The New Anti Semitism

[Asia 2,499]

That right there sums it up. You'd think a people that went through something like the holocaust would have a problem kicking people out of their houses and squeezing people off their land to make room for their own folks. Apparently not. It's govt. sponsored ethnic cleansing with the full faith and support (financially and militarily) of the U.S. govt. The Israeli govt. is smart. They're not taking over all that land and kicking people out en masse. They're doing it slowly and methodically little by little hoping no one will will notice or care, because after all they are a bunch of Muslim nut terrorists hell bent on killing Jewish and American babies. At least that's the narrative they want you to hear. In reality, it has nothing to do with religion. It's basically one govt. making a certain peoples lives so miserable, they hope they'll finally get up and leave and hiding behind some $hit that happened in Europe in the 30s and 40s.

Most of the time right and wrong are not black and white. In this case, it is black and white. Anyone that can't see what's happening there either doesn't want to see it, doesn't give a ####, or is blind.

Ohh and before someone starts labeling me as favoring one religion or another, I think all religion is a waste of time and does more harm than good. This has nothing to do with religion. It is simply one governments greed for more land.

/rant

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Actually I have a clue. You neglegted to mention that even before Israeli statehood, there were a few Jewish families living in the neighborhood as well. During the war of independence, the Arabs fled and the city became divided. Part of it was in Israel and part of it was in Jordan. It was a ceasefire agreement with maps and everything, so your attempts to justify the Jordanian snipers sniping at civilians do not work here...

#1.) Of course there were Jewish families in Palestine. Jews lived in Palestine for centuries, along with the Muslims and Christians who made up the majority of the population - they were called Palestinian Jews.

However, Musrara was a predominantly Christian neighborhood, and it was the Christian residents who were expelled by invading Zionist/Israeli forces. So I'm not sure what your point was.

#2.) A ceasefire agreement or armistice lines are not the same thing as a legal annexation. Please show the internationally recognized treaty that expanded Israel's sovereign territory to include any part of Jerusalem, or any territory beyond the internationally recognized borders that it proclaimed in its 1948 declaration of statehood.

Remember - such a treaty must be agreed to by both parties involved. The PA has offered to recognize an expanded Israel on the pre-1967 armistice lines. But the Israeli government has refused to accept.

#3.) Even when territory is legally annexed (which it wasn't in this case) it's still illegal to prevent refugees from returning to their homeland.

#4.) So your attempts to justify Israel's ethnic cleansing and its transfer of its own citizens into occupied territory (both of which are war crimes) do not work here.

[Boiler 46,156]

Good thing that the reality is all Muslims, which of course includes all Palestinians, have nothing but warmth in their hearts and peace on their minds in regards to Israel, and every Jewish person in the world, and that the word is getting out to all of the world.

Palestinians are also Jews Christians etc, it is just that you never hear from them.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Palestinians are also Jews Christians etc, it is just that you never hear from them.

Seems you're not paying attention.

http://www.kairospalestine.ps/

[Karee 4,191]

Palestinians are also Jews Christians etc, it is just that you never hear from them.

I think the problem is that they aren't heard from because it would ruin the perception that the Palestinians are a bunch of Islamist terrorists that want to kill Jews and Americans, rather than folks that are tired of their land being slowly taken away from them. Think about from the Israeli point of view. How do they want the world to see the average Palestinian?

1. A mix of different religious folks who are struggling to hold on to what little land they have left.

2. A rabid bunch of Muslim terrorists wanting to kill as many Jews and Christians as possible.

The Israelis with their PACs and allies in the U.S. govt. have done an a masterful job of getting out message 2. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. It helps them with their agenda. And don't you dare question their policies. If you do dare to question their policies, well then you're just an Jew hater that is no different than Hitler.

[Boiler 46,156]

You can thank the PLO and their clones for that.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

You can thank the PLO AIPAC and their clones for that.

Fixxored.

[Boiler 46,156]

Never heard of AIPAC.

PLO, well they must have a better AD agency as they had plenty of coverage in the UK Media.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Never heard of AIPAC.

PLO, well they must have a better AD agency as they had plenty of coverage in the UK Media.

You need to read more, in the US. http://www.aipac.org/

[Karee 4,191]

Never heard of AIPAC.

PLO, well they must have a better AD agency as they had plenty of coverage in the UK Media.

Thanks for making my point.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Never heard of AIPAC.

PLO, well they must have a better AD agency as they had plenty of coverage in the UK Media.

The PLO has a better ad agency than AIPAC ????

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The PLO has a better ad agency than AIPAC ????

For the UK, I wouldn't doubt it. The UK is not willing to go further into debt just to support Israel as much as the US does. From the Queen's speech last week, it seems Britain is more concerned about the Tory's belt tightening and Lib's targeted payouts undoing all of Labour's "reforms" of the last decade. Britain seems to be looking more to internal concerns.

[Boiler 46,156]

The PLO has a better ad agency than AIPAC ????

About 3,320,000 results

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[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

For the UK, I wouldn't doubt it. The UK is not willing to go further into debt just to support Israel as much as the US does. From the Queen's speech last week, it seems Britain is more concerned about the Tory's belt tightening and Lib's targeted payouts undoing all of Labour's "reforms" of the last decade. Britain seems to be looking more to internal concerns.

Israel's lobbyists realize that they've pretty much lost Europe and the UK over the Israeli government's refusal to stop building illegal settlements. This has been a gradual shift, but the Cast Lead assault on Gaza and the Mavi Marmara massacre shoved remaining patience with Israel off a cliff.

But the US has been the goose that really lays the golden eggs, in terms of cash and political clout, at least since the mid 60s. So the US is unfortunately the main target of Israel's lobby groups.

Some of these lobbyist are completely throwing in the towel in Europe, closing up offices there in order to redeploy all efforts toward maintaining the "special relationship" (i.e.: brainwashing Americans):

President Barack Obama’s big speech to youth in Jerusalem warned of Israel’s growing isolation around the world. But the image of Israel remains overwhelmingly positive in the U.S.--and Israel advocacy groups want to keep it that way.

A profile of The Israel Project’s (TIP) “makeover,” as the Jewish Daily Forward put it yesterday, highlights how that mainstream Israel lobby group is putting all of its eggs in the American basket. The group has closed down their international offices, and are instead focusing intently on shaping U.S. opinion and making sure that Americans’ high support for Israel stays that way.

The Israel Project seems to be admitting that Israel’s image around the world is shot irreparably; its colonial settlement project and daily human rights abuses don’t do it any favors with most people. The Arab world’s continuing changes could further shake Israel’s regional position as hegemon. But it’s the U.S., the reigning global superpower, that really matters for The Israel Project.

Here’s more from the Forward’s profile of The Israel Project head Josh Block:

From traditional hasbara — the Hebrew term for viewpoint promotion —focused on educating the press, TIP expanded to a global operation working in Europe, China, India, Latin America and Russia, and hosting an extensive Arabic-language operation. Mizrahi saw the group’s Mandarin and Arabic operations as particularly crucial to the future of pro-Israel advocacy. The group also spent $1 million a year on polling, hiring top political pollsters to examine messaging on Israel and to gauge international public opinion.

Much of this is now gone. TIP board members ultimately rejected Mizrahi’s view of China as a key arena in the battle to influence public opinion on Israel. TIP does still maintain its program in Arabic, which is based in Israel and will soon expand its publications. Funding for this program is provided mainly by one TIP donor, New York businessman Richard Perry. But beyond that board members have stressed the need to “go back to the basics” of the organization’s mission. By the time Block took over, TIP had completed the process of shutting down its other international operations in favor of focusing on the United States.

Polling numbers on how Israel is viewed around the world and in the U.S. paint two very different pictures, so TIP is on the ball on this front.

For example, an annual poll released by the British Broadcasting Corporation last May reveals that 50 percent of those interviewed globally view Israel negatively--an uptick of three points from the last year the poll was taken. In both China and India, rising powers where TIP closed offices in, the image of Israel is also negative (in China more so). The vast majority of Europeans also view Israel badly. European diplomats have started talking about sanctions on Israel over its settlement policy, though this talk has yet to translate into concrete action.

In the U.S., the disgust with Israeli conduct doesn’t translate. A Gallup poll released ahead of Obama’s trip to the Middle East shows that Americans overwhelmingly side with Israel:

As President Barack Obama prepares to visit Israel, the Palestinian West Bank, and Jordan next week -- his first trip to the region as president -- Americans' sympathies lean heavily toward the Israelis over the Palestinians, 64% vs. 12%. Americans' partiality for Israel has consistently exceeded 60% since 2010; however, today's 64% ties the highest Gallup has recorded in a quarter century, last seen in 1991 during the Gulf War. At that time, slightly fewer than today, 7%, sympathized more with the Palestinians.

The Gallup poll is a stark reminder of how much work advocates for Palestinian rights in the U.S. have ahead of them. But those advocates are up against well-oiled and funded groups like The Israel Project, who are doubling down on protecting Israel in the U.S.

http://mondoweiss.net/2013/04/project-makeover-isolation.html

"Just don't ask questions and keep the money comin' !"

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

About 3,320,000 results

AIPAC

About 20,700,000 results (0.23 seconds)

PLO

What do Google hits have to do with the effectiveness of an advertising agency ???

Now go Google "Jews throw feces"