Nice piece by Al-Jazeera English on Freeman, quoting Hillary Mann Leverett and Max Blumenthal, both using the words “the Israel lobby” a lot. It’s entered our political language, and a good thing–enough prevarication.
Al-Jazeera picks a smart quote from Freeman’s exit speech the other night:
The outrageous agitation that followed the leak of my pending appointment will be seen by many to raise serious questions about whether the Obama administration will be able to make its own decisions about the Middle East and related issues.
is lobby easier to say than 'jews for jews'.
Because I know more about Jewish studies than anyone I know, I usually assume that I am immune to Jewish/Zionist mental colonization, but Maurice Pinay caught me slipping into a Zionist snare over the Chas Freeman issue:
I appear to suffer as much from an "inner (screeching) Jew" as the vast majority and even the most anti-Zionist of Americans.
If the Jew is only (under the mask) for the Jews first, what is he/she?
If the Goy is also, due to every form of socio-economic-& often religious pressure, who will be for the Goy? Any Goy, let alone a group of Goys.
Every Goy in the USA has to fight the life-long indoctrination that gave birth to his "inner Jew." This handicaps each Goy in challenging a Zionist POV, especially if it has been cemented in his own country's official POV. In comparison, only a few Jews with exceptional mental and ethical integrity operate
on a pro-active level (equal to the responsible Goy's "inner Jew") above the Jewish leadership's consensus responsive to: "Is it good for the Jews?"
Need to disentangle the approach. The Question is, is it good for humanity as a whole?
I'm an agnostic, but didn't Jesus raise this question via his recorded life and parables?
Suzanne should listen to the YouTube video clip–she kept saying she wants evidence about those orchestrated AIPAC minion emails
Freeman referred to in his departing statement. The clip spells it out clearly, this was so–as if anyone aware would not know–to the point, what say you now about that orchestration by the Lobby in light of what you hear on that video clip, Suzanne?
I'm glad this is getting some play in the Islamic world. I think it is important that they understand that American Zionists are the ones pushing subsidization of Israeli terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and colonization, not the rest of us. Not nearly so much as they, but we are victims too.
The High-Fivers: More proof the Israelis were shadowing the 9/11 hijackers
What Did Israel Know in Advance of the 9/11 Attacks?
5 Israelis detained for `puzzling behavior' after WTC tragedy
Israel spies on the USA part 1
If Americans Knew
Colin, I assume you have read all of Christopher Ketcham's reporting.
PS The Palestinians are the ones who really matter, and they know who really pulls the strings here.
Fascinating inquiries, Joachim.
What is perhaps most damning is that the Israelis' celebration on the New Jersey waterfront occurred in the first sixteen minutes after the initial crash, when no one was aware this was a terrorist attack. In other words, from the time the first plane hit the north tower, at 8:46 a.m., to the time the second plane hit the south tower, at 9:02 a.m., the overwhelming assumption of news outlets and government officials was that the plane's impact was simply a terrible accident. It was only after the second plane hit that suspicions were aroused. Yet if the men were cheering for political reasons, as they reportedly told the FBI, they obviously believed they were witnessing a terrorist act, and not an accident.
After returning safely to Israel in the late autumn of 2001, three of the five New Jersey Israelis spoke on a national talk show that winter. Oded Ellner, who on the afternoon of September 11 had, like his compatriots, protested to arresting officer Sgt. Dennis Rivelli that "we're Israeli", admitted to the interviewer: "We are coming from a country that experiences terror daily. Our purpose was to document the event". By his own admission, then, Ellner stood on the New Jersey waterfront documenting with film and video a terrorist act before anyone knew it was a terrorist act.
What Did Israel Know in Advance of the 9/11 Attacks?
Joshua – I assume your familiar with Ketcham's writings.
Recently there was a unusual essay from him that I can't remember where I read it or what it was titled. But it was strange because it starts by claiming that Mossad involvement in 9/11 was a 'conspiracy theory'.
This from a man whose 'fame' was derived from his reporting on the issues and evidence linking Israel to 9/11.
Have you read the article, by chance? Or maybe Colin?
Even more frightening is that the van they were driving had boxcutter's and had residue from explosives; a large amount of cash(10 000, or something like that, in a sock) and probably other things I'm forgetting.
Fake passports?
At any rate based on the evidence and Israel's history of false flag attacks and attempted attacks – I'm a solid believer that 9.11 was a zionist operation involving Israel and American zionists.
Someday I have a feeling it will be common knowledge…