The Jews, the Dream of Returning to the Promised
Land,
and the Consequences of this on World Peace.
Leoni Hodgson - January
2008
“It
would be my greatest sadness to see Zionists (Jews)
do to Palestinian Arabs much of what Nazis did to Jews.” Albert
Einstein
[1]
My purpose in writing this paper is to present a point of view, founded
upon information provided by Alice Bailey, a 20th century
author, Theosophist and Occultist. Bailey was critical of the Jew and
his activities in Palestine, writing that: “The Jews, by their illegal
and terroristic activities, have laid a foundation of great difficulty
for those who are seeking to promote world peace.”
[2] I agree with this, along with many thousands,
perhaps millions of people around the world. The ongoing annexation
of Palestinian land and displacement of Arabs, has fed discord and poison
into humanity for decades, and it shows no sign of being resolved. Arab
militancy is increasing as a result, to the point that we see world-wide
terror being exported by the likes of Al Qaeda! If this evil continues
unabated, it could well be the poisonous seed which ignites a global
conflagration. This must be avoided at all costs. A religious-based
war “may well prove the end of humanity,” said Bailey. [3]
I have presented information about the history of the Jews and of hitherto
unknown Zionist activities (at least to me), which I hope will clearly
establish the great wrong which is being visited on the Palestinian
people. To gain a fuller understanding about what motivates the Jewish
people in their claim to the “Promised Land”, I begin with their history!
Sections:
I.
Comment upon the ancient history of the Jews, and their Religion.
II. The rise and Influence of Zionism.
III. The Israel
- Palestinian Conflict.
IV.
Having colonised and absorbed most of Palestine, Israel
is working to destroy the last hope of an independent
Palestine.
V. “These Forces of Evil work through a triangle
of evil, one point of which is to be found in the Zionist Movement in
the United States,
another in central Europe, and the third in Palestine.”
VI. There are thousands of Jews in the world who oppose the
Zionists, and who sympathise with the Palestinians and support them
in their struggles!
VII.
What can we do to solve the most crucial problem facing humanity?
I.
Comment upon the ancient history of the Jews, and their Religion
[Information
on the Jews in this section, comes from ancient writings called the
Old Commentary. [4] ]
1.
The Jews are not of Earth’s humanity, and in this we find the root of
the “Jewish problem.”
We are told by the Old Commentary, that the Jews are not of this world.
They originate from a completely different time and space - from a previous
solar system to be exact. This makes them “different!” In that system
human beings were trained to use their minds and their skills to build
and acquire tangible things. Subsequently, the Jews arrived on earth
with deeply ingrained materialistic tendencies. These clash with
the goal of this second system, which is the Love of God. You could
say they came in on a different wave length to the rest of man.
“In
the first solar system the emphasis was laid upon intelligent materiality;
the goal of the highest initiate was to attain complete control over
matter, to unfold the mind principle and to evidence a definite materialism.”
[5]
Arriving on earth before earth-born humanity, the Jews were the first
to step onto the Path of Discipleship. [6]
The task at this stage is to bring the ego (which gets attached to material
things) under the control of the Spiritual Soul. When this is achieved,
all craving for material things is superseded by an aspiration for the
non-material ‘treasures of heaven’! The Jews had great wealth, and three
disciples, refused to give theirs up. They refused to go forward upon
the Spiritual Path, and symbolically into the “Light!” This got them
into severe trouble with the Masters of the Race. These words from the
Old Commentary explain what happened:
"Again
the Word went forth: Drop on the ground all that you hold, and enter
free.."But three revolted from that stern command. The three remained
without the gates, holding their treasure firm..They turned their faces
towards the gates of earth.. The Masters met in conclave and decided
what should be the fate of those who, having reached the Gates of Light,
loved the possessions of the world more than they loved the service
of the light. Again the Word went forth to the revolting three, who
waited still without the gates: ‘Hold what you have and gather more,
but know no peace Garner the fruits of mind, and seek your power in
wide possessions, but have no sure abiding place.. because you are disciples
of the Lord, you shall have no share in peace, no sure and certain knowledge
of success, nor power to hold your gains.”[7]
The
refusal to progress forward, and thereby halt the Law of (Spiritual)
Evolution which drives all before it ever onwards and upwards towards
a loftier status, is considered in one sense to be “evil.”
“..
evil is that good which we should have left behind, passing on to greater
and more inclusive good. Forget not that the black magicians of today
were the initiates of a previous solar system.”[8]
We
are given a hint. With the refusal to move forward, these Jews stepped
onto the Left Hand Path of Black Magic. I believe that they refused
to take the 3rd initiation, which opens the nature up to
powerful spiritual force. To this energy the black magician is not responsive,
his aims are different. It is at this point that the two ways of darkness
and of light, separate." [9] These Jews stayed outside the
“gates”, the entry into spiritual inclusiveness and love. They “loved
worldly possessions more than they loved the service of the light.”
Completing the story, the ancient legend tells us that the three went
forth in sorrow and revolt, laden with their treasures, and thus the
history of the wandering Jew began. They are the founders of the modern
Jewish race. But so ancient is this lineage, all nations have their
roots in this group – hence all inherited this over-emphasised love
of material things. Jesus of Nazareth was a direct descendant of the
eldest of the three, but he completed what the others did not. He had
no possessions, and went through those “gates” unladen. Until the Jews
follow his example, their ceaseless wandering will remain says Bailey.
[10]
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“The love of money is the root of all evil” and this trait is flourishing
well in all races. The ancient writings point out however, that it is
a very strong characteristic in the Jewish race itself, and it has got
him into trouble down the ages in his business dealings with others.
[11]
‘Greed’ must be overcome by all those who seek to move forward
on the spiritual Path.
2.
The Jewish religion promises an earthly reward, and
this is fostered in its followers.
There is a distinct difference in orientation between the holy books
of the Jews (Kabbalah, Talmud, Old Testament), and those of the East
such as the Bhagavad-Gita, and the New Testament.
[12]
The Messiah in the latter (Jesus, Krishna), teach that
life in this world is but a preparation for ‘eternal’ life found in
the spiritual world. Men are encouraged to let go of material wealth
in order to reap the benefits of heaven. The Messiah or Moshiach of
the Jewish holy books promises an earthly reward, and in this we have
a definite connection back to the mind-sets of the Jews in the ancient
writings. Subsequently these books foster a materialistic desire. In
the Old Testament we find:
The
moshiach will bring about the political and spiritual redemption of the
Jewish people by bringing us back to Israel and restoring Jerusalem (Isaiah
11:11-12; Jeremiah 23:8; 30:3; Hosea 3:4-5). He will establish a government
in Israel that
will be the center of all world government, both for Jews and gentiles
(Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:10; 42:1). He will rebuild the Temple and re-establish
its worship (Jeremiah 33:18). He will restore the religious court system
of Israel and establish
Jewish law as the law of the land (Jeremiah 33:15).
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In these verses, we have the essence of that which motivates many Jews
today! Reward comes in the physical world - a return to Israel;
the reclaiming of Jerusalem which will become the seat of a world government,
with Jewish law and religion established throughout the land. These
are the high spiritual goals of his scriptures. From these verses, we
can draw a direct line to the events unfolding in Israel
today.
2a.
The Jewish religion with its demands of purity and isolation,
fosters separativeness, breeds an aversion towards the rest of
mankind, and this militates against his being assimilated into the nation
in which he lives.
“The
colouring of the religion is separative. God is the God of the Jews;
the Jews are God's chosen people; they must be preserved in physical
purity and their well-being is of major importance to Jehovah; they
have a messianic destiny, and Jehovah is jealous of their contacts and
interest in any other people or God. To these divine requirements they
have, as a people, been obedient and hence their plight in a modern
world. ..” [13]
This
sense of being special because one is “chosen by God” is found in most
fundamentalist religions. In the Jew, the belief raises him above the
rest of humanity (goy).
“[The
Jews] regard themselves as the chosen people.. forgetting that it is
Humanity which is the chosen people and not one small and unimportant
fraction of the race.” [14]
But
the Jew does have a unique and important role to play in Humanity. He
represents the personality consciousness, which is separated from the
Soul!
“The
Jew has ever been the symbol of humanity—evolving, seeking, restless,
materialistic, separative and greedy. He is the symbol of the mass
consciousness, presenting this consciousness in an exaggerated form;
he is ever seeking and searching a home and is the true Prodigal Son
of The New Testament.”[15]
While
other religions come and go, the Jewish faith has persisted for thousands
of years. While the followers of other religions eventually dissolve
back into the melting pot of humanity, along with their separative ideals,
the Jew continues on his exclusive path down the corridors of history.
“Instinctively
and intellectually, the Jew is separative; intuitively he has vision,
but at the same time he possesses no sense of fusion with other peoples.”[16]
The
Jew does not wish to be assimilated into the nation of his birth and
with the masses. He wants to remain apart, because this is demanded
by his God. He is instinctively separate - it is all he knows!
“[All
the problems of humanity] can be traced back to the outstanding human
weakness, the great sin or heresy of separateness. There is no greater sin
than this; it is responsible for the entire range of human evil.” [17]
This
greatest sin, is the prevailing characteristic of the Jewish race! This
is the primary cause for his alienation from the rest of humanity. This
separation has become so crystallised over the ages, it is like a wall.
This is why he is disliked. The Jew is rejected by mankind, because
he rejects mankind! The following remark made by Zionist Jacob Klatzkin
in 1921, is an example of this separative attitude. He was addressing
a German audience.
“We
Jews are aliens… a foreign people in your midst and we…
wish to stay that way. A Jew can never be a loyal German; whoever calls
the foreign land his Fatherland is a traitor to the Jewish people“.[18]
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An attachment to form life which is stronger than any aspiration to
spiritual freedom – this keeps souls ‘bound in time and space.’ All
disciples who aspire to the “treasures of heaven”, know they have to
follow the example set by Jesus – let go of all material attachments!
This enables the freed consciousness to pass through the “gates” of
initiation unladen, and thereby enter into a higher state of being.
Can this be done by the Jew without abandoning his religion? Every Jewish
disciple has to answer that question for him or herself!
2b.
The Old Testament encourages aggressive and cruel behaviour.
Unlike the Christian who builds his spiritual life upon the New Testament
and the message of love, the Jew builds upon the Old Testament. There
are many passages which confirm the fact that historically Jews were
a cruel and acquisitive people. According to Bailey, the Jews saw that
ancient Palestine was a fertile and prosperous region. They wanted
it, and they took it, justifying their covetous actions by claiming
that it was given to them by God. And their God approved, nay encouraged,
their actions!
“They
took the Promised Land at the point of the sword, sparing neither man,
woman nor child. Their religious history has been built around a materialistic
Jehovah, possessive, greedy and endorsing and encouraging aggression.
Their history is symbolic of the history of all aggressors, rationalising
themselves into the belief that they are carrying out divine purpose,
wresting away from people their property in a spirit of self-defence
and finding some reason, adequate to them, to excuse the iniquity of
their action. Palestine was taken by the Jews because it was "a
land flowing with milk and honey," and the claim was made that
the act was undertaken in obedience to divine command. Today the law
is working, and the Jews are paying the price, factually and symbolically,
for all they have done in the past.” [19]
There
is a major warning here for all. Under the Law of Karma, the more severely
one transgresses, the harsher is the price exacted! The Romans and Persians
conquered the Jews in Palestine, and the people were scattered
and stateless – until 1948 when Israel
was created. But remember, the three miscreant Jews were told that they
would “have no sure abiding place..” until they
let go of their craving for earthly treasures. Perhaps if the Jews had
approached the whole Palestinian question in a more inclusive and kindly
manner, the future destiny of Israel
today would not look so bleak. But we are seeing a replay of the past
and under the Law of Karma, there will be a price to pay.
Desmond Tutu on
Israel:
“Injustice and oppression will never prevail. Those who are powerful
have to remember the litmus test that God gives to the powerful: what
is your treatment of the poor, the hungry, the voiceless? And on the
basis of that, God passes judgment.” [20]
Even
the Jewish Messiah is invested with aggressive traits. The Jews
do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah of the scriptures. This is
because he did not achieve the things that the Old Testament said the
messiah would do. In fact the word messiah is no longer used by some,
because of its association with Jesus. ‘Moshiach’ is used instead, and
this time he will be a human being, not a god or demigod. He
will be a military leader of the line of David, who will restore the
Jews to Palestine, and deliver earthly power and wealth into their hands.
Only the man who can achieve this will be anointed as the Moshiach!
“The
moshiach will be a great political leader, a great military leader who
will win battles for Israel..
another Jew born about a century later came far closer to fulfilling the messianic ideal than Jesus
did. His name was Shimeon ben Kosiba.. and he was a charismatic, brilliant,
but brutal warlord.”
The
Moshiach mantle is a huge prize just waiting to be grabbed by the man
who is ruthless enough to deliver the goods! Some have tried and failed.
Political leader, military leader? Perhaps for a while some Jews thought
David Ben-Gurion was the Moshiach, or even Ariel Sharon?
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In summary, the collective thoughtforms of materialism, covetousness,
separativeness and aggression, all these have kept the Jew alienated
from his fellow man. We know that these characteristics are found in
all people and in all races, but the Jew has separated himself to a
such degree, that in a sense, he does not feel connected to mankind,
nor they to him. The unseen danger in all of this, is that this
isolation has made it possible for evil forces to use the Jews, to stir
up trouble in mankind! [21] And this is the situation
in Israel at
the moment.
2c.
The desire to return to the ‘promised’ land, cultivated for thousands
of years, has resulted in a crystallised thoughtform of such power,
it holds Jews slave to the past.
“Illusion..
is the succumbing to powerful thoughtforms which.. at the time of their
creation constituted the hope of the race.. These forms, when old and
crystallised, become a menace and a hindrance to the expanding life.”
[22]
The desire to “return to the promised land” I believe, is a nostalgic
wish based upon a deeply buried yearning for the life and glories experienced
in the previous solar system. The Jew wants to go home, back
to a time when he had power and status! This has been projected onto
Palestine in this system, but for aeons he has been denied this goal,
and abused and humiliated in the process. So he turns to the comfort
of his religion which promises that one day the Messiah will come, and
restore his good fortune. Of this he has dreamed down the ages, and
consequently, a powerful thoughtform encapsulating this vision, has
been created! It is perhaps the oldest and most powerful thoughtform
existing, being fed by Jews since the dawn of time (and that would be
just about every human being at one time or another)! [23] It controls him, and he and
his kin are slaves to its momentum and its desire! This is why it is
so hard for those who are thus imprisoned, to change their point of
view about Palestine and Jerusalem.
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The dissolution of this ancient thoughtform will release these captive
souls, and here is where Occultists can work. The method is to build
an opposite counterbalancing thought. This is slow work, and needs to
be constantly reinforced.
A more rapid method of destroying a thoughtform, is to shatter it from
the physical plane, with an opposing and more powerful force! A crude
example is the brute force which destroyed the armies of the Nazis,
and thereby shattered for a time period at least, the ideal of a Aryan
master race. Many captive souls would have found their release as a
result! But the esoteric method is through the power of thought distributed
on the physical plane through books, film, talks, etc.
II. The rise and Influence of Zionism
1.
Birth of Zionism, and its goal
“Zionism
is essentially Jewish nationalism rooted in 19th century racist, colonialist
thinking gilded over with a “religious” patina. The policy which the
state of Israel
is executing today is nothing more than a continuation of that Zionist
policy begun in 1897.”[24]
The
Zionist movement was founded by Austrian Theodor Herzl in 1897,
incorporating the ideas of early thinkers as well as the organization
built by Hovevei Tziyon (“lovers of Zion {Jerusalem}”). Its goal
was to restore Palestine to its “rightful owners - the Jews”. They
rationalised that since the land of Israel was given to the ancient
Israelites by God, the right of the Jews to that land is permanent and
inalienable. [25]
The drive to establish the state of Israel,
is simply the efforts of Zionists to manifest the hopes and wishes of
millions of Jews down the ages.
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Not
all Jews identify with Zionism or support its aims. It is vehemently
opposed by Orthodox Jews who believe that the reinstatement to Jerusalem
will come through a Messiah, not through Zionists. In turn Zionists
argue that the will of God works through them, and when Israel
is established, the Messiah will appear. So a ‘cart before the horse’
theory has been adopted. Within Zionism itself there are different factions.
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Originally, at least in the minds of secular Zionists, the goal was
just to get a piece of land somewhere upon which to found a nation.
But religious zealots, believing that the moment of God’s prophecy was
upon them, took up the Zionist banner, and insisted that the literal
‘word of God’ must be adhered to. Their will has prevailed, and so the
‘Greater Israel’ dream was revived.
“To
your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as
far as the great river the Euphrates. The land of the Kenites, Kenizites, Kadmonites;
the Hittites, Perizzites, Refaim; the Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites
and Yevusites.” - Genesis 15:18-21
This
is behind the current claim to Jerusalem and land confiscations,
as Israel tries
to push its boundaries out to fulfil the prophecy. In the above
context, Greater Israel would comprise, roughly, all of modern-day Israel
as well as the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights,
Jordan, and Lebanon,
much of Syria,
Iraq, and Kuwait,
as well as parts of Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, and Turkey.
The following quotes are examples of how this belief has been interpreted:
1)
[Zionist] Revisionism advocated the creation of a Jewish
state on both sides of the Jordan River, that is, a
state which would include the present-day West Bank and all or part
of the modern state of Jordan.
[26]
2)
The Revisionist Zionist Likud Party and Religious Zionists,
claim “the right to increase settlements, and claim Jerusalem
as the capital of Israel.”
[Zion is a term for Jerusalem].
3)
Rabbi Meir David Kahane promoted a “theocratic Greater
Israel.” [27]
4)
“It was easy for Israeli governments to say they would
return territories for peace, and at the same continue to build Greater
Israel, since peace
or anything approaching it appeared to be a remote abstraction.” [28]
This Greater Israel goal is not trumpeted about, because to do so would
invite hostile opposition not only from the countries mentioned, but
from the world community as well. But the goal of Greater Israel, is
at the heart of religious Zionism, and it is these zealot settlers who
are at the root of the confiscation of land owned by Palestinians. And
this is at the root of all the trouble!
The vision of Greater Israel does not stop at the borders of the Middle
East. The prophecy surrounding the Moshiach, is that he will
make Israel the
seat of World Government. There are people who believe this will actually
happen, and in this they are identical in their dreams, with Muslim
fanatics.
1)
“The moshiach(Messiah)will.. establish a government
in Israel that
will be the centre of all world government, both for Jews and gentiles.”[29]
2)
“All the nations of the world will recognise Mashiach
to be a world leader and will accept his dominion.” [30]
3)
“The first period in the Era of Moshiach will bring the
world to complete perfection.. Moshiach will be the one to lead the
world to that era, and will continue being the world’s leader during
that era.”[31]
2.
Zionists sought deals with the Nazis
This
is a shocking revelation. In order to procure a Palestinian home-land,
Zionists offered to collaborate with Nazi Germany at the beginning
of the war, by offering their militias to strengthen German power in
the Middle East. In return they wanted jurisdiction over Palestine!
“The
radical Zionist group “Fighters for the Freedom of Israel”, better known
as the terrorist “Stern” gang, which later on became the Israeli army,
had offered to cooperate with the Nazis in order to maintain and strengthen
German power in the Middle East for the hope of receiving jurisdiction
over Palestine to establish the Israeli state.” [32]
A
little research will reveal many more recorded accounts of this collaboration.
3. Zionists fostered anti-Semitism
in order drive the Jews to Palestine
“[The Jews were] during the years immediately
following the war, under the control of a glamour imposed by the Zionist
Dictators, who were to be to the Jewish people what Stalin and his group,
and Hitler and his gang, have been to their people. They worked through
the same methods—terrorising, withholding information, browbeating their
opponents, making false claims and bribing and corrupting. They were and
are a minority, but a powerful minority because of their great wealth
and their being in positions of power.” [33]
This perhaps is even more shocking than
the previous revelation. Zionists needed a ‘population’ in Israel
if a nation was ever to eventuate. The method devised by Herzl to force
people to move from their home countries to Israel,
was to stir up hatred against Jews. In the period of suffering
which followed, the “safe” haven of Palestine would
be seen in a much more attractive light.
“It is essential that the sufferings
of Jews.. become worse.. this will assist in realization of our plans.
I have an excellent idea. I shall induce anti-semites to liquidate Jewish
wealth. The anti-semites will assist us thereby in that they will strengthen
the persecution and oppression of Jews. The anti-semites shall be our
best friends.” [34]
There are several recorded
examples of this plan being carried out. Herzl obviously thought
he was doing his victims a favour, that suffering (for them) would be
positive and build their character.
“So anti-Semitism,
which is a deeply imbedded force in the subconscious mind of the masses,
will not harm the Jews. I actually find it to be advantageous to building
the Jewish character, education by the masses that will lead to assimilation.
This education can only happen through suffering, and the Jews will
adapt.” Herzl[35]
At the Nuremberg Trials of Major War
Criminals, Nazi propagandist, Julius Streicher testified: “I did no
more than echo what the leading Zionists had been saying”, In addition
to Hitler, Rosenberg, Goebbels and Streicher, many other Nazi leaders
used statements from Zionists to validate their charges against the
Jews of Germany. [36]
Cynics believe that Herzl’s
Machiavellian tactic of deliberately inciting hatred and attack
on Jews is still being used by the Zionists today – this time against
the Israeli population!
Steal
the land, raze a village, destroy communities, debase, humiliate and
murder people - and they will eventually strike back. When terrorist
bombers come in, or missiles fall, the public naturally wishes to be
protected. So most will give their support to any “tough” measures which
the government decides to take ‘on their behalf’. By deliberately
keeping hostilities on the boil, Israel
will have further opportunity to expand its borders - the true Zionist
goal!
This
‘incite Arabs into violence, so we can hit back and further our aims’,
is clearly the Machiavellian strategy, being used by the Zionist to
drive its ‘Greater Israel’ juggernaut forwards. And if in the
process some Israeli’s suffer, then the Herzl type of thinking is that
‘it will be good for their character; if some people lose their lives,
this is a noble sacrifice in the cause of Greater Israel!’
But as
we all know, excessive force is counterproductive. It breeds resentment
and invites retaliation. History is witness to this. The most dangerous
place for Jews on earth today, is Israel,
as many orthodox Jews point out! [37] And history is a long, cold
and unforgiving road!
III. The Israel
- Palestinian Conflict
“The area of difficulty is the Near
East and Palestine. The Jews, by their illegal and terroristic
activities, have laid a foundation of great difficulty for those who are
seeking to promote world peace. The Jews have partially again opened the
door to the Forces of Evil, which worked originally through Hitler and
his evil gang. The "sealing" of that door had not been successfully
accomplished..These Forces of Evil work through a triangle of evil, one
point of which is to be found in the Zionist Movement in the United States,
another in central Europe, and the third in Palestine. Palestine is no
longer a Promised Land and should not be so regarded.” [38]
Let us be really clear about what Bailey
has said about the activities of the Jews in Palestine, both in the current period and from the
past. The Jews:
-
Took the Promised Land Palestine, because it was "a
land flowing with milk and honey”
-
They murdered all, sparing neither man, woman nor child.
-
They looked for a reason to justify their sin, either
by rationalising themselves into the belief they were carrying out divine
purpose, or claiming they were obeying God’s command.
In
this current world period, the activities of the Zionist Jews has been:
-
A major blow to world peace.
-
Illegal and terroristic
-
Partially opened the door to Evil which previously worked
through Hitler and his gang.
-
The Zionist movement in the US
is one point of a triangle of evil!
They
have also collaborated with the Nazis for personal gain, and fostered
anti-Semitism against their own people, for personal gain.
|| After pondering upon this list, it is reasonable to question
the motives of those who support the illegal conduct of Zionists in
Palestine.
Are they true idealists who believe that the Jews’ “Divine
right to Palestine” is more important than anything, or anyone else?
Or do they hide behind the scriptures in order to cover up a calculated,
mercenary, and greedy, criminal activity? Or do they just not care about
other people’s dispossession and suffering as long as they get their
own piece of land and their lives are made more prosperous and secure?
Or – and this concerns western supporters, do they align with Israel’s
actions simply because America does (primarily a white democracy), and
therefore naturally deserves support? There may also be a racist element,
with white people siding with Israel’s policies simply because they
are perceived as being ‘more white’. As unpleasant as it may be to acknowledge
that such racist attitudes exist – they do, and may influence some people’s
perception of Israel’s actions.
Is
there evidence to support Bailey’s view?
1. “The right of the Jews to the land (of Israel) is permanent
and inalienable.”
This
belief is inherent in the Jewish religion, and it is reasonable to question
it in light of events in Israel. The statement implies that Jews have
a right to Palestine which is higher than any man-made law, because
they have a mandate from God! We can understand now, why - in their
dealings with the Palestinians, Zionists so easily reject humanitarian
law, especially those developed since WW2 and enshrined in the various
UN Charters and Geneva Conventions. This is ironic, since an important
motivation to create such laws was the holocaust! Some conventions which
Israel continuously flouts as it continues with its annexing of the
West Bank occupied territories are:
1) The
Declaration of Human Rights: No one shall be subjected to
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; no one shall be subjected to
arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home; everyone has
the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of
the state; no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property, etc.
2) Geneva
Conventions: [47] Occupying Powers will not annex the whole
or any part of the occupied territory. [49] The Occupying Power shall
not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the
territory it occupies [39]
2.
From the beginning, the Zionists intended to apply genocide and apartheid
There
is ample evidence to support this claim! From the onset, the Zionists
knew that the Jewish homeland would have to be a pure Jewish state.
This would mean getting rid of the people who had lived there for more
than a thousand years – the Palestinians! This is genocide. The legal
definition of genocide as given in the ‘1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime
of Genocide’, is as follows:
"any of the following acts committed with intent
to destroy, in whole or in part, a national,
ethnical, racial
or religious group, as such: killing members
of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the
group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated
to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing
measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly
transferring children of the group to another group." Wikipedia
The Zionists knew that the Palestinians would not give up their land freely.
The following quotes are from Zionist leaders.
1)
Jabotinsky
(1923): “[They].. look upon Palestine with the same instinctive
love and true fervour that any Aztec looked upon his Mexico or any Sioux
looked upon his prairie. To think that the Arabs will voluntarily consent
to the realization of Zionism in return for the cultural and economic
benefits we can bestow on them is infantile.”[40]
2)
David
Ben-Gurion: “If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms
with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country.. We come
from Israel, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There
has been anti-semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their
fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country.
Why should they accept that?”[41]
The
Machiavellian architect of Zionism - Theodor Herzl, rubber-stamped the
principle of evicting the Palestinians and taking the land. His plan
seems mild on the face of it, but he set the stage for the practise
of apartheid, and the slaughter, which followed!
“We
must expropriate gently the private property on the estates assigned
to us. We should try to spirit the penniless Arab population across
the borders by procuring employment for it in the transit countries,
while denying it any employment in our country.”.[42]
Under
the leadership of David Ben-Gurion, it was decided that 1.3 million
Palestinians could no longer live in their homeland. It was obvious
to him that the indigenous people would not willingly give up their
land to the Jews, so the plan for ethnic cleansing of Palestine was
carefully prepared, and a crime against humanity was carried out.
[43]
‘'The
strategic objective was to destroy the urban community, which were the
most organised and politically conscious sections of the Palestinian
people. This was not done by house to house fighting inside the towns
and cities, but by the conquest and destruction of the rural areas surrounding
most of the towns.. Deprived of transportation, food and raw materials,
the urban communities underwent a process of disintegration, chaos and
hunger which forced them to surrender.' Ben Gurion
Apartheid
In
2007, former US President Jimmy Carter enraged the Israel Lobby when
he published his book ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’. Commenting upon
the fuss, Tony Karom, Jewish journalist originally
from South Africa, now resident in NY, and senior editor at Time Magazine,
said: ‘His use of the word apartheid is not only morally valid; it
is essential, because it shakes the moral stupor that allows many liberals
to rationalize away the daily, grinding horror being inflicted on Palestinians
in the West Bank and Gaza.”
As
Jewish immigrants started flooding into the country, a rigid apartheid
regime was instituted. Arabs were banned from working on land purchased
by the Zionists. There was to be no place in the Israeli state for any
Palestinian. The following quotes are from Zionist leaders:
1)
‘There is no such thing as a Palestinian.” Golda Meir[44]
2) “[The]
formula for the parameters of unilateral solution are: To maximize the
number of Jews; minimize the number of Palestinians; not to withdraw
to the 1967 border and not to divide Jerusalem.” Ehud
Olmert[45]
3)
‘Among ourselves it must be clear that there is no
place in the, country for both peoples together. With the Arabs we shall
not achieve our aim of being an independent people in this country.
Transfer the Arabs from here to the neighbouring countries, transfer
all of them, not one village or tribe should remain.’ Joseph
Weitz [46]
Today
(2007) 90% of the land in Israel proper is held under: “restrictive
land covenants” barring non-Jews, even those with Israeli citizenship
from owning the land or from earning a living on it. Yet, according
to Israeli law, a Jew from anywhere in the world can come to Israel
and automatically be a citizen with the right to own land. [47] Israeli authorities
have created a “regime of separation based on discrimination,” in which
two different systems of law in the same area are being applied, based
on nationality. [48]
The
‘transfer’ of Arabs became a veritable genocide, [49] and was accomplished with remorseless
brutality. Israel’s backers portray it as a country that has
sought peace at every turn and shown great restraint even when provoked.
The Arabs, by contrast, are said to have acted with great wickedness.
Ben-Gurion acknowledged that the early Zionists were far from benevolent
towards the Palestinian Arabs, who resisted their encroachments – which
is hardly surprising, since the Zionists were trying to create their
own state on Arab land. Israel’s conduct has often been brutal, belying
any claim to moral superiority. [50]
1)
“A systematic strategy of terror was devised in 1948
to drive out 750,000 Palestinians [which] amounted to organised ‘ethnic
cleansing’. The Irgun and Stern Gangs specialised in terrorising Palestinians
into fleeing the land. On 9 April 1948, for example, terrorist killers
from Irgun led by Menachem Begin (a future Prime Minister) attacked
the village of Deir Yassin and massacred 250 defenceless men, women
and children. A witness; Red Cross Doctor de Reynier, said: ‘All I could
think of was the SS troops I had seen in Athens.’[51] These massacres were the
main instrument for forcing the Palestinians to leave and then expropriating
their properties under the 1950 Absentee Property Law.” [52]
2)
“Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our
times is the emergence in.. Israel of the “Freedom Party”.. closely
akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal
to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership
and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing,
chauvinist organization in Palestine. Without provocation on April 9
1948, they attacked Deir Yassin, an Arab village surrounded by Jewish
lands. It had taken no part in the 1948 war, and had even fought off
Arab bands who wanted to use the village as their base. They killed
most of its inhabitants - 240men, women, and children, but kept a few
alive to parade as captives through the streets of Jerusalem. The terrorists
were proud of this massacre, publicized it widely, and invited all the
foreign correspondents present in the country to view the heaped corpses.”
Albert Einstein. [53] [The leader
of this party was Menachem Begin who became the sixth Prime Minister
of Israel.]
3) The creation
of Israel in 1947-48 involved acts of ethnic cleansing, including executions,
massacres and rapes by Jews, and Israel’s subsequent conduct has often
been brutal, belying any claim to moral superiority.. The Israel Defence
Forces (IDF) murdered hundreds of Egyptian prisoners of war in both
the 1956 and 1967 wars, while in 1967, it expelled between 100,000 and
260,000 Palestinians from the newly conquered West Bank, and drove 80,000
Syrians from the Golan Heights.[54]
4) During the
first intifada, the IDF distributed truncheons to its troops and encouraged
them to break the bones of Palestinian protesters. The Swedish branch
of Save the Children estimated that ‘23,600 to 29,900 children required
medical treatment for their beating injuries in the first two years.’
Nearly a third of them were aged ten or under.. Since then, for every
Israeli lost, Israel has killed 3.4 Palestinians, the majority of whom
have been innocent bystanders; the ratio of Palestinian to Israeli children
killed is even higher (5.7:1). [55] Reports indicate that the IDF has
been even more ruthless in the second intifada! [56]
This
behaviour is opposed by many Jews in the world, and the following is
but one example:
Jews for Global
Justice: “Israel an armed ghetto by choice” by
Mohamed Elmasry, Saturday, May 12, 2007. “The brutality of the Israeli
occupation must be further exposed; the inhumane treatment of Palestinians
must be internationally and categorically rejected. Peace-loving peoples
of the world must step forward and build bridges of understanding and
solidarity with moderate Jews everywhere against the vicious and genocidal
agenda of Zionist extremism. Politicians, the general public, and children
(our future leaders!) everywhere in the world must be educated that
it is evil to treat your neighbour unjustly.” www.jewsforglobaljustice.org
We
can now answer the question ‘is there evidence to support Bailey’s view’?
Took Palestine – yes!
Murdered all – yes murder, but not
all.
Look for justifications – yes, all
the time!
A
major blow to world peace – yes!
Illegal
and terroristic – yes!
Evil
– yes! Collaboration, genocide, apartheid, cruelty.
Zionist
movement in US is one point of a triangle of evil – yes! See later section.
3.
There is fault on the other side, but Jews must not use this to justify
their actions!
There is no scientific and hitherto unknown mode of solving racial
problems. It is finally a question of right thinking, decent behaviour,
and simple kindness.” [57]
Arabs
contribute to the chaos through their violent actions. No one disputes
this, and a number of western countries have become targets of Al Qaeda
and similar groups. However, this is a paper about the Jews, and focuses
on their dream to return to the Promised Land.
§The
Zionists knew right from the onset, that they would have to take the
land off the Palestinians, and this would mean big trouble. But this
was of no account when weighed up against the Zionist goal. No matter
what atrocities Arabs have committed in the past, now or in the future,
it does not change the fact that this mess was started by the Zionists,
and continues to escalate because of the continuing theft of Arab land.
Yes, Israel needs to protect its citizens. Its actions have raised such
hostility amongst its neighbours, what else can it do? But as previously
mentioned, this ‘protection’ is being used by the Zionists to continue
pushing forward the borders. There are other ways protection can be
provided – such as a UN presence. But I believe that Israel does not
want the UN in a position where it can scrutinise its own behaviour,
so it will never allow this.
1)
“The Palestinian resort to terrorism is wrong but
it isn’t surprising. The Palestinians believe they have no other way
to force Israeli concessions. As Ehud Barak once admitted, had he been
born a Palestinian, he ‘would have joined a terrorist organisation’.”[58]
2)
David Ben-Gurion: “If I were an Arab leader I
would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their
country.. They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their
country. Why should they accept that?” [59]
§
Israel is reaping the karmic consequences of its leader’s actions, and
it does not help the situation to point accusingly at the dispossessed
people, the victims of the genocide, and say “it is all their fault!
If they didn’t start the war, throw their stones, launch their bombs
or missiles, they wouldn’t be in this position!” This denial does not
focus on the true cause of the problem, and until this is acknowledged,
no resolution is possible, no healing can begin.
“Palestinian
terrorism is not random violence directed against Israel.. it is largely
a response to Israel’s prolonged campaign to colonise the West Bank
and Gaza Strip.”[60]
§
It is clear that the Zionist aim is to push Israel’s boundaries out
as far as possible on the West Bank, entrench their settlements so no
one dares ask them to move, take as much of Jerusalem as they can, then
throw any scraps, the unwanted, unfertile arid land, to the Palestinians.
This is not fair, and people including religious leaders all around
the world have expressed this view!
“The
root cause of the conflict is the Israel occupation of the West Bank
and Gaza strip. Suicide bombers are the fruit of the tree
of Israeli Occupation. If we want to see an end to this, we need to
cut down the tree!” Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, Riah Abu el-Assad.
4 April 2002, Jim Lehrer Show
The problem is compounded because it appears that citizens of Israel
believe that their country is always offering peace to the Arab world,
who are inflexible and refuse any peace proposal. But according to Israeli
historian IIan Pappe, this is not correct.
A
common Israeli mythology.. is that Israel.. always offers peace, and
it is the Arabs who are inflexible and refuse any peace proposal.. after
the war ended in 1948 there was a genuine offer for peace from the Palestinians
and Arab neighbouring states, and it was the Israeli government that
rejected it.. Avi Shlaim from Oxford in his book the Iron Wall..
shows that not only in 1948, but since 1948 until today, there were
quite a lot of junctures in history where there was a chance for peace,
and it failed not because the Arab world refused to exploit the chance,
but rather because the Israelis rejected the peace offer. [61]
In
other words, the Zionists had their plans for a Greater Israel, peace
was not an option then, and neither is it an option now!
IV.
Having colonised and absorbed most of Palestine,
Israel is working to destroy the last hope of an independent
Palestine.
Israel
likes to portray itself as a Democratic State, but a true democracy
is not founded on apatheid! Citizens of a democracy expect equal rights
irrespective of race, religion or ethnicity – but Israel treats its
1.3 million Arabs like prisoners, corralling them into ghetto-like enclaves,
encircled by walls, barb-wire, guns and missiles, denying them full
political rights, applying another set of laws than that applied to
Israeli’s.[62] This is designed to
destroy the heart and spirit of the people, so they pack up and leave!
Since
1967.. by means of apartheid like legislation [Israel has] systematically
undermined the possibility of an independent Palestinian agriculture
and economy. On land requiring intensive water irrigation, Palestinians
have virtually no rights to dig new wells. Water from existing Palestinian
wells are also siphoned off to irrigate land confiscated by colonial
settlers. Today some 320,000 settlers, who account for only 13 per cent
of the population, consume 80 per cent of the West Bank’s water.[63]
4a.
Statistics
-
There were 1.3 million Arabs in Palestine in 1948, but
as a result of war in that year, 750000 that is over half the population,
was forced to flee to Jordan, Lebanon and the rest of the Arab world.
This is not reflected in the graph.
- In
the beginning of the graph period, Arabs owned 91% of the land, Jews
owned 4%. Since then, 80% of Arab land has been confiscated. [64]
Arab
/ Jew Population (1914-2005) [65]

<- Israeli
Prime Ministers, repeatedly acting against international law, have encouraged
more and more Jews to establish illegal settlements in Palestine.
<-
Human Rights Group B’Tselem report that in the West Bank
today - including East Jerusalem, Israelis number
less than 10% but control 41.9 percent of the territory.
-
According to Peace Now's report, "Aerial Survey Settlements
Summary 2006," there are 121 “official” Israeli settlements,
and at least 102 outposts (where settlers are building in violation
of Israeli law). From the point of view of international law, all these
are illegal!
4b.
The “security wall currently [2007] being constructed by Israel is the
latest example of the brazen annexing of Palestinian land and destruction
of communities, under the guise of providing protection for the people.
1) Bob
May, United Methodist GBGM Christian Missionary:
‘If the wall was just about security, it would have been built around
Israel’s internationally-recognized borders. But because the wall is
also about land-grabbing, the route of the wall cuts deep through the
West Bank. It is a long chain of land-grabbing fences, walls
and barriers. It will separate residents, keep students from getting
to school, keep families from getting to the closest medical facilities,
and keep people from getting to work. No one can legitimately claim
that the wall is just about security.’
2)
PLO Negotiations Affairs Department:
“.. It is estimated that approximately 43% of the Occupied
West Bank (containing approximately 94% of the illegal Israeli settlers)
will be de facto annexed by Israel. In addition, the wall is being built
in such a way as to divide Palestinian population centers from their
adjacent agricultural land and water resources... At the same time,
Israel will effectively isolate Palestinian population centers from
one another, and restrict not only freedom of movement of individuals
but also of goods and services, thereby worsening an already crippled
Palestinian economy. It is estimated that when the wall is complete,
approximately 380,000 Palestinians will be trapped between the wall
and Israel’s 1967 pre-occupation border (the “Green Line”), 160,000
of whom will be trapped in “double-walled” ghettos or enclaves. Once
complete, the wall will leave less than 13% of historic Palestine for
the indigenous Palestinian population.”
3)
Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods:
Israel
daily destroys Palestinian lives, livelihoods and homes; it continues
to build its illegal colonies and separation wall on stolen land; it
continues to control Gaza while slicing the West Bank into Bantustans,
separating Palestinian families from their schools, places of work and
agricultural land; it denies Palestinian refugees their right to return
and operates a form of racism in many respects worse than the South
African apartheid system. Its policies of intimidation and humiliation
aim to destroy Palestinian hopes of statehood. Israeli businesses export
freely from Palestinian land while the Palestinian economy is on its
knees as a result of the occupation.[66]
4)
Amnesty International Report re West Bank 2007.
The
report charges Israel with the “destruction of hope” of Palestinians..
“The 700-kilometer fence/wall that Israel is building through the West
Bank and Jerusalem, is causing massive long-term damage to Palestinian
life and is undermining the ability of those living in dozens of villages
and communities to realize a wide range of their human rights.”
5)
According to a U.S. government report in 2002, 70% of
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are now living below the poverty
line; unemployment has risen to 50% while there are a minimum of 300,000
non-Palestinian foreign workers in Israel. (Unemployment rose to 80%
in 2003.) Israel will not let Palestinians leave the occupied territory
and go to work in Egypt, where many of them have jobs, or to Israel
where they had jobs.
Go
to www.electronicintifada.net for personal stories
from the Palestinian people.
4c.
The Israel public is being educated every day, to think of Palestinian’s
in a very racist and dehumanising way.. to hate them and wish them dead!
The
Zionist core group is doing an excellent job in programming the minds
of Jews to hate their neighbours. The ironic thing, is that, under the
Law of Karma, it is very possible that the Jew in this life could be
born Palestinian in the next, and vice versa! This phenomenon has occurred
before.
“So
many Germans are reincarnated Jews. Hence the similarity of their points
of view. It is a family quarrel and there is nothing more terrible than
this.”[67]
The
world has known about the massacres, it sees the continuing violations
of human rights which Palestinians have to endure, but still nothing
has been done to actually stop it. The USA which has fostered the situation,
and which could make a change if this was what it really wanted, has
blatantly favoured Israel. All this has sent a very wrong message to
Israel. Surely its arrogance in the face of world condemnation, is because
it believes that God is on its side? The evidence that this is so, is
that the most powerful nation on earth – America, is its obedient slave
and servant! Israeli historian Ilan Pappe offers the following
observations:
[As
a result of the lack of action on the part of the world community, Israelis
believe that] ‘it is okay to expel thousands of Palestinians and to
destroy their villages and towns. This is why the ethnic cleansing of
Palestine continues today. The world knew what happened then, knows
what is happening now, but Israel is absolved.
And within Israel itself, the educational, media and political systems continually send
out the very dangerous and racist message - that the personal life of the Jew in Israel would be much better without Arabs. Everybody
agrees with this, whether they are on the left or on the right. Today
the immigrant has become the owner of this country, and has turned the
local people into immigrants who have no rights.
But in the long run, Israel is
a small country in the Arab world, and America will not always be there
to save it. The Israelis are miscalculating. The fact that you are successful
for sixty years with the wrong policy does not mean that the next sixty
years are going to be the same. They’re making a terrible mistake, as
the Jewish communities around the world are making a terrible mistake
in supporting this policy. [68]
V.
Bailey said: “These Forces of Evil work through a triangle of
evil,
one point of which is to be found in the Zionist Movement in the United
States,
another in central Europe, and the third in Palestine.”
The
Triangle of Evil:
l Palestine
l Central Europe
l The Zionist Movement in the United States (the Israel Lobby)
Evil
defined by Bailey: [All the problems of humanity] can be traced back
to the outstanding human weakness, the great sin or heresy of separateness. There is no greater sin
than this; it is responsible for the entire range of human evil. It
sets an individual against his brother, makes him consider his selfish,
personal interests as of paramount importance, it leads to crime and
cruelty.. it sets man against man, group against group, class against
class and nation against nation. It engenders a destructive sense of
superiority.. produces economic selfishness and leads to economic exploitation
of human beings.. to territorial possessiveness and to the extremes
of poverty and riches; it sets an important emphasis upon material acquisitiveness..
and the dangerous doctrine of national sovereignty.. breeds distrust
between peoples and hatred throughout the entire world and has led since
time began to cruel and destructive wars. It has today brought the entire
planetary population to its present dire and dreadful condition.
[69]
Point
1, Palestine.
Besides
the points previously covered, there were the crusade massacres during
the Middle Ages. Entire Muslim and Christian communities were massacred
by the invaders, and there were cruel retaliations by the Arabs.
The current conflict in Palestine is tied up with the destiny of the
Planet Logos. He is, that is, Humanity is, preparing to take an initiation.
Bailey said that “hundreds of thousands of people in every land have
taken, or are preparing to take, the first initiation [and that] humanity,
the world disciple, is now ready for this.” [70] When this occurs
in the individual, it means that an emotional perspective of life, is
about to be superseded by a newly developed intelligent mental focus.
Whereas before the major life force was expressed through the solar
plexus centre, in the future it will play out through the throat centre
- the distributing centre for lower mind. To allow this to happen, a
major spring-clean of the astral nature through the solar plexus centre
takes place. Preparation for this great event is now taking place in
the field of Humanity!
The great problem, but also the great opportunity for the Jewish race,
is that it is the solar plexus centre in the field of the Logos;
man’s collective astral expression (both high and low) is being
‘cleared’ through this race. This compounds an already complex situation.
“Through
the Jewish people throughout the world, feeling - sympathetic or antagonistic,
expressive of love or conditioned by hate, is being gathered
to a focus in the planetary solar plexus centre, preparatory to a great
and permanent change.”[71]
Looking
at the problem from this angle, the solution is obvious. When the mind
of man is more fully developed and working intelligently, then the problem
of the Jews will disappear. Ensuring all the world’s children have access
to quality education is vital, for in the long-term, developing the
collective mind of man is the key! We will know that Humanity / the
Logos. has taken initiation when...
“when
humanity will have solved correctly the Jewish problem, and when it
has been resolved in a humanitarian and sound manner, then the energy
of the planetary solar plexus centre will have been raised to the heart
and a great transmutation will have taken place.” [72]
Point
2, Central Europe.
In
this area, from southern Russia and Poland in the north, to Romania
on the right, to Serbia in the south, and to Austria and Germany in
the east - we have seen throughout history, terrible crimes committed,
genocidal acts which rank amongst the most horrendous in history.
We know of Stalin’s blood rampages! Serbs nursed grievances about the
slaughter of their ancestors by the Ottoman Empire for 600 years before
committing atrocities against Muslims in the Kosovo wars. Many other
violations were committed in the civil wars following the collapse of
Yugoslavia. Germany instigated two terrible world wars. The holocaust
probably ranks as the most terrible act of genocide committed in this
region, with its death camps scattered throughout the region being examined.
From the 15th century we have the originator of the vampire myth - Count
Vlad (1431-1476), who would rival anyone as the most cruel tyrant of
all time. Impalement, a most gruesome ways of dying was his preferred
method of torture and execution. When we combine all these elements,
it justifies Bailey pointing to this region as being a major point through
which evil is released! Modern Zionism was launched from this region
(Austria)!
Point
3, the Zionist Movement in the United States – the Israel Lobby
[Information
for this section comes primarily from ‘The Israel Lobby’, by John
Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt ]
IIan
Pappe said that “As a result of the lack of action on the part of the
world community, Israelis believe that it is okay to expel thousands
of Palestinians and to destroy their villages and towns. This is why
the ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues today.”
Why
should this be? Because the USA protects Israel!
Since
1972 it has vetoed 32 UN Resolutions critical of Israel, thereby crippling
it from intervening in the genocide, and giving free reign to Israel.
It has given an unprecedented amount of money. From 1976 to 2004, $140
billion dollars ($3 billion per year, 1/5th of the foreign aid budget,
about $500 per year for every Israeli. This in spite of the fact that
Israel is now a wealthy industrial state.) This has enabled Israel
to build its formidable war machine, and its nuclear arsenal.
Why
should this be?
Both the US and Israel claim their bond is based on shared strategic
interests or compelling moral imperatives - the enemies of Israel, are
the enemies of the US! But on closer examination Israel is a liability.
The US has a terrorism problem in good part because it is so closely
allied with Israel, not the other way around. The relationship with
Israel actually makes it harder for the US to deal with rogue states.
For example, Iran wants nuclear weapons because Israel has them!
Supporters say that Israel needs support because it is the only democracy
in a sea of hostile Muslim states. But this is not correct. Israeli’s
may be able to vote, but Israel is not a true democracy - it practises
apartheid against the Palestinians.
Another justification for receiving special treatment is the history
of Jewish suffering especially during the holocaust. This may be so
but the creation of Israel brought about fresh crimes against an innocent
third party - the Palestinians.
There is the oil factor. Right-wing American materialists orchestrate
US policy for its geopolitical oil interests. Aligning with Israel and
using it to get at the oil fields of the ME, has long been a part of
its plan. But this does not account for the extraordinary ignoring of
human rights violations.
So if neither strategic nor moral arguments can fully account for America’s
support for Israel, how are we to explain it?
§
Mearsheimer and Walt in their book The Israel Lobby, say
that the explanation is the unmatched power of the Israel Lobby
- a loose coalition of individuals and organisations who actively work
to steer US foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction. The most powerful
of these, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC),
is ranked second in influence behind the American Association of Retired
People, but ahead of the National Rifle Association.
“American
Jews have created the situation.. The United States, urged by expediency,
by the financial weight of the Zionists, and by the strategic position
of Palestine, have thrown the weight of their influence into the conflict
on the side of aggression and of territorial theft.”[73]
§
The goal is to prevent critical comments from getting a fair hearing
in the political and public arena. Controlling debate is essential to
guaranteeing continuing US support. One of its most powerful weapons
is the charge of anti-Semitism. Anyone who criticises Israel’s actions
stands a good chance of being labelled anti-Semitic. It’s very effective,
something no one wants to be accused of.
“There
is no reason to believe that the USA public would support a massive
and brutal ethnic cleansing program if they were given even a modest
quantum of the ugly facts, if the main victims rather than the ethnic
cleansers were humanized, and if the media’s frames of reference were
not designed to apologize for Israeli expropriation and violence. However,
the ongoing media and intellectual biases do very effectively complement
the national policy of support for the ethnic cleansing state.[74]
Jews
are wealthy, and AIPAC forms the core of the Lobby’s influence in Congress.
It rewards those who support its agenda, and punishes those who challenge
it. Money is critical to US elections and AIPAC makes sure that its
friends get strong financial support. Anyone who is seen as hostile
to Israel can be sure that AIPAC will direct campaign contributions
to his political opponents. To discourage unfavourable reporting, the
Lobby organises letter-writing campaigns, massive email distributions,
demonstrations and boycotts of news outlets whose content it considers
anti-Israel.
§
The bottom line is that AIPAC, a de facto agent for a foreign government,
has a stranglehold on Congress, with the result that US policy towards
Israel is not debated, even though that policy has important consequences
for the entire world.
The
Lobby’s negative influence:
1)
It muzzles all criticism of Israel. It silences
sceptics by organising blacklists and boycotts, or by suggesting that
critics are anti-semites. This violates the principle of open debate
on which democracy depends.
2)
It has made it impossible to end the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. This gives extremists a powerful recruiting tool, increasing
the pool of potential terrorists, and contributing to Islamic radicalism
in Europe and Asia. In short it has increased world terrorism
3)
Its campaign for regime change in Iran and Syria could
lead the US to attack those countries, with potentially disastrous effects.
4)
Thanks to the Lobby, the United States has become the
de facto enabler of Israeli expansion in the Occupied Territories, making
it complicit in the crimes perpetrated against the Palestinians.
5)
Its influence has been bad for Israel. Its ability to
persuade Washington to support an expansionist agenda has discouraged
Israel from seizing opportunities to make peace with its neighbours.
Denying
the Palestinians their legitimate political rights certainly has not
made Israel more secure, and the long campaign to kill or marginalise
a generation of Palestinian leaders has empowered extremist groups like
Hamas, and reduced the number of Palestinian leaders who would be willing
to accept a fair settlement and able to make it work. Israel itself
would probably be better off if the Lobby were less powerful and US
policy more even-handed.
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When we consider the fact that this group has been so powerful, that
it has managed to disguise a genocide taking place before the world’s
eyes, and has made the victims, the perpetrators; when we consider that
they have muzzled world opinion about Israel’s actions, through the
threat of being labelled anti-Semitic; when we consider that all this
is pushing the world towards a major conflagration; then we must concur
with Bailey. The Zionist movement in America is a major distribution
point for evil in the world. This influence must be opposed!
VI.
There are thousands of Jews in the world who oppose the Zionists, and
who sympathise with the Palestinians and support them in their struggles!
The
following is just a tiny sampling of Jews who do not agree with Zionist
policies, and of some of those who do what they can to help the Palestinian
casualties. The world is truly grateful for the opposition raised by
such courageous people. One Jewish voice is probably worth 100 non-Jew
voices. It also helps enormously to offset the accusation of being “anti-Semitic”,
which is used so prolifically in the American Zionist Lobby to stifle
any criticism of their policies in Israel.
Joseph
Telushkin, ‘Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to
Know About the Jewish Religion’: “It is precisely
when the belief in the Messiah’s coming starts to shape political decisions
that the messianic idea ceases to be inspiring and becomes dangerous.”
Neturei
Karta: Beis Chanina, near Jerusalem, Palestine - November
2007. “Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews joined Palestinian
protestors demonstrating against the Zionist demolition of homes. Rabbi
Hirsch, representative of Neurea Karta spoke at the rally.” www.nkusa.org
Israeli
Committee Against House Demolitions, Jerusalem, Israel, info@icahd.org. “Yesterday, June 11, 2007, announced
the launching of a campaign to rebuild the home of every Palestinian
family whose house is demolished over the coming year.”
Rabbis
for Human Rights, www.rhr.israel.net. “We promote justice and
freedom, while campaigning against discrimination and inhumane conduct.”
Tikkun:
www.tikkun.org, ‘A synagogue and community
of people in the San Francisco Bay Area who seek a world of peace and
justice, love and kindness—and who seek to connect to the universe with
awe, wonder and radical amazement at the grandeur of creation. Blending
spiritual and social justice concerns in a way that is both completely
authentic to Jewish tradition and yet simultaneously open to the wisdom
and deepest truths of all humanity.’
Jews
for Justice for Palestinians, www.jfjfp.org:
“Emergency Appeal for Medical Supplies for Gaza. The prolonged siege
imposed by the Israeli government on Gaza, the closing of its borders..
severe shortage of medications and other medical supplies all severely
damage the