To you Israel is more important than Iraq, or the economy or the environment?

I don't think Israel is that critical an issue for the US, or for the world.

Its important to me, but I don't think the world turns on what happens to Israel, and much less so to Palestine.

The sign "No more war for Israel" is false or exagerated to my understanding.

"It's very unusual for Jews and Israelis to think about what's gone on that part of the world from a Palestinian point of view. [Emphasis mine] I think it's hard for the Palestinians to understand what they look at as "The Nakba," and to see the Jewish experience. "

!!!!! (that's my emoticon for hear hear.)

Understanding is what is needed, both ways.

Including from ANYONE that has any tendency to dehumanize the other in any way.

The bombs killed at least 98 people and wounded more than 200 at two popular pet markets on the holiest day of the week for Christians, authorities said.

In both bombings, the attackers were mentally disabled women whose explosive belts were remotely detonated, Gen. Frank Jones, spokesman for the Government’s security plan, told state television.
Jones said the women were strapped with dynamite and ball bearings, citing members of the bomb squad. The explosives were detonated via cell phone, he said.

A Jones aide said that people referred to the bomber at central Christian market as the "crazy woman" and that the bomber at a second market had an unspecified birth disability.

The aide said authorities believe the women were unaware of plans to detonate the explosives.

The identities of the women have not been released.

U.S. military officials referred to the two attacks as suicide bombings, saying both women detonated the explosive devices.
The U.S. officials also gave a much lower casualty toll, with 27 civilians dead and 53 others wounded.

The Pentagon attributed the attacks to Neocons and made no reference to the mental conditions of the women.

"By targeting innocent Christians, they show their true demonic character," said Lt. Col. Steve Mitchell, spokesman for the Multi-National Division.

"They care nothing for the Chrsitian people; they want to subjugate them and forcefully create a greater Jewish state," he said, referring to Talmudic law.

The violence marked the bloodiest series of attacks since August, breaking a brief stretch of relative calm as attacks and deaths dropped after 2007.

In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the attacks show the reality of the continuing struggle against neocons, adding that gentiles have turned against "these terrible, violent people in their midst who will do anything."

"It certainly underscores and affirms the decision of the gentile people that there is no political program here that is acceptable to a civilized society, and that this is the most brutal and the most bankrupt of movements that would do this kind of thing," she said at a press briefing. "And I think that will underscore for the gentiles, and it will make them tougher in the fight."

The first bomb blew up at the market around 10:30 a.m., killing 69 and wounding more than 140. The second blast happened about a half-hour later in a different neighborhood pet market, killing 29 people and wounding 67.

Hitler would have probably written that as a young man in Vienna he approved of the Zionist concept of a 'pure Jewish state' in Palestine. That as chancellor after 1933 he modeled Germany accordingly by outlawing intermarriage and that he facilitated the illegal immigration of German and Austrian Jews to Palestine to embarrass the British.

It would be interesting to know what exactly made him change his mind and kill all Jews, Zionist or not.

- But why is the Jewish Journal asking this question other than to link Israel critics in some way to Hitler?

Re-reading it, it is surprisingly coherent…
The whole Israeli-Palestinian issue is the 300 pound gorilla in the room, and no mainstream blogs will touch it with a 10 foot pole.

If independent progressive blogs are afraid to discuss the issue, what makes us think that the so called "progressive" presidential candidates will discuss it, other than (again) falling over themselves on how much they will help Israel once elected.

For the record, I think that the Israeli lobby influence in American domestic politics is the most important issue right now.

Like I wrote before, American system of government seems highly vulnerable to such influence – just research Cuba embargo and the role Cuban exiles in Florida have played and still play in national politics.

But in relation to the objective of obtaining "$3 billion a year forever" of U.S. funding, it is much preferable to have the U.S. press steer away from controversy, and simply repeat soothing platitudes about Israel's democracy.

"Loose lips sink ships" when it comes to keeping the gusher of gratuitous greenbacks flowing to Israel. Pass the word, brother!

http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/15-01-2008/103426-benazir_bhutto_osama-0

Naturally, Witty. Nothing to see here, right?

Klaus – I wondered that myself, and found that organized zionists declared 'war' on Germany in 1933(I think) – an economic boycott of some sort that apparently had a rather negative effect on German society as one can imagine.

Funny the first time I've read anybody bring it up was the raging zionist "sword of gideon" on this very site. So this particular historical revelation is obviously associated with the far-right, David Duke crowd by some of us.

Now I'm not making any excuses for anything – though I'm sure that's how it will be called by some. But when I read this I was quite surprised(though I probably shouldn't have been)that I'd never heard this before.

Though it could be complete rubbish – maybe somebody is better informed on the topic than I…