ZGram - 7/23/2001 - "Only twelve more to go!"

[chinawest]

Why can't there not be an Arab "holocaust" is that also a jewish exclusive ?
I think not ...
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From: "Ingrid Rimland" <irimland@zundelsite.org>
To: <zgrams@freedomsite.org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:38 PM
Subject: ZGram - 7/23/2001 - "Only twelve more to go!"



Copyright (c) 2001 - Ingrid A. Rimland

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

July 23, 2001

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Here is a short but sweet little item that shows how Revisionism spreads
these days - without costing us a single pretty penny.  It used to be that
penetrating Arab countries with revisionist mass mailings, audio and video
tapes, books and visits cost tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of dollars
with very negligible results.  I guess Revisionism is like an oak - an
organism that grows slowly over many years - but once it has taken roots,
it is a beauty to behold, and its branches stretch wide.

One fine example of how far we've come was sent to us by Dr. Ibrahim
Alloush, an instrumental link to many Arab intellectuals.  Be awed:

[START]

In an open admission of guilt that was broadcast to millions of viewers
through the satellite channel LBC, Mahmoud Darwish declared:

WE HAVE MADE A  MISTAKE BY ASKING THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT TO BAN THE
REVISIONIST HISTORIANS  CONFERENCE IN BEIRUT.

 This declaration came on the eve of Sunday, July 15, 2001, in a popular TV
show on LBC Television called Hewar Al Ummour.

 Mahmoud Darwish added that even though he is against opening up the
subject  of the "Holocaust" as Palestinian and Arab issues, he recognizes
now that  the demand of the fourteen Arab intellectuals to ban the
revisionist  conference in Beirut was a violation of the human rights and
the rights of  scientific research of revisionist historians.

 This new announcement by Mahmoud Darwish comes on the heels of a similar
announcement by Edward Said through the internet in April, in which he
essentially said that even though he is opposed to revisionist historians
on  principle, he never asked any Arab government to ban an intellectual
conference and that those collecting the signatures on the petition of the
fourteen Arab intellectuals basically presented him with a different text.

 The importance of Mahmoud Darwishís recent declaration, however, emanates
from the fact that Darwish had initially reaffirmed his call to ban the
conference in Beirut when questioned about the petition by the Saudi Daily,
Al Watan, in April.

 Darwish's change of mind, therefore, reflects mounting pressure from
people  across the Arab World who were enraged by the petition of the
fourteen  intellectuals.

 In fact, supporters of the alleged Hollowcause in the Arab World can only
present their case in very roundabout methods.  "Raising this issue is not
expedient politically", "I need [an indefinite amount of time] to collect
more information on this matter", "Let us not argue over numbers" , etc -
are  frequently cited clichés by the minority who embrace Holocaust myths
in the  Arab World.

 So do take note..

[END]

  P.S. For more information on why the "Holocaust" is relevant to
Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims, please go to:
http://www.freearabvoice.org/whyTheHolocaustIsImportantToArabs.htm

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Long Thought for the Day:

And when the child asks, How did Freedom die, Mother?
She will answer,

It died when the Solemn Men, the Self-Righteous men came to preserve it in
the Formaldehyde of Correctness.

It died when those who Know Best codified and purified it with Good
Thoughts.

It died when the self-righteous men brought Decent Standards to the
libraries, when they banned Hate Speech from the public avenues, and when
they proclaimed their own ideas to be Above Question.

It died when people forgot that Freedom is not just a means to something
else, but Life itself.  For without Freedom, life is a stale, drab shadow.

Freedom may live when men are brave and willing to fight and die for
Freedom.

But Freedom dies when men become cowards, afraid of what others might think
or do, and when men bind each other into the slavery of harmlessness.

- Slade