Did You Know? Some Facts About Jews & Palestinians

Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in Israel?

Did you know that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews?

Did you know that Jerusalem, both East and West, is considered by the entire world community, including the United States, to be occupied territory and NOT part of Israel?

Did you know that Israel allots 85% of the water resources for Jews and the remaining 15% is divided among all Palestinians in the territories? For example in Hebron, 85% of the water is given to about 400 settlers, while 15% must be divided among Hebron's 120,000 Palestinians?

Did you know the United States awards Israel $5 billion in aid each year?

Did you know that yearly US aid to Israel exceeds the aid the US grants to the whole African continent?

Did you know that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons?

Did you know that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international inspections from its sites?

Did you know that Israel currently occupies territories of two sovereign nations (Lebanon and Syria) in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions?

Did you know that Israel has for decades routinely sent assassins into other
countries to kill its political enemies?

Did you know that high-ranking military officers in the Israeli Defense Forces have admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners of war were executed by the IDF?

Did you know that Israel refuses to prosecute its soldiers who have acknowledged executing prisoners of war?

Did you know that Israel routinely confiscates bank accounts, businesses, and land and refuses to pay compensation to those who suffer the confiscation?

Did you know that Israel blew up an American diplomatic facility in Egypt and attacked a U.S. ship in international waters, killing 33 and wounding 177 American sailors?

Did you know that Israel employed a spy, Jonathan Pollard, to steal classified documents and then gave some of them to the Soviet Union?

Did you know that Israel at first denied any official connection to Pollard, then voted to make him a citizen and has continuously demanded that the American president grant Pollard a full pardon? [Note: In May 1998, Israel formally acknowledged employing Pollard to spy on the U.S.]

Did you know that the fourth most powerful lobby in the United States, according to a recent Fortune magazine survey of Washington insiders, is the Israeli AIPAC?

Did you know that Israel stands in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council Resolutions and has been protected from 29 more by U.S. vetoes?

Did you know that today's Israel sits on the former sites of more than 400 now-vanished Palestinian villages, and that the Israeli's re-named almost every physical site in the country to cover up the traces?

Did you know that it was not until 1988 that Israelis were barred from running "Jews Only" job ads?

Did you know that four prime ministers of Israel (Begin, Shamir, Rabin and Sharon) have taken part in either bomb attacks on civilians, massacres of civilians, or forced expulsions of civilians from their villages?

Did you know that the Israeli Foreign Ministry pays two American public relations firms to promote Israel to Americans?

Did you know that Sharon's coalition government includes a party – Molodet which advocates expelling all Palestinians from the occupied territories?

Did you know that Israel's settlement-building increased in the eight years since Oslo?

Did you know that settlement building under Barak doubled compared to settlement building under Netanyahu?

Did you know that Israel once dedicated a postage stamp to a man [Avraham Stern] who attacked a civilian bus and killed several people?

Did you know that recently-declassified documents indicate that David Ben-Gurion approved of the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948?

We often hear of Ehud Barak's generosity about an alleged return of 95% of the Palestinian Occupied Territories. When Palestinians refused, they were blamed for "missing an opportunity."

Did you know that the Palestinians have already accepted Israel's existence on 78% of what was Palestine? For those who use the argument of the Bible: God said to Abraham, "Unto thy seed, I will give thy land." Abraham had two sons. Ismael – the Arab son, and Isaac – the Jewish son. So even if one wants to go to the Bible, the land would belong to both.

Did you know that Palestinian Christians are considered the "living stones" of Christianity because they are the direct descendants of the disciples of Jesus Christ?

Did you know that despite a ban on torture by Israel's High Court of Justice, torture has continued by Shin Bet interrogators on Palestinian prisoners?

Did you know that Palestinian refugees make up the largest portion of the refugee population in the world?

Did you know that the former chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, who is also a founder and spiritual leader of the religious Shas party (Israel's third largest political party) openly advocates a 'Final Solution' to annihilate the Palestinians? Speaking at the widely broadcast sermon marking the last Passover, he declared of the Palestinians: "The Lord shall return their deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world. It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable."

Nasionalisme di Brunei, Sabah & Sarawak secara ringkas

Gerakan nasionalisme di Brunei, Sabah & Sarawak dapat dibahagikan kepada dua tahap iaitu tahap pertama semasa di dalam pentadbiran British bagi Brunei, Sabah dan Sarawak. Manakala bagi Kalimantan adalah di bawah pentadbiran Belanda. Tahap ke dua pula adalah ketika Borneo dibawah pendudukan Jepun. Gerakan nasionalisme di Borneo saling berkait di antara wilayah tersebut kerana kedudukan geografi dan persamaan budaya.

Nasionalisme di Brunei

Setelah penuntut Brunei di hantar ke Maktab Perguruan Sultan Idris (MPSI) Tanjung Malim, Perak maka ia telah mengubah pemikiran dan pandangan orang Melayu Brunei tentang masa depan bangsa dan negeri iaitu pada tahun 1930-an. Pelopor kesedaran kebangsaan Brunei adalah seperti Marsal Maun, Basir Taha, Jamil Umar, H.M. Salleh dan P.M. Yusof. Penuntut Brunei turut menyertai pertubuhan politik ‘Ikatan Pemuda Pelajar dan Ikatan Semenanjung Borneo’ terutama sekali H.M. Salleh yang amat aktif menyertai politik.

Di antara punca semangat kebangkitan nasionalisme di Brunei adalah

1. Sikap pihak British yang mengabaikan serta tidak mempunyai sikap bertanggungjawab terhadap tanah jajahan mereka.

2. Di dalam pentadbiran Negara, hak asasi bangsa Melayu telah diketepikan dan diberi keutamaan kepada bangsa asing dan digantung daripada jawatan. Ini kerana pihak British menganggap mereka sebagai tali barut kepada tentera Jepun selepas perang.

3. Menentang bangsa asing yang tinggal di Brunei

Nasionalisme Di Sarawak

Sarawak berada dibawah pemerintahan James Brooke yang dilantik sebagai Gabenor Sarawak setelah James Brooke Berjaya membantu Raja Muda Hashim menyelesaikan pemberontakan yang berlaku. James Brooke yang digelar sebagai Raja Putih Sarawak adalah seorang pengembara Inggeris dan mempunyai pengalaman sebagai seorang pegawai tentera di Syarikat India Timur. Sarawak pada ketika itu adalah dibawah pemerintahan kerajaan Brunei iaitu ketika pemerintahan Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien.

Tokoh ataupun pejuang yang terlibat menentang semasa dalam pemerintahan Brooke adalah Linggir (1849), Rentap (1853), penentangan orang Melayu di bawah Syarif Masahor dan Datu Patinggi Abdul Gafur (1858).

Linggir (1849)

Linggir merupakan pemimpin kaum Iban di Saribas. Punca beliau menentang adalah disebabkan James Brooke dan kapten Farquhar telah menghalang pelayaran Linggir di sungai Saribas. Menyerang kapal Nemesis berdekatan dengan Batang Lupar. Kesan penentangan ini telah menyebabkan Linggir dan para pengikutnya tewas.

Rentap (1853)

Nama sebenar Rentap adalah Libau. Rentap merupakan pemimpin kaum Iban. Beliau menggunakan nama Rentap kerana ia bermaksud penggoncang dunia. Beliau berasal dari Hulu Skrang dan digelar Raja Darat atau Raja Ulu.

Rentap menentang James Brooke kerana Brooke telah menghapuskan orang – orang Iban di Sungai Skrang kerana bangsa Iban telah dianggap sebagai lanun oleh Brooke. Rentap telah menyerang pasukan James Brooke di Kubu Nanga Skrang dan Brooke telah diusir keluar. Oleh yang demikian tentera James Brooke bertindak balas dengan membakar kampong halaman mereka dan ini meyebabkan pejuang – pejuang Iban telah berundur ke Bukit Sadok. Di Bukit Sadok tentera James Brooke telah menyerang mereka lagi dan akhirnya pada tahun 1861 tentera Brooke telah Berjaya menewaskan Rentap dan akhirnya Rentap berundur ke Ulu Sungai Entabai.

Syarif Masahor dan Datu Patinggi Abdul Gapur (1858)

Syarif Masahor adalah seorang Gabenor Sarikei yang dilantik oleh Sultan Brunei. Beliau sangat dihormati oleh kaum Iban dan Melanau. Syarif Masahor menentang James Brooke kerana Brooke telah menguasai wilayahnya di Sungai Rajang. Oleh kerana itu beliau telah kehilangan kuasa untuk memungut cukai dan pengaruh terhadap penduduk tempatan. Oleh kerana tidak berpuas hati terhadap Brooke maka beliau telah menyerang kubu Brooke di Kanowit. Syarif Masahor dan Datu Patinggi Abdul Gapur menyerang Brooke di Kuching namun menemui kegagalan. Dengan itu Syarif telah melarikan diri ke Brunei. Namun beliau diserahkan oleh Sultan Brunei kepada British di Singapura. Manakala Datu Patinggi Abdul Gapur telah melarikan diri ke Batawi tetapi kemudiannya ditahan oleh Belanda dan kemudiannya diserahkan kepada James Brooke.

Begitu juga pada awal abad ke – 20 menyaksikan kemunculan banyak persatuan – persatuan yang membincangkan pelbagai isu yang tertumpu kepada isu ekonomi, bahasa, pendidikan, perpaduan dan pembelaan bangsa.

Nasionalisme Di Sabah

Pemimpin tempatan yang melakukan penentangan di Sabah dilakukan oleh Mat Salleh. Nama sebenar Mat Salleh adalah Mohammad Salleh bin Datu Balu. Beliau adalah dari keturunan suku Sulu Paitan dan merupakan seorang pemerintah daerah Tambunan dan Sungai Sugut.

Di antara faktor yang mendorong beliau untuk menentang kerana SBUB tidak menghiraukan kedudukannya dan juga telah menduduki kawasan pengaruh Mat Salleh. Selain itu, SBUB telah melaksanakan sistem cukai kepala dan surat perahu dan pegawai SBUB telah bersikap kasar terhadap penduduk tempatan. Dengan itu, Mat Salleh telah pergi ke Sandakan untuk berbincang dengan SBUB pada 1895 namun tindakan beliau tidak dilayan. Manakala Gabenor Beaufort pula telah menyerang kampong Mat Salleh dan ini telah memaksa Mat Salleh untuk melarikan diri. Pada tahun 1897, Mat Salleh dan para pengikutnya telah menyerang secara mengejut kubu SBUB di Pulau Gaya. Namun SBUB telah menawarkan satu pelan damai dengan menyerahkan kembali Tambunan kepada beliau. Namun begitu, SBUB telah memungkiri janji. Ekoran daripada itu, Mat Salleh menyerang kubu SBUB sekali lagi. Sebagai tindak balas, pasukan tentera SBUB kemudian menyerang kubu Mat Salleh dan akhirnya Mat Salleh tewas dan meninggal pada 31 Januari 1900.

Did You Know....

from my research...

Jepun datang ke Brunei dari Daerah Belait melalui jalan laut. setelah sampai maka orang - orang Jepun pun beredar dengan menaiki sebuah bas dan menuju ke Daerah Brunei Muara..

Di Daerah Brunei Muara.. kebanyakan penduduk tempatan diarah supaya membuat padang di kawasan Lapangan kapal terbang.. (Air Port Lama masa ane)... di sana mereka dibayar gaji dengan satu yen sehari...

Kehidupan Dunia Hanya Sementara.....

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