http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/zionism/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:56:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410109/posts To grasp the underlying anti-Zionist viewpoint prevalent in New York Times coverage of Israel and the Palestinians, one need look no farther than Ethan Bronner's ruminations in the December 16 edition, ("Israelis and Palestinians Ponder Surprising Role for Netanyahu: Peacemaker," page A6. Bronner starts by reporting that Aluf Benn, a senior columnist at the "left-leaning" Haaretz newspaper, recently wrote that he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seriously interested in making concessions to the Palestinians to achieve a two-state solution. Bronner then reports that Benn was attacked by many colleagues, politicians and friends who firmly disagreed that Netanyahu could be... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410109/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:56:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396253/posts Last week, Oliver Miles, Britain’s former ambassador to Libya and a pillar of the country’s foreign policy establishment, put his thinking cap on, put pen to paper and came up with the following thoughts in a column in the Independent newspaper about the presence of the esteemed historians Martin Gilbert and Lawrence Freedman on the board of the UK’s latest Iraq Inquiry: “Both Gilbert and Freedman are Jewish, and Gilbert at least has a record of active support for Zionism,” he said. “…if and when the inquiry is accused of a whitewash, such handy ammunition will be available. Membership should... Robin Shepherd Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396253/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391733/posts During a recent speaking tour in Canada, MK Nahman Shai (Kadima) shocked some of his hosts when he said that his primary goal in politics today is to bring down the Netanyahu government. Although indelicate, Shai's comment was not surprising. Kadima is in the opposition. And like all opposition parties in all parliamentary democracies, the primary goal of its members is to bring down the government so that they can take power. Given that this is the case, it is unsurprising that until this week, Kadima leader Tzipi Livni tried to blame Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for US President Barack... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391733/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377773/posts Isi Leibler has written a fierce denunciation in the Jerusalem Post of Britain’s Jewish community leadership for their supine and craven response to the way Britain’s political and intellectual class is throwing Israel ever more brazenly under the bus. I agree with all that he says. However, I fear that his hope that British Jews get rid of these leaders and replace them by individuals who are prepared to mount a proper defence of Israel in the face of this verbal pogrom is tragically unrealisable. spectator.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377773/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:07:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324153/posts The logic of her article runs like this: The 2001 and 2009 Durban Conferences were principally aimed at delivering social justice for the African ancestors of slaves shipped off to America and other racist white nations. But Israel, the U.S. government and the world’s right-wing media instead focused on the shrill anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic rhetoric and intimidation that characterized the lead-up to the conference and the parallel NGO sessions. As a result, the Bush (and then Obama) administrations got the excuse they secretly coveted to distance themselves from the Durban process, and much of the rest of the world followed... Political Mavens (Jewish World Review) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324153/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:12:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317393/posts It begins, reasonably, as a response to apparently unnecessary violence by Israel. Then it moves on to accuse Israel of expanding on land the Arabs insist is theirs. Nothing wrong with criticizing that, surely. Israel, a state, deserves to be judged like any other. Even those friendly toward Israel have often felt duty bound to point out its mistakes. In more innocent times, I imagined that intellectuals in the West paid careful attention to Israel's faults because they expected it to set a high standard. Who would worry about the moral status of, say, Bolivia? No one except Bolivians. Jews,... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317393/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315925/posts Israel is the Jewish state. Now there’s a revolutionary proposition. Of course, it’s not revolutionary at all — the UN recognized Israel that way in 1948. The idea of a safe homeland for the Jewish people, in the land of Israel — that’s Zionism. But that idea has been effectively stolen and delegitimized by people peddling fashionable politics. Z STREET, the new Zionist organization (See? Did you cringe a little at the use of the word Zionist? That’s what we need to fix.) was created to solve this problem. First, let’s drill down to understand what’s happened. As the world... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315925/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:56:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306465/posts The American Thinker August 02, 2009 Z STREET By Lori Lowenthal Marcus There is a chilling scene in the 2002 movie "The Pianist." In it the train was already chugging along on the path to insanity and destruction, but before all was destroyed. The family of the protagonist has been moved into the Warsaw Ghetto and the head of the family is sitting at a table, reading a newspaper. He looks up and says, "I blame the American Jews." He was talking to me. At least, that's how I heard it. I resolved then not to be our time's analog... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306465/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 14:50:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2290503/posts Desecrating the Sabbath to protest desecrating the Sabbath. Scenes of rioting, rock throwing, and violence have rocked a Jerusalem district. No, this time it's not crazy jihad supporting Arabs acting on cue from Arafat or the Mufti for the jihad supporting media. This time it is misguided anti-zionist, anti-Israel Jews! Some of these misguided Jews have even spit in the faces of Israeli police and called them "Nazis". They are so upset about the opening of a parking lot on the Sabbath to alieviate real problems caused by a severe parking shortage in the city. Hmm... "What man is there... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2290503/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:41:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287664/posts Maccabiah Games Represent Zionism, Israel, Aliya By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Ramat Gan , Israel ---- July 7, 2009 ...... It was a sizzling hot summer's day in Israel as thousands of Jewish athletes arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport from around the globe for the 18th Maccabiah Jewish Olympic Games. But inside the Maccabiah headquarters in Kfar Maccabi in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, all was cool and controlled with an abundance of laughs and smiles. "We are all family," said Maccabi World Union President Jeanne Futeran. "Sure, we have many differences, languages and dozens of challenges with... Israel News Agency / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287664/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:29:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269800/posts Somehow I don't feel better. Yesterday President Obama's former religious mentor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said "Them Jews Aren't Going to Let Him [Obama] Talk To Me" Today he corrected himself. When Interviewed on “Make it Plain” with Mark Thompson, he said I didn't mean ALL Jews just Zionists. Remember this is the guy who taught faith to our President for over 20 years. Its no wonder that Obama has taken an anti-Israel position in his Middle East Policy. Read More below: Political Punch/the Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269800/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:35:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248111/posts http://wingless.aoriginality.com If you can prove a country called Palestine existed on Planet Earth in the few billion years before 1948 then wingless.aoriginality.com has $$$$ reward for you! COME ON DOWN! They had no takers yet because you will never find information on something non-existent. (if it was a country, what was its capital, its flag, its government, who recognized it, what was its history, its currency, when did it declare independence etc...) wingless http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248111/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 18:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239815/posts Aboriginal Rights to Israel By Allen Z. Hertz · April 23, 2009 For over sixty years, there has been a bitter dispute over the unwillingness of most Muslims and Arabs to accept the legitimacy and permanence of Israel as an independent Jewish State in the Middle East. In this connection, Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have denied that the Jews are a People within the context of the modern political and legal doctrine of the self-determination of Peoples. However, there is an enormous body of archaeological and historical evidence demonstrating that the Jewish People -- like the Greek People or... jta http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239815/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:26:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2239242/posts I have always seen Israel as the result of the national liberation movement of the region's aboriginal Jews. Liberation of the aboriginal Jews (and anyone else lucky enough to find refuge within Israel's borders) from the twin fascisms of pan-Arabism and Islamism which have oppressed and even eliminated so many of the region’s aboriginal ethnic groups. Israel's aboriginal Jews were not unique in accepting outside help (and even immigration) in their liberation struggle. Lebanon's Maronites; Egypt's Copts, Iraq and Turkey's Kurds, and Iran's Zoroastrians have all sought and received outside help in their liberation struggles, each group according to its... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2239242/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:27:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236023/posts If you want to pioneer a Jewish revolution - if you want to establish Jewish national leadership - you need to think big. If you talk about national - not sector-based - leadership, you have essentially stated that there is room for everyone in your movement. And true to form, the spectrum of people and opinions in Manhigut Yehudit is broad, indeed. We have common ground with the most fervent Zionists, the most bitter ultra-Orthodox, with the more and the less observant. All of them have their niche in Manhigut Yehudit - as long as they share a main principle:... Manhigut Yehudit--The Jewish Leadership Movement http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236023/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233841/posts If Arabs Can Live in Jewish Neighborhoods, Why Can't Jews Live in Arab Neighborhoods? In other words, if Palestinianism has any validity, then so does Zionism - even moreso, since Jews are indigenous to Israel and her territories. Via DailyAlert.org, h/t Makor Rishon-Hebrew, Apr 8, 2009: During Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s recent visit to the U.S., Maariv headlined a story: “Barkat Enables Jewish Building in Eastern Jerusalem.” After hearing about it, the mayor didn’t quite understand the controversy. From his perspective, Jews are permitted to live in any section of Jerusalem. “The Israel Supreme Court has ruled that in the... Smoothstone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233841/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2221299/posts What an impressive Conference put on by the Government of Malaysia and the Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW). Absolutely incredible. And the audience was packed with information. I will definitely make a more detailed report later and include the information learned at this Conference in my next economics report, too, on the state of our economy and common sense solutions as I promised you. The Malaysian Foreign Minister, Dr. Rais Yatim, spoke passionately this morning about the need for accountability in the face of war crimes. And so too, did the founder of the KLFCW, Tun Dr. Mahathir.... Pan-African News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2221299/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 05:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212152/posts Anti-Zionism is hate By Judea Pearl March 22, 2009 In January, four longtime Israel bashers were invited to the University of California, Los Angeles, to analyze the human rights conditions in Gaza, and used the stage to attack the legitimacy of Zionism and its vision of a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. They criminalized Israel's existence, distorted its motives and maligned its character, its birth, even its conception. At one point, the excited audience reportedly chanted "Zionism is Nazism" and worse. Jewish leaders condemned this hate-fest as a dangerous invitation to anti-Semitic hysteria. The organizers, some of them... baltimoresun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212152/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:15:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2211166/posts e-Zion Commentary: Racism in the Middle East - Zionism or Arabism? Zionism site map Zionism on the Web definitions issues Timeline history documents links photos contact help Zionism Racism in the Middle East - Zionism or Arabism? Is Zionism racism? That is what is claimed by many, including a now repealed UN Resolution. The proof is lacking. However there is surely racism in the Middle East. Here are some examples of "information" about Jews in Arab world media: "Jewish women are whores" "Israel invented Avian Flu" "Judaism is not a monotheistic religion" "Jews bake matzoth from the blood of... zionism-israel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2211166/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2203508/posts I got a friend of mine who is anti israel. He follows the teachings of a church based in Fort Collins Colorado run by a man named Pastor Peter J Peters. He runs two ministries, scriptures for america and a radio and internet talk show called another untold story. He tells me that everything wrong with this nation is God is punishing america for giving aid and money to israel and that is proof that Israel is not a holy nation. He says the Jews are antichrists, theives and money launderers and that Jewish Bankers caused the recession. He also... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2203508/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:43:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196520/posts United States Pulls Out of Durban II by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) The Obama administration announced Friday that it is boycotting the Durban II conference on racism unless there are significant changes to what the State Department called “unsalvageable” anti-Israeli resolutions. The decision by the State Department pleased Kadima leader and acting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Knesset Member Silvan Shalom, Livni's predecessor, who said it is "a sign for the entire world.” Livni stated that the policy move "must lead the way for more countries that share the same values” to boycott the convention, scheduled for April. Canada already... inn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196520/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 04:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192650/posts DiCaprio To Convert to Judaism To Marry Bar: Arab World Says To Hell With Him Israeli journalist, Guy Bechor, writes on the Israeli website gplanet (Hebrew language) that the Arab world is going crazy over reports that Leonardo DiCaprio is converting to Judaism in order to marry Sports Illustrated cover girl, Bar Rafieli, an Israeli. The report appeared on Al-Arabiya website and, according to Bechor, is quite vicious. Apparently, Leo is a hero in the Arab world (everyone loved Titanic) but that the combination of his relationship with the Jewish beauty, and his conversion, should it happen) instantly transforms him... israelipolicyforum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192650/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:09:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2170932/posts Below is a list of commonly repeated myths coming largely from the Arab/anti-Israeli camp that need to be clarified. People are often prone to make snap judgments based on limited information, limited knowledge or worse, skewed and ignorant generalizations. This list is by no means complete, but is something I personally encountered. Still, it is important to recognize just how much information is being pumped by the Arab media and ultimately ends up flowing into the minds of Europeans and Americans. While many Arabs believe that Jews still drink the blood of boys on Passover (blood libel) and Mein Kampf... Indy Mind http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2170932/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:04:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2165450/posts Jews like Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (pictured above with the beard) marched with Martin Luther King Jr. on the road to civil rights. Rev. King marched with the Jews on the road to a secure Israel. About six years ago, I was writing an article for Jewish World Review and quoted parts of the famous Martin Luther King Jr. Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend. Just as the article was about to run I got an e-mail from Editor-in-Chief Binyamin Jolkovsky informing me that the letter was a hoax, he sent me the article from CAMERA quoted below. The bad news... Camera/Yidwithlid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2165450/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:29:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2160374/posts Jews are sometimes accused of having a major league chip on our shoulders. People think that we scream Anti-Semitism for EVERY OFFENSE and there are some Jews that react like that. Critics of Israel claim that they are only "Anti-Zionist" not Anti-Semitic, they say that any claims of Anti-Semitism are trumped up just to deflect attention from the real issues. There is only ONE problem with that argument it is totally wrong. The facts show that hatred of Israel is just a politically correct way displaying hatred of Jews. Even the US State Department recognizes that the two go hand... Yidwithlid Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2160374/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:37:38 GMT