Terry Alexander

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  Terry commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Photos, Video and Analysis from Gaza Protest March in NYC (Part 2)

  During the years 1992-1996 I lived and worked in Israel. In the beginning because of all the bad publicity I was afraid of Palestinians.  It grew worse once I arrived in Israel it bacame worse from words coming from the Israelis.  I began traveling on my own through-out the West Bank.  I became friends with some Palestinian Christians, in the beginning. They made me quite aware of how things really were.  I began to make friends with Islamic Palestinians; they told the same stories.  All of them were about their Occupation; how they had to live, how they had to travel, (no one in the territories could move with out ID paperwork.  It must be shown at each and every military out post and there were many.) what kind of jobs they "had to take", (how they could not enter Israel before dawn and exit at sun set , in order to have these jobs you had to have "special paperwork")  I could go on and on.
       It soon became obvious to me of the Palestinian oppression.  I have seen: persons (old and young; men women and children) held at check points for hours in the scorching Sun. I have be in the middle of a machine gun "fight" between Palestinian children with rocks and Israeli Soldiers with the machine guns.  Matter of fact; the soldiers blocked my American car, displaying American License Plates, in a Parking spot while they shot at the children (and they were young 12-15).  When I went out to move my car the soldiers told me I could not move it.  Stupidly I moved it anyway; only to have the soldiers move their vehicles; again next to my car.  When I got out they demanded to see my Passport.  I showed them some papers; along with my Passport and they let me go.
  What I really want to say to the world, especially the United States of America is that the Israelis have been brain washing the U.S. Citizens for so many years, (since WWII) we all have come to believe in the terrorist Palestinians.  This goes on to this day.  In our media, movies, newspapers etc..  The Palestinians want their "FREEDOM", to live life as anyone's God believes; and as Thomas Jefferson, in our "Declaration of Independence" so eloquently stated "Life,Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness".
    When I began meeting Palestinians I never heard the word Hamas.  As the years passed the Peace Treaties" were broken, "not by the Palestinians; however made to look as if it were their fault) the word and definition of Hamas became more apparent.  When I left Israel there were maybe 30% (to my knowledge) of the population were Hamas, now look at them.  I believe Hamas is due to the Israeli Occupation.  They are Freedom Fighters not terrorists; do not the Israelis remember the Irgun; the Israeli Freedom fighters, Begin, Perez, Rabin and there were more.  Jimmy Carter:  " Peace Not Aparteid"GIVE THE PALESTINIANS THEIR FREEDOM  - STOP THE GAZA GENOCIDE.  "Lest We Forget the Halocaust".