Sudanese defense minister says '24 Jewish organizations fueling conflict in Darfur'
Yaakov Lappin
Israel News
Sudan's defense minister, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has accused "24 Jewish organizations" of "fueling the conflict in Darfur" last week in an interview with a Saudi newspaper.Hussein was interviewed during an official state visit to the Saudi kingdom last week.
A journalist from Saudi Arabia's Okaz newspaper asked Hussein: "Some people are talking about the penetration of Jewish organizations in Darfur and that there is no conflict there?"
"The Darfur issue is being fuelled by 24 Jewish organizations, who are making the largest amount of noise over the issue, and using the Holocaust in their campaigning," the Sudanese defense minister replied.
Hussein added that the Darfur conflict was driven by "friction between farmers and herders and shepherds. Among the biggest problems is that of water, which is used to exploit the differences and fuel the conflict."
"Are these Jewish groups supporting (the rebels) financially?," the interviewer from Okaz asked Hussein.
"Yes, they provide political and material support through their control over the media and across American and British circles," Hussein said, adding that Jewish groups were using "all means to fuel these conflicts."
He added that Western reports of 200,000 people dying in Sudan were false, and said: "We talk about 9,000 dead as a result of either government or rebel actions."
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Why did you leave this part out???????????????????????
Sudan govt : the jews are responsible for the darfur genocide
The muslim sudanese government recently stated that the jews are the ones to blame for the genocide occuring in darfur by the govt backed arabic janjaweed militia, and even if there is a genocide, the jews are lying about how many people are actually dead.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=60a_1185739383&c=1
Why are you editing the article???
Meanwhile, in the US, a number of Jewish organizations have attempted to raise awareness over the plight of Sudanese citizens who face mass killings and ethnic cleansing from the Sudanese government. Some 20 Jewish organizations joined the 'Save Darfur Coalition,' along with other religious communities and American civil rights groups.
Save space.
Not that deep Casper.
This Palestinian stands with Darfur
Posted: Aug 14, 2007 2:12 PM
RAY HANANIA
One would hope that what is going on in Darfur would bring people together. Instead the tragedy has blurred moralities because it has cast ethnic black Africans as victims of Arab oppression.
Rather than subdue Sudan, the Arab League has stood by doing nothing, except to argue that bringing up the Arab aspect of the conflict is wrong. And why should the Arabs act when the United Nations - where Arab clout is practically non-existent - has done so little?
The UN is characteristically shackled by larger political forces which have stymied plans to create a truly international force over four years of worthless rhetoric.
Although Muslims around the world are quick to champion Muslim rights, even when they are "Muslim wrongs," there is a cultural hesitancy over Darfur driven by racism; the victims, who are mostly Muslim, are "Abeds" - the Arabic word for "slave," which, when used in this context, is equivalent to "nigger" in English.
Much of the movement to protect the persecuted black Africans in Darfur from the Sudanese government's militia allies, including the notoriously brutal Janjaweed, is based in the West, where good causes make for great celebratory music festivals, fabulously huge fundraisers, and news media coverage for headline-addicted Hollywood types.
THE JANJAWEED were unleashed by Sudan's government to repel a rebellion in Darfur, although the Sudanese claim they have no ties to or control over the Janjaweed. Yet the best that a spokesman for the government of Sudan can do is to blame it all on the Jews. During an interview with a Saudi newspaper, Sudan's defense minister, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, accused "24 Jewish organizations" of "fueling the conflict in Darfur."
Hussein brushed off what the rest of the world decries as genocide as the result of "friction between farmers and herders and shepherds."
Sudan's response sits well with many who would love to distract attention from the atrocities by claiming the negative publicity is being generated by a Jewish conspiracy. The logic goes that Jews are only too happy to help because Darfur refugees are not Palestinians but black Africans oppressed by Israel's sworn enemies, the Arabs.
EVIDENCE CITED by Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein and other Sudanese officials is that often heading up the do-gooder campaigns such as Save Darfur are an array of Jewish American organizations. Actually, I counted nearly 50 US Jewish groups in the coalition.
Yet overlooked is the presence of many Arab American and Muslim American organizations, too, including the Arab American Institute, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), Muslim American Society (MAS), American Islamic Congress (AIC), American Islamic Forum, and the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA).
Not included, however, is the largest Arab grassroots organization, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC).
Many of the 78 Arab American newspapers have run stories that reflect Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein's line of thinking.
SAVING DARFUR is not a cornerstone of Arab or Muslim American concerns, and I suspect that even the involvement of many of the Arab groups participating in the coalition is related to politics; knowing full well that if they are not part of the effort, the Jews might turn Darfur into one big bash-the-Arabs (and Palestinians) campaign.
But I ask: Is there anyone who just cares about the lives of innocent people? Can't we just help people without blaming things on "the Jews," or "the Arabs," or "the Muslims?"
Sudan is no different than any other country in the world. The rich get richer, living off the enormous profits of the oil industry, while the poor get poorer, struggling to survive with dwindling food and water.
Why should the Arab-Israeli conflict play a role in the Sudan crisis? It may be true that US Jewish organizations are seizing an opportunity to cast the Arabs in a bad light. But on the other hand, why bother when Arabs are already portrayed so negatively in the Western news media?
Even if Jewish leaders may be enjoying the drubbing the Arab reputation is taking in Darfur, are the Sudanese government and Arabs in general saying the Jews started the fight there?
From a Palestinian standpoint, I know it is exactly troubles like these that harm our cause.
But we are undermining our cause if we insist that the world not pay attention to other crises as bad or far worse than our own.
The first people who should be standing up to tell the Sudanese government to stop oppressing innocent people and to disband the Janjaweed are the Arabs, Muslims, and especially the Palestinians.
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Casper, through all your posts, I still don't get what your position or should I say your understanding is of what is happening in Darfur.
Please tell us why there is so much media attention on the Dafur crisis. You shoot down every ones opinion on the matter... so please tell us your theory.
accra
1st of all I am on the front page of CNN.com and not one mention of Darfur. But 6 mentions of Iraq.
accra, you are on DV too much. you are mistaking its coverage for global coverage.
pretty good DV.
you seem to be doing more to promote the non-promotion than even the so called promoters.
Jasai,
You need to read a little more.
You sound like people who wanted to know what all the fuss about Iraq was 12 months before we invaded.
4,000 American lives later
750,000 Iraqi lives later
Global Religious War
Now the same people are up to it in Africa.
What is happening in the horn of Africa Somalia to Sudan is huge and an extension of what is happening in Iraq.
The same chaos, death and mayhem that has befallen that country is about to explode in that area of the world.
Understanding we are being deceived about Sudan, by the same people who deceived us about Iraq, is liberating and empowering.
If want to share your views on US foreign policy, oil, war and propaganda - I'd love to hear it.
If you aren't interested, that's cool too.
But suggesting it is non-issue is a lame hustle.
par·a·noi·a
2. baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others
Im just saying!
As for Muslims being racist against Africans, you say that as if Islam is a race and all 1.2 BILLION Muslims are the same race, culture, etc. The majority of Muslims are non-Arabs and non-Arab speakers, which I am sure you know.
A Live 8-style concert to help tackle the humanitarian crisis in Darfur will be put on by British Muslims.
Organisers said that they hoped the event at Wembley Arena in London on 21 October would be a sell-out.
Fareena Alam, the editor of the Muslim magazine Q News, was part of a Muslim delegation backed by the Foreign Office which travelled to Darfur to talk to victims of the violence.
She told a press conference: "It is very shameful that we can get very, very hot and bothered about other issues.
"There is a lot of information about Darfur. There is no doubt this is Muslim-on-Muslim violence. In Iraq, the enemy is externalised.
"In this situation where are the values that we talk about, that killing one life is about killing humanity? This has to be high profile. It is a huge embarrassment to us."
Saifuddin Ahmed of Muslim Aid, said it was "quite shameful" that Muslim nations had donated less than western countries.
He added: "I feel that the Muslim community must match the level of response that our government has done."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6955341.stm
What Muslim people believe and what the Arab League does are very different things.
I don't think it's racism or religion... I think it's a money thang. But whether genocide or civil war people still end up the same way. DEAD PEOPLE over money!
True dat. That's the story of history.
Jasai, you are on DV as much as I am if not more.
I usually only contribute to issues that I know something about or that interest me.
Aside from the news coverage from the West CNN BBC ,Deutsche Welle, ARD, I also get to hear the news from the perspective of this side of the world including AL Jazeera.
I am throughly convinced that all the Western anti Sudan messages are about more than what is happening in Darfur.
You are also entitled to your opinion on the matter.
And at the end of the day, it's the little people that suffer.
Wow, so 200,000 dead (40,000 from violence) or 9000 dead?
Is there any 3rd party or independent sources that confirm some number?
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