Modern Israel, non-historical

The establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine was justified as a necessary protection from another Holocaust. Thus, the creation of modern Israel on the land of another people is a direct political consequence of the Holocaust lore. Contributions in this section deal with the creation and history of the Jewish State, covering its political, societal, religious, and military trials and tribulations, as well as the relationship it has with its neighbors and its treatment of Israel's ethnically non-Jewish inhabitants.

Is The ADL Hypocritical?

Dec. 7, 1999. To Mr. Abraham Foxman, Anti-Defamation League, New York According to the ADL's 1913 charter, your organization's “ultimate purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike, and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against, and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens.”[1] Again in…

The Two Faces of Humanity. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Palestinian youth is harassed by a dozen armed Israelis during the two minutes of silence the Palestinians observed as a sign of protest during Israel's 50th anniversary celebrations. (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs by permission of the NYT) The more things change, the more they remain the same Nazi Soldiers harass Jew Grinning fools…

How preoccupied is the American Congress with Israel and the Holocaust?

This list of search returns from the Congressional Record and Legislative Status data bases maintained by the United States government for the Congress do not answer that question, but they give a slight clue. Only two words were used in the searches, with results as follows: “Holocaust“: 152 items in the Congressional Record; 11 legislative…

Stop the Quiet Deportation in East Jerusalem

Dear Friend, I am writing on behalf of two Israeli human rights organizations, B'Tselem and Hamoked, to seek your assistance in a public campaign we are conducting against what we call “the quiet deportation” of Palestinians from East Jerusalem. [See further below for more background information; ed.] Israeli residency policies have caused the displacement of…

A Typical Day in Israel, Sept. 25, 1996

Arutz Sheva News Service Wednesday, September 25, 1996 / Tishrei 12, 5757 Headlines PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE INCREASES NETZARIM INTERSECTION UNDER PLO SIEGE HASMONEAN TUNNEL TO BE FURTHER EXCAVATED JEWS SPEND FIRST SHABBAT IN JERICHO NETANYAHU IN EUROPE THE EGYPTIAN VIEW FM LEVY IN NEW YORK ISRAELI NEGOTIATORS DID NOT MEET HEBRON'S JEWS BAR ILAN AVE. DELIBERATIONS…

Not Only Jews

Tel Aviv — A plan to teach Israeli high school students that the Holocaust was not history's only genocide — that it also happened to other peoples like the Armenians and Gypsies — has touched some sensitive nerves here. Last fall, the people in charge of curriculum in Israeli schools enthusiastically gave the go-ahead to…

Operation Shylock: A Confession

Introduction Following are a number of quotations taken from Philip Roth's “Operation Shylock: A Confession,” Simon and Schuster, New York, 1993. The page numbers refer to the hardcover edition. Mr. Roth's frequent use of italics have not been reproduced. These quotations are the words or thoughts of characters in a novel by Philip Roth, and…

Systematic murder of PoW’s and suspects by Israeli forces: the so-called “certification of death'

It has been known for a long time that under certain circumstances Israel was ordering its troops to murder the wounded enemy fighters and/or prisoners of war as a matter of policy. For example: the obvious fact (not noticed, however, by the American media) that during years of thousands of military operations in Lebanon involving…

In Our Hands

One isn't supposed to say this, but many people believe that Israel now holds the White House, the Senate, and much of the American media in its hands. This is what is known as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. The odd thing is that it is held by many Israelis. In an essay reprinted in the…

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