It is ironic that many of the disconcerting themes relating to Israel in US President Barack Obama's Cairo speech replicated those widely promoted for months by a noisy minority of radical American Jews. These "Israel bashers" now proudly proclaim that the new language being employed by Obama "echoes the vocabulary we use."Come gather 'round people
On the eve of Binyamin Netanyahu's arrival in Washington, a full page advertisement inserted by the Israel Policy Forum (IPF) appeared in The New York Times. Instead of the customary welcome message to a visiting prime minister or expressions of solidarity, it urged Obama to press Israel to make further unilateral concessions to the Palestinians, assuring him that in the event of a confrontation, he would enjoy the backing of most American Jews because "they are not Israelis living in exile."
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth saving'
Then you better start swimming'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changing'.
ISRAEL POLICY FORUM is only one of a cluster of radical left-wing organizations that have the chutzpa to describe themselves as lovers of Israel and even "Zionists," while actively lobbying the Obama administration to pressure Israel. They deviously sugarcoat their anti-Israeli campaigns by comparing themselves to parents whose children are drug addicts requiring "tough love" to force them to change their dangerous habits. These sentiments were effectively replicated in Obama's Cairo speech.Come writers and critics
They were joined in April last year by J Street, a new group initially funded by the Jewish tycoon George Soros who had achieved notoriety for demonizing successive Israeli governments irrespective of their political leanings.
J Street and another radical group, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, proudly announced that they had succeeded in persuading 11,000 of their members to bombard the White House with e-mails urging Obama to stand firm against Netanyahu
During the Gaza offensive, J Street condemned the action against Hamas as "disproportionate." Refusing to "pick a side" and identify "who was right and who was wrong,"
The radical groups also resurrected the bogus (True)anti-Semitic charge of "dual loyalties," warning Jews that by continued "blind" support of Israel, they risked alienating the American public and would be condemned for displaying greater loyalty toward Israel than the US. They were almost hysterical in their condemnation of Jews who exercised their rights to protest against the proposed appointment of the fiercely anti-Israel Charles Freeman to head the National Security Agency. IPF spokesmen went so far as to explicitly state that being an anti-Israeli fanatic was insufficient grounds for barring a person from assuming a senior administration role.
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling' who
That it's naming'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changing'.
J Street and IPF also seek to slander and undermine AIPAC, (for this they should receive an award!!!!!) the highly effective pro-Israel lobby group, depicting it as an extreme right-wing and hawkish body although it has consistently promoted the policies of all Israeli governments, including the dovish administrations preceding Netanyahu.Come senators, congressmen
Never before has the Jewish community faced a situation in which organizations presenting themselves as Zionists shamelessly lobby their president to pressure the democratically elected government of the Jewish state to make concessions which could have life and death implications for its citizens. (Um, just wondering here about the GLARING omission of the FACT that like it or not, HAMAS was elected in a democratic election. So, for Israel to have the audacity to call itself a “democracy” is ridiculous. It wouldn’t recognize a democracy if it was hit in the face with one. In fact, Israel is a Theocracy, not a democracy. It’s a rogue state that wants only one kind of person and to exclude all others, and if they cannot be excluded, then they have lesser rights. Second load of bollix in the above statement is the “fear mongering” again, ad nauseum, no one buys that sad rhetoric anymore, the times they are a changing!)
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is raging'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changing'.
The problem in the US is that the established Jewish leaders decided to ignore these organizations, mistakenly believing that confrontations would be construed as attempts to restrict freedom of expression and would transform the radicals into martyrs. (So are the Zionists now calling for restrictions on “freedom of expression” for Jews in America they don’t agree with?)Come mothers and fathers
But the issue of freedom of expression is a red herring. Any Jew is entitled to express his beliefs, no matter how nauseating or deviant such views may appear to the majority. That certainly applies to those arguing in favor or in opposition to settlements. Surely the red lines are being crossed when, as distinct from expressing views, American based organizations claiming to "love" Israel aggressively lobby the US government to pressure it to make concessions that could place lives at risk. To tolerate such groups within the framework of the Jewish community provides them with an aura of respectability to which they are not entitled. Alas, today some of these groups already attend administration briefings on a par with the recognized mainstream organizations. (So all these neocon Zionist orgs can do is attempt to vilify progressive Jews like J-Street and others. But they are growing daily, and soon will replace AIPAC and the other nasty little Israeli spy agencies controlling America)
Furthermore, failure to confront these Israel bashers has already provided the general media with grounds to suggest that American Jewish support of Israel is collapsing.(well it IS collapsing!!!) That has certainly encouraged the Obama administration to intensify its pressure on the Netanyahu government. It may also cause some weak-kneed Jews to distance themselves from Israel to avoid confronting a popular American president. (Funny how Jews who don’t hold the evil Zionist ideals are “Weak kneed” or “Israel Bashers” Oh and BTW the support for Israel’s continue maniacal behavior IS collapsing, this is exactly why the progressive groups are growing and challenging a take over of the neocon Zionist groups in America. I say “fare well”)
throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly aging'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changing'.
(Get ready for the "mother of all paranoia") There are even ominous mutterings predicting a possible replay of what transpired during World War II, when fearing a confrontation and bedazzled by president Franklin Roosevelt, Jewish leaders lacked the courage to protest against the indifference of the US government to the Nazi extermination of the Jews.The line it is drawn
Now, as never before, when the beleaguered State of Israel confronts Iran, potentially one of the greatest existential threats since its creation, the support of American Jews is crucial. (The above statement is proof positive they are in meltdown mode. They are actually attempting to make Jews believe there could be another “impending” holocaust………..PULEEEEEZE!!! My personal favorite “hasbara” is this “the beleaguered State of Israel” Ah hem, 4th largest army in the world with nuclear weapons that HAS REFUSED to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (like Iran did!!!) and also refuses to allow inspections of it’s nukes, (like Iran Does!) give it a break, only people with room temperature IQ’s buy that crap anymore. Israel’s lies are now failing them, the world has woken up finally!.)
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fading'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changing'.
Another GREAT meltdown example have a read of this post over at mondoweiss HERE Poor Little Israel seeing that it has now run out of excuses and things to attack Obama on, are now attempting to become "Arabs" LOL, you're gonna love it, trust me:)
3 comments:
too much. it is funny, but in america now, the irish supporting the palestinians seems to make the zionists more angry than any other group who supports the palestinians. do not know why. it is like, who else would we support.thanks.
beidh ar la linn.
mike
We support Palestine because we have been there:)
I fear that things have hit a snag big time my dear. Please read about the lone nut who has changed history again. Yesterday. This is NOT to be taken lightly.
Once again, they can claim victim,the focus anti semitism. The press will focus on this ad nauseum and there will be a new onslaught of witch hunts.
The usual groups ADL, and others, will just eat this up to scare all the Jews, good, bad or indifferent, for funding and that old ploy, scare them back to Israel if possible. At best scare them out of bucks.
These "lone nuts" leave big marks in history but we all know there is a history that the world never learns about. I am concerned about this. My first thought this morning was "damn they are good!" at this game.
If you notice, the sacrifice was not Jewish, it never is. But he will receive all due attention and be given hero status. Well, they are not adverse to using their own to make a point either.
This is just too timely. ALSO, after EVERY Bilderberg conference, within a month or two, the big moves occur that shape the year until the next one. For some reason, that is my thought.
So as wonderful as what you write is, things have once again changed.
Oh btw, as much as some of Bob's music is genius and pure magic, he is a member of Chabad Lubovitch? The rabbi who came out with that hate speech about war and killing enemies was the man who brought him back into the fold. Bob is way up there in the cabalistic stuff as well.
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