Open Letter to PM Blair: Doing a Northern Ireland in the Middle East
It follows, or so it seems to the Gentile me, that it’s unreasonable to expect the Jews of the world in substantial numbers to play their necessary part in calling Zionism to account unless and until they receive the maximum possible in the way of reassurance about their wellbeing and security in the many lands of the mainly Gentile world of which they are citizens.Put another way, they have to be convinced that they don’t need the Zionist state of Israel as an insurance policy.And that’s why I call in my book for a NEW COVENANT, not between the Jews and their God, but between the Jews and the Gentiles.
If it is the case that the key to peace (or not) is in the hands of the Jews of the world and Jewish Americans especially, it follows, surely, that the prerequisite for getting a real peace process going is eliminating the danger of the monster of anti-Semitism going on the rampage again. How can that be done?
My short answer is this. The Gentiles of the Western nations among whom most of the world’s Jews live must be informed and educated about the difference between Judaism and Zionism, and thus why it is wrong to blame all Jews for the crimes (yes crimes) of the hardcore Zionist few.
- It is a fact that Arabs and other Muslims have always known the difference between Judaism and Zionism. And it can be said that throughout much of their history, Arabs and other Muslims were the best protectors of Jews. It was Zionism’s colonial enterprise that poisoned the relationship, but not to the point at which most Arabs and other Muslims blame allJews for Zionism’s crimes.
In other words, what peace in the Middle East needs most of all, as a prelude to, and a pre-requisite for, political action, is open, informed and honest debate about the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of what used to be called the Arab-Israeli conflict. Put another way, the answer to the question of who has to do what and why for justice and peace must be determined by reference to the truth of history.
It was to assist the process of informed and honest debate, the first ever, that I devoted more than five years of my life to researching and writing Zionism, The Real Enemy of the Jews.
I think citizen Blair will have a choice to make when he is no longer burdened by the constraints of high office and can afford to offend powerful vested interests for the sake doing what is “right”.
He can either continue his subscription to Zionism’s myths of history, in which case he’ll be without the credibility needed to “give the impossible a go” in the Middle East; or he could take the lead (in association with former President Carter?) in setting a new agenda for debate about who must do what and why for peace, in which case he could play a major and perhaps decisive role in making it, peace, happen.
Terrifying though the present situation is, I agree with you that now is not the time to abandon hope. And I’ll close this letter to you with my statement that brings Volume Two (recently published) of my book to its conclusion.
If the Jews of the world can summon up the will and the courage to make common cause with the forces of reason in Israel before it is too late for us all, a very great prize awaits them. By demonstrating that right can triumph over might, and that there is a place for morality in politics, they WOULD become the light unto nations. It is a prize available to no other people on earth because of the uniqueness of the suffering of the Jewish people. Perhaps that is the real point of the idea of the Jews as Chosen People?.Chosen to endure unique suffering and, having endured it, to show the rest of us that creating a better and more just world is not a mission impossible.
Sincerely and with best wishes,
Alan Hart
PS. I am sending you a hard copy of this letter by snail mail.
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