Interesting parallels
Interesting parallels
Serbian Condolences for the Life of Arafat
by Petar Makara, InsraelInsider
Slobodan Milosevic issued a statement of "deepest condolences" for the "loss" of Yasser Arafat, whom he called "one of the most important symbols of the struggle for the rights of peoples in our times" and the "President of Palestine."
In eulogizing Arafat, Milosevic does not represent the Serbian people, not even the relatively small number who, like myself, have actively defended him against the fabricated charges at The Hague Tribunal. If Milosevic were sincere about defending the Serbs against oppression, why would he endorse Arafat, the latest incarnation of the Islamic fanatics who have been murdering Serbs for centuries?
I can find no mention of any 'nation of Palestine' in history books. The creation of this mythical state, complete with a 'people' called 'the Palestinians', has been a project of the NATO governments, the media and Arab leaders. We saw the same thing in the Balkans. There, Western and Muslim leaders created two imaginary peoples. One, called 'Kosovars', were ordinary Albanians living in Kosovo, the cradle of Serbian national culture (the Jerusalem of Serbia). The other, called 'Bosniaks', were Muslims living in the Yugoslav administrative unit called Bosnia-Herzegovina, where they were not a majority and where Serbian Christian peasants farmed most of the land. (Read on for some interesting insights)
Posted by Ted Belman at December 6, 2004 05:53 PM
Interesting parallels
Serbian Condolences for the Life of Arafat
by Petar Makara, InsraelInsider
Slobodan Milosevic issued a statement of "deepest condolences" for the "loss" of Yasser Arafat, whom he called "one of the most important symbols of the struggle for the rights of peoples in our times" and the "President of Palestine."
In eulogizing Arafat, Milosevic does not represent the Serbian people, not even the relatively small number who, like myself, have actively defended him against the fabricated charges at The Hague Tribunal. If Milosevic were sincere about defending the Serbs against oppression, why would he endorse Arafat, the latest incarnation of the Islamic fanatics who have been murdering Serbs for centuries?
I can find no mention of any 'nation of Palestine' in history books. The creation of this mythical state, complete with a 'people' called 'the Palestinians', has been a project of the NATO governments, the media and Arab leaders. We saw the same thing in the Balkans. There, Western and Muslim leaders created two imaginary peoples. One, called 'Kosovars', were ordinary Albanians living in Kosovo, the cradle of Serbian national culture (the Jerusalem of Serbia). The other, called 'Bosniaks', were Muslims living in the Yugoslav administrative unit called Bosnia-Herzegovina, where they were not a majority and where Serbian Christian peasants farmed most of the land. (Read on for some interesting insights)
Posted by Ted Belman at December 6, 2004 05:53 PM