Saturday, July 18, 2009

The Rise of Neo-Andnet and Neo-Alrabita

These days, reading the Eritrean websites seems like reading the 1940’s Eritrean news papers…even though it has been 70 years now. I thought those periods produce their own momentum and were closed with a dear blood. I thought the 1940’s was history…keman eka Alem Seged wrote a two volume history on those days? isn't that long enough or is history repeating it self? Here is some of the GNAMGNAM…

The Neo-Andnet Group:
This group is led by Professor Tesfazion Medhanie, Professor Tekeste Negash and their student Yosief Gebrihiwot…all Eritreans.

1. Professor Tekeste Negash continues to argue Eritrean nationalism was based on false premise and prescribes Eritrea to go back to her mother Ethiopia(and not to Sudan). Read his article to see his degree of hate. But Caution: he is Historian and he can mislead you with his narration:
2. His student Yosief Gebrihiwet continues his hate of Ghedli and asks “Is it worth the sacrifice we made for our independence?”…actually reading the article by Yosief after reading Tekeste Negash’s article shows you where he is getting the lecture. Without any shame, Yosief argues our founding fathers were wrong to ask for independence of Eritrea and if they have the wisdom and foresight he has, they would have never wanted independence.
3. Professor Tesfazion Medhanie proposes a confederation with Ethiopia.
4. Shaleqa Dawit Weldegerghis, a former governor of Eritrea under the Derge regime, warns his Ethiopian fellow to avoid the mistakes Haileslasie and Derge did…” don’t rush now” and adds “we have to accept Eritrean independence and work together with our Eritrean brothers”…As if we don’t know their strategy of “mekormeyi zrekebes’ mesafihi neysin”

The above are those visible in the neo-Andnet group, but there others too.

The other group on the rise is the Neo-Alrabita. Read Some of the articles here:
1. Uncharted Territory by Ali Salim
2. Hade Hizbi K'ilte Lbi by Ali Salim
3. Shifta Ghebre on the Move Again by Mohammed Ahmed

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