Eyad al-Sarraj (1944) is one of the few players in the Middle East conflict that is not dominated by the stomach leaves and prefers to rely on irony and logic.
Question: Were you surprised by what happened in the Mavi Marmara? Answer: No. The Israeli army is not ready to face protests by unarmed, is trained to kill without thinking twice. The main thing is the safety of their soldiers and strafed so people who had the courage to face them with sticks. Mavi Marmara The case proves that nonviolent resistance is the most effective weapon against the Israeli occupation they do not know how to respond.
Q: What are the effects of the blockade on Gaza?
R: The destruction of the economy. Gaza has become a society dependent on charity. The fence is also affecting the psychological level because we are in a prison in our own country. Proven, for example, that domestic violence is increasing in societies with a high degree of poverty and unemployment.
Q: But Israel says there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza because they still allow access for aid ...
A: Ah! I invite it (Benjamin) Netanyahu to be coming to live here and I'm going to live in Tel Aviv. Have not heard that the World Bank says 80% of the population lives in poverty? Do not listen to Ban Ki-Moon or (Catherine) Ashton said that the blockade is illegal? Do we have bribed all or is that now they are Arabs? Look, before the crash came about 700 trucks a day. Now that the Israelis have discovered humanitarian facets fall 70. Came to be neither 30.
P: Tel Aviv claims that these measures are necessary to prevent the rearming of Hamas ...
R: Israel says that he left Gaza and this is a free territory at the same time imposing a land and naval siege. Which is it? The blockade has strengthened Hamas and especially the more extreme section. But I want to influence an issue. The problem of Gaza is a humanitarian crisis. People not only want to eat, wants to regain their basic rights. Want freedom of movement and wants to end the occupation.
Q: Do you think that actions like sending ships to Gaza can contribute to a shift in the conflict situation?
A: The Palestinians will only get freedom when fighting for equal rights with Jews. We must defend the principle of one man, one vote without violence and adopt the South African example. Israel justifies everything he is doing in reference to safety but it is pure racism. The Israelis treat us like the Afrikaners used to do with blacks. The thesis of the two states can no longer be applied due to the proliferation of settlements, the wall or the unsustainable nature of a hypothetical Palestinian state. We want something very simple: equality and equal rights. For me there is no difference between a Jew, a Muslim or a Christian. Jews do not want to die I do not want to die Palestinians.
Q: To what extent do the Palestinians do not take into account the anxiety generated among the threats facing Israel, reinforced by the trauma of the Holocaust?.
A: The Holocaust was a tragedy but can not be used as an excuse forever. Returning to the case of the Afrikaners. It is going to live in Africa, occupying a territory and then say "Black people want us to eat." The Jews say the same thing: "The Arabs want us to eat." But who came here from Poland and Germany? Will the Arabs? In the eighties I had a discussion about this with Israeli President Chaim Herzog. I said, what do you have atomic bomb say they feel threatened?. I bid. Let all Palestinians to Jordan. Do you feel safe? No, because then the threat would be Jordan. Vale. We take a Jordanian and Palestinians to Iraq. "No more business?. No, Iraq would be a new threat and we could get to Afghanistan. I explained that I had to deal with the fear that eats away because it is pathological. Only when we look into the eyes and see us as equal human beings, then they feel secure. It is also true that we have been stupid helping Israeli extremists manipulate that fear to turn to suicide.
Q: Is it True, in the lee of the crisis are proliferating jihadist groups in Gaza?
A: Yes, it's a logical reaction to the extremism that is rampant in Israeli society and the actual situation in Gaza. Hamas is divided between those who are able to attack a Urnwa summer camp (23 May) and the moderates, those who oppose the firing of rockets or suicide. For now the moderates are in control.
Source: PALESTINALIBRE
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