Do not be deceived. The murdered innocents of Gaza are not those who are really suffering. It is the liberal Jews like Hadley Freeman, victims of the new anti-Semitism.
Israel is a state openly founded on racist and theocratic grounds, in which Jews have an absolute right to live in Israel, wherever in the world they were born and their families have been for centuries, and nobody else does. The unfortunate pre-1946 occupants of the land have been mostly driven out into refugee camps, including in Gaza, while religiously motivated settlers continue apace to grab the best Palestinian land and water. The state does this for them precisely and explicity because they are Jewish. Those non-Jews who remained in Israel proper are subject to a whole raft of apartheid style legislation, even governing whom they may marry, and the quantity of this legislation is increasing. 140 Israeli laws specify treatment by race.
Israel is as a state entirely based and run on a racist premise. Its very foundation is racist. But while the Israeli state may steal land specifically for Jews, make provision for Jews, and make life difficult for non-Jews, anybody else who mentions Jews in the context of Israeli behaviour is a vicious racist and anti-Semite. This warped and ludicrous logic is enforced by political orthodoxy and the mainstream media.
It is as though, in opposing apartheid, it was taboo to mention it had been invented for the benefit of white people.
Reading Freeman’s long self-pitying self-centred whinge I was waiting to find out what had actually happened to her to occasion some distress. Had she had a brick through her window? Had she been assaulted in the street? Has somebody hurled racial abuse at her?
Apparently none of the above. It appears that she feels under unfair pressure to denounce the actions of Israel. And- horror of horrors – the Tricycle Theatre has cancelled a Jewish Film Festival in Kilburn because it was financed by the Israeli Embassy. Oh no, the agony! How can a poor girl survive in a North London which is so rife with anti-Semitism! It reminded me forcefully of the very first diplomatic social engagement of my professional career, in 1985 when our Afrikaaner hostess held forth on how she thought people looked down on her in Harrods.
I deplore racism with every part of my being, all racism. Freeman makes what is intended to be a smart observation that the Tricycle’s act “reminds me how very far I am from the States”. It is very plain that she regrets that and believes that the US attitude to Israel is better than the British one.
This then morphs into the meme that the reaction to the Gaza massacre is part of a wave of the “new anti-Semitism”. There have indeed been several deplorable anti-Semitic incidents in Europe in the last few months. But they have killed absolutely nobody in the last two years, while Israel has killed 1,500 people. There have been three terrible examples of racial murders of Jews in the past eight years, and there needs to be continued and unremitting vigilance against all hate crime. The disruption of Hadley’s cinema treats and the daubing of paint on a synagogue are in themselves bad things. But do they really compare to the massive disproportionate force being used to destroy over 1,000 women and children in a month in Gaza, and the context of the entire seventy year programme of ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinian people?
You are right, Hadley. Just because you are Jewish does not mean you should be under special pressure to condemn Israel’s actions. But if you take it upon yourself to write a long article on the subject, we are entitled to expect you – as a human being – to condemn the massacre. And as in the article you write about nothing but your own angst and the evils of anti-Semitism, and manage not a single word of sympathy or regret for the victims of the terrible massacre in Gaza, we are entitled to form our own opinion.
And my opinion is that you are a wholly self-centred and self-regarding little person with an abject lack of moral perspective, who seems to think the murder of 1500 people is about the impact on your feelings.
Hadley, you are not disgusting because you are Jewish: you are just a disgusting human being.
How about the words of this creation made in Amerika.
http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/08/joan-rivers-says-palestinians-deserve-to-be-dead-in-aggressive-gaza-rant-caught-on-camera-4825971/?ITO=facebook
Nobody’s telling Hadley what to think at all.
She’s either gone soft in the head-or playing a disturbingly calculated role.
Besides,its a bit bloody ironic a MSM fashion journalist complaining that she’s being told by others what to think!
Similiar to a sockpuppet troll complaining of others trying to unduly influence a blog 🙂
Adam – you’ve been sold a piece of propaganda. Did you bother reading the link Harry Law posted? That’s just one page proving what you said is nonsense.
Any cursory investigation will reveal the discrimination against Israeli Arabs. Type a few words like Israeli Arab and discrimination into a search engine. The fact that they are given some rights hardly means they are given equal rights.
And its not just Arabs who are discriminated against.
http://jewsvszionists.wordpress.com/tag/apartheid/page/10/
BTW 80% of the people of Gaza are refugees from Israel’s ethnic cleansing of them. The ones still left in Israel aren’t there from Israeli kindness – they’re the ones who weren’t driven out. Look up Deir Yassin and the Lydda death march.
Bravissimo maestro !
And a nice little “new” war in Iraq to refresh the news cycle.
In ride the white hats, a whuppin’ and a whompin’ their own assets, I mean the Big New Bogeyman.
Lights, camera, traction…
Jewish False Victim Pleading, see Hasbara Troll Manual p.563 can be used to use up listeners’ or readers’ mental energy in weighing up irrelevant evidence, i.e. an attention-diverting strategy prior to expressing an outrageous opinion.
The outrage follows: that India and Israel are equally bad and that Israel should not be discriminated against.
India is much visited by Israelis and they are detested there for their insolence, hard-bargaining and arrogance. The difference, as Craig so rightly points out between India and Israel is that India allows total freedom of travel, trade and residence to all, except some for foreigners with whom India is engaged in hostilities, while Israel restricts all of those things to foreigners and even to its own citizens.
Oh, so finger in mouth Hasbara Hadley is trying to say that because the Palestinians are engaged in hostilities, they forfeit their rights as citizens. Where have we heard that argument before? George Bush in the War on Terror.
BTW who is Shimon Elliot in the current War by Terror? Hadley Freeman is also a trained military operative in the field of false jihad and psychological warfare.
Je
Check the tail end of the Apocalypse Blair thread for an apology i was due you.
Sorry again,cheers.
Well spoken, Craig.
You may ask what were the major powers and the international bodies asking of Palestinian leadership in the Quartet roadmap; SECURITY?!
Israel’s ‘security concerns’ is code for Israel’s lebensraum, its idée fixe. Israel commands the cycle of repression and killing as integral to its ongoing land grab, which naturally invites resistance, which threatens Israel’s security, which results in more repression and killing and more land grabs.
Two-state solution my arse. Is there any reason to expect an extinguishment of Israel’s ‘security concerns’ until the Palestinians have themselves been extinguished from the terrain? None whatsoever. Then Israel can start work full-time on its neighbors.
Tony M
8 Aug, 2014 – 8:59 pm
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, so-called ”Caliph,” the head of ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is, according to sources reputed to originate from Edward Snowden, an actor named Elliot Shimon, a Mossad trained operative.
http://topinfopost.com/2014/08/08/isis-leader-al-baghdadi-is-a-jewish-mossad-agent-french-reports
@Mary “C P Scott was a supporter of Zionism.”
Of course at that time most liberals and those on the left were supporters of Zionism – perhaps Mary might like to ponder why that was.
I read that the head of the Jewish Chronicle, Stephen Pollard, considers the cancelling of the Jewish Film Festival at the Tricycle Theatre (as referred to above) in this tweet:
That’s right. The Tricycle theatre – having staged this event for “many years”, has suddenly realised that Jews are involved in the Jewish Film Festival, and decided they can’t allow it. No context necessary, it’s a simple and clear case of anti-semitism.
what is anti-semitism? commenting on the holocaust in gaza?
A picture speaks etc.
The inset shows the Abubakr al Baghdadi (for some reason most of the zionist scum chose this kind of stupid names) and besides he is sitting with a female companion and enjoying a very strict Islamic raki.
This is the long traditions of Adam Yahiye Gadahn
This one is al Kaiday tayrrorist with rewards and everything.
Boy do these zionists like the idea of playing the part, and dressing up
Because they could not tell their arse from their elbow.
Jewish supremacy, is as filthy and as virulent and as unacceptable as any other supremacist claptrap, so to find liberals and lefties supporting the murderous zionist creed only reiterates the starry eyed bunch of wannabes in search of a cause to be fawning over.
With the results as seen on telly; the murderous genocide of Palestinians, and the destruction of quarter percent of the concentration camp called Gaza.
Fedup
So there was a lot of “Jewish supremacy” around at that time was there?
Jives – Adam’s post is a good example of why its important people post different views. He seems sincere in thinking what he put was right. But hopefully, when he looks at the ample evidence, he’ll realise how wrong that was.
If you’re in a place where everyone sings the same song, that doesn’t happen. And the things you’re wrong about don’t get picked up for you either.
Jewish Supremacy = zionist scums creed
Where did the “chosen tribe” come from?
What does the “chosen” status tells us all?
A crime against a Jew is a crime against god, the universe, the whole universe, and other worlds as yet undiscovered and unknown included the anti matter realm and the ……. Right?
The matter of fact absolution for all crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, crimes against property, land theft is dispensed because of the exceptional status as sought by Jewish supremacists; “chosen tribe”.
Hmmm … equal rights for Arabs ….
“There are more than 50 Israeli laws that discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel in all areas of life ….”
http://adalah.org/eng/Israeli-Discriminatory-Law-Database
I cant fkn believe it
Anti sem this that or the fucking other…Words made up
A Two year old hiding behind a rather large Kerb on a road
Faceless Headless Children by the Hundreds in two weeks
STOP YIR anti sem … Anyone who cries this word again in defence of what we have just watched in Gaza… i call EVIL
Fedup
You are becoming increasingly incoherent in you attempts to avoid the question – all religions tend to believe in their supremacy over others and so do most political elites, but only an idiot would try to claim that there was a Jewish supremacy in the years when Zionism was supported by much of the left.
It seems to me from the recent Intercept stories, Snowden releases and other reading that the UK, excluding the spiralling costs of hosting and polishing US-controlled Trident nuclear weapons for Uncle Sham, spends a far greater part of the defence and intelligence budgets in mollycoddling the outlaw Israeli ‘state’ than it does defending the British Isles. The whole of the creepy Five-Eyes (US-UK-AUS-NZ-CAN) intelligence gathering hardware and personnel is fully at the service of and under the control of the ultra-zionist apartheid state. How long if this becomes public knowledge can such an crazed arrangement stand?
On the subject of minority rights of Arabs within Israel I do remember reading a Minority Rights Group pamphlet on that subject over 30 years ago – and they certainly were not treated well even then. But then we could talk about Hamas’s far from stellar treatment of minorities as well – which is certainly far worse than Fateh’s, who can point to their rather better treatment of Christian Arabs. If we apply Ghandhi’s test of judging a society by its treatment of minorities there are very few, if any, in the Middle East that get anywhere near passing that test.
Resident Dissident – The notion of Jewish supremacy was there at the very start.
” The fundamental ideology of Zionism however evolved much earlier with Moses Hess… “Communist Rabbi Moses” as he was also called, wrote Zionism’s Magnum Opus which Herzl later referred to as the book which says everything there is worth saying about Zionism. This book, “Rome and Jerusalem” was published by Hess in 1862. He was inspired, amongst others, by Spinoza. He defines the Jewish Nation by the following components:
The Jewish race – superior and chosen
Palestine – the homeland of the Jewish people
The Jewish religion – the best guarantee for Jewish nationality.
The importance of Blood in defining racial purity was common at that time and was also part of Hess’ conception. ”
http://www.israelshamir.net/Contributors/wilhelmson.htm
Very clever ‘scum’ Fedup The lesser end of the deceit transparency spectrum started long ago:
-with Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention:
http://www.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/380-600056
The Zionist assert that Article 49 deals with forced transfer of civilians from an occupier’s territory into an occupied territory and so, therefore, does not apply in Israel’s case of having civilians occupy the West Bank since they went there voluntarily.
The charge is ‘good people and true’ in the international arena, prosecute this Zionist
‘scum’ for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Thus far they have not and will not since seeing that the Eretz Yisrael creature willevoke fire on every land that slays her (Israel). (I don’t say that lightly).
Anyone who cries this word again in defence of what we have just watched in Gaza…
No one has – but using one evil to justify or ignore another is what?
tonights newsnight and ten a clock news featured the words genocide. selectively, with regards to Christians ‘I’l be going to the mountain’ and the need to protect Irbil,this from a fit whitehouse spokeswoman….
eat your socks, why not bomb Riyadh instead? follow the money.
“The notion of Jewish supremacy was there at the very start.”
Just as it is in every other major religion – and the same notion can also be seen among the Eminences. But perhaps you could enlighten us as to how Jewish supremacy was doing in the 1930s and 1940s?
Just rereading Brian Fujisans succinct comment, I wish to second it. I would be prepared to stand back to back with him, even after three days of digging ironage clay deposits.
Obama, boar, don’t you just now hit dem ISIS tooo hard, d’you hearmeboar? King of of all Camel hearders Saud might not like it? so NO boots on the ground and blinkers to the pilots, we’ll bomb you allright…..
PS keep up the division you prat.
Zionist ABC at its worst! first item on the Books & Arts Daily program. no attempt to get a repsonse from the Edinburgh Fringe officials:
AUDIO: ABC: Protests at the Edinburgh Fringe force cancellation of Israeli
shows
Arik Eshet is a theatre director who is being targeted at the Fringe because
he comes from Israel and his work is partly funded by the Israeli
government.
His musical theatre show was shut down after just one night because
pro-Palestinian protesters made it impossible for it to continue where it
was…
An Israeli dance troupe, partly funded by the Israeli government, have also
cancelled their shows.
A SENSIBLE COMMENT ON ABC’S WEBSITE AFTER THE PROGRAM AIRED:
Fay: This is a wonderful example of the BDS Campaign
in action. Whilst Palestine remains powerless against the might of Israel
military supported to the tune of 3 Billion each year by the US, BDS is the
most powerful weapon Palestinians have. Keep boycotting. It worked in South
Africa.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandartsdaily/art-as-social-fabric/5654268
btw ABC host says thank u Arik to end the interview; Arik goes on and on and on.
host then reads email that has come in! (am sure this is a pre-recorded
program so cannot imagine there could be any immediate response to the story. sounded like it was set up). emailer totally sympathetic with Arik. “very robust” response says
ABC host.
Gaza, Israel, Gaza, Iraq, Israel. Gaza, Israel, Iraq. Yes it is terrible that nearly 2000 Palestinians have died, and that the West-encouraged (in Syria, anyway) ISIS are on a killing spree. But do you know how many Ukrainians have died this year… one estimate puts it at 10000. That would mean an awful lot of injured as well. Stop the War coalition has organised quite a lot of demonstrations on behalf of the Palestinians? But what of the Donbass people? What of the Ukrainian soldiers who seem to be being forced to brutally follow a neo-Nazi ideology. Don’t they count?
If anyone can bear to look, here’s the evidence:
http://rt.com/news/179048-ten-thousand-killed-ukraine/
Resident Dissident – ” But perhaps you could enlighten us as to how Jewish supremacy was doing in the 1930s and 1940s?”
In the 30’s, the Haganah were entertaining Eichmann, who said,
“In 1937 when I had been struggling with Hebrew for two and a half years I has a chance to take a trip to Palestine… I did see enough to be very impressed with what the Jewish colonists were building up their land. I admired their desperate will to live, the more so since I myself was an idealist. In the years that followed I often said to Jews whom I had dealing with that had I been a Jew I would have been a fanatical Zionist – I could not imagine being anything else, in fact I would have been the most ardent Zionist imaginable.”
In the 40’s, assassinating British soldiers in Palestine and wanting to make a pact with Hitler
“In 1940 Abraham Stern, who later founded the Stern gang, sent a document to the nazis, Again it was found by the allies in the German Embassy in Turkey after the war:
The National Military Organization(NMO), which is well-acquainted with the goodwill of the German Reich government and its authorities towards Zionist activity inside Germany and towards Zionist emigration plans, is of the opinion that:
1) Common interests could exist between the establishment of a New Order in Europe in conformity with the German concept, and the true national aspirations of the Jewish people as they are embodied by the NMO.
2) Cooperation between the new Germany and a renewed volkish-national Hebrium would be possible and
3) The establishment of the historical Jewish state on a national and totalitarian basis, and bound by a treaty with the German Reich, would be in the interest of a maintained and strengthened future German position of power in the Near East
Proceeding from these considerations, the NMO in Palestine, under the condition the above-mentioned national aspirations of the Israeli freedom movement are recognised on the side of the German Reich, offers to actively take part in the war on Germany’s side.”
http://www.inminds.co.uk/jews-against-zionism.html