US congressman Keith Ellison on Gaza - 06 Jan 09

Keith Ellison, US congressman for the state of Minnesota and the only Muslim to be elected to US congress, talks to Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi about the Israeli offensive in Gaza and why he feels so few US politicians understand the Middle East.

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[vejimenez]

funny does mr. ellison speak out about violence in middle east and africa against christians and the hundreds of thousands that have been slaughtered

[Joelomite]

@EnterTheTruth I'll compare the situation to a marriage. Husband and wife don't always get along, but it's better to TRY to talk things out, instead of throwing things at eachother. Although one party may rightfully be angry, their side doesn't matter if he/she solves the problem by firing a shotgun in the other one's head. Maybe it's a crazy comparison, but it's similar. Hopefully this strange "marriage" will be less violent, and both sides can laugh about this one day :-)

[EnterTheTruth]

@Joelomite LoL Arrigoni was killed by peice of shit lunatic fanatics that were hunted down and killed by Hamas (or atleast the suspects), he defended the palestinian people, not religious fanatics as he was always against. the only reason u wouldnt trust him is that his story (as well as the story of many others) contradicts your story about Israel being a peaceful nation who loves everybody and only wants to "defend itself against terrorists", yeah sure by bombing families, schools, hospitals

[Joelomite]

@EnterTheTruth I don't trust Arrigoni. He himself was killed by the people he tried to defend. He was just a pawn like the rest of the Palestinians and defended the wrong side. You're smarter than this....

[EnterTheTruth]

thankfully there were only 4 victims on the Israeli side. its equivalent to saying that for Israel butchering 250 palestinians is a justified bloodbath in avenging each civilian victim. For journalists who support the refrain that hamas is the reason for this genocide i would like to remind them of Richard Falk, special rapporteur for human rights at the UN, who states that it was in fact Israel that broke the ceasefire in nov when no israeli victims had been recorded 2 months before or after

[EnterTheTruth]

@Joelomite From the Diary (p.72) of Italian activist V. Arrigoni who lived in Gaza: "the settlers sitting in the lounges of armchair politics harpnon about military strategies against Hamas. Meanwhile we are being literally massacred out here, they bomb hospitals yet some still champion Israels right to self defense. In any civilized country, self defense is proportionate to the attack, in 20 days we counted 1075 dead palestinians, 85% of whom were civilians. 303 children atrociously massacred"

[Joelomite]

@EnterTheTruth shut up with your ass backwards logic. The REASON so many Palestinians die is because they're used AS HUMAN SHIELDS by the Hamas dogs. Israelis build shelters for their people, that's why few of them die. Don't you DARE tell me I have no heart when Palestinians cry "death to Israel" and they cherish death more than life, you damn hypocrite. Palestinians have proved time and again that they HATE ISRAEL and will do WHATEVER they can do murder Israelis. Piss off already!!!

[EnterTheTruth]

@Joelomite yeah sure, the palestinians should thank israel for leaving them Gaza & the West bank hahaha thats hilarious dude you have no heart seriously, like 18 people a year die from Hamas rockets & like 2000 palestinians die from Israels senseless bombing, including a huge amount of children, but you dont care about those palestinians women and children, whether you know it or not, you believe that the blood of an Israeli is more valuable than the one of a palestinian, these are all humans!

[Joelomite]

@EnterTheTruth Have you forgotten the MANY times Israel gave up land? Remember giving up Gaza, S. Lebanon, Sinai desert, West Bank. But they get no thanks, only rocket attacks and "Death to Israel" chants. Palestinians INSTIGATE attacks, Israel RETALIATES to them.

If Palestinians drop their weapons, there will be no war. If Israel drops their weapons, there is no more Israel. Palestinians need to stop blaming Israel for their ills. It will make things better for them.

[EnterTheTruth]

@Joelomite oh yeah dipshit? what about the israelis who voted in the israeli gov officials who started bombing the palestinians before hamas was even created? so israelis get to have a democracy and its all good, but when palestinians havea democracy, oh they voted for the "wrong party", well im sick of people like you who are completely biased, even tho hamas policies are horrible, israels policies are even worst, what kinda retaliation is bombing hospitals and schools?