Who gets to critcize Israel these days and not get flamed as an anti-semite?
Even University of Chicago and Harvard professors who work to expose the operations of the Israeli foreign policy lobbyists in America get flamed by the Anti-defamation league.
The Anti-Defamation League called the paper "a classical conspiratorial anti-Semitic analysis invoking the canards of Jewish power and Jewish control."
Without a clear and unbiased discussion regarding Israeli policies, and the forwarding of those policies in America, we will never find peace in the Middle East. So, even at risk of being called an anti-semite because of my diary title and moniker name, here we go!
Remember, it was a right-wing Israeli patsythat killed Rabin.
Once that happened, (war criminal) Ariel Sharon with over 100 armed troops entered into the Al-Haram As-Sharif mosque (temple mount) and addressed the congregation from the pulpit (on Sept. 28th 2000). The next day a palestinian protest was fired on by IDF forces killing 11 and wounding over 100.
This was the beginning of the Al-Aqsa uprising which has led to the deaths of thousands by outright violence and untold tens of thousands due to environmental violence (economic aparthied toward palestinians)
That is fairly recent history. we could go into much more deeper and potentially darker history, such as the sinking of the USS LIberty. And the number of UN Resolutions against Israel opposed by the United States.
But that would (mostly) detract from the point of the diary (and just amplify the already generally accepted fact that the U.S. has wholly and nearly unquestionable support of Israel.)
So what is the point?
The point is that the U.S. supports Israel much to its detriment, that its unwaiverable support is a destabilizing factor in the Middle East, and that we need to crack down on Israel's actions
and attitudes toward the Palestinian people if we ever hope to achieve peace in the Middle East.
AND
We cannot even begin to discuss these topics on a national level with hyper-sensitive and/or manipulative pro-Israel (also sometimes referred to as Zionist) groups labeling those that want to open this dialogue as "Anti-semites".
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edit: Added Bonus, a Link to an information clearing house on the
Jenin Massacre.