BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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Here's what you did. You held hands and handed out orange
rags. You told the soldiers how much you loved them and
you danced for them.
You pathetic Jews danced in front of your executioners.
Then you handed them your weapons and danced again for
them. And as if you haven't had enough of dancing, you're
doing some more fancy steps this Thursday in Jerusalem.
And all the media will report that the homeless of Gush Katif
are so delighted by their new status that they are dancing for
joy in the park.
And you will undoubtedly invite members of the Yesha
council to join you in a snappy minuet. Why change
partners? For a year you saw how the council was
sabotaging any hope for victory and you let it glide you to
extinction. Not one mass meeting was held in your own
community centers to form your own council. You let them
have their way with you and did not a thing to control your
own destiny.
So why didn't you do a damn thing for yourselves? When the
soldiers came into your homes, why didn't anyone try so
much as to push them out of the way? You gave up without a
fight and the nation snickered at your performance.
You let the government-choreographed Yesha council turn
your struggle from a political battle to a religious one. Your
battle was a national priority, but you scared the secular
away. I was one of the very few secularists I saw at any
demonstration. I worked for eighteen months to publicize the
righteousness of your struggle and expose the crooks
planning your demise. I received little reward but I thought
this was the right fight to join. Hundreds of thousands of
others took great risks fighting for you with just as little
reward.
Now start to fight for yourselves already.