Date: May 28, 2010 10:29:51 PM EDT
Subject: Brazil, Turkey sharpen tone with US over Iran - Yahoo! News
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Brazil, Turkey sharpen tone with US over Iran - Yahoo! News
Nuclear Redaction: Why Won't Israel Admit It Has Nukes?
The Spanish Inquisition and the Jewish Question
Brian Chalmers - The Journal of Historical Review
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v16/ v16n1p-2_ Chalmers. html
It is nearly impossible to dig into any chapter of Jewish history without uncovering lessons for our own age. Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries is a particularly striking example. Even today, our view of this period, and particularly of the Spanish Inquisition, colors our attitudes regarding relations between Jews and non-Jews. The Inquisition is considered one of Jewish history's darkest chapters -- and one of Christian history's most shameful.
Petraeus Orders US Special Forces To Prepare For Strike On Iran
The Times (Britain)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ tol/news/ world/us_ and_americas/ article7136614. ece
Teams of American special forces have been authorised to conduct spying missions intended to pave the way for a military strike on Iran in case President Obama orders one, US government sources have confirmed. The military units would penetrate Iranian territory to reconnoitre potential nuclear targets and make contact with friendly dissident groups, according to a secret directive written by General David Petraeus. The document's existence was disclosed for the first time yesterday. It authorises an expansion in the use of US special forces throughout the Middle East, US officials said. However, it is the possibility of American troops operating covertly inside Iran that has the greatest potential to destabilise regional security.
US Orders Expanded Secret Actions in Mideast
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/ 05/25/world/ 25military. html
The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region, according to defense officials and military documents. The secret directive, signed in September by Gen. David H. Petraeus, authorizes the sending of American Special Operations troops to both friendly and hostile nations in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa to gather intelligence and build ties with local forces. Officials said the order also permits reconnaissance that could pave the way for possible military strikes in Iran if tensions over its nuclear ambitions escalate.
Nuclear Redaction: Why Won't Israel Admit It Has Nukes?
Brian Palmer - Slate.com
http://www.slate.com/id/2254971/
Newly uncovered documents suggest that Israel tried to sell nuclear weapons to apartheid-era South Africa. In 1979, U.S. satellites detected what may have been an Israeli nuclear test - possibly conducted with South Africa's cooperation. It's pretty much universally assumed that Israel has nukes, any doubts regarding Israel's nuclear status dissipated in 1986, when Israeli scientist Mordechai Vanunu gave photos and detailed accounts of the country's underground weapons factory to the Sunday Times.
Israel to Maintain Policy of Nuclear `Ambiguity'
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ afp/article/ ALeqM5jwCKqq3nRi JMe8WxKOTLEQ4QZ7 IQ
Israel will keep up its longstanding policy of deliberate ambiguity over its nuclear programme, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday, adding that US support for the position remains unchanged. "This is a good policy and there is no reason to change it. There is complete agreement with the United States on this question," Barak told army radio. He also said "there is no risk" that inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would get authorisation to inspect Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor. "There is no threat over the traditional agreements between Israel and the United States on this issue," said Barak.
Israel is Ready For War on Iran, Says Netanyahu Deputy
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/ idUSTRE6492H4201 00510
Israel is primed for a war on Iran, a deputy to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, in a rare break with his government's reticence as world powers try to talk Tehran into curbing its nuclear plans. By spearheading assaults on guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon and Palestinian territories, the Israeli air force had gained the techniques necessary for any future strikes on Iranian sites, Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon said. .. .. Israel, which is assumed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal, bombed Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981 and launched a similar sortie in Syria in 2007.
Obama White House Honors Jewish Heritage
The Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/disp/ story.mpl/ ap/nation/ 7021883.html
In politics, as elsewhere, it's a sport that's almost as popular as people-watching: Guest-list watching. And this week, it's the Jewish community in Washington and beyond that's buzzing over who'll be on the list when Barack and Michelle Obama host the first-ever White House reception marking Jewish Heritage Month.
President Obama's Chief Of Staff Mixes Business And Pleasure In Israel
Fox News
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews. com/2010/ 05/25/president- obamas-chief- of-staff- mixes-business- and-pleasure- in-israel/
While in Israel to celebrate his son's bar mitzvah, President Obama's Chief of Staff will meet Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what the White House is calling an "informal discussion of a range of issues in the U.S.-Israel bilateral relationship." A White House spokesman also says Rahm Emanuel and his family will visit with Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday .. .. Emanuel, whose father was born in Jerusalem, served in the Israel Defense Forces during the first Gulf War as a civilian volunteer.
Socialism in North Dakota: Story of a State-Owed Bank
John Case
http://www.opednews.com/articles/ Socialism- in-North- Dakota-by- John-Case- 100518-663. html
The Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in America. Despite that, or because of it, the bank earned a record profit last year even as its private-sector corollaries lost billions .. .. The North Dakota state bank was created 90 years ago, in 1919, as a populist movement swept the northern plains. Basically it was a very angry movement led by farmers against bank and land speculators in Minneapolis, or New York.
In Pictures: Hitler's Autobahn Dream
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/in_pictures /8691249. stm
Eleven photographs trace the origins and development of Germany's famous highway system.
In Canada, Jewish Community Leader Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges
CBC News (Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ montreal/ story/2010/ 05/26/surkis- guilty-child- pornography. html
The former director of B'nai Brith Quebec, Bill Surkis, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges after agreeing to a plea bargain. Surkis and his wife made a brief appearance at the Montreal courthouse Wednesday morning. In return for a guilty plea to charges of possessing and accessing child pornography, the Crown dropped a charge of distributing child pornography, said prosecutor Cynthia Gyenizse. Explicit files were discovered on Surkis' computer when he brought it in for repairs in 2008. The technician contacted police after 86 videos and 153 photos were found, including images of girls aged six to 12 years.
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Richard Blumenthal
May 28, 2010
Got a great idea for Rich Blumenthal's political opponent this November...I think it's Linda McMahon. She should '' photo shop '' Blumenthal's face on some of the iconic photos from US military history e.g. put him in the boat with Washington crossing the Deleware; have him raise the flag on Iwo Jima; have him coming ashore with MacArthur in the Philippines. This is the kind of nasty shit that goes straight to the jugular that he deserves and would have most certainly dished out if the shoe were on the other foot. Perhaps one of the members of J&E could do it. joe
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The best essay I ever read on finance....A must read.
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/authors/Hartley-Ezra-Pound-on-Money.html#CH
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HN: Here is my opinion, and a short video re; Finkelstein Zio-stooge
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Date: Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Subject: Here is my opinion, and a short video re; Finkelstein Zio-stooge
To: reporternotebook@gmail.com
Date: Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Subject: Here is my opinion, and a short video re; Finkelstein Zio-stooge
To: reporternotebook@
I agree with Dalton, and I think this video pretty much demonstrates Norman Finkelstein's true nature regarding Israel; Youtube ; http://www.youtube. Norman Finkelstein on Israel, Palestinians and Iraq WarRegarding Iraq and the role of the Israeli lobbies as instigators, Norman Finkelstein asserts that it was Romsfeld and Cheney's war and that they both look only after "American" interests and not Israel's interests, exonerating Israel from their role in instigating a war on their own behalf, as detailed in the book "The Invisible Cabal" (and many other sources). For people like me who follow Finkelstein closely, I give him credit for what he has brought up to light but shame on him for not going all the way. I would like to think he does not do so because he would lose a lot of media exposure, but I would only be rationalizing and being apologetic on his behalf, since he is already established and has a big following and furthermore does not consider himself "Jewish"(tm). Youtube ; http://www.youtube. Norman Finkelstein on Israel, Palestinians and Iraq War--- On Wed, 5/26/10, ReporterNotebook <RePorterNoteBook@
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More Re: Thomas Dalton's article "Is Norman Finkelstein a Zionist Stooge?"
From Rich Siegel
March 14, 2010
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"First of all, anyone familiar with contemporary Zionism should be able to figure out that Finkelstein could never publish as he has, or speak as he has, or get the publicity that he has, without the implicit support of the various Jewish lobbies around the world. If he were truly the threat that is portrayed, we can be sure that he would be stopped cold—censored, sanctioned, sued, or imprisoned. Anyone doubting this need only consider the treatment given to Muslim 'extremists' and Holocaust skeptics." This is pure bullshit. There are plenty of activists who somehow remain out of jail. Finkelstein is a disappointment- that's all. His research, his writing, his books, have been extremely valuable. The fact that he now speaks about the inevitability of two-states and some sort of "deal" about the refugees which does not include return, is just a disappointment. He can accept these things. But they are unacceptable. Doesn't make him a closet anything, or a stooge, whatever that means. I think some people have hyper-active imaginations. -RS On Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 02:23PM, "Ardeshir Mehta" <ardeshir@mac.com > wrote: >
This is an interesting point of view. I would love to debate it, going through the actual points made by Dalton. I utterly dislike the term "Zionist stooge" used by Dalton, because it is just a smear, like "anti-Semite", and has no probative value whatsoever. But the actual - and factual - points made by Dalton seem nevertheless to be, at least to me, compelling as evidence.
Among the factual points made by Dalton are the following:
He [Finkelstein] does not question Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. He does not endorse the right of return for all Palestinians, or financial compensation for them. He does not call for full and equal rights of Israeli Arabs. ... [and] he implicitly accepts virtually all of the traditional story [regarding the Holocaust]. ... Finkelstein unquestioningly accepts the 6 million figure .... At one time he apparently expressed doubt that gas chambers were used for mass murder, but no more; now he toes the line.
Are these statements true or false? If they are all - or even mostly - true, then Dalton's conclusion, namely that thereupon:
... [one could] make the case that he [Finkelstein] is, perhaps unwittingly, an apologist for Israel and for Jewish supremacy ... I doubt that Norman is a plant, but he serves the same purpose: a nice, safe, credible 'critic' of Zionism who knows his limits, and doesn't go too far
... seems eminently plausible.
I like in particular Dalton's final sentence:
"Perhaps I am wrong about Norm Finkelstein; I hope I am. In fact, I would like nothing better than for him to prove me wrong, in public, by clearly exposing Jewish supremacism and racism within Israel itself, and by exposing, or at least acknowledging, the many holes in the Holocaust story."
I am sending a copy of this e-mail to Norman Finkelstein too, using an e-mail address of his which I have had from quite a few years ago. I do hope the e-mail address is current, and that he responds. Certainly if a similar accusation had been levelled against me, I would have responded promptly in an effort to set the record straight. And I would have hoped my friends would have supported me in this.
However, I would not wish any friends of mine to respond with mere smears; just with factual points proving Dalton wrong - something which Dalton himself hopes he is.
Cheers.
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On 14-Mar-10, at 1:24 AM, Ibrahim Alloush quoted:
For most of the past decade, Norm Finkelstein has been held up as a paragon of truth and justice. He is a darling of the anti-war, anti-Zionist set, and friend to Arab and Muslim groups around the world. What could be better?—a Jew critical of the Jewish state, and a champion of the Palestinians. But I think it is high time to expose a few weaknesses in his armor, and to make the case that he is, perhaps unwittingly, an apologist for Israel and for Jewish supremacy. I think one can make a pretty good case that he is, in fact, a Zionist stooge.
First of all, anyone familiar with contemporary Zionism should be able to figure out that Finkelstein could never publish as he has, or speak as he has, or get the publicity that he has, without the implicit support of the various Jewish lobbies around the world. If he were truly the threat that is portrayed, we can be sure that he would be stopped cold—censored, sanctioned, sued, or imprisoned. Anyone doubting this need only consider the treatment given to Muslim 'extremists' and Holocaust skeptics.
So he must be 'acceptable' in some sense; perhaps even 'useful.' That use is not hard to discern. Every power structure in the world has a need to control and mitigate its opponents. In the good ol' days, a bullet to the head or a trip to the Gulag did the trick. Today one needs to be more subtle. The modern approach is to stake out the opposition's turf, or to plant a 'soft' opponent. I doubt that Norman is a plant, but he serves the same purpose: a nice, safe, credible 'critic' of Zionism who knows his limits, and doesn't go too far.
What do I mean by this? Two things. First of all, deep down, I have little doubt that Finkelstein is himself a closet Zionist—a true Zionist, meaning, a Jewish supremacist. This is the case with the vast majority of American Jews, and virtually all Israeli Jews. They firmly believe that Israel has a right to exist as an exclusively (or at least predominantly) Jewish state. This is a racist notion on any reading, and would be utterly unacceptable for any nation other than Israel. Certainly this is the case in Israel itself; it was recently reported in Al-Quds Al-Arabi (Feb. 15) that 75% of Israeli Jews are in favor of some form of ethnic cleansing, to achieve a purified Jewish state. American Jews are similarly inclined. No matter whether right or left, Republican or Democrat, pro-war or anti-war, nearly all Jews support the idea of Jewish-only state; the only disagreement is about the means of achieving it.
Finkelstein never questions this core of Zionism. It's true that he, like any thinking person with a shred of decency, is appalled at what Israel is doing in the occupied territories, but this doesn't make him anti-Zionist (in the deeper sense). He does not question Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. He does not endorse the right of return for all Palestinians, or financial compensation for them. He does not call for full and equal rights of Israeli Arabs. Finkelstein is still, at heart, a Jewish supremacist.
Even worse is his stance on the Holocaust. He made his name in 2000, with his 'radical' book The Holocaust Industry. As before, we can be sure that neither his English publisher Verso, nor the printer of his German translation (Piper Verlag), nor any of the other 15 foreign-language publishers would have produced the book if it really got to the heart of the Holocaust story. Finkelstein's main concern is the hype surrounding the event, and the misuse of the money—chiefly, that it's not going to the 'right people.' But he implicitly accepts virtually all of the traditional story.
I have seen Finkelstein speak in person three times. Never once did he indicate any real knowledge about the Holocaust. In fact, at one event he was directly asked about this, and he replied, "I'm not an expert on the Holocaust"—which is a fairly astonishing admission from a man whose claim to fame rests on that event. When a questioner challenged him about the unreliability of the numbers—that the '6 million' has no factual basis, that Hilberg claimed 5.1 million, that Reitlinger claimed 4.2 million, that Yad Vashem has less than 3 million names, that revisionists argue for 1 million or less—he waived off the whole point: "I just follow the experts."
Finkelstein unquestioningly accepts the 6 million figure, without knowing anything of the massive difficulties behind that symbolic figure. He has no awareness of the physical impossibilities involved with the alleged mass murder and incineration; of the utter lack of forensic evidence, despite knowing where to look; of wartime air photos showing no evidence of mass murder; of 20 years of diary entries by Joseph Goebbels indicating a consistent process of evacuation and deportation rather than mass murder; and so on. At one time he apparently expressed doubt that gas chambers were used for mass murder, but no more; now he toes the line. In this sense, he is a champion of traditionalism, and thus poses no real threat.
In truth the Holocaust story is fraught with difficulties, as I tried to show in my book Debating the Holocaust. Normally one would expect a person like Finkelstein to pick up on this point, since it actually serves his purpose of arguing that emphasis on Jewish suffering was over-blown and exploited for financial gain. But faithful Norman knows that, should he start raising these issues, or take seriously the ideas of Rudolf, Mattogno, Graf, or Faurisson, that he, like they, would be totally shut down. Bad for book sales, eh Norm?
Even the alleged resistance he gets at his various speaking engagements is, at least in part, bogus. On more than one occasion, where his talks were supposedly cancelled by "local Jewish opposition," it was he himself who cancelled out. He is in regular contact with Jewish leaders everywhere he goes, and if he gets a whiff that the crowd might be 'uncooperative,' or might raise uncomfortable issues (e.g. Holocaust revisionism) , then he cancels. Ask him, for example, what happened to the evening talk to a local Catholic student group in Ghent, Belgium, in 2008.
Readers out there are invited to ask Norman a couple pointed questions at his next local speaking engagement: (1) Do you repudiate the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state? If not, how can you deny being a racist? (2) On what basis do you accept the symbolic '6 million' Jewish Holocaust deaths, without knowledge of the many serious difficulties with that figure?
These would make for an interesting response; be prepared for some fancy footwork.
Perhaps I am wrong about Norm Finkelstein; I hope I am. In fact, I would like nothing better than for him to prove me wrong, in public, by clearly exposing Jewish supremacism and racism within Israel itself, and by exposing, or at least acknowledging, the many holes in the Holocaust story. But don't hold your breath.
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