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All ‘Jews’ today are the Khazars converts and Edomites some call them the Khazarian Mafia KM hellbent on a World Government as was the ruling Jewish class in the times of Jesus Herod was an Edomite after Esau Malachi 1: 3 Romans 9:13 not Jacob Israel These Jew Fraudsters believe themelves to be Israelites Hebrews or from the royal tribe of Judah claim the Bible Consignor gives themselves mandate to rule the whole world Psalm 2: 6-9 Psalm 2: 10-11 Deuteronomy 20: 10-14 Deuteronomy 20 : 12-17 Isaiah 60: 5 60: 10-11 60:12 60: 14-16 Psalm 2: 8 and a Judahite or descendent of the Tribe of Judah most of the apostles were Israelites only one of them was Jewish Judas The first time Jews are Mentioned in the Bible is in II Kings 16: 6105: 44 111: 6 Jesus was a Galilean or resident of Galilee Matthew 26:69 John 7:41 and then only in translations revised in the eighteenth century where we find Israel was at war with the Jews and drave the Jews from elathane The ‘Jews’ in ‘Jesus’ time were Edomites/Turkic Edom or Edomite had BEEN translated by Greek and Latin into Ioudaios and Iudaeus meaning a Judean or person living in Judea The original King James version of the Bible 1611 translated IDUMAEANS-Judean into Iewes The first Jews were Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Israel shut down on Tuesday evening for Yom Kippur the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar All flights in and out of Ben Gurion airport ceased at 1:35 pm The airport will reopen Wednesday night with arrivals starting at 9:30 pm while departures will resume at 11:30 pm Border crossings also shut just after noon and will reopen at 1000 pm Wednesday As sundown approached all local radio and television broadcasts gradually fell silent Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Public transport also halted with buses and trains stopping their routes until after the fast day Only two trains will run Wednesday night one from Naharia to Ben Gurion airport and another from Beersheba to Tel Aviv The rest will resume Thursday morning Roads were expected to largely clear of cars by early evening as is the national tradition — to be replaced with multitudes of people on bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles Driving during the Jewish Day of Atonement is considered taboo and many secular Israelis have turned the day into a biking holiday taking advantage of the car-free roads For religious and traditional Jews the 25-hour period of fasting and praying was set to begin at 5:40 pm in Jerusalem and 5:55 pm in Tel Aviv It will end on Wednesday at 6:51 pm and 6:53 pm respectively A recent poll found that this year some 60 of Jewish Israelis plan on fasting on Yom Kippur holiday this year but only 23 of those surveyed said that they would attend all the day’s lengthy synagogue services Security and rescue services however remain on high alert For the Magen David Adom Rescue service Yom Kippur is one of the busiest days of the year with hundreds of extra medics paramedics ambulances and volunteers deployed across the country Most injuries over Yom Kippur come from accidents on the roads as tens of thousands of children and teens take advantage of the deserted streets to ride their bicycles Other common Yom Kippur injuries are caused by parents leaving children unattended outside synagogues and of course dehydration and complications from fasting Hospitals were working with limited emergency medical crews only Weather was forecast to be warmer than usual and sunny Wednesday with a high of 29°C 84°F forecast for Jerusalem and Tel Aviv increasing the chances for dehydration for people fasting The Israeli army implemented a closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Monday night — preventing any but humanitarian cases entering Israeli territory — as is routine policy during holidays which are considered a particularly sensitive time In Jerusalem police were on high alert in the area of the Old City to prevent friction as many thousands of Jewish worshipers flock to the Western Wall for prayers On Monday night tens of thousands took part in penitential prayers at the Wall Source Article from Related Posts City Shuts Downs Preschoolers’ Farm Stand Citing Zoning Violations It’s like something out of The Onion: city manager shuts down preschool farm stand out Extinction Rebellion Shuts Down Manchester Extinction Rebellion Shuts Down Manchester Above Photo: Extinction Rebellion demonstrators have brought Deansgate to a Gvt Shuts Down US Bio Warfare Lab Warns Killer Bugs Could Escape Through Wastewater by Tracey Watson With its long and devastating history the Ebola virus is truly terrifying CDC Shuts Down Military Lab Studying Ebola Plague etc Amid Fears of GETTING OUT Through Wastewater By Daisy Luther We may not have to wait for a traveler Protest Shuts Down Highway Marches Through Eagan’s High-End Outlet Mall Protest Shuts Down Highway Marches Through Eagan’s High-End Outlet Mall Above Photo: From Unicornriotninja Eagan Hits: 9 Ahead of Yom Kippur Rivlin brings message of forgiveness to ex-convicts October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ President Reuven Rivlin visited half way houses this week ahead of the Yom Kippur holiday to meet with recently released prisoners including one to whom he granted clemency earlier this year A statement from his office said Rivlin made the visits “as part of the month of forgiveness and repentance that leads up to Yom Kippur” the Jewish Day of Atonement At the halfway house for women Rivlin met with Dalal Daud a woman who served 18 years of a life sentence for killing her abusive husband before being released on a presidential pardon Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up “We must make sure that women are listened to before they are judged If I had found someone to listen to me just one person someone to help me I would not have gone through everything that I have Prison does not rehabilitate people who have suffered violence Real rehabilitation happens here” she told the president Rivlin commuted Daoud’s life term in 2017 but the parole board refused to release her until June of this year Anti-domestic violence activists had long lobbied for Daoud’s release saying she was the victim of physical and mental abuse by her husband and was given little to no support by welfare authorities Daoud has been living at the halfway house since her release four months ago and during Monday’s visit told Rivlin of her efforts to re-enter the workforce and transition to independent living She also told Rivlin of the deep impression his late wife Nechama left on her when she visited the Neve Tirza women’s prison When Nechama Rivlin was hospitalized Daoud said she sent her a letter thanking her for the “warmth and understanding” she had shown on every visit to the prison Nehama Rivlin died in June at the age of 73 after relapsing following a lung transplant in March Rivlin spoke to the women about the importance of forgiveness and rehabilitation for criminal offenders “After the month of Selichot – penitential prayers – and during the ten days of repentance this is the time for forgiveness: to request it and to grant it as individuals and as a society” Rivlin told the women “Forgiveness cannot turn back the clock but it can soften the hardest hearts and bring down barriers between people” he said Rivlin later visited a halfway house and day center for young people recently released from prison The center provides job training and educational courses for 1000 or so juvenile offenders who are released from detention centers in Israel each year One of the young men at the center told the president that meeting him several years ago while he was in prison as a teen was so encouraging that it inspired him to change his life “I joined the prison’s theater group and I ended up performing for you at the President’s Residence I still remember how you told me to carry on and to become an actor because I am talented and that gave me strength” the man identified as S said “I have changed I have made progress and I am continuing to do so Today I am a chef in a hotel and already a shift manager and continue to act” As he left Rivlin encouraged the young people to stay enrolled in the center’s programs and continue their efforts to rehabilitate their lives “We are desperate to have you back as full members of society people who contribute living among us after you have left your past behind Don’t give up on yourselves – we are not giving up on you” he said Source Article from Related Posts At Knesset swearing-in Rivlin urges lawmakers to shed politics of division The 22nd Knesset was sworn in Thursday afternoon in an official ceremony in Jerusalem as With ‘paritetic’ proposal Rivlin looks to the past for a power-sharing model Entrusting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the mandate to form the next government President Reuven Can Rivlin magic up a solution to the coalition conundrum It has been 35 years since an Israeli president has faced the kind of political In rare criticism Rivlin implies PM took advantage of country to call new vote President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday suggested that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was guilty of using Rivlin condemns efforts to ‘radicalize’ political discourse ahead of elections President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday warned against efforts to “radicalize” Israeli political discourse in the Hits: 9 We have sinned against Israel’s land water and air: Yom Kippur food for thought October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ On Tuesday night and Wednesday Jews throughout the world are gathering in synagogues for the most solemn day of the year Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement We cry to the Heavens that we have sinned and we beg God for forgiveness In silent prayer we beat our chests and list the multiple misdeeds committed by the Jewish People as a whole So in the spirit of Yom Kippur and in the hope that the coming year will see the environment elevated to the same or even greater level of importance as security and diplomacy here is a selection of sins that we have visited upon the Land of Israel’s ecosystems and the environment that sustains us all We have sinned by weakening the authority of the Environmental Protection Ministry The undermining of its ability to enforce the rules was reflected for example in a damning state comptroller report published in June that said that there had been little to no improvement in the northern industrial city of Haifa’s air quality over the last four years and that residents of Israel’s third-largest city and the surrounding metropolitan area — about 900000 people — were being exposed to carcinogenic pollutants just as much as when a national plan to change this was adopted by the ministry in 2015 The Haifa Bay is home to oil refineries as well as chemical and metals plants Earlier this year a regulations unit in the Prime Minister’s Office indicated that the Environmental Protection Ministry should loosen its regulations on air quality and take economic factors as well as environmental ones into account in its decision-making Around 2500 Israelis are estimated to die from air pollution every year many more than from traffic accidents or terror attacks The post of chief scientist at the ministry has been empty for more than 18 months the Environmental Protection Minister Ze’ev Elkin is only a half-timer He is also responsible for Jerusalem Affairs We have sinned by allowing business to pressure government into delaying environmental legislation and regulation which already lags behind other developed countries In the case of natural gas which is gradually replacing dirtier fuels such as coal we have allowed the Energy Ministry to dominate what goes on in the Mediterranean Sea while the Environmental Protection Ministry plays a distant second fiddle We have relied too heavily on industry predictions for pollution from natural gas Data for 2016 published by the Environmental Protection Ministry in November 2017 showed — four years after commercial production had begun — that the Tamar natural gas rig was emitting materials “known or suspected to be carcinogenic” in quantities that equaled the total of such emissions from 570 large industrial plants across the country including the Haifa oil refineries According to Amy Rosenstein a risk assessment and toxicology consultant Tamar’s non-methane VOC emissions a variety of chemically different compounds such as highly carcinogenic benzene were 30 times higher than Noble Energy — the Texas-based company which is developing and operating the field — had originally predicted in the environmental impact assessment it had been required to carry out before commencing production While the Tamar processing platform is located 23 kilometers 14 miles off the coast close to the southern city of Ashkelon the new Leviathan platform due to start production next year has been built just 97 kilometers 6 miles from the popular Dor Beach north of Caesarea Fearing that Leviathan will harm environmental and public health citizens groups local authorities environmental groups and a clutch of academics are fighting an 11th-hour campaign to have the platform moved much further out to sea We have sinned by investing way less money than other developed nations in public transportation Some 70 percent of Israelis get about in their own cars spending hours in traffic jams and looking for parking places We have sinned by doing too little to encourage people to buy electric cars True in recent years the purchase tax on the much more expensive to buy electric and hybrid cars was held at just 10 compared with 83 for a fuel-driven car But earlier this year faced with a burgeoning government deficit the tax authority announced that from 2020 the electric car purchase tax will rise to 30 We have sinned by paying too little attention to renewable energy In a country blessed with sunshine just 35 of energy was being renewably produced by the end of last year the bulk by solar panels By December of this year that figure is expected to rise to only 5 The prospect of the government reaching its declared goal of generating 10 percent of electricity from renewables by 2020 and 17 by 2030 looks increasingly remote We have sinned through our almost total dependence on desalination to guarantee our drinking water into the future Desalination plants are vulnerable to military and cyber attack and must shut down if there is an oil or gas spill in the sea to protect their industrial membranes We continue to allow industry to pollute our groundwater and we don’t make it pay to clean up Groundwater should provide the backup for drinking water in cases where desalination fails We have sinned by only recycling less than 20 of our growing garbage footprint which puts us near the bottom of the OECD group of developed nations Holland for example recycles 58 of its trash Israel produces around 54 million tons of refuse every year which translates into 17 kilograms 375 pounds per person per day Fourth-fifths of this is sent to the southern Negev desert to be buried Leaks of toxins from buried trash pollute soil and underground water We have sinned in our ignorant use of disposable plastic the third-largest element of the trash we produce after organic material and paper/cardboard Israel is the second largest user per capita of disposable plastic in the world It is not uncommon for a dinner host to use plastic cutlery crockery and a plastic table cloth and to wrap everything up at the end of the meal and toss it into the trash without batting an eyelid We have sinned by limiting recycling deposits on bottles to those of up to 15 liters only While millions of larger bottles end up in bottle-recycling bins millions of others deface our beaches parks and nature reserves We have sinned by allowing all but the largest of supermarkets to continue handing out plastic bags without charge While poorer but apparently more aware countries such as Kenya and Rwanda have totally banned plastic bags Israelis continue to use and dump them with abandon Plastic is so omnipresent in nature today that tiny bits of microplastic are being found in our food and drink even in our feces and in mother’s milk In one Mediterranean study a fifth of fish sampled had plastic refuse in their bodies Think of that next time you order a fish dinner on an Israeli seafront We have sinned by allowing the Dead Sea to continue to recede by around 12 meters four feet every year The Jordan River historically the main source of water for the Dead Sea is diverted for agricultural and other uses by Israel Jordan and Syria all of which have growing populations Of the water the Dead Sea still has large quantities are pumped into evaporation pools by factories on the Israeli and Jordanian sides for the extraction of potash magnesium manganese and bromide Israel Chemicals Ltd has been allowed to pump water out of the Dead Sea without a license and without having to pay a dime for the water it uses while contributing to 20 of the lake’s slow disappearance from planet Earth A recent court judgment will belatedly impose some restrictions on the company The Dead Sea needs an additional 700-800 million cubic meters of water annually just to stay at its current level and more than 1000 million cubic meters to bring it back up to 410 meters 1345 feet below sea level where it was in 1995 Plans for the first stage of a Red Sea to Dead Sea pipeline will not save this iconic body of water Under the scheme as it stands just 235 million cubic meters of seawater mixed with desalination plant brine will be transferred to the Dead Sea each year We have sinned by throwing away around 40 of the delicious fruits and vegetables which the Land of Israel yields to our farmers According to new research by Leket Israel and BDO Ziv Haft Israelis will spend an estimated NIS 75 billion 21 billion on food during the current holiday season of which around NIS 19 billion 538 million worth will go to waste This means that some 234 tons 468000 lbs of food will go to waste all along the supply chain from production to consumption This is equivalent to more than one-fifth of the food that goes to waste annually The answer from our policymakers has not been to educate Israelis to use misshapen cucumbers and lemons dumped before they reach the stores or to use leftovers rather than tossing them into the trash not even the compost It has been to pay supermarkets to wrap fruit and vegetables in disposable plastic We have sinned by allowing the continued and unsupervised use of high levels of chemical pesticides which are banned in Europe We have sinned by our consumption of meat and especially beef which comes mainly from overseas Israel leads the world in per capita consumption of chicken and is in sixth place for per capita consumption of beef according to Greenpeace with Israelis eating more than 81 kilograms just under 180 pounds of beef and chicken per capita per year which is some 40 more than the worldwide average Greenpeace says that industrialized agriculture including livestock rearing for meat is responsible for some 80 of forest destruction worldwide while the burning of forests to clear land for agriculture contributes around 60 of all the gases that create global warming The group has linked beef at Israel’s largest supermarket chain Shufersal to cattle raised on cleared areas of Argentina’s Gran Chaco forest the second-largest forest in South America after the Amazon We have sinned by failing to educate the public about environmental issues and to prepare it to cope with the consequences of climate change with the result that public awareness is pitifully low We have sinned… but it is not too late Not yet — Many of the figures used in this article come from the Hebrew language Pressure Report in which the legal-environmental advocacy group Adam Teva V’Din sets out challenges for the next Israeli government — The writer is The Times of Israel’s environment reporter Source Article from Related Posts Preppers take note: Graphene could be a low-cost water purifier Natural News Need a cheap yet reliable way of purifying water without Food storage tips: How much food and water do you need to survive for 3 months Natural News Food storage is an important aspect of prepping When SHTF Cancer risk from tap water much higher than previously believed… is your water truly clean Natural News New research published in the open-access journal Heliyon reveals that Newark Water Coalition Takes Struggle Against Lead Pipes Statewide Newark Water Coalition Takes Struggle Against Lead Pipes Statewide Above photo: Newark Water Coalition organizes a 8 Year-Old Mexican Girl Invents A Solar Water Heater amp Wins Nuclear Science Prize The Facts:It was recently disclosed that Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly paid millions of dollars to Hits: 10 Endangered wild fig planted in Knesset gardens October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ A tree of utmost rarity in Israel was planted in the Knesset gardens last week as part of the swearing-in of the 22nd Knesset Officials know of only a single specimen of ficus palmata — a type of wild fig tree — that remains in the wild in the country in the mountains near Eilat Jerusalem’s Botanical Gardens have sought in recent years to breed it in order to prevent its extinction in Israel The planting of the ficus is part of a new tradition in which rare and endangered flora is planted in the Knesset gardens the Haaretz daily reported Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said the legislature was proud to help preserve Israel’s endangered vegetation “We will make the ficus palmata a visiting point for the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Knesset” he said “I am hopeful that raising awareness to its endangerment will help in the important mission of preserving it” Source Article from Related Posts Greener and cleaner: Can green roofs planted with vegetation minimize indoor air pollution Natural News Setting up a green roof on your home is a According to the Federal Government 19 Million Acres of Farmland Were Not Planted with Crops this Year If that headline sounds really bad to you that is because the situation that we New York Area Fire Commissioners Call for New 9/11 Investigation “Overwhelming Evidence” that “Pre-planted Explosives Caused the Destruction of the Three World Trade Center Buildings” Via: Architects amp Engineers for 9/11 Truth: They started off by saying the Pledge NY Fire Commissioners Demand New 9/11 Probe Citing “Overwhelming Evidence of Pre-Planted Explosives” NY Fire Commissioners Demand New 9/11 Probe Citing “Overwhelming Evidence of Pre-Planted Explosives” Source Article NY Fire Commissioners Demand New 9/11 Probe Citing Overwhelming Evidence of Pre-Planted Explosives Whereas the attacks of September 11 2001 are inextricably and forever tied to the Hits: 9 Turkey says won’t bow to Trump threat on Syria plan army ready to assault Kurds October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Turkey will not bow to threats over its Syria plans the Turkish vice president said Tuesday in an apparent response to President Donald Trump’s warning to Ankara the previous day about the scope of its planned military incursion into northeastern Syria In Ankara Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said Turkey was intent on combating Syrian Kurdish fighters across its border in Syria and on creating a zone that would allow Turkey to resettle Syrian refugees there “Where Turkey’s security is concerned we determine our own path but we set our own limits” Oktay said Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Meanwhile Turkey’s defense ministry announced that preparations for the offensive have been “completed” Trump said earlier this week following a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the United States would step aside for an expected Turkish attack on Syrian Kurdish fighters who have fought alongside Americans for years But he then threatened to destroy the Turks’ economy if they went too far The US president later cast his decision to abandon the Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from “endless war” in the Middle East even as Republican critics and others said he was sacrificing a US ally and undermining American credibility Even Trump’s staunchest Republican congressional allies expressed outrage at the prospect of abandoning Syrian Kurds who had fought the Islamic State group with American arms and advice It was the latest example of Trump’s approach to foreign policy that critics condemn as impulsive that he sometimes reverses and that frequently is untethered to the advice of his national security aides “A catastrophic mistake” said Rep Liz Cheney of Wyoming the No 3 House Republican leader “Shot in the arm to the bad guys” said Sen Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Trump said Monday he understood criticism from fellow GOP leaders but disagreed He said he could also name supporters but he didn’t Trump appeared largely unconcerned at the prospect of Turkish forces attacking the Kurds who include a faction he described as “natural enemies” of the Turks “But I have told Turkey that if they do anything outside of what we would think is humane … they could suffer the wrath of an extremely decimated economy” Trump said This all comes at a pivotal moment of Trump’s presidency House Democrats are marching forward with their impeachment inquiry into whether he compromised national security or abused his office by seeking negative information on former Vice President Joe Biden a political rival from Ukraine and other foreign countries As he faces the impeachment inquiry Trump has appeared more focused on making good on his political pledges even at the risk of sending a troubling signal to American allies abroad “I campaigned on the fact that I was going to bring our soldiers home and bring them home as rapidly as possible” he said The strong pushback on Capitol Hill prompted Trump to recast as well as restate his decision but with renewed bombast and self-flattery He promised to destroy the Turkish economy “if Turkey does anything that I in my great and unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits” As I have stated strongly before and just to reiterate if Turkey does anything that I in my great and unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey I’ve done before! They must with Europe and others watch over… — Donald J Trump realDonaldTrump October 7 2019 One official described that White House announcement the US would get its troops out of the way of the Turkish forces as a botched effort appeared aimed at making Trump look bold for ending a war The official said attempts by the Pentagon and State Department to make the statement stronger in its opposition to Turkey’s military action were unsuccessful An official familiar with the Erdogan call said the Turkish president was “ranting” at Trump saying the safe zone was not working and that Turkey couldn’t trust the US military to do what was needed And in reaction Trump said the US wanted no part of an invasion and would withdraw troops Trump’s statements have reverberated on all sides of the divide in Syria and the Mideast In the Syrian capital of Damascus Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad called on the country’s Kurds to rejoin the government side after apparently being abandoned by their US allies Mekdad’s comments were the first Syrian reaction since Trump’s announcement on Sunday and as northeastern Syria braces for an imminent Turkish attack on Syrian Kurdish militias Trump’s statement has infuriated the Kurds who stand to lose the autonomy they gained from Damascus during Syria’s civil war now in its ninth year “The homeland welcomes all its sons and Damascus will solve all Syrian problems in a positive way away from violence” Mekdad said in an interview with the pro-government daily Al-Watan As for the expected Turkish incursion he added that the Syrian government “will defend all Syrian territory and will not accept any occupation of any land or iota of the Syrian soil” The Syrian Kurdish force has pledged to fight back raising the potential for an eruption of new warfare in Syria “We will not hesitate for a moment in defending our people” against Turkish troops the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement adding that it has lost 11000 fighters in the war against the Islamic State group in Syria Turkey which considers Kurdish fighters in Syria terrorists and links them to a decades-old insurgency in Turkey has already launched two major incursions into northern Syria over the past years The first was in 2016 when Turkey and Syrian opposition fighters it backs attacked areas held by the Islamic State group west of the Euphrates River Last year Turkey launched an attack on the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin leading to the displacement of some 300000 people “We tell them that they have lost everything and must not lose themselves” Mekdad added Also Tuesday Iran urged Turkey not to go ahead with its planned an attack on Syrian Kurds the Iranian state TV reported Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to express Tehran’s opposition to the anticipated Turkish operation Zarif urged Turkey to respect Syria’s integrity and sovereignty the report said Iran Turkey and Russia have been working together as part of the so-called Astana group on the Syrian civil war talks that have run parallel to UN efforts to find a solution to the conflict Trump’s announcement threw the military situation in Syria into fresh chaos and injected deeper uncertainty into the region US involvement in Syria has been fraught with peril since it started in 2014 with the insertion of small numbers of special operations forces to recruit train arm and advise local fighters to combat the Islamic State Trump entered the White House in 2017 intent on getting out of Syria and even before the counter-IS military campaign reclaimed the last militant strongholds early this year he declared victory and said troops would leave In recent weeks the US and Turkey had reached an apparent accommodation of Turkish concerns about the presence of Kurdish fighters seen in Turkey as a threat American and Turkish soldiers had been conducting joint patrols in a zone along the border As part of that work barriers designed to protect the Syrian Kurds were dismantled amid assurances that Turkey would not invade Bulent Aliriza director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said that a US withdrawal from Syria would be a major boost to Russia’s position there He added that other allies in the region including the Kurds will “look at this withdrawal as US unwillingness to stand up for its rights and maintain its alliances in the region” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy R-Calif another strong Trump supporter said in an appearance on “Fox amp Friends” that he had concerns “I want to make sure we keep our word for those who fight with us and help us” he said adding that “If you make a commitment and somebody is fighting with you America should keep their word” Former Trump administration officials also expressed concern Nikki Haley who served as US ambassador to the United Nations said the US “must always have the backs of our allies if we expect them to have our back… Leaving them to die is a big mistake” Turkey considers the People’s Protection Units or YPG an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK which has waged an insurgency against Turkey for 35 years Source Article from Related Posts Turkey’s dangerous Syrian incursion ‘They have been good to deal with’: Trump lauds US-Turkey relations amp trade hours after vowing to obliterate its economy The US president took to Twitter early on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to soften Turkey summons US diplomat over embassy’s ‘liking’ Gulenist tweet Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the American charge d’affaires over the US Embassy’s liking Iran’s Zarif urges Turkey to respect Syria’s territorial integrity Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Turkey against any military move in Turkey ready to start own ops in N Syria ‘today or tomorrow’ as setting up safe zone with US became ‘fairytale’ – Erdogan Ankara believes that “land and air patrols with US were a fairytale we carried out Hits: 10 Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria took Pentagon by surprise: Analyst October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Related Posts As American troops withdraw in Syria Trump says Kurds are on their own As American troops began pulling out of northeast Syria ahead of a Turkish invasion on Leader allows govt to withdraw 300 mn for railway project in SE Iran MNA – The Iranian First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri has said that the Leader of Czech president wants to withdraw recognition of Kosovo – ‘Warn him of consequences’ says former US ambassador Speaking in Serbia the anti-mainstream Czech President Miloš Zeman said he’d like his goverment to Hong Kong’s leader to withdraw extradition bill but protesters demand more “The government will formally withdraw the bill in order to fully allay public concerns” Lam US preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in initial deal with Taliban The Trump administration is preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in Hits: 10 Turkish invasion of Syrian territory nothing new: Analyst October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Related Posts Turkish troops amp armored vehicles amass at Syrian border after Erdogan announces IMMINENT incursion PHOTOS VIDEOS Military convoys were captured in dozens of photos and videos confirming the Turkish leader’s claim that SYRIAN ARMY SHELLS TURKISH POST IN SOUTHERN IDLIB A Turkish army tank stationed near the Syrian border in Suruc Turkey Sept 3 2016 Political analyst to ST: The so-called US-Turkish “Safe zone” means nothing in strategic terms Sunday 08 September 2019 21:00 ST The researcher in political and military affairs Basem al-Shihawi Joint US-Turkish patrols in flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty: Damascus Press TV – Syria has censured a recent decision by Turkish and US military forces Syria: Pro-Turkish Terrorists Wiped Out by Assad’s Tiger Forces Jonas Alexis – Ian Greenhalgh Kevin Barrett – Bob Nichols Preston James – Michael Shrimpton Carol Duff – Johnny Punish Hits: 10 Trump’s withdrawal decision leaves Britain’s Syria policy in disarray October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Related Posts Obama envoy says Netanyahu ‘encouraged’ plan that included settler withdrawal Martin Indyk a former US ambassador to Israel and the second of the Obama administration’s ‘If you go home take your nukes with you!’ Top German MP taunts US threat of troop withdrawal German lawmakers have reacted to threats made by the US envoy to Berlin Richard Grenell UAE Withdrawal from Yemen Turning Point Did the Ansar Allah Just Win the Yemeni War The announcement that the UAE is in the process of a large-scale military drawdown in US isolated after JCPOA withdrawal: Iran’s Zarif Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the US failure to gain support UAE’s Yemen Troop Withdrawal Follows New Houthi Weapons and Threats of Attack on Dubai SANA’A YEMEN — Yemen’s Houthi-allied armed forces have unveiled a package of new 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were a fairytale we carried out Hits: 8 US staged 9/11 to weaken Iraq other anti-Israel nations: Analyst October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Related Posts The US Led Coup Attempt In Iraq May Further Weaken That Country The US Led Coup Attempt In Iraq May Further Weaken That Country Above Photo: Lt General Whitening and damaging: DIY teeth whitening found to weaken tooth enamel make teeth more sensitive Natural News If you do everything in your power to avoid going US cannot weaken Iranian youths by arresting famous scientist: Academic A senior Iranian academic has criticized the attitude of the United States government toward EPA Aims to Weaken Radiation Regulations As FCC Gives Telecoms 2B To Install 5G Everywhere October 2 2018 By BN Frank An article by The Register “Eat my shorts watchdog Diets rich in fat and bad cholesterol found to weaken cardiovascular function Natural News Bacon may taste good but it’s bad for your heart Hits: 9 Climate activists block Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to protest gov’t inaction October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Activists from Extinction Rebellion glue themselves to the doors of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to protest Israeli corporations profiting from global warming Members of the ‘Red Brigade’ demonstrate outside the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange demanding Israeli corporations cease profiting off of the climate crisis October 7 2019 Oren Ziv/Activestillsorg Dozens of Israeli climate activists blocked the entrance to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Monday morning to demand that financial institutions move toward green and sustainable investments They called upon the Israeli government to join a host of nations that have already declared a climate emergency The activists are affiliated with Extinction Rebellion an international civil disobedience group that seeks to force government action on climate breakdown “This is a time of introspection” said an activist named Tamir referring to the Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement which begins on Tuesday at sundown “In our financial system the rule of capital works day in and day out it does not rest We are here to change the system so that it promotes life” Dana one of several activists who glued their hands to the door of the stock exchange said: “These companies are destroying our planet — we must start investing in life” The demonstrators blocked the entrance of the stock exchange until around noon by which time riot police had dispersed them They then marched down Rothschild Boulevard where many of Israel’s most powerful financial institutions maintain their headquarters Activists at the protest said that the Israeli government and financial institutions have ignored the climate crisis completely Meanwhile in September nearly 80 countries pledged at the UN Climate Change Summit to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050 while that same month 130 global financial firms agreed to align their business practices with efforts to address climate change A year ago Bill Gates and some of his fellow billionaires established a 1 billion foundation to fund radical energy startups that aspire to cut global emissions drastically Activists with the direct action group Extinction Rebellion glue themselves to the doors of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to protest corporations that profit from the climate crisis October 7 2019 Oren Ziv/Activestillsorg Last month thousands of people in Tel Aviv joined the Global Climate Strike demanding that their government follow the example set by the UK France and Canada in declaring a climate emergency This means acting immediately to reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels transition into a sustainable and green economy take steps to limit the animal product industry and prepare for the damage that is already being caused by climate change This article was first published in Hebrew on Local Call Read it here Source Article from Related Posts Goldman Sachs Has Just Issued An 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A Major Financial Crisis In Argentina Is Happening Right Now By Michael Snyder We are watching a complete and utter financial meltdown unfold in Argentina Hits: 2 How Israeli doctors enable the Shin Bet’s torture industry October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ From approving brutal interrogation techniques to writing false medical reports doctors in Israel have taken an active role in the torture of Palestinian prisoners By Ruchama Marton Illustrative photo of an Israeli soldier blindfolding a Palestinian prisoner Nati Shohat/Flash90 If the Shin Bet runs a school for its agents and interrogators the curriculum most certainly includes a class on how to tell a lie The texts taught it seems do not change with the years In 1993 responding to accusations that the Shin Bet brutally tortured Palestinian detainee Hassan Zubeidi then Commander of the IDF Northern Command Yossi Peled told Israeli journalist Gabi Nitzan that “there is no torture in Israel I served for 30 years in the IDF and I know what I am talking about” Twenty-six years later Deputy Chief of the Shin Bet and former Shin Bet interrogator Yitzhak Ilan repeated the same line to news presenter Ya’akov Eilon on national television while speaking about Samer Arbeed a 44-year-old Palestinian who was hospitalized in critical condition after he had been reportedly tortured by the Shin Bet Arbeed is suspected of organizing a deadly bombing that killed a teenage Israeli girl and wounded her father and brother at a spring in the West Bank in August Ilan bristled at the notion that the Shin Bet was somehow responsible for Arbeed’s condition Putting aside these absurd forms of denial as a doctor and founder of Physicians for Human Rights – Israel I have always been troubled by how Israeli doctors cooperate with and enable Israel’s torture industry In June 1993 I organized an international conference in Tel Aviv on behalf of PHR against torture in Israel At the conference I presented a Shin Bet medical document that had been discovered by chance by Israeli journalist Michal Sela In the document the Shin Bet doctor was asked whether the prisoner in question had any medical restrictions when it came to keeping them in isolation whether they could be tied whether their face could be covered or whether they could be made to stand for prolonged periods of time The Shin Bet denied such a document ever existed “There is no document It was simply an experimental paper that is not in use” the agency claimed Four years later a second document suspiciously similar to the first came to light That document asked doctors to sign off on torture in accordance with several previously agreed-upon clauses The first document along with other findings were published in the book titled “Torture: Human Rights Medical Ethics and the Case of Israel” The book cannot be found in Israel Steimatzky Israel’s oldest and largest bookstore chain has banned its sale Perhaps this is further proof that there is no torture in Israel After the document was uncovered PHR turned to the Israel Medical Association and asked it to join the struggle against torture The IMA requested that PHR hand over the names of the Shin Bet doctors who signed off on the document so that they could be dealt with internally I refused to hand over the names and told the IMA attorney that I was not interested in going after rank-and-file doctors — I wanted to change the entire system That meant doing away with legitimacy granted to confessions exacted under torture educating IMA members about non-cooperation with torturers and particularly providing active help to those doctors who do report on suspicion of torture or brutal interrogations Back then the IMA was satisfied with putting our statements while doing nothing to prevent the Shin Bet’s doctors from cooperating with torture Furthermore the organization failed to fulfill its obligation to establish a forum for doctors to report on suspected torture An ethical moral and practical failure But it is not only doctors in the Shin Bet and the Israel Prison Service that collaborate with torture Doctors in emergency rooms across Israel write false medical opinions in accordance with the demands of the Shin Bet Take for example the case of Nader Qumsieh from the West Bank city of Beit Sahour He was arrested in his home on May 4 1993 and was brought to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva five days later There a urologist diagnosed him a hemorrhage and a torn scrotum Qumsieh testified that he was beaten during his interrogation and kicked in his testicles Ten days later Qumsieh was brought before the same urologist for a medical examination after the latter had received a phone call from the Israeli military The urologist wrote a retroactive letter as if it had been written two days earlier without actually conducting an additional examination of the patient in which he said that “according to the patient he fell down the stairs two days before he arrived in the emergency room” This time the diagnosis was “superficial hematoma in the scrotal area which corresponds to local bruises sustained between two and five days prior to the examination” The urologist’s original letter written after the first examination disappeared from Qumsieh’s medical file History teaches us that doctors everywhere easily and effectively internalize the regime’s values and many of them become loyal servants of the regime That was the case in Nazi Germany in the United States and in various countries in Latin America The same goes for Israel Qumsieh’s case along with countless others reflects the ethical moral and practical failure of the medical establishment in Israel vis-à-vis torture Palestinian boys dressed up as prisoners protest for the release of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails Gaza City April 21 2007 Ahmad Khateib/Flash90 Already back in the 18th century jurists — rather than doctors — published legal opinions accompanied by proof that there is no connection between causing pain and getting to the truth Thus both torture and confessions exacted through pain were legally disqualified One can only assume that the heads of the Shin Bet the army and the police know this bit of history And yet torture — which includes both mental and physical cruelty — continues to take place on a large scale Why Because the real goal of torture and humiliation is to break the spirit and body of the prisoner To eliminate his or her personality The legal understanding for forbidding torture is based on the utilitarian idea that one cannot arrive at the truth through inflicting pain But doctors are committed — first and foremost — to the idea that anything that causes physical or mental harm to a patient is prohibited The Shin Bet medical eligibility document allows for sleep prevention it allows interrogators to expose prisoners to extreme temperatures to beat them to tie them for long hours in painful positions to force them to stand for hours until the vessels in their feet burst to cover their heads for prolonged periods of time to sexually humiliate them to break their spirits by severing their ties to family and lawyers to keep them in isolation until they lose their sanity The Shin Bet’s medical eligibility form is not the same as the one used to check eligibility to join the air force or even to drive a car This kind of “eligibility” leads the prisoner directly into the torture chamber — and the doctor knows this The doctor knows to what kind of systematic process of pain and humiliation he or she is lending their consent and approval It is doctors who oversee the torture examine the tortured prisoner and write the medical opinion or the pathology report Israeli activists participate in an action protesting the use of torture 2011 photo: Oren Ziv/Activestillsorg The white robe passes through the torture chamber like a lurking shadow during interrogations A doctor who cooperates with Israel’s torture industry is complicit in that very industry If a prisoner dies during interrogation the doctor is an accomplice to his or her murder Doctors nurses medics and judges who know what is taking place and prefer to remain silent are all accomplices We must unconditionally oppose all forms of torture — without exceptions We citizens of a democratic state must refuse to cooperate with the crime of torture and all the more so when it comes to doctors We must also not hide behind the idea that torture is a symptom of the occupation while telling ourselves that the practice will disappear when the occupation ends Torture is a worldview according to which human rights have no place or value It existed well before the occupation and it will continue to exist if we do not change that worldview Violent and cruel investigative practices do not benefit national security even if they are committed on its behalf Torture causes a spiraling destruction of our very social fabric Not only do those who carry out this terrible kind of “work” lose the values of morality human dignity and democracy but also all those who remain silent unwilling to know In fact all of us Dr Ruchama Marton is the founder of Physicians for Human Rights – Israel This article was first published in Hebrew on Local Call Read it here Source Article from Related Posts Torture and Killing of Palestinians in Israeli Prisons B’Tselem published numerous reports on Israeli use of torture and other forms of abuse against 73 Palestinian detainees have died due to torture in Israeli jails since 1967: Prisoners’ group A Palestinian human rights group says dozens of Palestinian prisoners have lost their lives Rights groups allege torture as Palestinian detainee enters critical condition after Shin Bet interrogation Israeli authorities are being accused of torture after a Palestinian prisoner was reported to be Court Calls US ‘Enhanced Interrogation Techniques’ Torture Court Calls US ‘Enhanced Interrogation Techniques’ Torture Above: Waterboarding by Getty Images A federal court Spain’s Supreme Court Puts an End to Torture of Bulls at Infamous Festival The Spanish Supreme Court has recently delivered a historic verdict banning all activities relates to Hits: 6 Between Washington’s rock amp Ankara’s hard place Kurds had better choose Damascus October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ That was my first thought when asked for my reaction to the late-night are there any other statement from Donald Trump that US forces were finally withdrawing from Syria leaving their Kurdish auxiliaries in the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces SDF to the tender mercies of the Turkish Army The US should never have been there in the first place though reading Hillary Clinton’s late-night response to Trump it is clearer than ever that the world dodged more than a bullet when she failed to win the presidency Let us be clear: The president has sided with authoritarian leaders of Turkey and Russia over our loyal allies and America’s own interests His decision is a sickening betrayal both of the Kurds and his oath of office — Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton October 7 2019 The Kurdish people should have never placed their fate in the hands of a far off and thoroughly unreliable US “ally” which has picked them up only to put them back on the shelf so many times before Syrian Kurds belong to Syria and it is with their Syrian neighbours and government that the SDF should have been in alliance But if the US has no business in Syria neither does Turkey Least of all killing Kurds The US – and its allies – made a disastrous unforgivable decision to ally with the alphabet-soup of Islamist fanatics seeking the destruction of the secular Syrian Arab Republic On no geo-political level did it make sense for anyone – including Israel – to risk the black flags of Islamic State IS formerly ISIS and Al-Qaeda fluttering over Damascus Yet but for the bravery of the Syrian Arab Army and the steadfastness of its more than half-century alliance with Russia that is precisely what would have happened An Islamic State base On the Med Next door to Israel What could possibly go wrong! Turkey’s decision to turn on Syria and join the international coalition against her was an equally disastrous and unforgivable decision Also on rtcom Worried for Kurds in Syria abandoned by US Here’s an obvious solution but it will make Washington hawks MAD In a foreign policy shift driven by the unreliable Foreign Minister Davogtulu Ankara regularly predicted – to the week – when Bashar Assad would fall Next week next month next year… As George W Bush would have put it Turkey “mis-underestimated” both Assad and the reliability of Russia “Bashar must Go” is now one of the most embarrassing foreign policy maxims in history It is not he who is going but the US troops in his country and with their tails between their legs Turkey went from a foreign policy of “no quarrels with the neighbours” to near war with Iraq and actual war with Syria even shooting down a Russian fighter-jet doing its duty fighting terrorism at the invitation of the Syrian government At the same time she went from a peace process with her substantial Kurdish minority back to a policy of military force criminalising of Kurdish political parties and press and the language of civil war Also on rtcom Turkey’s preparations for Syria op complete – military Turkey – a NATO member – and candidate member of the European Union will cause terminal damage to its cause throughout the world if it now advances guns-blazing on the Kurdish population in northern Syria As for the Syrian Kurds they should learn their lesson seek forgiveness in Damascus merge their fighters with the Syrian Arab Army and prepare to defend the motherland against all threats to Syria’s territorial integrity The SDF – not least their women fighters – fought bravely against IS before becoming yet again a pawn in US power politics Islamist fanaticism has not yet been completely defeated in Syria All Syrians Arabs Kurds and Druze Christians and Muslims Allawites Sunnis and Shia should stand shoulder to shoulder against all foreign aggression toward the Republic Think your friends would be interested Share this story! Source Article from Related Posts Worried for Kurds in Syria abandoned by US Here’s an obvious solution but it will make Washington hawks MAD As some two dozen US troops stationed in northwestern Syria began to withdraw on Monday Food Is Freedom: How Washington’s Food Subsidies Have Helped Make Americans Fat and Sick By Brian Miller Farm subsidies are perhaps the ultimate but secret third rail of American Washington Post shows how to ‘lose the information war’ by peddling DISinformation amp falsehoods on Ukraine amp Crimea Since the ‘disinformation’ scare racket kicked off roughly five years ago one thing has become Washington Sends Arms and Logistic Equipment to Its Occupation Forces in Syria youtube twitter facebook rss Source Article from Beijing Accuses Washington Of Spreading Anti-China Sentiment In Hong Kong As Protests Drag On Beijing is less-than-thrilled about American and British politicians offering words of encouragement and sympathy to Hits: 3 Worried for Kurds in Syria abandoned by US Here’s an obvious solution but it will make Washington hawks MAD October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ As some two dozen US troops stationed in northwestern Syria began to withdraw on Monday reports began coming in of Turkish airstrikes against Kurdish targets Ankara is apparently calling the operation “Fountain of Peace” Also on rtcom Turkey ‘launches airstrike’ against Kurds on Syria-Iraq border – reports Officially the goal is to establish a “safe zone” along the border to resettle some of the 36 million Syrian refugees Oh and also to set up a buffer zone between the Kurdish militias in Syria – YPG and YPJ – from their PKK kin in Turkey designated terrorists by Ankara Trump’s detractors in Washington have denounced his decision as a “betrayal” of the Kurds accusing the president of abandoning the force that the Pentagon has used as boots on the ground against IS in eastern Syria Recall that it was the Kurdish-led “Syrian Democratic Forces” SDF that liberated Raqqa – “capital” of Islamic State IS formerly ISIS – in October 2017 Also on rtcom ‘No longer in the area’: US troops will neither help nor hamper Turkey’s cross-border operation in Syria Thing is the Obama administration sought to create some kind of parallel government in those territories in line with its policy of demanding regime change in Damascus and the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad If Kurdish leaders thought this would somehow translate into support for statehood or dominion over traditionally Arab-majority territories they were dangerously deluded Trump has made it clear from the beginning of his presidency that he had no interest in “nation-building” anywhere and has tried to put that info effect despite constant pushback from the US establishment The notion of a permanent US satrap in NE Syria was always fiction We raised Kurdish expectations beyond the possible much as we did in Afghanistan by promising secular Afghans a rose garden It is unsustainable This mistake will now cost the Kurds doubly — Joshua Landis joshualandis October 7 2019 What happened in August 2016 should have also been a clue – and offers a possible way out of the present conundrum Back then Turkey invaded from the north in ‘Operation Euphrates Shield’ attacking the Kurds from the rear just as the SDF was launching the major push against Raqqa The US did nothing to stop this Only when the Syrian Arab Army – accompanied by Russian observers – stepped in to create a buffer zone between the Turks and the SDF did the invasion stop While Ankara thinks nothing of attacking the Kurds it is hard to imagine it would dare open fire on Syrian troops – or the Russians fighting alongside them The obvious solution for the Kurds is to make a deal with Damascus and secure the protection of the Syrian government that the US could never provide This would keep them safe while keeping Damascus happy and Ankara without grounds to object The only ones displeased by this would be regime-change advocates in Washington – but that’s their problem Nebojsa Malic senior writer at RT Source Article from Related Posts Russia not worried by plans in the UK to create new cyberthreat fight division Reports have recently emerged in UK media claiming that the first-ever hybrid division will be Macron worried attack on Saudi oil may hurt moves to ease US-Iran crisis: diplomats Reuters – An attack on Saudi oil installations that halted half the kingdom’s output could Facial Recognition: 10 Reasons You Should Be Worried About The Technology By Birgit Schippers Queen’s University Belfast Facial recognition technology is spreading fast Already widespread in Silicon Valley Wants To Read Your Mind – Here’s Why You Should Be Worried By Garfield Benjamin Solent University Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online Facebook If we were really worried about children’s health we would BAN junk food advertising Google has declared war on the independent media and has begun blocking emails from NaturalNews Hits: 3 Holland or Netherlands Only the politicians are confused October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ In the United States and Britain and several African and Caribbean countries woke activists have successfully lobbied for statues of historical figures to be torn down and historical buildings and monuments to be re-named But the Dutch government has decided to go even further and re-name their entire nation By next year the country called “Holland” and also known as “The Netherlands” will officially use only the latter name A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that the Netherlands needed a “more uniform and coordinated approach” to national branding She said: “We want to present the Netherlands as an open inventive and inclusive country” What’s odd about this justification is that the country has been the Mecca of tolerance and openness not just for years but for centuries The Dutch Golden Age lasted from 1609 to 1713 when the nation was the wealthiest most creative and certainly the freest place on Earth As writer Timothy Ferris notes in his book The Science of Liberty Dutch tolerance for free thinkers made their country a refuge for endangered philosophers such as Descartes and the skeptic Pierre Bayle while the Dutch themselves produced Erasmus Grotius and of course Spinoza Dutch artists were among the most admired and innovative in the Western world creating new styles of painting which celebrated industriousness and science itself as in Vermeer’s The Lacemaker and Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp The historian Jonathan I Israel wrote: “Visitors continually marveled at the prodigious extent of Dutch shipping and commerce the technical sophistication of industry and finance the beauty and orderliness as well as the cleanliness of the cities the excellence of the orphanages and hospitals the limited character of ecclesiastical power the subordination of military to civil authority and the remarkable achievements of Dutch art philosophy and science” Here’s the thing though: most of these visitors would have called this country “Holland” not “Netherlands” Technically speaking it is true that Holland is just the largest region in the country But that region also defined Dutch culture and identity It is home to the capital city of Amsterdam the government headquarters at The Hague and Rotterdam Europe’s largest port –which are all iconic of Dutch national identity Also on rtcom Too much sex amp drugs Amsterdam to crack down on red light district crowds The Dutch innovations in oil paints were invented in the 17th century by the still existent Old Holland Oil Color Factory not “The Kingdom of the Netherland Factory” and this centuries-old habit of calling the nation Holland has persisted so strongly that the Dutch government’s international websites for tourism and trade are – at least until a few months from now – “hollandcom” and Why then does the Dutch government think a re-branding exercise is needed It seems that politicians want to shift the focus from certain norms which are linked to Holland’s but apparently not the Netherlands’ international image such as its recreational drug culture and the red-light district of Amsterdam In other words the very elements which created the Dutch reputation for freedom and tolerance are now perceived as inimical to the nation But who is pushing that perception The rebranding exercise has been approved by the government the Tourism Board and the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers Were the Dutch people themselves consulted before this decision was taken If so an opinion survey from What does the Netherlands think suggests that the issue might not have arisen That poll found that 74 percent of the Dutch believe that civil servants should not worry about the way the country is called abroad with just 20 percent approving their involvement in the issue On the other hand these findings might have made no difference to the policy-makers After all in this 21st century woke world the preferences of ordinary individuals are being more and more sidelined because the elites whether from Britain or America or the European continent don’t think that people can’t be trusted to have the right opinions That’s why the Dutch government has decided that it can only promote the nation’s inclusiveness by sidelining its own history its own values and its own citizens By Kevin Baldeosingh a Trinidadian newspaper columnist and author He has written three novels and several non-fiction books on policy issues parenting and media practice Source Article from Related Posts Dutch farmers stage tractor protest as politicians label them climate change problem Dutch farmers blocked hundreds of miles of major roads with their tractors to protest what Bill Murray’s ‘Groundhog Day’ moral for Israel’s deadlocked politicians Underappreciated at first the Bill Murray movie “Groundhog Day” a comedic fable about an embittered Politicians Agree: ‘Any White Cop Can Kill A Black Man’ Politicians Agree: ‘Any White Cop Can Kill A Black Man’ Above photo: Green Party candidate Elston Israeli politicians call for annexation in response to West Bank killing of soldier Israeli politicians and leaders of the settler movement are calling for annexation of the occupied 20 VIPs in UK Pedo Ring: Senior Politicians Military Figures and People with Links to the Royals At least 20 high-profile members of the British Establishment formed a VIP paedophile ring that Hits: 3 With Clinton amp Romney both rumored to be JOINING 2020 race has politics gone the way of Hollywood October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ It’s not just Clinton and Romney Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden himself is a two-time loser convinced that third time’s the charm Even Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders whose policy ideas are relatively new even if he isn’t has been in politics most of his life DC has become the east coast version of Hollywood churning through remake after remake as audiences and interest dwindle fueled by a zombie economy of donors utterly disconnected from the real world Also on rtcom ‘We need a female POTUS but not if she’s planning meaningful change!’: How ID politics is used to maintain the status quo Clinton has been ubiquitous on TV for the past few weeks making the rounds ostensibly to promote a book she co-wrote with her daughter Yet every single conversation inevitably swings back to 2016 how she was robbed of her rightful place in the Oval Office and how President Donald Trump is an “illegitimate” leader who “knows” he stole the election When Trump opted to pull troops out of northern Syria on Monday finally fulfilling a campaign promise he’d made in part to counter her warmongering Clinton was quick to slam the decision as a “sickening betrayal” Let us be clear: The president has sided with authoritarian leaders of Turkey and Russia over our loyal allies and America’s own interests His decision is a sickening betrayal both of the Kurds and his oath of office — Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton October 7 2019 Her tweet – which seemingly wouldn’t hold much significance now that she’s supposedly retired from politics – nevertheless rated entire articles in the Hill and other publications Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon claimed last week that Clinton is definitely running – she’s merely looking for an opening Hillary Clinton amp Elizabeth Warren’s ‘secret talks’ ignite outrage mockery on social media Her impeachment cheerleading could be motivated by the possibility that when the Ukrainegate cards are laid out on the table frontrunner Biden could easily go down in flames leaving the field wide open for her to step in – especially now that her 2016 rival Sanders has been laid low with a heart attack Biden speaks for the Democratic establishment when he promises “nothing would fundamentally change” if he won His constant name-dropping of Obama – when he can remember his former boss’ name that is – is a naked appeal to amnesiac nostalgia the Democratic Party platform’s declaration that everything bad in the country has happened because of Trump This is not merely a Democratic Party problem however Mitt Romney the Utah Senator who failed to secure his party’s nomination for president in 2008 and failed to beat Barack Obama in 2012 has been complaining to anyone who will listen that Trump’s actions on Ukraine are “wrong and appalling“ He too leapt onto Twitter following Trump’s announcement of the Syria pullout calling “the president’s decision to abandon our Kurd allies in the face of an assault by Turkey…a betrayal” And he too suddenly rates entire articles based on a single tweet Romney is testing the waters for a 2020 run calling his donors to see who’ll bite according to the self-described “Republican political operative” Jack Posobiec Trump Communications Director turned sophomoric insult machine Anthony Scaramucci has already started cheering Romney on while never-Trump neocon William Kristol’s new outlet The Bulwark posted a fawning paean to the former Massachusetts governor on Monday just two days after Kristol himself tweeted a poll that showed Trump nearly twice as “respected” as Romney Perhaps hoping to change those numbers the warmonger’s journal gushed that Romney has “stepped up at the decisive moments” and “seems focused on the verdict of history“ Let’s see how much of a hellscape Twitter is Whom do you respect more — Bill Kristol BillKristol October 5 2019 American politics has seemingly fallen prey to the same sickness that plagues Hollywood where nearly every film seems to be a remake or spinoff of something that came before Producers argue audiences embrace the familiar a recent survey found that isn’t the case – that 91 percent of remakes experience steep drop-offs in approval compared to the originals Movie theater attendance dropped to a 19-year low in 2017 Audiences are sick of being fed pre-chewed entertainment and “woke” takes on beloved classics And it’s no different in politics – 42 percent of Americans identified as independents in 2017 suggesting that nearly half the country is utterly disgusted with a two-party system that doesn’t even pretend to represent them instead pandering to an idealized “middle class” their policies have helped kill Nevertheless hoary old has-beens are the only candidates with enough money to make it onto the ballot As a result voter turnout plunged to a 20-year low in 2016 with just 55 percent of voting-age citizens casting ballots Also on rtcom Tulsi says impeachment would be ‘terribly divisive’ as Trump’s Republican challengers back the move Neither party has learned its lesson from 2016 which saw a dynamic – if to some off-putting – character sweep through first the primaries and then the general election by positioning himself as the opposite of the “swamp creatures” that have made a career out of looking busy while ensuring the status quo doesn’t move Anyone with a flicker of originality is sidelined Tulsi Gabbard or mocked Marianne Williamson Perhaps both parties really do want four more years of Trump – it gives them an excuse to sit on the sidelines and complain without having to do any governing By Helen Buyniski RT If you like this story share it with a friend! Source Article from Related Posts Ecuador Rumored to Hand Julian Assange to UK Authorities in “Days” or “Weeks” LONDON – Julian Assange London’s – and perhaps the world’s – most famous political prisoner The Women John F Kennedy Is Rumored To Have Had Affairs With “Happy birthday Mr President” became the infamous words associated with one of John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s most Why is Trump’s Administration Obstructing Justice vs Goldman Sachs amp Romney’s Bain Cap By Aaron Kesel This is as alarming as it gets where fascism 101 DOJ Gifts Romney’s Bain Unlimited Get Out Of Jail Free Cards By Aaron Kesel Recently the NY Post‘s Josh Kosman reported that “Romney’s Bain Trump Officially Announces Comrade Pence as VP Andrew AnglinDaily Stormer July 16 2016 Here’s the full Trump-Pence announcement event held in New Hits: 6 Clown world: Extinction Rebellion is a carnival for middle classes who love to dress up as activists October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Unlike normal protest the men and women wearing uniforms in London today are not there to police but to be helpful and assist this very noisy and very colorful performance For their part the chanters of apocalyptic slogans and the boisterous participants declaring that they know what’s best for everyone have rehearsed their role for this mass expensive street theatre Queuing up to get arrested is all part of this drama There are even celebrities lurking about to provide a sense of the occasion When I encounter a group of middle aged distinguished-looking activists tucking into their lunch while sitting on the pavement by the Embankment I am reminded of the kind of street parties that occurred during the Queen’s Jubilee Talking to these chaps and chapettes it becomes evident that not only are they having the time of the life they are also under the impression that their picnic contributes to the saving of the planet When I put to them my view that ‘this is a self-indulgent carnival of reaction’ they don’t argue back One of them tells me to go to hell An elderly lady sneers at me and simply states that ‘I will not have a bad word said against these young people’ As far as she and her companions are concerned Extinction Rebellion now possesses the kind of moral authority previously associated with the Church and the institutions of the state The ease with which Extinction Rebellion has succeeded in occupying the moral high ground has little to do with the quality of their arguments and the strength of their case In all but name the political establishments of the western world have given up the attempt to exercise moral authority The elite no longer upholds the values of their ancestors and is all too aware of its loss of legitimacy It no longer believes in itself and is evidently prepared to be flagellated by its environmentalist critics In turn Extinction Rebellion knows that when it instructs its posh friends to jump their answer is likely to be ‘How High’! Also on rtcom Tables turned: Extinction Rebellion activists lose control of ‘fake blood’ fire hose and douse themselves VIDEO A lot of people on the streets of London and elsewhere are of course really miffed and angry about the way this carnival of reaction has disrupted to their life In private conversations they murmur and swear at ‘these wastrels’ But as long as the performers enjoy backing of the media the cultural elites a significant section of the political establishment and of course the all-important celebrities their voice can be safely ignored by the protesters Also on rtcom Hundreds arrested from London to Sydney as Extinction Rebellion tries to BLOCK roads and bridges in concerted action VIDEOS Until now participating in a Climate Extinction performance has been a risk-free activity Unlike real protests which always incur serious risks this week’s performance is unlikely to costs the performance very much The cost will be borne by an increasingly fed-up public who was never asked whether or not they wanted their life to be turned upside-down By Professor Frank Furedi a sociologist and author His How Fear Works: The Culture Of Fear In The Twentieth Century is published by Bloomsbury Source Article from Related Posts UN calls for overhaul of world trade system The real reason behind this week’s meetings Photo: MCB The United Nations has called for How A Secretive Elite Created The EU To Build A New World Order Government Most students seem to think that Britain was in dire economic straits and that the Is World Jewry Taking a Left Turn Source Article from The History of World War II: The War Started in October 1938 Historians media pundits and politicians have managed to postulate and impose it into the history We’re About to Find Life on Mars but the World is “Not Prepared” NASA Scientist Warns Elias Marat TMU Waking TimesAs we humble earthlings begin to learn more about the universe Hits: 10 President Trump to Resign from Office Before Impeachment Say Democrats October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Source Article from Related Posts Turkey says won’t bow to Trump threat on Syria plan army ready to assault Kurds Turkey will not bow to threats over its Syria plans the Turkish vice president said Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria took Pentagon by surprise: Analyst Trump’s withdrawal decision leaves Britain’s Syria policy in disarray If Trump’s Rage Brings ‘Civil War’ Where Will the Military Stand If Trump’s Rage Brings ‘Civil War’ Where Will the Military Stand Source Article from Donald Trump Alone Against All by Thierry Meyssan For President Trump the impeachment proceedings brought by the House of Representatives are an attempt Hits: 4 If Trump’s Rage Brings ‘Civil War’ Where Will the Military Stand October 9th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ If Trump’s Rage Brings ‘Civil War’ Where Will the Military Stand Source Article from Related Posts Where The September Jobs Were: Who Is Hiring And Who Isn’t… And The Retail Apocalypse Whether 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administration not to appear for a Tuesday morning interview scheduled in the House’s impeachment inquiry reports the New York Times Sondland was prominently featured in a text exchange revealed last week in which US diplomat to Ukraine William Taylor said in early September “As I said on the phone I think it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign” referring to nearly 400 million in military aid withheld from Ukraine Sondland made a phone call to Trump who said that assertion was false Sondland then texted back: “Bill I believe you are incorrect about President Trump’s intentions” adding “The President has been crystal clear no quid pro quo’s of any kind” “I suggest we stop the back and forth by text” The decision has riled the three House committees seeking to speak with Sondland which may result in what Times suggests could be “potentially profound consequences for the White House and President Trump” House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff D-CA says the failure to deliver Sondland is obstruction – a charge itself which carries the potential for impeachment …in making the decision hours before he was scheduled to sit for a deposition in the basement of the Capitol the Trump administration appears to be calculating that it is better off risking the House’s ire than letting Mr Sondland show up and set a precedent for cooperation with an inquiry they have strenuously argued is illegitimate –New York Times “Ambassador Sondland is profoundly disappointed that he will not be able to testify today” said Sondland’s lawyer Robert Luskin – saying that his client had no choice but to comply with the administration’s order “Ambassador Sondland believes strongly that he acted at all times in the best interests of the United States and he stands ready to answer the committee’s questions fully and truthfully” Sondland was asked by Trump to take the lead in relations between the Trump administration and Ukraine making him a key witness to US relations with former Soviet state The Times repeats the lie that Trump asked Zelensky to do him a “favor” and investigate the Bidens As we’ve repeated ad nasueum the “favor” was in relation to locating the lost DNC server One can verify this for themselves by simply reading a transcript of their July 25 phone call Mr Sondland interacted directly with Mr Trump speaking with the president several times around key moments that House Democrats are now investigating including before and after Mr Trump’s July call with the new Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky The president asked Mr Zelensky on the call to do him “a favor” and investigate the business dealings of Vice President Joseph R Biden Jr’s son and a conspiracy theory about Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election –New York Times The Times also calls Ukraine election meddling to help Hillary Clinton in 2016 a “conspiracy theory” despite a Ukrainian court finding that Artem Sytnyk Ukraine’s Director of the National 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Deborah H Maccoby 30 out of 5 stars Sophisticated but Dishonest 22 August 2017 Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase The stated aim of “The Left’s Jewish Problem” is to inquire into the reasons for the breakdown of the relationship between the British Jewish community and the British Left especially the Labour Party The unstated aim is to discredit Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Party The book which incorporates some parts of the author’s 2011 doctoral dissertation was evidently timed to appear as a kind of companion piece to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s Report on Anti-SemitismDave Rich Jewish community leader and Deputy Director of Communications for the Community Security Trust CST admits that “there are socio-economic reasons for the long-term drift of Jewish voters from Labour to the Conservatives” – ie most British Jews have moved from the impoverished working class into the affluent middle class But he insists: “these reasons alone do not explain the scale of the change nor its recent acceleration”His explanation for the “recent acceleration” and “scale of the change” is that in the short term the Labour Party has been taken over by far-left activists whose mind-set – “a sickness at the heart of left-wing British politics…silently spreading growing ever more malignant” according to the cover blurb – has given rise to the current crises over allegations of anti-Semitism while in the longer term the diseased outlook of these activists is the product of trends which the author traces back to the anti-imperialist anti-colonial New Left movement of the 1960s ‘70s and ‘80sAnother unstated aim of the book is to let Israel off the hook by for instance claiming that this malignant influence of the New Left over the wider left “played a decisive role in flipping left-wing opinion from being overwhelmingly pro-Israel to its current pro-Palestinian consensus” But isn’t the British Left’s disillusionment with Israel the result of its policies barely mentioned by the authorAdopting a sophisticated approach Rich does not allege that the British Left is anti-Semitic in the conventional sense In the Introduction he writes: “Anti-Semitism does play a role in this story but for the most part it does not involve people who are consciously anti-Semitic” And in the Conclusion he claims: “There is a much-studied phenomenon of ‘anti-Semitism without Jews’…the British left today gives the impression of being a slightly different phenomenon: a place where there is anti-Semitism without anti-Semites”The author offers as an example of this puzzling form of anti-Semitism the “No Platform” policy adopted by the National Union of Students NUS in the 1970s and 1980s This policy which involved refusing to allow speakers or groups judged to be racist or fascist to speak or operate on campus led a few individual student unions – acting against the instructions of the NUS — to ban by refusing to fund and recognise university Jewish Societies which promoted Israel Chapter 4: “When Anti-Racists Ban Jews” – is devoted to the issueRich argues that though there was no intention of anti-Semitism the “No Platform” policy led to anti-Semitic actions But the real problem was surely the policy itself rather than anti-Semitism even of the unintentional kind The invokers of the “No Platform” policy erred on two counts: they reduced Zionism which includes racist aspects but is far more than that to racism and they sought to curb freedom of speech on the grounds that they had decided what is and what isn’t racistRich also exploits the issue and uses guilt-by-association to try to smear Corbyn We are told that throughout the 1980s Corbyn sponsored and supported an anti-Zionist group called the Labour Movement Campaign for Palestine LMCP:“When Sunderland Polytechnic’s Students’ Union banned its Jewish Society in 1985 the LMCP supported the Students’ Union An unsigned article in its newsletter declared that while “it was a tactical mistake on the part of Sunderland Polytechnic Students’ Union to ban an overtly Zionist Jewish Society…we totally reject the assertion that Sunderland Poly’s action was in any way anti-Semitic’” Emphasis in originalRich writes that though “Corbyn did not comment directly on events in Sunderland” the same newsletter that printed the unsigned article also carried a “message from Corbyn encouraging people to join the organisation”But a Corbyn himself did not comment on the subject b the article admits that it was a tactical mistake to ban the Jewish Society and only denies the charge of anti-Semitism – ie contrary to Rich’s claim the LMCP did not “support” the Students’ UnionRich describes Corbyn as “a typical product of the 1960s New Left” implying throughout the book that he has not changed his views since the 1960s ‘70s and ‘80s Thus in Chapter 3 Rich claims that “Corbyn is ambiguous on the subject of Israel’s future existence” citing as evidence an August 2015 Electronic Intifada interview“in which when asked whether a one-state solution was inevitable he suggested that it was a more likely option than a two state solution: ‘I think it’s up to the people of the region to decide what kind of long-term solution there would be At the moment all that’s on offer is the possibility of a two-state solution but it’s difficult to see how it would operate with the degree of settlements that are there’”Corbyn is not suggesting here that a one state solution is “a more likely option” On the contrary he says clearly that at the present time the only possible solution “on offer” is two states To point out the problems created by the presence of over half a million settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and to envisage that many years hence there might be a different outcome is not to suggest that a one state solution “is a more likely option”Rich omits all the recent occasions on which Corbyn has made his support for a two state settlement crystal-clear For instance after a February 2016 meeting between Corbyn and the Board of Deputies of British Jews BoD Jonathan Arkush the BoD’s President said: “We had a positive and constructive meeting and were pleased that Mr Corbyn gave a very solid commitment to the right of Israel to live within secure and recognized boundaries as part of a two state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict”Much is made in Chapter 5 -“The New Alliance: Islamists and the Left” – of a March 2009 speech in which Corbyn said:“Tomorrow evening it will be my pleasure and my honour to host an event in Parliament where our friends from Hezbollah will be speaking I’ve also invited friends from Hamas to come and speak as well…the idea that an organisation that is dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people and bringing about long-term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region should be labelled as a terrorist organisation by the British government is really a big big historical mistake”Rich also uses this quotation as the first of two epigraphs to the book’s Introduction the second is a quotation from a 2015 Jewish Chronicle editorial attacking CorbynThis is the only one of Rich’s accusations against Corbyn that carries some credibility These comments obviously leave out Hamas’s repressiveness towards its own people and its adoption of violent means to try to overthrow the Occupation But is Rich justified in concluding this chapter with the claim that the Labour Party “has a new leadership that views Zionism as a hostile discriminatory ideology and Hamas as a progressive movement” We have already seen that Corbyn supports a two-state solution and therefore accepts the existence of Israel And in the passage cited above he does not describe Hamas as left-wing or progressive nor has he ever done so Rich ignores Corbyn’s other comments on Hamas such as this in the same Electronic Intifada interview:“There has to be talks there has to be negotiations with all the Palestinian forces as well as with all the Israeli forces…That means talking to Hamas it means talking to Hizballah – does it mean that you agree with what they say on social issues on the death penalty No it doesn’t and you can make that clear to them in the discussion”Corbyn’s March 2009 speech was intended as a corrective to the labelling of Hamas as a terrorist organisation Like all correctives his comments were one-sided He presented the main and generally ignored arguments against the proscription of Hamas: its role as a democratically-elected government and national resistance movement against an unjust Occupation its peace overtures and its social welfare programmesThe speech was made just after Operation Cast Lead – ie just after a massive onslaught of Israeli state terrorism that had incomparably more devastating effects than Hamas rockets Ehud Barak Israel’s then Defence Minister – and Defence Minister during Cast Lead – was given a welcome speech and wined and dined by the then British Prime Minister and Labour leader Gordon Brown at a reception during the September 2009 Labour Party Conference When an arrest warrant for war crimes was issued in London in December 2009 by Westminster Magistrates’ Court against Tzipi Livni who had been Israeli Foreign Minister at the time of Cast Lead Gordon Brown rang her to assure her that she would always be welcome in Britain The British government later made changes to the “universal jurisdiction” law so that an arrest warrant invoking this law now requires the consent of the Director of Public ProsecutionsSome of the big London protest marches against Operation Cast Lead ended in clashes between demonstrators and police resulting in police injuries Rich mentions “over 50 policemen injured” but omits to add that all except one – who was knocked unconscious – suffered minor injuries and the smashing of windows of Starbucks coffee shops Many of the very young and mostly Muslim men involved received excessively severe sentences – prison terms of up to two and a half years To quote Ghazal Tipu in Open Democracy:“The judge in the case said he intended to send out a message to deter others No doubt the message many will hear is that Muslims are to be punished more severely than others when they step out of line Smash a Starbucks window and the state will come down on you like a tonne of bricks smash a poor and desperate people with bombs and bullets and government barely murmurs”Rich castigates Corbyn for telling a meeting: “’The events that happened at the end of the demonstration were an expression of anger about what was happening in Gaza by a lot of very young people…the sentences they have suffered as a result of it are absolutely appalling’” Rich describes Operation Cast Lead merely as “a three-week conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in January 2009” He omits the statistics of civilian deaths in Gaza: 1200 including over 350 children To have included the figures would have put under too glaring a light his accusation that Corbyn Seumas Milne the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Stop the War who all supported the defendants appeared to have failed “to consider that they have a responsibility to channel young Muslims away from illegal protests Nor did they acknowledge publicly at least the impact that the violent demonstrations may have had on the mood of London’s Jews”This is probably the lowest point to which the book sinks But a close contender is the guilt-by-association accusation in Chapter 6 – “Antisemitism the Holocaust and the Left” – that during a May Day rally speech by Corbyn – in which he condemned all forms of racism including anti-Semitism – among those listening to him were “marchers carrying banners with images of Joseph Stalin” Rich complains: “Anyone who truly stands against anti-Semitism…ought to recognise that Stalin was an anti-Semite but if Corbyn was aware of this contradiction when he made his May Day speech he didn’t show it” Is Corbyn supposed to be responsible for all the banners exhibited at the huge rallies at which he speaksRich also attacks Corbyn’s May Day speech for its “narrow understanding of anti-Semitism as a far-right phenomenon – part of a broader xenophobic politics that is against diversity and stigmatises refugees and minorities” – a view of anti-Semitism that Rich writes is “common across the left” This is reminiscent of the Home Affairs Committee’s criticism of Corbyn for not understanding the “distinct nature” and “uniqueness” of antisemitism which “unlike other forms of racism…often paints the victim as a malign and controlling force” Report paras 113 and 117 Yet confusingly Rich often attacks the left for excluding anti-Semitism from other forms of racism – for instance he complains about “the separation of anti-Semitism from anti-racist politics that has occurred since the 1960s” Presumably Rich is accusing the left of a kind of split personality syndrome but he never perceives the contradiction and so never tries to resolve itAt the end of Chapter 6 just before the concluding chapter Rich fires off a parting and climactic guilt-by-association shot against Corbyn He quotes from a letter by a “veteran Communist” Moira Gray which was published in the Morning Star on July 27 2002:“’Israel and all that Israel has done and is doing is an affront to all those millions who fought and died fighting fascism before during and after the war against fascism…an Italian partisan fighting the German invaders in Italy survived a year in Dachau A few years ago he committed suicide He left a note saying that the good Jews were all killed in the concentration camps’”Rich comments: “The sentiments behind the letter are nauseating The fact that it was deemed fit to publish is chilling” He denounces in particular the last line: “Linger for a moment on that line: published in Britain’s leading communist newspaper the newspaper for which Jeremy Corbyn wrote a column for several years before becoming leader of the Labour Party”Even if the sentiments behind the letter were as “nauseating” as Rich claims them to be why should Corbyn be associated with it and blamed for writing a column for the “Morning Star” Don’t all reputable publications print letters with which the editors and columnists don’t agree Moreover a search of the Morning Star on-line archives reveals that Moira Gray’s letter was part of a correspondence it was written in response to a “pro-Israel” letter which was also printed by the Morning StarAccording to Rich Moira Gray’s letter represents the climax of his case against the British left: “The attitudes and the political logic that lead to it are no longer surprising It is an extreme example of a way of thinking about Jews Israel and Zionism that is all too common across the left These attitudes this way of thinking are the reasons for the left’s Jewish problem” So let’s follow his instructions and linger for a moment not just on the last line he quotes but on the letter as a wholeIt is confused badly-expressed and inaccurate By “an Italian partisan” Moira Gray probably means Primo Levi who survived a year in Auschwitz not Dachau He did not leave a note before his suicide in 1987 the line cited seems to be a distorted recollection of his famous words in “The Drowned and the Saved”: “the saved of the Lager were not the best…the best all died” It is absurd to see such an incoherent letter as in some way representative of the British Left even in an extreme formNonetheless viewed in context are the sentiments behind the letter under all its incoherence really as “nauseating” as Rich claims The debate began with a letter of June 3 2002 in which John Branson recalling a visit to Auschwitz in 1951 compared “the nazi policy of punishing a whole people” with the current brutal suppression of the Second Intifada including Operation Defensive Shield in March-April 2002 in which Ariel Sharon had “set about destroying the whole Palestinian people in the name of an anti-terrorist war I hope that the millions of good people around the world will act in time to stop this madman” On June 29 the Morning Star published a “pro-Israel” letter in reply by Toby Levitas blaming the situation on the Palestinians and beginning: “John Branson’s letter is an affront to the millions who were murdered by the nazis” Moira Gray’s whole third paragraph is:“How dare Toby Levitas talk about affront to the nazi victims M Star June 29 Israel and all that Israel has done and is doing is an affront to all those millions who fought and died fighting fascism before during and after the war against fascism It is an affront to the 28 million Soviet people killed in battle in concentration camps and defending their country from the invaders and to our country’s part in the struggle”In effect the meaning is: “the millions who fought and died in the battle against fascism gave their lives in a struggle which liberated European Jews the paradigmatic victims of fascism The atrocities committed by the Jewish State are an affront to the memory of these millions of anti-fascist fighters”I do not find this sentiment “nauseating” nor should Rich since it follows on directly from his own “political logic” He argues repeatedly in Chapter Six that “the Holocaust provided the moral justification for the creation of Israel” Many will disagree with this premise but if we accept it surely it follows directly that Israel has a moral duty not to defame the memory not only of the millions of victims of the Holocaust but of the millions who fought and died in the struggle against fascismOf course Moira Gray should not have identified Israel’s immoral actions with “Jews” in general But on May 6 2002 the British Jewish communal organisations had manipulated the Jewish community into attending an Israel Solidarity Rally in Trafalgar Square The rally — billed as “non-political” but including Netanyahu as one of the platform speakers — was funded by the United Jewish Israel Appeal with “cross-communal involvement” The event was very well-organised with coachloads brought to London from all over the country 30000 British Jews a tenth of the entire British Jewish community attended Most of those present probably did not support Ariel Sharon and Operation Defensive Shield even if they did not speak out against them but succumbed to deception and tribal pressure But the community leaders deliberately created the false public impression that the whole British Jewish community endorsed Israel’s atrocities In such circumstances is a community leader like Rich justified in reacting with complete shock and condemnation to a misquotation written two months later by a veteran Communist who lost two brothers fighting fascism in Spain while “another brother was torpedoed at sea four years later” as she writes in her letter incoherent with outrage: “the good Jews were all killed in the concentration camps”Moreover Rich himself encourages the conflation between Israel and Jews implying for instance that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitic because Jewish identity is so much bound up with Israel that anti-Zionism attacks the roots of Jewish selfhood: “the idea that Israel shouldn’t exist or that Zionism – the political movement that created Israel – was a racist colonial endeavour rather than a legitimate expression of Jewish nationhood cuts to the heart of British Jews’ sense of who they are”Amid all Rich’s misrepresentations and guilt-by-association smears there are some valid criticisms of the tactics of the Palestinian solidarity movement though I disagree with his implication that these are anti-Semitic The author cites useful comments made during a 2010 interview that Rich conducted with him by the Labour MP Richard Burden an anti-Zionist in his New Left student days in the 1970s but now a supporter of the two state solution: “analysing the conflict through a theoretic analysis of Zionism or trying to undermine Israel by alleging Nazi/Zionist collaboration are blind alleys that do nothing practical for the Palestinians” The book includes constructive criticisms of the Palestinian solidarity movement’s ambiguities on the subject of one or two states and about the troubling recent tendency to see Israel as only a “settler-colonial” state and to deny that Israeli Jews have national rights Rich pertinently criticises the Palestinian solidarity movement’s support for “one secular democratic state” in the 1960s-‘80s His history of the New Left during this period is on the whole interesting and readable most of the extracts from his academic thesis have been well-digested an exception is an over-long excursus in Chapter 2 about the Young Liberals during the 1960s-‘70s However he never acknowledges that the Palestinian solidarity movement has moved on since the 1960s-‘80s even though at present – as any prospects of an end to the Occupation and the attainment of a two state solution seem remote – it has shown a tendency to regress according to Rich it has simply stayed the sameThe book ends with a proposal of dialogue and reconciliation:“It is not contradictory to accept that Zionism was a genuine Jewish movement for freedom and a response to European anti-Semitism while also critiquing the process by which Israel was created and seeking to redress wrongs suffered by Palestinians…it’s not too late to bring this relationship back to health”The aspects of early Zionism mentioned at the beginning of this passage could surely be accepted by the Left Rich omits any mention of the Nakba till here four sentences before the end of the book – but it shows how much attitudes have changed in the Jewish community that he mentions it at all A large percentage of the British Jewish community as the author points out supports a two state solution and opposes expansion of West Bank settlements The British Left certainly needs to reach out towards the Jewish community and Corbyn’s meeting with the Board of Deputies shows that he is doing just that But dialogue 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