In memory of Rachel CorrieTerrorism is concrete to Zionism [Archives:2008/1137/Opinion]

By: Hassan Al-Haifi
The death of thousands of civilians and tens of do gooders (Count Bernadotte, etc.) of the world, whose destiny entangled them in the quagmire that the Middle East has come to be, is clear testimony, as to where terrorism in the region really emanates from. Due to the continued insistence of the governments of Israel and the United States and the International Zionist Establishment on keeping the blood of innocents in the Holy Land flowing forever that in fact a solid ground has been found to allow terrorism to become a common norm of the region. Surely, history also has taught that, notwithstanding the strategic significance of the region and the hundreds of wars that have been fought in the Holy Land over the past ten millennia, it was only after the illegitimate creation of the State of Israel that terrorism, as we know it today, found the proper grounds to plant its roots. Even religious feuds of a sectarian nature only found their roots here after the Israelis and their American friends allied themselves with contractors of death – disguised as Jihadists and so called “Salafi extremists