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Christmas in Jerusalem 2007 for 21st Century Jeremiah: Mordechai Vanunu

On Christmas Eve evening I picked up my mailoff American Christians from the very root of
and opened up a card from Jerusalem sent towhat the Prince of Peace/Jesus was all about.
me by Mordechai Vanunu. He made me laugh outJesus never demanded he be worshipped, but he
loud, for he addressed it to: "Eileenpromised that it is the peacemakers who are
Flaming" not Fleming, which is my actualthe children of God; and NOT those who bomb,
name.torture  of  occupy  others.
But, upon reflection, I think Vanunu hasNo Way did Jesus ever say that "SECURITY"
renamed me well; for I am flaming over the-the blanket excuse of empire builders to
hypocrisy and injustice of empire and apathyjustify and deny basic human rights and
and ignorance of good Christians who have nointernational  law-is  OK!
eyes to see, ears to hear, or hearts that
bleed for the poor and oppressed in the HolyThe term 'Christian' was not even coined
land  and  the  entire  Middle  East.until the days of Paul, about 3 decades after
Jesus walked the earth a man. Jesus was never
I picked my Christmas Eve mail up three yearsa Christian, but he was a social justice,
to the very hour to when I had first read anradical revolutionary Palestinian devout
article by Jerry Levin about Vanunu's 2004Jewish road warrior who rose up and
Christmas Eve arrest for attempting to travelchallenged the job security of the Temple
the less than two hour walk from Jerusalem toauthorities by teaching the people they did
Bethlehem. Levin was a former CNN Mid EastNOT need to pay the priests for ritual baths
Bureau Chief of the 1980's who had been aor sacrificing livestock to be OK with God;
secular Jew held hostage by the Lebanesefor God already LOVED them just as they were:
Hezbollah. Levin escaped his captivitysinners, poor, diseased, outcasts, widows,
unharmed shortly after a mystical Christmasorphans, refugees and prisoners all living
Eve experience of Jesus and had become a fullunder  Roman  Military  Occupation.
time volunteer with Christian Peacemaker
Teams in Hebron. Levin's article aboutWhat got Jesus crucified was disturbing the
Vanunu's Christmas Eve arrest got my Irishstatus quo of the Roman Occupying Forces of
temper flaming about the injustices Israel ishis time, by teaching the subversive concept
allowed to perpetuate; and three Christmas'that Caesar only had power because God
later,  my  flaming  Irish  temper  persists.allowed it and that God preferred the humble
sinner, the poor, diseased, outcasts, widows,
In 2004, Vanunu had attempted to celebrateorphans, refugees and prisoners all living
his first Christmas Eve Mass as a Christianunder Roman Occupation above the elite and
in the Little Town of Bethlehem's Church ofarrogant  military  occupiers.
the Nativity, which is in Occupied Territory.
Instead of mass, Israel arrested him andThe early followers and lovers of Jesus were
Vanunu spent Christmas Eve night in prisoncalled members of THE WAY-being THE WAY he
for Israel claimed Vanunu was "attempting totaught one should be; Nonviolent, a
leave the county" which they have notPeacemaker and one who did the will of the
allowed.Father. And, "What does God require? He has
told you o'man! Be just, be merciful, and
On December 26, I opened up an email Vanunuwalk  humbly  with  your  Lord."  -Micah  6:8
had sent me about his 2007 Christmas in
Jerusalem:2,000 years ago The Cross had NO symbolic
religious meaning. When Jesus said: "Pick up
"Bad news, Dec. 25 th. The police come to theyour cross and follow me," He was issuing a
American Colony to arrest me. I was meeting aPOLITICAL statement, for the main roads in
young German girl who wanted to know moreJerusalem were lined with crucified
about my story. They took us to the policeagitators, rebels, dissidents and any others
questioning me, hold me until midnight 24:00.who disturbed the status quo of the Roman
Not so impressive all this again arrest. IOccupying  Forces.
think the police was waiting for my arrest in
Bethlehem, since I did go to B L. they foundIsrael claims they cannot let Vanunu leave
new reason to arrest me. Any way life willIsrael because he still has a 'secret' he has
continue  as  I  am  doing  all the Time.vmjcyet to tell about their underground WMD
Program in the Dimona, which Vanunu has NOT
On  December  27,  Vanunu  wrote  again:sent foot into in over 21 years-and
international inspectors never have been
"...they were very harsh to the young Germanallowed to tread upon. Yet Israel claims
girl, they were questioning here like by theSECURITY as their rational and ignores and
KGB,or Stasi, she was in a separate room. Shedenies  the  risks  to  their  own  citizens.
was still there after i left at 24:00. I did
not go to Bethlehem, because I knew they were"In mid-November, London's Sunday Times
waiting for me. So do what ever you can ,youreported that Israel put defenses around its
are in a free country. Next court hearingDimona nuclear reactor on "red alert" 30
Jan.  8."times… given the threat of radioactive
releases, does the plant's continued
Israel claims they cannot let Vanunu leaveoperation outweigh the risks? Dimona...is the
Isreal for they believe he still has anotherregion's largest nuclear plant and sole
secret to tell about their WMD Program in theproducer of atomic weapons
Negev, which has never allowed internationalmaterials…Dimona is no Chernobyl. It
inspectors into and which Vanunu has not setgenerates only about 5 percent of that failed
into in over 21 years. Leaving Israel is allSoviet reactor's power. Still, the plant -
Vanunu has desired since his April 21, 2004along with its spent nuclear fuel, extracted
release from 18 years in prison for tellingplutonium, and nuclear reprocessing waste -
the world the truth that Israel was alreadyposes significant radiological hazards that a
nuclear  in  1986.military strike [against it] could disperse
into the environment…during the June
When I read Jerry Levin's article about1967 war Israel shot down one of its own
Vanunu's Christmas Eve arrest in 2004, IMirage jet fighters when it strayed over the
became flaming mad for I could not comprehendfacility. In 1973, Dimona's defenders downed
how a democracy could deny anyone froma wayward Libyan civilian airliner heading
worshiping any where and any how theyfor the reactor, killing 108 people. But the
desired. On Christmas Eve 2004, I spent hours1991 Gulf War upset whatever solace Israel
at my computer emailing Mr. Bill O'Reilly-thecould take from the past. Iraqi Scud missiles
champion of the "war on Christmas" and myhit Tel Aviv, and one came close to hitting
local paper; the Orlando Sentinel, the NewDimona. Hizbullah's bombardment of northern
York Times and dozens of other MSM outlets,Israel in 2006 further demonstrated the
in the naïve belief that the Fourth Estatecountry's vulnerability to missile
reported the truth and had the best interestsattack…Dimona has produced all the
of  America  and  democracy  at  heart.plutonium that Israel reasonably needs, and
the reactor - one of the worlds oldest - has
How little I knew about how deluded I wassuffered minor mishaps and evident
back  then.deterioration, raising the specter of more
serious  accidents."
In the olden days of 2004, I had not yet
taken my first of five journeys into Israel"For Caesar, peace is imposed by the might of
Palestine.empire...Peace comes when the sovereignty of
God is acknowledged rather than Caesar's.
In 2004, I naively/ignorantly believed thatFor people living under occupation or
the USA Fourth Estate reported the truth andoppression, Caesar has become a symbol of the
cared  about  the  best interests of America.evil that crushes and enslaves…In the
kingdom of God, glory and sovereignty belong
I once thought the USA MSM would be enragedto God and not to Caesar. God's peace is not
that a Christian from Jerusalem would beachieved by crushing and eliminating others
denied the right to enter the Little Town ofbut by embracing them. Caesar's empire is
Bethlehem and celebrate the birth of a littlebuilt on violence and military might, God's
child named Jesus who was born, lived andempire is built on justice and mercy.
died  under  Military  occupation.Caesar's peace enslaves and humiliates, God's
peace liberates and restores dignity to the
But I am not as naïve or uninformed as Ioppressed. Caesar builds walls to separate
had  once  been.people, God tears down the walls of
separation to join, unify, and reconcile them
In 2007, the USA Fourth Estate ignoredone with the other. Caesar's peace is
Vanunu's second Christmas arrest and alsoexclusive for a chosen few, God's peace is
ignored  that  Israel:inclusive for all regardless of their race or
ethnicity. Ultimately, peace will come not
"Blocked clergy from reaching their churchesfrom the Caesars and all those who trust in
and Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem andtheir military might and in the arrogance of
elsewhere in the Holy Land…The Israelitheir power but from the meek that put their
authorities are arbitrarily denying entry totrust in God. It is the meek who will
clergy and volunteers belonging to or workinginherit the earth. Peace will come from the
for Christian institutions and servicelabor, toil, and hard work of all those who
providers. The clergy being harassed anddo not glory in their riches or in their
denied entry to Israel and the occupiedpower but glory in their love and service of
Palestinian territory (oPt) join tens ofGod and in their love and acceptance of
thousands of ordinary foreign passportothers. God's message of peace still rings
holders of Palestinian and non-Palestiniantrue, not from Annapolis that represents
origin who wish to be with their families,empire, but from the small town of Bethlehem,
work or study, as well as tourists andPalestine that still suffers under
pilgrims…In addition, there appears tooccupation. The peace that the Caesars of
be a new policy by Israel to refuse entry orthe world give is largely false and
visa extension for foreign, primarilydeceptive, and it cannot last. Only the
Western, Christian volunteers working withpeace that God gives, the peace that is based
various Christian organizations here. This ison justice and truth will survive and
affecting the viability of theseprosper."- Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation
organizations and the normal connection withTheology Center Jerusalem Statement of
their supporters and fellow Christians in theDecember  18,  2007
countries that contribute to the presence of
these Christian workers. They representWe are living George Orwell's nightmare in
mainstream Christian and faith-based groups,the 21st century; for war is claimed to be
such as the World Council of Churches and thethe way to peace and nuclear weapons are
American Friend's Service Committee thatpromised  as  the  way  to  provide security.
advocate non- violence and brotherhood and
are in no way a threat to the security of"In Orwell's 1984…a state or alleged
Israel…Israel has continued to pursuestate of war is used to maintain total
both policies and practices that fail tocontrol over everyone. Lies have replaced
comply with International Humanitariantruth, and the media serves as propagandist
Law."-Press  Release  Dec.  24,  2007,  fromfor the Ministry of Truth. The meaning of
words, such as 'freedom' has been perverted.
The USA MSM totally ignored this abominationThe attitude of 1984's all-powerful
as it has also ignored one of the mostgovernment is 'you are with us or against
historic  stories  of  the  21st  Century:us.'  -  Paul  Craig  Roberts
Vanunu's Freedom of Speech Trial in theYet, hope prevails in this season of
'democracy' of Israel; which is no democracyreflection and comprehends that all things
at  all,  unless  you  are  a  Jew.are possible for "we have it in our power to
begin  the  world  again."-  Tom  Paine.
I contend that Vanunu is a prophet, and
prophets do not necessarily predict theHope is not an optimistic wish; hope is what
future, but point out the disaster ahead,fuels persistence and "Nothing in the world
provoke people to think about God and shine acan take the place of persistence. Talent
brighter light onto what has already beenwill not. ... Genius will not. ... Education
revealed. The ancient Hebrew prophets werewill not. Persistence and determination alone
always ignored, ridiculed or demonized inare  omnipotent."- Calvin  Coolidge
their life times and so, I also contend, that
Vanunu  qualifies  as  one.This civilian journalist has no hope in the
USA Government or MSM to effect change, but I
The last time I crossed paths with Vanunu,have a flaming hope in the New Fourth Estate
was in July of this year directly in front ofwho report truth on the World Wide Web and
Saint Stephen's Church in East Jerusalem andwho are the muckrakers of the 21st century
he told me, "This is the very spot where theybut "we have yet to begin to IMAGINE the
stoned to death the first Christian martyrpower and potential of the Internet."-Charlie
for  freedom  of  speech."Rose,  2005
Prophets and martyrs have always agitated"It's not dark yet, but it's getting
empire and empire has always sought to renderthere."-Bob  Dylan
a society subservient by dividing and thus
conquer  a  people."The light shines in the darkness, and the
darkness  has  not  overcome  it."-John  1:5
Big Brother and the MSM in the USA label
indigenous people throughout the Middle EastNor will it; as long as there is Net
who have risen up and are fighting forNeutrality and truth, justice and peace
control of their own lives and homeland asseekers.
terrorists and negates the terror America,
the Industrial Military Complex and theEveryone has the right to freedom of opinion
inhumanity of military occupation has doneand expression; this right includes freedom
unto  them.to hold opinions without interference and to
seek, receive and impart information and
The neo-con philosophy infused with theideas through any media and regardless of
heretical Christian Zionist theology has cutfrontiers.



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