Challenging the Power of the Jewish Lobby: What Should Be Done?

By James Petras
Sept. 26th, 2006

A number of writers have recently written critical articles or reviews about the power of the pro-Israel or Jewish Lobby and its influence on US policy in the Middle East. Most of these writings emphasize the power of the lobby over Congress, the two major parties (especially the Democrats) and the Executive branch. Some even describe the pro-Israel lobbies and the allied Jewish federations, the numerous propaganda institutes described as ‘think tanks’, publications as well as their influence or control over the mass media, from Hollywood, the print media, television to corporate “public” radio. However these critics and analysts paint themselves into a corner, attributing to the Jewish lobby so much power as to virtually incapacitate any effort to counter its influence and change the direction of US policy. The image of a near-omniscient and omnipotent Jewish lobby overlooks its vulnerability and significant issues around which an opposition or counter-hegemonic movement can be organized in the United States.

A starting point for building such a movement in some cases already exists in single issue campaigns; in other instances, some of the critical reports on the actions and behavior of the Lobby can become rallying points for organizing and pressing for new legislation and improving legislative restraints on Lobby activities.

What Should be Done: 18 Points of Action

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Kill Arabs, Cry Anti-Semitism!
By Norman G. Finkelstein

Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein has written a recent short article on the effort of the British government to combat “anti-Semitism.” In it he shows how the carnard anti-Semetism is used to shut down free speech, especially that which shows the murderous, terrorist policies of Jewish Supremacist Israel. As Finkelstein puts it, “Kill Arabs, Cry Anti-Semitism!” That just about sums up the entire problem of Jewish extremism.

Here is a quotation from the article and a link so you can read the whole article for yourself:

A central thesis of my book Beyond Chutzpah is that whenever Israel faces a public relations debacle its apologists sound the alarm that a “new anti-Semitism” is upon us. So, predictably, just after Israel faced another image problem due to its murderous destruction of Lebanon, a British all-party parliamentary group led by notorious Israel-firster Denis MacShane MP (Labor) released yet another report alleging a resurgence of anti-Semitism (Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry Into Antisemitism, September 2006). To judge by the witnesses (David Cesarani, Lord Janner, Oona King, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Melanie Phillips) and sources (MEMRI, Holocaust Education Trust) cited in the body of the report, much time and money could have been saved had it just been contracted out to the Israel Foreign Ministry.[1]

Kill Arabs, Cry Anti-Semitism!

Who is Pushing Whom into the Sea?
Ben Gurion: “We Must Expel the Arabs and Take Their Place”
By WILLIAM MARTIN

The following is the beginning of an excellent article showing that the old canard that the “Arabs want to push the Jews into the sea” is a complete fabrication originated by none other than than a man who himself advocated ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population. In fact, thousands of Palestinians were actually pushed to the sea by terror when the Jewish Supremacist State of Israel was formed. In addition to the following article be sure to read the article on the subject on the Palestine Remembered Website.–David Duke

On 11 October 1961 Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion declared in the Israeli Knesset:

‘The Arabs’ exit from Palestine…began immediately after the UN resolution, from the areas earmarked for the Jewish state. And we have explicit documents testifying that they left Palestine following instructions by the Arab leaders, with the Mufti at their head, under the assumption that the invasion of the Arab armies at the expiration of the Mandate will destroy the Jewish state and push all the Jews into the sea, dead or alive’.
Thus, Mr Ben Gurion is asserting that it is his perception that 1) there were directions from the neighboring Arab states and the Mufti in Jerusalem for the indigenous Arabs of Palestine to evacuate their homes and lands on the promise that the Arab armies would destroy the nascent Jewish state, and, further, 2) that those armies intended to “push all the Jews into the sea, dead or alive”. The phrase “push all the Jews into the sea, dead or alive” has acquired a life of its own as it is invoked by Zionist supporters on a daily basis in order to justify the aggressive policies of Israel as well as its recalcitrance in continuing the occupation of the Palestinians of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem.

For the rest of the article go to Who is Pushing Whom into the Sea?

http://www.palestineremembered.com/Haifa/Haifa/

Here is picture of Haifa when it was a Palestinian city. Jewish extremists ethnically cleansed the town and drove the residents into the sea.

Read: Why do Palestinians want to destroy Israel and drive Israeli Jews into the sea?

Anti-Immigration Vlaams Belang Set for Strong Showing in Belgian Elections

NatAllNews.com
Sept. 25th, 2006

The Vlaams Belang, which opposes non-White immigration into Belgium, is set for a strong showing in local elections due to be held in two weeks’ time, a poll has revealed.

The Ipsos poll published by De Morgen and La Libre newspapers showed the Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest), which also advocates separatism for Flanders, remained the second most popular party in the Dutch-speaking region, just behind the Christian Democrats.

The party’s leader, Philip Dewinter also moved up to become the third most popular political leader in Flanders, up from fifth spot. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who is trying to keep his fragile coalition government together amid a confidence crisis, remained most popular leader ahead of his main rival Yves Leterme, first minister of Flanders and head of the Christian Democrats. (….Full Article)

 
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