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Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish American political scientist and author, specializing in Jewish-related issues and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular talks about the Lebanese militia Hezbollah and openly supports and praises their resistance: "They (Hezbollah) show courage, they show discipline, I respect that"
On Israeli defeat and consequential withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Finkelstein says:"But the reality was — and everyone understood it — that the Israeli attitude was: We are going to knock out Hizbullah. They began planning for a new war right after they were forced to leave in 2000. They found their excuse, their pretext, in July 2006, but there is no question among rational people that Israel was never going to let the Hizbullah victory go by."
"There is no way that the United States and Israel are going to tolerate any resistance (to their hegemony) in the Arab world."On the damage caused to Lebanon as a result of the resistance: "It's better to die on your feet than to walk crawling on your knees….how can I not respect those (Hezbollah) who say they would rather die on their feet? How can I not respect that?"
Finkelstein then goes on to slam the stances taken by some sell out Arabs who continue to admire George Bush like 'Servants' despite Bush being the man behind the carpet bombing of Lebanon and says that Bush should be classified as 'persona non grata':"Who (would) roll out the red carpet less than two years after your whole country was destroyed by them (the US)? "
"You (sell out-arabs) have NO self respect"
Did you notice that the Zionist MEMRI TV cut out Dr. Finkelstein explanation of why "Israel must suffer a defeat?!" But, who don't want to see Israel suffer a defeat?
Bless you Dr. Finkelstein!
[Hat tip: Andrew Silvera]
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well, this person can claim whomever he wishes a brave or a coward. when he lives in lebanon, and faces the daily shit of electricity, water, and transportation damage.. Unemployment, car bombings, Inflation, political crisis, and sees his whole country sinking in misery… then and only then, he can form opinions about who is right and who is wrong. Even then, he has to respect others will to build a country and catch on with the rest of the world that many arabs deserve to have!
You still have to respect him.
He tells the truth.
I don't live in Lebanon.
I have never went through an occupation unless you think about my Western Government.
My parents were Resistance Fighters during WWII.
What I am trying to say that empathy is important even though we do not understand the actual facts of an occupation.
Sorry, off topic:
Sabbah,
What you done to the Palestine blogs page? There use to be a list of all Palestinian blogs, where is it?
Revamping the whole thing and work in process… the list of Palestinian Blogs links will be published somewhere in few days. As for now, a lot of work is done to change the whole engine that run that website.
Apology for any inconvenience!
empathize with lebanon, support the benefit of lebanon. opposing the lebanese rights to live in the way they demand is not a virtue, claiming the truth is not a virtue either. And am not supporting any other league in lebanon, everyone lebanese commander is in shit up to his chin.
did he say this in the video? it's no longer available. i have a real problem with finkelstein making comments like these. it's not his place to support (or be against) hezballah, and it's not his place to call any arab a sell out. if you or i wanted to call these arabs sell outs, that would be a different thing, and we could talk about that, but a white jewish man calling them sell outs? i don't think so.
Nadia,
The video is very much available as of the time of writing this comment, please check again.
I don't know what exactly you are referring to!?
the video wasn't available when i tried to watch it earlier, now it is. i was asking if the quotes you posted were from the video, since i couldn't see it.
This may be a little off topic, but Norm Finkelstein came to my college last week. He is such a brilliant man, and I was pumped I got to meet him.
As for the post, I agree here. Hizballah has the same ideology as, say, the American military: they would rather die for their freedom than let a tyrannical force oversee them. I don't understand how that is any different than the "freedom" propaganda which is beaten into Americans' heads all the time.
I loved Listening to Mr Finkelstein , Spot on. Yes Arabs tend to forget very quickly and roll red carpets for the murderes of their fellow brothers and children because many are cowards, with no personality and no guts . IF you have to receive Bush (because you have to ) you dont have to treat him like your closest friend , dance with him , hug him, give him a wissam and expensive gifts . Just be professional and firm and show you have some dignity .
Israelis have their EYE on the Litani river since the zionist conference in 1919 in Paris . and they wont rest until they have it . Fortunately Mr Nasrallah wont have them have it . in 1919 they had decided to take the Litani , jordan river and the Golan . So far they have 2 out of 3 , they are now after the Litani , unfortuntaely Many lebanse do not read History Books . (like those in Siniora Goverment and will trust the zionists in washington )
Mr FInkelstein was just brilliant . I love his speech and Yes he is right about jews behaving properly with those who hurt them , that s how it should be ,i respect that kind of behaviour . the behaviour of the Gulf people recently with Bush made me Gag . TFOU .
"I don’t understand how that is any different than the “freedom” propaganda which is beaten into Americans’ heads all the time."
America doesn't "beat" propaganda into anyone's heads. Hitler did. North Korea does. Stalin certainly did. But not in America - thus the whole "freedom" thing.
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