Date: Sat, Dec 18, 2010 (originally written)

Subject: A PROPOSED SOLUTION TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL
One Nation – “The Holy Land”

After recently spending two months touring the Middle East, and having spent New Year’s Eve in Gaza, and considering the many trips I have made back to Palestine (both Israel and the West Bank) I have come to the conclusion that there is only one solution to the Palestine conflict!

As Palestine is the cradle that spawned the three major religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) there can only be one solution: Palestine should not be dominated by any one of these religions, and should be open to ALL of them, and THE WORLD.

After a great deal of soul searching and thoughtful considerations I have come to the conclusion that HISTORIC PALESTINE should be open and a...

It is not the function of government to keep the citizens from falling into error —

it is the function of the citizens to keep the government from falling into error.

Truth does not just enlighten us, it obligates us.

Ever since I landed at Ellis Island, on my 12^th Birthday, as a Palestinian refugee, I’ve been carrying the dream of returning back to my home in Palestine.   As a 12 year old shepherd boy, who could not speak English, I had no idea what life held in store for me in America.

Now, 65 years later, the dream has morphed into a WISH FOR PEACE IN OUR WORLD THAT WILL HEAL ALL OF HUMANITY.

During the 65 years, I have seen the American Dream morph into the American Nightmare.   It’s not that I’m anti-American and it’s not that I’m not patriotic...

World’s Largest Outdoor Prison: An Overview on Gaza

By Yusif Barakat

Introduction

My trip to Gaza was a life-changing experience. My comments about Gaza, Palestine, I hope will be a life-changing experience for you, too.

The days we (the 5 women from Michigan Peace Team and I) spent in Cairo were frustrating and difficult, to say the least.

The 1,362 internationals that arrived in Gaza with us were all expecting to spend a week in Gaza, presumably in people’s homes, in order to force open the borders and get a real flavor for what the people were going through.

Instead, only 85 of us (I was blessed to be one of them) ended up on a 4-day trip to Gaza, December 30^th 2009 to January 2^nd 2010. Two days were used for back and forth transportation from Cairo, with only 2 days in Gaza...

Yusif speaking in Cairo-by Starhawk

See: http://starhawksblog.org/

Go to Gaza Freedom March entries, December 19th to January 17th, (in her older postings) see a picture of Yusif speaking, on December 27th, which has this comment under it:

“Yusif was born in Haifa in 1935, fled when he was twelve, and can’t go back.”