From Abba Bahrey to Dr. Berhanu Nega’s ESAT and Gimbot-7 – Irrational Fear of the Oromo (Oromo-Phobia) at the Center of Hateful Campaign of Defamation Against Oromo Human Rights Activists

From the Editor’s Notebook of gadaa.com

Anyone, who has paid attention to the Horn of African social media over the last few days, can notice the ongoing hateful campaign of defamation against Oromo human rights activists; a video of a minute and 40-seconds long is being used to propagate Oromo-phobia.

In the video, Oromo nationalist activists in Oslo, Norway, chanted, “Stop Killing Oromos in Saudi Arabia!” (watch video below). And, some Ethiopianist activists (especially those who work for the Oromo-phobic ESAT, aka the Neftegna TV station) purposely misinterpreted what the Oromo activists were saying, as if the Oromo activists were saying, “Kill Others, but not Oromos!” This was done to purposely misinform the public and propagate Oromo-phobia.

The Genesis of the ESAT and Gimbot-7 Oromo-Phobia
Back in 2010, in a jaw-dropping revelation, Dr. Berhanu Nega, the chief priest of ESAT/Neftegna-TV and Gimbot-7, told the world that, what drove him into politics was the “fear of the Oromo,” especially the fear of those Oromos whom he had met in prison during his temporary detention in the early 2000′s.

Here’s that video in which Dr. Berhanu Nega tells it all:

If the chief priest of the ESAT and Gimbot-7 openly declares his Oromo-phobia, it’s clear that ESAT and Gimbot-7 are motivated by the 4-century-old (since Abba Bahrey) Oromo-phobia propagated by Abyssinia against Oromo (i.e. over the last 400 years.)

Up until the late 19th century, the Oromo, as a nation, were completely unaware of the hate propagated against them by generations of kings and debtera’s of Abyssinia – and that unawareness of what Abyssinia was up to, had led to the manufacturing of many Ras Gobana’s (those who didn’t know they were being deceived by Abyssinia), and also to the sudden total conquest and occupation of Oromia by the psychologically well-prepared enemy, Abyssinia in the late 19th-century. For over 300 years prior to the conquest, the Abyssinians were preparing themselves – psychologically and diplomatically (through European travelers of those eras), to “drive the Oromo to the ocean it came from.”

The 19th-century conquest was a rude awakening for the Oromo; since the late 19th-century conquest, the Oromo have continued to wage countless struggles to free the Oromo people and land from Abyssinia. Inch by inch, the Oromo nation is getting close to victory – thus, the recent rise in Oromo-phobia, such as one portrayed by Dr. Berhanu Nega, should not surprise us.

THE ESAT AND GIMBOT-7 OROMO-PHOBIA MOVEMENT
Recently, the Oromo-phobia comes in this form: Oromo nationalist activists in Oslo, Norway, chanted, “Stop Killing Oromos!” in Saudi Arabia (watch video below). And, some Ethiopianist activists (especially those who work for the Oromo-phobic ESAT, aka the Neftegna TV station) purposely misinterpreted what the Oromo activists were saying, as if the Oromo activists were saying, “Kill Others, but not Oromos!”

In the same recent Saudi Arabian immigration crisis, some other African immigrants in Saudi Arabia were also targeted by the Saudi security forces and youth mobs. However, the Ethiopianist activists from DC to Los Angeles were saying – “Stop Killing Ethiopians!” – does that mean they were saying, “Kill Other Africans, but not Ethiopians!”??

Unless one is naive and drunk with Oromo-phobia, “Stop Killing Oromos” doesn’t come close to saying, “Kill Others, Spare Oromos!”

However, when they were saying, “Free Eskinder!” in all of their human rights rallies, were they implying ‘do not release the 99% Oromo nameless political prisoners’?! … Why should they, the ESAT/G7 Ethiopianists, care about the other 99% Oromo nameless political prisoners, whom they have always identified as “hateful,” “bitter.” When they say, “FREE ESKINDER!” – what’s exactly what they mean, “DO NOT RELEASE THE HATEFUL AND BITTER OROMO POLITICAL PRISONERS!” The chief priest of the Oromo-phobic movement of ESAT and Gimbot-7 speaks (watch video below) – listen how he labels our Oromo political prisoners (who are languishing in the one of the worst prisons in Africa, the Qaalittii prison) as “hateful,” “bitter” – this irrational labeling of the Oromo is the guiding principle of the ESAT and Gimbot-7 Oromo-Phobic Movement.

And, the labeling of the Oromo activists in Oslo as “beasts,” who care for no one else, but Oromo, is the irrational manifestation of the ESAT and Gimbot-7 Oromo-phobic movement.

Continued Trend of Oromo-Phobia from ESAT and Gimbot-7
This is not the first-time for the ESAT and Gimbot-7 Oromo-Phobic Movement to propagate irrational fear of the Oromo; back in 2012, they released a documentary film to incite violence between the Oromo nation and its good neighbors in the east, west, south and north: basically, to whomever was willing to listen to their propaganda and go to fighting against the Oromo.

Oromos should not tolerate such blatant defamation of the Oromo nation; they must fight against the ESAT and Gimbot-7 Oromo-Phobic Movement.

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