rssIf This Is Friendship to Israel, I’d Hate to See What Contempt Looks Like
Monday, January 19, 2009 at 3:29 pm
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Bill Kristol speaks to American Jewry:
As we recited this on Saturday, I couldn’t help but reflect that a distressingly small number of my fellow Jews seem to have given much thought at all to the fact that President Bush is one of the greatest friends the state of Israel — and, yes, the Jewish people — have had in quite a while.
I truly hope no one in the Kristol family suffers from an addiction, because Bill Kristol does not know the difference between being a friend and being an enabler.
A friend tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. An enabler goes along with what you want to do at any given time and reinforces your more self-destructive or shortsighted impulses. “For too long our culture has said, ‘If it feels good, do it,’” George W. Bush frequently hectored the American people, imploring them to turn away from that easy and emotive answer. Certainly, when it came to Israel/Palestine, he never followed his own advice.
Eight years ago, the outlines of a sustainable Israeli-Palestinian peace — two states, an end to occupation, compromises on refugees and Jerusalem and borders — came into undeniable relief under a problematic but secular Palestinian leadership. Today, as every diplomat in the region and beyond acknowledges, those outlines provide the only hopeful path to peace. Only now we’re two Israeli-Palestinian wars later; one Israeli-Hezbollah-Lebanon war later; an increased amount of Iranian regional influence later; a new era of Hamas control over half of Palestine later; and a diminished amount of American regional influence later. It’s not the case that every malady suffered in the region is the fault of the United States, or of George W. Bush. But no one can honestly say, without retreating into some fallacious and meaningless counterfactual conditional, that the Bush administration has been a net benefit to either Israelis or Palestinians. We can’t know what the alternatives would have yielded, but we know that there’s no future along this path but endless catastrophe, and so it’s time to explore the road not taken.
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Comment posted January 24, 2009 @ 10:21 am
Israel is going to face more opposition in the USA and around the world. There are many writer especially writer from American Jewish communities are critical of the Israel policy toward Palestinians. As one of the writer said below:
“But when Israel responded to months of daily rocket fire with its campaign in Gaza, the usual crowd of unthinking critics immediately denounced the move as the moral equivalent of a war crime. They argued that Israel’s response was out of proportion to the Hamas provocation. One wonders if they would say the same thing if they were on the firing line in southern Israel.”
The truths are that the Israel owns foreign policies are wrong in the Middle East, EU, world at large and America. They are not carful who they are supporting and who are allied with.
They are an ally of Turks of Turkey whom committed Genocides against the millions of Christians’, Armenian, Greek and now Kurds. All these communities do have educated people in America and EU; they are going to write about the Israel unjust practice in the media.
The writing will mobilize the public opinions against Israel. Israel is not that strong to fight for long time. When the US Government under the pressure of the public opinions’ is going to stop helping Israel; the Turks of Turkey will be the first to attack them with the Arabs.
We at the “Jaff Sassani organizations” were pointing out to Israel and Jewish people what are the future could be for them. We are an Iranian people with historical relationship to Israel and Jewish people for over three thousand years now. We are captive by the Arab imperialist Islamic ideologies; and their agent the Arab origin “Sayyied families in Iran” whom they are running our country using Islam as a tool to control our people in Iran. We are asking Israel and Jewish people to help us a friend because we helped them when they are used to be captive. But they are not helping us because we do not have money and control of our wealth in Iran. But they are Turks of Turkey because they are killing our Eryan or Aryan Kurds and taking tour wealth and pay Israel and Jewish lobbyist percentage of that wealth.
Israel and Jewish people should wake up and correct the wrong doing against other nations. The wrong policy will hunt them in the future. Look at the USA and learn the listen.
The USA was very popular and respectable around the world before. But because of the Bush administrations’ bad treatment of other nations around the world; even the Europeans’ ally do not like them any more.
Comment posted February 1, 2009 @ 7:07 am
Israel and Turkey democratic system comparison
There are not fair to compare Israeli to Turkey when it is coming to democratic system.
There are not fair to compare PKK to Hamas either. Hamas are the Islamic extremist; supported by Iran, Syria, Saudi and al-Qaida for the Israel eliminations on earth.
PKK are not supported by any country in the world. They are only getting help from hopeless Kurdish people. PKK are representing 15-20 million Kurds and begging Turkey for peace and coexistence with Turks in Turkey.
If Turkey allowing the free elections like Israel allowed Hamas then you will see the PKK will get 90 % vote from 15-20 million Kurds in Turkey.
Israeli Public opinion does understand that now. We hope they are going to stop Israel and Jewish lobbyist unjust policy toward Eryan or Iranian Kurds in Turkey.
Comment posted February 5, 2009 @ 4:12 pm
Deceased Zionist are Ashamed of those Living one’s for failing to Bring Peace for Israel
Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in the historic Land of Israel. The Zionists are the people who fought to establish the state of Israel. Israel supposes to protect Jewish people in Israel and around the world in the time of war and peace. But in reality they are becoming burden on the Jewish people in America and Europe. What if America does not want or not capable any more to protect Israel interest some day? Does the Zionist ever cared about that day.
The Israeli leaders are from Europe mostly. They are clueless with regard of history. For over sixty years they are enjoyed the superiority over the Arab and Middle Eastern people technologically. The times are catching up with them now. Iranian Mullah from the Shi’a is about to acquire Atomic Bomb technology to be used against the superiority of Israel security cards. Israel will have to defend on herself using conventional weapons and human resources.
The long term wars for Israeli people are not matching the human resources and weapons of Islamic armies then. American people are tired of the wars in Middle East. The Europeans’ did run away long time ago. What is next for the people in Israel?
We are an Eryan or Iranian organizations from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union Countries. We wished to forge strategical relationship with the Israeli people to balance the evil forces against the Jewish people in the region. Why we want that that strategical cooperation’s with the people of Israel? It is simple; we believe that both our people are sharing common history and common problem with the Arab imperialist in the region.
The Israeli does have technology and expertise we need. We have raw material and human resources to balance the Arab imperialist ambitions. Our alliances are beneficial to both of our people.
There are many tribes from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union are clamming that they are related to the Jewish people by blood. The DNA test proves the blood connections between Jewish people and Kurdish people in the region. Pashtoon people in Afghanistan-Pakistan and many other tribes are clamming to be from those” ten lost tribes of the Jewish people”. Regardless of the religions; the people will have more feeling toward each other when they are related by blood than religions.
The Israeli people made wrong strategical alliances wit the Turks of Turkey. The Turks of Turkey are the people got benefit from the Islamic holly wars of “Jihads” after they are converted to Islam. They are never got hurt by the Arabs like us Iranian. They are natural ally of Arabs compared to our people.
The PM of Turkey can say nice thing to Israeli in private and say nasty thing against them in public. The general public are going to take the nasty saying first. The Turks of Turkey are burden on Israel. They are never going to be Israel strategical partners. When there are wars against Israel in the region the Turks of Turkey are not going to stop it or go to war for Israel. But the people who have blood connections with Jewish people will do that for Israel.
Sincerely,
Jaff Sassani
From the SKDC
jaff.skdc@googlemail.com
Feb-4-09
Comment posted February 6, 2009 @ 8:28 am
Sassanid and Jews connections
Sassanid People wants to establish strategical alliance with the Jewish people in Middle East and Greater Asia. We believe that majority of our people from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union countries are having the blood or intermarriages connections with the Jewish people around the world and in Israel.
We are different by religions and united by blood and intermarriage connections. The religions are the connections between individual and God through the spiritual believes. The religions should not be used to divide us the people.
We are connected to the Jewish people by blood and intermarriages. Our strategical alliances should be above the religions believes.
We are going to challenge the Arab Islamic doctrines’ of preaching hatred toward the Jewish people in Islamic world. We are especially going to challenge the ruler of our country Iran (the Sayeid Arab families from the Arab origins and Arab blood) and the mullah’s with the white turbans (Mullah’s with the Iranian origins and Iranian blood-who are the subhuman being in comparisons to the Sayied Arab family members with the Arab blood).
We are no longer going to believe in Shi’a or Sunni hatred toward the Jewish people. We are all created by God equal. We do not believe that the Sayied families are holly by birth.
We are the Sassanid of Iran believing that our Iranian blood and heritage are equivalents to the blood of Prophet Mohammad and Ali from the Arab tribes. We do not believe that God created us different than the Children of Prophet Mohammad.
Prophet Mohammad said he is just a man like others. We believe that no more no less.
The teachings of Shi’asim are wrong and we are going to change that teaching in our country. We want to worship God only. We are against worshiping the Arab personalities’ like Imam’s.
Sincerely,
Jaff Sassani
From the SKDC
jaff.skdc@googlemail.com
Comment posted February 6, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
Sassanid and Jews connections
Sassanid People wants to establish strategical alliance with the Jewish people in Middle East and Greater Asia. We believe that majority of our people from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union countries are having the blood or intermarriages connections with the Jewish people around the world and in Israel.
We are different by religions and united by blood and intermarriage connections. The religions are the connections between individual and God through the spiritual believes. The religions should not be used to divide us the people.
We are connected to the Jewish people by blood and intermarriages. Our strategical alliances should be above the religions believes.
We are going to challenge the Arab Islamic doctrines’ of preaching hatred toward the Jewish people in Islamic world. We are especially going to challenge the ruler of our country Iran (the Sayeid Arab families from the Arab origins and Arab blood) and the mullah’s with the white turbans (Mullah’s with the Iranian origins and Iranian blood-who are the subhuman being in comparisons to the Sayied Arab family members with the Arab blood).
We are no longer going to believe in Shi’a or Sunni hatred toward the Jewish people. We are all created by God equal. We do not believe that the Sayied families are holly by birth.
We are the Sassanid of Iran believing that our Iranian blood and heritage are equivalents to the blood of Prophet Mohammad and Ali from the Arab tribes. We do not believe that God created us different than the Children of Prophet Mohammad.
Prophet Mohammad said he is just a man like others. We believe that no more no less.
The teachings of Shi’asim are wrong and we are going to change that teaching in our country. We want to worship God only. We are against worshiping the Arab personalities’ like Imam’s.
Sincerely,
Jaff Sassani
From the SKDC
jaff.skdc@googlemail.com
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