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The Consequences

Raed Khalil's entry in Holocaust cartoon contest

Raed Khalil of Syria won honorable mention in Iran's Holocaust Cartoon Contest with this submission.


This collection is dedicated to the consequences that the Holocaust story has had on contemporary cultural and political issues.  We focus primarily on the impact that the Holocaust has had on American and Israeli politics, especially as it relates to the Palestinian people and the various conflicts in the Middle East.

It is our position that the Jewish people have a right to a homeland just as the Palestinian people do.  Both the Israelis and the Palestinians have a right to live in peace and security.  It is also our position that the Holocaust story has caused Jews to believe that they are engaged in an exaggerated life and death struggle with their "enemies."  It has been one factor in the power-shift toward ultra-nationalism and extreme Zionist fundamentalism both in Israel and the Diaspora. It has also resulted in significant abuses of the Palestinians as well as neighboring populations. 

Psychologically, the Holocaust has created unnatural fear and distrust among the Jewish people that has all but eliminated any chance of peaceful cohabitation of the Holy land.  The fires of hate, fueled by an unending stream of Holocaust propaganda, have even reduced the likelihood of the creation of a Palestinian state. Today the Holocaust is being used to justify a "Greater Israel" with expanded borders necessitating both voluntary emigration and compulsory expulsions of the Palestinians.  It is of the greatest irony that one nation's tragedy is being used to justify inflicting a tragedy on another.  It is our belief that only with an accurate and objective understanding of the Jewish Holocaust can peace be secured in this long tortured region.

-RM

Reach Out Your Hand

REACH OUT FOR PEACE

And Give Peace a Chance

Articles and Commentary, Alphabetical by Author

  1. Who is Planning our Next War?, by Patrick J. Buchanan

  2. The Torah True Jews Have No Part in the Affair Against the Swiss
    "WE HEREBY PROCLAIM: "Zionism is a heresy, and true Jews are not contaminated by Zionism. True Jews have no part in Zionist activities. According to the Torah, we are not allowed to insult, humiliate or dominate another people."

  3. Not Only Deir Yassin, by Guy Ehrlich, Ha'ir--Zionist Massacres in 1948: New Evidence
    * From the Hebrew daily Ha'ir, May 6, 1992, Usenet posting by Matt Giwer

  4. Assault on the Liberty , by James Ennes
    * Mr. Ennes, an officer on the U.S.S. Liberty in 1967, describes how Israeli forces made an unprovoked, and in his opinion deliberate, attack on a United States Naval vessel, resulting in over 200 casualties, including 34 dead. The incident occurred during the Six Day War off the Sinai peninsula, and was quickly hushed up by our government. (See also Joseph Sobran's comments on Lyndon Johnson's role in this affair.)

  5. Did the Zionist Lobby Drive the US Into the Iraq War?, by Paul Grubach

  6. George Bush, War With Iran, and Holocaust Revisionism: An Open Letter to the President of the United States , by Paul Grubach

  7. The Grubach-Foxman Letters Debate, by Paul Grubach

  8. What is the real Racial/Ethnic agenda of the ADL?, by Paul Grubach

  9. The Truth Shall Get You Fired in the USA - Arab Terrorism: Causes and Cures , by Robert W. McGee

  10. Of Hoaxsters, Holocaust, and Halabja, by Ken Meyercord

  11. Bush's Desire For a Conflict with Iran is a Crisis Made in Israel, by Scott Ritter (link to AlterNet)

  12. A Political Prisoner in Israel: A letter from administrative detainee Imad F. Sabi'

  13. Israel's Sacred Terrorism : A study based on Moshe Sharett's Personal Diary, and other documents. "Livia Rokach has performed a valuable service in making this material readily available, for the first time, to those who are interested in discovering the real world that lies behind 'official history'." - NOAM CHOMSKY January 1, 1980

  14. Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years , by Israel Shahak

  15. Report #152, SYSTEMATIC MURDER OF POW'S AND SUSPECTS BY ISRAELI FORCES: THE SO-CALLED 'CERTIFICATION OF DEATH' , by Prof. Israel Shahak, describing the "facts on the ground" policy of the Israeli military to take no prisoners.

  16. The Works of Israel Shamir
  17. Introduction to Tangled Web: Zionism and the Holocaust -- The Consequences (1996) , by Bradley R. Smith

  18. Israel Lobby Denial: The bankruptcy of the mainstream Left as illustrated by Stephen Zunes , by Stephen Sniegoski

  19. Iraq: A War for Israel? by Mark Weber

  20. Laird Wilcox on Extremist Traits: Portrait of a Zionist

  21. United States Congress
    A search of the Congressional Record and Legislative Status Record for the 105th Congress (current session) returned 286 items for the words "Holocaust" and "Jerusalem" on 9/8/97.


Joseph Sobran (Link to archived columns)

Joseph Sobran is one of the few influential columnists in this country to consistently call attention to the increasing role that Zionism plays in the policy decisions and laws of the United States. Visit his Website at: http://www.sobran.com.

Internal and External Links to Other Sites of Interest
  1. AIPAC
    The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, America's Pro-Israel Lobby.  "The most important organization affecting America's relationship with Israel" - The New York Times.

  2. CODOH NewsDesk:
    Features links to various news sources from around the world.  Provides varied opinions on all subjects.

  3. Deir Yassin Remembered: Information Center
    "Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 400 Palestinian residents. The village lay outside of the area to be assigned by the United Nations to the Jewish State; it had a peaceful reputation. But it was located on high ground in the corridor between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and according to Plan Dalet, it was to be destroyed and the residents evacuated.
    "In all 254 men, women, and children were systematically murdered. Fifty three orphaned children were literally dumped along the wall of the Old City where they were found by Miss Hind Husseini and brought behind the American Colony Hotel to her home which was to become the Dar El-Tifl El-Arabi orphanage.
    "Part of the struggle for self determination by Palestinians has been to tell the truth about Palestinians as victims of Zionism. For too long their history has been denied and this denial has only served to further oppress and deliberately dehumanize Palestinians in Israel, inside the occupied territories, and outside in their diaspora. Some progress has been made. Westerners now realize that Palestinians, as a people, do exist. And they have come to acknowledge that during the creation of the state of Israel thousands of Palestinians were killed and over 700,000 were driven or frightened from their homes and lands on which they had lived for centuries."

  4. Enabling Law and 1999 Funding for Holocaust Council/Museum
    A search of the Congressional Record and Legislative Status Record for the 105th Congress returned the information which shows that this privately funded memorial is anything but private in its funding. Your tax dollars at work.

  5. Iraq Body Count:
    The worldwide update of reported civilian deaths in the Iraq war and occupation.

  6. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs :
    The Israeli Government's Official Website by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  7. Loss of Liberty: The Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty :
    Presented by BrassCheck TV, this documentary asks and answers the question, Would the US allow its citizens to be attacked and killed by a foreign power and then cover up the facts?

  8. MarWen Media: Ahead of the Curve:  
    The first step in the right direction for justice and peace is for the American people to insist that our government withdraw its unconditional support for the racist, apartheid, anti-democratic Jewish state of Israel, which persecutes and discriminates against non-Jews.

  9. Neturei Karta International:
    Jews United Against Zionism.

  10. Norman G. Finkelstein:
    The Official Website of Norman G. Finkelstein

  11. Palestinian Development Infonet - Middle East Peace Process:
    "The following is a collection of links on the Arab-Israeli conflict/peace process, and in particular its Palestinian-Israeli dimensions. "

  12. Stop the Quiet Deportation in East Jerusalem
    "An appeal on behalf of Palestinians from the Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem and HaMoked. . . .B'Tselem - the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories was founded in 1989 to monitor and document human rights abuses in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. B'Tselem has published over 50 reports on a wide variety of human rights issues, and has conducted advocacy campaigns to improve human rights in the territories. "

  13. Stop the Wall:
    The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign 

    Israel's Apartheid Wall

    Israel's Apartheid Wall - courtesy of Stopthewall.org


  14. True Torah Jews Against Zionism
    A non-profit organization formed by a group of religious Orthodox Jews dedicated to informing the world and the American public and politicians in particular, that the ideology of Zionism is in total opposition to the teachings of traditional Judaism.

  15. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
    * This monthly magazine Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is a gold-mine of information about events in and around the state of Israel, with emphasis on the influence of Zionist groups and others sympathetic to their cause on the conduct of the government of the United States. Simply put, they describe in detail repeat instances of U.S. foreign-policy decisions whose primary purpose seems to be either to pump more U.S. tax dollars into Israel (or to forgive repayment of the billions already granted and loaned), and whose justifications, if any, are illogical and often false. Also focuses on the brutal treatment of the Palestinian people, and the relentless assaults on their property and human rights. Most articles concern current events, but it continues to feature historical vignettes from the cloudy history of Zionism and Israel. (Click on the picture for a much larger view.)

  16. Ziopedia.org:
    "All There is to Know about Zionism."


Fida Sherafi

"Fida Sherafi, a Palestinian girl in Gaza, lost her eye to a rubber bullet when she was nine months old. She has learned to take out her glass eye to clean it. 'I made sure to show both the Israeli and Palestinian sides of the war,' says Grossfeld. 'A kid is a kid. They don't deserve to have their eyeballs shot out.'" Photo by Stan Grossfeld, Life Magazine, June 1997