“This national ethnic minority picture extending from Morocco to India and from Somalia to Turkey points to the absence of stability and a rapid degeneration in the entire region. When this picture is added to the economic one, we see how the entire region is built like a house of cards, unable to withstand its severe problems.”

–1982, World Zionist Organization.

When approaching (and hopefully better understanding) the situations in Egypt, Tunisia and other parts of the Middle East, it is important to consider the above statement, as it summarizes the thinking and–more importantly, the intentions of Zionist strategists in the 1980’s vis-à-vis the future of Israel and its enemy, the “Arab World”.

Israel understands it can never destroy its enemies by conventional means because of the sheer number of the Arabs compared with that of the Jews and the size of the Arab territories that would have to be directly occupied by Israel,–an impossible task to accomplish given the relatively small army Israel possesses. Therefore the only way to conquer the “Arab enemy” is to do it from within and, better still, to use his strength against him. Israel has identified certain fault lines within each of the Arab (and non-Arab) states that by virtue of their Islamic character, represent the greatest threat to her eventually becoming the regional superpower she envisions herself. Long ago she planned to use these fault lines, represented by religious, cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences between the various peoples, and what must be remembered when forming an understanding of the present situation is that it is akin to planting a tree in that it takes time before the fruits are harvested.

Israel wants to accomplish two things in the next 30 year–(1) that “Eretz Y’Israel–the “land of Israel” as it is referred to by Jews–eventually encompass the area west of the river Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, and (2) it wants to be a super power with imperial aims. The Zionists made this clear back in 1980 when they wrote in the very prescient essay “Israel’s Strategy for the 1980s” that –

In the 1980s the mountains of the West Bank (referred to by Israel as “Judea and Samaria”) were empty of Jewish settlements. Therefore plans were put in motion starting in the late 1970’s to accelerate the building of settlements in the mountains of the West Bank. Today Israel has over 600,000 illegal settlers in the West Bank, up from a mere 1100 settlers in 1972. The settlement issue has always been a sticking point in all negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis. During the George H. W. Bush administration, particularly from 1990-92, tensions over settlements so severely strained ties between Israel and its American ally that direct communication between the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Israel ground to a halt. A war of words between George H.W. Bush and then-Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir was the norm on the evening news worldwide to the point that Bush declared the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank an “obstacle to peace” and threatened withholding $10,000,000,000.00 in loan guarantees promised to the Jewish state. When asked about this by a reporter, Shamir’s reaction was prophetic– “I will have his job” meaning that G. H.W. Bush–at the time running for re-election against Bill Clinton–would not stand a chance. In doing so, Shamir made it clear to the world who really is in charge of America’s political system, and he was proven correct when Bush lost to Clinton, even though he was just coming out of a victorious war against Iraq with 87% approval of the American people.

Shamir himself warned the Arab delegates to the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference that talks will not succeed if they focused primarily on territory. Shamir came to the conference with the intention of keeping the West Bank and Gaza forever under Israel’s control. He admitted to a Ma’ariv reporter that he planned to drag negotiations on for 10 years and “in the mean time we would have settled one-half million souls in Judea and Samaria.” Remember that this was in 1992 as reported by the LA Times when the Israeli settlers in the West Bank were around 10,000. It is clear that no matter who is in control of the Israeli government from the Right or the Left they are all committed to carrying out the same plan of populating the “Mountains of Judea and Samaria” as their Zionist plan has suggested.

Fast forward now to November 15, 2010 with a U.S. President Obama makes Israel on offer she cannot refuse–the U.S. taxpayer subsidized “sale” to Israel of 20 F-35’s stealth bombers, a deal providing Israel with unmatched capability of striking anywhere in the region. However, contingent upon this was the stipulation that Israel must freeze West Bank settlement expansion for 90 days, and what was an offer too good to turn down became exactly that, as Israel refused the offer. The lesson learned from this is that building the settlements is more important to Israel and their national interests than getting the F-35’s to strengthen their offensive capacity. Keep in mind that this stipulation on the part of the U.S. was not for a permanent freeze, but only for a mere 90 days.

It is clear that Israel will not allow a Palestinian State West of the River Jordan and–given the fact that the rest of the civilized, enlightened world is day by day increasingly recognizing a Palestinian State West of the Jordan, therefore Israel must have a plan of action–now, and not tomorrow, but yesterday. Furthermore, given that America obviously can no longer drag negotiations out with Israel and play the role of designated bodyguard for the Jewish state, therefore the Zionist strategy in the 1980’s must go into action before the Palestinians get a chance to go through with their plans of having the world recognize their state West of the Jordan.

Let’s look at the footprints of that strategy in 2011. “The best that can happen for Israeli interests in Iraq is the dissolution of Iraq into a Shi’ite state, a Sunni state and the separation of the Kurdish part” (Ha’aretz 6/2/1982). Again, remember that this was written was in 1982 in one of Israel’s biggest newspapers and was a mere repitition of the menu outlined in various Zionist strategy papers, including “Israel’s Strategy for the 1980s”. The picture in Iraq today is not some accident, coincidence or happenstance, for–just as a house is built according to the blueprints drawn up well-ahead of the first nail being driven by a construction worker, what we see in Iraq today it is exactly what was planned not just years ago, but decades. Can anyone dispute that picture?

Now, let us take a look at Egypt. Although not discussed in mainstream (i.e. Zionist controlled) news, Egypt was the strongest ally to the Palestinian Authority and the main mediator between it and Israel any time help was needed. Egypt was the only Arab regime that can talk to Hamas on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. In terms of putting pressure on the only substantive Palestinian negotiating body–the Palestinian National Authority–Israel would love to see a regime in Egypt not as friendly to Israel as Mubarak was and at the same time more sympathetic to Hamas, thus placing the PNA between the jaws of the pincer to force them back to the negotiating circus for another 10 years. Better yet, to force the PNA out of power in order to start the next phase in annexing the West Bank. Then comes the all-too-predictable–regime or policy change in Jordan, which would inevitably halt the push for Palestinian statehood and thus stall talks and drag out the status quo for another 10 years, during which time Israeli settlers in the West bank increase their numbers to over a million and a half, making it impossible for a Palestinian state to be viable because of the constantly-heard rational concerning “facts on the ground”. Thus, a different solution altogether is then required in which the most plausible and acceptable solution to the problem would be population transfer from West Bank of the river Jordan to the East Bank, where the future “Palestinian State” would then be setup.

Those who doubt such a scenario is part of Israel’s blueprint for the region should take another look at what the aforementioned “Strategy for the 1980’s” has to say about it–

In short, Israel planned this in the 1980’s but never had the opportunity to implement it. Conditions were never ripe (as they are now) for the execution of this plan. So far they are succeeding accordingly, but will the revolution in Egypt delay their plans or accelerate them? It is all dependent upon the way the regime in Egypt treats Hamas and the PNA. If Al Jazeera, which has scored many points with the young people of Egypt and the Arab street, continues to be used in advancing the agenda of the other side and continues its incitement f the Arab street (and especially with the continuation of its attacks on the PNA) then the Israel’s Strategy for the 1980’s will indeed accelerate. The incitement of the Arab Street has caused the majority of Arab intellectuals and so-called “thinkers” to join in on the hysteria because no one wants to be seen as if they were against the “winds of change”. Israel can create a lukewarm atmosphere with Egypt which may serve both governments’ interests of the “changing” times which would allow Israel more time to continue its settlement building because no one on the Arab side would dare push for negotiations with Israel. Therefore Israel can cry to the world that it doesn’t have a “peace partner” on the Arab side. In the mean time “facts on the ground” will continue to be on Israel’s side until there comes a time when the Arab street will be ready to accept Israel’s plan for the Middle East after it has been broken-in like a wild horse.

Must the Zionist plan for the Middle East succeed? Of course not, but it requires an Arab plan to fight it, which–unfortunately there is none at this time. It also requires a Palestinian plan to combat the Israeli plan, but Palestinian politicians and their Arab counterparts continue down the road mapped out for them by Israel and its tool, the USA.

We must learn one thing in this game, and without it there can be no possibility of victory: We cannot win by playing THEIR game by THEIR rules. Rather, we must adopt our own rules of engagement, forcing them to change theirs.

Dr. Hesham Tillawi

USA February, 2011

By Hesham Tillawi, PhD

 ”Israel need not apologize for the assassination or destruction of those who seek to destroy it. The first order of business for any country is the protection of its people.”Washington Jewish Week, October 9, 1997

 I came from a country occupied militarily by Israel to the land of “the free and the brave” only to find out it too was occupied politically by Israel.

The Palestinian people, holding on to whatever shred of hope they can, are counting on the day Americans see the error of their ways and change their opinion of the whole Middle East situation and understand it for what it truly is–A conquered, oppressed people living a hellish existence under a maniacal, occupying power and who will then contact their representatives in Congress and have them put the heat on Israel in fulfilling the agreements she made years ago with the PLO such as Oslo, Taba, Camp David, Wye River, the Road Map, or even Annapolis.

The sad fact however is that the Americans–as much as they champion themselves as a “free people”–are in no better shape than the Palestinians. On the contrary, the American position is worse than that of the Palestinians. The Palestinians can identify the enemy–he is the one with the gun and blowing away their loved ones. They KNOW they are occupied and oppressed. They KNOW how Israel occupied Palestine, killed its inhabitants and forced the majority of those who survived the carnage out of their homes and lands to then live as strangers in refugee camps.

 The Americans however, have no idea. Like a drug addict who thinks he feels great after shooting up, he does not realize he is a slave, to his substance and to his pusher. The history of how the Zionists’ controlled England is not shrouded in mystery. Through Jewish control of the British government the Balfour Declaration was drafted that “gave” the land of Palestine to the Jews after WWI, a land they did not own or possess.

 But how in the world did they occupy the United States politically? There is no real “Balfour Declaration” we can point to as proof.

Or can we?

Jewish influence in American politics–while there from the earliest days and certainly apparent during the Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman administrations–did not become the force it is today until the Kennedy era, or, rather, AFTER the Kennedy era.

As all know, in 1961 John Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States, a presidency cut short as a result of his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Robert Kennedy, the president’s younger brother was Attorney General of the United States and therefore the head of the Department of Justice.

What is little-known is that the Kennedy’s realized early on that indeed the country was in trouble and that something needed to be done about it. The trouble in this case was the influence slithering its way into American political life from a far-away state only about 12 years old known as Israel. Both Kennedy brothers, learning politics at their father Joseph’s knee, understood the dynamic of this thing known as “Jewish interests”, how it would play out and what the repercussions would be for America.

 Of the many issues revolving around Israel and the Zionist question the two more important as pertains the Jewish state were (A) Israel’s nuclear program, and (B) the issue of an organization known as the American Zionist Council.

 According to Pulitzer Prize winning author Seymour Hersh, President Kennedy was profoundly committed to nuclear nonproliferation and was categorically opposed to nuclear weapons in the Middle East, which meant opposing Israel’s nuclear program. Hersh states that JFK exerted heavy pressure on Israel to stop the program and was serious about it. At the time Kennedy was in the middle of crises mode with the Russians in trying to arrange a nonproliferation treaty with them and therefore Israel’s nuclear program would be a big embarrassment. In addition to being an embarrassment it would open up the possibility of a nuclear conflict with Russia, given her allies in the Middle East, something made all the more believable in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis that almost resulted in a nuclear war between the two giants. John Kennedy had nightmares about the prospect of nuclear proliferation, saying “I am haunted by the feeling that by 1970, unless we are successful, there may be ten nuclear powers instead of four, and by 1975, 15 to 20…. I see the possibility in the 1970s of the president of the United States having to face a world in which 15 or 25 nations may have these weapons. I regard this as the greatest possible danger and hazard.”

Secret letters and secret meetings between Kennedy and Ben-Gurion give a clear picture of the difficulty Kennedy faced in negotiating with the Israeli Prime Minister who stated many times that nothing will save Israel but nuclear power. According to author Michael Collins Piper in his book Final Judgment Ben Gurion wrote Kennedy saying: “Mr. President, my people have the right to exist, and this existence is in danger.”

 It does not take a skilled translater to figure out what Ben Gurion was saying, namely that Kennedy’s opposition to nuclear weapons in the Middle East was seen as an existential threat to the Jewish people and their newly-formed state. Going further, Kennedy insisted on inspections of Israel’s program as evidenced in a secret letter sent to then-Israeli Prime Minister Levy Eshkol that stated that American support of Israel “could be jeopardized” if the Americans were not allowed to inspect the Israeli nuclear facilities.

As if the aforementioned were not enough, there was another front in this private war between Kennedy and the “Jewish state” equally important in its scope if we are to understand what kinds of forces were at play here that led to America’s change of policy with regards to Israel. It involves the issue of spying, bribery and the direct controlling of American politicians by a foreign power and the one creature at the center of all of it was something known as the American Zionist Council and the Kennedys’ insistence it register as a foreign agent under the provisos of FARA, the Foreign Agent Registration Act passed by Congress back in 1938 to prevent German agents in the U.S. from buying their way into the American system of government and public opinion. The purpose of FARA was “to insure that American public and its law makers know the source of information- propaganda intended to sway public opinion, policy, and laws.”

In other words the Kennedy’s understood the danger of the Zionist Movement on the United States of America and treated it just like Germany was treated during the Hitler years. The Kennedy’s understood the reality of the situation as it existed during their days in government, that the AZC was an agent of a foreign government, Israel, which would prevent it from buying American politicians and exerting the kind of influence over public opinion making that for all intents and purposes is now is a fait accompli.

Negotiations went back and forth between the Department of Justice headed by the President’s brother Robert and the American Zionist Council. The council refused to register and the DOJ tried to exert pressure on them, even going so far in one instance as giving them 72 hours to register, but at no avail. Examining the newly-de-classified documents containing the minutes of those meetings between the DOJ and the AZC one can see the language of gangsters being used. In one of those documents dated May 2, 1963 the head legal counsel Simon H. Rifkind for the AZC explained to the representatives of the DOJ the nature of the AZC, saying “The council is composed of representatives of the various Zionist organizations in the United States” and thereby, in effect, it represented “the vast majority of organized Jewry within this country.” The message was clear here–As far as organizations go it is big and powerful. Judge Rifkind obviously wanted to make sure the Kennedy’s knew they were picking a fight with a gorilla and not some small mouse.

He did not stop there but went further by stating that the vast number of Jews who adhered to the principles of Zionism could not understand how “our administration” could “do such harm to the Zionist movement and impair the effectiveness of the council by insistence on registration.”

Here Judge Rifkind made sure he used the phrase “our administration” instead of “our government” to make a specific point, namely that he was talking about Kennedy personally, that it was the Jews responsible for him getting elected and that if he continued with his agenda he was in effect entering into a war with organized Jewry.

Another meeting very much worth noting was held on October 17, 1963 between DOJ and AZC. In this meeting Judge Rifkind insisted on non registering, citing that fact that “It was the opinion of most of the persons affiliated with the Council that such registration…would eventually destroy the Zionist movement” and adding that he did not believe his clients would “file any papers or sign any papers indicating that the organization was an agent of a foreign principal”. In other words, “Screw You America and your laws, we’ll do what we want” as well as threatening the administration and telling them who really ruled the country, not the Kennedy brothers but rather the persons “affiliated” with AZC. Once translated from Gangsterese into understandable political language, this statement was in effect a direct warning/threat to the Administration that the war was on. It is up for grabs whether or not the Kennedys understood this to be the real threat it was, but nevertheless the Administration decided to continue with its position.

On November 22, 1963 President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. As the AZC went away into the sunset, AIPAC came riding in, born and led by the same persons who created and managed AZC for the same purpose. This time however, the message went out clearly for all on Capitol Hill to hear and understand–“Do not stand in our way of influencing public opinion, policy, or laws.”

Obviously, the message has been effective, as all American leaders save a few such as James Traficant have done as instructed. According to the former Congressman, Israel receives $15 Billion worth of aid from the American Taxpayers without a single discussion or a single argument on the floor of either the house of Representatives or the Senate. Why? Because no one dares to question it. Why is it that most of our politicians make pilgrimage to Tel Aviv and the “wailing wall” in Jerusalem to get the blessing of Israel before they are even approved by their own political parties here in the United States? Why is it our Congress is always split down the middle on all other issues presented to them except when it deals with Israel? We all still remember the comment made by former Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon to his Foreign Minister Shimon Peres in October 2001: “Don’t worry about American pressure, we the Jewish people control America.” When people with eyes to see state that fact they are called anti-Semites, despite the fact that what is being said is the truth.

 The “control” Sharon spoke about has been there for a long time now. Consider what the late Senator Fulbright (who chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and who held hearings back in 1963 regarding the AZC and the fact it should be registered as a Foreign Agent registration) said when speaking on the CBS television program “Face the Nation” had to say–

 “I am aware how almost impossible it is in this country to carry out a foreign policy not approved by the Jews…Terrific control the Jews have over the news media and the barrage the Jews have built up on Congress… the Jewish influence here is completely dominating the scene and making it almost impossible to get Congress to do anything they (the Jews) don’t approve of.”

These words were not spoken by a researcher or a reporter but by a brave American hero who actually lived through and experienced the Jewish influence over our political system and media.

This Israeli political occupation of the United States should not go on unchallenged, and American Jewry should understand that secrets cannot be hidden from the people forever. Nothing less than a revolution will correct this situation. The corrective action should be taken at the ballot boxes by electing people who are not afraid to challenge AIPAC and the likes and make America’s Foreign Policy truly American and not Israeli.

As a first step in this process, let us keep the words of our dear martyred President John F Kennedy in mind– “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”.

Hesham Tillawi, PhD International Relations is a Palestinian American writer, Political Analyst and a TV and Radio Talk Show Host. His program Current issues with Hesham Tillawi can be viewed Live every Thursday evening at 6:30PM Central Standard Time on Cox Cable system Channel 15 in Louisiana, Nationwide on Bridges TV, and Worldwide on Amazonas Satellite, as well as Live on the Internet at http://www.currentissues.tv and can be contacted at tillawi@currentissues.tv Interviews then archived for on demand viewing at www.currentissues.tv Radio show broadcast on RBN www.republicbroadcasting.org every Saturday at 4-6 PM Central Time

By Hesham Tillawi, PhD

It was my first year on television, when one self proclaimed Palestinian-American ” leader” requested That I remove his name from my mailing list. The reason he gave was that my guest for that particular week was accused of being –surprise, surprise–an anti-Semite by the ADL, the largest Jewish organization in the country as well as other Jewish groups in the media and that we “Palestinians” need to be very careful not to be seen or be labeled as “anti-Semitic“ despite the fact that we are Semites ourselves.

I obliged him by removing him from the list. As fate would have it, this man and I ended up working together couple of years ago on a committee to advance Palestinian activism in the US and therefore shared an email list. During the Israeli attack on Gaza in 2008/2009 someone on the list suggested that a few volunteers dress up with suits similar to those worn by Jews and others in Germany’s concentration camps in an upcoming demonstration in Chicago. I personally thought it was an awesome idea and would deliver a clear message to the world of the gravity of the situation on the ground in Gaza.

Well, it was not long after that another email came through on the list from this same self-proclaimed “leader”, fetching the same line of “we must at all costs avoid be accused of anti-Semitism”. He bolstered his argument with the notion that the only thing necessary on our part is that we show people the truth about our cause, because the truth is on our side. Another great brilliant publicity opportunity down the drain.

The story of the now-infamous Rabbis of New Jersey being involved in selling organs (believed to have been snatched out of unarmed Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli soldiers) hit the world like a boulder. Mountains of evidence and eye-witness reports more than suggesting this actually was (and probably still is) an Israeli practice. But the “Rabbis and the body snatchers” is not my topic and I am not going to dig deeply into it as there are already plenty of others out there dealing with the topic and my reason for bringing it up is to illustrate something concerning the man who is afraid of being accused as an anti-Semite.

Yesterday an email came through on the list server asking people not to talk much about the organ stealing because some guy wrote an article saying that the Swedish news paper who published the article did not have solid proof that this actually took place. Again, the same line that “the truth is on our side” and we have many massacres and many catastrophes that we can continue to tell the world about and therefore we need to leave the story of the organs alone until we have solid proof it took place.

Personally I was outraged with the stupidity of this line of reasoning. Ok, call it another opinion, but the issue is this–Being a “nice guy” has gotten us NOWHERE. This thing–the story involving the organ harvesters–not only walks like a duck, it quacks, looks and spits like a duck. The darn thing even TASTES like a duck and yet this individual still wants proof.

As much as this may ruffle the feathers of a few out there (no pun intended) let me say this nevertheless to those who agree with this individual–To hell with proof. We have enough information on this to hit Israel bad with this, very bad I might add. Hit them, use it to your advantage, worry about the consequences later. Let the Israelis worry about proving it did not happen. You have one of the largest newspaper in Sweden willing to put its reputation on the line for it. They are supporting their reporter, the government of Sweden told Israel to go to hell, that they believe in Freedom of Press, and you are telling Palestinians not to fight using this weapon? You have people in Palestine testifying that their loved ones came home to them dead with missing organs. IS THEIR TESTIMONY NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? You have Rabbis arrested for selling organs that they say came from Israel. IS THE TESTIMONY OF THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? What about the Israeli Pathologist under investigation for stealing Palestinians organs from the morgue? What about stories of Israeli doctors cutting open Palestinians after being shot in both Gaza and the West bank and stealing their organs?

Let the Israelis prove this did not happen. In the mean time as a soldier in the field (and you are one) use the weapon given to you. As an activist your job is to fight Israeli propaganda all over the world. It is not the job of a soldier to be “nice”. You must fight with every weapon at your disposal, FEROCIOUSLY, because you can be rest assured (as we all well know) the other side is fighting with nothing but lies and deception, from the start of the Zionist movement to the present settlers movement, and you cannot tell me that they did not succeed. Meanwhile, we are carrying our truth on our backs and roaming the world telling people about it, begging for their sympathy. We are carrying the keys to our homes that we were driven from to show the world we still have our keys, but where are our homes? Yes, we are the land owners, yes, our land was confiscated, our people massacred, and driven out of the land, our trees burnt, our sheep killed, …etc. The world knows all that, and yet it is “sensational” stories like the “body snatchers” that grabs attention of people around the world and will remain in their minds as the image of Israel.

As bad as it sounds, the stories involving the organ harvesting are nothing less than a gift from God to our cause and we should not be so ungrateful to Him who sent it to us by hiding it in a closet.

In closing I would ask the reader to think back to a great movie made many decades ago about the life of one of America’s greatest military leaders, Patton. Is the opening scene, he is standing, as stiff as a tree and as strong as a mountain in front of a huge American flag as military music is playing. He is addressing the troops under his command right at the start of America’s entry into WWII. His opening lines went like this–

“Now I want you to remember, that no bastard EVER won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the OTHER poor dumb bastard die for his country.”

Patton understood that the nature of conflict requires that its participants enter into the fray with one goal in mind–To win. If you’re not in it to win, then stay out of the way. You will only become a battlefield casualty that will drain resources in the rest of us being forced to “deal” with your injury. Just as nice guys finish last, nice soldiers die first.

Likewise with those who are so timid in this battle–a battle not just for the land of Palestine, but as we can plainly see now, a battle for the soul of the entire human race—that they want to be seen as “nice”. Our goal must be TO WIN. TO LIBERATE OUR LAND AND SAVE OUR PEOPLE. Tell me please–Where are all the good Palestinian fighters around the world who came out by the scores earlier this year when Gaza was being massacred? What happened to them all? Do you need pictures of children’s body parts splattered all over TV screens to come out and defend the Palestinian cause?

Of course my hat is off to all who are working to advance the struggle of total liberation.

Remember the Mossad motto: ‘By Way of Deception, thou shalt do War’. It is (or at least SHOULD BE) now obvious to all that our enemies have no respect for the notion of “fighting nice”.

Neither should we.

tillawi@aol.com

بقلم : الدكتور هشام التلاوي

ترجمة : سحر التلاوي

يجب على إسرائيل وقف  الاستيطان ” اوباما قال في ٢٨ /٥/٢٠٠٩ بعد الاجتماع مع محمود عباس رئيس السلطة الفلسطينيه.

“أريدكم أن تعلموا بأنني اليوم سوف أتحدث من صميم قلبي،وكصديق حقيقي لاسرائيل، كما أريدكم أن تكونوا على يقين انني   عندما أزور لجنة العلاقات العامة الأمريكيه الاسرائيليه (AIPAC – اللوبي الصهيوني ) بأنني بين اصدقاء،إصدقاء جيدون. أصدقاء يشاركونني تصميمي القاطع الذي يضمن  أن العلاقة التي تربط الولايات المتحده وإسرائيل غير قابلة للزوال، اليوم، غداً،  في المستقبل  وإلى الأبد.” اوباما قال في ٤ /٦/٢٠٠٨ في كلمته أمام مؤتمر لجنة العلاقات الأمريكيه الاسرائيليه.

في 4 /6/2009  الرئيس  أوباما تكلم إلى  “العالمين” العربي والإسلامي . بشكل  سطحي، خطاب اوباما رسم  نقطة تحول في سياسة الادارة الأمريكيه تجاه الشرق الأوسط خلال الستون سنة الماضية . كما كان متوقعاً فإن  خطابه الموصوف بالعدل لصالح المسلمين كان له وقع مختلف على البعض، ديك موريس الناقد السياسي المعروف انحيازه إلى إسرائيل قال”إن أمريكا أدارت ظهرها إلى إسرائيل.”  

وها هو عضو الكونجرس اليهودي غاري أكرمان معلقاً على كلام أوباما عن المستوطنات : ” أنا لا أعتقد أن احد يريد أن يملي على أحد حلفائنا ( إسرائيل) ما يجب أن يفعلوه في خصوصيات أمنهم الوطني .” إننا لم نشهد الكونجرس الأمريكي يشن حربه المعتادة على أي شخص يمس إسرائيل ولو بشعره ، ونحن شاهدون على مرات لا تعد ولا تحصى كيف أن اللوبي الصهيوني يسيِّر الكونجرس كما يشاء ، ونحن نعلم ما يستطيعون فعله ، فكيف تم وسكتوا على خطاب كهذا.        

في بداية الصراع  في الشرق الأوسط ، الفلسطينيين ومعهم الكثير حول العالم اتهموا  أمريكا بالانحياز إلى جانب إسرائيل في الصراع الفلسطيني الاسرائيلي  . في هذا الخطاب وللمرة الأولى في التاريخ تريد أمريكا أن تظهر بأنها عادلة بين الطرفين. إنه لمن الواضح بأن خطاب اوباما قد أزعج  الكثيرين في إسرائيل. فبدل  من أن يتهم الرئيس الأمريكي – كعاده روئساء أمريكا- أعداء  إسرائيل على إثارة الشغب في المنطقة قال اوباما بان أي مشكله لها طرفان وليس طرف واحد.

“ولكن لو رأينا هذا الصراع وكأنه من طرف واحد دون الآخر  نكون قد غضينا البصر وعجزنا عن رؤية الحقيقة . الحل الوحيد هو أن تتحقق طموحات الطرفين من خلال حل الدولتين ويعيش الشعبين الفلسطيني والإسرائيلي بسلام وأمن. ” قال أوباما.

خلال الحرب  الإسرائيلية  الأخيرة  على قطاع غزة الفلسطيني  والذي ذهب ضحيته  أكثر من 1300 شهيد فلسطيني أكثر من نصفهم كانوا من النساء والأطفال ذبحوا  ودمرت البنية التحتية كاملة بغزة وأعيدت إلى العصر الحجري، لم يقل أوباما حينها أي كلمة ، هو لم يصمت فحسب، بل  وجه رساله لممثل   أمريكا في  الأمم المتحدة، زلماي خليل زاد  بأن  ” على مجلس الأمن أن يشجب بوضوح وبدون استثناء الهجمات  الصاروخية ضد إسرائيل . وإذا لم يستطع(أي مجلس الأمن) فيجب أن تعمل ما بوسعك  على أن يلتزم (مجلس الأمن )  الصمت  . و أضاف أنه يتفهم  إغلاق إسرائيل للمعابر في قطاع غزة ، التي فيها  أكثر من مليون و نصف فلسطيني تركوا ليموتوا جوعاً وبدون أدوية .

لا زلت أذكر الهجوم الشنيع الذي تعرض له أوباما في مارس 2008 عندما كان في ولاية أيوا خلال حملته الانتخابية بأنه وخلال زلة لسان مدعمة بتأنيب الضمير قال ” لا يوجد هناك أحد يتألم ويعاني كما يتألم الشعب الفلسطيني ” ولهذا السبب أمضى اوباما التسعة أشهر التالية يعمل بجهد ليثبت حبه وولائه لإسرائيل وللجالية اليهودية في أمريكا . ما الذي حدث؟ لماذا يقول البعض بأن اوباما قد  أدار ظهره لإسرائيل ؟

اوباما وبعد خطابه في القاهرة اتهم من قبل اليهود بأنه” معادي للسامية ” ،

” مسلم سراً”، ” كاره لليهود” ، ” صديق للفلسطينيين “، وصفات أخرى لا تسمح لنا أخلاقنا بذكرها في هذا السياق . اللذين يفهمون النظام السياسي الأمريكي يعرفون تماماً بأن لا  أحد يوصف بهذه الصفات من قبل اليهود يحلم بأن ينجح في إنتخابات مجلس قروي في أصغر قرية في أميركا ، فما بالك بأعلى مركز في العالم ، الا وهو رئاسة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية  ؟ لقد تم فحص وتدقيق شخص اوباما من قبل جميع اليهود في أمريكا والعالم فكيف حصل ونجح أوباما في انتخابات الرئاسة الأمريكية؟ كذلك كيف يستطيع اوباما أن يصرح بخطاب كالذي القاه في القاهرة وهو لا يزال في  المرحلة الأولى من  حكمه ؟ فخطاب كهذا من المفروض أن يفتح عليه نيران جهنم من قبل أعوان الصهيونية في أمريكا . ولكن هذا لم يحصل ،هل أنت بحيرة من هذا الأمر؟

كما يعلم أغلب الباحثون والمطلعون على الأمور اليهودية  بأن اليهود اضطهدوا وطردوا من أغلب البلاد التي سكنوها وقطنوا فيها   . في عام 1290 طردوا من بريطانيا ، عام 1392 من فرنسا ، 1492 من إسبانيا في نفس العام الذي خرج فيه كولومبوس قاصدا  الهند وفي عام 1497 من البرتغال وواجهوا اليهود نفس المصير في عدة دول كان آخرها   في الثلاثينات والأربعينات من القرن الماضي  في ألمانيا

آخر حروب إسرائيل على  لبنان وغزة وبفضل الانترنت واالفضائيات كشفت إسرائيل على حقيقتها التي طالما صرخ بها الأبرياء اللذين قتلوا وهجروا واعتقلوا من قبل هذا النظام الإجرامي العنصري ولكن صرخاتهم لم تجد لها صدى في هذا العالم . ولكن الآن العالم شاهد على كل الأعمال الإجرامية وانتهاكات حقوق الإنسان حال حدوثها . لذلك أخذ الكثيرون يراجعون أنفسهم ومعتقداتهم السابقة بأكذوبة إسرائيل المتمثلة في :”إسرائيل تدافع عن وجودها في بحر مليء  بالمخاطر ومحاطة بدول عربية تريد لها الزوال” . ولكن الآن بعد أن رأى الناس حول العالم كيف تعامل هذا النظام العنصري مع أطفال غزة سقط هذا النظام من أعين العالم وسقطت معه ورقة التوت.

 اضف إلى ذلك شعور غالبية الناس بأن لليهود ضلع في سقوط النظام المالي العالمي  وما لهذا الشعور من تبعية سلبية تقع على هؤلاء المسيطرون على الاقتصاد في العالم ، إضافة إلى ذلك كله الحرب الأمريكية على العراق والتي كما هو واضح للجميع كانت لصالح إسرائيل وبإيعاز منها، جعلت الكثير من   الكتاب والقادة اليهود  يطلقون صفارات الإنذار ويدقون أجراس الخطر لوقف عجلة التاريخ من الدوران كي لا يدور الزمن مرة أخرى ويجدوا أنفسهم على موعد آخر من كراهية شعوب العالم لهم وما لهذا الكره من تبعيات لا تحمد عقباها على مدار التاريخ  .

بكلمة أخرى  اليهود في أمريكا وحول العالم بدأوا يشعرون بأن النظام في إسرائيل بأعماله اللاإنسانية تجاه شعب فلسطين أصبح يشكل خطراً على وجود اليهود في العالم.

بعض من القيادات اليهودية وخصوصاً في أميركا أحسوا بالخطر وبدأوا بمراجعة حساباتهم وأيقنوا أن اللوبي الصهيوني في واشنطن مقيّد ومسيّر من قبل النظام الليكودي في إسرائيل وهذا شكل مشكله لهؤلاء وبدأوا بالفعل العمل على تقييض دور اللوبي الذي كان له تاريخياً باع طويل يمتد  لفرض مصلحة إسرائيل على الكونجرس والإدارة في واشنطن . طبعاً مما لا شك فيه أن هذه القيادات اليهودية كانت على علم يقين بمجازر اليهود في فلسطين منذ نشأة هذا الكيان ، ولكن الذي تغير الآن هو أن الإعلام لم يعد محتكراً على اليهود كما كان الوضع سابقاً ، فالآن هناك الانترنت الذي أعطى الفرصة لوجهة النظر الفلسطينية بالظهور لأعداد كبيرة وخاصة المثقفين في أميركا وغيرها . ظهر في السنوات الأخيرة  نخبة من  الكتاب والأكاديميين استطاعوا أن يكسروا حاجز الخوف ويفضحوا الأكاذيب الاسرائيلية من خلال كتاباتهم ، وأذكر هنا البروفسور جون ميرشمر والبروفسور ستيفن والت اللذان استطاعا من خلال كتابهم بعنوان ” اللوبي الاسرائيلي” الذي أثار ضجة كبيرة في أميركا وكان تأثيره واضحاً وقوياً في الأوساط السياسية والإعلامية وأسهم بزيادة عدد الأميركيين اللذين اكتشفوا وما زالوا يكتشفون الألاعيب الصهيونية في السياسة والمال،  ومما لهاتين التأثير المباشرفي حياة الشعب الأمريكي ، فلقد قرر بعض رؤساء الجالية اليهودية تدارك الأمور قبل فوات الأوان مما سيؤدي إلى  إنقلاب الشعب الأمريكي عليهم ويعيد التاريخ نفسه لأن البعض الآن يرى بأن هناك عدة أمور متشابهة مع ما كان يحصل في ألمانيا في الثلاثينات والأربعينات من القرن الماضي. فاستباقهم للأمور ومجرياتها استوجب عليهم تغيير مسار التاريخ بتغيير السياسات المؤدية إلى تلك النتيجة الحتمية.

ولكن ولسوء حظ هذا العالم ، القيادة اليهوديه في اسرائيل لا ترى الأمور بهذه الطريقة. فالأن في إسرائيل حكومة متطرفه بكل ما في الكلمة من معنى. هي حكومة مستوطنين متطرفين من أمثال افغدور ليبرمان وزير الخارجيه ووصوله إلى هذا المنصب من وجهة النظر الغربية يضاهي وصول اسامة بن لادن لمنصب وزير خارجية السعوديه .

فهؤلاء يعتقدون بأن الله يريدهم  أن يطهروا فلسطين من غير اليهود حتى تتطهر أنفسهم ويكون راضٍ عنهم  لمعتقداتهم البالية  بأنهم  أبعدوا عن أرض “إسرائيل” ليعودوا إليها كما يعتقدون وإن  هذه هي مشيئة الله التي حددها لهم قبل أكثر  من ألفين سنه.  

البعض ممكن  أن يقول بأن كلام كهذا ممكن أن يدخل تحت باب معاداة  الساميه ولهؤلاء أقول إسمعوا ما قاله أحد خاماتهم  ويدعى منيس فريدمان  قبل أقل من شهر في الولايات المتحدة ، عندما سئل عن كيف يجب أن يتعامل اليهود مع جيرانهم العرب فقال:” أنا لا اعترف بالاخلاق الغربيه التي تقول لا تقتل المدنيين،أو الأطفال، لا تدمر أماكنهم الدينيه، لا تقتل خلال فتره الأعياد، لا تقصف المقابر، لا تفتح النيران حتى يبدأ  الطرف الأخر لأن هذا يعتبر غير أخلاقي. الطريقة الوحيدة لخوض حرب أخلاقيه هي الطريقة اليهوديه: دمر أماكنهم الدينيه، اقتل الرجال والنساء والأطفال والأبقار . وأول رئيس حكومه إسرائيلية يعلن بأنه سيتبع العهد القديم(إشاره إلى التوراه) سوف يحقق السلام في “ارض إسرائيل” إشارة منه إلى ما كتب في التوراة عن قتل جميع الغير يهود من قبل اليهود وأن لا تأخذهم فيهم شفقة  ، وهكذا وبهذا ألأسلوب يحقق الصهاينه السلام في الشرق الاوسط. 

الملم في تعليمات الديانة اليهوديه يعرف جيداً بأن ما قاله هذا الحاخام هو نابع من تلك التعليمات ولكن من غير المعتاد أن ترى اليهود أنفسهم يعلنون على الملأ هذه الخصوصيه في ديانتهم وخصوصاً في هذا الزمن، عصر نقل المعلومات حول العالم بسرعه تفوق سرعة الصوت. هذا التصرف من قبل هذه “الأمة” التي طالما اقنعت العالم بأنها تمثل الديموقراطيه الوحيده في منطقه الشرق الأوسط ومن الواضح إذاً إن هناك البعض من الجاليه اليهوديه يشعرون بالقلق بسبب  تصريحات عنصريه كهذه التي عفا عليها الزمن و  جعلهم يقروون بأن إسرائيل أصبحت عاله على كل اليهود في العالم وسبب  قلق اليهود على وجودهم في البلدان التي يعيشوا فيها. 

البعض في الجاليه اليهوديه يعتقد إن إسرائيل تضع جميع اليهود في العالم عرضه للخطر بسبب سياستها إتجاه الشعب الفلسطيني ويرون إن اوباما هو بمثابه ” المسيح” المنتظر بعث لليهود لينقذهم مما هم فيه، أو إذا أردت هو بمثابه المجئ الثاني لموسى عليه السلام ليوصلهم إلى شط الأمان. 

حل القضيه   الفلسطينيه على مسار الدولتين يعطي إسرائيل الفرصه كي تأخذ بعض الراحة حتى يتسنى لها في المستقبل أن تقوم بالدور المطلوب منها حسب مخططات أهلها في الوقت المناسب ولكن الآن هو وقت المراوغة .

إذاً اوباما يقوم بأكبر خدمة لإسرائيل الآن . إن الحقيقة المرة أن اوباما مهما بلغت شجاعته ورجولته فهو لن يستطيع مواجهة القوة اليهودية في أمريكا . فأسلحة

” الدمار الشامل” المتاحة لليهود في أميركا لا زالت حية ترزق ومنها على سبيل المثال لا الحصر JDL , ADL, AIPAC  كذلك مئات الجمعيات اليهودية التي لها اختصاصات عدة. إضافة إلى ذلك لن نستطيع أن ننسى  دور الإعلام المسيطر عليه من قبلهم . مشكله اليهود ألان هي الهولوكست أو المحرقه  والحفاظ على روايتهم عنها. فهم يعلمون ما سيحصل في العالم إذا اكتشف في يوم ما بأن تلك القصة التي بنيت عليها دولتهم لم تكن كما ادعوا  ، فتخيلوا ماذا سيكون موقف إسرائيل ودول أوروبا حينها . لهذا السبب اليهود مستعدون لقتل وتصفية كل من يحاول كشف الحقيقة وذلك ليبقوا تلك القصة قصتهم وقصة العالم كله لهذا السبب وفي جميع أنحاء اوروبا السجن هو عقاب أي شخص يتساءل عما دار في الهولوكوست ….. فهل يستطيعون لجم الباحثين عن الحقيقة للأبد؟؟

Note from author–To all young people–please force yourself to read this to the end, and if you still don’t understand, research it.

As strange as it may sound the fact is that the speech Netanyahu recently gave is in fact actually 13 years old. The problem was that at the time it was initially written (1996) the players involved (including Netanyahu and a few other infamously well-known individuals such as Richard Perle, Douglas Feith, et al) could not implement its proposals because “events on the ground” had not materialized as they had originally hoped or planned, namely that the “Jewish” state break away from the mother ship, the United States of America.

The document written for Netanyahu was entitled “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm” by a group of people who (during George W. Bush administration) came to be known as the Neo Conservatives (or Neocons for short) and has been hiding in plain sight all this time. These people (who became Bush’s top foreign policy makers, namely Richard Perle, James Colbert, Charles Fairbanks, Jr., Douglas Feith, Robert Loewenburg, David Wurmser, and Meyrav Wurmser) all had direct policy making positions that had direct influence (or control) on policies leading to the destruction of Iraq and “removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq” (an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right as stated in the Clean Break document) five years before the September 2001 World Trade Center towers demolition. Yes, I did say demolition.

One of the main objectives of this document was to weaken Labor Zionism which they felt had “dominated the Zionist movement” for 70 years. They framed a new title to the region, calling it the “New Middle East”. They did not like the Labor-inspired “peace process” because it was involved in negotiations over Jerusalem.” Their ideas (Likud and Netanyahu) of peace were those based on an “entirely new foundation, one that ignores comprehensive peace” and replaces it with a “traditional concept…based on balance of power”.

In other words he who has the power gets to dictate to those who lack it what the terms of “peace” are. They wanted Israel to have “the right of hot pursuit” into Palestinian areas for reasons of “self defense”, something we have witnessed taking place since the inception of the Palestinian Authority until today. They wanted to find an alternative to Arafat’s “grip” on power, and so they murdered him.

But the most important break of all–the “mother of all breaks” if you will was the following–The need of forging a “new basis for relations with the United States—stressing self-reliance, maturity, strategic cooperation on areas of mutual concern, and furthering values inherent to the West” only possible if “Israel takes serious steps to terminate aid, which prevents economic reform.” The writers of the Clean Break did not like the concept of “land for peace” which they felt placed Israel in a position of compromise and retreat. They wanted Netanyahu to use and promote a new system based on ” Western values” which they said would be received well in the United States. A system that uses slogans such as ” peace for peace”, and “peace through strength” and a system based on the “balance of power”. They did not mind Israel (Netanyahu) engaging in “peace” negotiations as long as those negotiations were “a means, not and an end” to accomplishing their Zionist dream of the aforementioned “New Middle East”. Their idea was as follows–Why should Israel negotiate land for peace with the Arabs when the Arabs are not giving anything in return? The Arabs are not enough a threat to Israel that requires the Jewish state to exchange land for peace. Therefore, this deal is not good for Israel. Simply put, the concept of “peace for peace” is one where Israel agrees not to attack any Arab country in exchange for complete submission and recognition of Israel as a “Jewish” state by the Arabs, an idea that can only be gleaned by reading between the lines of the document which read as follows–

Netanyahu, back in 1996 on his first visit to the United States was supposed to announce that “Israel is now mature enough to cut itself free immediately from U.S. economic aid and loan guarantees” but not Military aid for the moment to make sure Israel dose not encounter a supply problem. They counted on Speaker of the House at that time Newt Gingrich to spearhead their efforts in moving electrifying support for the venture. In other words, they did not want Israel to be seen as subservient to the U.S. because of the “few” dollars Uncle Sam spares the Israelis, they wanted Israel to be on the same footing as the United States and as an equal partner in the building of the “New Middle East’ in which Israel is its own superpower. This is Israel’s neighborhood, and if anyone wanting anything to change better ask the Godfather -Israel- and receive his blessings. Otherwise, hit-men flying F-18′s will send you “sleeping with the fishes”, a line borrowed from the movie the Godfather.

They (the writers of the “Clean Break” document) wanted Netanyahu to anticipate the reaction of Bill Clinton and (in the language of the document itself) “plan ways” to manage those reactions by “formulating language familiar to the Americans” by “tapping into themes” experienced by the Americans which may apply to Israel. In other words, say something the American President would like to hear, but stick to Israel’s theme of “balance of power”. In dealing with Arabs, the new strategy should be based on “principle of preemption, rather than retaliation”.

Bringing all of this to 2009, is it not odd that Congress and the media are not screaming bloody murder against the Obama Administration for his recent maneuvers? Is it not odd that a group of 2000 American rabbis recently sent a letter to Obama showing their solidarity with his Middle East program? Why we do not see the same kind of Jewish demonstrations we saw back when Clinton was president when (comparatively) he did not say a fraction of what Obama said?

Make no mistake about it, Israel is 100% protected here in the U.S. No American government can go against the wishes of Israel.

How many times must someone get “bitten” from the same snake slithering in the same hole before we stop putting our hands in?

The strangest reaction though is from those organizations calling themselves Arabs, Muslims, or advocating for the Palestinian cause. These people–like some fish who thinks himself clever because he just swam off with a mouth-full of worm–are eating the bait big time. Where are their cries to Obama’s speech, a speech that did not have any substance but yet is being hailed by them as a “turning point” in American policy? Where are their cries to Obama as he describes Netanyahu’s speech as “an important step forward” just because it had one sentence in this whispering of a Palestinian state for the Palestinian Authority, the only thing which sounded good to Obama’s ears. Remember what the Godfathers of the “clean break” document said in “formulating language familiar to the Americans?” If Netanyahu’s speech was “a step forward”, what would Obama call Netanyahu’s comments about the refugees, Jerusalem and the Right of Return? A declaration of War on the World? A “Clean Break” not just from the U.S. but from the World?

Well, why not, they have the “balance of power” and they are using it.

On the other hand, the Arabs have a power they don’t know how to balance. But Netanyahu did say that he wants peace with his Palestinian and Arab neighbors. He said he will go to Riyadh and Damascus and any Arab capital for the “cause” of peace.

The agony in this whole thing, that neither Palestinians, nor the Arabs have any plans. Not now, and not for the future. The Arabs put out a peace resolution, calling it the Arab Peace Plan back in 2002 in Beirut, rejected by Israel (of course) before their planes left Lebanon and it still on the table. Every once in a while an Arab leader threatens to remove it off the dusty table if Israel doesn’t pick it up.

Remove it please, what are you going to do after you remove it?

Well, you do have some options: the first of which is an Arab “Clean Break”. Arabs deal with Israel based on Arab and Muslim cultural values of “keeping your agreements” even the ones you make with your enemies. The problem is Israel deals with a completely different sets of values, i.e. say  everything, but do nothing. We will start seeing what will  seemingly look  like a conflict between Washington and Tel-Aviv that some Arabs might think its real and run towards Uncle Sam with much love and much petro-dollars. In the mean time Israel is accomplishing the status of a superpower next to the U.S. not in its shadow. As usual the Arab countries and many of the organizations that advocate Palestinian and Arab issues, especially in the U.S. will be used in this debut. The Arabs must plan their own ” Clean Break” to compete with Israel’s new status. Now you might understand what Iran, and Turkey are doing, jockeying for positions in the New Middle East. The Arab countries have no choice but to break away from the influence of the U.S. and draw their own plan to compete with Israel’s, Iran’s and Turkey.

June 17, 2009

Hesham Tillawi, PhD International Relations is a Palestinian American writer, Political Analyst and a TV and Radio Talk Show Host. His program Current issues with Hesham Tillawi can be viewed Live every Thursday evening at 8:00 PM Central Standard Time on Cox Cable system Channel 15 in Louisiana, Nationwide on Bridges TV, and Worldwide on Amazonas Satellite, as well as Live on the Internet at http://www.currentissues.tv and can be contacted at tillawi@currentissues.tv Interviews then archived for on demand viewing at www.currentissues.tv Radio show broadcast on RBN www.republicbroadcasting.org every Saturday at 4-6 PM Central Time.

“Israel must halt West Bank settlement activity…” –President Obama on May 28, 2009 after meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

“I want you to know that today I’ll be speaking from my heart, and as a true friend of Israel. And I know that when I visit with AIPAC, I am among friends. Good friends. Friends who share my strong commitment to make sure the bond between the United States and Israel is unbreakable today, tomorrow and forever.” Obama June 4, 2008 during his speech to AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee)

On June 4, 2009 President Obama spoke to the Arab and Muslim “worlds”. On the surface at least, Obama’s speech marked a turning point in the American Administration speech on the Middle East in the last 60 years. Predictably, his even-handed-with-the-Muslims-speech was received in all the typical ways. Political operative Dick Morris characterized it as America “turning her back on Israel” while Rep Gary Ackerman (D-NY) said in reference to the settlements issue that “I don’t think anybody wants to dictate to an ally what they have to do in their own national security interests.”

We are not witnessing the AIPAC controlled Congress waging the kind of war, which those of us who are familiar with AIPAC’s capabilities expect. Very strange indeed.

From the beginning of this conflict in the Middle East, Palestinians and many others around the world have accused America of being one-sided when it came to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This speech (for the first time) however sounded as if America actually wants to be “fair and balanced” as one infamous pro-Zionist news network likes to call itself. It is obvious–considering some of what Obama said–why many in Israel have their collective underwear in a knot. Rather than the typical “let‘s blame Israel‘s enemies for all the unrest in the Middle East“ the new president stressed that tried-and-true truism that it “takes two to tango” when he said–

“But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.”

During the recent Israeli war on Gaza where over 1300 Palestinians (more than half of whom were women and children) were butchered and Gaza destroyed beyond repair, Obama did not say a word publicly or privately in criticizing the Jewish state and not even when the rest of the world was. He even went further than just remaining silent on the issue by sending a letter to Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States representative to the UN with the message that “The Security Council should clearly and unequivocally condemn the rocket attacks against Israel.… If it cannot…I urge you to ensure that it does not speak at all.” He also added that he understood why Israel was forced to close border crossings to Gaza where over one and a half million people were left to die of hunger and lack of medicine.

We remember the barrage of attacks Obama endured back in March of 2008 while on the campaign trail in Iowa where he had a “slip of the tongue” moment, expressing compassion for the plight of the Palestinians when he said “Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people.” As a result, Obama spent the next nine months of his campaign proving his love and commitment to Israel and the Jewish people. So what happened? Why is Obama now “turning his back” on Israel?

Those who reject the idea he is doing just that should take stock of the fact that within the Zionist community worldwide bells are ringing, whistles are blowing, and in general a hurricane of screaming and hollering is being heard ‘round the world about Obama’s “anti-Semitism”, his being a “secret Muslim”, a “Jew hater”, a ” friend of the Palestinians” and of course “anti-Israel”, as well as all the others that cannot be listed here for reasons of decorum.

Those who understand the American political system know that someone with those kind of credentials should not dream of being elected even to a neighborhood association, much less the highest office in the world. Obama was scrutinized by every Jew on the planet but yet he became the president of the USA. Confused and boggled? Its ok stick around it gets better. So how could Obama in his first term, and not in his second term and early on make the kind of speech he made to the Muslim world?

As all persons know too well by now, the Jewish people throughout history have been systematically rejected and thrown out of virtually every country in which they lived. In 1290 they were expelled from England, 1392 from France, 1492 from Spain- same year Columbus went out looking for India, and 1497 from Portugal, and the list goes on and on. The latest such experience was in the 30’s and early 40’s of the last century during the Nazi’s rein on power. The reasons cited by Hitler himself were Jewish control of money, media, and political power within Germany.

The recent Israeli-engineered/executed massacres in Lebanon and Gaza coupled with the popularity of the Internet have (finally after 6 decades) exposed Israel for what her victims have always known her to be–a murderous state with no concern for human life or the rules of law. As a result, many people around the world are now rethinking their support for the great experiment in Jewish self rule in the Middle East and the Jews in general. The latest of such evidence is the defeat of the ADL at the University of California at Santa Barbara against Professor William I. Robinson. Added to that is the world financial collapse that many squarely blame on Jewish control over money and banking. The war on Iraq for Israel (combined with the above mentioned factors) have many Jewish writers and leaders around the world (and particularly in the US) sounding sirens of warning or maybe the sound of Shofar- the Jewish Horn-in the interest of stopping the course of history from repeating itself by going against their perceived sense of “Manifest Destiny” even if only temporary.

In other words Jews in the US and around the world have realized the “existential threat” Israel poses to worldwide Jewry as a result of its behavior. Powerful Jewish interests on the left and the Right know what “the Lobby” in Washington is doing must be stopped at least temporarily until they can regroup and the world fall back asleep. More and more people in the USA are learning from the likes of Mearsheimer and Walt rather than from Fox and CNN, and those leaders know it is only a matter of time before the masses in the US start (rightly or wrongly) to better understand the realities of how their political and economic systems truly function and turn against Jewish interests in the USA. The Jewish people–as smart as they are–are trying now to change the course of history by accepting the fact that the dream of greater Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates must be abandoned–for the moment.

Unfortunately for the world that is not how the leadership in Israel feels. Far-right extremists in Israel now rule the country and believe they are obligated to “redeem the land” in order to redeem themselves even if it means killing every Palestinian and destroying every non-Jewish Holy Site. The charge that such assertions are mere anti-Semitic conspiracy theories no longer holds water, as Jews–both religious and irreligious–are “feeling the power” as it were and letting the cat out of the bag as to what their idea of “redeeming the land” really means. Case in point are the comments of one Rabbi Manis Friedman–fellow traveler of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman– who recently responded to the question “How should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors” by saying–

“I don’t believe in western morality, i.e. don’t kill civilians or children, don’t destroy holy sites, don’t fight during holiday seasons, don’t bomb cemeteries, don’t shoot until they shoot first because it is immoral. The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle).The first Israeli prime minister who declares that he will follow the Old Testament will finally bring peace to the Middle East. …”

Needless to say, going public with such statements in this modern informational age, where sound bites can travel the globe in a matter of seconds does not bode well for a nation trying to depict itself as a ‘light among nations’ and the only democracy in the Middle East. Obviously then, there are some within the Jewish community made very nervous by such statements and have come to realize that the Jewish state has actually become detrimental to Jewish survival in the world.

In short, the real fight we see taking place here is not one of principals as much as it is one of the preferred tactics and timing.

Some in the Jewish community believe Israel is putting the whole Jewish people in danger with its policies towards the Palestinians and it must be stopped. Despite the racist, bigoted, violent statements being leveled against him by Israelis and Jews the world over, the fact nevertheless is that Obama is “God’s messenger” sent to the Jewish people, a modern-day messiah or the “second coming of Moses” if you will. The Jews must leave this track of destruction which will lead them to the same end they have experienced in centuries past–isolation and expulsion. They must come out and be free from the grip of their perennially-mad leaders whose only real goal–apart of waging war against non-Jews–is devising new schemes for bringing persecution and oppression on their own. Obama must lead them through and out of this “Red River”.

By settling the Palestinian Israeli issue under the two states solution Israel is contained and transformed into a manageable beast. In other words what Obama is doing falls squarely within the interest of Israel in particular and the Jewish people in general. Make no mistake about it, Obama will not “bravely and couragesly” go against the Jewish community in the United States which happens to field an arsenal of WMD’s that includes but not limited to AIPAC, ADL,JDL, and JINSA. These organizations understand that it is only a matter of time before the story of the Holocaust, which was a major stepping stone in the creation of Israel is exposed, and in turn leads to the loss of its legitimacy in the eyes of the World. A huge embarrassment to all Jews and western governments in the World. Now you understand why Israel and the Jewish community would fight tooth and nail to protect the sanctity of their Holocaust narrative, a war that they themselves know it will come to an end not in their behalf.

You did not truly believe that America’s banking system could fall overnight did you? But it did. Is the economic and banking collapse in the US part of this Jewish in-fight? We may have to wait few decades before we will find out.

Of course don’t forget also that the Arab and the Muslim worlds are the only salvation left in the world for America’s economic recovery. The Chinese, Japanese, Europeans, and the Russians don’t want to buy America’s Treasury Bills-which is how America issues money- anymore because they don’t believe they will ever get their money back. In the cold reality of the business world, the only remaining people susceptible to American arm-twisting is the Arab world. Therefore, catering to the Arabs will not only put pressure on Israel, but will also bring in economic benefits to an economically-beleaguered USA. The only bad thing is, economic help from Arab countries will come much faster than any thing Israel might relinquish under pressure.

Hesham Tillawi, PhD International Relations is a Palestinian American writer, Political Analyst and a TV and Radio Talk Show Host. His program Current issues with Hesham Tillawi can be viewed Live every Thursday evening at 8:00 PM Central Standard Time on Cox Cable system Channel 15 in Louisiana, Nationwide on Bridges TV, and Worldwide on Amazonas Satellite, as well as Live on the Internet at http://www.currentissues.tv and can be contacted at tillawi@currentissues.tv Interviews then archived for on demand viewing at www.currentissues.tv Radio show broadcast on RBN www.republicbroadcasting.org every Saturday at 4-6 PM Central Time.

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Indeed, it appears that–at least in certain sectors–persons of power and influence have had their fill of Israel’s murderous, genocidal behavior in the Middle East and are now speaking out against it, and loudly.

One such VIP is George Galloway, member of Great Britain’s Parliament and outspoken opponent of the incalculably-high number of outrages committed by the Jewish state since its inception in 1948.

In a recent interview with Dr. Hesham Tillawi on his weekly television program Current Issues, MP Galloway had some interesting (to say the least) comments concerning the latest holocaust in Gaza and what it means for the future. Having just taken part in the massive delivery of much-needed humanitarian goods to war-devastated area following the 22 day attack by Israel that left close to 8,000 either dead or wounded, Galloway’s message to Tillawi was quite clear–“Palestine is the key…It’s the heart of the matter, and unless it is resolved there will be no peace in the Middle East, and if there’s no peace in the Middle East there’ll be no peace in the world.” He went on to say that “the madness of terrorism and violence is spreading everywhere“ as a result of the “injustice that’s been done, not only in Palestine but also to other Muslim countries” as well as the “double standard” taken by the US and Great Britain with regards to “the law-breaking of Israel and its continued aggression and occupation“ of the Palestinian people.

Probably the most interesting and somewhat controversial of his statements however was when asked by Tillawi whether or not he was “taking sides” in the Palestinian internal conflict, Galloway’s response was as follows–“I am for success of the unity talks. I don’t mind telling you I am not a supporter of Hamas and never have been. I spent the best years of my life literally sitting by the side of the late and great President Arafat. If I had to vote for (Palestinian) president it would be for Marwan Barghouti (Fatah leader) banged up in an Israeli jail.”

When asked by Dr. Tillawi about his recent trip to Gaza and whether he was shocked at the destruction, Galloway’s answer was as follows–

“I was. I thought I was prepared for what I would see, as I’ve been active on the Palestinian scene for the last 35 years. I’ve seen many massacres. I’ve walked through the ruins of Sabra and Shatilla and Jenin. I was in Lebanon just 2 years ago after the bombardment of both southern Lebanon and the Dahyeh suburbs of Beirut, but Gaza was worse than all of those, and compounded by the siege, which means not a break can be fixed, not a window can be repaired and reconstruction cannot begin because of the siege and people are literally hungry because of it.”

When asked by his host if there was any benefit or likelihood of legislation being passed in the parliament rescinding the Balfour Declaration–truly the spark that has led to all the destruction and devastation in the last century, Galloway was pragmatic about it, saying it would only have “symbolic meaning” but that in any case “it couldn’t be done” as he was only “one man”, saying nevertheless it was the fact that it was the British and their “colonial past” responsible for the Palestinian tragedy“ that has caused him to dedicate himself to the cause of their suffering. He added that “There’s no way to roll back the video tape to 1917 and erase all that has happened since then. What we must do now is to live up to our historic responsibilities and atone for our original sin, and that’s where I spend a lot of time pressing the British government to do.”

When asked about the irony surrounding the decision by the Canadian government to refuse him entry (the result of pressure brought to bear by the Jewish Defense League, a group characterized by the US Government as a terrorist organization) following his delivery of food and medicine to the beleaguered people of Gaza, while on the very same day George Bush–personally responsible for killing over a million people with hundreds of tanks, bombs and missiles he delivered to Iraq–was given the red carpet treatment Galloway’s response was ”I really don’t know why the Canadian government seems determined to undo the good reputation of Canada, which was high in the world up until a few years ago. It was seen as the kindler, gentler country in North America. It was seen as a country that believed in peace rather than war and in peacekeeping rather than invasion, and yet over the last few years we’ve seen a reversal of that to where the Canadian government is now more royal than the king and more catholic than the pope and more so-called “anti-terrorist” than the United States, Patriot Act and all.”

Galloway concluded the interview saying “I am a supporter of the Palestinian people and their right to resist and the right to choose their own leaders. The reason Gaza is under siege is because they voted for a government that Britain, America and Israel don’t like. I don’t believe you can or should try to choose the representatives of other people. You have to accept the representatives they choose, and they chose a Hamas-led government. Nevertheless I hope a unity government can come about again, and soon, because this division amongst the Palestinians is disastrous for them and for those of us trying to help them from the outside.”

Current Issues, hosted by Palestinian American Hesham Tillawi PhD airs every Thursday evening at 9 pm eastern time. The program can be accessed at www.currentissues.tv. The video link of the archived interview with Hesham Tillawi and MP George Galloway can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1yOReONZ2U&feature=channel_page

 (c) 2009 Mark Glenn

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