ZGram - 10/4/2001 - "It is absurd to say that Israel is not a racist state"

[Ingrid Rimland]

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

October 4, 2001

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

I give credit for today's ZGram to syndicated columnist Charley Reese:

IT IS ABSURD TO SAY THAT ISRAEL IS NOT A RACIST STATE

 It was no surprise that the United States and Israel walked out of a
United Nations conference on racism as soon as Israel came in for
criticism. It is, however, a disgrace. Israel certainly is a racist state.
Its own human-rights advocates call it that. The claim that Israel doesn't
discriminate against non-Jews is absurd on its face.

 Suppose, for example, the U.S. Congress passed a law that said the United
States is a Christian, Anglo-Saxon nation and that any Christian,
Anglo-Saxon person anywhere in the world is automatically eligible to
become a citizen. Do you seriously think the Anti-Defamation League would
not have a conniption fit and scream racism? Well, Israel has such a law
for Jews. Thus a Russian Jew, for example, can become a citizen, but a
Palestinian driven out of his own country in 1948 cannot return.

 Suppose, for another example, a group of wealthy people established the
Christian National Fund. This fund would be used to purchase property. Once
purchased, the property could never be sold to, rented to or leased to a
non-Christian. Would that not be called discrimination? Well, there is such
a fund called the Jewish National Fund, which has all of those restrictions
on the property it owns. It played a great part in establishing Israel.

 And, of course, if American officials routinely issued building permits to
Christian Anglo-Saxons while denying them to Jews or other groups, that
would be considered racist. And neighborhoods that denied non-Christians an
opportunity to buy or rent would likewise be considered racist. All of
these forms of discrimination are practiced in Israel against Palestinians.

 The language that caused the United States to leave the con- ference was
in a resolution passed by 3,000 nongovernmental organizations in 44
regional and interest-based caucuses, according to the Indian Express. Some
American news reports have made it seem like it was an Arab-only move. I'd
say the United States is definitely in a minority, as it usually is when it
defends Israel -- not on the basis of facts, but on the basis of the power
of the Zionist lobby in the United States.

 Fortunately, a growing number of American Jews are beginn- ing to defy the
slanders of the Zionist lobby and speak out against the human-rights abuses
Israel inflicts on the Palestinians.

 That indeed is the duty of all people of conscience. Acts that would be
unacceptable in the United States cannot be con- doned simply because they
are done by Israelis to Palestinians. That in itself is a racist attitude.

 In the meantime, much of the American press is allowing the Israeli
government to dictate its language for propaganda pur- poses. If the
Israelis wish to refer to assassinations as "targeted killing," that's
their business, but American jour- nalism should call them what they are --
assassinations. Assassination of political opponents, collective punish-
ments inflicted on innocent people, confiscation of property, restricction
of movements and employing military engines of destruction against an
unarmed population are all considered crimes against humanity. Employing
tanks against unarmed demonstrators in the West Bank and Gaza is no
different than employing tanks against unarmed demonstrators in Tiananmen
Square. You might want to meditate on why the American reaction is
different even though the circumstances are similar.

 It is also useful to keep George Washington's warning constantly in mind:
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence -- I conjure you to
believe me, fellow citizens -- the jealousy of a free people ought to be
con- stantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign
influence is one of the most banefuls foes of republican government."

 Zionism is foreign influence.

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Thought for the Day:

"Nationalism is a danger in every nation in the world except in
Israel."

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