Just for the record: Main Entry: Zi·on·ism Pronunciation: 'zI-&-"ni-z&m Function: noun : an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel http://www.webster.com/dictionary/zionism
Gee, and Bush used a UN resolution to justify his war on Iraq. Maybe you are right about those resolutions...
The Zionist Movement is a pure colonial movement that had used, and is still using, Judaism to serve its unlawful purposes. Zionism is not a representation of Judaism or a fulfillment of a Judicial prophecy. Decades of Zionist propaganda have misrepresented Zionism as a progressive, modern force bringing civilization to an arid, uninhabited wasteland; such an image is an illusion. Zionism is an apartheid philosophy. Its founder, Theodore Herzl, was dismayed by the mass anti-Semitism in France aroused by the Dreyfuss affair. He became convinced that the separation of the Jews from the Gentiles by ingathering all Jews in a separate Jewish nation was the only solution to the age old "Jewish problem." It was obvious from the beginning of Zionism that dispossession of the Palestinian majority, either politically or physically, would be an inevitable requirement for achieving a Jewish state. It was not only land that was needed to reach Zionism's goal, but land without another people in the majority. Since Palestinian Arabs were by far the majority throughout the period up to Israel's establishment as a Jewish state in 1948, the Zionist state could emerge only by denying the majority its rights or by becoming the majority, either through immigration, or in reducing the number of Palestinians by ethnic cleansing.
Zi·on·ism : an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel http://www.webster.com/dictionary/zionism
Khahahaaa! Many Jews are now calling your bluff and growing more at unease with the crimes that your fasciestic exentric idealogy has done to us, to them and to the whole world. You are a destructive, dividing and morally corrupting force my dear friend dddooo. A sample of these Self hating Jews is to follow; Shalom and Welcome to the Jewish Peace Fellowship - http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org Founded by Rabbis in 1941. Supports conscientious objectors. Tikkun Magazine - http://www.tikkun.org/ Pacifist voices of conscience and reason, edited by Rabbi Michael Lerner in San Francisco. Yesh Gvul - http://www.yesh-gvul.org/english.html The movement for soldiers of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. Gush Shalom - http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/index.html The website of the prominent Israeli peace movement features thought-provoking articles by its dissident director, Uri Avnery. PEACE NOW! - http://www.peacenow.org.il/English.asp Israeli pacifists for Palestinian self-determination within 1967 borders. Not In My Name: Taking Action for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine - http://www.nimn.org NIMN, based on their belief in Judaism, oppose "Israeli Government brutality against Palestinians". Junity - Jewish Unity for a Just Peace - http://www.junity.org/ Jewish peace groups which agree on ending abuses of Palestinian human rights and Israel's self-destructive settlement policy. B'tselem - http://www.btselem.org/English/Publications/index.asp The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, reports on Israeli abuses such as torture, shootings, home demolitions, and settler violence. Jewish Voice For Peace (SF Bay Area) - http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ This SF Bay Area grassroots organization is dedicated to the rights of Jews, Palestinians, and all peoples in the Middle East. They believe conflict won't end until Israel removes settlements. Site includes petition, listserver, resources, media. Why do they hate US? by Stephen Shalom - http://www.zmag.org/shalomhate.htm Time-line of US interventions in the Middle East from 1948. Open Tent Middle East Coalition - http://www.opentent.org Arab and Jewish groups of mutual goodwill. California-based. The 94 Percent Solution: A Matrix of Control (Middle East Report) - http://www.merip.org/mer/mer216/216_halper.html Jeff Halper, director of the Campaign Against House Demolitions, explains how the chicanery of apartheid chokes off Palestinian life in myriad ways. oznik.com: news headlines - http://oznik.com A small I/P resistance news-service publishes reports from Palestine under IDF occupation, with the motto "We are all Palestinian Refugees". Building Settlements, Killing Peace (Antiwar.com) - http://www.antiwar.com/hacohen/h052601.html Ran HaCohen writes "The Settlements are the Occupation" and "The Fallacy Industry". Jews NOT Zionists - Torah-true Jews against Zionism - http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/ "Any form of Zionism is heresy from the Torah viewpoint and the so-called 'State of Israel' is illegitimate". Menu includes links and quotes to Anti-Zionist Jewish organizations and statements, and the wisdom of Judaism on the Middle East Quandary. Australian Jewish Democratic Society - http://www.ajds.org.au/ "Committed to Peace and Social Justice, Reconciliation between Nations and Peoples, and Nuclear Disarmament". Contents include News, Mid East Conflict, Library, Peace Links, Readers' Forum, Newsletters, and Activities.
Tom Segev's "One Palestine, Complete" Book Review - http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/12/08/palestine/ Segev wrote in "One Palestine, Complete" how the British Mandate favored Zionism. In this interview he sees an evolution of Israeli willingness to accept responsibility for the Palestinian tragedy. Noam Chomsky Lecture at MIT on Mideast Crises, Dec 14, 2000 - http://www.media.mit.edu/~nitin/mideast/chomsky_lecture.html One of America's most brilliant intellectuals portrays two rogue states against the world - the US and Israel. "Israel Isn't David . . . It's Goliath" - http://www.progressive.org/mr0701.html Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive magazine interviews Irena Klepfisz of The Jewish Women's Committee to End the Occupation Right livelihood awards - http://www.rightlivelihood.se/recip1987_5.html Israeli scientist Mordechai Vanunu, kidnapped by Mossad abroad and life-sentenced to solitary confinement for revealing that Israel has nuclear warheads, is commemorated here for his courage and sacrifice. Matzpun = Hebrew for Conscience - http://www.matzpun.com "The authors of this appeal are Jews whose families have been victims of racism and genocide, and who feel they cannot remain silent." They appeal to the world to boycott Israeli goods and leisure travel. Taayush - http://minerva.tau.ac.il/~alon/taayush.html Food convoys to the territories, articles. Neturei Karta - http://www.netureikarta.org/ Orthodox Jews who condemn Zionism and the brutal treatment of the Palestinians as a heresy and violation of the Torah. Zionism in the Age of the Dictators, by Lenni Brenner. - http://www.marxists.de/middleast/brenner/index.htm Full-length, on-line history book with details of political infighting, including how and why Zionists fostered Hitler as a "godsend" to force the creation of the Jewish state, whatever the cost. Bibliography. Writings of Israel Shamir - http://www.israelshamir.net/ Apartheid dissolves in this brilliant journalist's lyric vitriol. His articles, bio and links to friends and adversaries are found on his page. Press Freedom Heroes: Amira Hass (Haaretz) - http://www.freemedia.at/IPIReport2.00/22Hass.htm This dissident Israeli journalist reports from the Gaza Strip and Ramallah, where she has taken up residence. SF Jewish Film Festival - Al-Nakba - http://www.sfjff.org/sfjff18/programs/p0722b.html The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948, a documentary. Nathan Weinstock: Zionism - False Messiah - http://www.marxists.de/middleast/weinstock/index.htm This on-line book continues the analytical tradition of Karl Marx' anti-nationalist and anti-colonialist view of The Jewish Question. Closure and Apartheid: Seven Years of "Peace" through Separation, by Allegra Pacheco - http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/pachec1.htm Allegra Pacheco, an Israeli human rights attorney, noted for prosecuting the first Israeli torture trial, describes how the closure of the West Bank and Gaza since 1993 is in violation of international law, and an extreme hardship for the people. MidEastFacts Select author index - http://www.mideastfacts.com/index_author.html Articles by over 100 prominent anti-Zionist authors, of whom about one-third are Israeli. Securing Occupation: The Real Meaning of The Wye Memorandum - http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/id66.htm Norman Finkelstein, author of "The Holocaust Industry", analyzes how Israel expels the indigenous population in defiance of the UN. Israel Shamir Archive - http://shamir.mediamonitors.net/index.html Palestine is not a dead object, she is a living country. Palestinians are her soul. Jewish Opposition to Zionism - http://codoh.com/zionweb/ziondark/zionoppdex.html Historical documents showing persistent Jewish support for pluralistic democracy rather than segregation. Rodfei Shalom - Jewish Peacemakers Delegation to Israel/Palestine - http://www.geocities.com/jewishpeacemakers/index.html "Olive Tree Summer 2001" was a delegation of Jews from North America and the world to Israel / Palestine to participate in nonviolent protest. Jewish Bulletin: Israeli who protects Palestinians from IDF's bullets speaks here (November 09, 2001) - http://www.jewishsf.com/bk011109/eb20.shtml Liad Kantorowicz, 23-year-old Israeli-American activist, says Israelis feel victimized while they are the ones victimizing Palestinians, and works against apartheid to make Israel a better place to be from. Palestine: What Americans need to Know -- but probably won't be told -- to Understand Palestinian Rage - http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/palestine/eduardoCohen.html Eduardo Cohen of KPFA sees the depth of Israeli racism and repression in Palestine, and of incomprehension and censorship on the subject when he returns. Felicia Langer - A portrait. Al Ahram Weekly - http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/1998/402/pal2.htm Ostracised and repeatedly threatened with death at the hands of her own people, lawyer Felicia Langer has not flinched since she adopted the Palestinian cause. Build Palestinian Confidence in What? (IHT) - http://www.iht.com/articles/26300.htm Henry Siegman of the Foreign Relations Council, former executive of the American Jewish Congress, points out that Israel has not offered peace, but only continued occupation. A Spokesman For Justice: A Tribute to Rabbi Elmer Berger - http://www.washington-report.org/Washington-Report_org/www/backissues/1096/9610012.htm by Grace Halsell. Founder of American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism (AJAZ), believer in core values of Judaism and democracy which Zionism tramples on.
Jeff Halper: Simply look at the maps - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JewishPeaceNews/message/400 Israeli anthropology professor shows how Barak's "best offer" makes geographical shreds of Palestine. Like Father, Like Son: A Tribute to Moshe and Yehudi Menuhin, by Grace Halsell - http://www.washington-report.org/Washington-Report_org/www/backissues/0796/9607018.htm "Jews should be Jews, not Nazis" - Moshe Menuhin on Israeli oppression of Palestinians. The Jews Are Not A Race! - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7891/notrace.html Alfred Lilienthal debunks the Hebrew descent of European converts to Judaism. Benjamin Freedman - A Jewish Defector Warns America - http://www.themodernreligion.com/jihad/freedman.html The famous 1961 speech by this New York businessman exposes "Zionist control of the US Government," including the plot to push the US into WWI in order to annex Palestine, thereby sowing seeds of Nazism and Communism. Palestine Media Watch - http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/links/jewishorganizations.html List of Pro-Palestinian Rights Jewish Organizations. Gideon Levy: Like the old days in South Africa - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JewishPeaceNews/message/773 Raymond Louw, editor who fought apartheid in South Africa, finds Israel even worse, because it aims at expelling the indigenous oppressed. "The Second half of 48" - The Sharon-Ya'alon Plan (by Tanya Reinhart) - http://www.mediamonitors.net/tanya8.html How Alon became Ya'alon - Oslo as a tool to "finish the job" of liquidating the people of Palestine. Albert Einstein and Martin Buber Quotes - http://www.aai-us.org/main.html Einstein: "I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish State." Buber: "our murderous sickness of causeless hatred is bound to bring complete ruin upon us. Only then will our land realize how great was our responsibility to those Arab refugees in whose towns we settled." Amy and the Jews - http://courant.ctnow.com/news/special/ne/amy_0715.stm Amy Pagnozzi, the Hartford Courant's spunky columnist, plunges into a media firefight. WRMEA: If All Rabbis Were Like Arik Ascherman, Middle East Peace Would Be Attainable - http://www.wrmea.com/archives/october01/0110015.html Rabbi Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights actively protests the demolition of Palestinian homes, and admits the right of return of refugees to a secular democratic state. An Unconditional Withdrawal from the Territories is Urgently Needed (lemonde/zmag) - http://www.zmag.org/content/Mideast/ayalonwithdr.cfm Ami Ayalon, chief of Israeli security Shin Bet 1996-2000 , places blame for violence on Israel and calls for withdrawal and acceptance of a contiguous Palestinian state. Jews Speak Out Against the Occupation - http://www.cam.org/~rsilver/jewspeakout.htm Pacifist, dissident Montreal organization's call on Jews to stand up and demand an end to war and apartheid, with list of signers. The Bible Unearthed (rense.com) - http://www.rense.com/general18/bible.htm Larry Saltzman, a horticulturalist, actively opposed the occupation upon Israel's wanton destruction of orchards. He reports on a new archaelogical consensus that undermines Zionism: ancient Israel was Canaanite, not Hebrew. Muhammad's Killer - http://www.mediamonitors.net/netagolan1.html Chatting with a stranger, activist Neta Golan discovers the young soldier who gunned down her young Arab friend in cold blood. In Memoriam, Israel Shahak. Obituary by Norton Mezvinsky (WRMEA) - http://www.wrmea.com/archives/october01/0110071.html Eulogizes a man of courage and conviction, born in a Polish ghetto, died in Jerusalem, who blazed a scholarly trail with radical writings on the reactionary character of Zionism and Talmudic Judaism. Interviews in Occupied Territory. - http://www.occupied.org Mainly audio - video dialogue around demolished houses in Hebron. With Jews Like These... - http://masada2000.org/selfhate.html Denouncing Jews who are active in the peace movement, or who question Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, as self-hating enemies of the state. Siege of the Innocent by Rachelle Marshall - http://www.koutayba.com/palestine/siege.html A Jewish home in Palestine built upon bayonets and oppression is not worth having. Rabbi Judah Magnes, letter to Chaim Weizmann, 1929. Independent News: British Jews at odds after rabbi criticises Israel - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=101898 A prominent liberal, Rabbi Dr David Goldberg, provoked consternation by describing Israel as the "last colonial power in the world" and "a golden calf." South African Jews Polarized Over Israel (washingtonpost.com) - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63012-2001Dec18.html Anti-Racism Leaders Equate Country's Treatment of Palestinians to Apartheid. Yahoo Groups : JewishPeaceNews - http://www.egroups.com/group/JewishPeaceNews This public news list on the Middle East Conflict and US intervention posts current news and comment pieces, moderated by pro-Palestine American Jews. Victor Ostrovsky [broken link] - http://www2.southwind.net/~amfirst/ostrovsk.htm A former Mossad spy talks about Israel's behind the scenes influence on the U. S. On the Palestinian Right of Return - http://tari.org/marc_Ellis.htm This Essay by Marc Ellis is "A Jewish Meditation on History, Rights and Return". Yahoo! Groups : al-awda-unity - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/al-awda-unity Jewish activism for Middle East justice. Ariga: from the Intersection of Three Continents since 1995 - http://ariga.com Israeli e-zine linking to Human Rights Groups, Rabin's Last Speech, historic documents, Jewish-Arab Dialogue, Non-supremacist Religious Zionism, News from Ha'aretz, Dukium - the Negev Coexistence Forum, Shalom/Salaam/Welcome Peace Links, Magazines Supporting Peace, Stop the 911 War. Jews against the Occupation - New York City - http://www.angelcities.com/members/jato Activism, events, resources, discussion board.
Because Israel is a Western country fighting a war the West eventually will be forced to do. By the way, what do you think Israel has been doing these past years before they were provoked recently? And what about UN resolution 1559 demanding the disarmament of Hizbolla? It doesnât matter because the UN is worthless. When you people on the Left take the side of Hizbolla, you support the Islamofascist cause. And when you liberals (hello z10) say both sides are wrong and that we should play the referee like Clinton, once again, you must legitimize Hizbolla, and therefore make Islamofascism a valid and legitimate political movement that deserves global respect. Therefore, you must also believe Al Qaeda deserves global respect. If you think thereâs a difference then you might step back and realize how Muslim propaganda plays you like a fiddle and takes advantage of your suspicion of Jews, making you believe in a lot of dumb things every time the Islamofascists take shots at Israel, vs. attacking other countries. Whatâs the difference between Hizbollaâs attacks on Israel, vs. Al Qaedaâs attacks against the U.S. and Europe, other than scale, and the fact that Hizbolla is Shiia and Al Qaeda is Sunni? Please enlighten me. Also, try to convince me that Hizbolla and Hamas will disappear and the rest of the Islamofascist militias will go away once Israel is wiped off the map.