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Truth, Justice and Human Rights
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in the Middle East
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MISSION STATEMENT
Educate Americans, Israelis, Palestinians, Arabs and others about the
reality of the American-Israeli-Palestinian-Arab relationship, and the
Gulf War, removing countless layers of distortion frequently
overlaid by leaders and Western media.
All the informations included in articles and quotes were obtained
from respectable sources and "main-stream" media from the United States,
Israel and England (eg, Associated Press, Ha'aretz, the Independent)
as indicated in each article. The comments in the index pages, unless
otherwise stated, represent my opinion and analysis of the cases
presented. On the whole, most of the facts presented in this page
were either played down or totally ignored by the main-stream western
media and columnists.
A particular group this site is directed to is American Jews, most of
whom have been manipulated and deceived --with the help of their
community leadership and publications-- by Zionism's overt purpose
(Read Leon Hadar article on this
issue ). Without the support of this group in particular in addition
to the support of some right-wing Christians, Israel's belligerence,
oppression and slow ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, and other
--virtually Apartheid-like policies-- would have been much different
today.
References, links, articles, documents, and news resources, where most
of the facts contained in this site were derived, are provided. It is
hoped that this resource will help the interested reader launch and
pursue further knowledge on the topic, as well as gain wisdom and
shrewdness to detect deception and distinguish between rhetoric and
action. Understanding the true cause of the conflict will make
the solution more clear.
Of particular aim is to expose:
- The pro-Israel influence on U.S. media and the political
hierarchy, and the political exploitation of the Holocaust,
- the dark side of Israel, its racism, aggression, deception,
and the Zionist-Nazi-Fascist collaboration,
- the suffering and dispossession of the Palestinians, and the
myths surrounding Israel's birth,
- the deception behind the current "Peace Process",
- the Israel's destruction of Lebanon,
- Israel's damage to U.S. interests, and
- the behavior of the U.S., verging on barbarity, during the
Gulf War and through the enforcement of sanctions.
It has been established, with the help of the media, that many of
these topics are "politically incorrect", hence inappropriate for
public discussion. Therefore, it is implicit throughout that the
reader is open minded, questions everything, and has a capability of
and experience in independent thinking and analysis.
In general, this site hopes to reveal the truth about Zionism's and
Israel's practices, past and present, which will be a major step towards
achieving justice for the Palestinians.
Clarification and Stand
Racism and hate are condemned in all their forms, here and everywhere.
Specifically, this site is devoted to the racism and hate against the
Arabs in general and the Palestinians in particular, especially those
caused and encouraged by Israel and its supporters in the United
States. The fact that some Arabs and Palestinians have chosen to side
with anti-Semites out of hatred towards Israel is strongly decried.
Terrorism, be it Palestinian or Israeli, is strongly condemned.
However, since Palestinian and Arab wrong-doings are already amply
documented and loudly trumpeted in other sites and media outlets, they
will not be addressed here.
Those unfamiliar with the details and history of the
Middle East tend to be alarmed at the term "Zionism," associating
anything relating to it with "conspiracy theory", whose roots,
perhaps, go back to the infamous forgery The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion. In the Zionism pages below, the definition of
Zionism and its implications for all involved will become more clear.
Zionism, as an ideology, is not faulted for its noble plan for world
Jews -- liberating them from persecution. It IS, however,
strongly condemned for what it did to the Palestinian natives, as
exposed in this site.
Criticism of Israel's injustices is not anti-Semitism, rather, by
revealing its exclusive and discriminatory policies, it is a step
towards achieving justice. The Holocaust and the anti-Semitism
labeling have often been (ab)used as a smokescreen and a mean to
silence criticism of Israel and Zionism. Therefore, it is the intent
herein to separate, as much as possible, Zionism from Judaism.
However, since the "Jewish state" was founded for Jews only,
and since most Jews support and identify with Israel (at least
tacitly, by not speaking out), this boundary is sometimes unavoidably
blurry. It is a goal of Zionist organizations, such as the
"Anti"-Defamation League, to make this blur even worse. This is done
by shielding Zionism's racist nature under the same umbrella as
Judaism, hence protecting it from criticism and holding it above
international and human laws. This is evident when such organizatrions
go out of their way equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism by
defaming anti-Israel and anti-Zionists/pro-peace as anti-Semites (or
self-haters in the case of anti-Zionist/pro-peace Jews.) In
justifying the need for a Jewish state, these organizations
incessantly try to convince the world and diaspora Jews that
anti-Semitism is abundant and on the rise, hence feeding the fear that
some Jews have of "another Holocaust". Today, however, the policies
of Israel against the Palestinians as well as its attempt to use
diaspora Jews against their countries' interests to benefit Israel,
are becoming the cause not the solution to anti-Semitism.
Zionism
Zionism emerged in response to anti-Semitism as a politically
secular movement whose goal is the liberation of Jews from persecution.
Zionist ideology however, also implied the separation and "transfer"
(euphemism for expulsion) of the Arabs, by envisioning the "spirit[ing
of] the penniless population across the border by procuring employment
for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in
our own country," in the words of the Zionism's founder Theodore
Herzl.
Even though Zionism came in response to rising anti-Semitism, Zionism
then, however, resorted to anti-Semites (by allying with the Nazis and
other anti-Semites) to push its cause of obtaining Palestine as a
homeland for the persecuted Jews. In addition, Zionism called for the
incompatibility of Jews with other people, defined Judaism as a
national identity rather than just a religion, and designated the
already-inhabited Palestine as a homeland. When Zionism's goal was
attained the result was the transfer of the persecuted status from
those Jews to the indigenous inhabitants of the land: the
Palestinians, while now those Jews themselves have became the
persecutors. The blame by Israel and its supporters for the resultant
displaced Palestinian refugees, who today number 3.5 Millions, is,
however, laid upon the Arab states for not absorbing them. Israel's
problems with the Palestinians stem from denying them not only their
share in the land, but also their own Palestinian national
identity, rather than a general Arab one; ironically, the very same
rights the Zionists ask of the world for the Jews.
Israel today is a religiously exclusive state (even though the
majority of Israeli Jews don't consider themselves religious) where
non-Jewish citizens are second class, and the Palestinians of
the occupied territories, who, under the pretext of security and as
legitimized by today's "Peace Process," are locked into disconnected
and crowded islands (Bantustans) on their own land, providing Israel
with its cheap slave-like labor. All this accurately fits the
description of an apartheid state. Yet Zionists project "a light to
the nations" image of Israel, and with the help of U.S. media, drill
into the worlds' minds an Israel that is a model of democratic
equality and socialist justice, with its sublime morals and "purity of
arms" totally ignoring the mistreatment of Palestinians by Israel,
(and even the mistreatment of Oriental Jews by European ones).
Zionism and Democracy
The courts in Israel have held that there is no Israeli nationality
and that Israel is not the state of its citizens, but "the
sovereign state of the Jewish people" in Israel and the diaspora. In
the words of Noam Chomsky (New York Times, 03/29/1986) this is "a
radical departure from standard Western democratic concepts, with
far-reaching implications in both law and practice for Israel's large
non-Jewish minority of citizens." The usual question in this case is:
How can a Jewish State with non-Jewish citizens be called
democratic?
Israel and Diaspora Jews
Israel appointed itself a speaker for and representative of all Jews.
Indeed most Jews today side with and are passionately attached to
Israel, perhaps because the Zionist propaganda succeeded in scaring
Jews of "another Holocaust," if they don't support Israel.
However, realizing the underlying racism of Israel, many diaspora Jews
today experience profound sadness. Unfortunately, most of these stay
silent, perhaps by the fear that Jewish self-critique in public will
feed anti-Semitism. Nonetheless, noting the unparalleled power
diaspora and American Jews enjoy today, their silence represent a
tacit approval of the apartheid behavior of the "Jewish State". Some
Jews however, spoke out, becoming Israel's harshest-ever critics. The
list includes such famous people and thinkers (whose names are, not
surprisingly, totally blacked out in mainstream media) as Noam
Chomsky, Alfred Lilienthal, Israel Shahak, Rabbi Elmer Berger, Moshe
Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Lenni Brenner, and Norman Finkelstein. This
site is partially dedicated to these courageous individuals with the
hope that all other Jews and Zionists will follow suit.
Israel has violated 70 United Nations resolutions, more than any
country ever, in addition to having being shielded from as many as 29
more by the otherwise rarely-used U.S. veto. The charges have been
and continue to be occupation, aggression, massacres, deportations,
ethnic cleansing, assassinations, terrorism, torture, detaining
without charges, school closures, violence .. even against women and
children, bombing civilians, provocations, and violation of
Palestinians' security, all in the name of preserving Israel's
security which can only be realized when justice prevails.
Justice for The Palestinians
- Compensation/repatriation of the three million Palestinian refugees.
- Removing all settlements including those of East Jerusalem or proper
and fair arrangement.
- Israeli retreat to the UN partition lines of 1947 or even to the 1967
lines without any military presence anywhere outside of Israel, or proper
and fair arrangements with Palestinian/Syrian/Lebanese approval, and the
establishment of Palestine as a sovereign, secular and democratic state.
- Use of West Bank water and other resources outside of Israel to be
decided by the countries where those resources exist, or by mutual agreements
in the case of shared resources.
- An alternative and perhaps a better solution to the issues of borders,
settlements, Jerusalem, water, and refugees, is that for Israel to
become a bi-national state where today's occupied Palestinians become
full citizens with equal rights as Jews.
- Converting Israel into a true secular democracy and not one where Jews
have a special status, but one where Israeli-Arabs become equal citizens.
- Israel must submit to international law and decisions.
- Revising immigration laws (e.g. the Law of Return) currently
exclusive to Jews, by applying equal standards to all immigrants.
Furthermore, Palestinians interested in immigrating to Israel should be
granted a priority status over other Jews and others in general.
- In addition to the Law of Return, other Zionist institutions which
give favored status to Jews, must be abolished. This mainly includes
the Jewish National Fund, which ensures Jews-only land ownership.
Sam
