Israel and Sri Lanka: Orwell Couldn't Have Done it Better

Ron Ridenour Salem-News.com-Jan-072014 Sri Lankas genocidal government, client of genocidal Israel, exchanges honors with genocidal victim State of Palestine. here are no two !eo!les "etter suited to "e fast allies than these victims of genocide.
Gaza children at left, Tamil family on the right.

#$%P&N'()&N* - he government of Palestine !resented Sri Lanka President +ahinda Ra,a!aksa with the -Star of Palestine. the highest award of the State of Palestine, on /anuar0 1. - he relations "etween Sri Lanka and the State of Palestine are exce!tional and we remain committed to extending our fullest su!!ort to the State of Palestine and the friendl0 !eo!le of Palestine,. President Ra,a!aksa said during the conferment ceremon0. -President Ra,a!aksa, on "ehalf of the !eo!le of Sri Lanka, conferred the 2Sri Lanka +itra 3i"hushana awards on former Palestinian President 4asser (rafat and current President +ahmoud (""as,. during his current onlanka.com tri! to Palestine, Israel and /ordan. So re!orted the Sri Lankan news agenc0dailymirror.lk/news/41266-mr-conferred-with-star-of-palestineaward.html. his is not satire al"eit dou"le s!eak. he Sinhalese chauvinist Sri Lanka government !ractices genocide against amils, as confirmed "0 the Permanent Peo!les ri"unal, which held hearings in 5erman, )erman0, 6ecem"er 7-89, :98;. salem-news.com/articles/january052014/slwar-crimesrr.php,colombotelegraph.com/index.php/sri-lanka-commits-genocide-against-tamils/, dissi dentvoice.org/2014/01/permanent-peoples-tribunal-verdict-sri-lanka-commits-genocideagainst-tamils he <ionist State !ractices genocide against the Palestinians, as man0 nations acknowledge and so determined "0 the =ar $rimes ri"unal in >uala Lum!ur, Novem"er :1, :98;. informationclearinghouse.info/article37129.htm he >uala Lum!ur =ar $rimes ri"unal #>L=$ * found former Israeli arm0 general Amos Yaron and the state of Israel guilt0 of crimes against humanit0 and genocide stemming from the massacre of Palestinians in 5eiruts Sa"ra and Shatila refugee cam!s in 8?@:. -=hile its constantl0 mindful of its stature as merel0 a tri"unal of conscience with no real !ower or enforcement, this tri"unal finds that witnesses in this case are entitled ex ,ustitia to the !a0ment or re!arations "0 the two convicted !arties,. said >L=$ !resident an Sri Lamin +ohd 4unus. Lamin ho!ed that armed with the tri"unals findings, the witnesses who were also the victims

in the case, would, in the near future, find a state or an international ,udicial entit0 a"le and willing to exercise ,urisdiction to enforce the tri"unals verdict against the two convicted !arties. Now that Ra,a!aksa has declared eternal friendshi! with Palestine !erha!s he would offer his government to "ring the tri"unals wishes "efore the world court or, even "etter, he could tr0 Israel for war crimes and genocide against the Palestinians. he du!licit0 of Sri Lanka foreign relations is "e0ond %rwellian. he governments of AS(BA> and other &uro!ean states, (ustralia, Israel, India on the one hand, and on the other hand $hina, Russia, Iran, Pakistan gave or sold wea!onr0 in the multi-millions of dollars to Sri Lankan governments over decades, and aided in man0 other wa0s the defeat of the amils guerrilla movement, including the L & #Li"eration igers of amil &elam*. Since the end of the long civil war, +a0 :99?, western states slightl0 criticiCe Sri Lanka for !ossi"le human rights a"uses. $onseDuentl0, the revolutionar0B!rogressive governments of $u"a and its (L5( alliance with 3eneCuela, 5olivia, &cuador, Nicaragua, and three other small $ari""ean states, as well as $hina, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, all !raise Sri Lanka and view onl0 the amil guerrilla movement as terrorist. $om!licating the h0!ocris0 is the fact that the AS is Sri Lankas num"er one trading !artner, and the &A is second. No government su!!orted the li"eration of amils from well documented re!ression and o!!ression, including ineDualities in access to education and ,o"s, discrimination against their language and religions, all "0 law. he im!ortant economic and militar0 role that Israel has !la0ed for Sri Lanka against the amils hardl0 comes into the s!otlight when the Sri Lanka- amil conflict is discussed. Nor is this !ointed out when $u"a and the other (L5( governments !raise Sri Lanka, ignore amils, while the0 !raise Palestine and condemn Israel. -Israel has "een a faithful su!!lier to Sri Lanka. serving the militar0, commerce and !olitics, as maintained "0 the Swedish "ook -(rms rade with Sri LankaE glo"al "usiness, local costs., !ut out "0 the Swedish Peace and (r"itration Societ0 and the Swedish Sri Lanka $ommittee #svenskafreds.se/sites/default/files/arms-trade-with-sri-lanka.pdf * he stud0 !rovides hard-to-find figures on what countries !rovided what armaments to Sri Lanka. +ost of the wea!onr0 that the L & acDuired came from ca!turing enem0 arms and some were "ought on the "lack market. Sri Lanka "ought its wea!ons from a score of governments, s!ending "etween 7 and 87F of their "udgets on the militar0 during the war. #See m0 article, -Sri Lanka =ar $rimes-)enocide with =est $om!licit0E an anal0sis. ronridenour.com/articles/2012/0525--rr.htm. he most decisive sales and donations in the latter 0ears of war came from Israel #and $hina*. ( vast num"er of com"at aircraft #81 >fir ,ets !lus nine others* and man0 of the shi!s #es!eciall0 six Su!er 6vora and ;@ Shaldag fast !atrol craft* used "0 Sri Lanka came from Israel. It also su!!lied seven unmanned vehicles, 81 anti-shi! mines, communication and surveillance eDui!ment, and great Duantities of ammunitionG !lus !ilots and +ossad intelligence and counter-intelligence agents. +akhdoom 5a"ar, editor-in-chief of the !ro-Sri Lanka government 6ail0 +ail re!orted that Israel uses Sri Lanka waters to test their missiles. dailymailnews.com/dmsp0204/dm44.html. ( :99? SIPRI re!ort, -International (rms ransfers., shows that "etween :999 and :997, Sri Lanka acDuired -several large warshi!s from India, Israel and the AS(.. he Swedish-"ased international arms conflict monitor re!orted that Israel has "een a ma,or and effective arms

su!!lier. sipri.org/yearbook/2009/files/SIPRIYB0907.pdf. In the 8?@9s, Israeli ex!erts advised Sri Lanka to create "order villages and arm Sinhala civilians as home guards. his is what the AS also did in !arts of Southeast (sia during its genocidal war in the 8?19s-79s. <ionist Israels aid was so useful to Sri Lanka that it sent its chief-of-staff, 6onald Perera, to Israel as its am"assador after the militar0 victor0. he widest read <ionist dail0 in Israel, 4edioth (hronoth, ran a length0 interview with the new am"assadorEynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3923309,00.html, in /ul0 :989 'e s!oke !roudl0 as a war commander of having -a great relationshi! with 0our militar0 industries and with Israel (eros!ace industries.. -Hor 0ears Israel has aided our war on terror through the exchange of information and the sale of militar0 technolog0 and eDui!ment.. )eneral Perera s!oke of Israel as -a countr0 I consider a !artner in the war against terror,. thus la"eling Palestinians li"eration struggle for their homeland and the sim!le right to exist as terrorism. his is !recisel0 how he and the Sinhalese chauvinist governments view the amils struggle for li"eration, sim!l0 as terrorism. =ar criminal !ar excellence, Perera su!!orted Israels illegal and "loodthirst0 attack on the )aCa-"ound urkish shi! on +a0 ;8, :989, during which it murdered nine solidarit0 activists. 'e said, -I can understand that Israel had to !rotect itself,.Iagainst unarmed civilians "earing material necessities for an occu!ied, "esieged !eo!leJ ronridenour.com/books/tamil_nation_in_sri_lanka.htm, !age 8?. here are no two !eo!les "etter suited to "e fast allies than these victims of genocideE Palestinians and Sri Lanka amils. =hen the0 figure that out, the two nations-in-the-making could confer u!on +ahinda Ra,a!aksa the %rwellian award for dou"le s!eak. www.ronridenour.com