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The First Word War, Second Battle: Nahida Izzat, Adib S Kawar and Kissa OnLine

By Nahida Izzat • Oct 7th, 2009 at 16:47 • Category: Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

israel propaganda machine

UPDATE! NEW ADDITIONS IN SPANISH AND ARABIC. FIRST WORD WAR – PALESTINE THINK TANK AND TLAXCALA DECLARE WAR ON DISINFORMATION.  (Original art for PTT and Tlaxcala by Carlos Latuff). Our second instalment features Nahida Izzat, Adib S. Kawar and Issa OnLine. Translations into Spanish, English and Arabic by Manuel Talens, Victoria Blanco, Atenea Acevedo, Mary Rizzo, Issa, Adib S Kawar and with the help of Fausto Giudice and Esteban Garcia. German to follow.

The First Word War

NAHIDA IZZAT  –  About anti-Semitism 

auteur_1643Talking about anti-Semitism, and the accusation of anti-Semitism, is to many people a very sensitive issue, nevertheless, I feel the need to highlight some points: 

As a Palestinian and as a Muslim, with first hand experience of racism, whether here in UK or in occupied Palestine, I do understand what it means to be subjugated to it; thus, I deeply empathise with those who suffer from the menace of racism and discrimination, those who are abused verbally, physically, emotionally, or otherwise for no other reason than the fact that they are “different”. 

And I also do understand the awful feeling and dreadful sensation of being subjugated to subtle racist looks or remarks, only felt by you and not the people around you. 

However, I do see a huge difference between a racist remark directed at a person or a group for their beliefs, race, or whatever that which makes them different, and between a snarl, a sneer or sarcasm against an occupying criminal entity called “israel” and its people for their CRIMES. 

One must not fail to distinguish between the rage and fury caused by watching helplessly for decades the grim unstoppable crimes go unpunished year after year, and the racist blind hatred that might still exist among a tiny minority who, by nature, would be hating anything and anyone who is different anyway. 

Furthermore, this occupying entity called “israel” (a word that I myself detest to even pronounce and generally avoid to use) is not a theoretical being, nor does it operate in a vacuum; it’s neither an abstract concept nor a conjectural void.

It’s an entity run by PEOPLE 

PEOPLE who make decisions, 

PEOPLE who elect politicians,

PEOPLE who ALL serve in a barbaric army, 

PEOPLE who foster racist beliefs, attitudes and actions, 

PEOPLE who invaded others’ land, dispossessed them, and forcibly occupied it, 

PEOPLE who imprison children and shoot babies' hearts,

PEOPLE who destroy world heritage, 

PEOPLE who steal water, land, sea and sky, 

PEOPLE who kill hope, life, beauty and smiles, 

PEOPLE who build their colonies on the blood and ruins of another people. 

It is an entity of PEOPLE, 94% of whom voted for the attack on Gaza. 

It is an entity of PEOPLE, 71% of whom want U.S. to strike Iran.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/860903.html 

It is an entity of PEOPLE who violated ALL neighbouring countries. 

It is an entity of PEOPLE who live on a STOLEN land for over six decades, with no signs of shame, remorse, awakening of conscience, or willingness to neither admit nor right the wrongs they’ve committed. 

Every normal person with some compassion, would make a grimace of disgust and revulsion when hearing about such an entity or such a people who commit such despicable horrors. 

Now, I find it difficult to be persuaded that such a reaction to such horrific crimes -when hearing the name “israel” or “israeli”- is an act of racism (anti-Semitism).

On another note; we  Palestinians do not have any responsibility whatsoever for the crime of the holocaust, nor do we carry the burden of European racism against Jewish people. 

Furthermore, I do not see a difference between any kind of racism including racism directed against Jewish people known as anti-Semitism. If we accept racism against Jewish people as being different, then it implies that we accept the racist absurdity of “Jewish exceptionalism”. Racism is racism, many causes, same consequences. 

Thus, I do not see the suffering of Jewish people (horrible as it was) as a unique kind of suffering which must be revered and viewed as essentially and fundamentally different from other human suffering; the same way that I do not see our suffering as Palestinians as unique or different from any other. 

Questions come pounding:  

Why is it that we Palestinians- are constantly reminded of the horrors of the holocaust, when we had nothing to do with it? 

Why is it that we Palestinians, are to suffer the same fate as the victims of the holocaust by the hands of those who brag worldwide to act for “never again”? 

Why would the UN want to enforce the study of the history of the oppressors and occupiers -holocaust- upon children languishing in refugee camps who themselves along with their parents, and grand parents were victims of ethnic cleansing, planed and executed by those whom they are supposed to feel sympathy with? 

Why is it that we are persistently bogged down by the fixation on anti-Semitism, while for sixty years (a century rather), we are the ones who are relentlessly suffering from a most vile evil racism (ethnic cleansing gradually becoming a form of “final solution”) perpetrated by a whole population of racist zionists?  

(with all honesty, I must tell you that some times I imagine it would’ve been easier and less painful to us to be gassed and killed immediately rather than this policy of excruciating slow death that we have been going through for over a century). 

How could the world keep asking us to recognise the “humanity” of a settler, who comes with his wife and children armed to his teeth, and at gun point evicts a Palestinian family, throws their entire belongings out, and moves in? 

What kind of “humanity” is this?  

And most importantly, why is it that we are continuously been asked to feel compassion towards our tormenters who relentlessly murder and humiliate us, who attempt to annihilate us and our history and why, to what purpose, are we asked to feel their “humanity”, while their knife still piercing deep in our hearts? 

Finally, I cannot speak on behalf of all the Palestinians, but as for myself, I must admit, the recent Gaza events was the last straw that broke the camel’s back; before that, I used to think that there is hope, those PEOPLE would wake up to their “humanity” one day, and regret the evil that they’ve done, unfortunately, the more I see of them, the more I realise that this hope and dream was an illusion. 

Over the past few years, I have been reading and debating with many of those “soft” zionists in the so called “peace camps”, all I found is an extremely arrogant groups of people, who are incapable of recognising, admitting, or willing to rectify the crimes they’ve done. 

 They are only interested in “peace” to protect their interests and to further secure their grip hold on the stolen land. 

Moreover, very recently, and by sheer accident, I stumbled across some honorific information that reveals the severity of decay of morality and lack of humanity amongst those RACIST zionists – whose ideological bigotry and chauvinism surpasses all other- that left me in a state of shock for days; crying, shaking, suffocating with palpitations and suffering from severe panic attacks. I hope and pray that I would be one day soon, able to write about the awful reality that caused so much anguish, distress, shocked my very foundation and traumatized my essence. 

Undoubtedly, the world community should leave it to the victims to decide how to deal with those criminals in the future. Only the victims can investigate the fragile alleys of forgiveness or punishment. The victims should have the last say irrespective of what their judgment might be, they should not be vilified, indicted or moralized with, for they have suffered more than enough. 

The emergence of forgiveness and reconciliation requires certain conditions:

1)     Stopping the crime

2)     admitting of guilt

3)      asking for pardon

4)      and rectifying the wrong

None of these conditions are ever considered as an option amongst that mighty sick racist society. 

As for me, I have no authority to talk in the name of all Palestinians, but I can state with all honesty, I DO NOT wish the zionist murderers, those of whom were directly or indirectly involved in massacres, theft of land, subjugation and oppression, to remain in Palestine after its liberation from the occupier.  Except of course for the very few good people amongst them, as no soul should carry the liability of another- I do not wish the invader, occupier and criminal racists to stay in Palestine, the land that they incessantly raped, destroyed and disfigured, nor do I desire them to be my neighbours. 

They have shown no respect, no appreciation, and no love to this land or to her people. 

They do not deserve to live there. 

But these are only my own feelings, and I know that the decision is not mine. 

More on anti-Semitism 

There are some more points that I would like to draw attention to: 

1) “israel” calls itself a Jewish state, and claims to be acting for all Jewish people, by Jewish people.  It is still enjoying the moral and financial support of the majority of Jewish communities world wide. The absence of a huge uproar of denunciation and disassociation by the majority of world Jewry, makes it hard for people not to blame zionist  Jews who live outside occupied Palestine for their guilt of complicity, active alliance or passive complacency by either silence or aiding and sustaining the criminals. 

2) “israel” still enjoys the protection of the “Security Council” with its US vetoes on any UN resolution sanctioning “israel’s” endless list of ongoing crimes and infractions of international law, and the “israeli” criminals still roam with impunity, free from prosecution by any jurisdiction. This intolerable situation inevitably foments further rage and fury against the double standard and special treatment granted to the Jewish state.  

3) The excessive use of the term “anti-Semitism”:

a) by zionist Jews, accusing all non zionists

b) by soft zionists Jews, accusing anti zionist Jews

c) by anti zionists Jews, accusing fellow anti zionists Jews and also non Jews of anti-Semitism as soon as they dare to examine Judaism with critical eye, criticising some aspects of it, some beliefs, attitudes or behaviours. 

All this has participated in creating a sense of repression of freedom of expression, and undoubtedly also a sense of being subjected to what feels like intimidation and thought control. 

It has also diluted the meaning of the word anti-Semitism, making it practically devoid of any signification. It is now used ad nauseam, ad absurdum, reduced to a simple rhetorical trick, slapped in the face of anything and anyone, as soon as there is the slightest inspection of facts. The word has lost its effectiveness to expose a form of racism, I am afraid. The more we hear it used inappropriately, the more indifference its further future usage will raise. Worse, it may even -God forbid- contribute to a form of blow-back   …the story of the boy who cried wolf is only too familiar. 

So, a sincere advice from a heart that cares, to all my Jewish friends who are really interested in preventing the re-emergence of real “anti Semitism”, and to those “israelis” with some humanity left; I would say: 

1) Instead of wasting time searching for the "humanity" within “israeli” criminals, focus your energy on fighting and revealing “israeli” crimes and exposing its inhumanity,

2) Disassociate your selves completely from such an entity and proclaim this annulment loud and clear,

3) Let go of the idea that anti Semitism is a “special” case of racism; treat all racism with the same degree of unambiguous condemnation,

4) Try to look at the situation from the standpoint of non Jewish people, who will not accept or understand the insistence on the uniqueness of the Jewish suffering, whereas the world has seen since the end of WW2 the massacres of millions and millions of non Jews.  The world is inflamed by hatred against Muslims, not against Jews,

5) With love in my heart, with sincere and pure feelings, I would appeal to you to look inwards and search for reasons, as to why you feel that the world should accept racism against you as somehow worse or different, and as to why you feel that your suffering is unique and unlike others’ , because this is not how the world sees it. All suffering has the same value to those who go through it, and all racism has the same consequences and must be ostracized with the same ferociousness,

6) Those of us who are involved in the support of Palestinian cause are inevitably going to be accused of anti-Semitism, that does not make us in any shape or form anti-Semites, for we know very well that we are not; hence, false labels, and bogus allegations should not frighten or deter us, distract us or hinder our determination of doing what we think is right, 

7) And finally, please, do not freak out when people point out to certain aspects of Judaism and the Jewish culture that they might not like or find incompatible with humanity, equality or fairness, after all this has always been accepted by other religions, belief-systems and cultures, and this is what freedom of thought and freedom of speech are all about, people have the right to look at different ideologies, scrutinize them, criticise them and sieve out what appears to be hindering the human moral development, as long as all this is done in a non-offensive manner, without slander or abuse, but rather in a respectful, academic, genuine and good-intentional search for truth. 

PS: I know that what I have said might appear too strong, unfamiliar, or painful to hear, but I can only speak of what’s in my heart, as I believe that only through openness and honesty that trust can be built. 

We have a saying in Arabic; “sadeequka man sadaqak, wassaddaqak”

صديقك من صدَقك و صدّقك

 “Your true friend is that who is honest with you and who believes you 

Arabic word for honesty: sidq

And for friend: sadeeq

Both friend and honesty share the same root: sa-da-qa= told the truth

My love as always

nahida

Courage doesn't always roar.    
Sometimes courage is the little voice
at the end of the day that says . . .
I'll try again tomorrow.      

   ~ Anne Henninghake

فليتكَ تحلو والحياةُ مريرة

وليتكَ ترضى والأنامُ غضابُ

ألا ليتَ الذي بيني وبينكَ عامرٌ

وبيني وبينَ العالمينَ خرابُ

إذا صحَّ منكَ الودُ فالكلُ هينٌ

وكلُ الذي فوقَ  الترابِ ترابُ

Also on Tlaxcala: http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=8891&lg=en

Spanish Translation by Victoria Blanco and Manuel Talens Below.

The First Word War is an initiative by Palestine Think Tank and Tlaxcala. Send your submissions to contact@palestinethinktank.com or tlaxcala@tlaxcala.es

The First Word War

ADIB S. KAWAR  -  Colonies vs. Settlements 

colonisation not settlement

This is colonization & not settlement!!!
 
The war of words is most commonly used by the Zionist movement to justify the land theft of other people's property to sound as if it is a justified and legal action; so they play on words, and instead of using the right words or terminologies to explain their actions, which disclose their crimes against humanity they have been and are still committing, they employ a different term, instead of using the right word for the dwellings they build on the stolen land, they say "settlements" rather than using the right terminology, namely, "colonies".

An indigenous people naturally increases in numbers; so they have to build new dwellings on their own inherited, rightly and legally owned land, what they are doing is that they naturally are settling and expanding on their own land. These new dwellings, which are settlements or towns by no means could be called colonies, as is the case with foreign invaders' dwellings, which are nothing but colonies.

On the other hand, a foreign invader conquers a foreign land with the aim of colonizing it. They will implement any justification for what they are actually doing.  When they are building new dwellings on the invaded land, which is an act displacing its indigenous population and replacing them with an imported invading population, what they are building by the force of arms and terror are colonies built on stolen lands, they are by no means to be considered settlements.

We the generation who were born and raised in our own land, Palestine, and saw the influx of Zionist Jews trying to colonize our land by any means possible to them with the help of British occupation. We used the right description for what they built on it, we always called the dwellings they built, colonies (musta3marat in Arabic) and never heard and of course called them "settlements" (mustawtanat in Arabic), as is the case lately.

Also on Tlaxcala here:

Spanish Translation by Atenea Avecedo follows below.

The First Word War is an initiative by Palestine Think Tank and Tlaxcala. Send your submissions to contact@palestinethinktank.com or tlaxcala@tlaxcala.es

The First Word War

Kissa On Line – Hello Um Ali….It’s Avital Leibowitz calling…

Translated from French by Mary Rizzo

auteur_1642

A comment left on my article regarding Bernard-Henri Levy* (BHL) by a reader of the blog who has signed as TAXE, that he had declared on a French television programme that the Israeli army was “…extremely moral… it is the most moral army in the world since, prior to attacking a neighbourhood, it asks the inhabitants to leave their homes…”

This is, for BHL, one of those things that are so rare and are a great sign of civilisation.

And to think that the readers of my blog are often telling me to not say any more dirty words.

Who could believe this discourse, it is nothing different from the continuous affirmation that the Zionist army does nothing but defend its own citizens. This stratagem, enormous as it is, has brought me to compose this little play that you can read under the form of a screenplay. 

Scene 1   interior / day

Within a room, at the home at Hay Ezzaytoune in Gaza. One hears explosions outside. A telephone rings. A door opens and a women enters from the right. She is Um Ali and she answers the phone. The camera moves in closer until there is a close up. There is an off-screen voice that can be heard. Um Ali says:

- Who’s calling?…

- Good morning Um Ali… how are Ali and Abu Ali… This is Miss Khamass… Avital Leibowitz… I would like to speak to you in the name of the Israeli Army…

- Abi…what?…

- Avital Leibowitz…miss Khamass…

- miss…what…

- Miss Khamass…listen …we have some phosphorus bombs to drop… some GUB39 to dump… rather, we have a dozen cluster bombs… We apologise for any inconvenience… only a question of half an hour… and we’ll have done our work… sorry for the inconvenience.

 - You piece of shit…. You no good son of a bitch…

One can hear the sound of projectiles whistling past…Boom …Kaboom…Zvoom…

The room is set on fire… Um Ali falls to the floor… there is an incredible amount of dust… two walls fall in… the phone dangles by the cord and swings over the ground… one can hear:

-Hello Um Ali.. are you still there?… this is Miss Khamass… Avital Leibowitz.

gal_6502Avital Leibowitz, spokesperson for the Israeli army is nicknamed  “Miss Khamass”, and she uses the word “Khamass” many times each minute in every one of her televised declarations.

*BHL: French Neocon who thinks he is a philosopher. He is a fierce defender of Zionism and Israel.

French and Arabic follow.

The First Word War is an initiative by Palestine Think Tank and Tlaxcala. Send your submissions to contact@palestinethinktank.com or tlaxcala@tlaxcala.es

 Also on Tlaxcala here: http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=8900&lg=en

La Primera guerra mundial de las palabras. Palestine Think Tank y Tlaxcala declaran la guerra contra la desinformación 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nahida Izzat – Sobre el antisemitismo

AUTOR:  Nahida IZZAT

Traducido por  Victoria Blanco y Manuel Talens 

auteur_1643Aunque para muchas personas hablar de antisemitismo y acusar a alguien de antisemita es un asunto muy delicado, siento la necesidad de destacar algunos puntos: 

Como palestina y musulmana que ha sufrido el racismo en carne propia, tanto en el Reino Unido como en el territorio palestino ocupado, entiendo lo que significa vivirlo y, por lo tanto, me siento sumamente identificada con todos quienes sufren la amenaza del racismo y la discriminación, con quienes padecen abuso verbal, físico, emocional o de otro tipo sólo por el hecho de ser “diferentes”.

También comprendo el horrible sentimiento y la terrible sensación de estar sometida a sutiles miradas o comentarios racistas que sólo yo percibo, no la gente a mi alrededor.

Sin embargo, también advierto una enorme diferencia entre un comentario racista, dirigido a una persona o a un grupo por sus creencias, raza o lo que los vuelve diferentes, y un gruñido, un comentario despectivo o sarcástico en contra de una entidad ocupante criminal denominada “Israel” y su población a causa de sus CRÍMENES

Hay que saber distinguir entre la ira y la furia que, año tras año, han despertado décadas de crímenes espantosos, totalmente impunes, del ciego odio racista que aún pueda existir en una pequeña minoría, la cual, de todos modos y por propia naturaleza, odiaría lo que fuera y a cualquiera que fuese diferente. 

Además, esa entidad ocupante llamada Israel (una palabra que detesto pronunciar y suelo evitar) no es un ser teórico, ni funciona en el vacío; no es un concepto abstracto, pero tampoco un vacío conjetural.

Es una entidad operada por GENTE.

GENTE que toma decisiones.

GENTE que elige políticos.

GENTE que sirve EN SU TOTALIDAD a un ejército brutal.

GENTE que fomenta creencias, actitudes y acciones racistas.

GENTE que invadió la tierra de otros, los despojó, y ocupó dicha tierra por la fuerza

GENTE que encarcela niños y dispara a los corazones de bebés.

GENTE que destruye el patrimonio mundial.

GENTE que roba agua, tierra, mar y cielo.

GENTE que mata la esperanza, la vida, la belleza y las sonrisas.

GENTE que construye sus colonias sobre la sangre y las ruinas de otra gente.

Es una entidad en la que el 94% de la GENTE votó a favor del ataque contra Gaza.

Es una entidad en la que el 71% de la GENTE está deseosa de que USA ataque a Irán.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/860903.html 

Es una entidad de GENTE que no ha respetado a NINGUNO de sus países vecinos.

Es una entidad de GENTE que vive en una tierra ROBADA desde hace más de seis décadas, sin mostrar signos de vergüenza, remordimiento, conciencia o deseo de admitir o reparar los daños que ha causado. 

Cualquier persona normal, con algo de compasión, expresaría una mueca de asco y repugnancia ante dicha entidad o dicha gente, capaz de cometer horrores tan viles. 

Por eso, me resulta difícil aceptar que una reacción así ante crímenes tan terribles –que cualquiera sentiría al escuchar los nombres Israel o israelí– sea un acto de racismo (antisemitismo).

Por otra parte, nosotros los palestinos no tenemos ninguna responsabilidad en los crímenes del holocausto, ni tampoco somos responsables del racismo europeo contra el pueblo judío. 

Asimismo, tampoco veo diferencia alguna entre los distintos tipos de racismo, incluido el racismo dirigido contra los judíos, conocido como antisemitismo. Si aceptamos que el racismo contra las personas judías es diferente, entonces estaríamos aceptando el absurdo racista de la “excepcionalidad judía”. El racismo es racismo; con muchas causas, pero con las mismas consecuencias. 

Por lo tanto, no considero que el sufrimiento de los judíos (que fue realmente horrible) sea de un tipo exclusivo que deba ser venerado o visto como esencial o fundamentalmente distinto de cualquier otro sufrimiento; de la misma manera que no considero que nuestro sufrimiento, como palestinos, sea único o distinto de otro tipo de padecimientos. 

Se me agolpan las preguntas:

¿Por qué se nos recuerda constantemente a los palestinos los horrores del holocausto cuando no tuvimos nada que ver con él?

¿Por qué debemos sufrir los palestinos el mismo destino que las víctimas del holocausto a manos de aquellos que alardean mundialmente con la bandera del “nunca más”? 

¿Por qué querría la ONU imponer el estudio de la historia de los opresores y los ocupantes (holocausto) a los niños que se consumen en campos de refugiados, a esos niños que, junto a sus padres y abuelos, han sido víctimas de una limpieza étnica planificada y ejecutada por esos mismos a quienes, supuestamente, deben comprender? 

¿Por qué se nos relaciona constantemente con el antisemitismo, cuando durante sesenta años (en realidad un siglo) hemos sido víctimas incesantes del racismo más vil y maligno (una limpieza étnica que gradualmente se está convirtiendo en una especie de “solución final”), perpetrado por una población entera de sionistas racistas?

(Con toda franqueza, a veces imagino que hubiera sido mucho más simple y menos doloroso si nos hubiesen asesinado de inmediato con gas en vez de sufrir esta política de insoportable muerte lenta que hemos estado padeciendo durante más de un siglo). 

¿Cómo puede el mundo exigirnos que reconozcamos la “humanidad” de un colono que viene con su esposa e hijos armados hasta los dientes y, a punta de pistola, desaloja a una familia palestina, arroja afuera sus pertenencias y se instala en su casa? 

¿Qué tipo de “humanidad” es esa?

Y lo que es más importante, ¿por qué se nos pide con tanta insistencia que sintamos compasión por nuestros torturadores, que nos asesinan y humillan sin piedad, que intentan aniquilar a nuestra gente y nuestra historia? ¿Y por qué, con qué propósito, se nos pide que sintamos su “humanidad”, mientras que su cuchillo sigue clavado en nuestros corazones? 

Por último, no puedo hablar en nombre de todos los palestinos, pero sí en el mío, y debo admitir que los últimos acontecimientos en Gaza fueron la última gota que desbordó el vaso; antes solía pensar que aún había esperanza, que esa GENTE algún día tomaría conciencia de su “humanidad” y lamentaría el daño causado, pero lamento decir que, cuanto más veo de ellos, más me doy cuenta de que esta esperanza y este sueño son sólo una ilusión. 

He pasado los últimos años leyendo y debatiendo con muchos de esos sionistas “moderados” en los llamados “campos de la paz”, y lo único que he descubierto son grupos de personas arrogantes, incapaces de reconocer, de admitir o de querer rectificar los crímenes cometidos. 

Sólo les interesa la “paz” mientras les sirva para proteger sus intereses y para asegurar su posesión de la tierra robada. 

Además, hace muy poco tiempo y, por accidente, me topé con cierta información honorífica que revela la severidad del deterioro de la moralidad y la falta de humanidad entre esos sionistas RACISTAS (cuya intolerancia ideológica y chovinismo superan todo lo demás), que me sumió en un estado de shock durante días; llorando, temblando, asfixiándome con palpitaciones y sufriendo de graves ataques de pánico. Espero y rezo para que un día no muy lejano sea capaz de escribir sobre la terrible realidad que me causó tanta angustia y aflicción, que conmocionó mis principios y traumatizó mi esencia.

Sin lugar a dudas, la comunidad mundial debería dejar a las víctimas la decisión sobre la manera en que esos criminales serán tratados en el futuro. Sólo las víctimas pueden atravesar los senderos del perdón y del castigo. Las víctimas deberían tener la última palabra, con independencia de cuál sea su juicio, no deberían ser vilipendiadas, acusadas o juzgadas moralmente, puesto que ya han sufrido suficiente.

El perdón y la reconciliación requieren ciertas condiciones:

1) Detener los crímenes,

2) admitir la culpa,

3) pedir perdón, y

4) reparar el daño causado.

Ninguna de estas condiciones se considera una opción en esa poderosa sociedad racista y enferma.

En lo que a mí respecta, no poseo autoridad alguna para hablar en nombre de todos los palestinos, pero puedo decir con toda franqueza que NO deseo que los asesinos sionistas, aquellos que estuvieron involucrados de manera directa o indirecta en las masacres, el robo de la tierra, el sometimiento y la opresión, permanezcan en Palestina después de su liberación del ocupante. Excepto, desde luego, por aquellas pocas personas buenas que hay entre ellos, ya que ningún alma debe cargar con la responsabilidad de otra, no deseo que los racistas criminales, ocupantes e invasores permanezcan en Palestina, la tierra que han violado, destruido y maltratado sin cesar, y tampoco deseo que sean mis vecinos. 

No han mostrado respeto alguno, ni gratitud ni amor por esta tierra o su gente.

No merecen vivir allí.

Pero estos sentimientos son sólo míos, y sé que no he de ser yo quien tome la decisión. 

Más sobre el antisemitismo

Me gustaría señalar algunos puntos más:

1) Israel se denomina a sí mismo Estado judío y, según él, actúa en nombre de todo el pueblo judío, por el pueblo judío. Goza además del apoyo moral y económico de la mayoría de las comunidades judías del mundo entero. Ante la ausencia de protestas o de desvinculación por parte de la mayor parte de los judíos, parece difícil que no haya quienes consideren que los judíos sionistas que viven fuera de la Palestina ocupada son culpables de complicidad y complacencia activa o pasiva, ya sea por guardar silencio o por ayudar y apoyar a los criminales.

2) Israel sigue gozando de la protección del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas a través de los vetos de Washington ante cualquier resolución que pretenda sancionar la interminable lista de crímenes e infracciones del Derecho internacional por parte del Estado sionista y los criminales israelíes actúan con total impunidad, sin verse inquietados por ninguna jurisdicción. De manera inevitable, esta insufrible situación hace que aumenten la rabia y el resentimiento contra el doble rasero y el tratamiento especial que recibe Israel.

3) el uso excesivo del término antisemitismo:

a) por parte de los judíos sionistas, que lo utilizan para acusar a quienes no lo son;

b) por parte de los judíos sionistas buenos, que lo utilizan para acusar a los judíos antisionistas;

c) por parte de los judíos antisionistas, que lo utilizan para acusar tanto a judíos antisionistas como a quienes no son judíos de antisemitismo, y ello tan pronto como éstos se atreven a analizar el judaísmo con ojos críticos y le reprochan algunos aspectos, algunas creencias, actitudes o comportamientos.

Todo esto se ha combinado para crear una sensación de ausencia de libertad de expresión y, sin duda, también una sensación de vivir sometidos a lo que parece intimidación y control del pensamiento.

También se ha diluido el significado de la palabra antisemitismo, que ha perdido prácticamente todo su sentido primigenio. Hoy día se utiliza hasta la náusea, hasta lo absurdo, como un simple recurso retórico o bofetada ante cualquier cosa y cualquier persona, tan pronto como alguien intente analizar el menor de los hechos. Me temo que la palabra ha perdido su eficacia a la hora de definir una forma de racismo. Cuanto más la escuchamos de forma inapropiada, más indiferentes nos sentimos ante su uso futuro. Lo peor es que, Dios no lo quiera, podría incluso suceder que se volviese como un búmeran contra quienes la usan. El cuento de Pedro y el lobo resulta en este punto demasiado familiar.

Por eso, desde el fondo de mi corazón les diré lo siguiente a todos mis amigos judíos interesados en impedir que reaparezca el verdadero antisemitismo y a aquellos israelíes a los que aún les quede humanidad:

1) En vez de perder el tiempo tratando de encontrar "humanidad" en los criminales israelíes, utilicen sus energías para desenmascarar los crímenes israelíes y mostrar su carácter inhumano;

2) Desvincúlense por completo de esa entidad y proclamen su nulidad con todas sus fuerzas;

3) Abandonen la idea de que el antisemitismo es un caso especial de racismo; condenen cualquier racismo sin la menor ambigüedad;

4) Traten de analizar la situación desde el punto de vista de quienes no son judíos, quienes no aceptarán ni comprenderán la insistencia en el carácter único del sufrimiento judío, puesto que desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial el mundo ha sido testigo de las masacres de millones y millones de seres que no eran judíos. El mundo está lleno de odio contra los musulmanes, no contra los judíos;

5) Con todo el amor de mi corazón, con mis sentimientos más sinceros y puros, les pido que hagan introspección y busquen comprender por qué están convencidos de que el mundo debería aceptar el racismo que padecen como peor o diferente y por qué piensan que su sufrimiento es único y diferente del de los demás, ya que no es así como el mundo lo ve. Todos los sufrimientos tienen el mismo valor para quienes lo padecen y todo racismo tiene las mismas consecuencias; por ello, todos deben ser condenados con el mismo encarnizamiento;

6) Quienes apoyamos la causa palestina vamos a ser inevitablemente acusados de antisemitismo, lo cual no nos vuelve antisemitas, porque sabemos muy bien que no lo somos; por eso, las falsas acusaciones y los alegatos falaces no nos van a asustar ni a disuadir ni tampoco nos impedirán hacer lo que consideramos justo;

7) Y, por último, por favor, no se ofusquen cuando alguien señale algunos aspectos del judaísmo y de la cultura judía que quizá no les agrade o encuentren incompatibles con la humanidad, la igualdad o la imparcialidad, pues lo mismo les ha sucedido a otras religiones, sistemas de creencias y culturas, que lo aceptaron sin problemas, ya que a eso se resume la libertad de pensamiento y de palabra: todos tenemos derecho a analizar, criticar y cribar lo que parece estar dificultando el desarrollo moral humano, siempre que lo hagamos sin ofender, calumniar o avasallar, buscando la verdad de forma respetuosa, académica, genuina y bien intencionada.

P.S. Sé que lo que acabo de decir puede parecer muy fuerte, poco familiar o doloroso de escuchar, pero es lo que siento y estoy convencida de que la confianza sólo puede construirse hablando con claridad y honradez.

La lengua árabe tiene un dicho: “sadeequka man sadaqak, wassaddaqak”

صديقك من صدَقك و صدّقك  

Es decir, “Tu verdadero amigo es aquel que es honrado contigo y te cree”.

En árabe, honradez se dice sidq y amigo sadeeq. Ambas palabras comparten la misma raíz, sa-da-qa: “dijo la verdad”.

Con todo mi amor, como siempre,

Nahida   

 

 

 

Also on Tlaxcala here: http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=8890&lg=es

Para leer otras entradas de esta Primera guerra mundial de las palabras, pinche aquí

Colonias, no asentamientos  -  Adib S. Kawar 

Traducción del inglés: Atenea Acevedocolonisation not settlement

Esta es la imagen de la colonización 

La guerra de las palabras es de uso común dentro del movimiento sionista para justificar el robo de tierras y propiedades y hacerlo parecer como un acto legal. El sionismo juega con las palabras y, en lugar de usar la terminología o los vocablos que revelan los crímenes contra la humanidad de ayer y de hoy que se cometen en su nombre, recurre a eufemismos: para referirse a las viviendas construidas en tierras robadas usa la palabra “asentamientos”, no “colonias”, que es el vocablo correcto. 

Un pueblo autóctono se reproduce de manera natural y enfrenta la necesidad de construir más viviendas en su tierra, la tierra heredada de sus ancestros y a la que con todo derecho se considera propia. Se trata de un proceso natural de asentamiento y crecimiento poblacional en la propia tierra. No sería apropiado, en ningún sentido, referirse a esos asentamientos o poblados como colonias, ya que las colonias son las viviendas de los invasores extranjeros. 

Por su parte, los invasores extranjeros conquistan tierras ajenas con el objetivo de colonizarlas. Para ello esgrimirán cualquier justificación que se les ocurra. Pero el hecho es que levantan casas en tierras invadidas: desplazan al pueblo autóctono y lo reemplazan mediante la importación de su propio pueblo invasor, construyen colonias en tierras robadas a punta de fusil, sembrando el terror, algo que de ninguna manera puede relacionarse con la palabra “asentamientos”. 

Nosotros, la generación que nació y creció en Palestina, nuestra tierra, que vimos las oleadas de judíos sionistas llegar a colonizar nuestro suelo valiéndose de todo medio posible y con el apoyo de la ocupación británica, nunca confundimos las palabras. Siempre nos hemos referido a las viviendas que ahí levantaron y levantan como colonias (musta3marat en árabe) y nunca escuchamos a nadie ni se nos ocurrió, desde luego, llamarlas “asentamientos” (mustawtanat en árabe), término de uso popular hoy en día. 

La Première guerre mondiale des mots

Kissa OnLine  – Allo Om Ali….ici Avital Leibowitz… 

auteur_1642

En commentant mon article à propos de B.H. Levy*(BHL) un lecteur du blog, qui signe TAXE, a dit que ce dernier a déclaré dans une émission télé française que l’armée israélienne était « …hautement morale… c’est la seule armée du monde qui, avant d’attaquer un quartier, demande par téléphone  aux habitants de quitter les lieux… »

Ceci est, pour BHL, quelque chose de quasiment rare et un grand signe de civilisation.

Et dire que les lecteurs du blog me prient souvent de ne plus dire des grossièretés.

Qui peut croire à ce discours, si ce n’est quelques rigolos qui continuent à affirmer que l’armée sioniste ne fait que défendre ses citoyens. Ce truc, énorme à avaler  m’a emmené à concevoir ce petit scenario que je vous livre sous forme de découpage technique.

Séquence 1   intérieur/jour

A l’intérieur d’une chambre, dans une maison à Hay Ezzaytoune à Gaza. On entend à l’extérieur des explosions. Un téléphone sonne. On voit venir d’une porte à droite une femme, Om Ali, elle prend le téléphone. On passe d’un plan moyen à un plan rapproché poitrine. Quelqu’un parle en voix off. Om Ali dit :

- Qui est à l’appareil ?…

- bonjour Om Ali…comment va Ali et Abou Ali…ici miss Khamass…Avital Leibowitz…je vous parle au nom de l’armée israélienne…

- Abi…comment ?…

- Avital Leibowitz…miss Khamass…

- miss…quoi…

- miss Khamass…écoutez …nous avons quelques bombes au phosphore à jeter… quelques GBU39 à balancer…ainsi qu’une dizaine de bombes à fragmentation…excusez le désagrément…juste une petite demi-heure…et on aura fini…navrés de vous déranger

- Conasse…fille de pute…

On entend des sifflements…Boom …Badaboum…Zvoom…

La chambre prend feu…Om Ali tombe à terre…beaucoup de poussière…deux pans de murs tombent…le combiné du téléphone  pend presque à terre…on entend :

-Allo Om Ali…vous êtes encore là…ici miss Khamass…Avital Leibowitz…

gal_6502Avital Leibowitz, porte-parole de l’armée israélienne est surnommée « miss Khamass », car elle utilise le mot « khamass » plusieurs fois par minute au cours de ses déclarations télévisées.

*BHL : néo-con français qui se prétend philosophe. Défenseur acharné du sionisme et d’Israël.

 

 Sur Tlaxcala ici: http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=8881&lg=fr

مستعمرات وليست مستوطنات � حرب الكلما�ت

بقلم: أديب قعوار
 

colonisation not settlementهذا استعمار وليس استيطان

 

الصهيونية كانت ولا تزال أكثر من شن حرب الكلمات لتبرير سرقة أرض الغير حتى تبدوا كما لو أنها عمل مبرر وقانوني: لذا فهم يلعبون على الكلمات، وبدلا من استعمال الكلمات والتعابيرالصحيحة وفي امكنتها لتفسير وتبرير أعمالهم، التي تفضح جرائمهم ضد الانسانية التي اقترفوها ولا يزالون، يلجأون إلى استعمال كلمات في غير أمكنتها وللتعبير عن التجمعات السكنية ولغيرها من الاستعمالات التي يقيمونها على أراض مسروقة من أصحابها واهلها, قيستعملون كلمة "مستوطنة" وجمعها "مستوطنات" بدلا من استعمال التعبير الصحيح، اي "مستعمرة" و"مستعمرات". 

الشعوب الأصيلة تزداد عدداً بشكل طبيعي؛ لذا عليها بناء تجمعات سكنية وغيرها جديدة على أراضيها الموروثة، ومملوكة قانونيا، ولذا  ما يقومون به ما هو إلى استيطان وتوسع على أراضيهم التي هي املاك قانونية لهم. وما هذه التجمعات السكنية أو قرى أو بلدات أو مدن أو مستوطنات لا يمكن بأي حال من الأحوال اعتبارها "مستعمرات". 

ومن ناحية ثانية، فإن غاز أجنبي إذا ما اجتاح ارضاً اجنبية بغرض استعمارها وسكنها، يلجأ لتبريرات مختلفة لتبرير العمل اللاقانوني والا شرعي. وعندما يبنون تجمعات سكنية أو لاستعمالات أخرى، ما هو إلا اقتلاع شعبها الأصلي واستبداله باناس مستجلبون ليحلوا في أرضه وبيوته، وما يبنونه بقوة السلاح والارهاب ما هي إلا "مستعمرات" على الأرض المسروقة من أهلها، وبذا لا يمكن اعتبارها مجرد مستوطنات. 

ونحن في هذا المجال لا بد أن هناك نوعين مختلفين من الاستعمار: 1- الاستعمار الاستغلاي، الذي يهدف استغلال أرض وأهل البلد المستعمر، استغلال ارض  وموارد الأرض المستعمرة، واليد العاملة الرخيصة المتوفرة فيها بكثرة. كما أنه بالامكان استعمالها كنقطة انطلاق لاستعمار بلدان اخرى جديدة. ومن الأمثلة على ذلك الهند ومص وغيرها من البلدان. 2- الاستعمار الاستيطاني الاستبدالي، اي استعمار الأرض، طرد أهلها لاستبدالهم بغزاة. ومن الآمثلة على ذلك فلسطين والأمركيتين واستراليا وغيرها. 

ونحن الجيل الذي ولد وشب في أرضنا وطننا، قلسطين، وشاهد الغزو اليهودي الصهيوني الذي كان يحاول استعمار أرضنا بكل والوسائل والسبل المتوفرة لهم بمساعدة الأحتلال البريطاني. كنا نستعمل الكلمات والتعابير الصحيحة وفي أمكنتها للتجمعات السكنية وغيرها من الاستعمالات التي بنيت عليها، كنا دائما نسمي هذا التجمعات "مستعمرات"، ولم نسمع وبالطبع لم نسميها أبدا "مستوطنات"، كما يستعمل هذا التعبير من قبل العدو الغازي ومع الأسف ما ينقله عنهم بعض أبناء شعبنا. 

 

 آلو أم علي….هنا أفيتال ليبوفيتش 

في تعليق على تدوينتي حول بوق الدعاية *BHL كتب قارئ أمضى تعليقه باسم TAXE ان هذا الزفت صرّح في حصّة تلفزيونية auteur_1642فرنسية ان الجيش الصهيوني ، جيش عالي الأخلاق و هو الوحيد في العالم اللي قبل ما يهجم على حي أو حومة يطلب من أهاليها بالتليفون باش يعلمهم بوجوب إخلاء المكان.

معناها حاجة -انٌما ايه- في المدنيٌة و التحضّر !!!!

و تقولولي يا قصة اون لاين ما عادش تقول الكلام البذئء!

توه على شكون يجد هال الق…؟ ما يكون الا على المغابين اللي يحكو أن الاعتداء على غزّة… مجرد هجوم

و انو صهيون دولة تدافع على مواطنيها

و اخذا بخاطر المغابين المومى اليهم اعلاه الذين يحلمون بزيارة كرياط شمونة. تصورت هالسكاتش بمواصفات تقطيع فني متاع سيناريو :

المشهد داخلي/ نهاري

غرفة في دار في حي الزيتون في غزّة.اصوات انفجارات. يرن التلفون و يعاود. ام علي تجي تجري من باب على اليمين

تشدّ سمّاعة التلفون. "لقطة متوسطة" الى "قريبة من الصدر" وقتللي تتكلم "أم علي" ، يسمع off صوت المخاطب.

- الو، صباح الخير أم علي، شو حال علي و أبو علي… هنا "miss Khamas" افيتال ليبوفيتش… المتحدثة باسم جيش إسرائيل

- الو…مين عابيحكي…

- افيتال ليبوفيتش…ميس خماس…

- ميس… مين؟…

- ميس خماس …احنا عنّا شوية قنابل فوسفور…و شوية قنابل gbu39 و شوية انشطارية حنرميها بعد شوية اعذروناازعجناكم……هي 3 دقائق و انخلص…

- يلعن ك…اختك …يا بنت الشرموطه.. …

- .فززززززز…..بومممممممم…باوووووووو…

تشعل النار تطيح "أم علي" تسقط حيوط الغرفة… و تبقى السماعة تدرجح…

- الو…ام علي…انت ما زلتي عالخط…هنا افيتال ليبوفيتش…

اضافة: avital leibovitz هي المتحدة الرسمية باسم الجيش الصهيوني. و يسميها العديد من المدونينgal_6502

في أوروبا "ميس خماس" لاستعمالها كلمة "خماس" 10 مرات في الدقيقة.

BHL* : بوق دعاية فرنسي يدعي الفلسفة. من أكبر أذناب الصهيونيٌة في فرنسا. 

 

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Nahida Izzat is a Jerusalem born - Palestinian refugee living in exile for over 40 years. She was forced to leave her homeland, Palestine, at the age of seven during the six-day war. Nahida is mathematician by profession, a mother of 3 children by career, an artist by hobby, and a returned-refugee to a free Palestine by optimism, hopes and anticipation.
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  1. A. According to Webster's New World Dictionary a Semite is

    1. a person regarded as descended from Shem
    2. a member of any of the peoples speaking a Semitic language, including the Hebrews and Arabs, etc.

    B. It is Orwellian speak by politicians and media that spin the illegal colonies/settlements as "neighborhoods" and they one of the many symptom of the disease of the Illegal Military Occupation of Palestine and a blatant disregard of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which prohibits the transfer of population to occupied territories and the stealing of their resources.

    C. This Summer's edition of CORNERSTONE magazine [Issue 53] ran two excellent articles on "the Laundering of Words and the Oppression of Palestinians" by Rev. Ateek and "The Factory of Words" by Gideon Levy- you can get them here:

    http://www.sabeel.org/etemplate.php?id=5

    Eileen Fleming, Founder of WeAreWideAwake.org
    A Feature Correspondent for The Palestine Telegraph and Arabisto.com
    Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory"
    Producer "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu"

    There is a Jewish teaching that states: "Thou shall not derive personal pleasure or benefit from any product created through exploitation."

  2. "I DO NOT wish the zionist murderers, those of whom were directly or indirectly involved in massacres, theft of land, subjugation and oppression, to remain in Palestine after its liberation from the occupier."

    Thank you sister Nahida. As a fellow Palestinian, i can sincerly tell you: NEITHER DO I.

    Im sick of all who try to sound politically correct, simply say it as it is, these people have no right to remain in Palestine as they didnt seek the permission to be there from its people, instead they stole it and kicked out its people and still today 60 years later they keep making the situation worse and worse for the Palestinian people. Even if they tomorrow or even right now would say "ok we will stop", it will still be to late, the damage has already been done and it is impossible to simply forgive them while letting them stay on our land as if the past 60 years never happened. By expelling them, the victims of their terror and injustice will finally get peace in their hearts by seeing justice getting served and seeing that those arrogant occupiers didnt get away with what they did.

    How can we say they have a right to live in Palestine after everything they have done? 1948 alone is enough to be 100 % sure that they have no right to live there, if we add all the crimes they have comitted since then, not only as a government, but as a society, then it becomes even more clear. There is no justice in letting them remain in Palestine. Anyone that participated/is participating in the terror organisation of IDF or has been involved in any sort of zionist activity has to be expelled in order to bring some sort of justice to the land of Palestine and its real people, even though such an expulsion will not be enough to heal all the wounds these sons and daughters of satan have caused, it will still be one of the minimum requirments to start the healing process of our nation that have been deprived from our homeland and identity for so long.

  3. [...] preparing the insertion of the article by Nahida Izzat About anti-Semitism, as do all of her thoughtful and intense contributions, many segments caused me to reflect. Her [...]

  4. Anyone can understand why Nahida and Izabella use strong language to say the Jews have no right to occupy their land. Who would dare criticize them for 'anti-semitism' – apart from Zionists, Jews Against Zionism, etc? ;-} But there are ethical and practical objections to their position. Reverse ethnic cleansing is immoral, because it means throwing people out of the land where they were born. It would have been wrong to expel the white people from South Africa. It's not going to happen in Palestine either. To get mild sanctions against Israel is a Herculean task – expelling anyone who was in the IDF is impossible. The only possibility is equal rights for anyone who was born there, or whose parents, grandparents, great-grandparents etc. were born there. Persuading the major powers to exert pressure in favor of a one-state solution is hard enough, though it would be in their own interests to do so. Anything more is a fantasy.

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  6. Truth History of Jews: Two type of Jew's descentants 1. From Ashkenazi 2. from Sephardim, both are not true hebrews and Israelities,
    1. Ashkenazi came from Khazaria, Turkia/khazars, Magog and Gog and son of Japheth races, they conversion judaism as religion in 652 AD.
    2. Sephardim came from Babylon, " And many of the people of the land became Jews" Esther 8:17, They are babylonians and outside people conversion judaism, They are not Hebrews or tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Levites about 520BC?
    Noah's son Shem, have 5 sons, Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram are all semitic races BUT now all Jews and zionist are NOT TRUE from Shem's children, Hebrews or Israelities, they rob Palistine's land and they take over people's rights and control over the governments and they lies and murder everyones who are non -jews and gentiles and stole organs and control money.

  7. Nahida..now,she's the kind of woman leadership that we need.Cheers to you girl. Eloquent,succinct,super- intelligent,right on.Fight the good fight sister.Victory!

  8. Noah's son Shem, Have 5 sons, Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram
    1. Elam = Iran area
    2. Asshur = Assyria area
    3. Arphaxad = Abraham the Hebrew along to 12 tribes of Jacobs and Ishmael races and Keturah races
    4. Lud = Mizraim/ Anatolian/ Lydia
    5. Aram = Syria
    There are true all Semitic races and all bloodlines to Noah and along to Adam. All Jews races are NOT semitic and they are lies because they claims God chosen Jews and His people. Jews and zionists have no right occupy Palestine people's land and they want plans about bomb Iran. all Jews and zionists against God's semitic people.

  9. I am a child of the early fifties, born in Wales.

    It's taken decades to erode the views formed in my childhood regarding the poor Jews and their horrible treatment during the Second World War …. and – how nice – they get given their own country.

    Of course, I had no understanding that there were already people living there.

    Forgive the limited view.

    I can no longer hold to those early understandings.

    I recoil with sometimes dull horror as the internet provides for wider views than the mindset provided for and nurtured by much of the media.

    Poor Israel. A nuclear arnsenal paid for by unwitting Americans and 'the Settlers' still spit venom at you – the Palestinians – as they continue to erode your fields for their highways.

    Barbaric doesn't do it justice.

    I am anti – evil as are most of humanity if they get the chance to express it.

    We played games when I was a boy. Cowboys and Indians and it didn't matter THAT much if we were the Indians…. they weren't that bad.

    Germans against the British was a different game. We were fighting the Nazi's and not one of us wanted to be a Nazi.

    I see no difference in the behaviour of Israel to the Palestinians.

    A Genocide and a Holocaust has been happening in front of our eyes for the past sixty years. Gaza and the West Bank are pretty names for concentration camps. No wonder Jesus railed against your Talmud. No wonder the Jewish Faith think Christ a fraud.A regime as fascist as the Nazi's rules Israel and cries poormouth – 'I am the victim.'

    Look at the maps.

    Look at the pathetic puddles of land which now constitute …. I can't say it. It evapourates before my eyes.

    If you, as Palestinians, can bear Israelis living along side you then why not call the land Palestine and allow God to reinstate Israel – which is 'The Story Told.' – in His Own Good Time.

    Am I anti- semitic? Not at all.

    People of goodwill exist in every religious persuasion.

    Do I ache for some fairness to apply?

    Yes …. this makes me as anti-zionist as I am anti-nazi.

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  11. What a great pleasure to see the picture of my lovely friend Nahida. I wondered if this might be the same Nahida. Such a profound and beautiful voice for peace and reason as always.

    As one who is hit with accusations of anti-Semitism almost daily from Zionists of the Jewish and Christian variety, I am familiar with the frustration of not being able to speak a word beyond answering the charge. It is ludicrous in the extreme, it is not racist to oppose racism, and Zionism is a racist ideology, at best. Leaving aside the argument that most Jews are not even Semitic, but accepting the intended meaning which is often defined as clearly as hating Jews. I don;t even hate Zionists actually, although I imagine if I were Palestinian I may not be able to say this. as for Jews I have no intrinsic objection to Judaism or Jews. I am critical of the Talmud, in the context of answering their criticism of Islam but realise that it is not relevant to how most Jews live.

    I see Zionism as the most "anti-Semitic" ideology in its way by demanding that their actions and entire narrative be filtered through the Jewish lens. It is not me who even mentions Jews and every time some Zionist answers my reasoned criticism of Israel by claiming I am somehow attacking or hating on all Jews, for criticising Israel, its actions or its people. This is ridiculous but as far as any "discussion" gets with these people. One is left denying a charge which is spurious and cowardly in nature. In effect it is Zionists using Jews as human shields for their own crimes and immoral actions. It is to be lamented that Jews on the whole have become so traumatised by the Zionist fear mongering and the Holocaust myth mongering they are unable to see clearly enough just how insidiously and estructively they are being used.
    More than half my favorite Middle East writers are Jewish Israelis, and Jews such as Norman Finkelstein stand very high in my estimation. I hold those Jews who speak against the racist and apartheid and terrorist state of Israel in highest regard, and I consider those Zionists who call themselves Jews to be in reality imposters. In fact I am increasingly convinced they are demons. Literally demon obsessed and posessed souls.

    When all is said and done I am only a supporter of Palestinian people, and for me a certain degree of moderation is in order, if only so as not to bring discredit upon the best of those whom I support. If I ever hear a Jew, or Zionist calling an Arab or especially a Palestinian an anti-Semite I am flabbergasted by the chutzpah and self irony involved.

    —Rabbit

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  13. The majority of "Israelis" are not Semites but Khazars. These are the real ANTISEMITES because all Arabs, including Palestines, are Semites. Why does nobody mention that the Khazars never lived in Palesine but rather that the Palestinians just converted to Islam (and a minority to Christianity)
    If you do not know history, please Google Khazars, educate yourself, and than educate the World.
    Thanks
    Herbert Hoedl

  14. MOST DISTURBING

    Above, in my letter about, I mentioned that I came across very disturbing publications. They are articles and statements by Rabbis, imbued with a racism so sordid, permeated by beliefs that entice racist, chauvinistic, supremacist opinions, attitudes and policies, beliefs that dehumanise and demonise those who are different, beliefs that reminds us of the gloomy dark-ages from which mankind had been distancing itself in past centuries.

    I was left in a state of shock and disbelief, and as I searched a little more, what I discovered and read, was swelling from bad to worse, leaving me physically sick, nauseated and in an utter state of disgust, shivering for days.

    This may be difficult to read, but please make the effort to look into it.

    *********************************************************************

    “There are two different and distinct entities: the human being, and the Jew who is part of G-d”
    ..
    “We are a G-dly people, we have G-dly souls. Our place is in Heaven, in fact higher than Heaven because Heaven is also a created place, and we are a part of G-d”

    “The world wants leadership and who are they going to look to for moral leadership if not the Jews?”
    ….
    “We are to treat other Jews as Divine beings, because that’s what they are”

    (quotes by Rabbi Manis Friedman)

    *********************************************************************

    “What Is the Cause of Antisemitism?”

    Excerpts from:

    Print: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2902/jewish/What-Is-the-Cause-of-Antisemitism.htm

    Audio: http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/300700/jewish/If-Youre-Chosen-Act-It.htm#

    By Rabbi Manis Friedman, author and lecturer, dean of Bais Chanah Women's Institute of Jewish Studies.

    Rabbi Friedman asks, then explains:

    What Is a Jew?

    "A Jew is a created condition. G-d created grass, trees, stones, water, animals, humans, and Jews. A Jew is a unique creation, so the soul of a Jew is inherently and basically different than the soul of a non-Jew. …………………. All creation came about through G-d's speech, except the Jew."

    "…the soul of the Jew was created by G-d's thought — thought rather than speech. ……………………………….. Thought, on the other hand, is not something one can discontinue.."

    "…… Therefore the soul of a Jew is "a part of G-d" (as the Tanya puts it) and not a "creation" at all."

    "The essence of a Jew, that which makes him Jewish, is his soul, and his soul is not a creation. The soul of the Jew is an eternal, infinite part of the eternal, infinite G-d; the Jew is a piece of G-d. Whoever has this soul is Jewish."
    Whoever doesn't have this soul is not Jewish, but rather is a human being created by G-d, created in the six days of creation through G-d's speech."

    " A non-Jew can not become a Jew, and a Jew can't become a non-Jew. “

    "……. We are to treat other Jews as Divine beings, because that's what they are"

    "What we're talking about is the soul of a person, and the soul is G-d. When we refer to the Shechinah, the feminine part of G-d, the part of G-d that dwells on earth, the part of G-d that is within us, it means the collective Jewish soul. ……………. …………………. that's why it has been said by non-Jewish theologians that Jews are the presence of G-d on earth

    "There are two different and distinct entities: the human being, and the Jew who is that part of G-d which He invests into creation. There's really no choice."

    "a Jew is, a part of G-d, the disturbing question is: Why would G-d send a part of Himself into a finite, …………………………… the soul of a Jew is not part of creation"

    "A Jew is therefore a G-dly being sent to this world on a mission. So the Jew experiences a certain discontent, which is unique to Jews"

    "A non-Jew gives charity and a Jew gives charity. But they are doing two different things…"

    "We are a G-dly people, we have G-dly souls. Our place is in Heaven, in fact higher than Heaven because Heaven is also a created place, and we are a part of G-d"

    "When a poor person comes to a Jew and asks for something to eat, the Jew is actually lowering himself to give the poor person a meal…"

    "When a Jew gives tzedakah, he's basically a Divine being accepting human obligations; he is basically humbling himself, lowering himself into the worldly human condition. When a non-Jew gives charity, he is basically a human being trying to elevate himself to something more Divine"

    "So we can't say we're ordinary people like everyone else because they see that we're not like them, we're a Heavenly people

    "why is Israel always in the news? Why is Israel blamed for the problems in the Middle East? Because they know that Israel can and will be the answer. Nobody else"

    "The world wants leadership and who are they going to look to for moral leadership if not the Jews? "

    "A Jew is a different kind of creature with a different soul"

    "a Jew is a piece of G-d"

    "we're going to stand up straight and say, "Yes, we're different, we're special, we're Jewish, we're created from G-d's thought. Yes, we are chosen and we therefore must live up to that title.""

  15. from the article “Who needs Antisemites?”

    http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/310919/jewish/Who-Needs-Antisemites.htm

    Just one quote from this article

    by Rabbi Yossy Goldman

    Senior Rabbi of the Sydenham Highlands North Shul,
    and president of the South African Rabbinical Association.

    **********************************************************

    “…antisemitism has been good for the Jews…”

    **********************************************************

  16. More on MOST DISTURBING

    What Makes a Jew "Jewish"?

    Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

    MeaningfulLife.com

    http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/45132/jewish/What-Makes-a-Jew-Jewish.htm

    “We are Jews because G-d chose us to be His "<b.cherished treasure from all the nations… a kingdom of priests and a holy people" (Exodus 19:5-6).

    "We are Jews because G-d chose us to play the central role in the implementation of His purpose in creation"

    "A Jew, although he has transgressed, is a Jew."

    "the concepts of "Israel" and "Torah" both precede the concept of a "world" in the Creator's "mind." "

    "It is not the Jew who needs the Torah in order to be one with G-d, but the Torah who "needs" the Jew to evoke G-d's desire to project Himself via the Torah"

  17. How do you get a Jewish soul (neshema)?

    http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/743998/jewish/How-do-you-get-a-Jewish-soul.htm

    "….We were told by my father, a college professor, "We are Jews. We are G d's chosen people. There is no G d." ….

    Rabbi Tzvi Freeman answers:

    "….. your father's message made me laugh. It reminds me of the story of the Jewish family who sent their son to an upper class private school that happened to be Catholic, and when he came home singing carols, he father grabbed him and yelled, "Listen kid, there's only one G d and we don't believe in Him!"

    "….: We are children of the three greatest people that ever lived, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They tied a bond between their children and G d forever after them"

    "So we today are the "ultimate" product of smelting, sifting and resifting, the children of martyrs and those who held on tight no matter what. We are stubborn, obsessive and survival oriented, ………….. We have proved ourselves to be the leaders of enlightenment, progress and revolution wherever we have traveled.."

    "If it were not for Jews, there would be no concept of human dignity, of meaning and purpose, of the right of every person to education and knowledge, of social justice and of the value of world peace. These (along with psychology, relativity, quantum physics, anthropology, Hollywood and superheroes) are among our many vital contributions to the world."

    "The Jewish soul is the <b.energy given to the Jew to be able to carry out this mission"

  18. More on MOST DISTURBING

    Can you describe the Jewish soul?

    http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/192,2172582/Can-you-describe-the-Jewish-soul.html#article_email_loc

    Answer by Rabbi Shlomo Chein, Director of Chabad @ UC S.Cruz in California and editor of askmoses.com

    "..The Jewish soul is the energy given to the Jew to be able to carry out this mission"

    "The soul can perhaps be explained as a "microcosm of G-d". By allowing his G-dly soul to be expressed within his own existence the Jew can bring G-d into all of existence."

    "It is this soul that gives the Jew the power to be G-dly in a human world, and supernatural in a natural universe.

    "So the next time you face adversary, feel ostracized, or question your ability to carry out your Divine mission of Judaism, remember, G-d is not only with you, He is in you."

    "….. the Jew has an additional mission, and therefore an additional soul."

  19. More on MOST DISTURBING

    The Uniqueness of the Jewish Soul

    http://www.jewishmag.com/67mag/soul/soul.htm

    By Avi Lazerson, Jewish Magazine, Mai 2003

    "The soul, which is an emanation from G-d, a "piece" of G-d in the body, a entity that was one with G-d before"

    "It is this yearning that is so frustrating for the Jew to fulfill. Not through riches, and not through wisdom can the soul be satisfied, but only through connecting to G-d."

  20. To be fair, it should be noted that those quotes are all from Chabad-Lubavitch, an extreme sect of Judiasm. They take the worst of the religion/belief system and run with it, so to speak. I'm not one to defend Jewish religion, having rejected it in favor of atheism 58 years ago, but it's unfair to ascribe to an entire religious milieu the beliefs of its most extreme elements.

    BTW, I was quite pleased when the Chabad outpost in Bombay (Mumbai) was attacked last year. It was a legitimate military target.

  21. Do these ideologies reflect only a fringe minority of lunatic extremists, As Aron Arons suggests?

    After extensive and painstaking research about the Chabad Lubavitch and to my utter dismay I discover that the answer is

    NO NO NO!

    At first, I assumed these were some fringe radical lunatics, of which we can find equivalents in most cultures. As long as they are monitored and their dangerous ideology exposed, and as long as they are at safe distance outside the axiomatic centres of our cultures and civilizations, their freedom of speech and thought should not be denied.

    But the endless amount of these publications and their cross-referencing, accumulates to substantial evidence, proving their own boasting of being "… a more visible representative of the Jewish people than any other body, organization or entity – including the State of Israel"

    Fortunately, nowadays scrutiny and verification is accessible, and whilst unregulated, the internet has rendered challenge more possible in all areas

    It will require a lot of study and patience, to be able to read through, listen to tapes and look at the pictures, no matter how much time it needs, I think that investigating such horrors and finding out the scope of their influence, authority and outreach, is a duty, as well as an obligation

    I have listened to rabbi’s recordings and lectures, what I have heard made me sick, made my heart cry, and blew my mind away

    I would love to discover that this abhorrent horror, ultimate racism and sickening supremacy, are not true, or that the adherents of this ideology are an isolated minority, I wish I only wish.

    From wikipedia:

    “Chabad Lubavitch”

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad

    Adherents

    Abbreviated excerpts from:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad#Philosophy_of_Chabad

    Chabad is currently thought to be the third or fourth largest Hasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism in terms of numbers of adherents. There are more than 200,000 adherents to the movement, and up to a million Jews attend Chabad services at least once a year."

    Camps

    Main article: Gan Israel Camping Network
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_Israel_Camping_Network

    "Chabad has set up an extensive network of camps around the world, ……. There are 1,200 sites serving 210,000 children — most of whom do not come from Orthodox homes. Of these, 500 camps are in the United States."

    Campus

    Main article: Chabad on Campus Foundation
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad_on_Campus_Foundation

    "In recent years Chabad has greatly expanded its reach on university and college campuses. Chabad Student Centers are active on over 100 campuses, and Chabad offers varied activities at an additional 150 universities worldwide.

    "Professor Alan Dershowitz has said that "Chabad’s presence on college campuses today is absolutely crucial", and "We cannot rest until Chabad is on every major college campus in the world".

    Internet

    Main article: Chabad.org
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad.org

    Setting up Chabad.org, one of the first Jewish educational websites[ and the first and largest virtual congregation.It serves not just its own members but Jews worldwide in general. According to Alexa.com, Chabad.org is currently the largest Jewish educational website worldwide.

    Influence
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad#Philosophy_of_Chabad

    Chabad pioneered the post-World War II outreach movement, which spread Judaism to many assimilated Jews worldwide, leading to a substantial number of baalei teshuva ("returnees" to Judaism). The very first Yeshiva/Rabbinical College for such "baalei teshuva", Hadar Hatorah was established by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Chabad was also one of the first Jewish outreach organizations to use the World Wide Web as an outreach tool.

    Chabad followers have had a notable influence on Jewish entertainment. Composer and rabbi Shlomo Carlebach began his outreach work as a representative of Chabad (he later moved away from the movement), Avraham Fried is also an adherent.

    According to Steven I. Weiss, Chabad's ideology has dramatically influenced non-Hasidic Jews'

    .

  22. Contrary to Aaron's assertion, a short look on Nahida's posts suffice to demonstrate that "all" quotes are NOT from the Chabad-Lubavitch establishment. So much for fairness.

    Admittedly though, most are.

    A short look at the sites quoted, exposes the strict reality, that these quotes accurately portray the racist ideology propagated amidst a very large proportion of Jewish educational institutions, and especially in Israel (occupied Palestine). It is fair to say that this fact is irrespective of the connection, whether distant or not, with groups like the Chabad-Lubavitch.

    Furthermore, the explosive progress of these groups of self-loving racists, and especially the Chabad-Lubavitchers, within the different Jewish communities including the secular ones, is apparent throughout Nahida's quotes. It also appears through the declarations of too many state officials in too many countries, allocating pharaonic grants to these hotbeds of racist brainwashing established by the Lubavitchers.

    I hope Nahida will make us the favor to post more about this very troubling reality from within the judeo-christian pro-zionist establishment.

    As a last point, Aaron: You seem to condone and approve murder, according to your last sentence. One wonders then where is the difference between a self-proclaimed atheist, and the racist Jews exposed in the quotes above .

  23. exilem writes: "As a last point, Aaron: You seem to condone and approve murder, according to your last sentence. One wonders then where is the difference between a self-proclaimed atheist, and the racist Jews exposed in the quotes above ."

    I'm not sure I understand the problem. I don't approve of killing people based on their race, religion, ethnicity, etc.. On the other hand, I have no trouble with those who kill murderous racists. I also have no problem with anybody offing a capitalist (or a managerial-level agent of capitalists) who is serially killing poor people by poisoning their environment, driving them off their land, etc..

    You don't have to agree with me. You may even be repulsed by what I say. But that's no excuse for comparing me to a bunch of racists.

  24. I certainly don't mean to dismiss the Nazi-like Chabad movement as insignificant. And, apparently, I was careless in not noticing that one of the Jewish racist sociopaths whom Nahida quoted, Avi Lazerson, appears not to be connected with Chabad.

    Chabad does what most religious groups do: it tries to win support by providing social services. I believe it's necessary to expose Chabad's racism to those who associate with the group or tolerate it, so as to split that milieu by forcing people to take a stand for or against racism. At least it will be harder for those who don't repudiate Jewish racism to get much of a hearing when they scream "antisemitism".

  25. More quotations:

    Jewish purpose and mission

    http://www.projectmind.org/exoteric/kabbalah.html

    "Practical Kabbalah," is a far more commonly used term that evokes esoteric meditations and/or magical incantations for spiritual elevation, healing and cursing, often involving the manipulation of sacred words.

    Jewish purpose and mission:

    quotes:

    ** "Tikkun Olam B'Malchut Shaddai"
    (total world transformation),

    ** "Makom Ladur BaTachtonim"
    (to make a place for Him in the lower realms),

    ** "Timcheh Et Zeicher Amalek"
    (eradicate Amalek)

    ** "L'Or Goyim"
    (a light unto the nations)

    ========================

    The epithets affirming that the people of Israel are equal to this task include,

    ** "Am Segula"
    (the chosen people),

    ** "Goy Kadosh UMamlechet Kohanim"
    (a holy people and a nation of priests),

    ** "MeAl HaTeva"
    (above nature),

    ** "Ba'alei Nevuah"
    (masters of prophecy),

    ** "Ba'alei Hashpa'a Nissit"
    (exercisers of miraculous influence)

    ** "Kol Yisrael Tzaddikim"
    (all Israel are righteous)

  26. What is a Jew?

    http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/148995/jewish/On-Intermarriage.htm

    By Eliezer Shmetov, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Montevideo, Uruguay:

    “…the Jew is the Neshamah (soul) that every Jew possesses. The soul of the Jew is different than the soul of the non-Jew. They have different characteristics, potentials and needs. Every Jew has essentially the same type of soul as any other Jew. This Jewish soul is inherited from his or her mother.."

    "The only meaningful difference between one Jew and another is the level and intensity of expression of this common essence.”

    "A Jew by birth is Jewish no matter what he or she may think, say or do".

    **************************************

    The Messianic Spark in the Jewish Soul

    http://www.inner.org/LEADER/leader1.htm

    "…the Jewish soul "is a portion of G-d above,"

    "The spark of Mashiach, comprising the deepest point of the soul, is the activating force fueling leadership potential.

  27. Spiritual DNA of Jews is different

    How can I be Jewish …………………if I don't believe in God?

    http://www.thejc.com/judaism/rabbi-i-have-a-problem/how-can-i-be-jewish-if-i-dont-believe-god

    Answer: Rabbi Naftali Brawer, rabbi at Borehamwood and Elstree United Synagogue:

    "A born Jew is always a Jew, regardless of how committed one is to the faith and practice of Judaism."

    "Being Jewish is an existential definition; it is who you are in your very essence and nothing can ever change that. This is because at your core is a Jewish soul bequeathed to you by your Jewish forbears. It is, to put it in other terms, your spiritual DNA"

    …………….

    "you cannot alter the fact that deep within you resides a Jewish essence. Furthermore, being Jewish is an all-or-nothing scenario"
    …………….

    ******************************************************

    Jews are essentially different

    http://www.chabad.org/library/ar…art-II-8- 18.htm

    By Rabbi Eliezier Shmetov, the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Montevideo, Uruguay

    “to "normalize" the Jew, redefining him as a universal citizen of the world. "We are the same as everybody else, although we have our own customs, language and land." It doesn't work. It doesn't work because :

    we are not the same as everyone else. We are essentially different.

    We have a life mission that is totally different .

    We have a soul that is totally different .

    We have totally different spiritual needs.

    We have totally different spiritual conflicts.

    What happens is that many Jews openly deny that they are different because they do not know how to defend it or because they do not want to assume the responsibilities that it implies. But this does not change the fact that they are different.

  28. Jewish soul is divine

    (Jews have Divine souls, non-Jews have animal souls)

    http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/80970/jewish/Nefesh-HaBahamis-Animal-Soul-Nefesh-HoElokisG-dly-Soul.htm

    Nefesh HaBahamis (Animal Soul), Nefesh HoElokis (G-dly Soul)

    Jews, as we shall see, are different from Gentiles. Jews have a spiritual purpose, Gentiles a physical one.. This can be compared to hands and feet…."

    " Jews are functionally different from non-Jews. ….. We have been educated to believe a series of fictions in our generation, one of which is that there really are no differences between people."

    "Nevertheless, man remains different from animal, man from woman and Jew from Gentile".

    "The Talmud categorizes Jews as different in levels of mercy, modesty and acts of goodness".

    "A Jew is different in that he has a neshomah, an additional level to the life force of other human beings".

    "every Jew has the nefesh (life force) of every human being known as the Nefesh HaBahamis (Animal Soul). His additional soul, neshomah, is also known as the Nefesh HoElokis (G-dly Soul)"

    *************************************

    Jews are different because of their soul

    http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/80972/jewish/The-Secret-of-Exile-and-Redemption.htm

    “We have learned that Jews are functionally different from non-Jews in that they have a neshomah, a part of G-d Himself;”

    .

  29. Largest-Ever Chabad Conference

    http://www.chabad.org/news/photo_cdo/aid/593396/jewish/Largest-Ever-Chabad-Conference.htm

    ******************************************

    "Chabad's success depends on its accessibility”

    Excerpts of:

    http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1227702365037

    This amazing outreach campaign, first orchestrated by Schneerson and continued by his followers since his death in 1994, has made Chabad a more visible representative of the Jewish people than any other body, organization or entity – including the State of Israel.

    ****************************************************

    Jonathan Sacks, UK's Chief Rabbi Opens New Chabad Center

    http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2017098/United-Kingdoms-Chief-Rabbi-Opens-New-Chabad-Center.htm

    ———————————-

    Chabad Comes to Cambridge

    http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2014820/Chabad-Comes-to-Cambridge.html

    ———————————-

    Chabad of Vancouver Recipient of $1.2 Million Government Grants

    http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2027390/Chabad-of-Vancouver-Recipient-of-1-2-Million-Government-Grants.html

  30. @ Nahida
    Amazing work ! I hope your posts will be recorded and propagated.

    @ Aaron
    You propose a course of reaction which is out of place in this thread, as being legally reprehensible. In your own questionable vernacular, you call it "offing". The problem you allegedly don't understand, is that the insertion of such a proposal within a thread destined solely to reveal and expose a racist ideology, is detrimental to the author's intentions. Such insertions enable the Judeo-racists to associate criticism of Judaism , with violence, pretending it ignites anti-semitism, and thus limiting the impact of the exposure of their ideology. The lousy tricks of "Perception Management" are used to distract and steer away from the real issues.

  31. The Chabad Approach to Life

    By Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth

    http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/691360/jewish/The-Chabad-Approach-to-Life.htm

    http://www.chiefrabbi.org/

    Wherever Jews are: …, there you will find a Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi, a direct personal emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory. There you will see him/her reaching out to Jews and rekindling the flame of Jewish life …………………”

    http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=12597

    http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/132938/jewish/Rabbi-Dr.-Jonathan-Sacks-1.htm

    http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/110248/jewish/Torah-Studies.htm

    .

  32. exilem on October 21st, 2009 at 23:40:
    >@ Aaron
    >You propose a course of reaction which is out of place in this thread, as being legally reprehensible.

    I don't understand the phrase "legally reprehensible". It's true that some of the actions I would defend if they were to occur are illegal. Killing, or even spitting on, mass murderers is a crime under the laws made and interpreted by agents of those mass murderers, whose own actions, even when they violate those same laws, are almost never punished and are far more often rewarded.

    >The problem you allegedly don't understand, is that the insertion of such a proposal within a thread destined solely to reveal and expose a racist ideology, is detrimental to the author's intentions.

    People who comment in a thread are not responsible for carrying out the author's intentions, and she is not responsible for the comments any of us write. Nahida seems to be focused on the abstract exposure of racism in Jewish ideology, which is fine. I'm more focused on exposing and defeating those who actually promote and implement that racism in practice and those who tolerate it even if they would never say such things themselves.

    What set you off originally, exilem, were my sentences, "BTW, I was quite pleased when the Chabad outpost in Bombay (Mumbai) was attacked last year. It was a legitimate military target." I consider Chabad to be, essentially, a fascist and Nazi-like movement which, by itself, would make them a legitimate target. But even aside from their extreme racism, given that the Israeli state and its supporters like Chabad, treat Palestinian children as military targets, I support the same treatment for any person or organization that materially, and not just in words, supports Israeli state terrorism and/or the violent settler movement.

    I do not, however, _advocate_ violence against all legitimate military targets. Which targets to hit, when, and how, is a matter of strategy and tactics that others can and will decide.

    >Such insertions enable the Judeo-racists to associate criticism of Judaism , with violence [...]

    Are we really going to worry that the practitioners of mass murder of children and other non-combatants are going to associate OUR side with violence? The response should NOT be that we are non-violent, but that the oppressors have no right to a monopoly on violence, and that the violence of the oppressed and their allies is justified when appropriately targeted.

  33. You're right Nahida, and the proof is in the daily reactions I get for my fairly moderate Youtube videos from Zionists. I said it already, their behaviour is nothing short of demonic. Israel's history and every action and every utternace from the mouth of a Zionist, confirms in word and deed that the worst Talmudist interpretations are at the heart of Zionism.

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