Zionist Conspiracy

1. Anti-Semites? Who, Us? Us?

By Steven Plaut
Say what? Anti-Semites? Who, us anti-Zionists? Us?
We have nothing against Jews as such. We just hate Zionism and Zionists.
We think Israel does not have a right to exist. But that does not mean we
have anything against Jews as such. Heavens to Mergatroyd. Marx Forbid. We
are humanists. Progressives. Peace lovers.

Anti-Semitism is the hatred of Jews. Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism
and Israeli policies. The two have nothing to do with one another. Venus
and Mars. Night and day.
Trust us.

Sure, we think the only country on the earth that must be annihilated is
Israel. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

Sure, we think that the only children on earth whose being blown up is
okay if it serves a good cause are Jewish children. But that does not mean
we have anything against Jews as such.

Sure, we think that if Palestinians have legitimate grievances this
entitles them to mass murder Jews. But that does not mean we have anything
against Jews as such.

Naturally, we think that the only people on earth who should never be
allowed to exercise the right of self-defense are the Jews. Jews should
only resolve the aggression against them through capitulation, never
through self-defense. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews
as such.

We only denounce racist apartheid in the one country in the Middle East
that is not a racist apartheid country. But that does not mean we have
anything against Jews as such.

We refuse to acknowledge the Jews as a people, and think they are only a
religion. We do not have an answer as to how people who do not practice
the Jewish religion can still be regarded as Jews. But that does not mean
we have anything against Jews as such.

We think that all peoples have the right to self-determination, except
Jews, and including even the make-pretend Palestinian "people". But that
does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We hate it when people blame the victim, except of course when people
blame the Jews for the jihads and terrorist campaigns against them. But
that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We think the only country in the Middle East that is a fascist
anti-democratic one is the one that has free elections. But that does not
mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We demand that the only country in the Middle East with free speech, free
press, or free courts be destroyed in the name of democracy. But that does
not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We oppose military aggression, except when it is directed against Israel.
But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We really understand suicide bombers who murder bus loads of Jewish
children and we insist that their demands be met in full. But that does
not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We think the only conflict on earth that must be solved through
dismembering one of the parties to that conflict is the one involving
Israel. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We do not think that Jews have any human rights that need to be respected,
and especially not the right to ride a bus or sit in a caf. without being
murdered. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

There exist Jewish, leftist anti-Zionists and we consider this proof that
anti-Zionists could not possibly be anti-Semitic; not even the ones who
cheer when Jews are mass murdered. These leftist anti-Zionists and the
Neturei Karta are the only Jews we think need be acknowledged or
respected. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We do not think murder proves how righteous and just the cause of the
murderer is, except when it comes to murderers of Jews. But that does not
mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We do not think the Jews are entitled to their own state and must submit
to being a minority in a Rwanda-style "bi-national state," although no
other state on earth, including the 22 Arab countries, should be similarly
expected to be deprived of sovereignty. But that does not mean we have
anything against Jews as such.

We think that Israel's having a Jewish majority and a six-point star on
its flag makes it a racist apartheid state. We do not think any other
country having an ethnic-religious majority or having crosses or crescents
or "Allah Akbar" on its flag is racist or needs dismemberment. But that
does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We only condemn the "mistreatment" of women in the country of the Middle
East in which they are not mistreated. But that does not mean we have
anything against Jews as such.

We only condemn the "mistreatment" of minorities in the country in the
Middle East in which minorities are not brutally suppressed and mass
murdered. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We demand equal citizen rights, which is why the only country in the
Middle East in need of extermination is the only one in which such rights
exist. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

We have no trouble with the fact that there is no freedom of religion in
any Arab countries. But we are mad as hell at Israel for violating
religious freedom, and never mind that we are never quite sure where or
when it does so. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as
such.

So how can you possibly say we are anti-Semites? We are simply
anti-Zionists. We seek peace and justice, that's all. And surely that does
not mean we have anything against Jews as such.

2. Tobin tells off the "Obama Jews"
http://www.forward.com/articles/14664/

3. Olmert's thugs:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3634515,00.html

4.. 'Islamophobia' or 'Truthophobia'?
Berlin's anti-Semitism center is going astray.
By MATTHIAS K.NTZEL |
At a time when Jew haters in the Islamic world have become more assertive
than ever, Berlin's Center for Research on Anti-Semitism is concentrating
on a different group: the "new enemies of Islam."
Barbara Kelley
Who exactly belongs to this category is not clear from the center's latest
publication, the "Yearbook for Research on Anti-Semitism." But the
potential danger is supposedly known: "The fury of the new enemies of
Islam is similar to the older rage of anti-Semites against the Jews,"
writes Prof. Wolfgang Benz, the institute's director. The center will
present its new findings today at a conference in Berlin titled "Concepts
of the Muslim Enemy -- Concepts of the Jewish Enemy."
It is certainly necessary to oppose the demonization of Muslims and
discrimination against them, which often have racist motivations. The
Berlin center, whose research covers prejudices in general, is right to
address this issue. The problem lies in the way it is being done.
The Berlin center adopts the neologism "Islamophobia" without any
reservation. This term is misleading because it mixes two different
phenomena -- unjust hatred against Muslims and necessary criticism of
political Islam -- and condemns both equally.
By accepting this vocabulary, the Berlin center reinforces an unfortunate
trend. In May 2005, the Council of Europe -- at the urging of Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- used the term for the first time,
condemning "all forms of intolerance . . . including anti-Semitism and
Islamophobia."
Yet this statement did not go far enough for the Muslim Council of
Britain. "The fact is that Islamophobia has replaced anti-Semitism,"
explained Abduljalil Sajid, an imam and leading member of the Muslim
Council, a month later at a conference of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe in Cordoba, Spain. He described as Islamophobic
such statements as "Long live Israel!" and "Muslim fundamentalism is
dangerous." Meanwhile, various documents by the Organization of the
Islamic Conference and the United Nations have condemned Islamophobia as
today's most important and worst form of prejudice.
The Center for Research on Anti-Semitism does not go this far. It is,
though, surprising how naturally this institution of all places puts
anti-Muslim sentiments and anti-Semitism in the same category. While both
forms of prejudice should be fought, the differences between the "concept
of the Muslim enemy" and the "concept of the Jewish enemy" are evident.
First, while racism usually makes people "small" in order to enslave,
exploit or expel them, anti-Semitism makes the Jews delusionally "big."
The most important characteristic of anti-Semitism is a conspiracy theory
that holds the Jews responsible for both capitalism and communism, for
AIDS, revolutions and financial crises -- in short, for every
"inexplicable" catastrophe of modernity.
The concept of "redemptive anti-Semitism," coined by Holocaust scholar
Saul Friedl.nder, describes this phenomenon: If one assumes the Jews are
responsible for all the world's misery, only their extermination can
"redeem" the world. This paradigm of Jew hatred does not apply to racism.
Muslims are not accused of pulling the strings behind all revolutions and
wars.
Second, while we must reject any general suspicion of Muslims, it is
impossible to ignore the fact that reservations about Muslims are based on
real mass murder committed by some Muslims in the name of Islam. Events
such as 9/11 or the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh have no
counterpart in Jewish tradition.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is often used to explain Muslim hatred of
Jews. But Israel's policies are not causing anti-Semitism. Rather, the way
those policies are distorted and demonized in the Muslim world, and
increasingly in Europe, is a new expression of this old hatred.
Third, one need not play down the extent of discrimination against Muslims
in Europe to recognize that the effects of the "concept of the Muslim
enemy" and the "concept of the Jewish enemy" are qualitatively different.
No one wants to erase a Muslim country from the map the way some people
threaten to do with the Jewish state. Islamic centers and houses of prayer
need no permanent police protection in Europe, unlike Jewish sites. No
satellite stations call for the extermination of Muslims, whereas
Hezbollah and Hamas TV, for example, broadcast via Arab satellites into
European living rooms, regularly call for the destruction of the Jews --
even on children's programs.
In taking up the fashionable vocabulary of Islamophobia and equating
hostility to Muslims with hostility to Jews, the center also risks
undermining the most important current task in dealing with anti-Semitism:
studying and fighting hostility to Jews in the Islamic world, where
anti-Semitism has reached an unprecedented level.
For example, one of the authors in the latest Yearbook, Jochen M.ller,
proposes a "revision of politics and history teaching" in German schools.
Because the Holocaust has no "central meaning for migrants from the
Arabic-Muslim world," one should consider whether "the colonial period and
its consequences" would not be a better subject for "appropriate
'Holocaust education'" among Muslim students in Germany. This is a
remarkable idea given the degree of Holocaust denial among many young
Muslims.
Another article in the Yearbook, "Hostility to Islam on the World Wide
Web," goes even further. Instead of criticizing anti-Semitism among
Muslims, the author criticizes those who accuse Muslims of anti-Semitism.
That's because such accusations provide "an apparently rationally based
argument for rejecting an entire collective," writes Yasemin Shooman, a
staff member at the center. Here, attempts to fight "hostility to Islam"
threaten to turn into tolerance of anti-Semitic attitudes.
While the Berlin center concentrates on world-wide "anti-Islamic
resentments," its Yearbook says not a word about the anti-Semitism of the
Iranian mullahs. Thus, it hardly does justice to the demands for
contemporary research on anti-Semitism. Never before has the elimination
of the Jewish state been so loudly propagated. Never before has an
influential power made Holocaust denial the center of its foreign policy,
as Iran has today. Never before has a U.N. forum been misused for an
anti-Semitic speech, as it was on Sept. 23 by Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticized
the speech as "blatantly anti-Semitic."
The Center for Research on Anti-Semitism, whose reports influence the work
of the Bundestag, the federal government and the international community,
should be expected to make anti-Semitism in the Middle East a focus of its
work.
It is right that the past obligates us to combat all racism. But the
experience of the Holocaust contains a second lesson: It obligates us to
combat the temptation of "truthophobia" -- fear of the truth -- and to
take literally the proclamations of anti-Semites, however crazy they may
sound.
Mr. K.ntzel is author of "Jihad and Jew Hatred" (Telos Press, 2007).
Belinda Cooper translated this essay from the German.

5. Leibler on thuggery:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702464902&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

6. Rabbi Woodstock, the pseudo-rabbi Arthur Waskow, shilling for
Islamofascist CAIR:
(U.S.) Radical Rabbi Arthur Waskow calls for Obama to praise
Islamic Society of North America, CAIR, and the Muslim Public Affairs
Council
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503402.html
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/arthur_waskow/2008/12/obama_act_now_to_heal_religiou.html
--- Radical Arthur Waskow has history of celebrating radicals, including
black supremacist Black Panther group
http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=835
--- Black Panther supremacist group listed on SPLC's Hate Group listing
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3

7.
A Day of Reckoning for Indian Jewish Detective

Larry Cohler-Esses, Forward 4/12/08

In the midst of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Samson Talkar did something
he had never done before on Shabbat: He packed a pistol before leaving for
synagogue.

Talkar, a retired chief of homicides with the Mumbai police, was not
frightened. But as last week's terrorist siege on his city entered its
third day, the unflappable pensioner considered the situation in which his
congregation would be meeting to pray.

"This was the first time anything like this had happened in Bombay," he
explained in a phone interview with the Forward. "So I took my personal
revolver with me. If they attack, I told my wife, at least two bullets
must come from my revolver."

The 72-year-old Talkar is a member of India's B'nai Israel Jewish
community, which is thought to be descended from Jews who came to the
subcontinent from the Holy Land some 2,000 years ago. Talkar's place in
Mumbai society, as an assistant police commissioner, is a reflection of
the integrated role that India's estimated 5,000 Jews have achieved in the
country.

"They have held high positions in the army and the civil service. And they
have always been very proud of their heritage," said Judy Amit, chief
operating officer of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and
a former country director in India for the organization. "They are very
well integrated into the society."

India's Jewish communities, which have historically been centered in the
cities of Mumbai, Calcutta and Cochin, were estimated to have 40,000
members in 1948. Since then, most have moved to Israel, some to the United
States. Those still in India remain ensconced among the country's
countless castes, cults, sects and religions. It is a country in which
they have never experienced persecution as Jews.

Against this background, the decision of the terrorist band to include
Mumbai's Chabad center among its targets came as an unprecedented shock.

Unlike in Europe, where many synagogues hold services under heavy
security, none of Mumbai's nine synagogues have received police
protection. Many are located in Muslim neighborhoods.

That may change now. According to Talkar, the police in recent days have
begun to provide the synagogues protection.

The Chabad house, an outreach center targeting the many young Israelis and
other Western Jews who pass through Mumbai, had little to do with these
indigenous communities. But its director, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg.one of
six Jews murdered at the site.was a known figure.

"I used to go to him when I had difficulty on a sermon," recalled Talkar,
who acts as a lay spiritual leader at his synagogue, Shaare Rason. "But I
found I didn't agree with some of his views. They were very Orthodox. But
he was a good man. This was an unfortunate incident."

In Talkar's personal view.not based, he stressed, on any inside
information.the terrorists' decision to hit Chabad rather than the
indigenous Indian Jewish community stemmed from their desire to hit
Israelis, who were likely to be found at the center.

Israel, he noted, has been providing India with weapons and high-tech
monitoring equipment to support India's war in Kashmir, the Himalayan
state over which Pakistan and India have fought since 1948.

"It says to the Israelis, stop giving India all this material and making
them stronger," he said.

Holtzberg was not the only victim Talkar has met before. Three of Talkar's
closest friends were among the 14 Mumbai police officers killed in the
battles.

Talkar, who received the Presidential Medal for Gallantry when he was
injured while saving two of his colleagues, is unabashed in his grief.

"Every death is a bad thing," he said. "But I feel the death of my
colleagues more deeply."

8. The Academy and the Palestinian Refugees
by Asaf Romirowsky
inFocus
Winter 2008
http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/article/462

9. Jihadi racism:
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=7D45CB5E-A824-4E05-8C76-9491DC8BEF18

10. Ehud gets tough with some terrorists:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128725

11. Wanna know where the worst anti-Semites on the planet spew their
hatred? Go to http://isracampus.org.il/ALEF%20Watch.htm