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15-28, 2006
Israeli Leaders -
Literally Criminals
This article by Israeli dissident Reuven
Schossen demonstrates his continuing cour-
age and willingness to put himself on the
front lines of the ongoing effort to prevent
Israeli criminal policies from increasing their
reach. We need this type of courage and I
hope you will do what you can to publicize
his efforts to gain political asylum in the US.
Please see www.schossen.com for details. -
Leland Lehrman
B y
Jim Lobe Inter Press Service
The aggressive new campaign by the ad-
ministration of President George W. Bush to
depict U.S. foes in the Middle East as
"fascists" and its domestic critics as
"appeasers" owes a great deal to steadily in-
tensifying efforts by the right-wing press
over the past several months to draw the
same comparison.
The Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News
Network and The Weekly Standard, as well
as the Washington Times, which is controlled
by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification
Church, and the neoconservative New York
Sun, have consistently and with increasing
frequency framed the challenges faced by
Washington in the region in the context of
the rise of fascism and Nazism in the 1930s,
according to a search of the Nexis database
by IPS.
All of those outlets, as well as two other
right-wing U.S. magazines - The National
Review and The American Spectator - far
outpaced their commercial rivals in the fre-
quency of their use of key words and names,
such as "appeasement," "fascism," and
"Hitler," particularly with respect to Iran and
its controversial president, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
Involvement Of Republican Jewish Coali-
tion & Israel In 911
By Leland Lehrman
leland.lehrman@gmail.com
I'm Russian Jewish. Jewish enough to have
been rounded up in WWII. Jews are victim-
ized by our Jewish "leaders" the same as
Americans are, or any other "identifiable
group." Just check this link to see how the
International Jewish Rescue Committee sold
out the Jews of Czechoslovakia in WWII for
the sake of Israel, according to the orthodox
Jewish rabbi who founded Jews Against Zi-
onism:
h t tp :/ /w w w . nk us a . or g /
Historical_Documents/RakBedam.cfm
Protocols of Zion is a recent documentary
about the Protocols attempting to ridicule the
document and belittle its historical rele-
vance. However, treading on very thin ice,
the documentary shows footage of the
"Dancing Israelis" - eventually confirmed by
Forward magazine and others as Mossad
agents - on Israeli TV claiming they were
only there to document the event. Since they
were documenting the first hit, one wonders
how they knew, of course. See Wayne
Madsen on the subject at
Blanket
Immunity from War Crimes
When Criticism of Cluster Bombs is "Anti-
Semitic" By STANLEY HELLER The Israeli
paper Ha'aretz reports that the head of Germany's
Jewish community accused a minister in Angela
Merkel's German government of "anti-Semitism"
because of the minister's statement on Israel's use
of cluster bombs. Development Aid Minister Hei-
demarie Wieczorek-Zeul had asked for a United
Nations probe into Israel's use of cluster bombs
in civilian areas of Lebanon.
Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Central
Council of German Jews, complained about what
she terms a growing "anti-mood [sic] against
Israel and the Jews" in Germany. [Ha,aretz Au-
gust 30] Merkel, who made absolutely no criti-
cism of Israel during the fighting, immediately
met with Knobloch to "soothe Jewish ire" accord-
ing to Deutche Welle [August 31]
The U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland re-
vealed this week that of the estimated 100,000
unexploded cluster bombs lying in Lebanon al-
most all of them were fired in the last few days of
the fighting when the terms of the ceasefire had
already been set. The Guardian (UK) reports
Egleand said, "What's shocking--and I would say
to me completely immoral is that 90% of the
Israelis Hold Keys To NSA & U.S.
Government Computers
By Christopher Bollyn American Free
Press
Toronto Street News Vol. 8, #7, Sept.
However, another - and darker side - exists. Shatila atrocities in Lebanon and was banned
The governments of Israel are criminal for life from serving as the Minister of De-
because criminals rule it, literally. It's not I fense. Shalom Hanoch - a popular Israeli
Israeli Leaders: alone who makes this claim; it's not even rock star - sang a prophetic song in the early
Literally Criminals some antisemitic, conspirational, radical, fa- 80s entitled "He Doesn't Stop at the Red
By Reuven Schossen natical, underground website. The Israeli jus- Lights," where he claimed that those who did
Schossen.com tice system itself keeps finding its politicians not want Sharon as minister of defense would
The first thing people think whenever I tell guilty. unfortunately end up with him as prime min-
them that the government of Israel is crimi- Omri Sharon - Ariel Sharon's son and a ister.
nal, is that I am referring to its violations of former nepotistic member of parliament - The Israeli newspaper world is run by
Human Rights. In a sense they are correct, became the first Israeli politician to be sen- three families. An extensive analysis of their
the Israeli government is proud to ignore ba- tenced to jail due to his methods of getting priorities would be fascinating, but here I'll
sic rights - it has even passed legislation spe- donations for his father's campaign. Ariel mention only that the owners of Maariv are
cifically enabling it to do so. In my writings Sharon claimed he knew nothing about it. the Nimrodi family. Of Iranian origin, they
and talks, it's true, I am usually referring to Ariel Sharon himself was found guilty by the made their fortune selling weapons. The son
that aspect of Israeli institutionalized corrup- Lebanon War Investigating Committee in held the position of editor-in-chief while still
tion. Israel; guilty of not preventing the Sabra and in jail for having contracted a murder.
During the Cold War, they attacked domes- mention the imminence of the mid-term Con-
tic critics of the Vietnam War and later the gressional elections in November and the
Ronald Reagan administration's "contra war" growing tensions with Ahmadinejad's Iran
against Nicaragua - and even Israel's 1982 over its nuclear program - it is hardly surpris-
Nexis, for example, invasion of Lebanon - as "isolationists" and ing that both the administration and its hawk-
cited 56 uses of "Islamofascist" or "appeasers" who failed to understand that ish supporters are trying harder than ever to
"Islamofascism" in separate programs or seg- their opposition effectively served the inter- identify their current struggles, including last
ments aired by Fox News compared with 24 ests of an "evil" Soviet Union whose ambi- month's conflict between Israel and Iran-
by CNN over the past year. Even more strik- tions for world conquest were every bit as backed Hezbollah, specifically with the war
ing, the same terms threatening and real against "fascism" more than 60 years ago.
were used in 115 dif- NOTICE: TO READERS: as that of the Axis As noted by Associated Press (AP) this
ferent articles or col- Frequently, 60% of this paper is written powers in World week, "fascism" or "Islamic fascism," a
umns in the Washing-
ton Times, compared by members of the Jewish community. War II. phrase used by Bush himself two weeks ago
Known as "the and used to encompass everything from
with only eight in the We believe in supporting those who fre- Good War," that Sunni insurgents, al-Qaeda and Hamas to
Washington Post over quently have their copy thrown in the conflict remains Shi'ite Hezbollah and Iran to secular Syria,
the same period, ac- trashcan. So, read the Jewish writers on irresistible as a has become the "new buzzword" for Republi-
cording to a break- this page as well. point of compari- cans.
down by Nexis. son for hawks In a controversial speech Tuesday, Penta-
S i m i l a r l y, the caught up in more gon chief Donald Rumsfeld was even more
Washington Times used the words "appease" recent conflicts - from the first Gulf War direct, declaring that Washington faced a
or "appeasement" - a derogatory reference to when former President H.W. Bush compared "new type of fascism" and, in an explicit ref-
efforts by British Prime Minister Neville Iraq's Saddam Hussein to Hitler; to the Bal- erence to the failure of western countries to
Chamberlain to avoid war with Nazi Ger- kan wars when neoconservatives and liberal confront Hitler in the 1930s, assailing critics
many before the latter's invasion of Poland - interventionists alike described Serbian for neglecting "history's lessons" by "believ
in 25 different articles or columns that dealt leader Slobodan Milosevic in similar terms; (ing) that somehow vicious extremists can be
with alleged threats posed by Ahmadinejad, to the younger Bush's "global war on terror- appeased."
compared to six in the Post and only three in ism" (GWOT), which he and his supporters But Rumsfeld's remarks, which drew bitter
the New York Times. have repeatedly tried to depict as the latest in retorts from leading Democrats, followed a
Israel-centered neoconservatives and other a series of existential struggles against "evil" well-worn path trod with increasing intensity
hawks have long tried to depict foreign chal- and "totalitarians" that began with World by the neoconservative and right-wing media
lenges to U.S. power as replays of the 1930s War II. over the last year, according to the Nexis sur-
in order to rally public opinion behind for- Given the growing public disillusionment vey. Significantly, it did not include the Wall
eign interventions and high defense budgets not only with the Iraq war, but with Bush's Street Journal whose editorial pages have
and against domestic critics. handling of the larger GWOT as well - not to been dominated by neoconservative opinion,
h t t p : / / w a y n e m a d s e n r e p o r t . c o m / You will see from the Republican Jewish ject forward.
Artstudents.htm Coalition website that Ari Fleischer and The two have been on friendly terms since
Since the Israeli Art Students mystery is Lewis Eisenberg, who supervised the hand- Netanyahu's stint as Israel's ambassador to
one of the most dangerous subjects currently over of the WTC to Silverstein, are both Di- the United Nations. For years they kept in
available to investigators such as ourselves, rectors of the Republican Jewish Coalition. close touch. Every Sunday afternoon, New
it is also one of the underreported aspects of Eisenberg went on to become the Finance York time, Netanyahu would call Silverstein.
9/11. Here's what Salon.com author Christo- Committee Chairman of the Republican It made no difference what the subject was
pher Ketcham had to say about it as quoted Party and then the 2004 Republican National or where Netanyahu was, he would always
in Wayne Madsen's book Jaded Tasks: Convention Chairman. call, Silverstein told an Israeli acquaintance.
h t t p : / / d i r . s a l o n . c o m / s t o r y/ n e w s / Eisenberg and Silverstein have also both Their ties continued after Netanyahu became
feature/2002/05/07/students/index.html held leadership positions in the United Jew- prime minister. They met several times and
According to a high-level intelligence ish Appeal, a Zionist charity organization. Netanyahu promised to give the project his
agent who spoke with Ketcham, "people in- See Christopher Bollyn's article at http:// support."
volved in the investigation of the Israeli www.gatago.com/alt/crime/3121492.html Also see this article discussing
spies were at personal danger of being for more details. Silverstein's early relationship with Sharon,
killed." The agent told Ketcham: Finally, for the details on the closeness Netanyahu and the Israeli Right Wing from
"There are a lot of people under a lot of between Silverstein and Netanyahu and other the Institute for Advanced Policy Studies,
pressure right now because there's a great Israelis, see the Haaretz article on the subject source of the infamous Clean Break Docu-
effort to discredit the story, discredit the con- here: http://tinyurl.com/qsvjj ment:
nections, prevent people from going further." Here's a quote: http ://www.iasps. org/s corecards /98/
Sounds like a clue to me. "Close ties with Netanyahu yerushalmi.htm
I researched the Republican Jewish Coali- The ascension to power of Benjamin That is why Protocols of Zion and
tion http://www.rjchq.org/ Netanyahu opened a new chapter in the saga. "Jewish" are mentioned in my recent piece
for my article on Larry Silverstein and his Silverstein is left-leaning in his political requesting further investigation from the
connections to the Republican Jewish Coali- views - he supports the Democratic Party - community of the events of 9/11, so well
tion which can be found here, although the but after despairing of Rabin and Peres, he covered in both Terrorstorm and 9/11 Press
links are now out of date: believed that Netanyahu, whom he called a for Truth.
http://www.serendipity.li/wot/lehrman.htm hero of the free market, would push the pro- Leland
civilian casualties. It seems far Jewish Disgust with Israel
fetched that the Bush Administra- In a very encouraging development hundreds of
tion would do anything other than U.S. Jews are calling for strong measures to be
shower Israel with more money, but taken against the Israeli government including a
clu s- the Reagan administration did ban cut off of U.S. aid and U.N. sanctions. Over 800
ter bomb strikes occurred in export of cluster bombs to Israel for six years have signed the statement calling for "U.S. Jew-
the last 72 hours of the conflict, when we knew for its misuse during its 1982 Lebanese invasion. ish Solidarity with Muslim and Arab Peoples of
there would be a resolution," he said. Responding to a report by Human Rights the Middle East". It states "we are outraged by
It was known that in the last days of the war the Watch charging Israel with war crimes in its con- the violence being perpetrated in our name both
Israeli army was engaged in a desperate attempt duct of the war in Lebanon that was written by its as Jews and as U.S. citizens. We, the under-
to have some "victory" and rushed troops here director Kenneth Roth, Rabbi Avi Shafran of signed, represent Jews across the United States
and there in an attempt to have a photo shoot near Agudath Israel has called Roth "loathsome." An who are choosing to stand in solidarity with the
the Litani River. What was not known until now editorial in the New York Sun accused Roth of peoples of Gaza and Lebanon". It includes the
was the blind spite that sowed the ground of "de-legitimization of Judaism" because his group statement, "There is no Jewish safety in a country
South Lebanon with a massive number of condemned Israel's strategy as "an eye for an that rehearses the violence and persecution which
bomblets. eye." Rabbi Aryeh Spero in Human Events Ashkenazi Jews experienced for centuries
Cluster bombs are delivered by a large canister Online referred to Roth as a "human rights im- through the annihilation of the Palestinian people
and disperse over a wide area, a sort of lethal postor," and likened him to "Nazis and Commu- and their homeland." The signers are collecting
piñata. The bomblets come in many sizes. Some nists." On Sunday, the Jerusalem Post published money for a full page in the New York Times and
are tiny, even smaller than 2 inches in diameter. an op-ed by NGO Monitor's Gerald Steinberg are just $800 away from their goal. The petition
Kids are constantly trying to kick them or pick titled "Ken Roth's Blood Libel." [quotes from can be found at http://www.jewishsolidarity.info/
them up with the result in the loss an arm or leg Kathleen Peratis, Washington Post August 30] petition.php
or even death. "Every day people are maimed, The fact that Kenneth Roth is Jewish and his fa- It was after the 1982 invasion of Lebanon that
wounded and are killed by these ordnance," said ther fled Nazi Germany makes no difference to U.S. Jews in significant numbers began open and
Egeland. The UN official based his estimate on the Ultras. If you are do not support Israel 110% trenchant criticisms of Israel. Chomsky's water-
the reports of the UN Mine Action Coordination you are a Jew-hater, a renegade, a self-hater, and shed "The Fateful Triangle" was published that
Centre which has traveled through 85% of Leba- a holocaust denier. Get it? year. Hopefully there will be even bigger shows
non. The casualty figures as of 29 August from In a very competitive field Abe Foxman of the of outrage this time around.
unexploded ordnance rose to 59 people, including Anti-Defamation League took the prize for the Stanley Heller is chairperson of the Middle
13 killed and 46 injured. comment showing the most utter stupidly. In at- East Crisis Committee in Connecticut. It's web-
Responding to U.N. reports of cluster bombs tacking Human Rights Watch he said if Hezbol- site is www.TheStruggle.org and he can be
being found in Lebanese civilian areas the U.S. lah was not made to pay an "overwhelming price" reached at mail@TheStruggle.org
government has begun an investigation to deter- for rocket attacks "the Holocaust would be in the
mine if cluster bombs have been responsible for works". [Peratis, Washington Post]
the U.S. intelligence agency with the man- revealed that the NSA would be using its ders of the company: Ronald L. Rivest,
date to protect government and military security software: Adi Shamir, and Leonard M. Adleman.
computer networks and provide secure "U.S. Department of Defense Agency Adi Shamir, the lead theoretician, is an
communications for all branches of the U. Selects RSA Security Encryption Soft- Israeli citizen and a professor at the Weiz-