LAND and INFRASTRUCTURE
93.5% of the land inside the Green Line is not held by private owners. 79.5% of the land is owned by the Israeli Government through the Israel Land Administration, and 14% is privately owned by the Jewish National Fund. Under the 1952 World Zionist Organisation – Jewish Agency Status Law, and the 1954 Covenant between the state of Israel and the Jewish Agency, administration of state lands was handed to the JNF, which states explicitly on its website that “Jewish National Fund is the caretaker of the land of Israel, on behalf of its owners – Jewish people everywhere.”[44] In 1960, the Knesset adopted the Basic Law — Israel Lands, which formalised this. In proposing the law in the Knesset, religious affairs minister Zerah Warhaftig explained how the law enabled structural discrimination against non-Jews, without writing this in explicit terms:
“Concerning the name, we gave this law the name Basic Law: Israel Lands. There were a number of proposals about the name. MK Harari proposed to name it “The People’s Lands”. On the face of it, I do not see any great difference between the two names. I admit that neither name hits the target. What is it that we want? What we want is difficult to define. We want to make it clear that the land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel. The “people of Israel” is a concept that is broader than that of the “people resident in Zion”, because the people of Israel live throughout the world. On the other hand, every law that is passed is for the benefit of all the residents of the state, and all the residents of the state include also people who do not belong to the people of Israel, the worldwide people of Israel”.
Journalist Chris McGreal reported that as a result of the government controlling most of the land, the vast majority of land in Israel is not available to non-Jews.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_Israeli_apartheid#Land_and_infrastructure

There is, of course, another difference between Muslim terrorists and US/Jewish terrorists. I hate to bunch all Muslims into a single group, but when it comes to Muslim Terrorists, you must admit that their methods are remarkably similar, and aside from Muslims, most Freedom Fighters shy away from such viciousness.

The Jewish sentiment of the majority of Dissident Voice’s readers is anti-Israel. Much selective history is cited, and even more selective current events are cited. One thing that doesn’t seem to be cited a great deal is the methods used by Palestinian Freedom Fighters. In my honest opinion, I feel that Palestinians, and Arabs in General (reading Shabnam, one could easily include Persians as well) don’t care about the returning of land to Palestinians, but instead simply want the destruction of all Jews.

I have said this before, and I am sure this isn’t the last time I am saying this, but we must not forget how rich Arab Nations are. If the Arab Nations truly cared for the Palestinians, they could have resolved this conflict Long ago. Israel is a capitalist society, Arabs could simply buy out half of Israel, and house all the refugees. It would be far cheaper than fighting Israel, and within 50 years the Palestinians will outnumber the Jews 10 to 1. The Arabs are well aware of this, but will never take such action. Why? Because killing the Jews is their intent, not helping the Palestinians. It seems that the Arabs hate the Palestinians even more than the Jews because they allow them to live in such squabble.

Zionists focused on European population to sell another Zionist war for the interest of Israel with full cooperation of the western countries including “left” political party, Green Party. They announced:
“The conference is organized by STOP THE BOMB – Coalition against the Iranian Extermination Program in cooperation with Vienna’s Jewish Community (IKG Wien), Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and the magazine Illustrierte Neue Welt. Its main purpose is to protest against the indifference wide parts of the Austrian and European public show when confronted with the Mullahs’ terror against Iran’s own population or with the extermination threats against Israel.”

http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=3820
Benny Morris using “extermination threats” to spread FEARs among the ignorant population based on lies and deception. He writes:
“The build-up to the second Holocaust (which, incidentally, in the end, will probably claim roughly the same number of lives as did the first) has seen an international community fragmented and driven by separate, selfish appetites – Russia and China obsessed with Muslim markets; France, with Arab oil – and the United States driven by the debacle in Iraq into a deep isolationism. Iran has been left free to pursue its nuclear destiny and Israel and Iran, to face off alone…”

Benny Morris a propagandist, pose as historian, is exposed as a LIAR when one listens to other Israeli officials who are saying even a nuclear Iran is NOT a THREAT to Israel. I should emphasize that Israel has already couple of hundred nuclear bombs and Iran has NONE. As Foreign minister of Israel said:
“Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said ….[I]n her opinion that Iranian nuclear weapons do not pose an existential threat to Israel,..”

Livni also criticized the EXAGGERATED use that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is making of the issue of the Iranian bomb, claiming that he is attempting to rally the public around him by playing on its most basic FEARS. Earlier, former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy said similar things about Iran.”
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/4239
Israel is using a propagandist poses as “scholar” to spread FEARS among international community to deceive the population for its own benefits. These criminal activities have been used for more than 60 years by Zionists to hold on to their stolen land of Palestine with the support of western countries political elite directed by Jewish lobby in these countries presenting Israel as an “asset” through pro Israel politician who are helped to be elected by Jewish finacial support and vote into the political office to help their agendas.
After destruction of Palestine, Israel is seeking annihilation of Iran, a big country, where has no bomb, no modern military arsenal match with this expantionist apartheid state, no political support from pro Zionist leaders including, Sarkozy , Kuchner, Milliband, Kirchner, Merkel, Happer, Kevin Rudd, Putin, Bush, in Western capitals and their associates. Since 1990s Iran is under containment where was designed by Martin Indyke former director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an Israeli Think Tank which has caused economic loss and therefore have increased unemployment and brought destitute to Iranian population.
This apartheid state at 60 still does not feel “safe” with all these advantageous. If this has not given Israel a sense of security, then it is time for Israel to look at it’s own actions and vicious plan to change the course to bring “security”, otherwise people of the world are FED UP with Zionists’ crimes against humanity and say enough is enough.
Israel has built its propaganda machine around “uniqueness” of holocaust in WWII and a fuzzy number of “6 million” to manipulate FOOLS to launch strike on Iran by the military of a corrupt empire. Those who dare to raise questions about a historical event like any other event surrounding WWII are labeled as HITLER and Anti-Semite.
The reason behind the Zionist use of “threat” based on “holocaust” is that holocaust industry not only have brought billions of dollars to the state of Israel to be used in building more JEWISH SETTLEMENTs but also has been used to silent its critics by manipulating US foreign policy and launching campaign of lies and deception to buy sympathy and cooperation from the targeted population of the west who have been brain washed from early ages through educational institutions and think tanks to accept holocaust as UNIQUE which is not the case.
Mr. Lewan as you have mentioned Kennedy asked Ben Gurion to allow the Atomic Energy Commission to inspect Israel plant since he wanted to make sure Israeli’s plan is for “peaceful” purposes. Ben Gurion obviously deceived Kennedy and Vanunu has publicly accused Israel of its involvement in Kennedy assassination yet no one has looked into it yet, but baseless accusations on “enemies” are circulated by the media to deceive the international community to wage another Zionist war.
Zionists claim “Israel is not safe at 60.” The holocaust is their tool of manipulation. But we know that many human communities had or having their own holocaust, some at the hand of Zionists and Americans who “want to do good in the world.” In WWI, large number of Iranian population, about 8-10 millions, were perished due to British occupation war policy where British diverted Iranian crops to feed British military force and let Iranian die out of hunger. Large portion of the Iranian population was wiped off the map due to this policy but you hardly hear anything about this genocide where Mohammad Gholi Majd, the author of “the great famine and genocide in Persia, 1917 – 1919 “, called it “the worse holocaust in the 20th century.” In WWII, 63 million were perished, of whom 23 million were Russians. The Rwanda massacre where almost 1 million people were literally cut into pieces and were burned in only 90 days, which is UNIQUE, under Clinton administration where had many Zionist advisors including Martin Indyke, who designed and implemented the dual containment policy in Iraq where caused more than 650,000 deaths, to weaken Iraq for further action viewed by the Zionist secretary of State, Mad Albright, as “worth it.” The Armenian holocaust that Bernard Lewis, Zionist pro Israel, refused to call it genocide to please Turkey, Israel’s ally, in court, to eliminate competition against the holocaust industry in favor of Israel. Roma holocaust where more thank 400,000 of them were perished in WWII who are not allowed to have a memorial museum because of potential competition against the “holocaust of the chosen people”, the European massacre of Indian, African, Asian, and ……. And American massacre of the indigenous population of Americas, the British massacre of the indigenous people of Australia, Canada and……. French massacre of the Arab North Africa, Asia, African continent, genocide committed by Japanese against Chinese people, genocide in Iraq and Palestine yet the Zionists, the former colonists and the imperialists are threatening Iran with a nuclear holocaust to wipe PEOPLE OF IRAN AND her CIVILISATION of more than 5000 YEARS OFF the map and no media objects or criticizes these treasonous acts to warn their citizens on crime against humanity and in fact media where employs so many pro Israelis as “reporters” and “analysts” is an effective tool to sell the Zionist war plan through propaganda to help Israel by spreading LIES like “Iran is a real threat”. We never forget the Zionist “journalist” Judith Miller, a liar, who appeared on TV screen with a bag of sugar night after night to scare people and demonize people of Iraq to sell the Zionist war before the invasion. To demonize a country and its people, Zionists bring false accusations against leader of that country to create another “Hitler” and try to charge him/her with “inciting genocide”, to construct “crisis” to destabilize the country for further action.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd found Ahmadinejad’s statement Of “Zionist regime to be disappeared from the page of time” as “anti-Semitic” statement which is laughable and presents him nothing but a CLAWN when he wants to take Ahmadinejad to court.
The reason behind support for an apartheid state by western “leaders” is:
Both Howard and Rudd declared that this support was based on the “shared values” of Australia and Israel including “market economies, the rule of law and democracy” (Howard) and “human rights, democracy and the rule of law” (Rudd). Neither mentioned the other “shared value” of the two countries — colonial settlement, killing the population, brutal dispossession of, and racist discrimination against, their indigenous inhabitants.
Middle East and the world have seen nothing but war and destruction since the creation of Israel based on Balfour declaration given to European settlers to thank Rothschild who funded, with interest to be made, Britain expansionist policy in the world. Balfour wrote to Rothschild:
Dear Lord Rothschild:
“His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/balfour.htm

The Zionist did not honored what they have promised to imperialist Britain as the above statement shows.
American and European population must understand that if they wage any assault on Iran, they will be the first to go down the tube; therefore, the citizens must get involve to stop threatening other communities and stop an attack on humanity. The Zionists must understand that they have been exposed in many communities and their tricks using “holocaust” and holding conferences with propagandists such as Benny Morris and Elie Wiezel is not going to protect you from your own criminal actions, and soon or later the justice will prevail. Once again thank you for your contribution.

There’s another article further down which explores root causes, issues which may explain this not so phenomenal phenomenon and the reason(s) it just never seems to end.
The article is called “Beware the Psycopath, My Son.”
There is a reason that despite all the overwhelming day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year propaganda spewed from TV, movies, newspapers, magazines, radio and subliminal suggestions that “Israel is good,” the fact remains that the majority of people in this world believe Israel is bad. Very bad indeed.

The partioning of Palestine is one of the greatest acts of hubris in the 20th century. God is not a real estate agent and to use the bible as arguement of ownership of real estate 2,000 years down the line defies all rational and logical thought. The events of WWII only lasted 6 years. The Zionists have been ethnically cleansing Palestine for over 60 years.

Native Americans, Chinese, Irish, Cambodians, Armenians, Africans have all experienced their own HOLOCAUSTS. For Jews to demand that the world set their experiences above all others is nothing short of racism on the grandest scale. This is eveidenced in the book they choose to use as arguement for Israel. It claims they are the “chosen people.” Zionism predates Fascism, Communisim and the National Socialist Party. It is obvious where those political thoughts got their ideas from when one explores the tenents of Zionism.

Regarding war crimes, I know that we wouldn’t agree. I, for one, think War in general is a crime, so drawing a line and saying if you cross it you are committing a war crime … well, lets just say I find this term over used these days. Why not say killing is a War Crime and abolish war? That would be the logical conclusion, and the end all argument. War would be much more interesting if it were fought by our leaders, rather than our poor. You now know my view, what is yours? I would honestly like to hear where you think I am wrong in my response.

zhann,
ashkenazim may be only partly semitic. this ethnos is an admixture of euro-asian peoples that latched onto judaism.
since judaism is rejectionist, supremacistic, mythological, goddist, no one in his right mind can accept such misteachings.
so, judaists are rejected to this day and now by ab. 6.5 bn people.
if one rejects others, one will be rejected.
mizrahim are much diferent from ashkenazim. they are or may be pure semites and possibly pure jews.
of the three ethnoses with judaism, the master ethnos is ashkenazic. mizrahim and sephardim being used as cannon fodder for ashkenazic dream and our and mizrahic nightmare.
be it as it may, zionism will bit the dust. it’s one of the sickest ideologies we humans had to endure to date. thanx

It is also important to understand Jews as a whole. It is difficult to understand how a nationality can exist without a homeland for millennia. This is a nation that has lived in almost every country around the world, long before any other nationality would dare to do so. Even the English, a conquering nation, couldn’t achieve the level of dispersion at the peak of their conquests that the Jews achieved. Imagine the mindset that was instilled in Jews thousands of years ago. Jews were taught even at the time of Christ to take care of other Jews, and that Jews are the chosen people. I think the ‘Chosen People’ doctrine was a way to keep the Jews together as a people, regardless of where they were. For thousands of years, Jews were chased out of one nation after another. Much of this had to do with Jealousy. It is common knowledge that Jews are a successful race when it comes to business, and this is directly related to Jewish national unity, the fact that Jews will always help other Jews regardless of where they are located. No other nationality has ever felt what Jews have felt. No other nationality has been kicked out of home after home. No other nation has suffered what the Jews suffered during the holocaust. It is easy to criticize the Jews when they make a mistake politically, or when they do something that isn’t deemed ‘Politically Correct’, but it is important to understand where the Jews are coming from, and why they are fighting so hard.

Before I begin my criticism of Kenneth’s article, I would like to be clear on my view of Anti-Semitism. I think that this is a phrase that is thrown around far too often over items that are much closer to criticism rather than Anti-Semitism. I don’t want to call the author Anti-Semitic, but it is important for people to understand why Jews are so sensitive to this. As I already mentioned, Jews have been kicked out of home after home for millennia. Over time, Jews began to understand that this is primarily because of the stigma that is associated with Jews. Once this stigma comes into play, Jews have little to defend themselves. It is hard to fight stereotypes, and it is even harder when you are outnumbered 100 to 1 and you are being kicked out of home after home. Anti-Semitism as a concept has been around for a long time, but only come into prominence just over a century ago. This is a very painful subject to the Jews, as it is to most races when people are attacked because of race alone. Let us look at African Americans, or any other race that is singled out. Again, Anti-Semitism is cited far too often these days, but it is still far too common to be ignored. There is a degree of Anti-Semitism that runs deep within the psyche of many nations, and ignoring this will not do anyone any good. What would be nice is if people would try to understand the Jews a little more before openly criticizing them, and even better if they would point out both sides of the story, rather than the side that is openly against the Jewish Mentality (of course, the same can be said for Jewish news as well). This is an unfortunate side effect of ‘Freedom of the Press’, biased news. When news outlets begin to show both the Israeli side, and the Palestinian side … side by side … I think that this conflict will have a better chance of ending.

Now, my criticism of the article in question …

… Herzl’s assertion about the unique suffering of Jews and the prejudices of all other nations cannot be empirically confirmed
– It can’t be confirmed? Are you sure? I think it can easily be confirmed … name one other nation that was dispersed for over two millennia, without a homeland but with a nationality. A nation that was kicked out from one country after another, possibly for good reason but that is irrelevant. Jews have been pushed out of country after country, in part because of jealousy, but also in part because of their attitude towards Gentiles.

… The foreseeable consequences of this outlook were bleak: Ruthlessness and a stubborn refusal to admit that they had wronged anybody.
– Is it just me, or does this statement makes it look like the Jews are the only ones in the wrong? It seems like the author has an agenda.

… The Yad Vashen museum
– How are people misled? I am not following the point you are trying to make. The fact that Jews outside of Israel are built on shifting sands is simply a metaphor to encourage Jews to come to Israel. The Museums blatant reference for the holocaust is obvious, and doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand.

… Nuclear weapons for Israel
– Do you really think that the USA had no part in this? It is hard to tell by your tone. The USA obviously helped not only develop the nuclear weapons, but also assisted in hiding them. It is important to note that the USA (and much of Europe) still sees Israel as the only sound base of operation in case of an Arab war. A better question, when has Israel ever launched an unsolicited attack on an Arab country (aside from targeted strikes at known military/nuclear sites)? It is difficult to understand how one can view Israel as an aggressor. Of course they use aggressive measures, but name an instance when it was used in a non-defensive manner?

… The Six Day War (June 1967)
– No, this isn’t biased, of course not. We will ignore the countless facts that led people to believe that Egypt was about to attack. We will also ignore the claims that Syria and Jordan were also on the verge of attack. Let’s ignore the troop buildup on the border, let’s ignore the fact that the troops were decimated on the border. Let’s simply cite a claim, somewhere, by some guy, that the facts are wrong. No, not biased at all.

… The war in Lebanon in 1982
– Ok, the comparison of Arafat to Hitler is a bit off base. However, you are completely ignoring the causes of this war. There is mention that “the Palestinians exercised restraint”, but fail to point out how many Israeli’s were killed, how many were injured, or even the fact that this war was started because Palestinians mined southern Lebanon, killing an Israeli officer, officially starting the war.

… Supplements to the ideology
– “The Palestinians come out of a culture in which lying does not result in much disapproval” … I hate to attack the authors knowledge of Muslims, but the fact is that this statement is 100% true. Muslims practice ‘Taqiyah’, which states that Muslims can openly lie to the enemy. Please do a quick Google search on the word for more information, but a quick ‘Quran’ verse is:

Mohamed said: “Lying is wrong, except in three things: the lie of a man to his wife to make her content with him; a lie to an enemy, for war is deception; or a lie to settle trouble between people” (Ahmad, 6.459. H).

Since all Non-Muslims are openly considered ‘enemies’, it is allowed for Muslims to lie with a clean conscious. This is hard to believe for the Western world, but it is very true.

… The last Palestinian uprising
– In my opinion, the Jews were wrong here, but again this is my opinion. I think that this was an obvious attempt by Sharon to antagonize the Palestinians. It worked. His logic behind this is unclear (maybe political power?), but I feel that this was crossing the line.

… Lebanon 2006
– Israel may have over reacted, but I think the media over reacted far more. All Lebanon had to do was return two people … that’s it. The violence would have ended. Instead, they knew what was coming, and refused. What would America do? We all remember Afghanistan. What would any other nation do if two soldiers were captured? This was an act of war by Lebanon, and the response was well justified. It may have been extreme, but no where near as extreme as the media’s coverage of the event.

… The Palestinian election (January 2006)
– I am a bit confused here, it seems like the Author is implying that Israel should recognize the Hamas government. Is this so? How can Israel recognize a government that openly … Openly … states that they will kill all the Jews in Israel, they will never recognize the nation of Israel, and regularly kill Israelis before and after the elections? What sane person would ever recognize a regime like that? Hamas isn’t just ‘a’ terrorist organization, aside from Al Qaida, it is THE terrorist organization. They have killed more Israelis than anyone else, and continue to do so without the condemnation of their own people. You are kidding, right?

As for the statement “millions of dollars from taxes and duties which belonged to the already impoverished Palestinians were withheld”, you forgot to mention who paid those taxes. The vast majority of these taxes were paid by American’s and Israelis, not Palestinians or Arabs. This is money that is donated to the Palestinians. Contrary to what many believe, Israel still donates more money to the Palestinians than Hamas.

As for the rest, the author did a great job at pointing out all the highlights of Hamas rule. How peaceful they are, and how evil the Jews are. He even went so far as to claim that Israel pulled out of Gaza to gain territory elsewhere. Fine, I can’t argue every point. But, let me point out a very simple fact, Hamas has never condemned an attack. Maybe they didn’t openly admit to attacks during the ceasefire, but they didn’t even denounce a single attack made by other factions. More importantly, after Israel left Gaza, rockets have been reigning on Israel Daily! When Israel rides back into Gaza, and takes control of it again in order to stop these rockets, Israel will once again be the aggressor, right?

… The “wave of antisemitism”
– I don’t want to criticize this line by line, so I will make a blanket statement. Rather than point out every incident Jews use Anti-Semitism to their advantage, and emphasize each instance as an act of deceit, it may be better to point out why some of these instances occurred. It would also be good to see the author’s definition of Anti-Semitism, with examples of where they were called correctly.

… The obsession with the holocaust
– Honestly, I read this piece and was in shock over and over again. The author has no sense of tact when writing, especially about a subject as sensitive as the holocaust. How this event will be viewed in 100 years is one thing, but right now many survivors are still alive to this day. Members of my family were in the concentration camps, and several of them died there. The fact that Jews were openly targeted is so well documented, that after reading this section I felt as if the author intentionally ignored many facts to make his article more effective. Jews were targeted … everywhere … throughout Europe. The camps were primarily for Jews. Jews were forced to be tattooed at times, and always forced to wear bandanas identifying themselves as Jews. Other nationalities were killed too, of course, such as Gypsies, and some that openly apposed the Nazi’s, but the primary purpose of these camps was for Jews. This may not be the worst crime in history, but it is by far the worst crime in recent history. Again, rather than just attack the Jews, why not provide clear evidence of something worse?

… Zionist goals in America and Germany
– Criticizing Germany’s yearly donation of millions of Euros to Jews is a bit harsh. I know that people don’t trust the Jews, but what is important to note is that the Jews always look out for the Jews. The Germans were ‘The’ cause of the holocaust, and these millions of Euros are distributed amongst holocaust survivors. If leftover money is spent on Jewish programs, what is wrong with that? What are a few million Euros to the German government? Is the author trying to imply that this is hurting the German economy in some way?

Also, German and US support for Jews is strictly a financial benefit for both countries. Both countries acknowledge the fact that a large portion of extremely rich Jews is good for the economy. To further my point above, the Jews in Germany pay far more than a few million Euros in taxes. Upsetting the Jewish population may cause an exodus of Jews, extremely hurting Germany. Jews are masters in business. Many are taught how to make money, and how to help other Jews make money, from a very young age. This simple fact is the root cause for much of the hostility towards the Jews. America and Germany both understand this, and both welcome Jews knowing that their hard earned money means huge tax revenue. Likewise, more Jewish immigration means more hard working Jews, means even more tax revenue. Very few nationalities as a whole are so involved in the financial markets like the Jews are.

As for Israel’s claim of ‘being the victim’, why not point out some of the reasons Israel makes this claim, rather than point out reasons why this claim is false? The latter wouldn’t be so bad if the arguments made were factual. The fact that Israel is constantly under attack by Palestinian extremists, and previously by all surrounding Arab nations, is completely ignored. Peace would have come Long ago to the Middle East if terrorism against Israel wasn’t so welcomed by some of the liberal media. Today, Israel is attacking Gaza regularly. It is easy to point out these attacks, count the number of dead bodies, point out how violent Israel is. However, it would be more productive to cite that the reason the attacks were made is because over the past week over 5000 missiles were launched, and the reason so many innocents were killed is because Hamas openly uses civilians as human shields. Imagine this; you live in a 20 story high rise. In this building, hundreds of women, children and innocent men live. Then, a small group of terrorists buy an apartment and start attacking Israel from the apartment. Normal people would quickly call the police, and get the terrorists out. Palestinians welcome the terrorists, and when Israel bombs the building, they cry “Look at all the innocent people you killed”.

My conclusion, it is important for people to always post both sides of an event. Simply criticizing the Jews and Zionists, and ignoring all the apposing facts for why they took a particular action is wrong. Again, I don’t want to imply that the Jews were justified in all their actions, Jews often make mistakes and often cross the line. However, simply pointing out every war, every action, every thought … and criticizing it without giving a Jewish perspective is biased and makes for a poor argument. For a proper analysis, the article should represent both sides. Of course, the author’s opinion on the matter would still show if the author is inexperienced in the matter, but it is still better than what is written here. I would recommend rewriting this article like so:

Event –
… Palestinian Side (copy this article’s points here)
… Jewish Side (a little more research)

At least this way the article wouldn’t be so single sided. Sorry for the long winded response, but I didn’t want to short change the author. I acknowledge the fact that much research, time and effort was put into the article.

I would like to share with you that the German secret services, for a long time, have been the facilitators for the dirty works of the Israeli intelligencr services in many countries. The case of Guatemala is a very significant example to study: the joint German/Israeli operations which led to the creation of the death squads and the massacre of tens of thousands of peasants. ( it is still going on, would you please expose it futrher! )

One other major case: the destruction of Yugoslavia. It started by the Germans and got continued by the Israelis, Americans, the British and the al-Qaeda! (what a deadly cocktail)

However, Zionism is much more than an ideology. I’ll explain in a minute but first, I do feel compelled to mention a cpl points which leave me mystified; likely they are to be explained by language difference between Deutsch and English? One is the use of the term “West Jordan” to denote the portions of Palestine conquered in 1967, often called “The West Bank and Gaza”. or “the Occupied Territories”. Why the writer wants to bring in the British Empire-created Hashemite Kingdom is beyond me.

A second point is his backhanded assertion that “other states in the region” are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, which to me reads like an echo of the current Zionist propaganda offensive to justify an attack on Iran.

Those two “quirks” (?) aside, let me offer the author a resounding round of applause for a job well done! He has gone right to the root of the Zionist Mythology which holds so many otherwise well-intended people in its criminal grip, quickly and efficiently dispatching the shopworn arguments with whch these Zionist criminals continue to try to defend the indefensible.

But Zionism is more than an Ideology, more than a set of ideas, arguments, images. Zionism is also a set of Institutions and material Practices. Zionism is embodied in a State Configuration, which includes but is not confined to the so-called “State of Israel”.

This Zionist Power Configuration includes a “State Ideological Apparatus”, which operates internationally from bases in every country of significance; the ZPC also includes a set or network of Political Organizations, including military and “security” organizations; plus the ZPC Economic State Apparatus, which includes a number of highly profitable business enterprises as well as a strategically placed network of organizations and Operatives in the world of high finance.

Sorry I don’t have time to provide scholarly documentation of the above facts. I certainly would have liked to follow Dr. Lewan’s example but alas I have to go do some very unscholarly things having to do with my individual economic survival. So best I can do is hope somebody takes my remarks “heuristically”, as a starting pt to construct their own hypothesis about Zionist Power in America and the World.

I would suggest to anyone moved in that direction to first check out the late Louis Althusser’s insights into the Capitalist State, while keeping powder dry re other of his views; and next to read James Petras’ two recent books dealing with the Zionist Power Configuration, the ZPC-inspired “War For Oil” snowjob, and related matters.

Sorry, I’d better stop right here; I could go on all day but I don’t HAVE all day today, so I’m
AOT,
dan:)

Minor quibble with the author’s assertion that Europe doesn’t have an equivalent of ‘AIPAC’. Well, in fact it does. The lobbying group known as ‘European Friends of Israel’ [EFI] was inaugurated in September 2006, the objective of which, according to Dimitri Dobret:

“We came to the conclusion that there are various Israel friendship groups in Europe coordinated at national level. There are also many members of the European Parliament sympathetic to Israel . But there is a lack of a European umbrella structure aimed at federating all these pro-Israel supports in Europe. EFI will give an added value to all these parliamentarians, both on EU and national level, to help and accompany them in their daily work, providing information and organising parliamentary missions in Israel”

AIPAC and EFI are two peas of the same pod, and there’s no lack of funds flowing to either of them …

More about EFI:

Ynetnews: Gala launches ‘European Friends of Israel’

European Jewish Press [interview of Dimitri Dobret]: A structure for EU parliamentarians friends of Israel

I don’t have any suggestions as to what the populations of the US and EU might do to diminish the influence these groups have on political discourse and policy but, clearly, awareness-building is a first step.
. . .

Also, highly recommended reading, on the topic of European/German–Israel relations and how deep they run, a troubling series of articles, from 2006, written by a German defense analyst and former intelligence officer [patience; they're dense and lengthy, but the effort is well rewarded]:

Germany, The Re-Engineered Ally – By Axel Brot
Part 1: Readiness for endless war
Part 2: Everything is broken
Part 3: Hail to the chief, or else