PACE remembers Deir Yassin (9th April 1948)

Today, 9^th April marked the 63^rd anniversary of the massacre of Deir Yassin. The tragedy that unfolded in the wee hours of Friday, 9^th April 1948 became the symbol of Zionist aggression and persecution on the Palestinian people. It became the symbol of fear that gripped the whole nation, triggering the mass fleeing of

the Palestinian from their homes and their homeland – never to return.

One of the Zionist terrorist organization, Haganah, swept the village and started the killing spree by lining up 33 people against a wall who were guest at a wedding reception and spread them with bullets killing all but one child who lived to tell the terrible ordeal. He related the event in such gruesome account “Everyone dropped down dead, except us children, because we hid under the corpses. But I got hid in my side. They kept on firing. Minutes later, a bullet made the head of my four-year-old sister explode. The rest of my relatives-my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins –have all lost their lives.

Acting like beast craving for blood, they killed and maimed with such sadistic manner. Hanan Khalil, who was 16 at that time saw with his o

wn eyes how the Zionist terrorists, both teenage boys and girls slitted their helpless victim from head to toe and let them die a painful slow death. Pregnant women, 25 of them were bayoneted in the abdomen and the fetus were taken out, while the mother was still alive, breathing their last witnessing the indescribable horror done on their babies. Fifty two children were maimed and beheaded before their mothers, an act that was clearly orchestrated to instill paralyzing fear on the Palestinian populace. It was mind-boggling for a people who claimed themselves to have gone through the greatest ordeal they call holocaust to behave in far cruel ways than what they have suffered in the hands of the Nazis.

The Irgun, another terrorist and Zionist thugs finished off what their Haganah counterparts have started. The notorious Irgun was lead by non other than Menachem Begin, who

was destined to become the future Prime Minister of the illegitimate state of Israel. He still has blood in his hand when he was jointly honoured with Anwar Sadat with the prestigious nobel prize for peace following the Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1978, an event that have crushed the dignity of Palestinians and Egyptians alike. Both the Palestinians especially in Gaza and the Egyptians were held hostage by the so called peace treaty until Hosni Mubarak was forced to leave office in February 2011, giving a glimmer of hope to both sides of the Rafah crossing.

Menachem Begin who with the other teenagers back then busied themselves with what they called as ‘the mopping up operation’. Red Cross doctors who came to the scene described ‘the mopping up operation was carried out with sub-machine guns, bayonets and knives with not a single person was spared alive. The victims died in the most gruesome manner, unlikely done by human beings with conscience. Those who escaped death were either concealed by piling corpses or fallen bricks. In all 250 people were killed in cold blood. British security forces were fully aware of the unfolding tragedy but they took no initiatives to stop them. It was a collusion between the Zionist and Britis

h Imperial design. Deir Yassin is needed to hasten the birth of Isreal. Menachem Begin summed up the orgy of killings at Deir Yassin in his bookThe Revolt

“Without what was done at Deir Yassin there would not have been a State of Israel. He

Added further: While the Haganah was carrying out successful attacks on the other fronts

… the Arabs began fleeing in panic, shouting ‘Deir Yassin”

Deir Yassin was a culmination of scores of other atrocities committed by Jewish murderous thugs spread across Palestine. Every city; Jenin, Beersheba, Haifa, Yaffa, al-Khalil, Baisan, Nablus, Akka had all had their share of untold sufferings. The ring leaders who executed those heinuous crime later rose to become ‘statesmen’ and ‘men of peace’. Other than Menachem begin, notorious personalities like Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres were teenagers in the 1940’s who killed with impunity. This was the modus operandi of the Zionist and it remain unchanged to this day.

PACE remembers Deir Yassin as a crime against humanity that has to be urgently redressed by the world community. The only way to heal the gaping wound that still bleed to this day is to free Palestine from occupation and persecution. No matter how long this is going to take, we will press on for freedom has been destined for the Palestinian people and that day is drawing near indeed.

Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor
Director
PACE (Palestine Centre of Excellence)

PACE wish a prosperous and peaceful year of 2011

Assalamualaikum and greetings,

As we usher in the new year, vivid memories of the tragic events that unfolded two years ago flooded our minds. 28th December 2010 marked the third commemoration of the start of the month long brutal and unprovoked attacks and wilful killings of men, women and children of Gaza.

As Israel continues to pursue a policy of ethnic cleansing and sustained persecution on the Palestinian people, her Washington paymaster justifies Israel's preemptive strike on Gaza as a military necessity.

The international community who has tolerated Israel's impunity for far too long, now has refused to be duped into believing the zionist popaganda spin. The Goldstone report is a clear departure from the traditional standpoint of the international community which has largely turned a blind eye on the atrocities committed by the zionist entity.

Refused to be held ransom by the zionist agenda, Richard Goldstone, a jew himself, exposed irrefutable evidence of israeli supreme crime on the people of Gaza. The report was almost unanimously endorsed by the UN General Assembly except by the US and her proxy states including Australia. Israel continued to challenge international rule of law by assaulting Mavi Marmara, a ship on a humanitarian mission on the high seas, killing peace activists on board in the process. Such a blunder has caused Israel dearly in terms of her image and international standing. Israel's rash actions have lead to a number of countries especially Latin American states to sever diplomatic ties and prompted them to openly declare their support and recognition on the sovereign Palestinian state, anticipated by august 2011, as hinted by the Palestinian authority.

PACE welcome the rising international demands for the restorations of the rights of the Palestinian to a soveriegn state. It is a culmination of the demands of millions of people around the globe for decades long persecution on the Palestinian people to be redressed.

This is a move in the right direction towards the complete liberation of the Palestinian land that was usurped by the zionist occupiers from the indegenious people of Palestinine. Although we view in the positive light the call for Israel to observe the UN Resolution 242 by returning back to the 1967 borders, of which the implications include the dismantling of the jewish settlements on occupied territories from the 1967 war, it actually stopped short of the justice the Palestinian people are entitled to.

The world should not forget the fact that 'historic Palestine' (of 1948) was the killing fields of innocent Palestinian villagers, forming the backdrop of the 'Nakba' (catastrophe) driving close to a million Palestinians away from their homeland for dear life. The zionist and their British sponsors still have blood of the Dier Yassin and countless other massacre victims on their hands. It was through systematic terror, a tactic which is still being used on the Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem to uproot the Palestinian people and to establish on it the Jewish state as we knew it today.

PACE hereby supports the declaration of the palestinian state within the 1967 borders as an interim move pending a final resolution which must include historic Palestine of 1948 as an integral and undivided entity of the Palestinian state. The zionist entity of israel and her sponsors must not shy away from admitting the high crime on the Palestinian people. The rights of the Palestinian people particularly the right of return, the rights of the rightful owners of the Palestinian land to reclaim their properties and their homeland, the establishment of the Palestinian state in its entirety and a full redress on the crimes committed on the Palestinian subjects within the framework of the international rule of law.

PACE also call on the international community to respect the freedom of choice of the Palestinian people to elect their own government based on genuine democratic principles. Any attempt by the international community to undermine the government that was voted in by the people in the legislative election of 2006 will not augur well for peace and security in the region.

The international community must engage the government of the day for peace talks and other security arrangments with Israel. Failure to do this will only prolongs the deadlock and the impasse that has bogged down the 'peace negotiations' between Israel and the Palestinian authority.

Empowerment of the Palestinian people is the key for progress in future middle east talks and this entails that HAMAS be given the centre stage role in the process.

PACE wish every peace loving citizens around the world a properous and a peaceful year of 2011.

Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor

Director

PACE (Palestine Centre of Excellence)

1st January 2011

Statement of Condemnation: ISRAELI ATTACKS ON FREEDOM FLOTILLA HUMANITARIAN AID

Muslim Youth are urged to condemn Israeli raid on the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid

1. As have been widely publicised, the Freedom Flotilla has come under attack by the Israeli armed forces. Israeli aggressors have boarded the capital ship Mavi Marmara and open fire resulting in 9 volunteers dead and more than 30 others seriously injured. Mavi Marmara is one of the 7 strong flotilla enroute to Gaza to deliver the much waited material aids to the besieged people of Gaza.

2. Over 540 volunteers from over 40 countries are on board the capital ship Mavi Marmara. Their participation is purely humanitarian in nature.

3. All the objectives and movement of the flotilla is in compliance with the UN Security

Council Resolution 1860 (2009) and all relevant maritime regulations. Resolution 1860 statedamong others:

a) Appeal for deliverance

of humanitarian aid to Gaza including food, fuel and medical

assistance.

b) Urge efforts to ease passage and other mechanisms for the unimpeded deliverance

of aids.

c) Call for all nations to support such efforts at the international level to alleviate the

dire humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza

d) condemns acts of agression and attacks on civilians and all forms of acts of terrorism.

4. The flotilla is laden with 10,000 tonnes of material aid. Over 540 volunteers are on board Mavi Marmara, including Parliamentarians, academics, journalists, scholars, an infant less than a year old and a senior citizen over 80 years old. No weapons were brought in this flotilla even for self defense which testifies to the wholly humanitarian nature of the mission.

5. Based on these facts it is very clear indeed that Israel has violated international laws. Whatmore the raid took place in international waters and on an unarmed aid ship on a humanitarian mission. Israeli rash action deserve a worldwide condemnation in the strongest possible term.

6. We appeal to the Muslim Youth in Australia under the banner of brotherhood and humanity to take few actions condemning Israel for the murderous aggression on a peaceful flotilla whose objective is to deliver aid to the beseiged people of Gaza, among others:

a. Attend the peaceful protest and rally: 4 June Friday at 3.30 PM- Victoria Square, Adelaide

b. Write to our own Foreign Minister and other politicians, community and other religious leaders and demand action, compassion and a more balanced approach towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Hon Stephen Smith

Email: stephen.smith.mp@aph.gov.au

c. Write to newspaper/magazines and post comments. Help create awareness of what really happening in your facebook and blogs.

d. Donate to the Palestinians people, releasing their daily life burden after the three years blockade by Zionist-Israeli.

e. Conduct talks, Friday sermon, lecture and other programs for public awareness on the danger attacks to Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinians people.

f. Pray for the struggle and Muslim unity, may Allah bestow us and all Muslim the strength to liberate Al-Aqsa.

7. We call for the UN to convene an emergency assembly to pass a strong resolution against Israel and to summon Israeli leaders to the international court of justice for crime against humanity.

8. We call upon the Muslims from all walks of life to express their utmost concern of the grave situation and to be ready to respond to any need for action and calls for our support in dealing with the incident.

9. We appeal to all political leaders, NGOs and all Muslim to join together in coming to the aid of the volunteers.

10. We also call upon every strata of the society to continue to supplicate and pray for the

success of this mission and the safety of the volunteers from further untoward incidence.

For and on behalf of:

Palestine Centre of Excellence (PACE Australia)

FAMSY South Australia

Aqsa Syarif