well, i sold osoi.com to a bunch of doctors and now it's gone one forever. the good news... or rather the pointless news is that i got a new personal website here: http://hazanaya.com
again, not much to say, but it's got pitchures...
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
bah why bother
new website, new blog, new accounts everywhere... all this technology and nothing to say...
http://osoi.com
http://osoi.com
Thursday, October 27, 2005
CafeSale :: Voir le sujet - mexicolibre, un dessin pour Sylvia
uh... a french guy has a mexican girlfriend and the french government is kicking her out.... that sucks
the cfsl.net forum of artists is lending their support by doing pointless things like making drawings about it.
i enjoy the pointless tragedy of it all...
check out the artwork here
the cfsl.net forum of artists is lending their support by doing pointless things like making drawings about it.
i enjoy the pointless tragedy of it all...
check out the artwork here
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
igod
ah, i was looking for god! i'm so glad i found him...
http://www.titane.ca/concordia/dfar251/igod/main.html
of course, like everyone else, he's finally on the web.
http://www.titane.ca/concordia/dfar251/igod/main.html
of course, like everyone else, he's finally on the web.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Google Groups : alt.politics.bush
EGYPTIAN DAUGHTER SPEAKS OUT ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL
by Nonie Darwish May 1, 2005
I grew up in Gaza during the 1950s, a child of Egyptian parents at a
time when Gaza was occupied by Egypt. My father headed the Egyptian
military then in Gaza and the Sinai. Because I know and understand the
culture of the area, I have troubling questions about Israel's Gaza
evacuation.
Will it bring hope and a new beginning to the Arabs of Gaza who have
not really ruled over themselves before? Will it bring peace to
Israel's southern border? Will the people of Gaza reject the status of
being permanent victims in the Arab world and start the new business of
living in peace? Will they demand an end to Arab meddling and the use
of Gaza for shooting grounds into Israel? Will the culture of hate,
terror and retaliation against Israel end? Will the people in the
Jabalya refugee camp reject the title of "refugee"? Will Egypt start
allowing fellow Arabs from Gaza to travel freely into the Sinai and
Egypt? And most importantly, will the Gazan people end terrorism?
I have mixed feelings about Israel's evacuation and wonder if the
citizens of Gaza will meet the challenges facing them, especially since
the political dynamics in Arab politics and in the Arabic press are
still the same as they have always been.
When the West Bank and Gaza were in Arab control, citizens from those
areas allowed Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia to use their
land as the frontline to attack Israel and incite their people to
constant calls for war against the new Jewish state. Arab countries
gave themselves the right to fight Israel from that area and everything
else become secondary in the Arab psyche, even the safety and security
of the Arab people.
Egypt and Jordan, which occupied Gaza and the West Bank respectively
from 1948-1967, actively conducted guerrilla war daily against Israel,
especially in Gaza in 1954, '55 and '56. They created a group called
the fedayeen to make undercover cross-border attacks to terrorize
Israelis. Gaza was simply used by Egyptian leader Gamal Abd El-Nasser
as the Arab frontline with Israel. That was prior to the 1967 war. It
was a time when President Nasser aspired to unify the Arab world under
his command. Threatening the destruction of Israel was the badge of for
anyone who wanted to lead the Arab world.
I witnessed this firsthand because my own father headed the fedayeen
movement ordered by Nasser.
Expectations and pressure on Palestinians were extremely high back
then. Surrounding Arab countries shamed, blamed, bribed, pampered and
abused Palestinians to fight and never accept Israel. They became a
sacrificial lamb for Arab glory. In a culture based on pride and shame,
Palestinians needed to prove to the rest of the Arab world that they
were worthy of respect by attacking Israel.
Egypt under Nasser imprisoned Gazans who dared to cross the borders
into Israel for peaceful reasons. Those who did were branded as
traitors and some were actually killed on the spot. It did not matter
what the purpose of their crossing the borders into Israel was, the
Egyptian authority arrested them for "violating the hudna." Hudna means
"temporary ceasefire". However, later, Egypt took 52 of these men who
had violated the hudna out of prison and, ironically, started the first
fedayeen unit in order to do exactly what they were imprisoned for
doing in the first place. They were trained to make cross-border
attacks into Israel and cause as much damage, death and destruction as
possible.
My father was killed as a result of these operations. He was hailed as
a national hero, a shahid, meaning "martyr". Nasser vowed that all of
Egypt would take revenge for his death, and made no mention of the
heavy toll of death and destruction brought upon Israel that could have
precipitated such Israeli retaliation.
Very few people know that the Palestinians' first intifada was in 1955,
against the Egyptian authorities in Gaza, because of the oppressive
regime of Nasser, which put many of them in jail and subjected them to
the continual crossfire with Israel. In the tiny strip of Gaza,
Palestinians were sandwiched between Israel and the rest of the Arab
world and needed a visa to even visit Egypt.
The infrastructure and economy in both the West Bank and Gaza were
neglected by Arabs, who only gave them weapons and rewarded them for
terrorism. Palestinians have been simply exploited and sacrificed as
the frontline of Arab jihad.
In Gazan elementary schools, we learned the values of hate, vengeance
and retaliation. Peace was never an option and never mentioned as a
virtue. The "Glory of Battle" was the ultimate honor. They scared us
about Jews and taught us to solve disputes through violence. I was told
not to take any candy from strangers since it could be a Jew trying to
poison me. Girls were in tears reciting Jihadist poetry daily and
pledging to give up their lives as "martyrs".
Several generations were brought up under this severe indoctrination
and things got worse by the day. The fedayeen of yesterday became the
suicide bombers of today. Like robots, they pride themselves in killing
Jews while killing themselves in the hope of going to heaven. The
extreme living conditions in Gaza produced people who have not
experienced normal life for over half a century.
I do not see proof of any improvement or change in Gaza's conditions.
To the contrary, I think it has even gotten worse. Tunnels are still
being dug to smuggle arms into Gaza from Egypt.
I am not sure if the Gaza evacuation will bring peace to Israel and
prosperity to the people of Gaza, but I sometimes wonder why Arabs
cannot stand Jews living in their midst, while Jews respect and allow
Arabs to live in Israel. Arabs have lots of land, but have no tolerance
for non-Muslims living on it, while the Jewish state is very small and
has tolerance for Muslims. Something is wrong here and Arabs just do
not see the hypocrisy.
I respect all the attempts Israel is making, including goodwill
gestures, to actively pursue a life of peace in the area. But Arabs
around Israel have not reciprocated the same message of good will
through their actions.
Furthermore, the political situation in Egypt at the end of Hosni
Mubarak's term is unpredictable and many Egyptians are worried about
the radicals taking over. I received several e-mails from Egyptians who
say, "Egypt is boiling with anger and frustration." Stability in Gaza
is very much linked to the stability of Egypt.
Will the people of Gaza finally stand up for peace after Israel
evacuates, or will they go back to the old days of fedayeen, jihad and
terror? Did they learn a lesson from the past decades of turmoil and
chaos? Do they even remember how to live in peace and maintain an
orderly society?
The true intentions of the Arabs of Gaza will become clear if Israel
withdraws. They can take this great opportunity to stand up finally for
peace and end the connections with terrorism, or they can discredit
themselves by choosing to continue the terror after Israel's
evacuation. I am personally not very optimistic and feel that this is a
move that Israel might later regret. Will it work? I don't know, it is
up to the Arabs of Gaza.
by Nonie Darwish May 1, 2005
I grew up in Gaza during the 1950s, a child of Egyptian parents at a
time when Gaza was occupied by Egypt. My father headed the Egyptian
military then in Gaza and the Sinai. Because I know and understand the
culture of the area, I have troubling questions about Israel's Gaza
evacuation.
Will it bring hope and a new beginning to the Arabs of Gaza who have
not really ruled over themselves before? Will it bring peace to
Israel's southern border? Will the people of Gaza reject the status of
being permanent victims in the Arab world and start the new business of
living in peace? Will they demand an end to Arab meddling and the use
of Gaza for shooting grounds into Israel? Will the culture of hate,
terror and retaliation against Israel end? Will the people in the
Jabalya refugee camp reject the title of "refugee"? Will Egypt start
allowing fellow Arabs from Gaza to travel freely into the Sinai and
Egypt? And most importantly, will the Gazan people end terrorism?
I have mixed feelings about Israel's evacuation and wonder if the
citizens of Gaza will meet the challenges facing them, especially since
the political dynamics in Arab politics and in the Arabic press are
still the same as they have always been.
When the West Bank and Gaza were in Arab control, citizens from those
areas allowed Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia to use their
land as the frontline to attack Israel and incite their people to
constant calls for war against the new Jewish state. Arab countries
gave themselves the right to fight Israel from that area and everything
else become secondary in the Arab psyche, even the safety and security
of the Arab people.
Egypt and Jordan, which occupied Gaza and the West Bank respectively
from 1948-1967, actively conducted guerrilla war daily against Israel,
especially in Gaza in 1954, '55 and '56. They created a group called
the fedayeen to make undercover cross-border attacks to terrorize
Israelis. Gaza was simply used by Egyptian leader Gamal Abd El-Nasser
as the Arab frontline with Israel. That was prior to the 1967 war. It
was a time when President Nasser aspired to unify the Arab world under
his command. Threatening the destruction of Israel was the badge of for
anyone who wanted to lead the Arab world.
I witnessed this firsthand because my own father headed the fedayeen
movement ordered by Nasser.
Expectations and pressure on Palestinians were extremely high back
then. Surrounding Arab countries shamed, blamed, bribed, pampered and
abused Palestinians to fight and never accept Israel. They became a
sacrificial lamb for Arab glory. In a culture based on pride and shame,
Palestinians needed to prove to the rest of the Arab world that they
were worthy of respect by attacking Israel.
Egypt under Nasser imprisoned Gazans who dared to cross the borders
into Israel for peaceful reasons. Those who did were branded as
traitors and some were actually killed on the spot. It did not matter
what the purpose of their crossing the borders into Israel was, the
Egyptian authority arrested them for "violating the hudna." Hudna means
"temporary ceasefire". However, later, Egypt took 52 of these men who
had violated the hudna out of prison and, ironically, started the first
fedayeen unit in order to do exactly what they were imprisoned for
doing in the first place. They were trained to make cross-border
attacks into Israel and cause as much damage, death and destruction as
possible.
My father was killed as a result of these operations. He was hailed as
a national hero, a shahid, meaning "martyr". Nasser vowed that all of
Egypt would take revenge for his death, and made no mention of the
heavy toll of death and destruction brought upon Israel that could have
precipitated such Israeli retaliation.
Very few people know that the Palestinians' first intifada was in 1955,
against the Egyptian authorities in Gaza, because of the oppressive
regime of Nasser, which put many of them in jail and subjected them to
the continual crossfire with Israel. In the tiny strip of Gaza,
Palestinians were sandwiched between Israel and the rest of the Arab
world and needed a visa to even visit Egypt.
The infrastructure and economy in both the West Bank and Gaza were
neglected by Arabs, who only gave them weapons and rewarded them for
terrorism. Palestinians have been simply exploited and sacrificed as
the frontline of Arab jihad.
In Gazan elementary schools, we learned the values of hate, vengeance
and retaliation. Peace was never an option and never mentioned as a
virtue. The "Glory of Battle" was the ultimate honor. They scared us
about Jews and taught us to solve disputes through violence. I was told
not to take any candy from strangers since it could be a Jew trying to
poison me. Girls were in tears reciting Jihadist poetry daily and
pledging to give up their lives as "martyrs".
Several generations were brought up under this severe indoctrination
and things got worse by the day. The fedayeen of yesterday became the
suicide bombers of today. Like robots, they pride themselves in killing
Jews while killing themselves in the hope of going to heaven. The
extreme living conditions in Gaza produced people who have not
experienced normal life for over half a century.
I do not see proof of any improvement or change in Gaza's conditions.
To the contrary, I think it has even gotten worse. Tunnels are still
being dug to smuggle arms into Gaza from Egypt.
I am not sure if the Gaza evacuation will bring peace to Israel and
prosperity to the people of Gaza, but I sometimes wonder why Arabs
cannot stand Jews living in their midst, while Jews respect and allow
Arabs to live in Israel. Arabs have lots of land, but have no tolerance
for non-Muslims living on it, while the Jewish state is very small and
has tolerance for Muslims. Something is wrong here and Arabs just do
not see the hypocrisy.
I respect all the attempts Israel is making, including goodwill
gestures, to actively pursue a life of peace in the area. But Arabs
around Israel have not reciprocated the same message of good will
through their actions.
Furthermore, the political situation in Egypt at the end of Hosni
Mubarak's term is unpredictable and many Egyptians are worried about
the radicals taking over. I received several e-mails from Egyptians who
say, "Egypt is boiling with anger and frustration." Stability in Gaza
is very much linked to the stability of Egypt.
Will the people of Gaza finally stand up for peace after Israel
evacuates, or will they go back to the old days of fedayeen, jihad and
terror? Did they learn a lesson from the past decades of turmoil and
chaos? Do they even remember how to live in peace and maintain an
orderly society?
The true intentions of the Arabs of Gaza will become clear if Israel
withdraws. They can take this great opportunity to stand up finally for
peace and end the connections with terrorism, or they can discredit
themselves by choosing to continue the terror after Israel's
evacuation. I am personally not very optimistic and feel that this is a
move that Israel might later regret. Will it work? I don't know, it is
up to the Arabs of Gaza.
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