Open Letter to PM Blair: Doing a Northern Ireland in the Middle East
Israel’s often repeated claim that it had“no partner for peace”, and the assertion that it has lived indanger ofannihilation, are the main planks of one of the biggest and most successful propaganda lies in all of human history. Chutzpah, one might say, at its most brilliant and terrifying best.
If you really want to “give the impossible a go” in the Middle East, what should you actually do (apart from some reading to improve your understanding of who must do what and why for peace)?
In my opinion there is a political reality to be faced. It is that no American president will even think of confronting Zionismunless he (or she) knows that he would be doing so with the understanding and support of a majority of Jewish Americans. And that’s where I believe the key to peace (or not) is ? in the hands of Jewish Americans. Only they, I believe, with the assistance of the Jews of Europe,have the influence needed to call and hold Zionism to account, in order to give politics for peace their very last chance, be it the peace of a two or one state solution. (I wonder if you know, dear TB, that prior to the obscenity of the Nazi holocaust almost all informed and thoughtful Jews everywhere were opposed to Zionism’s colonial enterprise?)
I also believe that the Jews of the world have a powerful self-interest in using their influence. And that self-interest is explained by the title of my two-volume book, Zionism: The Real Enemy of the Jews.
I insisted on that title because it reflects in seven words two related truths for our time. The first is that the sleeping giant of classical anti-Semitism has been re-awakenedin the mainly Gentile Judeo-Christian world.The second is that a prime cause of the re-awakening is the Zionist state’s behaviour.
To give that observation some context, I’ll now quote Harkabi’s warning words. They are taken (with my emphasis added)
from his seminal book, Israel’s Fateful Hour,published in English in 1988.
- “Israel is the criterion according to which all Jews will tend to be judged. Israel as a Jewish state is an example of the Jewish character, which finds free and concentrated expression within it. Anti-Semitism has deep and historical roots. Nevertheless, any flaw in Israeli conduct, which initially is cited as anti-Israelism, is likely to be transformed into empirical proof of the validity of anti-Semitism. It would be a tragic irony if the Jewish state, which was intended to solve the problem of anti-Semitism, was to become a factor in the rise of anti-Semitism. Israelis must be aware that the price of their misconduct is paid not only by them but also Jews throughout the world.”
It’s my view that after the obscenity of the Nazi holocaust, and because of it, the giant most likely would have gone back to sleep, remained asleep and, in all probability, would have died in its sleep ? IF Zionism had not been allowed by the major powers, first Britain, then America, to have its way, as Balfour put it, “right or wrong“.
What, really, is the basis for believing that anti-Semitism is seriously on the rise? The increase in the desecration of synagogues and Jewish graves (and the like), verbal abuse and assaults on Jews is a pointer. But there is something far more sinister. It’s what a growing number of Gentiles, middle to upper class people in particular, are thinking and now beginning to say behind closed doors and at dinner parties. What do they say? “These fucking Jews!” And it’s grown, this antipathy, in response to Israel’s arrogance of power and the correct perception of Israel as the oppressor. And the more it becomes apparent that Israel is the obstacle to peace on any terms most Palestinians and other Arabs and Muslims can accept, the more this antipathy will grow, with the real danger that it will break out, become unsuppressed, and manifest itself as violent anti-Semitism.
As things are, and look like going, Holocaust II, shorthand for another great turning against Jews, is a possibility in a foreseeable future if Zionism continues to have its way.
At this point I have to say that I empathise completely with the unspeakable but real fear of very many if not all the Jews of the world ? the fear that it, another great turning against Jews, could happen again. I am also aware that it’s because of this fear that very many Jews, if only sub-consciously, have a vision of Israel as their refuge of last resort.And that’s a main reason (not the only reason) why, to date, most of the Jews of the world have remained silent on the matter of the Zionist state’s behaviour. They are frightened of saying or doing anything that could compromise their insurance policy (or lay them open to a Zionist charge of endangering Israel’s future).
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