Adam Horowitz (filing from the mid-Atlantic):
Both the House (H. Res 34) and Senate (S. Res. 10) bills that just passed supporting the Israeli invasion in lockstep included the phrase, "expresses vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state." This would seem to be a long way from supporting those under fire in Sderot. Especially considering that at least 20% of Israel itself believe that "a Jewish and democratic state" is a contradiction in terms.
The Palestinian NGO Adalah has done comprehensive research on at least 20 laws in Israel that give exclusive and special rights to Jewish citizens of Israel over non-Jewish citizens. This is to say nothing about the 2.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank who have absolutely no rights in Israel and have been under Israeli control for over 40 years, and of course nothing of the 1.5 million Palestinians similarly under occupation, many of whom are currently being massacred. Some democracy. Even Abbas won't agree to this "Jewish and democratic state" nonsense.
Is the US Congress expressing support for a democracy that offers equality for one religion and ethnicity? Does the US congress think that this system is worth supporting a war over? Is this a system that reflects US values in 2009? Do they believe that this system can lead to anything other than perpetual conflict?
Both bills also include the call to support and encourage "efforts to diminish the appeal and influence of extremists in the Palestinian territories and to strengthen moderate Palestinians who are committed to a secure and lasting peace with Israel." If this means finding Palestinians who will sign off on supporting the Israeli "Jewish and democratic" apartheid state, then the Congress has cut out more work for itself than it thinks.
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Apparently Congress & Senate know that apartheid is the only one of the three possible solutions–in effect, the Final Solution to the Palestinian Problem. Otherwise they would have avoided this unfortunate wording.
They had no choice! If they voted differently, they know they would be covered in scandal in the morning by the tabloids.
By passing this reckless resolution Congress probably has signed the death warrants for a considerable number of Anericans in the months and years ahead.
Our bought and paid for legislature seems much more concerned with the welfare of Israeli Jews than their American constituents.
This could lead to some real UGLY happenings if it continues much longer.
Isn't it amazing?
This Gaza mess shows even the least political person that most Western governments are traitors to their people, because they support Zionism 150%, while their people don't.
Sort of makes it somewhat more understandable that there were so much people believing in the tales of Zionist conspiracy/Protocols.
This shit needs to stop, or a whole new generation of REAL Jew-haters is in the making.
Because most people still don't realize how different Zionism (a political movement/ideology) is from Judaism (a religion).
I wish I'd wake up one day and Philip Weiss was the world's Middle East envoy, and Neturei Karta was the Jewish spokesman number one.
So much suffering could be avoided that way.
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"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown."
PS. Pardon Roman Polanski!!!!!!!!!
Pat Lang is trying to lift the fog.
Data Call Gaza:
Great_deeds_700 There are a lot of rumors afloat about atrocities in the present Gaza crisis. I am compiling a list of supposed atrocities by either side. If you have anything on this. Send it to me. The usual SST rules apply. There must be real evidence. pl
I wonder if Israel has even considered who they will have to bargain with if they do get rid of Hamas. Islamic Jihad?
Adam Horowitz,
Keep up the good work!! Please continue to push the truth into the faces of those who would deny it. To many commenters on this blog, and I must admit my own personal guilt here, it seems that the job that you, Phil, and others seek to perform is too monolithic to be feasible. We despair and become cynical when we see the actions of a congress bought and paid for by right-wing American Zionists even more rabid than 95% of the Israeli population.
Witness @morris:
"They had no choice! If they voted differently, they know they would be covered in scandal in the morning by the tabloids."
This too is my first reaction to the cowardly actions of our "representatives".
They, like all politicians in modern-day democracies, focus more on future elections than on benefits to their constituencies.
Upon reflection, I conclude that Phil Weiss, Adam Horowitz, and the legions of normal people who try to achieve what seems an unsurmountable task are like water; they are soft and gentle. However, this fact doesn't daunt me; indeed, I relish it, as I know that in this softness and gentleness lie the seeds of thier eventual success, for as the Tao Te Ching says:
"Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it."
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html
Take a look at the Tao Te Ching, and marvel at how many of the passages seem to be written expressly for the situations found in the current situation in the US, Israel, and the modern world. Don't be surprised at the high degree of relevance though; they were written for the (modern) world and humanity as a whole. Try to be human.
PM
I haven't noticed any reference to the Christian Zionists. They are also a large voting bloc most constituencies.
Why doesn't the two-party regime just come right out and openly admit that it has a quasi-fascist plan for the future patterned on Israel? Because it wants to deceive the people into that future, just as the Judeofascists have deceived the West for years about their true nature and agenda.
The Washington/New York political-financial-complex and its left-liberal media lapdogs is not comprised of well-intentioned but misguided people; it is not comprised of good people who have made an honest mistake. It is comprised of ambitious, venal, ruthless and morally depraved reprobates who have knowingly acquiesced to evil, and embraced evil. They all know what Israel is and they have for decades. At best, they've chosen to ignore its Judeofascism, but primarily, they've underwritten and endorsed it, as they have with this latest resolution. And the left-liberal media (filled with Judeofascists and their sympathizers) have papered it all over efficiently and effectively, just as they papered over and enabled the two-party regime’s Iraq war lies.
The West refused to acquiesce to Fascism, it refused to acquiesce to Communism, and ultimately it will refuse to acquiesce to Zionism. For the Judeofascists, Zionists and other traitors to American and Western values, the day of reckoning is only a matter of time. The die is cast.
@ PM: "Upon reflection, I conclude that Phil Weiss, Adam Horowitz, and the legions of normal people who try to achieve what seems an unsurmountable task are like water; they are soft and gentle. However, this fact doesn't daunt me; indeed, I relish it, as I know that in this softness and gentleness lie the seeds of thier eventual success"
Weiss and Horowitz are great educators, but "water…softness and gentleness" didn't defeat Fascism and Communism, and they won't defeat Zionism. If we're really lucky, it can be done with words and political rallies alone…nice words, mean words, ruthless words, nice rallies, mean rallies, ruthless rallies. It's worth a shot, but it’s really a best case scenario. These types generally don't understand or respect anything but physical force. They’re morally stunted brutes, as their ideology and the Gaza bombings demonstrate.
Senator Leahy actually provided some balanced discussion during the Senate 'debate' on S. Res. 10 –
'Israel used the cease-fire to pressure Hamas through a blockade that, in the absence of a long-term strategy, has caused extreme hardship for the Palestinian people collectively in Gaza but done nothing to change Hamas's militant policies. The blockade was not coupled with an effective strategy to address the underlying causes of the conflict.'
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r111:7:./temp/~r111mrqFYO::
thanks, Jim, this:
Weiss and Horowitz are great educators, but "water…softness and gentleness"
would almost be a good statement, but of course the rest is the same old tale, we all know by now by heart. Th more he leaves it out the more readable he gets
Thanks for the link to S. Res 10. Was interesting.
There is a remarkable lack of Witty around here.
Strange.
I don't know how Witty can defend his corrupt/morally bankrupt State after this massacre.
The only punchline he can deliver these days is:
"BOTH SIDES MADE MISTAKES."
That's what people say when they:
A) Don't have a fucking clue what they're talking about
B) Are defending a sinking ship
i don't know witty but perhaps i can sub for him-i am strapping on my flak jacket prior to hitting the send button.
israel has certainly made mistakes but shouldn't someone other than israel take responsibility for the choices made by the palestinians once israel abandoned gaza? why funnel limited resources into arms and munitions rather than build up a constructive infrastructure? wasn't that unilateral action an invitation to behave like a good neighbor? even now, the dilemma on a ceasefire seems to be israel's demand for a structure to stop the smuggling of weapons and hamas' rejection of allowing these inspectors. if the humanitarian issues of their citizens were of paramount concern, hamas could choose to make it happen. instead, they seem to believe that they can manipulate world opinion so that they can accomplish their long term goals…and they are succeeding.
i firmly believe that the vast majority of israelis seek peace because they realize that the only way out of this is to encourage economic growth and political stability in a palestinian state. this is the reason they took the political risk (i visited at the time and there was an immense amount of internal tension) and withdrew from gaza . but if you take hamas at their word and look at their actions, peace will only happen once israel no longer exists and frankly, i find that alternative unacceptable.
at the same time that israel was established and recognized as a jewish state, the world community also created a christian arab state-lebanon, and a muslim state-pakistan. since then 100 other countries have also come into being but it is only israel's legitimacy that is widely questioned. i consider that disposition to be unjust. i also believe that it is morally imperative that we not allow hamas to manipulate the humanitarian situation such that our national interests seem to shift.
LeaNder, we've tried it the nice way. Marx said the "Jewish problem" (his words) could be traced to "practical need," and if they were allowed to make a decent living, the problem would disappear. Well, Jewry makes more money in this country than any other group, and the problem is worse than ever. And it seems the more money they make, and the nicer they are treated, the more they throw their weight around and abuse their access to power and Americans' good will.
Nearly everyone has had enough except corrupt Washington, collaborators who are part of the scam/evil ideology, and a multitude of useful idiots.
redward,
The resources used for 2300 rockets were metal, time used in mechanical workshops and 5kg x2300 of fertilisers etc.
Do you really think that if these resources were put instead into building a new Singapore, Europeans would flock to Gaza to spend time on its pristine beaches and to stay in the 5 star hotels on the Mediterranean waterfront?
Please note that buiding materials and spare parts for sewage systems were and are deliberately forbidden to enter Gaza since 2005 (before Hamas!!!).
Ed,
Perhaps I didn't make myself entirely clear, and then again, perhaps your lack of imagination concerning "water" makes you unable to see its potential for violence and destruction. Indeed, as I live in a mountainous area in Asia, I am very familiar with the destructive potential of water. Rivers swollen by typhoons overflow their banks and wreak havoc. Tsunamis wipe out coastal towns and villages. Hurricanes flood large American cities, leaving in their path ruin.
I guess my lack of clarity has to do with the fact that I didn't fully explain my water analogy. I, like you, see Weiss and Horowitz as educators; they are necessary for overcoming the foundation of what you term "Judoeofascism". You see, the war is one of public opinion. Public opinion in America must and will undergo a sea change (more water). The brainwashing that Americans have received through the propaganda of media outlets, Hollywood, organized Jewish groups like the ADL, even their own government, will take a lot of undoing. It is happening right now, certainly, and we all know that opinions once considered "anti-semitic" by many (not you or I) are now becoming mainstream. I see bloggers like Weiss, Horowitz, Martillo, yourself as water, slowly eating away at the structural base of the institutionalized lies, deceit, misinformation and downright theft of wealth and resources that America has become. Because even though it galls you, you must admit that "Judeofascism", or however you describe the results of a depraved special interest group that has a stranglehold over American politics, economics, and public discourse, HAS COME TO REPRESENT AMERICA. I don't like this state of affairs, and I believe that it can be changed, but as I said, public opinion is key. When the erosion reaches a point where it has weakened the foundation of public opinion (the mountain, if you will), it will come crashing down. In retrospect, people will say "The mountain fell", not "The water finally brought down the mountain."
Israeli actions like the Gaza bombings could be viewed in this context as seismic disturbances that hasten the mountains fall; it's ironic that the Israelis act in ways that will speed the fall of their own support network in America.
PM
In PM's sense, the USSR fell. When the USAIsrael falls it will also be
significantly due to economic collapse and the related cost of luxury wars. Wall Street & Madoff et al have already dug a good sized hole for the growing grave of the edifice.
And yes, Public Opinion is the big kahuna.
What is the most effective way in a nation with a mercenary army, that is, no Draft, to get average Americans to actually start thinking–and consistently–about foreign policy issues as they do household budget matters?
Joe the Plumber gained influence by his happenstance, earnest direct question to Obama regarding how Obama's economic program would affect him. And now he's being sent to Israel to show us what his counterparts think in Israel.
One side has used Joe as a symbol for the worst type of citizen, the other side continues using Joe as a symbol for the best type of
citizen. Is Joe's POV a plus or minus in the USA's on-going future?
And Sarah Palin's?
In the back streets of the Weimar Republic the two sides clashed.
No internet back then.
Smaller world.
Obama and Gaza are key. Our congress has taken its stand, Paul & Kucinich kept to the curb they were kicked to… Obama's the new leader, his best tool, his eloquent bully pulpit.
Blago is preferred to Paul or Kucinich. Obama knows it. How will Obama synthesize Blago & Joe The Plumber, dress those cojoined
twins up?
Thank you, PM. Well put, and interesting food for thought.
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