Israel: A Rogue State

Israeli Professor Martin Van Crevel recently made the claim that Israel could avenge the atrocities of World War II by annihilating Germans and other Europeans. He went on to say, "We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force."

And that's not all.

"The Palestinians should all be deported. The people who strive for this (the Israeli government) are waiting only for the right man and the right time. Two years ago, only 7 or 8 per cent of Israelis were of the opinion that this would be the best solution, two months ago it was 33 per cent, and now, according to a Gallup poll, the figure is 44 percent."

Crevel said he was sure that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wanted to deport the Palestinians.

"I think it's quite possible that he wants to do that. He wants to escalate the conflict. He knows that nothing else we do will succeed."

Let's see. Israel was an illegal creation to assuage guilt over the round up of Jews in Germany. Now the Israelis have their own holocaust against the Palestinians.

I could give a damn about Israel's historical claims from 2,000 years ago. The United States had no right to be involved in the formation of theocratic state, nor does the Constitution grant the US government the right to dump over a trillion dollars of tax revenues to create a nuclear rogue state in the Middle East.

Professor Crevel claims Israel doesn't seem to care about the becoming a rogue state.

"Our armed forces are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that this will happen before Israel goes under."

Fuck you, Ariel Sharon and the mofo scumbags who support you, including every US Senator and Representative and President who has stolen my cash and given it to a bunch of parasites to deport Palestinians and aim nuclear weapons at the rest of the world. Fuck you AIPAC, Wolfowitz and Perle. Fuck you, Howard Dean, for saying that we need to increase our financial aid to Israel. Why? Is a trillion dollars not enough aid and support over the last 50 years? Hey, Dean, why don't you and your AIPAC campaign manager give all of your money to Israel instead of stealing it from the American taxpayer? Didn't think so. Fucking parasites.

Yes, I am angry. No, I do not hate Israelis, nor do I hate Jewish people. Yes, I have much hatred for the supporters of Zionism. (Zionism is not Judaism.) Zionism stands for everything I do not believe in. It is antithetical to the way I choose to live my life, so it should come as no surprise that I vehemently dislike those who commit atrocities against fellow human beings in the name of religion. I know some people will say I should not use such foul language, but the targets of my scorn are profane themselves. Rational conversation is not going to work with these people, so I am not going to play nice.

And while I am on my soapbox here, I am tired of the faux intelligentsia in this country who blames the Palestinian suicide bombers for everything that is wrong in Israel. Since 1948 the Zionist cabal in Israel has tried their best to annihilate the Palestinians. When someone rolls a tank into your house at 3 a.m., would you not fight back? If some IDF thug shoots and kills your 4 year-old kid, calling him a terrorist because he threw a rock at the tank that bulldozed the family home, would you not fight back? Our country was founded on Revolution against British tyranny (and the near genocide of the native population). We call our forefathers heroes for their struggles - so why are Palestinians deemed terrorists? Suicide bombings? Have you ever noticed that the suicide bombings are conveniently timed to benefit Ariel Sharon and company? Have you ever noticed that these acts never occur in Zionist neighborhoods? Every neighborhood targeted by these mysterious suicide bombers is in a liberal, pro-Palestinian rights neighborhood. And who are these bombers? How do we know their intention? How do we know the "bomber" isn't some kid who couriers packages for a living? Why do people automatically assume that anything the Israeli government says is true?

I'm pissed off right now because I am sorting through a huge stack of tax receipts. Over fifty percent of my income goes to Halliburton, er, I mean taxes, and yet everyday I see a new homeless person on a street corner.

People need to wake up and take back their country.

Comments

[Sallie]

Very well written! I ditto your sentiment. I always learn something coming to your well thought out website. Thank-YOU!

[Amy]

Ditto. I know the Constitution does not provide for foreign aid. I believe that aid should be given for humanitarian purposes, such as starvation in Africa, but that aid should come in the form of goods, not cash.

[somebodywhonowswhatisreallygoingon]

I can hardly beileve you beileve yourself in what you say. It is so not the way it is. We would Gladly give them a state of their own, the last thing we want is to rule them. The question is - Why did Arafat refused at Camp David? Maby they don't realy want a compromize? Maby they are so fanatic they won't stop killing of their own free will, not untill all the citizens of Israel is dead??

[donzelion]

Careful here.
(1) The Palestinian diaspora following Al-Nakba (the catastrophe) does not approach the Holocaust. That doesn't make the one better or the other worse. It's just that there are differences (and some right-wing wacko is apt to shove that down your throat, whether you meant it or not - I've been there too many times).
(2) Sharon is, first and foremost, a pragmatist. Respect that the limits of his pragmatism are bounded by a dearth of human concern for anyone but Israelis; a common flaw of leaders, who don't care about those they don't consider their own people, but hardly an unforgivable flaw. By demonizing Sharon, you open the door not to a new Rabin (or other leader, take your pick, whom you believe motivated by justice). Rather, the door opens for a Netanyahu, a far worse threat.
(3) Stay awake - the taking back our country is a marathon and not a sprint. We've had a series of setbacks, but those who believe in justice, ultimately, will prevail.

[donzelion]

Amy - oops, missed your comment. The VAST majority of U.S. foreign aid does come in the form of goods (or credits for purchase of goods) as you suggest. There's a clear reason why, too: giving wheat to starving Africans benefits those Africans and benefits farmers (or farm lobbies) in Kansas.

Israel is an exception, sort of, mostly because they don't need the products that we could export for public relations. What, send "wheat" to starving Israelis? Unnecessary. Better to give them cash.

Doing so also permits us to send F-15s to Israel without looking like an outright gift. If they buy them fair and square, we don't need to explain ourselves to the Saudis.

Yet we're only talking about $3 billion out of the $10 billion budget for foreign aid. Compared to the $2 trillion (ish) budget, this doesn't amount to much.

[Rihab kamal]

I suppose its absolutely inhumane of Israel ofcoursebut the pro-israel countries are by no means any less in thier inhumane spirits
I wonder if this is civilisation where still "might is right" when would the time come when we will again be brutes or savages as our ancestors were who were atleast not Hypocrats