Enough of this banal shit. There are thousands of people who can back me up and who have done it and are doing it. The history books are full of real facts, let's not duplicate their efforts. In order to move ahead we need to move away from the Zionist historiography and the transmission of information from centers of power.

We all really need to reach out to alternative sources of information. That is why it is so important to hear from the Israeli refuseniks such as Noam and Shimri and the Post-Zionist movement in Israel. That is why it is so important to hear from the Palestinian left. And that is why it is so importnat to hear from the joint Israeli-Palestinian movement which together is working nonviolently to end the occupation. Thank you to George, Vinny and the thousands of others who are giving these voices a mic.

Only they can really bring us where we need to be. Only they can realize the vision of the above mentioned Edward Said who wrote more than 4 years ago that the time had come to realize that "there is no other way than to begin to truly talk of a future where Israelis and Palestinians, two communities of suffering, can begin to share the land that has thrust them together."

Those people who choose to deny the awful reality of the occupation and the continued colonial attack upon the very roots of Palestinian society are doing all of us (including Israelis) a great diservice. This repetitive and racist bullshit can only extend the occupation and the suffering on both sides.

If all of us pundits shut the fuck up and let the Israeli-Palestinian peace movement speak, we will hear that they are telling us a very simple message:

Help us take down the settlements, destroy the Wall, and return the Israeli army to Israel proper and together we'll stop the terrorist attacks. From there we can re-visit our bloody history and begin to live together as equals.

Until then, you'll have to live with the consequences of occupation, colonialism and Apartheid.

From Occupied Palestine- I'm out.

salaamat.