January 19, 2009

George Chaya

The Palestinian leadership has become the worst enemy of his people, has missed historic opportunities unbeatable, it was not realistic, pragmatic and even in recent years has been discussed between the Hamas terror and corruption of Fatah.

The Hamas charter clearly and strictly demand the destruction of the State of Israel and founded this anomaly in the position of Amin Al Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, recalled that in 1937 the British Peel Commission suggested the partition of Palestine in 80% of the territory to the Palestinians and 20% of Jews, was there when the Grand Mufti flatly reject that offer. These negative in 1937 and 1947, according to theologians Hamas, reach exceeded to justify the existence of the movement, hence the leaders expressed their expressions made sacred discourse of the scholars who interpreted Palestine as a Waqf Muslimin < Attribute-gift Islamic religious> therefore prohibits cede a single inch of that territory. That is, in other words, animist and magical thinking that precedes "really" the formation of Hamas.

Jewish religious law, it argues, as Islamic law, the prohibition of giving an inch of land to non-Jews. But it´s not true and it must be said, that in the years of the establishment of the State of Israel, Ben Gurion showed the real difference-cultural leadership by exposing their own rebuttal to the Law as being considered outdated and timeless to the needs of the moment and its people.

What then is the danger of Islamism that seeks to put Hamas on the basis of outdated religious positions that harm its own people?

In its radical design, Hamas hopes to create a parallel society indoctrinated younger generations from the conspiratorial rhetoric against the occupation of Palestinian land looted, in fact, has spent years in that job within the community of Gaza. In his world view pro-Iranian Hamas claims that the Islamic society it encompasses everything that is: social life, economy and politics. The Islam is not "soluble" in the position of Sunni extremist Hamas leadership which aims to impose its own values. By contrast, Muslims, as individuals, if they are perfectly soluble. The vast majority live their faith in peace, particularly emigrant communities in other countries outside the region.

Sectarianism and symbolizes preaches that Hamas is more dangerous than terrorism, physically speaking. Terrorism police claims processing, military and judiciary. The radical Hamas uses rhetoric to fuel hatred among its citizens generational indoctrination to the destruction of Israel, is deceptively flirts with populist demagoguery. With such elements, build a parallel society that undermines society and undermines the Palestinian robbing citizens of their rights and making them "nothing." The thought of Hamas, like the Hezbollah in Lebanon, its dangerous as fascism, Nazism and Stalinism, because consider illegal everything that is not part of its religious-ideological conception.

Meanwhile, several European governments, including the Spanish government seeks to promote the project diplomat of "Alliance of Civilizations." What is Rodriguez Zapatero and Moratinos deal with it? They should awakening, illustrated on the Middle East and rule seriously because they are doing everything possible for Spain to fall in the world, and Bush is no longer subscribe the faults.

Unfortunately, not a few European leaders who do not understand that from the other side of the Mediterranean, Europe does not exist. Exist Germany, Italy and France as individual players. But at the continent, in its context and the thinking of the regimes like Tehran or Damascus and its satellite terrorist organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah Islamiyya and Jihad, Europe is just a simple "office of allowances". Syria and Iran used European progressive ideology for their own purposes and laugh when they hear the old continent diplomacy to speak of "Alliance of Civilizations". google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);

The expression of cultural identity, ethnic or religious in the Middle East is far from being understood in its true meaning for much of the leadership in Europe and this is obvious to see how the matter is addressed, it is often displayed such ignorance and naivety that instills a sense of deep sorrow and listen to their mercy, diplomats and intellectuals.

I come from a country where a citizen, you, me, anyone, has no legal existence before being baptized and recognized by the Muslim religious dignitaries and if the person professing that religion. I recall, not without sadness, when accompanied few years ago, a friend of the University who was father to enroll his child in a registry office in Lebanon, the officer responded to us, told us uneasy, "needs a paper, I cant not registered.. ". Looking to the nervousness of my friend, I ask him: what role? The official, annoyed, he replied: the role of the Sheik, "certifying that both parents are Muslims." The wife came from a family not Islamic, I doesn´t know, I never asked for the religion to the wife of my friend, conclusion: it was a mixed marriage and although my friend if he was Muslim, the child was not registered until 3 years later in a civil registry of Cyprus where if they register, clear that no Cypriot and Lebanese citizenship. A real blunder by which ever evaluates.

I remembered this experience because it is through citizenship and civic principles, when men are equal before the law, since we are citizens and solidarity in the acceptance of the principles is that we have rights and obligations. Fundamentalists of Hamas and the Fatah leadership must understand this issue and ideas off of the middle ages, their leader, Ismael Haniyyah must know that not all Palestinians are in agreement with its tenets and they all require you accountable for not having assumed its responsibilities arising from the January 2006 election that gave Hamas a significant number of deputies in Parliament .

If Hamas survives this crazy and cruel war which decided to launch and it is absolutely responsible, must understand that the political struggle in what is really true, is the courageous and patriotic ideas and sharing them, even with those who disagree with it, and it does not launch missiles at Israeli civilians will be giving out to Palestinians for a future in peace, without violence and statehood.

The Palestinian people will have their State when they germinate sincere dialogue, where ideas and actions are directed honest people to build together a serious and sustainable showing the world that have learned from their tragedy. Otherwise, continues repeating the history, but as tragedy strengthened.

The Palestinians should not change their religious beliefs, no one in the world would ask that any people ever, but must be flexible in their beliefs and aspects of modernization in intellectualize their religious laws which lead to pragmatic policies, leaving the maximum that characterize theocratic inflexibility that neutralizes the idea and action in political terms.

The Palestinian leadership will have to overcome in his paintings and intellectuals should not forget that closed their beliefs and inflexible, then the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husseini was the architect in 1937 and 1947 that his people lost their homeland. They should not lose sight of the example of David Ben Gurion, who took his decision based on politics, and did so in the know and believe that it is the art of the possible, or in any case, it did on what was feasible given the existing balance of power at a certain time and place. And there lies the difference in the intelligence and pragmatism over the Jewish leadership of Palestine. Doesn´t was little that Ben Gurion achievement: He won a homeland for his people.