me burned while Nero played his cithara,
Some records say he fiddled, others say he played the lute. But
whatever the case, what was poor old Nero supposed to do while Rome
burned? Not only was he not in Rome at the time of the great fire of
A.D. 64, Nero was at his villa at Antium,
some 35 miles away. Even a speeding chariot would need more than two
hours to travel the distance. And then what? Nero never went to fire
fighting school. He most likely would have just been in the way.
Then we would have learned that Nero bumbled while Rome burned.
So what does Nero have to do with Zionists? Probably nothing. But
glancing at Miriam's original post, I got to thinking how persecuted
the Jews have been, since the days of Jesus of Nazareth. And I got to
thinking, "Religion is crazy. The very People who brought Jesus into
the world, have been among the most reviled and persecuted People in
Human History.
But instead, a bunch of fellows calling themselves Apostles, kidnapped
Jesus, called Him Christ, and declared themselves to be Christians,
rather than Jews. Of course this did not end their persecution. From
that time forward for many years both the Jews and the newly declared
Christians were hunted down and murdered.
So you would naturally think that given their coming from the same
root, and being that they were both held in contempt, you would think
they would have banded together and presented a solid front. But
surprise of all surprises, they did not band together. They turned
upon one another. And as Christians grew in numbers and became the
State Religion, they became as unmerciful as had the old Romans. Go
figure!
And we wonder why we can't solve our environmental crisis. Well,
break out the fiddles. We'll all be playing while Earth burns.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/1/16, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, this is a new one on me.
I've known for many years that Zionists are hypocrites given that they view
Arabs and Muslims much as the Nazis viewed all Jewish peoples.
I'd say that, by supporting Trump's appointment of Bannon, Zionists have
graduated from hypocrisy to canablism. Ge, it is a wonderful day in the
neighborhood, ain't it?
Bob Hachey
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Zionists embrace of Trump and Bannon is no surprise International Jewish
Anti-Zionist Network on November 20, 2016
(Image: Carlos Latuff)
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) gives a platform to Steve Bannon
and Stephen Adelson at its annual gala this Sunday night, November 20th in
New York City. For anyone familiar with Zionist history and current
alliances, this should not come as a surprise but a confirmation. Zionists
have always leveraged reactionary, racist, colonial and anti-semitic
governments, regimes and organizations – from Russian Tzars to the Nazis to
Mussolini to the colonial British Empire to the Christian Right (Christian
Zionists). Their embracing of Trump and renown reactionary political
strategist Steve Bannon is no exception. Bannon is chair of Breitbart News,
a platform widely known for its white nationalism and anti-Semitism. It is
also fervently Zionist.
News platforms such as the Huffington Post and the Jewish Forward ask
whether its possible to be antisemitic and Zionist and have concluded, yes.
For IJAN, the alignment of reactionary Zionist organizations (i.e. ZOA),
Zionist billionaire funders that attack progressive movements (i.e. Sheldon
Adelson), the reactionary, racist president-elect Trump and his political
strategist Bannon, is a confirmation of the nature of Zionist ideology and
the Zionist movement. It is a movement and ideology that relies on racism
against Palestinians and Arabs, demonization of Islam and Muslims, ethnic
cleansing and justification of colonization. That is why Zionism is an
insult to the history of Jewish struggles against antisemitism and Jewish
participation in collective struggles for labor rights, civil rights and
human rights and against racism and repression.
In a court report from a 1996 domestic violence allegation against Stephen
Bannon, he was said to have stated, “that he doesn’t like Jews and that he
doesn’t like the way they raise their kids to be ‘whiney brats’ and that he
didn’t want (his daughters) going to school with Jews.” This vile,
anti-Jewish prejudice poses no actual contradiction to his support for the
Zionist project.
Israel has made itself useful to brutal dictators and regimes across time
and place – selling weapons and nuclear missile knowledge to and continuing
trade with the South African apartheid government during a global boycott,
collaborating with the CIA on training mercenary forces in Nicaragua, El
Salvador, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Guatemala, Chile and even to Argentina
during the junta that targeted Jewish people amongst many others. In the
United States, Israel trains local and federal police, emergency response,
intelligence and military forces and provides surveillance tools and
consultation that targets Black communities, immigrants, queer and
transgender people and activists. Across the globe, Israel exports over 60%
of all drones.
So, the fact that the ZOA and other reactionary Zionist organizations,
political figures and billionaires would support Trump, is not a surprise.
What is surprising is that organizations like the Anti-Defamation League and
Jewish Community Relations Council, groups that constantly target Arab,
Muslim, Black, Chicano and other progressive organizations who criticize
Israel and groups that frequently equate criticism of Israel with
antisemitism, would take issue with the ZOA’s support for Trump.
Zionism and Israel rely on antisemitism to justify blatant colonization of
Palestine, ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, support for anti-Muslim and
anti-Arab racism, collaboration in US wars, attacks on anti-racist
organizations in the United States, training of repressive police and
military forces and an economy that relies heavily on surveillance and
weapons trade. So, its natural allies are, reactionary, racist, repressive
governments, elected officials, regimes, movements, religious and political
organizations and people of wealth.
And, the ZOA’s validation of Bannon on Sunday night confirms what
Palestinians and other anti-Zionists, including anti-Zionist Jews, have
always known: Zionism does not equal Jewish, rather it is rooted in
antisemitism; support for Israel does not reflect a commitment to the
humanity of Jewish people; Zionism is racist and to be anti-racist one has
to be anti-Zionist.
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The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) gives a platform to Steve Bannon
and Stephen Adelson at its annual gala this Sunday night, November 20th in
New York City. For anyone familiar with Zionist history and current
alliances, this should not come as a surprise but a confirmation. Zionists
have always leveraged reactionary, racist, colonial and anti-semitic
governments, regimes and organizations – from Russian Tzars to the Nazis to
Mussolini to the colonial British Empire to the Christian Right (Christian
Zionists). Their embracing of Trump and renown reactionary political
strategist Steve Bannon is no exception. Bannon is chair of Breitbart News,
a platform widely known for its white nationalism and anti-Semitism. It is
also fervently Zionist.
News platforms such as the Huffington Post and the Jewish Forward ask
whether its possible to be antisemitic and Zionist and have concluded, yes.
For IJAN, the alignment of reactionary Zionist organizations (i.e. ZOA),
Zionist billionaire funders that attack progressive movements (i.e. Sheldon
Adelson), the reactionary, racist president-elect Trump and his political
strategist Bannon, is a confirmation of the nature of Zionist ideology and
the Zionist movement. It is a movement and ideology that relies on racism
against Palestinians and Arabs, demonization of Islam and Muslims, ethnic
cleansing and justification of colonization. That is why Zionism is an
insult to the history of Jewish struggles against antisemitism and Jewish
participation in collective struggles for labor rights, civil rights and
human rights and against racism and repression.
In a court report from a 1996 domestic violence allegation against Stephen
Bannon, he was said to have stated, “that he doesn’t like Jews and that he
doesn’t like the way they raise their kids to be ‘whiney brats’ and that he
didn’t want (his daughters) going to school with Jews.” This vile,
anti-Jewish prejudice poses no actual contradiction to his support for the
Zionist project.
Israel has made itself useful to brutal dictators and regimes across time
and place – selling weapons and nuclear missile knowledge to and continuing
trade with the South African apartheid government during a global boycott,
collaborating with the CIA on training mercenary forces in Nicaragua, El
Salvador, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Guatemala, Chile and even to Argentina
during the junta that targeted Jewish people amongst many others. In the
United States, Israel trains local and federal police, emergency response,
intelligence and military forces and provides surveillance tools and
consultation that targets Black communities, immigrants, queer and
transgender people and activists. Across the globe, Israel exports over 60%
of all drones.
So, the fact that the ZOA and other reactionary Zionist organizations,
political figures and billionaires would support Trump, is not a surprise.
What is surprising is that organizations like the Anti-Defamation League and
Jewish Community Relations Council, groups that constantly target Arab,
Muslim, Black, Chicano and other progressive organizations who criticize
Israel and groups that frequently equate criticism of Israel with
antisemitism, would take issue with the ZOA’s support for Trump.
Zionism and Israel rely on antisemitism to justify blatant colonization of
Palestine, ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, support for anti-Muslim and
anti-Arab racism, collaboration in US wars, attacks on anti-racist
organizations in the United States, training of repressive police and
military forces and an economy that relies heavily on surveillance and
weapons trade. So, its natural allies are, reactionary, racist, repressive
governments, elected officials, regimes, movements, religious and political
organizations and people of wealth.
And, the ZOA’s validation of Bannon on Sunday night confirms what
Palestinians and other anti-Zionists, including anti-Zionist Jews, have
always known: Zionism does not equal Jewish, rather it is rooted in
antisemitism; support for Israel does not reflect a commitment to the
humanity of Jewish people; Zionism is racist and to be anti-racist one has
to be anti-Zionist.
