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Syria-Lebanon
Jumblatt warns Arab-Israeli soldiers
2003-11-04
Chouf MP Walid Jumblatt reiterated on Sunday his call on all Arab patriots in Palestine to leave the Israeli Army and to reject obligatory military service. Jumblatt said that Arabs “will not forget the treason of those collaborating with the Israeli Army to oppress Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”
Make up your minds quick, boys... Though I think they already have.
“The refusal of military service within the enemy’s army is the only means to save Arabs in Palestine,” the president of the Progressive Socialist Party said.
Did that statement make any sense? Didn't think so.
Jumblatt spoke during a ceremony held by the Hasbaya municipality to unveil the commemorative plate of the PSP and the national resistance’s martyrs. The Lebanese people and government would support all resistance fighters and free men, the Druze leader added, “this is what our grand martyr, Kamal Jumblatt, taught us when he supported the Arab and Palestinian cause.” He added that his father ignited the “torch of change” in the country and handed it to those who followed him, referring to his “comrades” in the Amal Movement and other parties liberating the South.
Walid's another hereditary leader...
Jumblatt then addressed the martyrs’ families, saying their sons were killed as a sacrifice for the national cause and that the loss of their lives became a victory when the South was liberated from the Israeli occupation in May 2000, following 22 years of occupation.
He means when the Israelis picked up and left...
Jumblatt said: “No matter how much longer occupation endures, we will restore Palestine,” adding that it was an Arab land and would never be a Jewish nor an Israeli land. He saluted all martyrs, including the martyrs of Lebanese and Syrian Armies, who “were there for us at all the difficult stages.”
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#10  One of the precepts followed by the Druze is loyalty to the state. One day, while visiting the IDF web site I found the announce of the funeral of a Druze sergeant who had died for Israel


(I also suspect that one of regaular Muslim favourite past-times is killing Druzes).

Posted by: JFM   2003-11-4 3:22:53 PM  

#9  According to Ha'aretz the Druze are fairly loyal to Israel, allegedly a lot of them voted for National Union (Israeli nationalist coalition) last election. There was an article in Ha'aretz that described the rather surreal spectacle of an Arab (mainly Druze) town in northern Israel plastered with posters of Avigdor Leiberman & Moledet's Benny Elon (aka Mr Transfer.) Apparently Natan Sharansky (Yisrael B'aliyah, now merged with Likud) was trying to court the bedouin vote last time round, obviously part of his electoral strategy failed to pay off...
Posted by: Dave   2003-11-4 3:09:15 PM  

#8  Lots of Muslims serve in the Israeli army.
Druse, Bedouin, some Sunni Arabs, Cherkassim.
Posted by: Barry   2003-11-4 11:20:39 AM  

#7  I remember of' Wally from the Lebanese civil war in the '80s. Here is a description of the Druze: While the Druze are not regarded as Muslims by other Muslims, they regard themselves as Muslims as well as carriers of the core of this religion. The origin of Druze is to a large extent from a group of Shi'is, the Isma'ilis, but they have diverged much, and the Koran does not seem to be a part of their religion.
The Druze call themselves muwahhidun, 'monotheists'.
Posted by: Spot   2003-11-4 10:17:49 AM  

#6  RC, That occurred to me, but if that was their intention it wasn't very clever. There were three images, IIRC - one the fresh-faced student, one posing with Paleo kids, and the last, the ugly, hateful display in which she was burkha-clad and grimacing, and in shich it isn't even very clear what she was doing (I know from LGF that she was burning a small pastel-coloured stars and stripes effort). If they'd gone with the earlier pictures and left it at that (which is what I was expecting), the audience would have been left with an image of a saintly Rachel, instead of a Rachel with, at least, streaks of Jekyll and Hyde.

I honestly think this was the BBC showing a smidgen of balance. Maybe the pressure's having some effect.
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-11-4 8:54:10 AM  

#5  Somehow, Bulldog, I suspect the BBC expected that picture to show St. Pancake in a favorable light.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-11-4 8:34:07 AM  

#4  Here's the BBC page for the documentary, When Killing is Easy

And a piece written by the investigator/presenter, John Sweeney, can be found here. This was originally run in the Independent.

When Killing is Easy. Even easier when your society openly incites murder, glorifies death and 'martyrdom' and facilitates every attempt to do just that. But lets not be distracted from criticising the joooos by the myrias arab murders, shall we...

The programme also shiowed footage of the ISM morons running around in front of IDF bulldozers. I couldn't believe how utterly reckless they were. Frankly, I'm amazed they don't get squashed on a daily basis.

It also showed a number of still images of Rachel Corrie, and I was surprised to see the series culminate with Charles Johnson's favourite. I suppose it wasn't a complete whitewash.
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-11-4 7:38:23 AM  

#3  Are Bedouin Druzes? (Forgive my ignorance.) I had one eye on a typically appaling BBC documentary (which 'documented' many opinions, all pro-Palestinian) the other night which accused a unit of Bedouins, in the IDF, of shooting dead a British cameraman. They played Muslim popular music, loudly, from their AFVs, and it was alleged that the troops may have been on drugs or drunk.

I'll try to find a link to the programme if I can find one later.
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-11-4 7:04:51 AM  

#2  Druzes serve in the Israeli army but Arabs don't.
Posted by: JFM   2003-11-4 3:50:28 AM  

#1  Did he salute the Syrian martyrs who whacked his father? Just asking.
Posted by: Steve White   2003-11-4 12:31:01 AM  

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