Antony Loewenstein reports:
The recent Salute to Israel parade in New York was symptomatic of a mainstream Jewish community desperate to appear normal, relaxed yet determined.
Sunday’s “Tel Aviv beach in Central Park” was another day in the life of Israeli propaganda, estimated to have cost $150,000. Ha’aretz reported the bare facts:
Hundreds of “bathers,” mainly families with children, played in sand brought especially from the beach in Tel Aviv, ice pops were provided by volunteers and people played the quintessential Israeli beach game of Pro Kadima paddle ball.
Al-Awda, the Palestinian right to return coalition in New York, announced the celebration of Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary by publishing the following:
Central Park is being handed over to Israel for a day to set up a “Tel Aviv Beach.” The Zionist Tourism Commission says New Yorkers can “experience the fun and lightheartedness of Tel Aviv,” but in reality the event is a celebration of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
The event itself was contradictory and fascinating (my photos here). I arrived 30 minutes before the official start and found a large patch of sand under a grey, blustery sky. El-Al beach balls (“It’s not just an airline. It’s Israel”) and Frisbees were freely available and kids made use of the toys on the faux beach. Parents and grandparents sat in colourful deck-chairs. Beautiful, bikini-clad, Israeli girls danced in the sand while buff, shirtless young men played paddle-ball. Bad, Israeli pop music blared from the massive, PA system. The bikini-girls soon left the sand, after posing for photos, and danced on the stage. “100 Shaloms from Tel Aviv on our 100th anniversary” read one stand.
A Jewish volunteer, Jonathan, who said he had lived in Tel Aviv as a lawyer for five years, told me that the day was “just a party and about fun, not politics.” When I asked him how Palestinians might feel being excluded, he bristled, said that anybody was allowed to visit and reiterated the importance of not discussing politics. He wasn’t at all comfortable with my line of questioning.
He told me to speak to David Saranga, Israel’s Consul for Media and Public Affairs, a key backer of the event. Saranga, in wrap-around sunglasses, stubble and grey and black clothing, calmly explained that, “Israel and Tel Aviv are a brand and we wanted to connect the city with fun and the beach.” Similar events have taken place in Vienna and Denmark. “It’s nothing to do with politics”, he said when I asked about the absence of Arabs. “We’re just celebrating fun.”
Unlike many Jewish events where the average age is over 60, a young crowd populated the day. They looked healthy, active and engaged. Exactly the kind of picture Zionist Israel wants to send to the world.
Then, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a man walk past with a fluorescent orange sign that read, “When do we Jews notice that Israeli is insane?”
The counter-protest had begun.
Behind a cordoned-off area, nearly more than yelling distance from “Tel Aviv beach”, around 50 Jews and Palestinians gathered to oppose the celebration. “Tel Aviv built on Palestinian graves”, “Israel is a racist state”, “Ethnic cleansing is no day at the beach” and “Stop US Aid to Israel” were some signs in the area. It was a mixed crowd, young and old, and passionate. One of the organisers told passers-by, while trying to hand out flyers about the “real history of Jaffa and the Zionist theft of the land”, that, “sometimes the truth hurts; there’s nothing to be afraid of. Ethnic cleansing is what they did”. “Long live the intifada”, shouted the crowd in unison. “Terrorists” responded a passing bald man.
The organiser was born in Jaffa, so this was personal. He said that he felt the debate in the US was shifting and opening up but he had little faith in Barack Obama. “He’s no different to his predecessor, more imperialist, but just a prettier face”, he told me.
The protesters, a collection of peace activists, anti-Zionists and Palestinians, made their voices heard. Some Jewish participants in the day’s proceedings came to visit, took photos, gave them the two-finger salute and shouted abuse. They seemed to be saying, “We can’t even come and enjoy a bloody, fake beach without you people slamming our Jewish state. ” The Zionist narrative had few places to hide anymore without being challenged at every turn.
I wandered back to the sand to find two MCs on the stage, a good-looking man and woman, giving away free trips to Israel. They encouraged the already-excited crowd to jump higher and higher and faster and faster to impress them and win tickets. Frenzy in the name of Israel. NYPD counter-terrorism cops and Mossad agents surveyed the crowd.
Chaos near the sand! Bikini-clad women were standing near the beach and held up signs and parasols in pink. Code Pink had arrived. Smeared in mud, a few protesters had messages that read, “Israel: Sand won’t cover your crimes”, “Say no to Israel’s war crimes” and “Israel’s occupation is a crime”. They created a storm, cameras flashed and NYPD approached, asking them to move on and into the counter-protest area. They stalled, stood their ground and signs high.
It was clever politics. Code Pink, a feminist organization, would not celebrate the concept of women as objects of gratification, but what if you subverted the idea? Co-founder Media Benjamin (photo right) told me about the “devastation” she had seen in Gaza and I admired her tenacity. She said that after her group’s recent delegation to the Strip, one of her members was physically abused in Israel. Freedom in the Middle East’s only democracy.
After being moved away from the beach, Benjamin was accosted by an elderly American, Jewish woman holding an Israeli and American flag. When asked about the Gaza war, the lady said, “what Gaza invasion?” She rattled off facts about the Qassam rockets fired from Gaza, which Benjamin pointedly condemned, and the necessity of destroying “terrorists.”
Soon after, a man suddenly appeared in the middle of the beach and unfurled a Palestinian flag, shouting, “Free, free Palestine.” “Another terrorist state”, screamed a man in front of me (photo below left).
I spotted Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, walking the crowd with his wife. He told me that the beach event made him “proud.” I asked about his attitude towards Obama and he was clear. “I am worried”, he said. Obama is a “little naïve and needs to realise that the world is a dangerous place, such as North Korea, Iran and Pakistan. I wish he would get off the side-lines to support the forces of democracy in Iran.”
His neo-conservative views are nothing new – witness his recent berating of IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei – but the Likudniks are clearly not adapting well to the post-Bush era.
I picked up a tourist brochure to “discover Tel Aviv-Jaffa” and read the message from the mayor of the area, Ron Huldai. He writes that, “ancient Jaffa and its rich 3000 year history” is “coming alive like never before.” Furthermore, “Tel Aviv…rose out of the sands just a century ago.” The Arabs are air-brushed out of existence. Expressing such beliefs would be almost unimaginable in Western nations today. Ignoring the indigenous inhabitants is an almost impossibility. In Israel, most don’t seem to care.
Two flyers caught my eye. One, from The David Project for Jewish Leadership, offered “Israel for Dummies” classes to speak up for Israel. “Understanding the Arab/Israeli conflict”, “Critical single issues: Iran, global jihad, ‘apartheid’ and “Advocacy 101.”
The other one advertised a “Summer Gala” from the Jewish heart for Africa. It aimed to bring “sustainable Israeli technologies to rural African villages.” The event “will feature an open bar, kosher African hors d’oeuvres, an African dance performance, and a special guest speaker.”
But here’s the kicker (repeated on the group’s website): “Come support our mission to help Israel and Africa at the same time.” “Improving Israel’s image around the world” is a stated goal. It’s far easier to assist the needy people in Africa than address the problems in your own backyard. And since when is humanitarian work principally designed to make the sponsoring nation look good?
This reminded me of the Jewish protesters for Darfur during the recent Durban II conference in Geneva. In fact, discussing Sudan’s problems was a wonderful way to avoid talking about Palestine and Israel’s own complicity in the problems.
The Tel Aviv beach day was enlightening. It actually didn’t feel like forced fun, but a genuine desire to promote a happy and carefree image of Israel. It was an inverted projection of fears not discussed. It was a masterful display of avoidance tactics.
Al-Jazeera and the web are taking their toll. Propaganda can take many forms and Sunday’s event was undoubtedly clever marketing. Why talk about the conflict with the Palestinians when you can discuss the wonders of beach culture?
The issue isn’t so much the white-washing of Tel Aviv’s birth, but the intense desire to keep Arabs away from any official recognition or role. As Benjamin Netanyahu recently said, Israel is a “nation state of the Jewish people.” That’s a much harder message to sell when 20 percent of the population aren’t Jewish. Instead, Israel is hoping that pretty girls in bikinis are universal.
Related posts:
- ‘Fox’ coverage of Israeli beach in Central Park focuses on bikini-clad protesters
- The June 9 Gaza Beach Explosion: Charge and Countercharge
- Antony Loewenstein reports on New York’s 2009 Salute to Israel march
- On a Gaza beach, they smoke the hubble-bubble and yearn for a connection to the world
- Antony Loewenstein, on Racism and ‘Jewish-Born’ Critics of Zionism
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Thanks, Antony, for an excellent first-hand report.
The Zionists are doing the equivalent of freedom rides into Africa to show their human side! Is this not fittting? What was the ratio of protestors to thise being protested? And how do you know that Mossad agents were in the crowd? That's all we need!
An activist noted:
I address the psychotic aspect of Zionism in Makdisi Overlooks US Journalistic Nazification. After decoding the Zionist ideological terminology of Netanyahu's statement: Israel is a “nation state of the Jewish people," we find that he is really saying that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish race just as a German Nazi would say that Germany is the nation-state of the Aryan race.
Excellent post Adam
Great reporting and analysis, Antony. Thanks so much for posting this Adam. I was wondering what the counter-demonstrations would look like for this event when I first read of it on KABOBfest. Favorite sign, by far: "Israel: Sand won't cover your war crimes!" Much love for CODEPINK and all else involved.
I think the actual issue when talking about Palestine, the U.S, or any other place, is whether or not multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, or any other type of fractured society can work. I can't wish harm on anyone for how he is born, and I believe that everyone is born innocent, but I don't trust the forces that try to shove one-world ideology down my throat. The one-worlders, multiculturalists, or whatever you wish to call them, have their victims clearly defined as well as any other group I can think of. Culture, race, religion, ethnicity and history are issues that I don't believe can be erased. I know which side I believe is right in Palestine, but I don't believe that the two groups would ever work well together in a single state, or as neighbors. I don't see the changing demographics doing much good in the U.S., either.
RE: “When do we Jews notice that Israeli is insane?” MY COMMENT: Mashugana?
Yes, excellent post Adam. CODEPINK is right on the frontline–power to these brave and smart women.
RE: "Parents and grandparents sat in colourful deck-chairs. Beautiful, bikini-clad, Israeli girls danced in the sand while buff, shirtless young men played paddle-ball. Bad, Israeli pop music blared from the massive, PA system." MY COMMENT: A bit kitschy, wouldn't you say?
Pre-WW1 German Empire, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and the Czarist Empire all functioned multiculturally. If the Central Powers had won WW1, the first three would probably still exist. But their multiculturalism was different from ours and coupled with a supra-ethnic imperial ethos.
RE: “When do we Jews notice that Israeli is insane?” I have to say it again. What strikes me most about the uber zionist breed is how "primitive" they are. Everything about them is primitive. Their propaganda is primitive and unsophisticated and simpled minded. How unsmart was it to put on a really tacky low rent type of PR show in Central Park yet, that was bound to attract protesters. This display wasn't even up to junior high school standards…gawd!..dumping sand in the park and paroling the show with Mossad goons is what they consider good PR for Israel? They are evidently too cheap (or dumb) to hire themselves a sharp gentile Madison Avenue PR firm. Or better yet a French firm, they are the worlds best at massaging minds with sophisticated advertising. Maybe we could get uberzionism declared a mental disability.
But GOOD FOR Code Pink and the non mentally dsabled Jews for raining on their party.
The term Balkanization didn't come from nowhere. There was ethnic friction–the ethnic brutality of WWs I and II and the Balkan War didn't come from nowhere. I'm familiar enough with central and eastern European history to know that the Turks weren't well-liked by many in the Balkans, the Austrians weren't necessarily wanted in Hungary and that ethnic problems were under the surface in Germany. Was it shared interests, tolerance, force or a certain mixture of the three that held the region and empires together? Do you believe that the supra-ethnic imperial ethos that you mention could emerge from the multiculturalism we're confronted with? Weren't the peoples of central Europe and the balkans far more similar than the peoples that are being jammed together today?
Thanks for that report Adam. It took Medea Benjaman and Code Pink a long time to be honest about what was really taking place in the Israeli Palestinian conflict (that group would not touch this issue for a long time). But now that Media has gotten on board she and her group bring their media grabbing strategies and focus on this critical issue. Go Medea. Mondweiss is doing an incredible job filming, reporting from a wider scope. Thank you Wonder which PR firm Israel and the I lobby are hiring to work on Israels image
When Gazan families go to the beach they are shelled by the Israeli Navy with US munitions.
There only is one world. Deal with it.
I've never been under the impression that there is more than one earth. I have no problem dealing with that.
Antony Lowenstein left out the reaction of the crowd, the part that was not involved with either the Israelis or the counter demonstration. People acted as though the pro Palestinian demonstrators, especially code pink, were infected with the plague. People didn't want anything to do with them. Lowenstein seems to think these pro Palestinian demonstrations are something new. They have been going on for as long as I can remember. There's one on 14 street going on for so many years I would be shocked if they weren't there. People cross the street to avoid them. Hamas should put on a counter demonstration. Have the woman totally covered including gloves. They can pass out toy guns to the kids.
I have to disagree..by telling this story again. Back at the height of the Gaza bombing my local newspaper, which is Liberterian., leaning right, and pro military because we are between two Marine bases, front paged pictures of dead Gaza children and blistered Israel and the US congress in their editorial. Out at lunch one day during that time, a woman came into the resturant holding the paper up and screaming about ""how dare they show this, what about Israel"..and words to that effect. Of course all conversation stopped and everyone just started at her. As she continued one older man stood up and said…and I quote exactly…"lady, you and Israel and the US congress can all go to hell". Made my day.
… interesting story, thanks for sharing.
It was an inverted projection of fears not discussed. It was a masterful display of avoidance tactics. Brilliant
I could be wrong but I think what Todd is saying is that it is impossible to 'homogenize' the entire world or even a nation. In fact it's not even desirable to do away with sovereign states and have the world dependent on some kind of universal government. It would be too big to even work. The UN is a better choice for balancing universal equality…if everyone would get with the program. Differences aren't ever going to be wiped out, the key is a mechanism for mediating differences by using the old line that says your rights end where someone else's begin. That's what a good government would do.
Mr. Netanyahu tear down this wall.
Thanks for this report. Did you notice any ostriches?
But, but, what about the "forces" and the "shoving"? That must be a terrible ordeal!
No, insane, I'd say.
Do you deny it? How many times have you voted on immigration or cultural issues? It's almost stupid to discuss the whole issue, since our own elites have been informing us for years that the culture and demographics are going to change no matter what people or polls say. Put to a popular vote, the 1964 act would have never passed, Reagan's amnesty would have gone nowhere, any sort of special rights for minorities would be forbidden, and we wouldn't have an illegal immigration problem, because they wouldn't have been here in the first place. That's a whole bunch of shoving and forcing.
I just don't think that ideology is enough to hold people together, and I surely don't think that wrongs committed for ideological reasons are morally superior to wrongs commited in the name of race, ethnicity, religion or cultural values. That's realy the issue we are dealing with, along with the hypocrisy of the ethnic lobbies who support one thing at home, and another for their kinsmen abroad. The issue is the same as always: who is going to rule, and how they will do it. The conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians is revealing, but it is a sideshow.
"…but it is a sideshow" – yup For you Toddster http://reasonradionetwork.com/?p=3285
Whichever firm or firms, this is old hat. Israel is just copying the NAZI tourism template, as they copy everything NAZI: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=11470 This would not be quite such a worry, except that the USA government copies Israel, e.g., in their preemption doctrine, in their torture program, in their Homeland Security surveillance of Americans thinking they have free speech and association protection. If any country other than USA or Israel took the same attitude, and implemented de facto accordingly, international Jewry would object under their own kleig lights.
Also don't forget that most of these regions were unified by religion (Austria-Hungary was Catholic, Ottoman Empire was Muslim, Germany was mostly Lutheran. The ethnicities were fairly similar, as well. Modern multiculturalism is an active policy or ideology, rather than a simple state of affairs. The closest analogue I can think of would be the Soviet Union's persecution of the Orthodox Church and its use of population transfer to break up national identities. In the case of the US, the aim seems to be to displace the majority ethnic population and weaken evangelical Christianity. These "red state" ethnic and religious identities are the only real opponent of the social agendas of the elite classes.
Love it: Then, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a man walk past with a fluorescent orange sign that read, “When do we Jews notice that Israeli is insane?”
Stanislawski has described the difficulty of separating truth from political propaganda in order to write history of the Jews in Czarist Russia. The problem of understanding the relationship of the Ottoman Empire to the people's it ruled is similar. Multinational systems seem to work when they are perceived as fair and provide a means for advancement to all component groups. In the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, official high German was not really the native language of any population within either state. Obviously, native speakers of German dialects had some advantage, but it was not perceived as overwhelming. In addition, both states provided scope for a citizen of practically any background to advance to any level of political authority or wealth. The old imperial states seem to have sought some mechanism or principle of imperial unity while modern multiculturalism looks like a means for "divide and rule" politics or for some sort of political market penetration. The United States really has no choice but to assume some form of multiculturalism because from the early 19th century it was more or less divided into Anglo-Saxon, African, German, French, and Hispanic culture spheres. The German and French components have more or less disappeared, but the other two are not likely to do so. We probably have to deal with multiculturalism more effectively, and American Jews as a political or cultural elite are not helping because they are using multicultural politics more or less as they have been using gender or sexual politics since the middle of the 19th century: The Zionism of Gay Politics.
no offense to the writer and most of the above comments but are you disillusioned? this event was simply a celebration of a city in israel. there is no conspiracy. israel is a tiny country surrounded by much larger countries that want it's destruction. the jews number under 15M in a world over 6 billion. they have been persecuted time and again over the years but have just about survived. somehow the palestinian people are portrayed as underdogs, and people like those who follow this blog, jump onto that bandwagon. israel has survived multiple threats to its existence through building a military from nothing – built out of a battle to survive. and now suddenly they are perceived as a big, bad super power. get a grip on reality guys. this is nothing but good old antisemitism.
Germany had a fairly large Kulturkampf between Catholics and Protestants. It is often portrayed as a power struggle between the Pope and Bismarck, but there might have been latent fear that Germanization of Poles would make newly unified Germany too Catholic.
I don't want to make definite statements about the workings of the Ottoman Empire, since it's been so long since I studied eastern or central European history. But my understanding is that the Ottomans descriminated against non-Muslims, and that there is an official term for doing so. The Ottomans weren't universally hated by those that they conquered, or by their minority populations, but they weren't universally loved, either. The same could be said for the Austrians and Prussians. I don't think it is a forgone conclusion that Americans have to change. I certainly have no desire to live in a society that is as heavily regulated as Prussia or Austria-Hungary. If that's where we are headed, I certainly don't trust the people leading me there. I'm beginning to agree with those who call for the Union to dissolve into more natural units.
I also don't believe that Americans would adapt well to the type of fragmentation that central Europeans knew for centuries. Just forty years ago, the United States was over 80% non-Hispanic White. The regional differences were an issue, but the different national origins weren't a huge problem, as you noted. Do you see any reason to believe that multiculturalism will be handled more effectively? How do you think multiculturalism should be handled? What do you believe will happen to America if we continue down the current path?
' . . israel is a tiny country surrounded by much larger countries that want it's destruction. . .' Israel also is a country that has 150 to 200 nuclear weapons, plus the best military in the region supplied by the US (Apache helicopters, F-16s etc.) This is what is turning Americans off, seeing Israel using its' military might to throw its' weight around. Objecting isn't 'antisemitism.' Friends don't let friends commit war crimes.
This is a fantastic article. I actually cheered while reading it. Great job all around by Code Pink, Antony, and Mondoweiss.
@Tommy "When Gazan families go to the beach they are shelled by the Israeli Navy with US munitions" If not from Israeli warships inside Gazanterritorial waters, then fro artillery only 5km away. It's still happening now, almost daily And if the venture into the sea, they have to face the pollution caused by Israeli bombing of sewage facilities, and prevention of the import of spare parts or building materials. Gaza's baches are very similar to Tel Aviv's, except for these mnor inconveniences..
Just up the Mediterranean from Tel Aviv, they're still trying to clean up the oil spill on the beaches of Beirut and the ancient port town of Byblos, an ecological disaster resulting from Israel's bombing of an oil depot in 2006. It's a self-destructive behavior pattern for the Israelis: assault your neighbors then complain that nobody likes you, you're a small country and all your neighbors hate you. I think if all my neighbors hated me, I'd have to do some serious soul-searching to see if maybe, just maybe, I deserved it. I think in the long run, it's a dangerous situation for all Jews everywhere to have this "tiny country," as David the Apologist calls it, calling itself the Jewish state.
I am not apologizing for anything, AnaSanchez, just defending what is right. israel in gaza or anywhere doesn't use a fraction of its military might. it has kept its gloves on for the most part and as a result has suffered it's own casualties. let me ask you – if a neighboring country was sending kassam rockets to your city, how would you respond? israel gave up gaza and gaza became a terrorist hotbed. there is no disputing that. how can you guys condone terrorism?
Yes, thanks for an excellent report.
Todd, the best way to make sure our siciety doesn't become "multi-cultural" is for you to commit suicide, isn't it? Or are you proposing you have the stones to murder others over their rap music, or dirty gavottes?
"What do you believe will happen to America if we continue down the current path?" Oh, Todd, you know the tragedy which awaits us! MONGRELISATION !!! We will all be wearing dashikis and doing the electronic boogaloo! And your daughter will be seduced by rag-time! Shamless music! Animal mass-steria! First, medicinal wine from a teaspoon, then beer from a bottle. And who knows what else they might be putting in their mouths. I, for one, salute our new dashiki and sombrero clad overlords! Oooh, scary, scary diversity! BTW, where do the Jewss fit into this? And as usual, I want to thank Mondoweiss for giving the widest possible distribution to ThorsProvoni-Joachim Martillo. It isn't all of us that have the ability to reply and support their comments under another name. But when you're fighting the forces of Darwin, you do what you can, huh, ThorsJoachim?
Gee, funny isn't it, Todd? Why do the "elites" who are mostly white and Christian, so intent on getting all us working class heroes to mix with the mud people? What is their nefarious purpose?
"Isreali pop music" Now there's a terrifying thought! Have a Negila! Have two!
Drug model, American. Go with the drug model: Zionism-support allows their bodies to secrete a powerful auto-phamecutical drug called "ziocaine". What you saw in Central Park is their brains on ziocaine. Not a pretty sight.
david "the defender", Israel did not build their military "out of nothing" (and, so what if they did?) they buiilt it by first allying with Russia, or was France first? Now they suck off my Jewish US tax dollars. "this is nothing but good old antisemitism" Nonsense. Israel is not "the Jews" (in spite of all Thors-Joachim-Ed's contentions to the contrary) and Zionism is not the Jewish religion. And if it is, if the aim of Judaism is to acquire land for Jewish domination, well then, we really can't blame Hitler, can we? I mean, see Todd above on "multi-culturalism". Gotta destroy those alien, destructive influences, and keep your country pure.
david, a kassam "rocket" is a piece of pipe with some fins welded on, fueled by a primitive mixture of sugar and diesel fuel. And people under military occupation have the right to resist.
Israel belongs to the Jews. There is no such thing as Palestinians being Jews were living in Palestine when Israel was called Palestine so Jews are Palestinians also. Jews have always been in the land of Israel since the days of creation. Abraham bought land in Hevron so that for sure belongs to the Jews. But G-d gave Israel to the Jews and the rest of the World can have the other 99.99% of the World. So Not sure what anyones point is when there are Jews all over the World that just want one sliver of land smaller than the size of NJ and we will leave you all alone. Imagine that. World peace by just leaving us alone to settle in our OWN LAND. The Creator of the Universe gave us Israel. Yes he is a Real Estate Broker and he is One. He is everything and anything he wants to be. From the Mediterranean to the Jordan Israel will be free. Jordan has room for Arabs in Gaza and the "West Bank" but they don't want them because they are all on welfare looking for a handout. Good luck with trying to get Jews to vote on a 2 state solution when Jews don't have to vote being its our land in the first place. Jews Rule! I guess if you guys are reading this you realize there is a revolution going on in Iran. But Israel Rocks and Jews matter. So just let us be. Jews can take care of themselves. Go worry about other people. We'll be fine without your concern. Promise.
You're worried about your tax dollars? When was the last time the US Government ever listened to you? Last time I looked they do whatever they want anyway. So before spewing words here that just show your anger get in touch with someone that cares. Tell your congressman to support HR 1207 to audit the Fed and see if they will shut down the IRS. Im done having the government take almost half my paycheck for social programs for liberals and their cronies. Israel is the only cause I support because I would rather have a Jewish homeland that preaches morality than an Atheist USA. So far so good. Tell Obama you don't want Universal Healthcare. That will save a ton of Tax dollars. Tell them to stop welfare. That also will save tax dollars. All these 52% of Americans that voted for Obama admitted they want no peronsal Responsibility while listening to Biden say its patriotic to pay more taxes. BTW Israel Belongs to the Jews. Open up a bible. From the Mediterranean to the Jordan G-d gave Israel to the Jews. Next?
When did I mention rap music or gavottes? You are too typical. The vast majority of Americans don't want the multicultural society that is forced on them, and serves the interests of others. Do you really have a problem with that? Where your sense of superiority or goodness comes from is beyond me. Of course violence is a possibility when society is fragmented and groups are set against one another. You have your own preferences and bigotries, whether you wish to admit it or ot.
Mooser, Israel Belongs to the Jews. You are right…Jews have the right to resist Terrorism and the right to defend themselves from rockets being launched at them just for being Jewish. If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen.
David you are right on. No need to apologize for sure.
Or Bomb them bomb them bomb them! and give the land back to the Jews as G-d had intended.
Jews are Gazan families so I am sure the Israeli Navy wouldn't shell their own people. Oh wait, Israel kicked out the Jews from Gaza so the Arabs can launch rockets at Jews. So if that is the case then Arabs deserve to be shelled. Israel is only DEFENDING itself. While Arabs like murder like liberals in America. Abortion is murder so thats why liberals love arab murderers.
Not really, Nazi's hate and kill. just like the Arabs in Gaza. Unlike Jews in Israel which have a democracy and actually work for a living and have to worry about get shot at by Arabs. Too bad the Arabs don't learn from the Jews and practice peace. Maybe they should get jobs. Israel has to DEfend itself everyday from scum that are jealous of the Jews and all that they stand for. Its a good thing G-d gave Jews Israel from the Mediterranean to the Jordan so have a place to call home. Arabs have 57 other places which don't want these terrorists. Go Figure
Well I thought the girls were Hot! Pretty sight for sure. Unlike those Arabs that cover themselves from head to toe while suicide Bombs. Not such a pretty sight comparatively! Israel belongs to the Jews so its only makes sense that G-d made Jews beautiful as well. WE are always in the headlines so we have look sharp.
This is such a travesty and on government land.
May I suggest you start at the beginning and go read some of Edward Said's books, Jimmy Carter's "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, and go spend a bit of time at the IF AMERICANS KNEW website. Many Palestinians did have jobs being servants for Jews living in houses partially funded by your tax dollars
Never heard of it. I'll listen to it.
Only risky because missile-armed Arabs keep following up an Israeli withdrawal with more war, because Jihad is Eternal. Snatch n'grab of israeli soldiers within Israel accompanied by bombardment of local towns and one cross-border terror raid into a civilian city was something the Lebanese thought they could force Israel to accept, only problem was they miscalculated. Lebanon went to war in '49 to extinguish Israel despite having no reasonable interest in war, and in fact Lebanon suffered immediately from the loss of cross-border trade and contiguity with the rest of the Middle East. Also, it's nice to know that you think Jews elsewhere do not have the right to be safe. Danger in Israel versus helpless victimhood abroad–some choice, but at least the Arabs are stoppable.
"I guess if you guys are reading this you realize there is a revolution going on in Iran. But Israel Rocks and Jews matter. So just let us be. Jews can take care of themselves. Go worry about other people. We'll be fine without your concern. Promise." Really? well, there you go to all Americans. The Israelis are fine without your concern. So you can just stop sending them billions of your tax money, and military might. They don't need you.
All these protests are so cute, thinking they are going to make a difference. The occupation needs to end. I am a zionist, and i agree with this. But you'll never stop israel. The progress you think you're making is delusional.
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