Palestine and Zioinism The Whole Truth
The complete answer is No. Arafat and most of his leadership colleagues understood but could not say in public that a Palestinian mini state would be able to accommodate only about 100,000 of those refugees wishing to return. But they invested their hope, perhaps naively, in the idea that one or two generations of peace would create enough mutual trust and confidence for Israel to allow more and more Palestinians to return. But even if that hope was the product of wishful thinking it did not amount to renouncing the right of return.
Now to the question why Zionism IS the real enemy of the Jews.
What we are witnessing in the world today is a rising, global tide of anti-Israelism which, generally speaking, is NOT anti-Semitism (not a loathing or even hatred of Jews just because they are Jews).
Anti-Israelism is the understandable human response to Israel’s contempt for international law, its denial of justice for the Palestinians and, more generally speaking, its on-going colonization – the theft of more and more Arab land and water and the demolition of more and more Arab homes, a process that in my view could and should be described as ethnic cleansing slowly and by stealth.
The danger for the Jews of the world is that anti-Israelism could be transformed into anti-Semitism, leading at some point to Holocaust II, my shorthand for another great turning against the Jews.
An explicit waning about this danger was put into words by Yehoshafat Harkabi, Israel’s longest serving Director of Military Intelligence, in his 1986 book Israel’s Fateful Hour. Here is what he wrote.
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Israel is the criterion according to which all Jews will tend to be judged. Israel as a Jewish state is an example of the Jewish character, which finds free and concentrated expression within it. Anti-Semitism has deep and historical roots. Nevertheless, any flaw in Israeli conduct, which initially is cited as anti-Israelism, is likely to be transformed into empirical proof of the validity of anti-Semitism. It would be a tragic irony if the Jewish state, which was intended to solve the problem of anti-Semitism, was to become a factor in the rise of anti-Semitism. Israelis must be aware that the price of their misconduct is paid not only by them but also Jews throughout the world.
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If Harkabi was alive today I think he would probably agree with me that the transformation about which he warned is now underway.
It’s worth noting that Harkabi was not the first to warn that Zionism could be the promoter of anti-Semitism.
Prior to the Nazi holocaust most Jews of the world were opposed to Zionism’s Palestine project. Those who spoke out publicly against it believed it was immoral and would lead to unending conflict. But most of all they feared that if Zionism was allowed by the major powers to have its way, it would one day provoke anti-Semitism.
Perhaps the most tragic of all ironies is that Zionism needs anti-Semitism in order to justify its criminal policies and actions.
Because of a particular belief I have I would like to be able to draw my presentation to a close on a positive note. My belief is this.
Generally speaking the Jews are the intellectual elite of the Western world and the Palestinians are the intellectual elite of the Arab world. What this suggests to me is that together in peace and partnership they could change the region for the better and, by doing so, give new hope and inspiration to the whole world.
But it isn’t going to happen, so I can’t draw to a conclusion on a positive note.
Israel’s leaders are not remotely interested in peace on any terms the Palestinians could accept, and that’s in part because most Israeli Jews have been brainwashed by Zionist propaganda to the point where they are beyond reason on the matter of justice for the Palestinians.
The game plan of those Israeli leaders who call the shots is to make life hell for the Palestinians in the hope that they will either abandon their struggle and accept crumbs from Zionism’s table in the form of a few isolated Bantustans on 30 to 40% of the West Bank which they could call a state if they wished; or, better still, pack their bags and leave to start new lives elsewhere.
What is most likely happen when Israel’s leaders conclude that they can’t force the Palestinians to surrender on Zionism’s terms? My speculation is that they will create a pretext to go for a final round of ethnic cleansing – to drive the Palestinians off the West Bank and into Jordan, Syria, Lebanon or wherever. And those who don’t flee will be slaughtered.
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