Israel is our Friend, The Holocaust is Justification for Everything they Do.

[pan]

Apparently the German F.M. Steinmeier and the U.S. State Department have coordinated their talking points and claim that any criticism of Israel is disguised anti-semitism.

[Mouse]

I'm reading "Jewish History, Jewish Religion" by Israel Shahak. He was born in Poland, escaped a Nazi concentration camp, settled in Israel after the War, and lived there until his death. At first an enthusiastic supporter of Israeli policies he became afraid when he heard the Knesset rise up spontaneously and sing the national anthem after the prime minister of the time, David Ben Gurion, announced that the real reason for the Suez War was "the restoration of the kingdom of David and Solomon" to its biblical borders.

A number of discrepant versions of Biblical borders of the Land of Israel, which rabbinical authorities interpret as ideally belonging to the Jewish state are in circulation. The most far-reaching among them include the following areas within these borders: in the south, all of Sinai and a part of northern Egypt up to the environs of Cairo; in the east, all of Jordan and a large chunk of Saudi Arabia, all of Kuwait and a part of Iraq south of the Euphrates; in the north, all of Lebanon and all of Syria together with a huge part of Turkey (up to Lake Van); and in the west, Cyprus. An enormous body of research and learned discussion based on these borders, embodied in atlases, books, articles and more popular forms of propaganda is being published in Israel, often with state subsidies, or other forms of support.


Shahak became a student of Judaism (he was already a professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and wrote urgently that we need to understand the real nature of current Jewish orthodoxy, which has been dominated by the cabbala since the late 16th century.

"First, whatever can be said about this cabbalistic system, it cannot be regarded as monotheistic, unless one is also prepared to regard Hinduism, the late Graeco-Roman religion, or even the religion of ancient Egypt, as 'monotheistic'."
"Secondly, the real nature of classical Judaism is illustrated by the ease with which this system was adopted. Faith and beliefs (except nationalistic beliefs) play an extemely small part in classical Judaism. What is of prime importance is the ritual act, rather than the significance which that act is supposed to have or the belief attached to it. Therefore in times when a minority of religious Jews refused to accept the cabbala (as is the case today), one could see some few Jews performing a given religious ritual believing it to be an act of worship of God, while others do exactly the same thing with the intention of propitiating Satan - but so long as the act is the same they would pray together and remain members of the same congregation, however much they might dislike each other. But if instead of the intention attached to the ritual washing of hands anyone would dare to introduce an innovation in the manner of washing, a real schism would certainly ensue."
(page 41, 'Jewish History, Jewish Religion' by Israel Shahak; Pluto Press, London, 1994.)

[littleoldme]

Bo..............whole chicken............ahhhh, but if it's kosher? LMFAO

[pan]

Kinky is using the whole chicken
Perverse is cooking it afterwards
Evil is serving it to your in-laws

[littleoldme]

Ahh but that's not evil that's retaliation.

[pan]

Gideon Levy / Everyone agrees: War in Gaza was a failure

[hannah j]

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Mar/Week3/...

[pan]

The AP story at the NYT

Israel's military condemned soldiers for wearing T-shirts of a pregnant woman in a rifle's cross-hairs with the slogan ''1 Shot 2 Kills,'' and another of a gun-toting child with the words, ''The smaller they are, the harder it is.''

The T-shirts were worn by some Israeli Defense Force soldiers to mark the end of basic training and other military courses, the newspaper Haaretz said.

The appearance of the T-shirts followed allegations of misconduct by Israeli troops during the three-week Gaza war. Palestinian officials say about 1,400 Palestinians were killed, most of them civilians. Thirteen Israelis died, three of them civilians.

[Mouse]

Freeman speaks out on his exit
by Charles W. Freeman*

Charles Freeman, a veteran diplomat slated to become the top U.S. intelligence analyst, withdrew from consideration by releasing a statement in which he denounces the Israel Lobby for "character assassination." Here is some of the text of the statement.

The libels on me and their easily traceable email trails show conclusively that there is a powerful lobby determined to prevent any view other than its own from being aired, still less to factor in American understanding of trends and events in the Middle East. The tactics of the Israel Lobby plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth. The aim of this Lobby is control of the policy process through the exercise of a veto over the appointment of people who dispute the wisdom of its views, the substitution of political correctness for analysis, and the exclusion of any and all options for decision by Americans and our government other than those that it favors.

There is a special irony in having been accused of improper regard for the opinions of foreign governments and societies by a group so clearly intent on enforcing adherence to the policies of a foreign government – in this case, the government of Israel. I believe that the inability of the American public to discuss, or the government to consider, any option for US policies in the Middle East opposed by the ruling faction in Israeli politics has allowed that faction to adopt and sustain policies that ultimately threaten the existence of the state of Israel. It is not permitted for anyone in the United States to say so. This is not just a tragedy for Israelis and their neighbors in the Middle East; it is doing widening damage to the national security of the United States.

The outrageous agitation that followed the leak of my pending appointment will be seen by many to raise serious questions about whether the Obama administration will be able to make its own decisions about the Middle East and related issues. I regret that my willingness to serve the new administration has ended by casting doubt on its ability to consider, let alone decide what policies might best serve the interests of the United States rather than those of a Lobby intent on enforcing the will and interests of a foreign government.

[Mouse]

From Beirut to Bosnia - PART 1 - The Martyr's Smile - by Robert Fisk - 50:35 - Sep 18, 2007


http://nuhairi.net/wordpress/
Palestine in Focus 4: Battle for the Holy Land

[pan]

Unfucking believable - Jane Harmon gets away with it!

Israeli Firsters are running the U.S.

[BO]

At risk of stating the obvious....No one is being prosecuted for anything because the whole damn system is corrupt.

To quote a famous RBC commentator...."The complete US Govt. is criminal. They are all guilty."

I'll add...absolute power corrupts absolutely. These people are despots. They're above the law. At least until someone does something about it.

That someone won't be anyone in government.

[waldopaper]

fucking windows. I just wrote a long treatise. Windoz fucked it up. Fuck it.