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In the light of the growing discussion initiated by Israeli politicians
and Zionist enthusiasts regarding the eruption of new anti-Semitism I am
here to announce as loudly as I can: there is no anti-Semitism any more.
In the devastating reality created by the Jewish state, anti-Semitism
has been replaced by political reaction. I am not suggesting that Jewish
interests are not being mutilated and vandalized. I am not saying that
synagogues aren 't being attacked, that Jewish graves are not brutally
smashed up. I am saying that these acts, that are in no way legitimate,
should be seen as political responses rather than racially motivated
acts or 'irrational' hate crimes. If Israel is the state of the Jewish
people and the Jewish people themselves do not stand up collectively
against the crimes that are committed on their behalf, then every Jewish
person, Jewish symbol and Jewish object becomes an Israeli interest and
a potential terrorist target. It is up to the Jewish people to take a
stand against their Jewish state and to disassociate themselves from
their zealous national movement.
If, for instance, we woke up tomorrow morning to find that another
American so-called 'soft target' had been blown to pieces, no one would
think to suggest that it was a 'racially motivated anti-American
attack'. We would be naturally inclined to view the incident as an 'act
of terror' against 'American interests'. Our political analysts would
probably tell us that it was a form of retaliation against 'American
colonialism', 'expansionism', 'support of Zionism' and so forth. Since
Zionists want Israel to be seen as 'a nation among nations' we should
not treat them as a unique case. We should treat them as we do the
Americans and the British who have already realised that their various
expansionist interests around the world are under severe threat. If we
go along with the Zionist call to regard Jewish-ness as a nationalistic
category rather than a religious one, we should be consistent and regard
any act against Jews as a political reaction rather than an irrational
racist attack. In other words: the success of Zionism drains away any
possibility of anti-Semitism.
The last statement is perplexing because it is the Zionists who tell us
all the time that anti-Semitism is on the rise. Zionism is fuelled by
anti-Semitism. The Zionists need anti-Semitic acts in order to justify
the state of Israel as the only viable option for Jewish existence.
Zionists have long understood that it is anti-Semitic acts that push
Jews to support the idea of a Jewish state. Accordingly, in order to
promote Zionist interests, Israel must generate significant anti-Jewish
sentiment. Cruelty against Palestinian civilians is a favourite Israeli
means of achieving this aim. Hence, we confront something of a vicious
circle: the Israelis commit atrocities against the Palestinians; some
anti-Israeli feelings mature into sporadic verbal and violent attacks
against Jewish people and Jewish interests; Jews around the world feel
rightly threatened and inclined to support Israel; some of those Jews
emigrate to Israel; more Palestinian land is confiscated; anti-Jewish
outrage around the world grows. This is apparently the Zionist perpetuum
mobile. Unfortunately, it is damn effective. It has worked since the
early days of Zionism. Zionist leaders in Germany were very fast to
welcome Hitler and the Nazi regime (Dr Joachim Prinz (Germany, 1933) is
just one example). Sometimes, the Mossad itself has initiated attacks
against Jews in order to 'push them in the right direction ' (for
instance, attacks against synagogues in Iraq in the 1950s).
In its perpetuation of anti-Jewish feeling Zionism has two principal
aims. The first is simply to convince Jews that Israel is their safest
option. The second is more interesting: to shatter any possibility for
criticism of Israel. Zionist lobbies present all critical views of
Israel as a form of anti-Semitism. Zionists are now very well trained in
plucking on the gentile guilt string. This method is very effective
because most westerners fail to grasp the vicious deception entangled
within the Zionist identity. Zionism is grounded on a very specific
realisation of the Jewish identity as a synthesis of racial awareness,
religious awareness and nationalistic awareness.
While it is more than legitimate to criticise racist fundamentalism and
nationalistic zeal, Zionists present any attack on their venture as an
assault on the Jewish religion or the freedom of belief, or even the
right of Jews to exist.
Let's review some current typical Zionist arguments:
(a.) The 'Elders of Zion' syndrome: Zionists complain that Jews continue
to be associated with a conspiracy to rule the world via political
lobbies, media and money.
Is the suggestion of conspiracy really an empty accusation? The
following list is presented with pride in several Jewish American
websites.
Jews in Bush's Administration:
.. Ari Fleischer - White House Press Secretary
.. Josh Bolten - Deputy Chief of Staff
.. Ken Melman - White House Political Director
.. David Frum - Speechwriter
.. Brad Blakeman - White House Director of Scheduling
.. Dov Zakheim - Undersecretary of Defense (Controller)
.. Paul Wolfowitz - Deputy Secretary of Defense
.. I. Lewis Libby - Chief of Staff to the Vice President
.. Adam Goldman - White House Liaison to the Jewish Community
.. Chris Gersten - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration
for Children and Families at HHS
.. Elliott Abrams - Director of the National Security Council's Office
for Democracy, Human Rights and International Operations
.. Mark D. Weinberg - Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for Public Affairs
.. Douglas Feith - Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
.. Michael Chertoff - Head of the Justice Department's criminal division
.. Daniel Kurtzer - Ambassador to Israel
.. Cliff Sobel - Ambassador to the Netherlands
.. Stuart Bernstein - Ambassador to Denmark
.. Nancy Brinker - Ambassador to Hungary
.. Frank Lavin - Ambassador to Singapore
.. Ron Weiser - Ambassador to Slovakia
.. Mel Sembler - Ambassador to Italy
.. Martin Silverstein - Ambassador to Uruguay
.. Jay Lefkowitz - Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the
Domestic Policy Council
Let me assure you, in Clinton's administration the situation was even
worse. Even though the Jews only make up 2.9 per cent of the country's
population, an astounding 56 per cent of Clinton's appointees were Jews.
A coincidence? I don't think so. We have to ask ourselves what motivates
American Jews to gain such political power. Is it a genuine care for
American interests? Soon, following the growing number of American
casualties in Iraq, American people will start to ask themselves this
very question.
Since America currently enjoys the status of the world's only super
power and since all the Jews listed above declare themselves as devoted
Zionists, we must begin to take the accusation that the Jewish people
are trying to control the world very seriously. It is beyond doubt that
Zionists, the most radical, racist and nationalistic Jews around, have
already managed to turn America into an Israeli mission force. The
world's number one super power is there to support the Jewish state's
wealth and security matters. The one-sided pro-Zionist take on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the American veto against every
'anti-Israeli' UN resolution, the war against Iraq and now the militant
intentions against Syria, all prove beyond doubt that it is Zionist
interests that America is serving. American Jewry makes any debate on
whether the 'Protocols of the elder of Zion' are an authentic document
or rather a forgery irrelevant. American Jews do try to control the
world, by proxy. So far they are doing pretty well for themselves at
least. Whether the Americans enjoy the deterioration of their state's
affairs will no doubt be revealed soon.
(b.) Zionists occasionally argue that if Jewish nationalism is bad so is
any other form of nationalism.
I would argue, however, that there is nothing wrong with nationalism.
Being nationalistic - like being religious or loving punk music - is
about belonging. Yet Jewish nationalism is unacceptable because it is
based on racist fundaments and religious zeal. Zionism, which originally
presented itself as a secular movement, developed real ambitions in
relation to the land of Canaan. These aspirations were based on the
Biblical promise. In fact, Zionists were very quick to transform the
Holy Scriptures into a legal document. This was a radical distortion of
the most sacred Jewish spiritual text but they didn't finish there.
While being Jewish is about 'race' (you are a Jew only if your mother is
a Jew), Zionists believe that the whole of Palestine belongs solely to
the Jewish people. If we articulate this idea in Zionist terms we should
rather say that the whole of Palestine belongs to the Jewish race. This
type of idea ought to remind us of the Nazi expansionist philosophy, but
then we must remember that Zionism predates Nazi ideology. It is Jewish
nationalistic ideology that introduced the idea of 'living space' and
the expulsion of the indigenous years before Hitler was even born.
Presumably, if Nazism is regarded as an unacceptable form of
nationalism, Zionism should be treated the same.
But Zionists won't give up; in a righteous manner they will claim that
Jews are entitled to self-determination. They will argue that Jews, like
any other nation, are entitled to land. Whether this is the case or not,
however, is irrelevant. Even if we agree that Jews are entitled to have
a national home the existence of this national home cannot be at the
expense of the Palestinians or anyone else.
We tend to associate nationalism with a geographical reference. The
French people, for example, are those who live in France or were born
there. Similarly, the Americans are those who live in America or were
born there. When it comes to Jewish nationalism there is no demand for
geographical bonds but rather a special notion of geographical
aspiration. Every Jew from Brooklyn (NYC) or Golders Green (London, UK)
is entitled to Israeli citizenship at the expense of the Palestinian
people. This form of nationalism is unique and a form of racist,
expansionist colonialism. Jewish nationalism is best understood as an
international imperial movement specialising in colonising Palestine.
It should be noted that Palestinian nationalism is very different from
its Jewish rival. It is multi-cultural and based on a multi-ethnic
society. Palestinian nationalism is geographically based. It confers
Palestinian identity to those who live in Palestine.
Among the Palestinian people you will find Jewish Palestinians, many
different Christian Palestinians, many different Muslim groups. (In
discussing Palestinian identity I do not deny the possibility of ethnic
clashes between the different groups.) Palestinian nationalism produces
the ideal form of multi-ethnic democratic Arabic society. No wonder the
American tyrant is so keen to destroy it.
(c.) Zionists are not happy at all with the recycling of some old
'Anti-Semitic slogans and images'. They are especially annoyed when they
are blamed for the death of Jesus. (I am referring here to the Jewish
American organisations' reaction to Mel Gibson's The Passion. Many
people around the world regarded the Israeli siege of the Church of the
Nativity in Bethlehem as an attempt to kill Jesus 'again'.)
I would suggest that perhaps we should face it once and for all: the
Jews were responsible for the killing of Jesus who, by the way, was
himself a Palestinian Jew. But then two questions should be asked:
1. How is it that people living today feel accountable or chased for a
crime committed by their great great great ancestors almost 2,000 years
ago? I assume that those Jews who get angry when blamed for killing
Jesus are those who identify themselves with Jesus's killers. Those who
would commit this murderous act today. Those Jews are called Zionists
and they are already advancing into their sixth decade of inhuman crimes
against the Palestinian people and the Arab world. Zionism, for those
who do not know, is a repetition of the darkest age of the Jewish
Biblical era. It isn't that surprising therefore that Zionists have
selected the most suicidal chapters in Jewish history (such as Massada
and Bar Cochva) and turned them into the pillars of their reborn
culture. On the other hand, we must praise the Zionists for being
consistent. Zionists claim that the whole of Palestine belongs to the
Jews because their Jewish ancestors lived there 2,000 ago. Jews
attempting to live on confiscated Palestinian lands nowadays regard
themselves as the same Jews who lived in Palestine two millennia ago.
This must explain why Zionists are so offended when they are blamed for
the actions of Judas. They are offended because they are all Judases.
Might I remind the reader that the Judases of today are armed with
hundreds of nuclear weapons without being signed to any international
control treaty.
2. Why is it that the Jews who repeatedly demand that the Christian
world should apologise for its involvement in previous persecutions,
have never thought that it is about time that they apologised for
killing Jesus? I wouldn't ask the Italians to apologise on behalf of the
Romans for their part in Christ's killing simply because Italians do not
feel remotely offended when Romans are blamed for it. I merely suggest
that if a Jew feels offended when accused, this reveals attachment to
the perpetrators. It might be the right time for the Jewish state to ask
for forgiveness on behalf of the Jewish people for their immoral
behaviour.
I assume that the following lingual fact isn't known to most gentiles.
Jews do not use the name 'Jesus' when referring to Christ. Instead, they
use the Hebrew word 'Yeshu' which means 'may his name and memory be
erased for ever' (yeshu - Yimach Shemo Vzichro). I do want to believe
that most ordinary Jews are not familiar with the etymology of the name
Yeshu. In Jewish the hierarchy of insults this is the gravest and most
disrespectful. This combination of words is usually attached to Hitler
and evils of his calibre. Jesus, it would appear, is considered by
Jewish spiritual leaders as the embodiment of all evil. I ask myself, if
Jesus was as bad as Hitler (in the eyes of the rabbis), why is it that
the Jews are so offended when blamed for killing him? Why don't they
regard his killing as the most glamorous chapter of their history?
(d.) Zionists are always outraged when they are equated with Nazis. They
will say that to claim 'yesterday's victims are today's perpetrators' is
a form of 'Holocaust denial' and will argue that describing Israel as
the root of all evil justifies the Holocaust. With great shame I have to
agree that Israel's behaviour throws some light on the persecution of
Jews throughout history. Perhaps it is time to dispose of the notion of
'Holocaust denial'.
Westerners are very concerned not to be associated with any form of
Holocaust denial. In some countries Holocaust denial is treated as a
criminal offence. For years I have argued that Holocaust denial is not a
particularly interesting subject because as a notion it is far too wide.
In practice, anyone who tries to oppose the official Zionist
interpretation of World War II events instantly becomes a 'Holocaust
denier'. Some Zionists went so far as to accuse Roberto Benigni of
Holocaust denial when he made his masterpiece, Life is Beautiful.
It is true that for quite a while the Zionists were fairly successful.
They managed to stop the world from studying its history. Few people in
Germany, in Israel or anywhere else know about the extensive
collaboration between the Zionists and the Nazis before and during World
War II. I am not a historian and the question of whether 6 million or
rather 5,500,000 Jews died in the Holocaust is not really my major
concern. For me, the act of killing is a catastrophe and 'state
organised serial killing' is an unbearable and colossal catastrophe.
Accordingly, the form of Holocaust denial that really bothers me is the
denial of the on-going Palestinian Holocaust. This Holocaust is
documented and covered daily by the western media. The turning of
residential Palestinian cities into concentration camps; the deliberate
starvation of the Palestinian population; the withholding of medical aid
from Palestinian civilians; the wall that tears the holy land into
isolated cantons and Bantustans; the continuous bombardment of civilians
by the IAF - are known to us all. This Holocaust is committed by the
Jewish state with the support of world Jewry. This Holocaust, despite
being well documented, is largely ignored. This is the most serious form
of Holocaust denial. Moreover, I would suggest that the Zionists promote
the issue of Holocaust denial so as to spread heavy smoke in an attempt
to hide their own atrocities. The Zionists are the ones to be blamed for
committing a holocaust and being the first to deny it.
Israel and the Zionist venture are principally responsible for any
anti-Jewish outrage. It is time for Jews to stand up against their
nationalistic movement. It is time for the world to stand up against the
Zionist crime. As we learn from a recent EU poll, 58 per cent of
Europeans regard Israel as the biggest threat to world peace. They are
right. The Jewish state must be stopped and the sooner the better.
At this point some Zionists would try to revise their argument and claim
that real anti-Semitism is in fact a form of blind hatred towards Jews
regardless of their politics and misdoings. They would say that a Jew is
hated just for being a Jew. My response would be that though such hatred
might exist it needn't be labelled 'anti-Semitism'. It is xenophobia,
defined by the Oxford Dictionary as an 'intense dislike or fear of
foreigners or strangers'. Perhaps Jews aren't so unique after all.