal.pt , mario.maria@epal.pt , joaquim.sereno@epal.pt , luis.branco@epal.pt , conceicao.almeida@epal.pt , francisco.serranito@epal.pt , daniela.santos@epal.pt , carlos.saraiva@epal.pt , paulo.rodrigues@epal.pt , barnabe.pisco@epal.pt , maria.benoliel@epal.pt , nilopes@epal.pt , ldurao@epal.pt , mario.cruz@epal.pt , ana.pile@epal.pt , margarida.santos@epal.pt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minister for the Environment Dulce Pássaro: &lt;a href="mailto:gmaotdr@maotdr.gov.pt"&gt;gmaotdr@maotdr.gov.pt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn more! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Portuguese water company's immoral collaboration with Israel: &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/uYXc0"&gt;http://bit.ly/uYXc0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video explaining the contract with Mekorot: &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/7ecUvK"&gt;http://bit.ly/7ecUvK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amnesty International report "Troubled Waters" (October, 2009): &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/1rNuiN"&gt;http://bit.ly/1rNuiN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video: Al-Jazeera report (October 27, 2009): &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/3XK4Xv"&gt;http://bit.ly/3XK4Xv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video: Al-Jazeera report (November 14, 2009): &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/4Bv6ZZ"&gt;http://bit.ly/4Bv6ZZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6076296944157104141?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6076296944157104141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6076296944157104141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6076296944157104141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6076296944157104141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/12/call-for-action-oppose-portuguese-water.html' title='Call for Action: Oppose Portuguese Water Deal with Mekorot! Defend Palestinian Water Rights! Uphold International Law!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-2787681444921405810</id><published>2009-12-10T01:06:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T01:11:20.487+02:00</updated><title type='text'>...towards thee...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swimming towards thee…&lt;br /&gt;In thy music…&lt;br /&gt;My heart is shattered…&lt;br /&gt;My soul is aching…&lt;br /&gt;I long for that smile&lt;br /&gt;For the soft caress on my head&lt;br /&gt;For the heart that housed me&lt;br /&gt;in most difficult of times&lt;br /&gt;in the intensive care unit&lt;br /&gt;when I was late at night&lt;br /&gt;when in the distance gunfire was heard…&lt;br /&gt;Swimming towards thee&lt;br /&gt;To the wrinkles in thy face&lt;br /&gt;To tears falling after the fall of a rose…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord of my heart&lt;br /&gt;Lord of my soul&lt;br /&gt;Lord of all...&lt;br /&gt;What’s my mission before the great fall?&lt;br /&gt;Please tell me… fight death with death?&lt;br /&gt;Fight death with life?&lt;br /&gt;Find my wife?&lt;br /&gt;Bring more life to life, despite agony and strife?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hold my hand… let us go for a walk, away from the noise,&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I can show you the sacred rock, where I used to sit,&lt;br /&gt;For an eternity that was a little bit…!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swimming towards thee&lt;br /&gt;Through the Sacred Ney&lt;br /&gt;Till my thoughts are your thoughts&lt;br /&gt;And my tears your tears….&lt;br /&gt;Till our breath is one&lt;br /&gt;And there are no more fears…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13;"&gt;Thursday, December 10, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13;"&gt;Nablus, Occupied Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-2787681444921405810?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/2787681444921405810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=2787681444921405810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2787681444921405810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2787681444921405810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/12/towards-thee.html' title='...towards thee...'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6785123281501190911</id><published>2009-10-09T11:22:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T22:23:11.347+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Seventh Anniversary of the Assassination and Martyrdom of Shaden Shaden Abdel Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;(ولا تحسبن الذين قتلوا في سبيل الله أمواتا بل أحياء عند ربهم يرزقون)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;الذكرى السنوية السابعة لإستشهاد المناضلة&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;شادن عبد القادر الصالح أبو حجلة&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;" أم سائد "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;حرم الدكتور جمال أبو حجلة&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;سبعة أعوام مضت ولا تزال دولة الإرهاب والقتلة ترفض الاعتراف بمسؤولية جنودها الجبناء عن جريمة اغتيال المناضلة شادن عبد القادر الصالح أبو حجلة. ولكن بالرغم من ذلك يبقى أهل وأصدقاء الشهيدة مستمرين في حملتهم القانونية والإعلامية للمطالبة بمعاقبة القتلة وفضح ممارسات سلطات الإحتلال الإسرائيلي على الصعيد الدولي&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;ما زال دم شادن الطاهر ينتصر على رصاصهم وما زالت إبتسامتها أقوى من حقدهم، حاضرة في وجدان كل من عرفها، شعلة أمل ومحبة للفقراء والمستضعفين، ونبراس عز وفخار للمناضلين في سبيل الحرية والكرامة الإنسانية يضيء عتمة الطريق لنرى هدفنا بوضوح ونتحد من أجل وطننا الحبيب فلسطين، كل فلسطين، من النهر إلى البحر ومن إصبع الجليل إلى أم الرشراش&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;استشهدت المناضلة شادن برصاص الاحتلال الإسرائيلي الغادر يوم الجمعة 11/10/2002 الموافق 5 شعبان 1423 هـ، بعد عمر حافل بالنشاطات الاجتماعية والشعبية والثقافية والإنسانية. فقد عملت في تربية الأجيال منذ عام 1960 واستنكفت عن التدريس عام 1967 احتجاجا على محاولة سلطات الاحتلال تغيير المناهج الدراسية واستمرت في نشاطها النضالي مع المخلصين الشرفاء لدعم مسيرة شعبها الفلسطيني في تطلعاته للحرية والاستقلال من الاحتلال الإسرائيلي والمحافظة على الهوية الوطنية الفلسطينية على التراب الفلسطيني حيث شاركت الشهيدة في العديد من المؤسسات والجمعيات المحلية والوطنية التي تعمل من اجل العدالة والحرية في فلسطين والعالم&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;عضو الهيئة الإدارية للجمعية الثقافية الاجتماعية الخيرية&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;عضو الهيئة الإدارية لجمعية رعاية الأمومة والطفولة &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;عضو مؤسس لنادي عيبال للثقافة والفن الشعبي &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;عضو مؤسس لجمعية مكافحة التدخين والعقاقير الخطرة &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;عضو مؤسس لحركة فلسطينيات من اجل البناء الديمقراطي في فلسطين &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;عضو فاعل في اللجان الشعبية لمحافظة نابلس&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;نؤكد أن الشهيدة شادن قتلت بدم بارد، وكان قتلها اغتيالا مع سبق الإصرار والترصد. يعتقد البعض خطأ أن الشهيدة استشهدت برصاصة طائشة وهذا ليس صحيحا. لقد أطلق جنود الاحتلال خمسة عشرة رصاصة على الأقل على الشهيدة وعلى زوجها وابنها اللذين نجيا بقدر من الله سبحانه وتعالى. الرصاصة الأولى كانت موجهة إلى رأس الشهيدة وأخطأتها بعشرة سنتيمترات ولكن الرصاصة الثانية أصابت جسدها الطاهر إصابة مباشرة في خاصرتها اليسرى وكانت من النوع المتفجر المحرم دوليا مما أدى إلى استشهادها على الفور. هذا وقد اعترف الجيش الإسرائيلي عبر وسائل الإعلام بأنه أطلق النار ولكنه قال أن الشهيدة أصيبت بالخطأ. لا يمكن لعاقل أن يصدق أن يتم إطلاق خمسة عشرة رصاصة على هدف معين من مسافة 25 مترا بالخطأ. هذا هو الإرهاب بعينه.. هذا هو الجبن بعينه... هذه هي إحدى جرائم الاحتلال الإسرائيلي ضد شعبنا الأعزل. لقد قاومت الشهيدة شادن الاحتلال بالطرق السلمية وكرست حياتها لمساعدة المتضررين من الاحتلال ولكن عنصرية الاحتلال وفاشيته أرادت أن تسكت صوتها المطالب دائما بحرية شعبها واستقلاله&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;يمكنكم مشاهدة فيلم وثائقي عن جريمة الاغتيال والحصول على معلومات أوفى عن حياة الشهيدة من خلال زيارة موقعها على الانترنت بالإضافة إلى الموقع الآخر المذكور&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.remembershaden.org/"&gt;http://www.remembershaden.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh"&gt;www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;Seventh Anniversary of the Assassination and Martyrdom of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"&gt;Shaden Abdel Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;(February 15, 1941--October 11, 2002)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp;years have passed and the death squad and terrorist State of Israel is still refusing to admit the responsibility of its cowardly soldiers for the crime of assassination of Shaden Abu-Hijleh. Despite this, the family of and friends of martyr Shaden are still continuing their legal and media campaign to bring the perpetrators to justice and to expose the war crimes of Israel on the international level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp;years, and the blood of Shaden is still winning over their bullets; her smile is stronger than their hate, ever-present in the minds and hearts of all who knew her; a torch of hope and love for the wretched, and an honorable example for the strugglers for freedom and human dignity, illuminating the road ahead so we can see our goal clearly and unite for the sake of a free &amp;amp; democratic Palestine, all of Palestine, from the river to the sea, and from the Galilee to Um Al Rashrash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;On October 11th 2002, Shaden Abu-Hijleh (aged 62), a grandmother, peace activist and philanthropist, was murdered in cold blood. Israeli soldiers deliberately shot her without provocation while she was embroidering inside her home in the West Bank City of Nablus. Over 15 hollow-point bullets, which are banned by international law, were shot directly at her and her family killing her and injuring her husband and son. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Shaden was a devout patriot and shared with her Palestinian brothers and sisters the aspiration for freedom and liberation from the Israeli military occupation. She worked for Palestinian independence and the preservation of Palestinian national identity on Palestine's soil. She joined several organizations and association working for freedom and peace in Palestine and around the world. After her sons and daughter graduated from university, Shaden dedicated her life for the sake of achieving political and social justice and became a notable leader in the women's movement in Palestine. She was an active member in several local and national organizations:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;• Administrative Committee Member, The Charitable Cultural and Social Society &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;• Administrative Committee Member, Society for the Safeguarding of Motherhood and Childhood, Nablus, Palestine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;• Founding Member, Ebal Cultural Center for Palestinian Arts and Folklore &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;• Founding Member, Association for Combating of Smoking and Dangerous Drugs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;• Founding Member, Palestinian Women for Democratic Change. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;• Member of the Palestinian National Popular Committees (Responsible for the disbursement of food supplies to needy families affected by Israeli curfews and sieges of Palestinian towns and villages). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;You can watch and download a film on the assassination of martyr Shaden Abu-Hijleh by the Israeli Military "death squads" by visiting the website for Martyr Shaden Abu-Hijleh:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.remembershaden.org/"&gt;http://www.remembershaden.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh"&gt;www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6785123281501190911?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6785123281501190911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6785123281501190911' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6785123281501190911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6785123281501190911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/10/seventh-anniversary-of-assassination.html' title='Seventh Anniversary of the Assassination and Martyrdom of Shaden Shaden Abdel Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6204596123207697860</id><published>2009-04-29T02:07:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T02:11:55.780+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Radio interview with &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Two "Project Hope" Volunteers from Britain &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tune to&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Global Perspectives Radio Show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Prepared and Presented &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesday, April 29, 2009&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2:00 pm Jerusalem (Palestine) time (or 11 pm GMT)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;and re-aired at 7:00 pm Palestine time (4 pm GMT)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;You can listen the show live on the internet by visiting Voice of An-Najah Radio on &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.najah.edu/fm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.najah.edu/fm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; and click on the live Broadcast icon.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;You can also listen to the show by downloading it from the same website (&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.najah.edu/fm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.najah.edu/fm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;) in the Recorded Material (Global Perspectives section).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6204596123207697860?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6204596123207697860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6204596123207697860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6204596123207697860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6204596123207697860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/04/radio-interview-with-two-project-hope.html' title=''/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6469127223591631833</id><published>2009-04-05T18:21:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T18:40:19.851+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A State of Love (Poem)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Reading my poem 'State of Love' in Maynooth University Students Union, 26th March 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SziNOgNNpcc"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SziNOgNNpcc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6469127223591631833?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6469127223591631833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6469127223591631833' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6469127223591631833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6469127223591631833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/04/state-of-love-poem.html' title='A State of Love (Poem)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6861369284749399099</id><published>2009-02-21T09:03:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T09:10:45.397+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Rock Stars!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are rocks my dear and stars are still far&lt;br /&gt;that is why we long for&lt;br /&gt;the light&lt;br /&gt;to enter every cell&lt;br /&gt;so we can tell&lt;br /&gt;the truth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are stars my dear and soon we'll become rocks&lt;br /&gt;like withering candles&lt;br /&gt;time will come&lt;br /&gt;when the flame&lt;br /&gt;stops&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I have hope&lt;br /&gt;that this voice&lt;br /&gt;this very voice&lt;br /&gt;of mine and yours&lt;br /&gt;shall never fade away&lt;br /&gt;and shall vibrate&lt;br /&gt;at a steady rate&lt;br /&gt;in every place&lt;br /&gt;a mantra of love&lt;br /&gt;that permeates&lt;br /&gt;all of creation...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my friend Jennifer with love, in response to a comment she made: "Really nice--makes us all look like rock stars!". I miss you JiJi :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6861369284749399099?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6861369284749399099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6861369284749399099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6861369284749399099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6861369284749399099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/02/rock-stars.html' title='Rock Stars!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6471523635248982054</id><published>2009-02-18T00:25:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T00:23:44.493+02:00</updated><title type='text'>My Fast Bike !</title><content type='html'>"My Fast Bike" poem that I read during the visit of members of Follow the Women Organization to Nablus and An-Najah National University as part of the (Pedal for Peace) on May 13, 2008 (&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-705283043303548530"&gt;http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-705283043303548530&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6471523635248982054?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6471523635248982054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6471523635248982054' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6471523635248982054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6471523635248982054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-fast-bike_18.html' title='My Fast Bike !'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-3155771576375218517</id><published>2009-02-15T09:13:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T00:24:09.375+02:00</updated><title type='text'>68 candles !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/SZs48LaEpkI/AAAAAAAAACg/UotkIxQH4hw/s1600-h/150220091137.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303895592664344130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/SZs48LaEpkI/AAAAAAAAACg/UotkIxQH4hw/s320/150220091137.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sixty eight candles shall be lit&lt;br /&gt;A new dress shall fit&lt;br /&gt;An embroidered soul shall say it all&lt;br /&gt;From eternity till present time…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama the first word I said&lt;br /&gt;Mama the last word I shall say&lt;br /&gt;Before I travel away&lt;br /&gt;To meet her&lt;br /&gt;On the other side of this great divide&lt;br /&gt;Between dream and reality…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who said the bullets were real&lt;br /&gt;Or the wounds that you feel&lt;br /&gt;Or the jokes and laughter&lt;br /&gt;After a Friday meal&lt;br /&gt;In the springtime&lt;br /&gt;Of Nablus?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who said we had birthdays&lt;br /&gt;And lit candles&lt;br /&gt;And sang "saneh hilwah ya gameel"&lt;br /&gt;In Egyptian accent&lt;br /&gt;And with One breath put them off&lt;br /&gt;With tears on our cheeks&lt;br /&gt;And smiles in our hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was all dreams&lt;br /&gt;Or so it seems&lt;br /&gt;And the only thing real&lt;br /&gt;Is what you do not want to feel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to be the bridge&lt;br /&gt;To connect this unbearable wedge&lt;br /&gt;So you can caress my head again&lt;br /&gt;And save me from becoming insane&lt;br /&gt;Your name is my mantra of redemption:&lt;br /&gt;Mama Mama Mama Mama Mama Mama Mama&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;On the occasion of the 68th birthday of Martyr Shaden Abed Al Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh who was assassinated by Israeli Death Squads on Oct. 11, 2002.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-3155771576375218517?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/3155771576375218517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=3155771576375218517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/3155771576375218517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/3155771576375218517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/02/68-candles.html' title='68 candles !'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/SZs48LaEpkI/AAAAAAAAACg/UotkIxQH4hw/s72-c/150220091137.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1653556631598583491</id><published>2009-01-28T23:45:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T23:54:03.535+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Invitation for a public workshop (The Obama Presidency and Prospects of Palestine Solidarity Action in the USA)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The Center for Global Consciousness (CGC)&lt;br /&gt;Cordially invites you to attend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A workshop on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Obama Presidency and Prospects of Palestine Solidarity Action in the USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Jaime Veve&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi is a distinguished scholar and longtime Palestinian activist who is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative at the College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Jaime Veve is a distinguished leader of the Latino-American community in New York and longtime antiwar activist from Vietnam to Iraq. He is an organizer of the Transport Workers Union and Co-Chair of the Palestine Labor Action Network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday, Jan 29, 2009&lt;br /&gt;3:30 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Al Yasmeen Hotel&lt;br /&gt;Nablus -- Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1653556631598583491?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1653556631598583491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1653556631598583491' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1653556631598583491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1653556631598583491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/01/invitation-for-public-workshop-obama.html' title='Invitation for a public workshop (The Obama Presidency and Prospects of Palestine Solidarity Action in the USA)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-7662642041123587749</id><published>2009-01-10T23:14:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T23:25:04.749+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Gazan-gri-la!</title><content type='html'>My crime is premeditated Gaza&lt;br /&gt;Punishable by hope&lt;br /&gt;Lynched by a scope&lt;br /&gt;of "Lost Horizons"…&lt;br /&gt;Oh Gazan-gri-la:&lt;br /&gt;My beloved paradise&lt;br /&gt;Full of blood and fallen butterflies&lt;br /&gt;All truths are nothings but lies&lt;br /&gt;That is what Israel is saying to the world…&lt;br /&gt;You must believe her for she is the only one who knows&lt;br /&gt;F-16s are peace loving white doves&lt;br /&gt;It is wrong to think of them as black crows&lt;br /&gt;The one thousand bounds bombs&lt;br /&gt;Are nothing but candy bars&lt;br /&gt;And the mutilated bodies of children have no scars…&lt;br /&gt;These are only engraves of ancient biblical names&lt;br /&gt;Sacred to all&lt;br /&gt;And we must memorize them good&lt;br /&gt;Before we fall&lt;br /&gt;Into our deep sleep&lt;br /&gt;And dream of nothing but the glory of Eretz Israel…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh Gazan-gri-la:&lt;br /&gt;My sweet sweet paradise&lt;br /&gt;The nice smell of burned flesh&lt;br /&gt;The juicy pieces of human shish kebab&lt;br /&gt;Levni and Barak are having a dinner party tonight&lt;br /&gt;Only the elite are invited: Sarkozy, Bush, Obama, and our blessed Mubarak…&lt;br /&gt;The Security Council will keep the food warm&lt;br /&gt;So no ceasefire till all the guests eat&lt;br /&gt;And congratulate Israel for this wonderful treat…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nablus, Palestine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jan 7, 2009&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-7662642041123587749?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/7662642041123587749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=7662642041123587749' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7662642041123587749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7662642041123587749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/01/gazan-gri-la.html' title='Gazan-gri-la!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1469208206049067103</id><published>2009-01-08T08:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T08:42:12.756+02:00</updated><title type='text'>(Solidarity Tent with Gaza in Nablus City Center)(Thursday, Jan 8, 2009, 1 pm)</title><content type='html'>دعوة للمشاركة في خيمة التضامن مع أهلنا في غزة -- دوار الشهداء -- نابلس -- الخميس 8-1-2009 -- الساعة 1 بعد الظهر (Solidarity Tent with Gaza in Nablus City Center)(Thursday, Jan 8, 2009, 1 pm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;إنطلاقا من أهمية التضامن مع أهلنا في غزة&lt;br /&gt;وتعبيرا عن رفضنا للهجمة الصهيونية البربرية على كل معاني الحياة والكرامة الإنسانية في قطاع غزة الصامد&lt;br /&gt;فإننا في مؤسسات التضامن الدولي والمؤسسات الوطنية والرسمية&lt;br /&gt;وكافة أحرار العالم&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ندعوكم للمشاركة في إفتتاح خيمة التضامن مع شعبنا في غزة المحاصرة&lt;br /&gt;تحت شعار&lt;br /&gt;(أحرار العالم من نابلس إلى غزة)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;وذلك يوم الخميس 8-1-2009&lt;br /&gt;الساعة 1 بعد الظهر&lt;br /&gt;في دوار الشهداء&lt;br /&gt;نابلس-جبل النار&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;الرجاء تعميم هذه الدعوة على جميع الأصدقاء والمتضامنين&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1469208206049067103?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1469208206049067103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1469208206049067103' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1469208206049067103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1469208206049067103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2009/01/solidarity-tent-with-gaza-in-nablus.html' title='(Solidarity Tent with Gaza in Nablus City Center)(Thursday, Jan 8, 2009, 1 pm)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-5846461721866734752</id><published>2008-11-17T09:24:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T09:36:18.281+02:00</updated><title type='text'>No need to kill the butterfly!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;By Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;Nalus, Palestine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No need to kill the butterfly&lt;br /&gt;she will fly away&lt;br /&gt;before finishing what I say&lt;br /&gt;and land on the jasmine tree&lt;br /&gt;near the sea&lt;br /&gt;of true love...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No need to break the wings&lt;br /&gt;or the heart that rings&lt;br /&gt;with thy name&lt;br /&gt;before it goes to sleep&lt;br /&gt;and goes deep&lt;br /&gt;in the sea&lt;br /&gt;of true love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No need to veil the face&lt;br /&gt;that smiles with grace&lt;br /&gt;hiding the scars&lt;br /&gt;of years of war&lt;br /&gt;on the shores&lt;br /&gt;of the sea&lt;br /&gt;of true love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No need to forget the name&lt;br /&gt;that once lived&lt;br /&gt;in the soul of a tree&lt;br /&gt;watered from the sea&lt;br /&gt;of true love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No need to delete a man&lt;br /&gt;who is sailing away&lt;br /&gt;searching for the truth&lt;br /&gt;in the sea&lt;br /&gt;of true love...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-5846461721866734752?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/5846461721866734752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=5846461721866734752' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/5846461721866734752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/5846461721866734752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/11/no-need-to-kill-butterfly.html' title='No need to kill the butterfly!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6663131985088999240</id><published>2008-10-12T01:19:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T01:22:18.390+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Six years after the assassination crime of Shaden Abdel Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh (Oct 11, 2008)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sixth Anniversary of the Assassination and Martyrdom of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shaden Abdel Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(February 15, 1941--October 11, 2002)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Six years have passed and the death squad and terrorist State of Israel is still refusing to admit the responsibility of its cowardly soldiers for the crime of assassination of Shaden Abu-Hijleh. Despite this, the family of and friends of martyr Shaden are still continuing their legal and media campaign to bring the perpetrators to justice and to expose the war crimes of Israel on the international level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Six years, and the blood of Shaden is still winning over their bullets; her smile is stronger than their hate, ever-present in the minds and hearts of all who knew her; a torch of hope and love for the wretched, and an honorable example for the strugglers for freedom and human dignity, illuminating the road ahead so we can see our goal clearly and unite for the sake of a free &amp;amp; democratic Palestine, all of Palestine, from the river to the sea, and from the Galilee to Um Al Rashrash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On October 11th 2002, Shaden Abu-Hijleh (aged 62), a grandmother, peace activist and philanthropist, was murdered in cold blood. Israeli soldiers deliberately shot her without provocation while she was embroidering inside her home in the West Bank City of Nablus. Over 15 hollow-point bullets, which are banned by international law, were shot directly at her and her family killing her and injuring her husband and son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;haden was a devout patriot and shared with her Palestinian brothers and sisters the aspiration for freedom and liberation from the Israeli military occupation. She worked for Palestinian independence and the preservation of Palestinian national identity on Palestine's soil. She joined several organizations and association working for freedom and peace in Palestine and around the world. After her sons and daughter graduated from university, Shaden dedicated her life for the sake of achieving political and social justice and became a notable leader in the women's movement in Palestine. She was an active member in several local and national organizations:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Administrative Committee Member, The Charitable Cultural and Social Society&lt;br /&gt;- Administrative Committee Member, Society for the Safeguarding of Motherhood and Childhood.&lt;br /&gt;- Founding Member, Ebal Cultural Center for Palestinian Arts and Folklore&lt;br /&gt;- Founding Member, Association for Combating of Smoking and Dangerous Drugs.&lt;br /&gt;- Founding Member, Palestinian Women for Democratic Change.&lt;br /&gt;- Member of the Palestinian National Popular Committees (Responsible for the disbursement of food supplies to needy families affected by Israeli curfews and sieges of Palestinian towns and villages).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You can watch and download a film on the assassination of martyr Shaden Abu-Hijleh by the Israeli Military "death squads":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh" target="_blank"&gt;www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lifeunderoccupation.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/25/" target="_blank"&gt;http://lifeunderoccupation.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/25/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Website for Martyr Shaden Abu-Hijleh:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.remembershaden.org/" target="_blank"&gt;www.remembershaden.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6663131985088999240?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6663131985088999240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6663131985088999240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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السادسة لإستشهاد المناضلة شادن عبد القادر الصالح أبو حجلة</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم&lt;br /&gt;(ولا تحسبن الذين قتلوا في سبيل الله أمواتا بل أحياء عند ربهم يرزقون)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;الذكرى السنوية السادسة لإستشهاد المناضلة&lt;br /&gt;شادن عبد القادر الصالح أبو حجلة&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;" أم سائد "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;حرم الدكتور جمال أبو حجلة&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ستة أعوام مضت ولا تزال دولة الإرهاب والقتلة ترفض الاعتراف بمسؤولية جنودها الجبناء عن جريمة اغتيال المناضلة شادن عبد القادر الصالح أبو حجلة. ولكن بالرغم من ذلك يبقى أهل وأصدقاء الشهيدة مستمرين في حملتهم القانونية والإعلامية للمطالبة بمعاقبة القتلة وفضح ممارسات سلطات الإحتلال الإسرائيلي على الصعيد الدولي.&lt;br /&gt;ما زال دم شادن الطاهر ينتصر على رصاصهم وما زالت إبتسامتها أقوى من حقدهم، حاضرة في وجدان كل من عرفها، شعلة أمل ومحبة للفقراء والمستضعفين، ونبراس عز وفخار للمناضلين في سبيل الحرية والكرامة الإنسانية يضيء عتمة الطريق لنرى هدفنا بوضوح ونتحد من أجل وطننا الحبيب فلسطين، كل فلسطين، من النهر إلى البحر ومن إصبع الجليل إلى أم الرشراش.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;استشهدت المناضلة شادن برصاص الاحتلال الإسرائيلي الغادر يوم الجمعة 11/10/2002 الموافق 5 شعبان 1423 هـ، بعد عمر حافل بالنشاطات الاجتماعية والشعبية والثقافية والإنسانية. فقد عملت في تربية الأجيال منذ عام 1960 واستنكفت عن التدريس عام 1967 احتجاجا على محاولة سلطات الاحتلال تغيير المناهج الدراسية واستمرت في نشاطها النضالي مع المخلصين الشرفاء لدعم مسيرة شعبها الفلسطيني في تطلعاته للحرية والاستقلال من الاحتلال الإسرائيلي والمحافظة على الهوية الوطنية الفلسطينية على التراب الفلسطيني حيث شاركت الشهيدة في العديد من المؤسسات والجمعيات المحلية والوطنية التي تعمل من اجل العدالة والحرية في فلسطين والعالم&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;عضو الهيئة الإدارية للجمعية الثقافية الاجتماعية الخيرية.&lt;br /&gt;عضو الهيئة الإدارية لجمعية رعاية الأمومة والطفولة.&lt;br /&gt;عضو مؤسس لنادي عيبال للثقافة والفن الشعبي.&lt;br /&gt;عضو مؤسس لجمعية مكافحة التدخين والعقاقير الخطرة.&lt;br /&gt;عضو مؤسس لحركة فلسطينيات من اجل البناء الديمقراطي في فلسطين.&lt;br /&gt;عضو فاعل في اللجان الشعبية لمحافظة نابلس.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;نؤكد أن الشهيدة شادن قتلت بدم بارد، وكان قتلها اغتيالا مع سبق الإصرار والترصد. يعتقد البعض خطأ أن الشهيدة استشهدت برصاصة طائشة وهذا ليس صحيحا. لقد أطلق جنود الاحتلال خمسة عشرة رصاصة على الأقل على الشهيدة وعلى زوجها وابنها اللذين نجيا بقدر من الله سبحانه وتعالى. الرصاصة الأولى كانت موجهة إلى رأس الشهيدة وأخطأتها بعشرة سنتيمترات ولكن الرصاصة الثانية أصابت جسدها الطاهر إصابة مباشرة في خاصرتها اليسرى وكانت من النوع المتفجر المحرم دوليا مما أدى إلى استشهادها على الفور. هذا وقد اعترف الجيش الإسرائيلي عبر وسائل الإعلام بأنه أطلق النار ولكنه قال أن الشهيدة أصيبت بالخطأ. لا يمكن لعاقل أن يصدق أن يتم إطلاق خمسة عشرة رصاصة على هدف معين من مسافة 25 مترا بالخطأ. هذا هو الإرهاب بعينه.. هذا هو الجبن بعينه... هذه هي إحدى جرائم الاحتلال الإسرائيلي ضد شعبنا الأعزل. لقد قاومت الشهيدة شادن الاحتلال بالطرق السلمية وكرست حياتها لمساعدة المتضررين من الاحتلال ولكن عنصرية الاحتلال وفاشيته أرادت أن تسكت صوتها المطالب دائما بحرية شعبها واستقلاله. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;يمكنكم مشاهدة فيلم وثائقي عن جريمة الاغتيال والحصول على معلومات أوفى عن حياة الشهيدة من خلال زيارة موقعها على الانترنت بالإضافة إلى المواقع الأخرى المذكورة&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh" target="_blank"&gt;www.archive.org/details/SaedHijleh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lifeunderoccupation.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/25/" target="_blank"&gt;http://lifeunderoccupation.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/25/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.remembershaden.org/"&gt;http://www.remembershaden.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-7660851659421731166?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/7660851659421731166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=7660851659421731166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7660851659421731166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7660851659421731166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/10/six-years-after-assassination-crime-of.html' title='الذكرى السنوية السادسة لإستشهاد المناضلة شادن عبد القادر الصالح أبو حجلة'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-4039471589294501406</id><published>2008-09-24T01:58:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T02:02:33.022+03:00</updated><title type='text'>"Internalized Colonialism and the Palestinian National Struggle"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;يتشرف&lt;br /&gt; قسم الجغرافيا بجامعة النجاح الوطنية&lt;br /&gt;بدعوتكم لحضور محاضرة عن&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(الإستعمار "المستبطن" والنضال الوطني الفلسطيني)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;تلقيها الدكتورة الزائرة&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;مارسي نيومان&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;الدكتورة مارسي نيومان أكاديمية مرموقة وناشطة سياسية في مجال حقوق الإنسان، ومتضامنة مع حقوق الشعب الفلسطيني خاصة حق العودة للاجئين الفلسطينيين وفقا لقرار الأمم المتحدة 194. تدرس الدكتورة نيومان مساقات في الأدب العالمي والدراسات الأمريكية والشرق أوسطية. في ربيع 2008 إستقالت الدكتورة نيومان من عملها كمحاضرة في جامعة ولاية بويزي الأمريكية مع أنها حصلت على عقد عمل دائم هناك وذلك لكي تستطيع القدوم والتدريس في جامعة النجاح الوطنية معبرة بذلك عن عمق تضامنها مع شعبنا وقضيته العادلة&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;وذلك يوم الأربعاء الموافق 24-9-2008&lt;br /&gt;الساعة 2:00 عصرا&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;في مدرجات الشهيد ظافر المصري&lt;br /&gt;جامعة النجاح الوطنية (الحرم القديم)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Geography Department of An-Najah National University&lt;br /&gt;Cordially invites you to attend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lecture on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Internalized Colonialism and the Palestinian National Struggle"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Marcy Newman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Marcy Newman is a scholar, teacher, and an activist interested in human rights. She is especially committed to al awda or the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees under UN Resolution 194. She teaches literature courses, as well as courses in American and Middle East Studies. In the spring of 2008 she received tenure at Boise State University, but quit her job in order to accept a position at An Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine. Previously she taught at the American University of Beirut, Al Quds University in Al Quds, Palestine, the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, the University of Ghana in Legon, Ghana, and at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, U.S.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, September 24, 2008&lt;br /&gt;2:00 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martyr Zafer Masri Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;An-Najah National University (Old Campus)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-4039471589294501406?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/4039471589294501406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=4039471589294501406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4039471589294501406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4039471589294501406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/09/internalized-colonialism-and.html' title='&quot;Internalized Colonialism and the Palestinian National Struggle&quot;'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1339793357563554370</id><published>2008-08-03T09:33:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:12:55.643+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Invitation (An evening of "Poetry of Witness", Monday, August 4th, 2008, 6:00 pm, Al Yasmeen Hotel, Nablus, Palestine)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/SJVR6ER-XnI/AAAAAAAAABw/lWEwOWUUxq4/s1600-h/29052008728.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Research Journalism Initiative (RJI)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;Center for Global Consciousness (CGC)&lt;br /&gt;In cooperation with the&lt;br /&gt;Public Relations Department of An-Najah National University&lt;br /&gt;Cordially invite you to attend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An evening of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Poetry of Witness"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featuring&lt;br /&gt;'Fugitive Poets' from Nablus and Abroad:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Falastine Dwikat&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer D. Klein&lt;br /&gt;Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday, August 4th, 2008&lt;br /&gt;6:00 pm&lt;br /&gt;Al Yasmeen Hotel&lt;br /&gt;Nablus Old City, Palestine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1339793357563554370?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1339793357563554370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1339793357563554370' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1339793357563554370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1339793357563554370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/08/invitation-evening-of-poetry-of-witness.html' title='Invitation (An evening of &quot;Poetry of Witness&quot;, Monday, August 4th, 2008, 6:00 pm, Al Yasmeen Hotel, Nablus, Palestine)'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6436979843401143522</id><published>2008-07-15T21:50:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T12:17:59.047+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Bed &amp; Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(by Saed J. Abu-Hijleh, Nablus, Palestine, July 15, 2008)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In communion with the One&lt;br /&gt;that created the 100 billion galaxies&lt;br /&gt;containing hundreds of billions of stars;&lt;br /&gt;In the presence of the One that heals&lt;br /&gt;all wounds that turn into scars:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only He can hear my voice in the place&lt;br /&gt;Where my dreams begin and end,&lt;br /&gt;Where my face is not shown&lt;br /&gt;under embroidered covers&lt;br /&gt;in my sacred bed&lt;br /&gt;in the darkness of moonless nights&lt;br /&gt;before or after the soldiers&lt;br /&gt;enter my neighborhood or the refugee camp&lt;br /&gt;across the hill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*******&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My home is the dream of my Dad,&lt;br /&gt;the place in which I am sane or&lt;br /&gt;when I am mad&lt;br /&gt;without anyone seeing me&lt;br /&gt;except the One that sees all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My home is Love and the product of Love;&lt;br /&gt;my neighbors are imperfect angels&lt;br /&gt;who care about me&lt;br /&gt;and want me to get married&lt;br /&gt;and settle down&lt;br /&gt;and stop being an international clown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My home is in fifteenth street&lt;br /&gt;in a city that lies between two mountains&lt;br /&gt;channeling the breeze of the Mediterranean&lt;br /&gt;to eastern dry lands&lt;br /&gt;of prophets and nomads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My home is under a dome&lt;br /&gt;of mystic words&lt;br /&gt;on the path of Sufi masters&lt;br /&gt;to the land of bliss&lt;br /&gt;where love burns all sins…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6436979843401143522?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6436979843401143522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6436979843401143522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6436979843401143522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6436979843401143522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/07/bed-home.html' title='Bed &amp; Home'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-4576314715558901860</id><published>2008-07-14T17:00:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T22:18:56.490+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Snapshot!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;by Saed J. Abu-Hijleh, Nablus, Palestine, July 14, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He snapped his fingers and the other one shot,&lt;br /&gt;All of what it is became what is not,&lt;br /&gt;Love became hate, life became death,&lt;br /&gt;As Mother of All let out her last breath…&lt;br /&gt;All of humanity froze,&lt;br /&gt;The "Iron Fist" killed the most beautiful rose…&lt;br /&gt;A surgeon of Ear, Throat, and Nose,&lt;br /&gt;Stood by and watched the love of forty years&lt;br /&gt;End in a river of tears…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A shooting star is quite far&lt;br /&gt;Yet it makes the heart move&lt;br /&gt;With hope&lt;br /&gt;With desire…&lt;br /&gt;How can a distant fire&lt;br /&gt;Calm the fire inside?!&lt;br /&gt;How can a single fish bring down the tide?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No where to hide&lt;br /&gt;Time to respond:&lt;br /&gt;Close your eyes&lt;br /&gt;Count to seven&lt;br /&gt;A 'shooting heart'&lt;br /&gt;From earth to heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He shook my hand for the first time&lt;br /&gt;Few of his fingers were missing&lt;br /&gt;Compensated by a beautiful smile&lt;br /&gt;The kind that makes you go the extra mile…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A year later his arm was missing&lt;br /&gt;The beautiful smile remained&lt;br /&gt;The more he lost&lt;br /&gt;The more we gained!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fadi is now all missing&lt;br /&gt;Entered earth on a journey&lt;br /&gt;To the other side&lt;br /&gt;But he left his smile engraved on my mind.......&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-4576314715558901860?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/4576314715558901860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=4576314715558901860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4576314715558901860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4576314715558901860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/07/snapshot.html' title='Snapshot!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-7044215688058758578</id><published>2008-07-09T20:23:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-11T01:02:31.976+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry !</title><content type='html'>I write to tell my soul that you have the possibility of not being alone. I write to allow my inner voice to come out, so I can see it, touch it, and maybe understand it. I write so as to feel the limits of my being and to see where it intersects with other beings, somewhat like Venn diagrams. I write to allow the air to come in to my hidden wounds to avoid spiritual gangrene. I write to find love; to find my soul mate…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It happened for the first time almost thirty years ago, at the age of 11. I was laying in my bed just about to sleep, and then suddenly sat and received few words. I say 'received' because I am not sure I had total control over the process that brought these words to my tongue and lips:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will read and dissolve in the meaning of reading,&lt;br /&gt;I will write and dissolve my ideas in the tunes of my poetry,&lt;br /&gt;And I will sing for the joyful nightingale to forget my sorrows…&lt;br /&gt;And I will be happy for death is the wedding of every human being…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It felt good, magical, unexplainable… where exactly did these words come from, and how did they surface or appear suddenly to the realm of consciousness…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now after so many years, I say that these words were brought to me by the flicker of wings of a mystical butterfly, and my young soul resonated with the waves…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many things happened since then… and I moved from the land of boyhood to the domain of men… too soon I must add,&lt;br /&gt;And events that occurred almost made me mad…&lt;br /&gt;Three bullets hit me when I was fifteen,&lt;br /&gt;The pain was unbearable,&lt;br /&gt;Difficult for you to know what I mean…&lt;br /&gt;I was tortured on my wounds when I was sixteen,&lt;br /&gt;They whipped me with electrical wiring,&lt;br /&gt;Put me in a room full of sewage,&lt;br /&gt;But I came out clean!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many things happened since then, in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and in 2010...&lt;br /&gt;The future is already here…&lt;br /&gt;This might sound crazy or queer…&lt;br /&gt;I write to calm my fear&lt;br /&gt;Of history repeating itself,&lt;br /&gt;And that I won't have enough stitches for new wounds,&lt;br /&gt;Or strong legs faster than bullets,&lt;br /&gt;And seconds that last longer than minutes…!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-7044215688058758578?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/7044215688058758578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=7044215688058758578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7044215688058758578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/7044215688058758578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/07/poetry.html' title='Poetry !'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-848673293829132430</id><published>2008-06-20T09:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T09:43:51.852+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A State of Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;One state, two states, or no state,&lt;br /&gt;Zionism, what a fate...&lt;br /&gt;They caught the bait, and continued the hate,&lt;br /&gt;Can they keep this rate... of ethnic cleansing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Israel the "Jewish State", 60 years too late...&lt;br /&gt;In the Middle East "the only democracy",&lt;br /&gt;What a hypocrisy!&lt;br /&gt;Can't they see our blood filling the Jordan River?&lt;br /&gt;A wound oozing forever!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A State of Love the only solution,&lt;br /&gt;Yes we say to spiritual cleansing,&lt;br /&gt;No we say to ethnic cleansing,&lt;br /&gt;"All in and no one out" at the top of my lungs I shall shout...&lt;br /&gt;Refugees must come back, a just society with no doubt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One State, No hate,&lt;br /&gt;A State of Love,&lt;br /&gt;Blessed from the above...&lt;br /&gt;The children dance, happy in a trance,&lt;br /&gt;This is our last chance...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-848673293829132430?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/848673293829132430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=848673293829132430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/848673293829132430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/848673293829132430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/06/state-of-love.html' title='A State of Love'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1053571175376212419</id><published>2008-05-21T01:14:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-21T01:33:04.552+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Be gentle with nature &amp; .......</title><content type='html'>To write continuously is to live continually... to feel time and space... to wash you face... to look in the mirror... to breathe deeper... to slow down... slow down... slow down... and look up to the night summer sky of Palestine and watch the stars... and think of the vast universe... and put things in perspective... I once told myself (Be gentle with nature, nature will be gentle with you)...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1053571175376212419?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1053571175376212419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1053571175376212419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1053571175376212419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1053571175376212419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/05/be-gentle-with-nature.html' title='Be gentle with nature &amp; .......'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-2425033860918961507</id><published>2008-05-14T22:13:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-14T22:43:01.033+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Sixty Years and Counting!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Commemorating sixty years of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Palestinian &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nakba (catastrophe)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Saed Jamal Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;May 2008, Nablus, Palestine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sixty years and counting,&lt;br /&gt;Anger in my being is mounting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sixty years and counting,&lt;br /&gt;The child in me is shouting:&lt;br /&gt;I want to run, to fly, to sing, to cry,&lt;br /&gt;To walk, talk, write on the blackboard with a chalk:&lt;br /&gt;"End this bloody occupation..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sixty years and counting!&lt;br /&gt;Nablus the city of goodness,&lt;br /&gt;A wounded witness to this “bloody occupation...”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No need for wake up calls,&lt;br /&gt;The tanks come on time,&lt;br /&gt;Go on time,&lt;br /&gt;And leave you no time to plan your time…&lt;br /&gt;But can these tanks kill the thyme… of Ebal and Jirzim?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kneel to these monsters they tell us everyday,&lt;br /&gt;But only to Allah we kneel when we pray,&lt;br /&gt;Another sixty thousand years will not change what I say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tanks do not grow on mountains but olives do.&lt;br /&gt;Tanks do not grow on mountains but Palestinians do.&lt;br /&gt;I am an olive and my blood is oil,&lt;br /&gt;My flesh is this sacred soil,&lt;br /&gt;My breath the wind of the Mediterranean,&lt;br /&gt;My eyes make the sea blue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sixty years and the fascist can go to hell,&lt;br /&gt;The mosque will say Allah Akbar,&lt;br /&gt;The Church will ring its bell.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-2425033860918961507?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/2425033860918961507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=2425033860918961507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2425033860918961507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2425033860918961507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/05/sixty-years-and-counting.html' title='Sixty Years and Counting!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6125504016250344227</id><published>2008-03-22T23:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:12:56.782+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Rachel Corrie (1979-2003) we will not forget you</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/SCs9lT4XDOI/AAAAAAAAABk/CjN3cxe-FmU/s1600-h/Rachel+Corrie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200317905930489058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/SCs9lT4XDOI/AAAAAAAAABk/CjN3cxe-FmU/s400/Rachel+Corrie.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-6125504016250344227?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/6125504016250344227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=6125504016250344227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6125504016250344227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/6125504016250344227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/03/rachel-corrie-1979-2003-we-will-not.html' title='Rachel Corrie (1979-2003) we will not forget you'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/SCs9lT4XDOI/AAAAAAAAABk/CjN3cxe-FmU/s72-c/Rachel+Corrie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1447905987575039592</id><published>2008-01-25T10:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:12:57.001+02:00</updated><title type='text'>"Let there be light" for Gaza</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/R5mg3JswMLI/AAAAAAAAABU/yMBJ5BbBkxg/s1600-h/Guernica+Gaza+Lebanon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159331717486489778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/R5mg3JswMLI/AAAAAAAAABU/yMBJ5BbBkxg/s200/Guernica+Gaza+Lebanon.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Let there be light) is a phrase that comes from the third verse of the book of Genesis in the King James Bible: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness (From Wikipedia encyclopedia).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;** Then Israel was established as the agent of darkness on this earth and as a main patron of evil!&lt;br /&gt;We are the “Warriors of Light” who are fighting against the oppression and the darkness that Israel is trying to impose on Palestine and other areas of the world....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So let there be lightFor GazaIsrael with all of its might&lt;br /&gt;Clamping down on the childrenOf Gaza&lt;br /&gt;Let there be light&lt;br /&gt;At the end of the tunnel&lt;br /&gt;Support and hope&lt;br /&gt;We have to funnel&lt;br /&gt;For Gaza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Garrison of evil Israel is&lt;br /&gt;Prison of Hope Gaza is&lt;br /&gt;For humanity a major quiz&lt;br /&gt;To dismantle the wall of hate&lt;br /&gt;And let the light permeate&lt;br /&gt;The homes and streets of besieged Gaza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;Nablus, Occupied Palestine&lt;br /&gt;January 23, 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1447905987575039592?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1447905987575039592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1447905987575039592' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1447905987575039592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1447905987575039592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/01/let-there-be-light-for-gaza.html' title='&quot;Let there be light&quot; for Gaza'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/R5mg3JswMLI/AAAAAAAAABU/yMBJ5BbBkxg/s72-c/Guernica+Gaza+Lebanon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-4667112273152203580</id><published>2008-01-04T15:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:12:57.098+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Breaking News: Israeli soldiers seriously injure a Palestinian worshiper in Nablus, Friday Jan 4, 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/R34_ONOqtiI/AAAAAAAAABM/_yr0RwQlEAI/s1600-h/04012008395.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151624537060324898" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/R34_ONOqtiI/AAAAAAAAABM/_yr0RwQlEAI/s200/04012008395.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/R3493tOqthI/AAAAAAAAABE/S5FSJXi3DPQ/s1600-h/04012008395.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinians on their way to Friday prayer seriously injuring Nablus resident Ahmad Mohammad Abu Hantash in the head. The incident happened at noon as worshipers were heading to Al Shuhada Mosque in the western part of Nablus. As worshipers were entering the mosque an Israeli armored vehicle opened fire hitting Mr. Abu Hantash in the back of his head with three rubber-coated metal bullets causing extensive damage to his brain and neck. He is currently undergoing surgery in Nablus Specialty Hospital located near the mosque in an effort to save his life. Several witnesses say that the shooting was unprovoked and expressed their anger and frustration for the Israeli Army complete disregard to human life and the sanctity of holy places. One of the worshipers who was walking with Mr. Abu Hantash said “I was walking with Ahmad to the mosque and suddenly I heard a gunshot and saw Ahmad fall beside me, I was horrified to see his blood splashing all over the ground, and did not know why the army shot at us, we ducked for cover and when the Israeli jeep left we rushed Ahmad to the nearby Specialty Hospital.”&lt;br /&gt;Ahmad Abu Hantash is a 35-year old Palestinian worker, married with two children, Fadi, 4 years old, and Hadi, three months old.&lt;br /&gt;The Israeli Army has been conducting a major invasion into Nablus since the dawn of Thursday, Jan 3, 2008, and the operation is still ongoing. More than 45 Palestinians have been injured in the past 24 hours, and the Israeli army arrested 20 Palestinians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report &amp;amp; Photos by Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;Nablus, Palestine&lt;br /&gt;1:00 pm, Friday, January 04, 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-4667112273152203580?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/4667112273152203580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=4667112273152203580' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4667112273152203580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/4667112273152203580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2008/01/breaking-news-israeli-soldiers.html' title='Breaking News: Israeli soldiers seriously injure a Palestinian worshiper in Nablus, Friday Jan 4, 2008'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ksvINOOdHPQ/R34_ONOqtiI/AAAAAAAAABM/_yr0RwQlEAI/s72-c/04012008395.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-2417411532747344160</id><published>2007-12-24T15:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-12-24T15:21:19.184+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Greetings from the Mountain of Fire (Blessed Eid, Merry Christmas &amp; Happy New Year)!!</title><content type='html'>Beloved sisters, brothers, family, friends, and colleagues,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May you have a blessed Eid Al Adha, merry Christmas, and a happy New Year...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be true to the voice that comes from within...&lt;br /&gt;Be Love for Love is the only way&lt;br /&gt;That leads to that place where you do not have to say… a word... to be understood…&lt;br /&gt;That leads to that bed in which you can sleep and dream like a baby… :-)&lt;br /&gt;Be gentle with nature and nature will be gentle with you…&lt;br /&gt;Slow down and feel yourself… do not overwhelm yourself with too many unnecessary inputs… first things first… do not sell the long-term for the short-term… walk with grace…your are the steward of Allah on Earth… join hands and energies with other Lovers that have understood the Way… allow for the synergies of Love to carry us all to the higher consciousness that will allow us to heal the bleeding wounds and the broken hearts…. And smile… let your whole Being smile… and do not underestimate the power of those sweet words you tell to your friends… the Arabs say  “The good word comes out and the bad word comes out”…. So make it the good one :-) But if you hear a bad word that hurts you, learn how to forgive…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pray to Allah almighty to protect you all and to gather us all on the right path… to unite us in the cause of peace…to forsake selfishness and be good to each other…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our great prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) said:&lt;br /&gt;لا يؤمن أحدكم حتى يحب لأخيه ما يحب لنفسه&lt;br /&gt; “None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” [Sahîh al-Bukhârî]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) also said:&lt;br /&gt;“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should say something good or remain silent.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allah almighty says in the Quran: “By time! Surely the human being is at loss. Except for those who have faith and do righteous deeds and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to patience.” [Sûrah al-`Asr]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salaam from a city that lies between two mountains, Ebal and Jerzim…&lt;br /&gt;Salaam from those who are waiting patiently for the dawn…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the Love,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your brother,&lt;br /&gt;Saed J. Abu-Hijleh&lt;br /&gt;Nablus, Palestine&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-2417411532747344160?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/2417411532747344160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=2417411532747344160' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2417411532747344160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/2417411532747344160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2007/12/greetings-from-mountain-of-fire-blessed.html' title='Greetings from the Mountain of Fire (Blessed Eid, Merry Christmas &amp; Happy New Year)!!'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-1517667416355151971</id><published>2007-11-25T05:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-11-25T06:08:45.552+02:00</updated><title type='text'>On the road back to the beginning</title><content type='html'>I am in Amman, Jordan, getting ready to go to Greece to attend an international conference on public administration where I will present a paper entitled "Israeli Territoriality and the Predicament of the Palestinian Public Sector."&lt;br /&gt;InshAllah I will stand on the hill of the Acropolis and look in a southeastern direction towards Palestine, my mother, you, and the wound that is me, my people, and all of humanity.&lt;br /&gt;I will resume being a philosopher in few hours! That is how all philosophers are: they oscillate between being nothing and something, between shallowness and depth, between lust and virtue, between warmth and coldness, between the I and the You.&lt;br /&gt;It is OK, this oscillation will certainly calm down soon. The passing of the torch from one hand to the other will remind me of the origins of fire. That is where my focus must be: the origin of divine energy. So do not leave yourself in the dark, keep searching for the light, but do not lose your grace during the search. Let your passion make you glow like sun rays off white snow.&lt;br /&gt;Cleanse your heart from ill feelings and let love permeate all of its rooms. Write a love poem, it has always proved to be a panacea for deception, dishonesty, and uncertainty. Pray for the healing of your suffering and hers. The Lord of all hears and sees all, and his compassion and forgiveness is larger than all seas and oceans.&lt;br /&gt;So let your body and soul sail through the Aegean sea to Athena. Tell your beloved that you are now Odysseus, and this is the 33th beginning of the Palestinian Odyssey. Pray for my safe return to you my beloved "Ithaca".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/942358820377463368-1517667416355151971?l=abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/feeds/1517667416355151971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=942358820377463368&amp;postID=1517667416355151971' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1517667416355151971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/942358820377463368/posts/default/1517667416355151971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abuhijleh1982.blogspot.com/2007/11/on-road-back-to-beginning.html' title='On the road back to the beginning'/><author><name>Palestinian Superman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03840288168422331998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942358820377463368.post-6816437924154628510</id><published>2007-11-22T08:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-11-22T09:10:32.997+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Writing myself to the Universe</title><content type='html'>After many months of self inhibition, indecisiveness, and procrastination I have started this blog to document myself and share myself with the Universe. I am hoping that my writing will help me organize the flood of thoughts and emotions that are being trapped inside me, which, if not released will continue to cause me unbearable suffering, and might explode, or dissipate, and thus lose immense potential energy that can be utilized in the mitigation of the harsh human conditions in Palestine, and around the world.&lt;br /&gt;So I am writing for me and you. I am writing for all. I am writing for those who listen and those who do not! I am writing for and against! I am writing the last and first! Things I heard, saw, touched, tasted, and smelled; Things that hurt me and things that made me happy; Things that I am hoping for and those that I dread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am writing my inner voice. I am writing my inner eye. I am writing things that make me shy. I am writing things that make me proud. I am writing things that others told me, and things others would not tell. I am writing about heaven and hell. I am writing about Palestine; about my city Nablus: sleeping and waking up between two mountains, Ibal and Jirzim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a Spiritual Nomad, the one and only, the legendary Sindbad. I am the &lt;a href="http://palestinian-superman.blogspot.com/"&gt;Palestinian Superman&lt;/a&gt;! 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