Sibiriak This user account status is Approved Comments Comments Posts Posts RoHa: I don’t understand this “Irish Catholic” category. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Irish Catholics”= Irish who are Catholics, in contradistinction to "Irish Protestants." On ‘It was definitely about the Benjamins’ — former campaign staffer details AIPAC’s far-reaching financial power amigo: Gibraltar is not part of the UK... --------------------------------------------------- Gibraltar is not an Occupied Territory like Palestine is, however, it's exact status is a matter of some dispute: EU irks Britain by calling Gibraltar a 'colony' February 1, 2019 https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-gibraltar/eu-irks-britain-by-calling-gibraltar-colony-idUKKCN1PQ4DJ On Thank you Bret Stephens, for making anti-Zionism a subject for every dinner table, and BDS a household word But what to make of the hordes of Jews, including Michelle Goldberg and IfNotNow, who defend the long tradition of anti-Zionism in the Jewish community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hordes of anti-Zionist Jews? On Thank you Bret Stephens, for making anti-Zionism a subject for every dinner table, and BDS a household word Philip Weiss: You will notice that there is not a word here about Christian Zionists. ---------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy Carter is a devout Christian Zionist, albeit a liberal Christian Zionist, not a rightwing evangelical Zionist. His liberal Zionism is deeply rooted in his Christian beliefs: As a child, I was taught by my father every Sunday about the special status of the Jewish people in the eyes of God, and when I was governor of Georgia, I went with my wife and Jody Powell to the Middle East to learn more about Israel and its mortal threats from Arab neighbors. From the time I was a young submarine officer until I became president, I observed closely the four wars fought in the Holy Land. I visited Yad Vashem three times and wondered why there was not a public commemoration of the Holocaust in America. (Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, p. 248. Emphasis added) * * * It became increasingly clear that there were two Israels. One encompassed the ancient culture and moral values of the Jewish people, defined by the Hebrew Scriptures with which I had been familiar since childhood and representing the young nation that most Americans envisioned. , The other existed within the occupied Palestinian territorieswith policies shaped by a refusal to acknowledge and respect the basic human rights of the citizens. (Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, p. 112. Emphasis added) In his book, Carter condemns the current Israeli apartheid regime, but also rejects the option of a single state based on equal rights and universal citizenship, in large part because he believes such a state would mean the end Israel as a Jewish state: A forcible annexation of Palestine and its legal absorption into Israel, which could give large numbers of non-Jewish citizens the right to vote and live as equals under the law. This would directly violate international standards and the Camp David Accords, which are the basis for peace with Egypt. At the same time, non-Jewish citizens would make up a powerful swing vote if other Israelis were divided and would ultimately constitute an outright majority in the new Greater Israel. Israel would be further isolated and condemned by the international community, with no remaining chance to end hostilities with any appreciable part of the Arab world. (Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, pp. 214-215. Emphasis added) Carter quotes two individuals, one Palestinian, one Israeli, advocating a two-state solution which restricts the Palestinian right of return and protects the Jewish majority in Israel: Jonathan Kuttab, Palestinian human rights lawyer: “Everybody knows what it will take to achieve a permanent and lasting peace that addresses the basic interests of both sides: It’s a two-state solution. It’s withdrawal to 1967 borders. It’s dismantlement of the settlements. It’s some kind of shared status for a united Jerusalem, the capital of both parties. The West Bank and Gaza would have to be demilitarized to remove any security threats to Israel. Some kind of solution would have to be reached for the refugee problem, some qualified right of return, with compensation. Everyone knows the solution; the question is: Is there political will to implement it?” Dr. Naomi Chazan, professor at Hebrew University and former deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset: “I don’t think any difference now remains between the majority of Israelis and Palestinians in understanding that there has to be some kind of accommodation between both people. There are two possibilities on how to do it. To acknowledge and then to implement the Palestine right to self-determination, and to make sure that the two-state solution is a just and fair solution, allowing for the creation of a viable state alongside Israel on the 1967 boundaries, and if there are any changes, they are by agreement on a swap basis. And on the Israeli side, there is the need to maintain a democratic state with a Jewish majority, which can only be achieved through the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.” (Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, pp. 212-213. Emphasis added) On Jimmy Carter believed he lost a second term because he opposed settlements, alienating Jews — Eizenstat Bennorius: President Jimmy Carter ... a man of courage and principle. -------------------------------------------------------------- Indeed, Carter was a good liberal Zionist, guided by Christian principles: Carter cited UN Security Council Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) as the basis for negotiation. He saw them as a path to a Palestinian homeland linked to Jordan “rather than … an independent state. Naturally, he opposed the illiberal, supremacist Zionism championed by Begin et al. On Jimmy Carter believed he lost a second term because he opposed settlements, alienating Jews — Eizenstat Trudeau is a diehard zionist. ------------------------------------------------------ A diehard imperialist, as well. Trudeau Pushes Trump’s Regime Change in Venezuela https://therealnews.com/stories/trudeau-pushes-trumps-regime-change-in-venezuela On Canada revokes Jewish charity’s tax-deductible status over support for Israeli military ...an example of “The True Believer”. --------------------------- Author Eric Hoffer: ISRAEL’S PECULIAR POSITION… “The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews. Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it, Poland and Czechoslovakia did it. Turkey threw out a million Greeks and Algeria a million Frenchman. Indonesia threw out heaven knows how many Chinese and no one says a word about refugees. But in the case of Israel , the displaced Arabs have become eternal refugees. Everyone insists that Israel must take back every single one. Arnold Toynbee calls the displacement of the Arabs an atrocity greater than any committed by the Nazis. Other nations when victorious on the battlefield dictate peace terms. But when Israel is victorious, it must sue for peace. Everyone expects the Jews to be the only real Christians in this world. Other nations, when they are defeated, survive and recover but should Israel be defeated it would be destroyed. Had Nasser triumphed last June [1967], he would have wiped Israel off the map, and no one would have lifted a finger to save the Jews. No commitment to the Jews by any government, including our own, is worth the paper it is written on. There is a cry of outrage all over the world when people die in Vietnam or when two Blacks are executed in Rhodesia . But, when Hitler slaughtered Jews no one demonstrated against him. The Swedes, who were ready to break off diplomatic relations with America because of what we did in Vietnam , did not let out a peep when Hitler was slaughtering Jews. They sent Hitler choice iron ore, and ball bearings, and serviced his troops in Norway . The Jews are alone in the world. If Israel survives, it will be solely because of Jewish efforts. And Jewish resources. Yet at this moment, Israel is our only reliable and unconditional ally. We can rely more on Israel than Israel can rely on us. And one has only to imagine what would have happened last summer [1967] had the Arabs and their Russian backers won the war, to realize how vital the survival of Israel is to America and the West in general. I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the Holocaust will be upon us all.” https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-peculiar-position-by-eric-hoffer/ ----------------------------------------------------------- The great American philosopher Eric Hoffer, commenting on the Zionist Movement’s triumph in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, said: “…it is still true that their daring and reckless readiness for self-sacrifice sprang not from despair but from their fervent preoccupation with the revival of an ancient land and an ancient people. They, indeed, fought and died for cities yet to be built and gardens yet to be planted.” https://rutgershillel.org/hate-does-not-sell-at-rutgers-university/ On Bari Weiss charges Ilhan Omar with ‘anti-Semitic slander’- but Israelis say these things all the time! JWalters: Nancy: But this is a special case... ------------------------------------------- Exceptionalism. A supreme American value. On Pay no attention to Tlaib and Omar, says Pelosi– but she does ....according to a survey published last week by the University of Maryland... --------------------------------------- 55% support two states, or indefinite occupation, or Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories without equal citizenship. 35% support a single democratic state. https://mondoweiss.net/2018/12/groundbreaking-american-democratic/ On Growing US public support for one democratic state in Israel/Palestine falls on deaf ears Mooser: ll I hear is right-wing fever-swamp echo-chamber nonsense.... ------------------------------------------- You're not listening. On Trump cites Israel’s interest in the Saudi-US portfolio — not Russia’s load more comments
