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The War of Ideas in the Middle East
Obama's public statements, no matter what Netanyahu claims, are those of an equivocator. Now Netanyahu and the whole world can see that Obama has hoisted himself upon his own petard.
Until she packs her bags and goes, are we not to assume she considers it her duty to be an Israeli agent?
It sounds a lot like the Muslims Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelley found to support their Muslim bashing. A racist is as a racist does.
For the other directed, Jewish identity is the submission to someone else's definition of Judaism. For the inner directed, it is the recognition that within one's self there is at the very least a smidgen of Jewishness.
Liberal Zionism is partnered with occupation and ethnic cleansing just as are Siamese twins a single entity. David Remnick doesn't recognize that Israel's ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians is a problem because he doesn't see it happening in the first place. Sheldon Adelson is proud to promote occupation as a positive thing. Remnick chooses to do his part by serving as a noteworthy enabler of those racist policies.
Zionism, like such ideologies as Nazism, requires geographical expansion to survive. When the lebensraum territory shrinks or even threatens to shrink, such ideologies turn on themselves with nothing left to do but feed on their own believers who don't believe sufficiently.
Fixed borders for Israel mean an end to Zionism because the required geographical expansion will end.
Here's a good example from Stephen Walt on Robert Siegel who is so well paid for being careful to not ask questions.
link to walt.foreignpolicy.com
It's a good example of our media moguls being disproportionately Jewish. I don't believe that 100% agree that US taxpayers should be footing the bill for Israel's occupation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Sad to say, 100% of them are afraid to publicly object.
Now that German-Americans are now recoginized to be the largest ethnic group in the US, we can see where ethnocracy would lead to here.
"ethnic Swedish Muslim businessmen"
Anti-Arab and anti-Iranian are anti-Semitic racist terms. Calling someone an Arabist is as racist and anti-Semitic as calling someone a Jew lover. Islamophobia is all about racist anti-Semitism. Sheldon Adelson would not consider featuring ethnic Swedish businessmen dressed in suits and ties for his racist anti-Muslim video because people would not get his intended anti-Semitic racist message.
Subtract anti-Jewishness from anti-Semitism and you are left with racist anti-Semitism in both our print and broadcast media emitted 24/7 against native Middle Eastern Arabs and Iranians to remind us that Israel is a country of whites under attack by non-whites. There is too little note that many of those spewing this anti-Semitic racism in our media are Jewish, not a few of whom would characterize themselves as liberals. Is the right/willingness to spew such racism considered to be a kind of entitlement owed to one time victims of anti-Semitism? Sheldon Adelson is an easy example but what about the New Yorker, NPR, NYRB, etc., who work so hard not to report on ethnic cleansing and occupation as the problem and chose, rather, to be its enablers?
A huge amount of praise is due from us to Mr. Rosenberg.
fyi
URI AVNERY: Iran has not attacked any other country in a thousand years.
link to counterpunch.org
Now maybe Obama will comprehend that our soldiers don't want to be there any more than the people of Afghanistan have made clear. If the US were to be driven out, a quick look at a map suggests what impact it would have if Israel and/or the US were to attack Iran.
Look at a map and imagine an attack against Iran by the US and/or Israel with opposition by both Afghanistan and Iraq. Has (political) geography been dropped from the neo-con curricula.
How many of these Americans who profess to have a stake in Israel, acknowledge that US interests must come first?
The Oakland Police can tell you what you need to know about "non-lethal" ammunition and its success in causing brain damage.
FirsterLiberal and Left are two different positions in today's world and even then we must ask, Liberal compared to what, and Left of what?
What our media has not reported is that the Ayatolah has forbidden nuclear weapons for Iran. Of course, reporting such would require a kind of follow up that, if attacked by Israel, Iran would be completely within its rights to develop nuclear weapons according to IAEA rules.
I remember mentioning to a very active Trotskyist in 1967 that their criticism of Israel's seizure of the West Bank was kind of lame. They had many many Jewish members and supporters at the time.
‘New Republic’ says Sarkozy ‘detests’ Netanyahu and treats him shabbily
It's easy to see why Mr. Leibowitz is the popular reporter that he is.
Can anyone believe this headline?
"Jon Stewart: Iran saber-rattling meant for old Jews in Florida"
[He wasn't polite enough to say "elderly" Jews.]
link to rawstory.com
Anti-Jewishness subtracted from anti-Semitism still leaves us with racist anti-Semitism directed against native Middle Eastern Arabs and Iranians, presumably an effort of our media to reinforce the notion that Israel is a nation of whites under attack by non-whites. NPR is as bad as the rest of our media in promoting such racism.
There is no end to the appeasement that Israel demands of the US and there never will be. When Netanyahu knows he is dealing with a weakling like Obama, who has already abased the US Presidency by his non-stop kowtowing to Zionist pressure, we can be assured that Obama will only show even more capitulation to what is supposed to be a client state.
Must read report by Gareth Porter about who was likely behind the anti-Israel bombs in India and Thailand.
You'll never guess who most likely set up for the toy bomb set off in India.
"Who’s Behind Anti-Israel Bomb Plots? March 3, 2012"
link to consortiumnews.com
Have you no respect for the little corporal?
If Dershowitz thinks Israel comes first, shouldn't he be voting in their elections instead of ours?
If you subtract anti-Jewishness from anti-Semitsm, you are still left with anti-Semitism as a form of racism used everywhere in our print and broadcast media against Middle Eastern Arabs and against Iranians. There's no need to go digging into ancient history to appreciate that ugly reality.
Relative to our media, AIPAC has always been a bit player. And the starring role has always been assumed by the New York Times.
Israel doesn't need lessons from the US about how to use white phosphorous. Just ask the Gazans about those who were melted to death.
Iraq does not control its own air space. Only the US has the ability, let alone the willingness, to keep Israel from using it.
Dragging the US into Israel's war against Iran will do wonders for the US relations with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Yemen, etc. Is anyone in our government paying any attention?
Good point. Think of it, Israel would be the second nation to use nuclear weapons against another country with the full support of the US, the only country to have used them against another.
Offering the use of US bases for Israel to use in an attack on Iran certainly sounds like a proxy.
"U.S. intelligence and special operations officials have tried to keep a dialogue going with Israel despite the high-level impasse, offering options such as
allowing Israel to use U.S. bases in the region to launch such a strike,
as a way to make sure the Israelis give the Americans a heads-up, according to the U.S. official and a former U.S. official with knowledge of the communications."
link to seattletimes.nwsource.com
Thanks for catching this. I too shared it with the subject heading that Obama was offering US bases for Israel to use when it attacks Iran. This presumes that Obama is in charge of his policy.
Someone should tell the people in charge of the NY Times to read their paper. Here's a headline in today's online edition:
"Iran Calls Nuclear Arms Production a 'Great Sin'"
link to nytimes.com
Israel firsters probably have so little respect for Americans that they have the audacity to vote in OUR elections. Should we demand the right to vote in Israel's elections?
Remarkable. Every state should have such a law.
From new Wikileaks:
"The Israelis already destroyed all the Iranian nuclear infrastructure on the ground weeks ago,” one intelligence official wrote in an email dated November 14, 2011. “The current ‘let’s bomb Iran’ campaign was ordered by the EU leaders to divert the public attention from their at home financial problems."
link to rawstory.com
It's time for Occupy AIPAC.
Is she openly running as an agent of a foreign power?
Presumably Technion weapons will be tested when Israel publicly goes to war against Iran.
And to the last US dollar.
It is the essence of Zionism that its Jewish adherents' first loyalty has to be to Israel. The dual loyalty applies to all Jewish Zionists in the world who have yet to make their required Aliyah to Israel.
I am still waiting to hear from our media that the Ayatollah has rescinded his fatwa against Iranian nuclear weapons.
By your logic it makes sense to blame the push for war against Iran on American Jews.
Does anyone know if David Cohen, who was in charge of this, is an Israeli citizen?
February 22, 2012
Khamenei Reconfirms Fatwa Against Nuclear Weapons
In a speech to nuclear scientists Ajatollah Ali Kahamenei today reconfirmed his Fatwa against nuclear weapons:
On numerous occasions, the Iranian people and government officials have announced that they do not seek to develop nuclear weapons and that nuclear weapons have no place among the needs of the nation and the military system of the country. We believe that using nuclear weapons is haraam and prohibited and that it is everybody’s duty to make efforts to protect humanity against this great disaster. We believe that besides nuclear weapons, other types of weapons of mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons also pose a serious threat to humanity. The Iranian nation which is itself a victim of chemical weapons feels more than any other nation the danger that is caused by the production and stockpiling of such weapons and is prepared to make use of all its facilities to counter such threats.
Reading the whole speech and understanding the logic of Kahmenei's judgement may be worth your time.
Posted by b on February 22, 2012 at 10:57 AM
link to moonofalabama.org
Israeli born Shamai K. Leibowitz working as an FBI translator reported that Congresswoman Jane Harman was sharing classified information with Israel. When nothing was done he leaked the information and ended up with a 20 month sentence in a Federal prison. While the Times article named Congressman Keith Ellis as the topic of one of those conversations, the reliable Times chose not to include the name of the person who committed the treasonous act, known to be Congresswoman Jane Harman. Imagine doing a story about a spy without mentioning the name!
link to nytimes.com
What about the long term health issues of Palestinians subject to US funded occupation and ethnic cleansing by Israel?
Ground breaking piece by Israel Shamir based on Soviet archives reveal that Sadat collaborated with both Israel and the US in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Shamir was one of the Israeli soldiers in that war.
This will surely be sensational news in Egypt.
link to counterpunch.org
Not to be missed piece by Alison Weir in today's Counterpunch
February 21, 2012
Judi Rudoren, Another Member of the Family
Meet the New York Times’ New Israel-Palestine News Chief
by ALISON WEIR
link to counterpunch.org
Nor does the civilized world recognize Israel's authority to do occupation and ethnic cleansing.
Did Secretary of State Clinton lodge a protest?
One state versus two state solution is a question for Palestinians to debate and decide. Outsiders may join in the debate and discussion but this remains an issue for Palestinians to decide. Supporters of Palestinian rights don't always keep that in mind which does nothing to keep the focus on the ongoing occupation and ethnic cleansing. If anything, the one state - two state debate distracts us from that focus, possibly intentionally.
He's more Catholic than the Pope and would outlaw all contraceptives. He does not however agree with the Church when it comes to the pursuit of peace, rather he wants to bomb Iran.
Let's compare the official US position about their arrests with those Americans arrested by the Egyptians.
Just as liberal Zionist has long been an oxymoron so has become the notion of a Democratic Israel.
Scary stuff from Counterpunch:
Meanwhile, on another front, the networks are ready. A CounterPunch informant reports:
“I was visiting ABCNews the other day to see a friend who works on graphics. When I went to his room, he showed me all the graphics he was making in anticipation of the Israeli attack on Iran; not just maps, but flight patterns, trajectories, and 3-d models of U.S. aircraft carrier fleets.
“But what was most disturbing – was that ABC, and presumably other networks, have been rehearsing these scenarios for over 2 weeks, with newscasters and retired generals in front of maps talking about missiles and delivery systems, and at their newsdesks – the screens are emblazoned with “This is a Drill” to assure they don’t go out on air – (like War of the Worlds).
“Then reports of counter-attacks by Hezballah in Lebanon with rockets on Israeli cities – it was mind-numbing. Very disturbing – when pre-visualization becomes real.”
Another CounterPuncher emails us:
“Just a quick possible scoop for the news room – I have a neighbor who bounces for a Seattle bar, and he had some very rowdy US service men in the bar the other night. When he asked them what was up, they told him they were being deployed to the mid-east as a front-running group for an operation in Iran.”
link to counterpunch.org
I doubt that Sachar could be considered a Zionist by today's standards. He makes it more than clear that the US is his first country, not his second.
The Parliamentary Bloc of Hamas (in Gaza) says the pact with Abbas is illegal.
At the very beginning of today's Flashpoints program on Pacifica's KPFK, Dennis Bernstein has a cell phone interview with Barbara Lubin of Middle Eastern Childrens' Alliance who is reporting from Gaza City that Hamas is evicting fishing village people from their homes in Gaza City where they have lived since the 1940's. How this relates to the Hamas pact with Abbas is not clear.
Abbas, who couldn't get elected dog catcher by fellow Palestinians, nevertheless remains America's great white hope.
When you say Israeli citizens, do you include dual citizen Americans? Add to these numbers, Zionists, with or without Israeli citizenship, who accept and proclaim that Israel is their first country.
Keep in mind a title for the video suggested here on Mondoweiss that makes clear the producers' intent and in which Kelly agreed to play his part.
"The Protocols of the Elders of Mecca"
Considering that Jeffrey Goldberg considers his services as a prison guard to be equivalent to counselor, we wonder how many Nazi era camp guards used that as a defense?
Should dual citizens of any country hold policy making postions in our Federal Government affecting their "other" country?
Here's a must read piece by David Bromwich
Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran
02/ 2/2012
link to huffingtonpost.com
Did anyone in the media, once they found out about the secret meeting between the Mossad and Obama's people, bother to ask what US committments were agreed to in support of Israel's attack against Iran?
By acceding to the wishes of Israel at any and every occasion possible, the US considers itself the ally of Israel. Israel obviously does not consider itself to be the ally of the US.
Speaking of jobs, how many Israeli citizens, with or without US citizenship, are on the Federal payroll whose job it is to make US policies that affect Israel? Imagine how our media would react if dual citizens of China, Pakistan, Russia, etc., were employed by our government to make policy decisions regarding their "other" country?
The marriage between the Democrats and the Israel Lobby is an arranged one. It is long past time that our media report on just who are the people doing the arranging, whether they are representatives of the Lobby or of the Democrats.
NPR is the voice of Israel firsters.
The Times is the most important newspaper outlet for Israel firsters. War-mongering is nothing new for the paper.
What is so hard to appreciate that an American born man or woman puts some other country first, and the US second?
Thanks very much for the information. Those who are unfamiliar with his writings may appreciate that Lilienthal was actually quite conservative though he was a strict adherent of anti-Zionism. I remember reading his relatively kind words for the Saudi royals. He also wrote openly about Jewish influence in the US and named names, including the Lilienthals!
Self-doubt is a starting point for ridding ourselves of the claptrap that has been passed onto each of us as truth and light. How many of these promoters of "self-hating" are really trying to keep individuals from straying into self-doubt?
Keep in mind that the leadership of the Christian Zionists has to be paid. That adds up to big bucks for a handful of white men.
Just as all (who mattered) agreed at the time that the Sudetenland was disputed territory before transfering it to Germany.
Were the tractors and trucks supplied by our tax dollars? Were they American made?
Phil,
You have done a super service by making this video available. Something tells me it won't be mentioned, let alone discussed, by the Times, NPR, etc.
As a Jewish Zionist, Ackerman, as did Adelson, declared the US to be his second country.
Comme Ci, Comme Ça
Published on Friday, January 27, 2012 by Common Dreams
Postponed Joint Israel-US War Games Back On?
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Now, Austere Challenge 12 is reportedly back on the books and U.S. military officers begin arriving in Israel next week to prepare.
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Israel's Ma’ariv newspaper broke the story Friday in an article in Hebrew. The Israeli media network Arutz Sheva reports:
Postponed Israel-U.S. Drill to be Held in October
The largest-ever anti-missile military exercise with the United States, which Israel postponed a week and a half ago, will be held in October, the Ma’ariv newspaper reported.
The report said that the decision to hold the exercise in October was reached late on Thursday night, after lengthy discussions between defense officials. [...]
Ma’ariv also noted that in preparation for the drill, U.S. military officers will arrive in Israel next week. About 3,000 U.S. soldiers are expected to arrive in Israel to take part in the large-scale exercise, the report said, and they will be joined by about 2,000 IDF soldiers.
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And Russia Today (RT) reports:
US and Israel Revive Largest Joint Anti-Missile Drills
[...] Now after a brief delay, America will send thousands of troops and its anti-missile defense systems to Israel, albeit a few months later than planned. With the exercise back in the books, it could mean that an eventual war between the US and Iran is still in the works — and now the world has a timeline to see it through.
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link to commondreams.org
Thanks to Counterpunch for this:
Q. How did Newt get Sheldon Adelson to give him $18 million?
A. He promised his next wife would be Jewish.
From a letter to the editor in today's Newsday in support of the ordination of women by the Catholic Church:
"Yes. Jesus selected males for his first priests: 12 male Palestinian Jews. Does that mean all priests must be male Palestinian Jews?"
I suspect Ackerman would also object to "liberal about everything but"
That's an uncomplicated way to explain that American Jewish Zionists deliberately choose to give their loyalty to the US second place.
Today's Financial Times discusses the rise in oil prices because Iran has threatened to immediately shut off oil to Europe which will especially hurt Eastern Europe, Greece and Italy.
Then there is this report that oil the US military is dependent upon in Afghanistan is supplied by guess who, Iran:
January 28, 2012
How The U.S. Military In Afghanistan Is Breaking The Sanctions On Iran
link to moonofalabama.org
Our media is reluctant to report on the video, better title, The Protocols of the Elders of Mecca.
A variation of the denials is that the Holocaust/Nakba were nowhere near as bad as people think and, thus, not worthy of discussion.
Warning, I steal good ideas and pass them on. "The Protocols of the Elders of Mecca" is a definite keeper. Thanks.
The creation, the promotion, and the distribution of this video is a creepy reminder of how the Protocols of the Elders of Zion would be produced for a modern audience. The universal lack of disgust for this effort, if our media is to be believed, is truly stunning.
This has been around for some time. How many rabbis objected? You don't have to ask how long it would take for a Muslim newspaper that called for the assassination of Obama would be shut down compared to a Jewish newspaper that called for the same thing. So much for religion in modern America.
A perfect example of what the Times does best, not reporting.
Lying is not what the Times does best. What it does best is not reporting.
"decided on their own that the US"
Adelson is a reminder that Jewish Zionists have decided on their only that the US is their second country. That Gingrich would grovel for the money is no different than Obama sending the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to grovel before Netanyahu. Perhaps the most disgusting was virtually the entire Congress groveling before Netanyahu when he their guest in May of last year. The groveling in that instance was to demonstrate to the US media branch of the Israel Lobby that Congress was happy to perform its role.
On its own the US media rebranded white racists as Evangelicals. Only then could they be upgraded to Christian Zionists which enabled them to be incorporated into the fold of supporters of Israel's white Jews against non-white Palestinians. Our media, at the behest of the Israel Lobby, did this on its own. White racists are too feeble to be able to do this themselves.