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Deja Vu All Over Again...Oh, No!...Haven't I Said All This
Before?
By lindamuralidharan on 2019-03-15 06:11:51
Well, I have indeed in these very pages commented on the Imperialist nature of Zionist rulers/impulses exhibited in Israel.
At long last the plutocracy in our country and the media cannot suppress some kind of discussion of that issue and its
relevance to American foreign policy any longer. I have also many times in internet comment pages or to friends or
legislators described the difference between commenting....however negatively....on a government vs. having enmity
towards a people ruled by and for that government. Many of us were accused of treason when we put up the yard signs
during the early Iraq War days saying, "Support the troops. Bring them home now." I doubt more than 1% of anti-war
protesters could be described as being against America or its people. What we were was informed citizens and others trying
to save our government (country) from continuing to make serious mistakes in our foreign policy. Criticizing a person or
country for behaviors you object to need not be the same (and generally isn't) the same as condemning the person or country
or institution as bad or evil or what have you. Again it is controversy about the character of the state of Israel that brings up
great hostility and gross accusations and over generalizations. Yes, a new member of Congress, Ilhan Omar, pointed out
how unquestioning our massive American support and direct aid to Israel is. Yes, she used a poor choice of words. [caption
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: Palestine as the Ottoman Empire
lands were accorded to European countries for protection and development into nations[/caption] Nonetheless, she did not
make a direct or veiled condemnation of a Jewish person, American Jewish people, Jewish Israelis, or the world wide
diaspora of Jewish people. We still stumble to distinguish the difference between a government and the population of the
country being governed. We stumble to distinguish between a person and their behaviors. Thus we call a child or a person
"bad" because we don't like some aspect of their behavior. Every person comes into this world a tiny baby with no
particularly evil or angelic disposition. In experiences, the infant, the child, the person learns to feel rewarded by the
negative more than the positive or in other cases, as the child grows, the bad and negative choices are minimized. Each may
want to improve, to do better, to be law abiding but some will stumble over and over again end up veering away from being
helpful or loving or lawful abiding. [caption id="attachment_12272" align="alignright" width="473"]
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‘ oi a i Palestinian family going to the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem|/caption] A lot comes “from what the child actually observes as a child. It is well known that
children who observe people, especially a family member, being violently treated is likely....especially when compared with
kids raised in a violence free home... to grow up to violently abuse other people. A lot comes from the milieu, the culture,
the political atmosphere, values taught and learned in the home or school. No matter whether the person has mostly negative
behaviors or mostly admirable ones, the person is not "bad". The essential humanness is good regardless of how buried
under hostility, arrogance, cruelty, criminality or whatever. I would never tell a child she is "bad". I would tell her....if
appropriate....." You need to stop doing that. It is wrong to take your sister's doll, and I will not allow it." Or, "I love you but
in our home it is not allowed that you keep taking desserts from the fridge without permission. If I see you doing that again,
you will lose one night of TV." How did we arrive at the situation where the President and the party that has railed for a long
time against "political correctness" are the very ones demanding political correctness? It is being said out loud, even, that
one must never say anything against Israel. The Congresswoman and anybody defending her right to say what she said is
anti-Semitic according to many Americans and especialy to many Republican operatives who specifically and personally
have attached Congresswoman Omar. Some Democrats are just as bad but they weren't the ones shrieking in recent years
about political correctness. In fact, some people have actually had trouble in their work environments because they
documented evidence that lies about Palestinians have been systematically propagated by our media and our governing elite.
Congresswoman Omar did use a problematic set of words several times recently when trying to illustrate some of the anti-
democratic and illegal acts of the Zionist factions in Israel and to emphasize the unfair advantage some people with money
have in lobbying Congress for aid and support for modern day Israel. This contrasts with the relatively weak position
Palestinians are in (historically and currently) when it comes to getting their concerns heard. Probably she will soon learn to
speak her mind but in terms that are a little less likely to be shot back at although some will not abide objecting to Israeli
policies in any form of communication. Now we do have anti- Semitism afoot in our land, it's just not under every bush and
lurking in every closet. I suggest folks study some history of J-Street in the modern era and how it is made up of many
American Jewish people seeking peace through the altering of the more extreme Zionist efforts. Many Jewish people in the
US, in Israel, and elsewhere oppose "Zionism" while supporting the existence of peaceful and safe country for Jewish
people. It's head had the following to say about our current kerfuffle in Congress Jeremy Ben-Ami is the leader of J-Street,
and I quote him below. Needless to say I would like all countries to safe for all peoples
Jeremy Ben-Ami: Well, I think we can all agree that there is serious anti-Semitism in this country. It's a scourge
that I think we're going to continue to fight for the rest of our lives and beyond. But I think the larger question
for the society right now is, where does this atmosphere of hate and intolerance and racism come from? There is
an atmosphere that's been created in this country, and it starts at the top with the president of the United States.
And it has been created across the board. It's not simply about anti-Semitism. It's affected people of Muslim
faiths, people of color, and we have an atmosphere right now that white nationalism, white supremacy coming
from the right politically has created the atmosphere in which we're operating. That needs to be called out.
J-Street generally supports a just two state solution for the land of Palestine/Israel with a fair distribution of resources.
Given the illegal settlements by Jewish people in the West Bank it will certainly be hard to dislodge some and redistribute
areas in fairness to any carved out Palestinian state. At a J-Street sponsored public forum in a synagogue in Albany, New
York, about 7 years ago, I also learned of a minority of Jewish and other activists wanting to see a single state solution. I
believe in that. [caption id="attachment_ 12273" align= “alignright” width= "600"
ar A , Palestinian refugees at a dock
in Haifa, c. 2948[/caption] In my view, an international protectorate of some sort would need to moderate and guard the
process and safety of all...who would be Jewish, Muslim, and Christian citizens. There would need to be protection against
remnants of any terrorist groups who couldn't stand success in getting Palestine back in a shared way for Palestinians.
Guarrantees would at first need to be with a special emphasis on protecting the rights in the courts, elections, housing, etc. of
non Jewish citizens. It is said the Muslim community will grow faster than the Jewish one so a transition would be needed
to be very vigilant in protecting Jewish rights. It would hopefully be a secular government as I do not believe true justice
and democracy can prevail in a Muslim or Jewish or Christian theocracy although Germany and the United Kingdom kind
of get away with it in a very watered down way. Please do your own research. It is really easy to keep bumping into the
false narratives developed and nurtured for decades by our American media and other American opinion makers. therefor
vigilance and skepticism are necessary. Check out some of Finkelstein's writings. Also remember Jimmy Carter had a book
about actual observations on the ground in Israel/Palestine and was vilified for calling it like he saw it. Yes, he was
definitely not supposed to be politically incorrect. I also recommend "Goliath, Life and Loathing in Greater Israel," by Max
Blumenthal. Try "Against our Better Judgment: How the US Was Used to Create Israel" by Alison Weir. It is very hard
reading and I have not done any fact checking although she herself overdoes the documentation. I's a stunning book
although it does not get much attention, perhaps because it is not "politically correct". [caption id="attachment_ 12274"
align="alignleft" width="560"] 2 - — ae
Zionist broker buying land cheap from Arab Palestinians driven from their homes[/caption] A book I have not read is, "The
Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Ilan Pappe, but it sounds promising. Also I searched book stores and the library for
small scholarly works about early Palestine soon after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. So informative when you
find these although it seems hard to find good sources and perhaps because publishing houses and academic institutions
have been radically politically correct and not welcoming to any but the party line narrative however false many of its
chapters may be. Also the now deceased and respected author Edward Said has some useful writings. I wonder if our
readers are familiar with the Zionist terrorist groups Irgun and the Stern Gang? They killed to create a greater Jewish state
in what was Palestine at the time. I believe Rahm Emanuel's father was a member of one or both. Also a number of
prominent politicians of the eventually created state of Israel were also. Thinking of what Ben Ami said in the above quote,
we now have our hearts torn out once again with violence, with prejudice, with ignorance as tonight's news reports 40
people dead in a mass shooting at a mosque in Christ Church, New Zealand.
