The cassettes are old but the songs inspire so many memories of a time when energy ran high with hopes for an end to the Zionist Occupation and the rebirth of Palestine. It has been impossible to find CDs of the music of George Kirmiz. As the cassettes become less and less viable, there has to be a way to preserve the songs. He was a very talented composer and musician and insh'allah, remains so.
Perhaps the draconian legislature of the U.S. government with respect to 'affiliations' in certain political groups has rendered freedom of expression for musicians as well as others a risky business. Perhaps the political bankruptcy of certain Palestinian political parties that have failed to maintain a steadfast stance with respect to the Zionist entity has diluted the impact of some of these songs.
When they first were composed and sung, however, they quickened the pulse of their listeners. As part of the history of the Palestinian people in exile, they should be preserved. In any case, political parties come and go, mutate and divide. Ideas of liberation, identity and freedom never can be obsolete.
For Palestine, undivided and uncompromised!
09 November 2008
28 September 2008
'Give Peace a Chance'
The recent shameful appearance of 'Sir' Paul McCartney at a concert 'celebrating' the continuing existence of the Zionist entity is yet another example of how those who claim to represent some force acting in the name of 'peace' are willing to sweep the facts under the rug whenever Palestine is an issue.
'Give Peace a Chance' in these circumstances is tantamount to acquiescence in self-obliteration for the Palestinian people and their rightful claim to the land of Palestine. 60 years later, even while they continue to build a barrier that further diminishes Palestinian access to their own land, the Zionists cannot claim to have wiped the rightful owners from the map.
Resistance will continue, however brutal the occupation, however many international 'celebrity activists' side with the Zionists solely on the basis of 'having friends in Israel'.
Paul's own words: 'When I was told there was a concert in Tel Aviv I was looking forward to it. I've never been to Israel and the Beatles were banned originally, but I was conscious of the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. So I said I would like to try to come to Palestine while I had a few days ... Rather than staying in England and saying 'oh yeah, too bad about that lot'. I've been here now and I'm getting a better understanding.'
Then: 'I enjoyed going into Palestine. Israel's a beautiful country, driving down to Jerusalem was a great drive. Being in Jerusalem was very special just because of the history. Then going through the wall was kind of quite special, but in an edgy way. You don't like to see things like that exist in the world – it reminded me of the Berlin Wall.'
He is an aging idealist who wants to wrap a bandage on all the ugliness of reality, to be LOVED by every one, irrespective of his moral cowardice in refusing to make a categorical statement that would have had some reality behind it. The Beatles were banned from the Zionist Entity in 1965. Instead of returning the favour by refusing to lend his weight to a celebration of a foreign Occupation of Palestine, McCartney chose to accept an 'official' apology by the Zionists and to pretend that his message would benefit 'both sides' in the 'conflict'.
Sixty years of Occupation has not effaced the Palestinian identity. When the 100th Anniversary of the Zionist entity is scheduled to occur, there no longer will be a Zionist Entity... Let's see if the Zionists will be willing to 'give Peace a chance' when they are forced to surrender their claims of being 'the chosen people' and must live as ordinary citizens in 'non-Jewish states' throughout the world.
Unfortunately, as much as 'Peace' sounds like a positive state of being, it only serves the Zionists, giving them the opportunity to continue to grab more land, imprison and kill more Palestinian activists and indeed more Palestinians of any age, creed or religion in order to further their hope creating an equation where the total percentage in terms of people ON THE LAND equals 100% Jews in Palestine.
Meanwhile, the brutal foreign invasion and Occupation of Iraq with its puppet government serving the interests of the alliance against the Arab Nation is described beatifically as a 'fledgling democracy' with no reference whatsoever to the facts.
As for the rest of the world, if multi-national corporations continue to have global economic domination throughout the globe, the Zionists always will continue to rule wherever they may be.
'Give Peace a Chance' in these circumstances is tantamount to acquiescence in self-obliteration for the Palestinian people and their rightful claim to the land of Palestine. 60 years later, even while they continue to build a barrier that further diminishes Palestinian access to their own land, the Zionists cannot claim to have wiped the rightful owners from the map.
Resistance will continue, however brutal the occupation, however many international 'celebrity activists' side with the Zionists solely on the basis of 'having friends in Israel'.
Paul's own words: 'When I was told there was a concert in Tel Aviv I was looking forward to it. I've never been to Israel and the Beatles were banned originally, but I was conscious of the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. So I said I would like to try to come to Palestine while I had a few days ... Rather than staying in England and saying 'oh yeah, too bad about that lot'. I've been here now and I'm getting a better understanding.'
Then: 'I enjoyed going into Palestine. Israel's a beautiful country, driving down to Jerusalem was a great drive. Being in Jerusalem was very special just because of the history. Then going through the wall was kind of quite special, but in an edgy way. You don't like to see things like that exist in the world – it reminded me of the Berlin Wall.'
He is an aging idealist who wants to wrap a bandage on all the ugliness of reality, to be LOVED by every one, irrespective of his moral cowardice in refusing to make a categorical statement that would have had some reality behind it. The Beatles were banned from the Zionist Entity in 1965. Instead of returning the favour by refusing to lend his weight to a celebration of a foreign Occupation of Palestine, McCartney chose to accept an 'official' apology by the Zionists and to pretend that his message would benefit 'both sides' in the 'conflict'.
Sixty years of Occupation has not effaced the Palestinian identity. When the 100th Anniversary of the Zionist entity is scheduled to occur, there no longer will be a Zionist Entity... Let's see if the Zionists will be willing to 'give Peace a chance' when they are forced to surrender their claims of being 'the chosen people' and must live as ordinary citizens in 'non-Jewish states' throughout the world.
Unfortunately, as much as 'Peace' sounds like a positive state of being, it only serves the Zionists, giving them the opportunity to continue to grab more land, imprison and kill more Palestinian activists and indeed more Palestinians of any age, creed or religion in order to further their hope creating an equation where the total percentage in terms of people ON THE LAND equals 100% Jews in Palestine.
Meanwhile, the brutal foreign invasion and Occupation of Iraq with its puppet government serving the interests of the alliance against the Arab Nation is described beatifically as a 'fledgling democracy' with no reference whatsoever to the facts.
As for the rest of the world, if multi-national corporations continue to have global economic domination throughout the globe, the Zionists always will continue to rule wherever they may be.
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