Terrorism in the eyes of the commentator & A tribute to General Mujahid [Archives:2004/792/Opinion]

The sudden passing of the late Yassir Arafat, which is still shrouded in suspicion and cloaked with a dose of mystery, was not expected to yield any commendable eulogies by any of the standard bearers of hate and prejudice that are found in the Western press, particularly in the United States. People like Thomas Friedman, the indefatigable hate mongerer Barry Rubin and the misinforming expert Lee Smith continue to project their obvious disrespect for a bona fide accepted world leader, because it almost seems like their whole life depends on it.
It does not matter to these so called opinion makers, who are really opinion manipulators, that the man is dead and dearly missed by the very people that are really relevant – the brave Palestinians, who have endured more from Israeli terror than any one could care to describe now, but certainly a lot more suffering than any suffering that could unjustly be attributed to the brave Arafat by any of these phonies of the world of political commentary. They speak in general terms believing that now with Arafat out of the way, the prospects for peace are open wide and all the succeeding leadership has to do is sign on a blank check for Israel to keep all that it has illegitimately taken from the Palestinians for the past sixty years: land, life and any chance for the pursuit of happiness. One is almost at a loss to actually think that people can find sound judgment and prudent wisdom in any of the writings of these staunch Zionists, whose main objective in life is to misguide their readers not only about the situation in the Middle East, but also on the extent of their poor knowledge and awareness of that situation both from a current or historical perspective. Oh sure, they know a few names here and there and may have come to the region once or twice, but their broad generalizations and pre-ordained fixations on misrepresentations of the facts clearly reflect a persistent desire to play “expert”, when in fact their expertise does not convince primary school graduates, even among the Israelis they purport to be backing, let alone Arabs and Europeans.
The man is dead and his people are grieved to the last man, yet they insist that all these grateful people to Yassir Arafat should be thankful for his passing. How horrific human sensitivities can be. But that is typical of all advocates of Zionism, because Zionism thrives on hatred, prejudice and a total disregard for any consideration for the sentiments of people, unless these people bow to the Zionist cause and wear yarmulkes on their heads to show sympathy for the Zionist ambitions.
While they throw the word “terrorist” all over the articles they write, they are not prepared to show how or where they get these preconceived notions from, nor do they care about where the cause that Yassir Arafat was actually rose from, namely all the Israeli terror that has been unleashed in the Holy Land since the British issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917. Yet, these very same commentators go to great pains to convince their readers that Ariel Sharon, a man condemned by his own fellow Israeli citizens, is a man of peace, with his “Gaza withdrawal initiative”. Never mind that Ariel Sharon has taken part personally in ugly massacres and masterminded such horrific massacres as the Sabra and Shatila massacres in Lebanon. No, to these movers of opinion Ariel Sharon has the right remedy for peace in the Holy Land and the only way a respectable Palestinian leadership is to be recognized is if it bends to all the dictates of Ariel Sharon. The facts are that Yassir Arafat was a democratically elected leader of his people, who sacrificed all his life and fortune for the sake of bringing out the tragic plight of his people to the world and to saving what ever can still be kept out of way of the ever hungry destructive tractors that lay down the ground works for the Zionist stamp to cover the entire Holy Land area from the Euphrates to the Nile, killing any man, woman or child that stands in their way.
The cause that Yassir Arafat stood for was the end product of a scientific breed of terror created a century ago by Zionist demagogues, who earnestly believed that chauvinism and hatred are the sound stalwart backbones of Jewish nation-building, which even many Jewish theologians have come to reject.
Yassir Arafat did not give in to all that the Zionists insisted on for peace, because the limits of legitimate Palestinian national and religious dignity and pride, which are incidentally shared by a billion people throughout the region and the world, would simply not swallow such a submission to power and arrogance. But these writers have an appointed mission to fulfill: Convey the Zionist message in the most hate filled language possible and deceive the minds and hearts of their readers with their claims of familiarity with Arafat, while totally rejecting the tragic plight of his people by the terror of the very philosophy they advocate for: Zionism.
In Tribute to Sheikh Mujahid
Any one familiar with the modern history of Yemen, especially after the September 26 Revolution will undoubtedly be shocked and bewildered by the sudden and tragic death of the late General Mujahid Abu Shawarib last Thursday. Anyone who has met the man, even if it was many years back cannot feel to recall the face of a brave and gallant fighter for his people's freedom. He played a pivotal role in saving the Republic from annihilation by Royalist forces in the Seventy Days' Siege of Sana'a in the late 1960s and was always ready to give his whole hearted support in defense of the Republic, when other challenges followed that fateful historical period of Yemen's history. Yet with a strong record of patriotism, Mujahid never revealed any ambitions for power and glory and always just waited to be called into service. In the positions that he held he maintained a high degree of humility and chivalry, always respectful of all those who meet him and talk to him, preferring to be a listener rather than a talker and only stating what comes out with meaning and favor to the listening ear.
May his soul rest in peace as Yemen has lost another of its most patriotic leaders.
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