As a polish american I have to say thank you to the Prime Minister of Turkey to express the World Solidarity.
Erdogan storms out of WEF over Gaza
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:19:49 GMT
Erdogan criticized the audience of international officials and corporate chiefs for applauding Peres' emotional defense of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan stormed out of a Davos forum after a heated debate with Israel's President Shimon Peres and slamming moderator David Ignatius.
Erdogan walked off in front of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other panel members complaining that his comments on the conflict were cut short by the Washington Post's moderator David Ignatius.
The Turkish premier noted to reporters following the incident that he was treated unfairly by the moderator who allowed him only 12 minutes to make his points while giving Peres a full 25 minutes to deliver an impassioned defense of Israel's 22-day offensive that devastated Gaza. Arab League chief, Egypt's Amr Moussa rose to shake his hand as the prime minister made his exit.
"I do not think I will be coming back to Davos after this because you do not let me speak," the prime minister shouted as he left, though he said later he could reconsider.
Erdogan criticized the audience of international officials and corporate chiefs for applauding Peres' emotional defense of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, which left more than 1,300 Palestinians dead.
Erdogan, who leads one of the few Muslim countries to have diplomatic ties with Israel and who has sought a peacemaker's role in the Middle East conflict, said Israel had carried out "barbaric" actions in Gaza.
"I find it very sad that people applaud what you have said because many people have been killed," he shouted at Peres before being cut off by Ignatius.
Erdogan and Peres spoke by telephone after the debate and the 85-year-old Israeli president apologized for the events, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported.
Dear friends from Turkey and Turkish Embassy in Washington DC.
As a polish american I have to say thank you to the Prime Minister of Turkey to express the World Solidarity.
Tayyip Erdogan you a true hero of the free world.
Thank you.
Poland was benefiting from Turkish solidarity throughout the 19th and 20th century.
So you may count on us Polish Community in US and people in Poland since we do know how important it is.
As the Polish Embassy booklet published for the occasion mentions, "following the events and war of 1831, the 1848 Hungarian revolt, the Crimean War and the 1863 rebellion, Polish army soldiers who were left without a country found refuge and welcome in the Ottoman Empire, accorded to them by the sultan.” Moreover, as President Demirel reminded his audience, the Ottoman Empire did not recognize the partition of Poland by its enemies like Austria, Russia and Prussia, and these acts of friendship were never forgotten by the Polish people.
The first Poles who fled to the Ottoman Empire were the Crimean Tartars in 1831 after having fought with the Russians in the Crimea. The Ottoman Empire and Poland were geographic neighbors, and as the erudite Mr. Demirel recalled, the sultan refused Austrian pressure to return the rebellious Poles to Austria, the sultan categorically retorting, "It is either the Poles who have taken refuge in our midst or my throne."
They were settled in a barren and hilly site called Adampol, as a tribute to Prince Adam, near Istanbul, which later came to be called Polonezköy. For the past 160 years these Poles have tilled the land and made a living through agriculture and husbandry but freely maintained their Polish culture and traditions
In 1989 Lech Walesa and Polish Solidarity movement previously impossible dreams were coming true. Symbolized the new developments in the history of our country - optimism, which resulted from the fact that the Polish people took responsibility for their country and took its matters into their own hands.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
You On Behalf Of mybarackobama@barackobama.com FROM Miss: Nikki FROM Obama for America You want to end Lech Alex Bajan a Polish American former Pol
You want to end Blog of Lech Alex Bajan a Polish American
mybarackobama@barackobama.com Miss: Nikki FROM Obama for America
You On Behalf Of mybarackobama@barackobama.com FROM Miss: Nikki FROM Obama for America You want to end Lech Alex Bajan a Polish American former Polish Students Solidarity Leader- my Obama Blog
Clips from CBC mini documentary about Poland's contribution to the war effort. Polish pilots of the RAF. Betrayal of Poland by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.
My name is Lech Alex Bajan a Polish American former Polish Students Solidarity Leader " Solidarnosc" of Poland part of ending the Cold War.
Why do you want to end my Obama Blog? under The U.S. Constitution? I will express my political opinions by working to change the wrongs.
I’ve been particularly interested because I do value the Constitution and because many of my friends and their right to free speech.
Polish Community of 15 millions in United States of America.
I will do the public law suit if you remove my blog of Lech Alex Bajan Polish American for Obama
As a descendent of Tadeusz Kosciuszko his slogan was and is a life today "For Your Freedom & Ours" US General Tadeusz Kosciuszko born in Poland
In 1778, US General Tadeusz Kosciuszko born in Poland was made chief engineer of West Point, New York. This fortification became known as the American Gibraltar because it was unable to be penetrated by the British Army. Eventually West Point became a military academy.
In 1783, Kosciuszko was appointed Brigadier General and was awarded the Cincinnati Order Medal by General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Washington also presented Kosciuszko with two pistols and a sword as gifts for his outstanding service to America.
Kosciuszko was a firm believer of equality and requested, before leaving the United States for the second time, that the money from his estate be used to buy freedom for slaves, help to educate them and provide them with enough land to support themselves.
After the colonies won their independence, Kosciuszko returned to Poland in 1784 to help his own country win independence from the surrounding European powers. Kosciuszko was the national hero of the 1794 insurrection. After the successful battle of Raclawice on April 4, 1794, first Warsaw and then Wilno were liberated from enemy occupation. Kosciuszko was wounded in the failed revolt and taken prisoner by the Russians. Upon his release from prison, he returned to America on August 18, 1797, which he considered his "second home." He received a hero's welcome when he reached the Philadelphia waterfront along the Delaware River. Afterward, he secured a residence at 3rd and Pine Streets, which is now the Kosciuszko House, a national memorial to this hero of the American Revolution.
US General Kosciuszko from Poland along the Delaware River RE: The US Vice President Joseph Biden STATE
NOTE FROM OBAMA WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR TO LECH ALEX BAJAN POLISH AMERICAN SEE BELOW:
Miss: Nikki FROM Obama for America
Yes this is all related to today
all post blog content that relates to these goals and understand that it is necessary that the content posted - all blogs are related to our situation as Americans in is and good perceptions of our country United States of America
Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko was the first distinguished military man to come from Europe to aid the Colonists in their fight against Britain, arriving in August 1776. On October 18, 1776, Kosciuszko was offered the rank of Colonel of Engineers. He designed a system of fortifications situated three miles downstream from Philadelphia, to protect from any possible attack by the British fleet. Kosciuszko worked on his fortifications at Billingsport and Red Bank on the Delaware River until April 1777, at which time he followed his commander General Horatio Gates northward to defend the boundaries of the Canadian Frontier.
Gates ordered him to analyze the reinforcement of defenses at Fort Ticonderoga. Kosciuszko familiarized himself with the local topography, and decided that Sugar Loaf Hill would be the ideal spot for a battery of cannons that would defend at long range. General Gates approved this idea, but soon afterwards command changed, and the new chief of the northern army decided that this endeavor was not necessary. Imagine his chagrin when the British approached Ticonderoga and moved their artillery into place atop Sugar Loaf Hill. Kosciuszko utilized his skills instead by fortifying successive retreat camps in the wake of British pursuit.
When General Gates was restored to command of the northern army, he allowed Kosciuszko to select a site to station the army for what was felt to be a decisive confrontation with the British. Kosciuszko chose Bemis Heights along the Hudson River, and fortified it with five kilometers of earthen works. From this vantage point the Colonists defended themselves in what came to be the turning point battle in the Revolution, the Battle of Saratoga. Six months afterwards, due in large part to the acclamation of General Gates, George Washington assigned Kosciuszko to the fortification of the fortress at West Point on the Hudson.
West Point was Kosciuszko’s greatest engineering achievement. The fortress itself was a polygonal citadel atop a rock face 60 meters above the river. Four additional forts were situated around it, three on nearby hills and the fourth on the river bank itself featuring a 60-ton chain with two-foot-long links meant as a barrier against British ships. Seven redoubts took shape between the forts, and the complex design held 2,500 soldiers. The entire project took two and a half years to complete. Kosciuszko considered it a triumph greater than his victory at Saratoga; he did it with a work force of eighty-two laborers, three masons, and one stone cutter.
In 1778, West Point served briefly as headquarters for General Washington. For years West Point remained the largest fort in America.
Many stories surround Kosciuszko’s time at West Point. He is supposed to have been given a slave, Agrippa Hull, whom he freed immediately, and to have shared his rations with some of the captured British troops. Kosciuszko is also supposed to have laid out a garden that still remains. It is also said that Kosciuszko had not drawn one dollar of pay for his engineering skills, and owned only the one uniform coat that a Philadelphia tailor had sewn for him in 1776.
Kosciuszko went on to fight in the partisan battles of the south as Chief Engineer under General Nathaniel Greene. He orchestrated a series of river crossings as frontline commander, and several engineering projects during the siege of Fort Ninety-six. On December 14, 1782, Kosciuszko rode at the head of General Greene’s units in triumph into Charleston, where he had organized a blockade, the last holdout of the war.
It wasn’t until October 1783 that Kosciuszko received the commendations he so richly deserved. Congress promoted him to the rank of Brigadier General and granted him citizenship; he also was admitted to the Order of Cincinnati, one of only three foreigners cited as outstanding veterans of the Revolution.
After the Battle of Saratoga, Washington wrote a letter to Congress, in which he referred to Kosciuszko as “a gentleman of science and merit” who very much deserved to be remembered. General Nathanial Greene called his chief engineer “one of the most helpful and congenial companions,” stressing his “perseverance, determination, indefatigable efforts” as well as his “incomparable modesty,” “From one man we can have but one life,” President Thomas Jefferson wrote about Kosciuszko, “and you gave us the most valuable and active part of yours, and we are now enjoying and improving its effects. Every sound American, sincere votary of freedom loves and honors you ...”
Jefferson is also credited as saying of Kosciuszko “He was as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known.”
Alex Lech Bajan
Polish American
CEO
RAQport Inc.
2004 North Monroe Street
Arlington Virginia 22207
Washington DC Area
USA
TEL: 703-528-0114
TEL2: 703-652-0993
sms: 703-485-6619
EMAIL: polonia@raqport.com
mybarackobama@barackobama.com Miss: Nikki FROM Obama for America
You On Behalf Of mybarackobama@barackobama.com FROM Miss: Nikki FROM Obama for America You want to end Lech Alex Bajan a Polish American former Polish Students Solidarity Leader- my Obama Blog
Clips from CBC mini documentary about Poland's contribution to the war effort. Polish pilots of the RAF. Betrayal of Poland by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.
My name is Lech Alex Bajan a Polish American former Polish Students Solidarity Leader " Solidarnosc" of Poland part of ending the Cold War.
Why do you want to end my Obama Blog? under The U.S. Constitution? I will express my political opinions by working to change the wrongs.
I’ve been particularly interested because I do value the Constitution and because many of my friends and their right to free speech.
Polish Community of 15 millions in United States of America.
I will do the public law suit if you remove my blog of Lech Alex Bajan Polish American for Obama
As a descendent of Tadeusz Kosciuszko his slogan was and is a life today "For Your Freedom & Ours" US General Tadeusz Kosciuszko born in Poland
In 1778, US General Tadeusz Kosciuszko born in Poland was made chief engineer of West Point, New York. This fortification became known as the American Gibraltar because it was unable to be penetrated by the British Army. Eventually West Point became a military academy.
In 1783, Kosciuszko was appointed Brigadier General and was awarded the Cincinnati Order Medal by General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Washington also presented Kosciuszko with two pistols and a sword as gifts for his outstanding service to America.
Kosciuszko was a firm believer of equality and requested, before leaving the United States for the second time, that the money from his estate be used to buy freedom for slaves, help to educate them and provide them with enough land to support themselves.
After the colonies won their independence, Kosciuszko returned to Poland in 1784 to help his own country win independence from the surrounding European powers. Kosciuszko was the national hero of the 1794 insurrection. After the successful battle of Raclawice on April 4, 1794, first Warsaw and then Wilno were liberated from enemy occupation. Kosciuszko was wounded in the failed revolt and taken prisoner by the Russians. Upon his release from prison, he returned to America on August 18, 1797, which he considered his "second home." He received a hero's welcome when he reached the Philadelphia waterfront along the Delaware River. Afterward, he secured a residence at 3rd and Pine Streets, which is now the Kosciuszko House, a national memorial to this hero of the American Revolution.
US General Kosciuszko from Poland along the Delaware River RE: The US Vice President Joseph Biden STATE
NOTE FROM OBAMA WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR TO LECH ALEX BAJAN POLISH AMERICAN SEE BELOW:
Miss: Nikki FROM Obama for America
Yes this is all related to today
all post blog content that relates to these goals and understand that it is necessary that the content posted - all blogs are related to our situation as Americans in is and good perceptions of our country United States of America
Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko was the first distinguished military man to come from Europe to aid the Colonists in their fight against Britain, arriving in August 1776. On October 18, 1776, Kosciuszko was offered the rank of Colonel of Engineers. He designed a system of fortifications situated three miles downstream from Philadelphia, to protect from any possible attack by the British fleet. Kosciuszko worked on his fortifications at Billingsport and Red Bank on the Delaware River until April 1777, at which time he followed his commander General Horatio Gates northward to defend the boundaries of the Canadian Frontier.
Gates ordered him to analyze the reinforcement of defenses at Fort Ticonderoga. Kosciuszko familiarized himself with the local topography, and decided that Sugar Loaf Hill would be the ideal spot for a battery of cannons that would defend at long range. General Gates approved this idea, but soon afterwards command changed, and the new chief of the northern army decided that this endeavor was not necessary. Imagine his chagrin when the British approached Ticonderoga and moved their artillery into place atop Sugar Loaf Hill. Kosciuszko utilized his skills instead by fortifying successive retreat camps in the wake of British pursuit.
When General Gates was restored to command of the northern army, he allowed Kosciuszko to select a site to station the army for what was felt to be a decisive confrontation with the British. Kosciuszko chose Bemis Heights along the Hudson River, and fortified it with five kilometers of earthen works. From this vantage point the Colonists defended themselves in what came to be the turning point battle in the Revolution, the Battle of Saratoga. Six months afterwards, due in large part to the acclamation of General Gates, George Washington assigned Kosciuszko to the fortification of the fortress at West Point on the Hudson.
West Point was Kosciuszko’s greatest engineering achievement. The fortress itself was a polygonal citadel atop a rock face 60 meters above the river. Four additional forts were situated around it, three on nearby hills and the fourth on the river bank itself featuring a 60-ton chain with two-foot-long links meant as a barrier against British ships. Seven redoubts took shape between the forts, and the complex design held 2,500 soldiers. The entire project took two and a half years to complete. Kosciuszko considered it a triumph greater than his victory at Saratoga; he did it with a work force of eighty-two laborers, three masons, and one stone cutter.
In 1778, West Point served briefly as headquarters for General Washington. For years West Point remained the largest fort in America.
Many stories surround Kosciuszko’s time at West Point. He is supposed to have been given a slave, Agrippa Hull, whom he freed immediately, and to have shared his rations with some of the captured British troops. Kosciuszko is also supposed to have laid out a garden that still remains. It is also said that Kosciuszko had not drawn one dollar of pay for his engineering skills, and owned only the one uniform coat that a Philadelphia tailor had sewn for him in 1776.
Kosciuszko went on to fight in the partisan battles of the south as Chief Engineer under General Nathaniel Greene. He orchestrated a series of river crossings as frontline commander, and several engineering projects during the siege of Fort Ninety-six. On December 14, 1782, Kosciuszko rode at the head of General Greene’s units in triumph into Charleston, where he had organized a blockade, the last holdout of the war.
It wasn’t until October 1783 that Kosciuszko received the commendations he so richly deserved. Congress promoted him to the rank of Brigadier General and granted him citizenship; he also was admitted to the Order of Cincinnati, one of only three foreigners cited as outstanding veterans of the Revolution.
After the Battle of Saratoga, Washington wrote a letter to Congress, in which he referred to Kosciuszko as “a gentleman of science and merit” who very much deserved to be remembered. General Nathanial Greene called his chief engineer “one of the most helpful and congenial companions,” stressing his “perseverance, determination, indefatigable efforts” as well as his “incomparable modesty,” “From one man we can have but one life,” President Thomas Jefferson wrote about Kosciuszko, “and you gave us the most valuable and active part of yours, and we are now enjoying and improving its effects. Every sound American, sincere votary of freedom loves and honors you ...”
Jefferson is also credited as saying of Kosciuszko “He was as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known.”
Alex Lech Bajan
Polish American
CEO
RAQport Inc.
2004 North Monroe Street
Arlington Virginia 22207
Washington DC Area
USA
TEL: 703-528-0114
TEL2: 703-652-0993
sms: 703-485-6619
EMAIL: polonia@raqport.com
Visita del Papa Juan Pablo II a Cuba en 1998
Visita del Papa Juan Pablo II a Cuba en 1998
Casi listo monumento en honor a JPII en Cuba
Fidel Castro: Visita de Juan Pablo II a Cuba en 1998
João Paulo Segundo & Fidel Castro
Nuncio lleva ayuda del Papa para católicos de Gaza
Papa Juan Pablo II en Cuba
Juan Pablo II en Cuba 01
Casi listo monumento en honor a JPII en Cuba
Fidel Castro: Visita de Juan Pablo II a Cuba en 1998
João Paulo Segundo & Fidel Castro
Nuncio lleva ayuda del Papa para católicos de Gaza
Papa Juan Pablo II en Cuba
Juan Pablo II en Cuba 01
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Na szczególną uwagę zasługuje praca polskich księży i sióstr zakonnych w Libanie.
Na szczególną uwagę zasługuje praca polskich księży i sióstr zakonnych w Libanie.
.... Na szczególną uwagę zasługuje praca polskich księży i sióstr zakonnych w Libanie। Odbiega ona w znaczny sposób od działalności jaką popularnie kojarzy się z misjami. Liban od wieków zamieszkują chrześcijanie i misjonarze spoza Bliskiego Wschodu przede wszystkim wspomagają lokalny Kościół. Ich misje skierowane są do wszystkich Libańczyków bez względu na wyznanie.
.... Polskie duchowieństwo od wieków miało kontakty z libańskimi chrześcijanami. Niektóre z tych postaci zostały przedstawione w poprzednich artykułach. Obecnie w Libanie pracuje trzech księży, brat zakonny i siostra zakonna.
.... Brat Władysław Kuraś jest członkiem Braci Szkół Chrześcijańskich, którzy mimo wyższego wykształcenia nie przyjmują święceń kapłańskich, aby całkowicie poświęcić się służbie wychowawczej w szkole. Po ukończeniu studiów na Wydziale Filozofii Uniwersytetu w Lyon oraz Teologii na Facultés Catholiques w Lyon w 1947 roku przybył do Libanu z misją pracy wśród młodzieży szkolnej.
.... W latach 1954-57 brat Władysław wykładał teologię w nowicjacie Braci w Betlejem, obok szkoły podstawowej i średniej im. Dzieciątka Jezus, dzisiaj przekształconej w Uniwersytet. Po przeniesieniu nowicjatu do Włoch, objął kierownictwo szkoły. W 1971 roku wrócił do Libanu i kierował księgarnią "La Procure des Freres" w Bejrucie aż do wybuchu wojny w 1975 roku. Od tego czasu pracuje jako katecheta w liceum Mont la Salle, gdzie założył także trójjęzyczny kwartalnik "Les Dossiers JBS". Dzięki zaangażowaniu brata Władysława powstał ruch Maryjny "Róży Duchownej", którego celem jest zachęcenie do odmawiania różańca, a następnie Zakon Róży Duchownej, ustanowiony przez biskupa Tripoli w 1996 roku, uznany przez rząd libański w 1998 roku. Zakon zamierza wybudować ośrodek, do którego sprowadził Obraz Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej i ma zamiar poświęcić Jej kaplicę w miejscowości Deddeh al Koura w północnym Libanie, jako centrum ruchu pielgrzymowego. Brat Władysław napisał także książkę pod tytułem "Entre Lourdes et Fatima, la Belle Histoire de N-D de Gietrzwald, Pologne, 1877".
.... Pracą wśród młodzieży zajmują się także księża Salezjanie. Na początku należy wspomnieć ś.p. ks.Franciszka Tomasika, kapelana w Armii gen. Andersa, oddelegowanego do opieki nad polskimi studentami w Libanie, założyciela i dyrektora liceum w Zouk Mikael. Bardzo lubiany, na dobre wpisał się w pamięci swoich wychowanków. Po wyjeździe Polaków postanowił zostać na Bliskim Wschodzie. Prowadził pracę misyjną w Syrii, gdzie zmarł. Został jednak pochowany w ośrodku salezjańskim El-Houssoun w Libanie.
.... Kolejnym Salezjaninem jest ks. Kazimierz Gajowy, orientalista, absolwent Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e Islamici w Rzymie, który przybył do Libanu w 1987 roku, pod koniec wyniszczającej wojny, podczas której Zgromadzenie straciło zarówno księży jak i szkołę w Bejrucie. Pozostał tylko dom w El- Houssoun, w górach Libanu, w regionie Byblos - dawniej nowicjat, a w czasie wojny szkoła podstawowa i liceum.
Ks. Kazimierz podczas inauguracji DBT Fidar, 2002
Z uwagi na dogodne położenie, bez zgody księży, milicja chrześcijańska przekształciła je w koszary wojskowe. Pozwolono jednak na pozostanie dwóch Salezjanów. Stan ten trwał do 1986 roku, kiedy Zgromadzenie postanowiło na nowo rozpocząć działalność w El-Houssoun, a młody polski ksiądz miał pomagać ówczesnemu dyrektorowi szkoły, ks. Vittorio Pozzo. W 1989 roku armia syryjska ropoczęła zmasowane ataki na dotąd spokojne tereny wokół El-Houssoun, a dom Salezjanów stał się Centrum Uchodźców, których liczba jednorazowo potrafiła osiągnąć 1000 osób. Ks. Kazimierz, w tej sytuacji, musiał zapewnić im niezbędne warunki do życia, narażając często swoje własne. Stał się tym samym odpowiedzialny za jeden z największych ośrodków pomocy uchodźcom w środkowym Libanie. Z tego powodu został członkiem ogólnolibańskiego centrum pomocy uchodźcom, w którego skład wchodziły takie organizacje jak Czerwony Krzyż, Caritas - Liban, itp. Dla dzieci i młodzieży uchodźców zorganizowano zajęcia szkolne i rekreacyjne. Dzięki temu księża z Don Bosco oraz zgromadzona wokół nich młodzież stali się znani w całym Libanie, a dom w El- Houssoun został centrum młodzieżowym. Współpraca organizacji pozarządowych i UNICEF zaowocowała w latach 1989 - 1992 projektem "Wychowanie w Pokoju", który w założeniu miał doprowadzić do spotkania dzieci i młodzieży różnych religii i regionów, jednocześnie próbując zniwelować uprzedzenia i bariery narosłe w czasie wojny. W ramach programu Centrum Don Bosco organizowało kolonie letnie, w których brały udział dzieci i młodzież z różnych wspólnot wyznaniowych, w tym z mieszanych rodzin polsko-libańskich.
Ks. Jarosław z uczniem
.... Dzięki energii i zaangażowaniu ks. Kazimierza 10 młodych Libańczyków odbyło niezwykłą podróż lądem na Światowe Spotkanie Młodych w Częstochowie w 1991 roku. W następnych latach kilkakrotnie grupy młodzieży z Libanu miały okazję odwiedzić Polskę.
.... W 1994 roku do ks. Kazimierza i ks. Vittorio dołączył drugi Polak, ks. Jarosław Dobkowski, doświadczony misjonarz ze stażem pracy w Palestynie i Iranie, który pracuje także jako korespondent dla Radia Watykańskiego. Obaj księża są również konsultantami polskich mediów w kwestiach bliskowschodnich, między innymi z uwagi na biegłą znajomość języka arabskiego.
.... Do dnia dzisiejszego księża prowadzą, zgodnie z misją Don Bosco, działalność wychowawczą oraz formacyjną dla dzieci i młodzieży w formie kolonii letnich, spotkań, grup turystycznych i artystycznych. Przez kilka lat w działalności Salezjanów pomagali studenci z Polski. Ks. Kazimierz był także przez trzy lata odpowiedzialny za duszpasterstwo młodzieży w diecezji maronickiej Jbeil/Byblos. Z racji pełnienia tej funkcji wchodził w skład komitetu organizującego pielgrzymkę Jana Pawła II do Libanu. Dzięki temu, podczas niezapomnianego spotkania z młodzieżą w Harissa, papież mógł wysłuchać polskich pieśni religijnych w oryginale i w języku arabskim, przetłumaczonych właśnie przez ks. Kazimierza.
.... Z uwagi na utratę szkół przez Zgromadzenie salezjańskie oraz w odpowiedzi na potrzebę stworzenia miejsca, które pozwoliłoby na kształcenie zawodowe, w 2002 roku otwarta została szkoła techniczna Don Bosco Technique w nadmorskiej miejscowości El - Fidar, w regionie Byblos. Jest to jedna z najnowocześniejszych tego typu placówek w Libanie. Obecnie szkoła prowadzi kursy zawodowe, ale docelowo będzie umożliwiała zdobycie średniego wykształcenia technicznego. Od dwóch lat oferuje również nauczanie "on - line" w dziedzinach informatyki i pedagogiki. Jest to nowość w szkolnictwie na terenie Libanu. Wielkim uznaniem cieszy się także Biuro pośrednictwa pracy, które pomaga w podjęciu pracy swoim absolwentom i nie tylko. Dyrektorem szkoły został ks. Kazimierz, a finansami zajął się ks. Jarosław.
.... 10 października 2004 roku zespół muzyczny pod dyrekcją ks. Kazimierza wystąpił w Warszawie podczas koncertu, zorganizowanego przez Telewizję Polską oraz Fundację "Dzieło Nowego Tysiąclecia" z okazji IV Dnia Papieskiego. Podobne zespoły w zmiennych składach występowały we Włoszech (2002) i Francji (I 2006), zawsze na czele z ks. Kazimierzem, spotykając się z dużym zainteresowaniem lokalnych mediów.
.... Dużą rolę w pracy misyjnej na terenie Libanu odgrywa Zakon Braci Mniejszych Kapucynów. Ich działalność to szeroko pojęte duszpasterstwo parafialne, posługa duchowa i sakramentalna, a także działalność wydawnicza i edukacyjna w prowadzonych przez Kapucynów szkołach w Bejrucie (dzielnice Badaro i Hamra) oraz w Batroun.
.... W Vice Prowincji Bliskiego Wschodu, do jakiej należy libańska wspólnota, można odnaleźć także zakonników z Polski, a dokładnie z prowincji krakowskiej. Przed II wojną światową do Libanu przybył o. Peregryn Malinowski, który wspaniale wypełniał swoją posługę pośród Polonii, ale też wśród miejscowej ludności. Napisał słownik polsko-arabski, współtworzył Komitet Pomocy Dzieciom Polskim oraz otaczał duchową opieką Brygadę Karpacką. W roku 1945 został mianowany przez ks. Kantaka sekretarzem dekanatu polskiego i biura metrykalnego. Starał się o utworzenie polskiego cmentarza, zasłużył się także badaniem pobytu J. Słowackiego w Libanie. Pod koniec maja 1948 roku o. Peregryn Malinowski wrócił do Polski.
O.Paweł z Polonią, Bejrut 2006
.... Obecnie od września 2003 roku, za zgodą przełożonych z Polski, w Bejrucie, w dzielnicy Badaro pracuje o. Paweł Kurysz, Kapucyn z Krakowa, absolwent Papieskiej Akademii Teologicznej oraz Wydziału Filozofii i Antropologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Kierując się ideałami św. Franciszka zajmuje się on przede wszystkim osobami samotnymi, pogubionymi duchowo, ubogimi i bezradnymi. Stąd właśnie jego obecność wśród więźniów i osób chorych niezależnie od wyznania, troska o lekarstwa i ubrania dla tych najbardziej potrzebujących. O. Paweł zajmuje się również kwestiami ochrony praw człowieka jako członek FRANCISCANS INTERNATIONAL, wspólnej międzynarodowej organizacji Franciszkanów przy ONZ, umożliwiającej przepływ informacji, badania, analizy, obronę i działania w łączności ze strukturami i agencjami ONZ oraz organizacjami pozarządowymi. W ramach FRANCISCANS INTERNATIONAL o. Paweł zajmuje się także edukacją dzieci, których nie stać na uczęszczanie do szkoły, ponieważ opłaty są zbyt wysokie dla budżetu rodzinnego. To z myślą o nich napisał program socjalny: "EDUCATION FOR HOPE, HOPE FOR EDUCATION" (Edukacja dla nadziei, nadzieja dla edukacji), poprzez który szuka środków na naukę dla dzieci ubogich. Swoimi spostrzeżeniami i wiedzą antropologiczną dzieli sie ze studentami Uniwersytetu Św. Józefa oraz odpowiada na zaproszenia różnych szkół bądź instytucji, dla których prawa człowieka są bardzo ważne. Ponadto posługuje chorym w domach i szpitalach. Towarzyszy ich rodzinom w dźwiganiu ciężaru cierpienia. Wraz z grupą libańskich przyjaciół organizuje zajęcia pozalekcyjne dla dzieci z ubogich rodzin, korzytając także z życzliwości Sióstr Franciszkanek Misjonarek Maryji z dzielnicy Nabaa. Pomaga w parafii Matki Bożej Anielskiej na Badaro, której jest wikariuszem i ekonomem. Pracuje także z grupą św. o. Pio, należącą do Międzynarodowej Federacji Grup Modlitwy z siedzibą w San Giovanni Rotondo we Włoszech.
.... Polonia libańska znalazła się zatem w szczególnej sytuacji, kiedy może liczyć na pomoc aż trzech polskich duszpasterzy. Przez ostatnie 10 lat formalnie opiekę nad Polakami sprawował ks. Kazimierz. Z wielkim oddaniem, pomimo znacznej odległości od Bejrutu księża Salezjanie wypełniali swoją posługę kapłańską służąc Polonii. Ich centrum w El- Houssoun oraz w Fidar zawsze gościnnie przyjmowało rodaków. Do tradycji należy majówka w Don Bosco w górach, która gromadzi dużą grupę uczestników. Przez lata ośrodek księży służył jako główna przystań dla żołnierzy polskich z kontygentu UNIFIL. Dla nich młodzież organizuje co roku koncert kolęd, a żołnierze z kolei nie zapominają o symbolicznych paczkach pod choinkę. Księża Salezjanie są również promotorami kultury polskiej. Pamiętny pozostał koncert zespołu Żuki zorganizowany w Byblos oraz koncert muzyki jazzowej. Dzięki ich obecności i tak intensywnej pracy z młodzieżą coraz większa liczba Libańczyków interesuje się i poznaje kulturę polską.
.... Przez kilka lat obowiązki duszpasterskie dla Polonii sprawował o. Mariusz Jozefat Ciunajtis z zakonu Bernardynów. Obecnie posługuje nam o. Paweł Kurysz, Kapucyn. Kontynuuje on także tradycję odprawiania rekolekcji wielkopostnych, zapoczątkowanych przez księży Salezjanów oraz dodatkowo odprawia rekolekcje adwentowe. Ta bardzo ważna działalność wszystkich polskich kapłanów na rzecz rodaków oraz fakt, że są oni, pomimo wielu obowiązków, dostępni dla wiernych jest bardzo doceniana.
.... Ogrom potrzeb powstałych na skutek wojny spowodował, że do Libanu w 1990 roku przybyła także polska misjonarka. S. Krystyna Zawadzka z Zakonu Sióstr Miłosierdzia Św. Wincentego á Paulo (Szarytek) po ukończeniu Wyższego Międzyzakonnego Medycznego Studium Zawodowego w Warszawie wyjechała do Centrum Misyjnego w Paryżu, gdzie zajmowała się pracą wśród bezdomnych, aby następnie objąć prowadzenie przychodni przy szkole Sióstr Szarytek w Kairze. Po 6 latach zaproponowano jej wyjazd do szpitala w Bhannes, w górach Libanu. Był to okres wzmożonych walk w tamtym rejonie i szpital opuściła duża część personelu. W tej sytuacji s. Krystyna musiała przede wszystkim zająć się rannymi. Po zakończeniu walk w częściowo zniszczonym szpitalu jako siotra oddziałowa przez 5 lat pracowała z chorymi na gruźlicę, następnie na oddziale wewnętrznym i położniczym, cały czas borykając się z brakiem personelu.
S.Krystyna z Pacjentem, Bhannes 2005
Dzięki pomocy Caritas Austria wybudowano pawilon przeznaczony dla chorych na gruźlicę, który decyzją ministerstwa zdrowia został zamieniony na oddział dla przewlekle chorych. Jest to jedno z niewielu tego typu miejsc w Libanie, w którym przyjmowani są także ubodzy pacjenci, niezależnie od wyznania, często nie objęci już systemem ubezpieczeń, co z kolei prowadzi do stałego braku środków na prowadzenie takiej działalności. S. Krystyna jest odpowiedzialna za opiekę nad chorymi, kontakty z ich rodzinami oraz całą administrację, mając do pomocy jednorazowo pielęgniarkę oraz pomoc pielęgniarską. Nie trzeba wspominać jak ciężka jest to praca, gdy ma się na uwadze fakt, że często pacjenci są w stanie agonalnym. Dlatego oddział stał się bardziej hospicjum. Zasługą s.Krystyny jest więc także stworzenie takiej atmosfery, aby pobyt na oddziale odbywał się w jak najbardziej humanitarnych warunkach, co jest docenione przez rodziny chorych, nie tylko chrześcijan.
.... Z uwagi na rozległe obowiązki s. Krystyna nie ma okazji uczestniczyć w życiu Polonii. Jednak w przypadku jakichkolwiek problemów jest zawsze gotowa do pomocy rodakom. Na początku swojego pobytu w Libanie zajmowała się żoną Bolesława Bakee oraz obecnie jej drugim mężem, który pomógł sprowadzić prace malarza do Polski. Na jej oddziale wracał do zdrowia także Polak, muzyk, który przyjechał do Libanu na koncerty w ramach festiwalu Al-Bustan.
.... Niezwykła atmosfera Libanu spowodowała, że kraj ten stał się drugą ojczyzną dla polskich misjonarzy, a Libańczykom ich praca w znaczący sposób przybliżyła Polskę. Osoby, które chciałyby wspomóc działalność polskich misjonarzy prosimy o kontakt ze "Wspólnotą Polską w Libanie".
.... Artykuł opracowano na podstawie informacji uzyskanych od brata Władysława Kurasia, ks. Kazimierza Gajowego, SDB i ks. Jarosława Dobkowskiego, SDB, o. Pawła Kurysza, OFM Cap. i siostry Krystyny Zawadzkiej.
.... Marzena Zielińska - Schemaly
.... Brat Władysław Kuraś jest członkiem Braci Szkół Chrześcijańskich, którzy mimo wyższego wykształcenia nie przyjmują święceń kapłańskich, aby całkowicie poświęcić się służbie wychowawczej w szkole. Po ukończeniu studiów na Wydziale Filozofii Uniwersytetu w Lyon oraz Teologii na Facultés Catholiques w Lyon w 1947 roku przybył do Libanu z misją pracy wśród młodzieży szkolnej.
.... W latach 1954-57 brat Władysław wykładał teologię w nowicjacie Braci w Betlejem, obok szkoły podstawowej i średniej im. Dzieciątka Jezus, dzisiaj przekształconej w Uniwersytet. Po przeniesieniu nowicjatu do Włoch, objął kierownictwo szkoły. W 1971 roku wrócił do Libanu i kierował księgarnią "La Procure des Freres" w Bejrucie aż do wybuchu wojny w 1975 roku. Od tego czasu pracuje jako katecheta w liceum Mont la Salle, gdzie założył także trójjęzyczny kwartalnik "Les Dossiers JBS". Dzięki zaangażowaniu brata Władysława powstał ruch Maryjny "Róży Duchownej", którego celem jest zachęcenie do odmawiania różańca, a następnie Zakon Róży Duchownej, ustanowiony przez biskupa Tripoli w 1996 roku, uznany przez rząd libański w 1998 roku. Zakon zamierza wybudować ośrodek, do którego sprowadził Obraz Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej i ma zamiar poświęcić Jej kaplicę w miejscowości Deddeh al Koura w północnym Libanie, jako centrum ruchu pielgrzymowego. Brat Władysław napisał także książkę pod tytułem "Entre Lourdes et Fatima, la Belle Histoire de N-D de Gietrzwald, Pologne, 1877".
.... Pracą wśród młodzieży zajmują się także księża Salezjanie. Na początku należy wspomnieć ś.p. ks.Franciszka Tomasika, kapelana w Armii gen. Andersa, oddelegowanego do opieki nad polskimi studentami w Libanie, założyciela i dyrektora liceum w Zouk Mikael. Bardzo lubiany, na dobre wpisał się w pamięci swoich wychowanków. Po wyjeździe Polaków postanowił zostać na Bliskim Wschodzie. Prowadził pracę misyjną w Syrii, gdzie zmarł. Został jednak pochowany w ośrodku salezjańskim El-Houssoun w Libanie.
.... Kolejnym Salezjaninem jest ks. Kazimierz Gajowy, orientalista, absolwent Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e Islamici w Rzymie, który przybył do Libanu w 1987 roku, pod koniec wyniszczającej wojny, podczas której Zgromadzenie straciło zarówno księży jak i szkołę w Bejrucie. Pozostał tylko dom w El- Houssoun, w górach Libanu, w regionie Byblos - dawniej nowicjat, a w czasie wojny szkoła podstawowa i liceum.
Ks. Kazimierz podczas inauguracji DBT Fidar, 2002
Z uwagi na dogodne położenie, bez zgody księży, milicja chrześcijańska przekształciła je w koszary wojskowe. Pozwolono jednak na pozostanie dwóch Salezjanów. Stan ten trwał do 1986 roku, kiedy Zgromadzenie postanowiło na nowo rozpocząć działalność w El-Houssoun, a młody polski ksiądz miał pomagać ówczesnemu dyrektorowi szkoły, ks. Vittorio Pozzo. W 1989 roku armia syryjska ropoczęła zmasowane ataki na dotąd spokojne tereny wokół El-Houssoun, a dom Salezjanów stał się Centrum Uchodźców, których liczba jednorazowo potrafiła osiągnąć 1000 osób. Ks. Kazimierz, w tej sytuacji, musiał zapewnić im niezbędne warunki do życia, narażając często swoje własne. Stał się tym samym odpowiedzialny za jeden z największych ośrodków pomocy uchodźcom w środkowym Libanie. Z tego powodu został członkiem ogólnolibańskiego centrum pomocy uchodźcom, w którego skład wchodziły takie organizacje jak Czerwony Krzyż, Caritas - Liban, itp. Dla dzieci i młodzieży uchodźców zorganizowano zajęcia szkolne i rekreacyjne. Dzięki temu księża z Don Bosco oraz zgromadzona wokół nich młodzież stali się znani w całym Libanie, a dom w El- Houssoun został centrum młodzieżowym. Współpraca organizacji pozarządowych i UNICEF zaowocowała w latach 1989 - 1992 projektem "Wychowanie w Pokoju", który w założeniu miał doprowadzić do spotkania dzieci i młodzieży różnych religii i regionów, jednocześnie próbując zniwelować uprzedzenia i bariery narosłe w czasie wojny. W ramach programu Centrum Don Bosco organizowało kolonie letnie, w których brały udział dzieci i młodzież z różnych wspólnot wyznaniowych, w tym z mieszanych rodzin polsko-libańskich.
Ks. Jarosław z uczniem
.... Dzięki energii i zaangażowaniu ks. Kazimierza 10 młodych Libańczyków odbyło niezwykłą podróż lądem na Światowe Spotkanie Młodych w Częstochowie w 1991 roku. W następnych latach kilkakrotnie grupy młodzieży z Libanu miały okazję odwiedzić Polskę.
.... W 1994 roku do ks. Kazimierza i ks. Vittorio dołączył drugi Polak, ks. Jarosław Dobkowski, doświadczony misjonarz ze stażem pracy w Palestynie i Iranie, który pracuje także jako korespondent dla Radia Watykańskiego. Obaj księża są również konsultantami polskich mediów w kwestiach bliskowschodnich, między innymi z uwagi na biegłą znajomość języka arabskiego.
.... Do dnia dzisiejszego księża prowadzą, zgodnie z misją Don Bosco, działalność wychowawczą oraz formacyjną dla dzieci i młodzieży w formie kolonii letnich, spotkań, grup turystycznych i artystycznych. Przez kilka lat w działalności Salezjanów pomagali studenci z Polski. Ks. Kazimierz był także przez trzy lata odpowiedzialny za duszpasterstwo młodzieży w diecezji maronickiej Jbeil/Byblos. Z racji pełnienia tej funkcji wchodził w skład komitetu organizującego pielgrzymkę Jana Pawła II do Libanu. Dzięki temu, podczas niezapomnianego spotkania z młodzieżą w Harissa, papież mógł wysłuchać polskich pieśni religijnych w oryginale i w języku arabskim, przetłumaczonych właśnie przez ks. Kazimierza.
.... Z uwagi na utratę szkół przez Zgromadzenie salezjańskie oraz w odpowiedzi na potrzebę stworzenia miejsca, które pozwoliłoby na kształcenie zawodowe, w 2002 roku otwarta została szkoła techniczna Don Bosco Technique w nadmorskiej miejscowości El - Fidar, w regionie Byblos. Jest to jedna z najnowocześniejszych tego typu placówek w Libanie. Obecnie szkoła prowadzi kursy zawodowe, ale docelowo będzie umożliwiała zdobycie średniego wykształcenia technicznego. Od dwóch lat oferuje również nauczanie "on - line" w dziedzinach informatyki i pedagogiki. Jest to nowość w szkolnictwie na terenie Libanu. Wielkim uznaniem cieszy się także Biuro pośrednictwa pracy, które pomaga w podjęciu pracy swoim absolwentom i nie tylko. Dyrektorem szkoły został ks. Kazimierz, a finansami zajął się ks. Jarosław.
.... 10 października 2004 roku zespół muzyczny pod dyrekcją ks. Kazimierza wystąpił w Warszawie podczas koncertu, zorganizowanego przez Telewizję Polską oraz Fundację "Dzieło Nowego Tysiąclecia" z okazji IV Dnia Papieskiego. Podobne zespoły w zmiennych składach występowały we Włoszech (2002) i Francji (I 2006), zawsze na czele z ks. Kazimierzem, spotykając się z dużym zainteresowaniem lokalnych mediów.
.... Dużą rolę w pracy misyjnej na terenie Libanu odgrywa Zakon Braci Mniejszych Kapucynów. Ich działalność to szeroko pojęte duszpasterstwo parafialne, posługa duchowa i sakramentalna, a także działalność wydawnicza i edukacyjna w prowadzonych przez Kapucynów szkołach w Bejrucie (dzielnice Badaro i Hamra) oraz w Batroun.
.... W Vice Prowincji Bliskiego Wschodu, do jakiej należy libańska wspólnota, można odnaleźć także zakonników z Polski, a dokładnie z prowincji krakowskiej. Przed II wojną światową do Libanu przybył o. Peregryn Malinowski, który wspaniale wypełniał swoją posługę pośród Polonii, ale też wśród miejscowej ludności. Napisał słownik polsko-arabski, współtworzył Komitet Pomocy Dzieciom Polskim oraz otaczał duchową opieką Brygadę Karpacką. W roku 1945 został mianowany przez ks. Kantaka sekretarzem dekanatu polskiego i biura metrykalnego. Starał się o utworzenie polskiego cmentarza, zasłużył się także badaniem pobytu J. Słowackiego w Libanie. Pod koniec maja 1948 roku o. Peregryn Malinowski wrócił do Polski.
O.Paweł z Polonią, Bejrut 2006
.... Obecnie od września 2003 roku, za zgodą przełożonych z Polski, w Bejrucie, w dzielnicy Badaro pracuje o. Paweł Kurysz, Kapucyn z Krakowa, absolwent Papieskiej Akademii Teologicznej oraz Wydziału Filozofii i Antropologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Kierując się ideałami św. Franciszka zajmuje się on przede wszystkim osobami samotnymi, pogubionymi duchowo, ubogimi i bezradnymi. Stąd właśnie jego obecność wśród więźniów i osób chorych niezależnie od wyznania, troska o lekarstwa i ubrania dla tych najbardziej potrzebujących. O. Paweł zajmuje się również kwestiami ochrony praw człowieka jako członek FRANCISCANS INTERNATIONAL, wspólnej międzynarodowej organizacji Franciszkanów przy ONZ, umożliwiającej przepływ informacji, badania, analizy, obronę i działania w łączności ze strukturami i agencjami ONZ oraz organizacjami pozarządowymi. W ramach FRANCISCANS INTERNATIONAL o. Paweł zajmuje się także edukacją dzieci, których nie stać na uczęszczanie do szkoły, ponieważ opłaty są zbyt wysokie dla budżetu rodzinnego. To z myślą o nich napisał program socjalny: "EDUCATION FOR HOPE, HOPE FOR EDUCATION" (Edukacja dla nadziei, nadzieja dla edukacji), poprzez który szuka środków na naukę dla dzieci ubogich. Swoimi spostrzeżeniami i wiedzą antropologiczną dzieli sie ze studentami Uniwersytetu Św. Józefa oraz odpowiada na zaproszenia różnych szkół bądź instytucji, dla których prawa człowieka są bardzo ważne. Ponadto posługuje chorym w domach i szpitalach. Towarzyszy ich rodzinom w dźwiganiu ciężaru cierpienia. Wraz z grupą libańskich przyjaciół organizuje zajęcia pozalekcyjne dla dzieci z ubogich rodzin, korzytając także z życzliwości Sióstr Franciszkanek Misjonarek Maryji z dzielnicy Nabaa. Pomaga w parafii Matki Bożej Anielskiej na Badaro, której jest wikariuszem i ekonomem. Pracuje także z grupą św. o. Pio, należącą do Międzynarodowej Federacji Grup Modlitwy z siedzibą w San Giovanni Rotondo we Włoszech.
.... Polonia libańska znalazła się zatem w szczególnej sytuacji, kiedy może liczyć na pomoc aż trzech polskich duszpasterzy. Przez ostatnie 10 lat formalnie opiekę nad Polakami sprawował ks. Kazimierz. Z wielkim oddaniem, pomimo znacznej odległości od Bejrutu księża Salezjanie wypełniali swoją posługę kapłańską służąc Polonii. Ich centrum w El- Houssoun oraz w Fidar zawsze gościnnie przyjmowało rodaków. Do tradycji należy majówka w Don Bosco w górach, która gromadzi dużą grupę uczestników. Przez lata ośrodek księży służył jako główna przystań dla żołnierzy polskich z kontygentu UNIFIL. Dla nich młodzież organizuje co roku koncert kolęd, a żołnierze z kolei nie zapominają o symbolicznych paczkach pod choinkę. Księża Salezjanie są również promotorami kultury polskiej. Pamiętny pozostał koncert zespołu Żuki zorganizowany w Byblos oraz koncert muzyki jazzowej. Dzięki ich obecności i tak intensywnej pracy z młodzieżą coraz większa liczba Libańczyków interesuje się i poznaje kulturę polską.
.... Przez kilka lat obowiązki duszpasterskie dla Polonii sprawował o. Mariusz Jozefat Ciunajtis z zakonu Bernardynów. Obecnie posługuje nam o. Paweł Kurysz, Kapucyn. Kontynuuje on także tradycję odprawiania rekolekcji wielkopostnych, zapoczątkowanych przez księży Salezjanów oraz dodatkowo odprawia rekolekcje adwentowe. Ta bardzo ważna działalność wszystkich polskich kapłanów na rzecz rodaków oraz fakt, że są oni, pomimo wielu obowiązków, dostępni dla wiernych jest bardzo doceniana.
.... Ogrom potrzeb powstałych na skutek wojny spowodował, że do Libanu w 1990 roku przybyła także polska misjonarka. S. Krystyna Zawadzka z Zakonu Sióstr Miłosierdzia Św. Wincentego á Paulo (Szarytek) po ukończeniu Wyższego Międzyzakonnego Medycznego Studium Zawodowego w Warszawie wyjechała do Centrum Misyjnego w Paryżu, gdzie zajmowała się pracą wśród bezdomnych, aby następnie objąć prowadzenie przychodni przy szkole Sióstr Szarytek w Kairze. Po 6 latach zaproponowano jej wyjazd do szpitala w Bhannes, w górach Libanu. Był to okres wzmożonych walk w tamtym rejonie i szpital opuściła duża część personelu. W tej sytuacji s. Krystyna musiała przede wszystkim zająć się rannymi. Po zakończeniu walk w częściowo zniszczonym szpitalu jako siotra oddziałowa przez 5 lat pracowała z chorymi na gruźlicę, następnie na oddziale wewnętrznym i położniczym, cały czas borykając się z brakiem personelu.
S.Krystyna z Pacjentem, Bhannes 2005
Dzięki pomocy Caritas Austria wybudowano pawilon przeznaczony dla chorych na gruźlicę, który decyzją ministerstwa zdrowia został zamieniony na oddział dla przewlekle chorych. Jest to jedno z niewielu tego typu miejsc w Libanie, w którym przyjmowani są także ubodzy pacjenci, niezależnie od wyznania, często nie objęci już systemem ubezpieczeń, co z kolei prowadzi do stałego braku środków na prowadzenie takiej działalności. S. Krystyna jest odpowiedzialna za opiekę nad chorymi, kontakty z ich rodzinami oraz całą administrację, mając do pomocy jednorazowo pielęgniarkę oraz pomoc pielęgniarską. Nie trzeba wspominać jak ciężka jest to praca, gdy ma się na uwadze fakt, że często pacjenci są w stanie agonalnym. Dlatego oddział stał się bardziej hospicjum. Zasługą s.Krystyny jest więc także stworzenie takiej atmosfery, aby pobyt na oddziale odbywał się w jak najbardziej humanitarnych warunkach, co jest docenione przez rodziny chorych, nie tylko chrześcijan.
.... Z uwagi na rozległe obowiązki s. Krystyna nie ma okazji uczestniczyć w życiu Polonii. Jednak w przypadku jakichkolwiek problemów jest zawsze gotowa do pomocy rodakom. Na początku swojego pobytu w Libanie zajmowała się żoną Bolesława Bakee oraz obecnie jej drugim mężem, który pomógł sprowadzić prace malarza do Polski. Na jej oddziale wracał do zdrowia także Polak, muzyk, który przyjechał do Libanu na koncerty w ramach festiwalu Al-Bustan.
.... Niezwykła atmosfera Libanu spowodowała, że kraj ten stał się drugą ojczyzną dla polskich misjonarzy, a Libańczykom ich praca w znaczący sposób przybliżyła Polskę. Osoby, które chciałyby wspomóc działalność polskich misjonarzy prosimy o kontakt ze "Wspólnotą Polską w Libanie".
.... Artykuł opracowano na podstawie informacji uzyskanych od brata Władysława Kurasia, ks. Kazimierza Gajowego, SDB i ks. Jarosława Dobkowskiego, SDB, o. Pawła Kurysza, OFM Cap. i siostry Krystyny Zawadzkiej.
.... Marzena Zielińska - Schemaly
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza
Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza
Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza
from Rabble, January 20, 2009.
Sir Gerald Kaufman, the veteran Labour MP, yesterday compared the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland.
During a Commons debate on the fighting in Gaza, he urged the government to impose an arms embargo on Israel.
Sir Gerald, who was brought up as an orthodox Jew and Zionist, said: "My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town a German soldier shot her dead in her bed."
"My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploits the continuing guilt from gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians."
He said the claim that many of the Palestinian victims were militants "was the reply of the Nazi" and added: "I suppose the Jews fighting for their lives in the Warsaw ghetto could have been dismissed as militants."
He accused the Israeli government of seeking "conquest" and added: "They are not simply war criminals, they are fools."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8
Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza Video of UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza
from Rabble, January 20, 2009.
Sir Gerald Kaufman, the veteran Labour MP, yesterday compared the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland.
During a Commons debate on the fighting in Gaza, he urged the government to impose an arms embargo on Israel.
Sir Gerald, who was brought up as an orthodox Jew and Zionist, said: "My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town a German soldier shot her dead in her bed."
"My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploits the continuing guilt from gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians."
He said the claim that many of the Palestinian victims were militants "was the reply of the Nazi" and added: "I suppose the Jews fighting for their lives in the Warsaw ghetto could have been dismissed as militants."
He accused the Israeli government of seeking "conquest" and added: "They are not simply war criminals, they are fools."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8
Monday, January 19, 2009
Israeli teenagers are a nuisance in Poland
Israeli teenagers are a nuisance in Poland
11 05 2007
Source: Przekrój weekly of May the 10th 2007
Link to original article in Polish
Author: Anna Szulc
English translation: MoPoPressReview
The list of losses Israeli teenagers’ visits leave behind is long and costly. It begins with burned carpets in Polish hotels, and ends with Jewish teenagers’ trauma. But more and more often with local residents’ trauma too.
Roberto Lucchesini, originally from Tuscany, for several years now a resident of Krakow, hasn’t been sleeping well recently. Before he will be able to move his arms normally again, he will have to go through long rehab. All this because of how he was treated, in broad daylight in front of passers-by and several teenagers who were hermetically closed in their coach-buses. Israeli bodyguards, equipped with firearms, binded his arms behind his back over his head with handcuffs. In Krakow, in the middle of the street. A moment before, the Italian was trying to make coach drivers parking in front of his house turn their engines off. - ‘Israelis handcuffed me, threw me on the ground, my face landed in dog excrement, and then they were kicking me’. After that the perpetrators were gone. Italian had to be freed by the Polish police.
Lucchesini moved to Kazimierz, a district of Kraków, that used to be a Jewish commune of which the only things left now are synagogues and memories, often painful. He found an apartment with a view on the synagogue. - ‘Back then I had thought this was the most beautiful place on Earth’ - he says - ‘after some time I understood that the place is indeed beautiful, but not for its today’s residents’.
Kicking instead of answers
Jews search tourist
Other resident of Kazimierz, Beata W., office worker is of similar opinion. Israeli security searched her handbag on one of the streets, without telling her why.
- ‘When I asked what was this all about, they told me to shut up. I listened, I stopped talking, I was afraid they’d tell me to get undressed next’ - she says annoyed.
A young polish Jew, who as usual in Sabbath, went to pray in his synagogue couple months ago, also didn’t get his answer. He only asked, why can’t he enter the temple. Instead of an answer, he got kicked.
- ‘I saw this with my own eyes’ - says Mike Urbaniak, the editor of Forum Of Polish Jews and correspondent of European Jewish Press in Poland. - ‘I saw how my friend is being brutally attacked by security agents from Israel, without any reason.’
All this apparently in sake of Israeli childrens’ safety.
- ‘For Poles it may be difficult to understand, but security agents accompany Israelis at all times, both in Israel and abroad’ - explains Michał Sobelman, a spokesman for Israeli embassy in Poland. - ‘This is a parents’ demand, otherwise they wouldn’t agree for any kind of trip. Poland is no exception.’
But it was in Poland, as Mike Urbaniak reports, where Jews from Israel brutally kicked a Polish Jew in front of a synagogue, and then threatened him with prison. In plain view of the Israeli teenagers.
- ‘We are very sorry when we hear about such incidents’ - Sobelman admits - ‘Detailed analysis is carried out in each case. We will do everything we can, to prevent such situations in the future. Maybe we will have to change training methods of our security agents, so that they would know Poland is not like Israel, that the scale of threats here is insignificant?
Professor Moshe Zimmermann, head of German History Institute at Hebrew University in Jerusalem thinks however, that the problem is not only in the security agents’ behaviour. He thinks Israelis basically think that Poles aren’t equal partners for them. And it’s not only that they think Poles can’t ensure their children’s safety.
- ‘They are not equal partners to any kind of discussion. It applies also to our common history, contemporary history and politics. In result Israeli youth see Poles as second category people, as potential enemies’ - he explains bluntly.
An instruction on conduct with the local inhabitants given away to Israeli teenagers coming to Poland couple years ago may confirm professor’s opinion. It contained such a paragraph: ‘Everywhere we will be surrounded by Poles. We will hate them because of their participation in Holocaust’.
Jews hate Poles
- ‘Agendas of our teenagers’ trips to Poland are set in advance by the Israeli government, and are not flexible’ - says Ilona Dworak-Cousin, the chairwoman of the Polish-Israeli Friendship Association in Israel. - ‘Those trips basically come down to visiting, one by one, the places of extermination of Jews. From that perspective Poland is just a huge Jewish graveyard. And nothing more. Meeting living people, for those who organise these trips, is meaningless.’
A resident of Kraków’s Kazimierz district, who is of Jewish descent, says that there is nothing wrong with that: - ‘Israelis don’t come to Poland for holiday. Their aim is to see the sites of Shoah and listen to the terrifying history of their families, history that often is not told to them by their grandparents, because of its emotional weight. Often young people who are leaving, cry, phone their parents and say “why didn’t you tell me it was that horrible?”. To be frank, I am not surprised they have no interest in talking about Lajkonik‘.
However according to Ilona Dworak-Cousin the lack of contact with Poles, causes Israeli youth to confuse victims with the perpetrators. - ‘They start to think it were the Poles who created concentration camps for Jews, that it is the Polish who were and still are the biggest anti-Semites in the world’ - adds Dworak-Cousin, who is Jewish herself.
The above mentioned Kraków resident has a different opinion. - ‘I don’t believe anyone was telling them that the Poles had been doing this. That’s why there is no need for discussing anything with the Poles’.
Teenagers behaving badly
However, many Israelis say that although the instruction was eventually changed, the attitude to Poles has not changed at all.
- ‘Someone in Israel some day decided, that our children going to Poland have to be hermetically surrounded by security’ - says Lili Haber president of Cracovians Association in Israel. - ‘Someone decided that young Israelis cannot meet young Poles, and cannot walk the streets. Basically these visits aren’t anything else but a several-day-long voluntary prison.’
RIch brat jews
Voluntary, but also very expensive: 1400 USD per person. Not every Israeli parent can afford such a trip.
- ‘Moreover, as it turns out, the children are too young, to visit sites of mass murders’ - adds dr Ilona Dworak-Cousin. Traumatic experiences that accompany visits in death camps have its consequences. Kids become aggressive. And instead of getting to know the country of their ancestors, in which Jews and Poles lived in symbiosis for over 1000 years, Israeli teenagers cause one scandal after another.
Shitting in beds
It happens sometimes, that somewhere between Majdanek and Treblinka, young Israelis spend their time on striptease ordered via the hotel telephone. It happens sometimes, that the hotel service has to collect human excrement from hotel beds and washbasins. It happens sometimes, that hotels have to give money back to other tourists, who cannot sleep because Israeli kids decided to play football in hotel corridor. In the middle of the night.
Jews block streets
6-year-old Krzys from Kazimierz played football too. On Sunday night on 15th April, after shooting two goals, he wanted to go home, as usual. He lives near a synagogue, in front of which hundreds of young Israelis have gathered on celebrations preceding March of Living. Just before Szeroka street he was stopped by some not-so-nice men. - ‘This is a semi-private area today. There is no entry’ - he was told. It didn’t help, when he told them, his mum will get upset if he won’t be home on time.
Security officers, which is interesting, were Polish this time and accompanied by the Polish police. They also denied access to the area to a Dutch couple, who had reserved a table at one of the restaurants on Szeroka street six months ago. - ‘Is this a free country?’ - One of the tourists tried to make sure.
On a normal day you can access Szeroka street from several sides. That evening from none. I tried to get through myself, without any success. Only eventually, the police helped me to pass the security line.
- ‘There are no official restrictions here’ - they were convincing me a moment later, although the “unofficial practice” was different.
- ‘We have only set certain restrictions in movement’ - Sylvia Bober-Jasnoch, a spokeswoman for Malopolska Region Police press service, explained to me later.
The police cannot say anything else. Polish law does not allow residents to be denied access to the streets they live at. Even during the so called mass events (however the celebrations on Szeroka did not have that status) residents have the right to go back to their homes and tourists have the right to dine in a restaurant. Also Israeli security agents have no right to stop or search passers-by.
I tried to find out more on the rights of Israeli security agents in Poland. First at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from where my question was sent to…. the Ministry of Education. I have also sent questions to the Home Office. Although I was promised, I received no answer. Only person eager to talk on that matter was Maciej Kozłowski, former ambassador in Israel, currently the Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Polish-Israeli relations.
- ‘Regulations are imprecise’ - admits Kozłowski. ‘Basically bodyguards from a foreign country should not move around Poland armed. However for the government of Israel security matters are a priority. Any convincing that their citizens should use the services of Polish security turned unsuccessful’.
Airplane like battle field
The Polish-Italian couple, Robert Lucchesini, his wife Anna, and their two-year-old daughter, cannot understand Polish government’s attitude. Which contrary to the Israeli government, is not able to ensure the safety of its citizens. Safety is not the only thing among the pair’s priorities, but also peace and quietness. They are however being woken up every morning by the loud noises of engines, of the Polish coach-buses with groups of Israeli youth. Their Polish drivers brake driving regulations all the time. They’re allowed to park at the square near the synagogue (in front of Robert’s house) only for up to 10 minutes. They stay there much longer, even hours. With their engines turned on. Reason? Youth’s safety - they would be able to leave quicker in case of a threat. And because Israeli kids need to be served coffee. Because even though Kazimierz is full of cafes, Israeli teenagers don’t go there. They are being told: no contacts with environment, no talking to passers-by, no smiles nor gestures.
This has been going for years. Israeli groups contact with Poles only there where they have to. First in airplanes.
Slapped stewardess
- ‘A plane after such group has landed, looks like a battle field’ - admits a worker of LOT Polish Airlines asking for his name not to be published. - ‘The worst thing is these kids’ attitude to Polish staff. Recently a stewardess was slapped by a teenager in her face. Because he had been waiting for his coca-cola too long’.
Leszek Chorzewski, LOT spokesman, admits that Israeli youth is a difficult customer. - ‘They demand not only more attention then other passengers, but also more security precautions’ - he adds. These precautions are long aircraft and airport controls conducted by Israeli services. These are also the high demands of the teenagers’ security agents.
Katarzyna Łazuga, student from Poznań, could see that first hand. She participated in a tourist guides’ training on one of Polish airports. ‘Young people from Israel entered the room we were in’, she recalls. - ‘Our group was then made to stop classes and rushed out of the room. Israeli security officers told us to go out, right now and without any talking. Because… we were “staring” at their clients. Yes, we were looking at them. They were catching attention, they were good looking.’
Young Israelis see Poles also there, where they board - in Polish hotels. If any of them still wants to have them. Most of those in Kraków don’t want to any more.
- ‘We have resigned from admitting Israeli youth once and for all’ - admits Agnieszka Tomczyk, assistant manageress in a chain of hotels called System. ‘We could not afford to refund the loses after their stays any more’.
Shiting in beds
These loses being: demolished rooms, broken chairs and tables, human excrements in washbasins or trash bins, or like in Astoria, other hotel in Kraków, burned carpet. Astoria also backs out from having Israeli groups. One of the reasons is that the teenagers’ security agents were ordering other guests, whom they didn’t like, to leave.
- ‘I understand that Israeli security agents are over-sensitive to any disturbing signals. They are coming from a country where bombs explode almost daily, and young people die in terrorist attacks’ - ensures Mike Urbaniak. - ‘But Poland is one of the safest countries in Europe. Here, excluding tiny number of incidents, Jews are not being attacked, and Jewish institutions don’t need security, which is very unusual on a world scale’.
Huge business
Chasidim, travelling in great numbers from Israel, also (surprisingly) don’t need security agents. Including for example many Orthodox Jews, who came to visit our country recently, as they wanted to pray at Tzadik of Lelów’s grave. They came to the market square in Kazimierz without any security assistance and without any fear.
- ‘They chatted eagerly with tourists interested in their outfits, with passers-by who don’t see Jews with side curls every day’ - adds Urbaniak.
In Kazimierz chasidim are nothing unusual. Like groups of Israeli teenagers. This year 30,000 Israeli teenagers are coming to Poland, and they will have 800 security agents to protect them.
Roberto Lucchesini reported to the Polish police that he got beaten by Israeli security. Krakow Prosecution Office is investigating the case, and so is its counterpart in Israel.
- ‘Results of this investigation are of medium importance’ - thinks Ilona Dworak-Cousin. - ‘What matters is if the youth that visits Poland, will still treat it as hostile and completely alien country’.
Polish-Israeli Friendship Association in Israel and Cracovians Association in Israel both try to convince the government of their country, not to send any more teenagers to see only the death camps in Poland. Chances are slim.
- ‘These trips are mostly a huge business for people who organise them’ - says Lili Haber - ‘including Israeli bodyguards’.
11 05 2007
Source: Przekrój weekly of May the 10th 2007
Link to original article in Polish
Author: Anna Szulc
English translation: MoPoPressReview
The list of losses Israeli teenagers’ visits leave behind is long and costly. It begins with burned carpets in Polish hotels, and ends with Jewish teenagers’ trauma. But more and more often with local residents’ trauma too.
Roberto Lucchesini, originally from Tuscany, for several years now a resident of Krakow, hasn’t been sleeping well recently. Before he will be able to move his arms normally again, he will have to go through long rehab. All this because of how he was treated, in broad daylight in front of passers-by and several teenagers who were hermetically closed in their coach-buses. Israeli bodyguards, equipped with firearms, binded his arms behind his back over his head with handcuffs. In Krakow, in the middle of the street. A moment before, the Italian was trying to make coach drivers parking in front of his house turn their engines off. - ‘Israelis handcuffed me, threw me on the ground, my face landed in dog excrement, and then they were kicking me’. After that the perpetrators were gone. Italian had to be freed by the Polish police.
Lucchesini moved to Kazimierz, a district of Kraków, that used to be a Jewish commune of which the only things left now are synagogues and memories, often painful. He found an apartment with a view on the synagogue. - ‘Back then I had thought this was the most beautiful place on Earth’ - he says - ‘after some time I understood that the place is indeed beautiful, but not for its today’s residents’.
Kicking instead of answers
Jews search tourist
Other resident of Kazimierz, Beata W., office worker is of similar opinion. Israeli security searched her handbag on one of the streets, without telling her why.
- ‘When I asked what was this all about, they told me to shut up. I listened, I stopped talking, I was afraid they’d tell me to get undressed next’ - she says annoyed.
A young polish Jew, who as usual in Sabbath, went to pray in his synagogue couple months ago, also didn’t get his answer. He only asked, why can’t he enter the temple. Instead of an answer, he got kicked.
- ‘I saw this with my own eyes’ - says Mike Urbaniak, the editor of Forum Of Polish Jews and correspondent of European Jewish Press in Poland. - ‘I saw how my friend is being brutally attacked by security agents from Israel, without any reason.’
All this apparently in sake of Israeli childrens’ safety.
- ‘For Poles it may be difficult to understand, but security agents accompany Israelis at all times, both in Israel and abroad’ - explains Michał Sobelman, a spokesman for Israeli embassy in Poland. - ‘This is a parents’ demand, otherwise they wouldn’t agree for any kind of trip. Poland is no exception.’
But it was in Poland, as Mike Urbaniak reports, where Jews from Israel brutally kicked a Polish Jew in front of a synagogue, and then threatened him with prison. In plain view of the Israeli teenagers.
- ‘We are very sorry when we hear about such incidents’ - Sobelman admits - ‘Detailed analysis is carried out in each case. We will do everything we can, to prevent such situations in the future. Maybe we will have to change training methods of our security agents, so that they would know Poland is not like Israel, that the scale of threats here is insignificant?
Professor Moshe Zimmermann, head of German History Institute at Hebrew University in Jerusalem thinks however, that the problem is not only in the security agents’ behaviour. He thinks Israelis basically think that Poles aren’t equal partners for them. And it’s not only that they think Poles can’t ensure their children’s safety.
- ‘They are not equal partners to any kind of discussion. It applies also to our common history, contemporary history and politics. In result Israeli youth see Poles as second category people, as potential enemies’ - he explains bluntly.
An instruction on conduct with the local inhabitants given away to Israeli teenagers coming to Poland couple years ago may confirm professor’s opinion. It contained such a paragraph: ‘Everywhere we will be surrounded by Poles. We will hate them because of their participation in Holocaust’.
Jews hate Poles
- ‘Agendas of our teenagers’ trips to Poland are set in advance by the Israeli government, and are not flexible’ - says Ilona Dworak-Cousin, the chairwoman of the Polish-Israeli Friendship Association in Israel. - ‘Those trips basically come down to visiting, one by one, the places of extermination of Jews. From that perspective Poland is just a huge Jewish graveyard. And nothing more. Meeting living people, for those who organise these trips, is meaningless.’
A resident of Kraków’s Kazimierz district, who is of Jewish descent, says that there is nothing wrong with that: - ‘Israelis don’t come to Poland for holiday. Their aim is to see the sites of Shoah and listen to the terrifying history of their families, history that often is not told to them by their grandparents, because of its emotional weight. Often young people who are leaving, cry, phone their parents and say “why didn’t you tell me it was that horrible?”. To be frank, I am not surprised they have no interest in talking about Lajkonik‘.
However according to Ilona Dworak-Cousin the lack of contact with Poles, causes Israeli youth to confuse victims with the perpetrators. - ‘They start to think it were the Poles who created concentration camps for Jews, that it is the Polish who were and still are the biggest anti-Semites in the world’ - adds Dworak-Cousin, who is Jewish herself.
The above mentioned Kraków resident has a different opinion. - ‘I don’t believe anyone was telling them that the Poles had been doing this. That’s why there is no need for discussing anything with the Poles’.
Teenagers behaving badly
However, many Israelis say that although the instruction was eventually changed, the attitude to Poles has not changed at all.
- ‘Someone in Israel some day decided, that our children going to Poland have to be hermetically surrounded by security’ - says Lili Haber president of Cracovians Association in Israel. - ‘Someone decided that young Israelis cannot meet young Poles, and cannot walk the streets. Basically these visits aren’t anything else but a several-day-long voluntary prison.’
RIch brat jews
Voluntary, but also very expensive: 1400 USD per person. Not every Israeli parent can afford such a trip.
- ‘Moreover, as it turns out, the children are too young, to visit sites of mass murders’ - adds dr Ilona Dworak-Cousin. Traumatic experiences that accompany visits in death camps have its consequences. Kids become aggressive. And instead of getting to know the country of their ancestors, in which Jews and Poles lived in symbiosis for over 1000 years, Israeli teenagers cause one scandal after another.
Shitting in beds
It happens sometimes, that somewhere between Majdanek and Treblinka, young Israelis spend their time on striptease ordered via the hotel telephone. It happens sometimes, that the hotel service has to collect human excrement from hotel beds and washbasins. It happens sometimes, that hotels have to give money back to other tourists, who cannot sleep because Israeli kids decided to play football in hotel corridor. In the middle of the night.
Jews block streets
6-year-old Krzys from Kazimierz played football too. On Sunday night on 15th April, after shooting two goals, he wanted to go home, as usual. He lives near a synagogue, in front of which hundreds of young Israelis have gathered on celebrations preceding March of Living. Just before Szeroka street he was stopped by some not-so-nice men. - ‘This is a semi-private area today. There is no entry’ - he was told. It didn’t help, when he told them, his mum will get upset if he won’t be home on time.
Security officers, which is interesting, were Polish this time and accompanied by the Polish police. They also denied access to the area to a Dutch couple, who had reserved a table at one of the restaurants on Szeroka street six months ago. - ‘Is this a free country?’ - One of the tourists tried to make sure.
On a normal day you can access Szeroka street from several sides. That evening from none. I tried to get through myself, without any success. Only eventually, the police helped me to pass the security line.
- ‘There are no official restrictions here’ - they were convincing me a moment later, although the “unofficial practice” was different.
- ‘We have only set certain restrictions in movement’ - Sylvia Bober-Jasnoch, a spokeswoman for Malopolska Region Police press service, explained to me later.
The police cannot say anything else. Polish law does not allow residents to be denied access to the streets they live at. Even during the so called mass events (however the celebrations on Szeroka did not have that status) residents have the right to go back to their homes and tourists have the right to dine in a restaurant. Also Israeli security agents have no right to stop or search passers-by.
I tried to find out more on the rights of Israeli security agents in Poland. First at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from where my question was sent to…. the Ministry of Education. I have also sent questions to the Home Office. Although I was promised, I received no answer. Only person eager to talk on that matter was Maciej Kozłowski, former ambassador in Israel, currently the Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Polish-Israeli relations.
- ‘Regulations are imprecise’ - admits Kozłowski. ‘Basically bodyguards from a foreign country should not move around Poland armed. However for the government of Israel security matters are a priority. Any convincing that their citizens should use the services of Polish security turned unsuccessful’.
Airplane like battle field
The Polish-Italian couple, Robert Lucchesini, his wife Anna, and their two-year-old daughter, cannot understand Polish government’s attitude. Which contrary to the Israeli government, is not able to ensure the safety of its citizens. Safety is not the only thing among the pair’s priorities, but also peace and quietness. They are however being woken up every morning by the loud noises of engines, of the Polish coach-buses with groups of Israeli youth. Their Polish drivers brake driving regulations all the time. They’re allowed to park at the square near the synagogue (in front of Robert’s house) only for up to 10 minutes. They stay there much longer, even hours. With their engines turned on. Reason? Youth’s safety - they would be able to leave quicker in case of a threat. And because Israeli kids need to be served coffee. Because even though Kazimierz is full of cafes, Israeli teenagers don’t go there. They are being told: no contacts with environment, no talking to passers-by, no smiles nor gestures.
This has been going for years. Israeli groups contact with Poles only there where they have to. First in airplanes.
Slapped stewardess
- ‘A plane after such group has landed, looks like a battle field’ - admits a worker of LOT Polish Airlines asking for his name not to be published. - ‘The worst thing is these kids’ attitude to Polish staff. Recently a stewardess was slapped by a teenager in her face. Because he had been waiting for his coca-cola too long’.
Leszek Chorzewski, LOT spokesman, admits that Israeli youth is a difficult customer. - ‘They demand not only more attention then other passengers, but also more security precautions’ - he adds. These precautions are long aircraft and airport controls conducted by Israeli services. These are also the high demands of the teenagers’ security agents.
Katarzyna Łazuga, student from Poznań, could see that first hand. She participated in a tourist guides’ training on one of Polish airports. ‘Young people from Israel entered the room we were in’, she recalls. - ‘Our group was then made to stop classes and rushed out of the room. Israeli security officers told us to go out, right now and without any talking. Because… we were “staring” at their clients. Yes, we were looking at them. They were catching attention, they were good looking.’
Young Israelis see Poles also there, where they board - in Polish hotels. If any of them still wants to have them. Most of those in Kraków don’t want to any more.
- ‘We have resigned from admitting Israeli youth once and for all’ - admits Agnieszka Tomczyk, assistant manageress in a chain of hotels called System. ‘We could not afford to refund the loses after their stays any more’.
Shiting in beds
These loses being: demolished rooms, broken chairs and tables, human excrements in washbasins or trash bins, or like in Astoria, other hotel in Kraków, burned carpet. Astoria also backs out from having Israeli groups. One of the reasons is that the teenagers’ security agents were ordering other guests, whom they didn’t like, to leave.
- ‘I understand that Israeli security agents are over-sensitive to any disturbing signals. They are coming from a country where bombs explode almost daily, and young people die in terrorist attacks’ - ensures Mike Urbaniak. - ‘But Poland is one of the safest countries in Europe. Here, excluding tiny number of incidents, Jews are not being attacked, and Jewish institutions don’t need security, which is very unusual on a world scale’.
Huge business
Chasidim, travelling in great numbers from Israel, also (surprisingly) don’t need security agents. Including for example many Orthodox Jews, who came to visit our country recently, as they wanted to pray at Tzadik of Lelów’s grave. They came to the market square in Kazimierz without any security assistance and without any fear.
- ‘They chatted eagerly with tourists interested in their outfits, with passers-by who don’t see Jews with side curls every day’ - adds Urbaniak.
In Kazimierz chasidim are nothing unusual. Like groups of Israeli teenagers. This year 30,000 Israeli teenagers are coming to Poland, and they will have 800 security agents to protect them.
Roberto Lucchesini reported to the Polish police that he got beaten by Israeli security. Krakow Prosecution Office is investigating the case, and so is its counterpart in Israel.
- ‘Results of this investigation are of medium importance’ - thinks Ilona Dworak-Cousin. - ‘What matters is if the youth that visits Poland, will still treat it as hostile and completely alien country’.
Polish-Israeli Friendship Association in Israel and Cracovians Association in Israel both try to convince the government of their country, not to send any more teenagers to see only the death camps in Poland. Chances are slim.
- ‘These trips are mostly a huge business for people who organise them’ - says Lili Haber - ‘including Israeli bodyguards’.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Warsaw Poland WWII 1944 Gaza Palestine today 2009
Warsaw Poland WWII 1944 Gaza Palestine today 2009
You want to stop terrorism do not participate in it.when you occupy land of the Palestinian they have all the right to rezist. Like Polish peole rezist Hitler and Stallin
It is time we all stood up to the liars in our media and in our congress, senate and in the White House and say, No more, no more—Israel must stop this barbarism, this Hitlerian behavior or must be condemned and cut off from any aid from the United States and its allies in the world. If we do any less, then we are complicituous in this new holocaust, and no parades, moral duty to stand up and demand this stop.
Rising - The Forgotten Soldiers of WWII 1944 Gaza Palestine today 2009
By Lech Alex Bajan - Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pm EST
The humanitarian crisis continues in Gaza - 13 Jan 09
Powstanie Warszawskie - Godzina "W"
Israel to Get $30bn US Defense Aid
RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, 30 July 2007 — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday announced a new $30 billion US defense aid package to preserve Israel’s regional military superiority, as he appreciated Washington’s wishes to boost moderate Arab states through weapons sales.
“This is an increase of 25 percent for the military aid to Israel from the United States. I think this is a significant and important increase in defense aid to Israel,” Olmert said at the opening of the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting.
Olmert added that the aid package was offered during his meeting with US President George W. Bush in Washington on June 20.
“This would mean a lot to Israel’s security, and this is a good opportunity to thank President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,” Olmert said.
Other Israeli ministers stressed during the Cabinet meeting Israel’s need to secure its “quality advantage” over its neighbors in the Mideast and the US’ major role in maintaining this advantage.
“Defense aid to Israel is still a top priority for the United States,” Olmert told the Cabinet, adding that Israel enjoys more financial assistance than other countries in the Middle East.
“We have renewed agreements and a renewed commitment from the Americans that would help preserve our advantage over the Arab countries,” Olmert said, referring to reports by the New York Times and the Washington Post that the US is mulling a $20 billion arms deal with Gulf states and increasing military aid to Egypt to $13 billion over 10 years.
The deal with Gulf states includes advanced satellite-guided bombs, upgrades to their fighter jets and new naval vessels. It has reportedly raised concerns in Israel and among its supporters in the Congress. However, Olmert said that Israel fully understood the US’ need to support the moderate states in the region.
“We understand the US’ need to assist the moderate Arab states, which are standing in one front with the United States and us in the struggle against Iran,” Olmert said, referring to its nuclear program.
Israeli security officials called the increase in military aid “an unusual achievement.”
According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the final details about the new aid package to the Jewish state will be worked out during the visit by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns to the region, adding that his visit is slated for mid-August.
US defense aid to Israel began in 1973 but a regular 10-year aid plan — with the previous one expiring this summer — was institutionalized in 1977 as part of the Egypt-Israel peace agreement, the official said.
The military aid is made up of 75 percent US military hardware, ranging from ammunition to warplanes, with the other 25 percent in cash, which goes mainly toward securing new Israeli-made weapons.
Support Our Allies - They Support Us?
"...For Your Freedom and Ours..."
Gen. T. Kosciuszko (Poland and America's Patriot)
POLAND IS GETTING ONLY 25-40 $ MILLIONS per year
- Poland sent combat troops to Iraq, Afghanistan , Kosovo, Panama, Haiti, Polish Army's Peacekeepers in Golan Heights, Americans during the war.
- Polish troops are responsible for security in 1 of the 4 zones in Iraq
- 20,000 soldiers from 17 countries served under Polish command
Poland sent its elite commando unit, GROM, which means thunder. It helped secure the port at Umm Qasr, which was vital to delivering aid to Iraq. The unit also secured nearby oil platforms before they could be sabotaged.
In the first Gulf War, Polish intelligence officers snuck into Iraq to rescue a group of CIA operatives trapped behind enemy lines.
Poland's secret agents disguised CIA agents as Polish construction workers and smuggled them out of Baghdad.
This was not the first time Polish soldiers risked their lives for our freedom. Generals Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko were two of the first foreigners to fight in the American Revolution. Kosciuszko designed and oversaw the construction of West Point. After that, he returned to Poland, where he led a democratic uprising. As a result of that fight, Poland had the first written democratic constitution in Europe, second in the world only to the U.S.
USA DEPORTED POLISH WOMAN IN US SINCE 1989 PERFECT CITIZEN FORMER SOLIDARITY, PERFECT MOTHER, NO CRIMES
I have to bring to your attention. What kind of:
How autocratic our Homeland Security in US is.
New US military aid to Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment bring the US closer to war with Iran, say Greens
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, October 8, 2007
Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org
Greens: Bush has no credibility on Iran, but Democrats and Republicans are lining up behind Bush's next military disaster
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders strongly cautioned that the combination of a $30 billion military aid package for Israel and growing threat of a US or US-backed Israeli attack on Iran could trigger a major regional conflagration in the Middle East.
"There's little doubt that the $30 billion in US taxpayers money sent to Israel will be used for two things: to maintain Israel's illegal and murderous military occupation of Palestinian lands, and to prepare for a military assault on Iran," said Paul "zool" Zulkowitz, a member of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX). "The new military aid for Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, passed on September 26 with strong bipartisan support, have brought the the US closer to war with Iran."
Greens stressed that White House claims that Iran is assisting Shiite militias in Iraq and plans to produce nuclear weapons for possible use against Israel or western nations have been contested. Iran has denied such intentions; Greens noted that such use would amount to suicide for Iran.
"The Bush Administration, after its deceptive rationales for invading Iraq, should have no credibility on Iran or any other foreign policy," said Justine McCabe, Connecticut Green and co-chair of the party's International Committee. "Unfortunately, Democrats -- especially presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- have signed on to the AIPAC-Neocon-Republican line that an attack on Iran is 'not off the table.' If a global war starts because Bush ordered an attack, it'll be a bipartisan disaster, like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the continuing Middle East crisis."
In one scenario, confirmed by Newsweek, Vice President Cheney considered asking Israel to launch a missile attack either on a nuclear power site in Natanz, Iran, or on an alleged Syrian-Iranian-North Korean nuclear installation in northern Syria, which might result in a retaliatory strike that would motivate a larger US military assault on Iran. Israel has already launched an air strike on the suspected Syrian site in September.
"The Lieberman-Kyl amendment designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a 'foreign terrorist organization.' The amendment makes the Iran military a target in President Bush's 'war on terror.' This is a major step towards a military confrontation with Iran, whether the attack comes from the US or Israel or both," said John V. Walsh, delegate from the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party to the Green Party's National Committee.
The Green Party has called for an international effort towards nuclear disarmament of all Middle Eastern and western Asian nations, including Israel and Pakistan, which are known to possess nuclear weapons, as part of a greater global nuclear disarmament project. Greens have called the Bush Administration hypocritical for condemning Iran while expanding US nuclear weapons programs and after removing the US from antinuclear treaties. The party has called for the US to rejoin the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and eliminate American nuclear weapons. Greens have also accused the Bush Administration of squandering pro-US sentiment that exists among many Iranians in its attempt to vilify their country.
The Green Party has sharply criticized both Democrats and Republicans for maintaining support for Israel's six-decades-long violations of civilian human rights and bowing to the demands of AIPAC and certain Christian rightwing lobbies that the US endorse the Israeli government's military ambitions and ethnic policies. (Israel has placed the Gaza Strip under siege and threatens to cut off water and fuel supplies, to punish civilians over rocket attacks launched by militias.)
The Green Party calls for negotiation by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; a cut-off in US military aid to Israel; and an economic boycott of Israel until the latter recognizes full human rights, including the right of return for Palestinians and abolition of internal apartheid laws. Greens have called for support for Israeli and Palestinian groups seeking peaceful resolution, observance of human rights, and a halt to all violence and coercion directed against civilians.
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193RAQport Inc.
2004 North Monroe Street
Arlington Virginia 22207
Washington DC Area
USA
TEL: 703-528-0114
TEL2: 703-652-0993
FAX: 202-823680
EMAIL: office@raqport.com
or polonia@raqport.com
You want to stop terrorism do not participate in it.when you occupy land of the Palestinian they have all the right to rezist. Like Polish peole rezist Hitler and Stallin
It is time we all stood up to the liars in our media and in our congress, senate and in the White House and say, No more, no more—Israel must stop this barbarism, this Hitlerian behavior or must be condemned and cut off from any aid from the United States and its allies in the world. If we do any less, then we are complicituous in this new holocaust, and no parades, moral duty to stand up and demand this stop.
Rising - The Forgotten Soldiers of WWII 1944 Gaza Palestine today 2009
By Lech Alex Bajan - Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pm EST
The humanitarian crisis continues in Gaza - 13 Jan 09
Powstanie Warszawskie - Godzina "W"
Israel to Get $30bn US Defense Aid
RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, 30 July 2007 — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday announced a new $30 billion US defense aid package to preserve Israel’s regional military superiority, as he appreciated Washington’s wishes to boost moderate Arab states through weapons sales.
“This is an increase of 25 percent for the military aid to Israel from the United States. I think this is a significant and important increase in defense aid to Israel,” Olmert said at the opening of the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting.
Olmert added that the aid package was offered during his meeting with US President George W. Bush in Washington on June 20.
“This would mean a lot to Israel’s security, and this is a good opportunity to thank President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,” Olmert said.
Other Israeli ministers stressed during the Cabinet meeting Israel’s need to secure its “quality advantage” over its neighbors in the Mideast and the US’ major role in maintaining this advantage.
“Defense aid to Israel is still a top priority for the United States,” Olmert told the Cabinet, adding that Israel enjoys more financial assistance than other countries in the Middle East.
“We have renewed agreements and a renewed commitment from the Americans that would help preserve our advantage over the Arab countries,” Olmert said, referring to reports by the New York Times and the Washington Post that the US is mulling a $20 billion arms deal with Gulf states and increasing military aid to Egypt to $13 billion over 10 years.
The deal with Gulf states includes advanced satellite-guided bombs, upgrades to their fighter jets and new naval vessels. It has reportedly raised concerns in Israel and among its supporters in the Congress. However, Olmert said that Israel fully understood the US’ need to support the moderate states in the region.
“We understand the US’ need to assist the moderate Arab states, which are standing in one front with the United States and us in the struggle against Iran,” Olmert said, referring to its nuclear program.
Israeli security officials called the increase in military aid “an unusual achievement.”
According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the final details about the new aid package to the Jewish state will be worked out during the visit by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns to the region, adding that his visit is slated for mid-August.
US defense aid to Israel began in 1973 but a regular 10-year aid plan — with the previous one expiring this summer — was institutionalized in 1977 as part of the Egypt-Israel peace agreement, the official said.
The military aid is made up of 75 percent US military hardware, ranging from ammunition to warplanes, with the other 25 percent in cash, which goes mainly toward securing new Israeli-made weapons.
Support Our Allies - They Support Us?
"...For Your Freedom and Ours..."
Gen. T. Kosciuszko (Poland and America's Patriot)
POLAND IS GETTING ONLY 25-40 $ MILLIONS per year
- Poland sent combat troops to Iraq, Afghanistan , Kosovo, Panama, Haiti, Polish Army's Peacekeepers in Golan Heights, Americans during the war.
- Polish troops are responsible for security in 1 of the 4 zones in Iraq
- 20,000 soldiers from 17 countries served under Polish command
Poland sent its elite commando unit, GROM, which means thunder. It helped secure the port at Umm Qasr, which was vital to delivering aid to Iraq. The unit also secured nearby oil platforms before they could be sabotaged.
In the first Gulf War, Polish intelligence officers snuck into Iraq to rescue a group of CIA operatives trapped behind enemy lines.
Poland's secret agents disguised CIA agents as Polish construction workers and smuggled them out of Baghdad.
This was not the first time Polish soldiers risked their lives for our freedom. Generals Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko were two of the first foreigners to fight in the American Revolution. Kosciuszko designed and oversaw the construction of West Point. After that, he returned to Poland, where he led a democratic uprising. As a result of that fight, Poland had the first written democratic constitution in Europe, second in the world only to the U.S.
USA DEPORTED POLISH WOMAN IN US SINCE 1989 PERFECT CITIZEN FORMER SOLIDARITY, PERFECT MOTHER, NO CRIMES
I have to bring to your attention. What kind of:
How autocratic our Homeland Security in US is.
New US military aid to Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment bring the US closer to war with Iran, say Greens
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, October 8, 2007
Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org
Greens: Bush has no credibility on Iran, but Democrats and Republicans are lining up behind Bush's next military disaster
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders strongly cautioned that the combination of a $30 billion military aid package for Israel and growing threat of a US or US-backed Israeli attack on Iran could trigger a major regional conflagration in the Middle East.
"There's little doubt that the $30 billion in US taxpayers money sent to Israel will be used for two things: to maintain Israel's illegal and murderous military occupation of Palestinian lands, and to prepare for a military assault on Iran," said Paul "zool" Zulkowitz, a member of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX). "The new military aid for Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, passed on September 26 with strong bipartisan support, have brought the the US closer to war with Iran."
Greens stressed that White House claims that Iran is assisting Shiite militias in Iraq and plans to produce nuclear weapons for possible use against Israel or western nations have been contested. Iran has denied such intentions; Greens noted that such use would amount to suicide for Iran.
"The Bush Administration, after its deceptive rationales for invading Iraq, should have no credibility on Iran or any other foreign policy," said Justine McCabe, Connecticut Green and co-chair of the party's International Committee. "Unfortunately, Democrats -- especially presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- have signed on to the AIPAC-Neocon-Republican line that an attack on Iran is 'not off the table.' If a global war starts because Bush ordered an attack, it'll be a bipartisan disaster, like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the continuing Middle East crisis."
In one scenario, confirmed by Newsweek, Vice President Cheney considered asking Israel to launch a missile attack either on a nuclear power site in Natanz, Iran, or on an alleged Syrian-Iranian-North Korean nuclear installation in northern Syria, which might result in a retaliatory strike that would motivate a larger US military assault on Iran. Israel has already launched an air strike on the suspected Syrian site in September.
"The Lieberman-Kyl amendment designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a 'foreign terrorist organization.' The amendment makes the Iran military a target in President Bush's 'war on terror.' This is a major step towards a military confrontation with Iran, whether the attack comes from the US or Israel or both," said John V. Walsh, delegate from the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party to the Green Party's National Committee.
The Green Party has called for an international effort towards nuclear disarmament of all Middle Eastern and western Asian nations, including Israel and Pakistan, which are known to possess nuclear weapons, as part of a greater global nuclear disarmament project. Greens have called the Bush Administration hypocritical for condemning Iran while expanding US nuclear weapons programs and after removing the US from antinuclear treaties. The party has called for the US to rejoin the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and eliminate American nuclear weapons. Greens have also accused the Bush Administration of squandering pro-US sentiment that exists among many Iranians in its attempt to vilify their country.
The Green Party has sharply criticized both Democrats and Republicans for maintaining support for Israel's six-decades-long violations of civilian human rights and bowing to the demands of AIPAC and certain Christian rightwing lobbies that the US endorse the Israeli government's military ambitions and ethnic policies. (Israel has placed the Gaza Strip under siege and threatens to cut off water and fuel supplies, to punish civilians over rocket attacks launched by militias.)
The Green Party calls for negotiation by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; a cut-off in US military aid to Israel; and an economic boycott of Israel until the latter recognizes full human rights, including the right of return for Palestinians and abolition of internal apartheid laws. Greens have called for support for Israeli and Palestinian groups seeking peaceful resolution, observance of human rights, and a halt to all violence and coercion directed against civilians.
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193RAQport Inc.
2004 North Monroe Street
Arlington Virginia 22207
Washington DC Area
USA
TEL: 703-528-0114
TEL2: 703-652-0993
FAX: 202-823680
EMAIL: office@raqport.com
or polonia@raqport.com
Monday, January 12, 2009
Israel to Get $30bn US Defense Aid We need jobs not another WAR!
Israel to Get $30bn US Defense Aid We need jobs not another WAR!
RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, 30 July 2007 — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday announced a new $30 billion US defense aid package to preserve Israel’s regional military superiority, as he appreciated Washington’s wishes to boost moderate Arab states through weapons sales.
“This is an increase of 25 percent for the military aid to Israel from the United States. I think this is a significant and important increase in defense aid to Israel,” Olmert said at the opening of the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting.
Olmert added that the aid package was offered during his meeting with US President George W. Bush in Washington on June 20.
“This would mean a lot to Israel’s security, and this is a good opportunity to thank President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,” Olmert said.
Other Israeli ministers stressed during the Cabinet meeting Israel’s need to secure its “quality advantage” over its neighbors in the Mideast and the US’ major role in maintaining this advantage.
“Defense aid to Israel is still a top priority for the United States,” Olmert told the Cabinet, adding that Israel enjoys more financial assistance than other countries in the Middle East.
“We have renewed agreements and a renewed commitment from the Americans that would help preserve our advantage over the Arab countries,” Olmert said, referring to reports by the New York Times and the Washington Post that the US is mulling a $20 billion arms deal with Gulf states and increasing military aid to Egypt to $13 billion over 10 years.
The deal with Gulf states includes advanced satellite-guided bombs, upgrades to their fighter jets and new naval vessels. It has reportedly raised concerns in Israel and among its supporters in the Congress. However, Olmert said that Israel fully understood the US’ need to support the moderate states in the region.
“We understand the US’ need to assist the moderate Arab states, which are standing in one front with the United States and us in the struggle against Iran,” Olmert said, referring to its nuclear program.
Israeli security officials called the increase in military aid “an unusual achievement.”
According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the final details about the new aid package to the Jewish state will be worked out during the visit by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns to the region, adding that his visit is slated for mid-August.
US defense aid to Israel began in 1973 but a regular 10-year aid plan — with the previous one expiring this summer — was institutionalized in 1977 as part of the Egypt-Israel peace agreement, the official said.
The military aid is made up of 75 percent US military hardware, ranging from ammunition to warplanes, with the other 25 percent in cash, which goes mainly toward securing new Israeli-made weapons.
Support Our Allies - They Support Us?
"...For Your Freedom and Ours..."
Gen. T. Kosciuszko (Poland and America's Patriot)
POLAND IS GETTING ONLY 25-40 $ MILLIONS per year
- Poland sent combat troops to Iraq, Afghanistan , Kosovo, Panama, Haiti, Polish Army's Peacekeepers in Golan Heights, Americans during the war.
- Polish troops are responsible for security in 1 of the 4 zones in Iraq
- 20,000 soldiers from 17 countries served under Polish command
Poland sent its elite commando unit, GROM, which means thunder. It helped secure the port at Umm Qasr, which was vital to delivering aid to Iraq. The unit also secured nearby oil platforms before they could be sabotaged.
In the first Gulf War, Polish intelligence officers snuck into Iraq to rescue a group of CIA operatives trapped behind enemy lines.
Poland's secret agents disguised CIA agents as Polish construction workers and smuggled them out of Baghdad.
This was not the first time Polish soldiers risked their lives for our freedom. Generals Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko were two of the first foreigners to fight in the American Revolution. Kosciuszko designed and oversaw the construction of West Point. After that, he returned to Poland, where he led a democratic uprising. As a result of that fight, Poland had the first written democratic constitution in Europe, second in the world only to the U.S.
USA DEPORTED POLISH WOMAN IN US SINCE 1989 PERFECT CITIZEN FORMER SOLIDARITY, PERFECT MOTHER, NO CRIMES
I have to bring to your attention. What kind of:
How autocratic our Homeland Security in US is.
New US military aid to Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment bring the US closer to war with Iran, say Greens
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, October 8, 2007
Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org
Greens: Bush has no credibility on Iran, but Democrats and Republicans are lining up behind Bush's next military disaster
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders strongly cautioned that the combination of a $30 billion military aid package for Israel and growing threat of a US or US-backed Israeli attack on Iran could trigger a major regional conflagration in the Middle East.
"There's little doubt that the $30 billion in US taxpayers money sent to Israel will be used for two things: to maintain Israel's illegal and murderous military occupation of Palestinian lands, and to prepare for a military assault on Iran," said Paul "zool" Zulkowitz, a member of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX). "The new military aid for Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, passed on September 26 with strong bipartisan support, have brought the the US closer to war with Iran."
Greens stressed that White House claims that Iran is assisting Shiite militias in Iraq and plans to produce nuclear weapons for possible use against Israel or western nations have been contested. Iran has denied such intentions; Greens noted that such use would amount to suicide for Iran.
"The Bush Administration, after its deceptive rationales for invading Iraq, should have no credibility on Iran or any other foreign policy," said Justine McCabe, Connecticut Green and co-chair of the party's International Committee. "Unfortunately, Democrats -- especially presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- have signed on to the AIPAC-Neocon-Republican line that an attack on Iran is 'not off the table.' If a global war starts because Bush ordered an attack, it'll be a bipartisan disaster, like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the continuing Middle East crisis."
In one scenario, confirmed by Newsweek, Vice President Cheney considered asking Israel to launch a missile attack either on a nuclear power site in Natanz, Iran, or on an alleged Syrian-Iranian-North Korean nuclear installation in northern Syria, which might result in a retaliatory strike that would motivate a larger US military assault on Iran. Israel has already launched an air strike on the suspected Syrian site in September.
"The Lieberman-Kyl amendment designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a 'foreign terrorist organization.' The amendment makes the Iran military a target in President Bush's 'war on terror.' This is a major step towards a military confrontation with Iran, whether the attack comes from the US or Israel or both," said John V. Walsh, delegate from the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party to the Green Party's National Committee.
The Green Party has called for an international effort towards nuclear disarmament of all Middle Eastern and western Asian nations, including Israel and Pakistan, which are known to possess nuclear weapons, as part of a greater global nuclear disarmament project. Greens have called the Bush Administration hypocritical for condemning Iran while expanding US nuclear weapons programs and after removing the US from antinuclear treaties. The party has called for the US to rejoin the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and eliminate American nuclear weapons. Greens have also accused the Bush Administration of squandering pro-US sentiment that exists among many Iranians in its attempt to vilify their country.
The Green Party has sharply criticized both Democrats and Republicans for maintaining support for Israel's six-decades-long violations of civilian human rights and bowing to the demands of AIPAC and certain Christian rightwing lobbies that the US endorse the Israeli government's military ambitions and ethnic policies. (Israel has placed the Gaza Strip under siege and threatens to cut off water and fuel supplies, to punish civilians over rocket attacks launched by militias.)
The Green Party calls for negotiation by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; a cut-off in US military aid to Israel; and an economic boycott of Israel until the latter recognizes full human rights, including the right of return for Palestinians and abolition of internal apartheid laws. Greens have called for support for Israeli and Palestinian groups seeking peaceful resolution, observance of human rights, and a halt to all violence and coercion directed against civilians.
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RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, 30 July 2007 — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday announced a new $30 billion US defense aid package to preserve Israel’s regional military superiority, as he appreciated Washington’s wishes to boost moderate Arab states through weapons sales.
“This is an increase of 25 percent for the military aid to Israel from the United States. I think this is a significant and important increase in defense aid to Israel,” Olmert said at the opening of the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting.
Olmert added that the aid package was offered during his meeting with US President George W. Bush in Washington on June 20.
“This would mean a lot to Israel’s security, and this is a good opportunity to thank President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,” Olmert said.
Other Israeli ministers stressed during the Cabinet meeting Israel’s need to secure its “quality advantage” over its neighbors in the Mideast and the US’ major role in maintaining this advantage.
“Defense aid to Israel is still a top priority for the United States,” Olmert told the Cabinet, adding that Israel enjoys more financial assistance than other countries in the Middle East.
“We have renewed agreements and a renewed commitment from the Americans that would help preserve our advantage over the Arab countries,” Olmert said, referring to reports by the New York Times and the Washington Post that the US is mulling a $20 billion arms deal with Gulf states and increasing military aid to Egypt to $13 billion over 10 years.
The deal with Gulf states includes advanced satellite-guided bombs, upgrades to their fighter jets and new naval vessels. It has reportedly raised concerns in Israel and among its supporters in the Congress. However, Olmert said that Israel fully understood the US’ need to support the moderate states in the region.
“We understand the US’ need to assist the moderate Arab states, which are standing in one front with the United States and us in the struggle against Iran,” Olmert said, referring to its nuclear program.
Israeli security officials called the increase in military aid “an unusual achievement.”
According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the final details about the new aid package to the Jewish state will be worked out during the visit by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns to the region, adding that his visit is slated for mid-August.
US defense aid to Israel began in 1973 but a regular 10-year aid plan — with the previous one expiring this summer — was institutionalized in 1977 as part of the Egypt-Israel peace agreement, the official said.
The military aid is made up of 75 percent US military hardware, ranging from ammunition to warplanes, with the other 25 percent in cash, which goes mainly toward securing new Israeli-made weapons.
Support Our Allies - They Support Us?
"...For Your Freedom and Ours..."
Gen. T. Kosciuszko (Poland and America's Patriot)
POLAND IS GETTING ONLY 25-40 $ MILLIONS per year
- Poland sent combat troops to Iraq, Afghanistan , Kosovo, Panama, Haiti, Polish Army's Peacekeepers in Golan Heights, Americans during the war.
- Polish troops are responsible for security in 1 of the 4 zones in Iraq
- 20,000 soldiers from 17 countries served under Polish command
Poland sent its elite commando unit, GROM, which means thunder. It helped secure the port at Umm Qasr, which was vital to delivering aid to Iraq. The unit also secured nearby oil platforms before they could be sabotaged.
In the first Gulf War, Polish intelligence officers snuck into Iraq to rescue a group of CIA operatives trapped behind enemy lines.
Poland's secret agents disguised CIA agents as Polish construction workers and smuggled them out of Baghdad.
This was not the first time Polish soldiers risked their lives for our freedom. Generals Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko were two of the first foreigners to fight in the American Revolution. Kosciuszko designed and oversaw the construction of West Point. After that, he returned to Poland, where he led a democratic uprising. As a result of that fight, Poland had the first written democratic constitution in Europe, second in the world only to the U.S.
USA DEPORTED POLISH WOMAN IN US SINCE 1989 PERFECT CITIZEN FORMER SOLIDARITY, PERFECT MOTHER, NO CRIMES
I have to bring to your attention. What kind of:
How autocratic our Homeland Security in US is.
New US military aid to Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment bring the US closer to war with Iran, say Greens
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, October 8, 2007
Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org
Greens: Bush has no credibility on Iran, but Democrats and Republicans are lining up behind Bush's next military disaster
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders strongly cautioned that the combination of a $30 billion military aid package for Israel and growing threat of a US or US-backed Israeli attack on Iran could trigger a major regional conflagration in the Middle East.
"There's little doubt that the $30 billion in US taxpayers money sent to Israel will be used for two things: to maintain Israel's illegal and murderous military occupation of Palestinian lands, and to prepare for a military assault on Iran," said Paul "zool" Zulkowitz, a member of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee (GPAX). "The new military aid for Israel and the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, passed on September 26 with strong bipartisan support, have brought the the US closer to war with Iran."
Greens stressed that White House claims that Iran is assisting Shiite militias in Iraq and plans to produce nuclear weapons for possible use against Israel or western nations have been contested. Iran has denied such intentions; Greens noted that such use would amount to suicide for Iran.
"The Bush Administration, after its deceptive rationales for invading Iraq, should have no credibility on Iran or any other foreign policy," said Justine McCabe, Connecticut Green and co-chair of the party's International Committee. "Unfortunately, Democrats -- especially presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- have signed on to the AIPAC-Neocon-Republican line that an attack on Iran is 'not off the table.' If a global war starts because Bush ordered an attack, it'll be a bipartisan disaster, like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the continuing Middle East crisis."
In one scenario, confirmed by Newsweek, Vice President Cheney considered asking Israel to launch a missile attack either on a nuclear power site in Natanz, Iran, or on an alleged Syrian-Iranian-North Korean nuclear installation in northern Syria, which might result in a retaliatory strike that would motivate a larger US military assault on Iran. Israel has already launched an air strike on the suspected Syrian site in September.
"The Lieberman-Kyl amendment designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a 'foreign terrorist organization.' The amendment makes the Iran military a target in President Bush's 'war on terror.' This is a major step towards a military confrontation with Iran, whether the attack comes from the US or Israel or both," said John V. Walsh, delegate from the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party to the Green Party's National Committee.
The Green Party has called for an international effort towards nuclear disarmament of all Middle Eastern and western Asian nations, including Israel and Pakistan, which are known to possess nuclear weapons, as part of a greater global nuclear disarmament project. Greens have called the Bush Administration hypocritical for condemning Iran while expanding US nuclear weapons programs and after removing the US from antinuclear treaties. The party has called for the US to rejoin the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and eliminate American nuclear weapons. Greens have also accused the Bush Administration of squandering pro-US sentiment that exists among many Iranians in its attempt to vilify their country.
The Green Party has sharply criticized both Democrats and Republicans for maintaining support for Israel's six-decades-long violations of civilian human rights and bowing to the demands of AIPAC and certain Christian rightwing lobbies that the US endorse the Israeli government's military ambitions and ethnic policies. (Israel has placed the Gaza Strip under siege and threatens to cut off water and fuel supplies, to punish civilians over rocket attacks launched by militias.)
The Green Party calls for negotiation by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; a cut-off in US military aid to Israel; and an economic boycott of Israel until the latter recognizes full human rights, including the right of return for Palestinians and abolition of internal apartheid laws. Greens have called for support for Israeli and Palestinian groups seeking peaceful resolution, observance of human rights, and a halt to all violence and coercion directed against civilians.
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
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