http://www.rense.com/general67/adlpol.htm

I am an American citizen of Jewish heritage concerned about the methods and doctrines that the criminal leadership of the Jewish and Zionist hierarchy have promoted worldwide. I feel that Jewish Americans need to affirm loyalty to the Constitution of the United States of America as well as the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, rather than the racist attitudes of the Talmud and other Jewish scriptures.

My former intelligence friends are advising that I move quickly to publicize my situation in order to protect myself through publicity.

The central assertion that the ADL makes is that I am "promoting the Protcols of Zion." On the face of it, that is incorrect, because, in fact, I am deploring the Protocols of Zion, which is without doubt, a template for world domination by a criminal elite. There is a debate about its authenticity, but it has not been proven a forgery by any means, and, sadly, it fits neatly into the context of Jewish Supremacist doctrine found the Old Testament, the Talmud and the Zohar. My understanding is that the only court ruling which found it to be a forgery, in Switzerland, was overturned on appeal by the high court of that land. ADL further asserts that by my "promotion of the Protocols of Zion" I am sponsoring anti-semitism of the Nazi variety. This too is libelous as I have always made clear, taking great pains to do so, that the Protocols do not legitimate racial or religious bias, but represent evidence in a criminal case that involves leadership and doctrinal matters.

In my below defense, I present the essential case for the authenticity of the Protocols of Zion. Drawing from the works of Fraser, Shishmareff, Fahey, Dilling, Freedman, Makow, Brafmann and others, it can be easily demonstrated that the Protocols represent the coherent viewpoint of the Jewish Supremacists of the time. If there has been some interpolation (modifications over time incorporating evolving bias) in the Protocols, that would be natural for a historical document. There is evidence of interpolation in the Bible and most historical narratives that have been translated, copied and preserved by historians of varying intellectual prejudices. But nobody accuses biblical scholars of promoting a forgery because the Bible has some interpolations in it. It is not considered illicit behavior to read the Bible although it certainly contains racist statements and even insists in places that the Jewish people will ultimately rule over all other peoples.

So, why is it that the Protocols are so much of an anathema?

There are two reasons:

One is because they have been misused in order to legitimate a policy of racial and religious genocide. In fact, this is all the more reason to determine what the true nature of the Protocols is. In the event they have had such a terrible impact on humankind and in particular, my people, I find it obvious that they should be studied carefully such that through understanding we can determine the proper solution to the problem.

The other reason the Protocols are so anathema is because, sadly, they are most likely authentic, and therefore represent the most thorough indictment of Jewish Supremacism known to man. The shocking assertions, eerily accurate predictions and diabolical Macchiavellian politics espoused by the Protocols is so violently cataclysmic to the man of good intent's understanding of modern history as to virtually guarantee a political and historical awakening which will unavoidably lead to an understanding of the continuing problem of Jewish racism and supremacism. It will also demonstrate that Jewish Supremacism operates on at least an equal footing with Luciferian Freemasonry in the creation of that diabolical political nightmare euphemistically called the New World Order.

This the ADL believes it cannot afford or tolerate, despite the fact that an honest protective strategy for the Jewish people depends on our willingness to confront the doctrines and criminal leadership which are the cause of our troubles. Again, I declare that it is time for Jewish American citizens of good intent to break with the ADL, the criminal spy organization AIPAC and its supremacist leadership and join in the condemnation of Zionist and neoconservative war plans in Iraq, Iran, Syria and thoughout the world. This alone will guarantee us immunity from any blind anti-semitic backlash that we might experience. It will also prevent the anti-semitic backlash in the first place.

Given that speaking the truth about Jewish Supremacism is now considered anti-semitic, and given that Israel is now trying to extradite "holocaust deniers" to Israel or other places where they can be imprisoned, it is time to bring these issues out into the open and to give dissenting citizens of Jewish extraction the right to be heard and demonstrate that we too understand the problem of Jewish Supremacism and in no way support its warlike and police state policies. It is ironic that Zionist Russian mafia criminals are given safe haven in Israel which refuses to extradite them, yet Israel's new law demands the right to extradite "thought criminals." Apparently, truth is not considered to be a valid defense when discussing anti-semitism. Therefore, we are entering a twilight zone which requires the efforts of honest citizens or the truth may not survive these lies.

Honest Jewish people who obey the law of the land and subscribe to the Golden Rule, the Ten Commandments or to natural moral law should have nothing to fear in these times. The ADL makes a mistake when it asserts that people are "not smart enough" to distinguish between racist doctrine and criminal leadership on the one hand and illogical racial bias on the other.

In the tragic case of Germany, to be sure, this happened. However, as someone who lost family in both the holocaust and the Russian pogroms, I assert that were it not for the criminal leadership of the Jewish people in those times, it is unlikely that either the Russian pogroms or the Nazi holocaust would have had any popular support at all.

It is my aim to prevent such tragedies again, but that does not mean I must therefore shield the criminal activities of Jewish elitists. Indeed it is only through assisting in their exposure and removal from power that one can be considered a proponent of justice. To shield criminals from inquiry and prosecution makes one an accessory after the fact - a collaborator.

I will defend the Jewish people as a whole to the last, but it is time that we acknowledge the faults in our doctrine and leadership and expose the criminals who hide behind the more reprehensible among our scriptures. Indeed we should remove these writings from our Holy Books.

It is to this end, and in the interests of my children and family and the future of Mother Earth that I submit the below petition for audience and extended defense of the content of my radio show. It was originally written to address the Jewish Peace Group Tikkun, who was influenced to drop me as a sponsor by the ADL which has been misrepresenting my statements in confrontational meetings with my sponsors around town. Here is that defense:

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It is all so saddening, to see the supposed "Peace Movement" unable to discuss Jewish Supremacism. Tikkun should be taking the lead in exposing it from its historic Talmudic origins to its present neconservative and Likud Party basis. Supremacism is hateful, as it generates murderous policy and is anti-human. You know this, so why do you protest when I discuss it? The ADL is quick to denounce White Supremacism and Muslim Fundamentalism, but why do they deny the record of Jewish Supremacism? It is dangerous hypocrisy.

As for the Protocols of Zion, despite the propaganda, learned by most Americans at a curiously young age, they have not been proven to be forgeries. The supposed proofs are of poor quality and are only considered proofs by those who willingly believe propaganda without doing any critical examination. Most people have never even read the Protocols, and therefore do not understand their significance.

Of course, I deplore the use of the Protocols to legitimate the destruction of the Jewish people during WWII, however, that does not make them forgeries any more than the use of the Bible to legitimate the Crusades makes the Bible a forgery.

It is also unfortunate that I must remind the ADL that Jewish bankers assisted in the development of the Third Reich - the Warburg family and their "American Jewish Committee" in particular. It is also known and accepted that Jewish Supremacists like Jacob Schiff and Max Warburg financed and engineered the Bolshevik Revolution and the subsequent destruction of Russia, a holocaust of even larger proportions than the Nazi holocaust. Leon Trotsky (Lev Bronstein) was often seen darting in and out of Jacob Schiff's New York mansion during the days prior to his dispatch to Russia aboard the Kristianafjord. Jacob Schiff's own grandson has asserted that his grandfather gave the Bolsheviks twenty million dollars in order to accomplish the Revolution. When will the Jewish people begin to acknowledge that their "leaders" had a causal responsibility for some of the Twentieth Century's disasters?

As someone with Russian Jewish heritage who also believes in the Golden Rule, I believe that true responsibility comes from acknowledging our "leaders" causal role as part of a self-analysis and confessional road to forgiveness. Why does the ADL and Tikkun insist on the blamelessness and victimhood of the Jewish people when the historical record so obviously records that their "leaders" were guilty at the highest levels? Why do we protect our "Jewish leaders" and accuse the "German people" as a whole in perpetuity? Isn't collective guilt something we abhor? Why do we feel we have to deny truth in order to be "peaceful?" It's just so sad, so irresponsible, so untruthful and cowardly. Peace comes through responsibility, not denial.

I find myself amazed at the institutional and childish refusal of the "Jewish Peace Movement" to critically self examine and to speak out against the Talmudic and Old Testament injunctions legitimizing racist activities.

It is not I who is hateful, but certain Talmudic and Old Testament doctrines - and those who live by their racist and murderous dictates - who are hateful.

Though, sadly, I fear few will actually examine the documentary evidence I will now provide, I will provide it anyway such that you can see that I have in fact done the research on this topic. I would be pleased to discuss this topic with anyone of you, but the current strategy of intimidation is not a legitimate form of discussion.

Before I close, let me just tell you that the ADL of B'Nai B'Rith has already succesfully insisted that I stop discussing the problem of Jewish Supremacism and the Protocols of Zion on the radio, despite the fact that it is completely relevant to the problem of Israeli spying on America, Israeli influence on American Foreign Policy and Israeli sponsored wars in the Middle East which are resulting in widespread carnage among Americans and of course Iraqis and Arabs.

It appears to be the position of Tikkun that we don't want discussion of Jewish Supremacism because we don't want another holocaust in America. I understand that point of view, but I feel like this position actually results in a more dangerous situation for American Jews because by not speaking out forcefully against the Jewish Supremacists in America and Israel who are promoting these disastrous Middle Eastern Wars, we will appear to be sanctioning their activities.

Cindy Sheehan was right when she said that the war in Iraq was being fought in large part for Israel. Although she has denied saying this, and is probably now in fear of her own words for the same reason I am now being persecuted here in Santa Fe, Slate has demonstrated that she did in fact write those words, they are documented in two separate locations on the web, from two different sources. Senator Fritz Hollings said the same thing about Israeli responsibility for the War in Iraq after he retired.

Victor Ostrovsky, Mossad defector described how Saddam was Mossad's main target starting as far back as the '80s. Sure the oil companies are going along with it, but the lead role in the propaganda for the War in Iraq was taken by Doug Feith and the Office of Special Plans who fabricated the intelligence that led us to war. Doug Feith is well known as a right-wing Likud Party operative and lawyer for the Israeli Jewish settlers and yet you dare to criticize me for discussing his obvious motivation? Do you value truth? Do you really value peace? Do you recognize the role truth plays in the creation of peace? No Justice, No Peace is the old saying. Justice in this case requires acknowledgment of just who the perpetrators of the criminal war in Iraq are and what motivates them.

It is ridiculous to suggest that because of Doug Feith's creation of the fabricated WMD intelligence, American Jews should suffer, but if American Jews with political ability do not take a leading role in exposing this sordid story, we may justifiably end up as suspected collaborators.

The motto of the Mossad is "By Way of Deception Thou Shalt Make War." The Lavon Affair proved that Israeli black operations includes targeting Americans with intent to frame Arabs. When Irgun bombed the Hotel King David, they were dressed as Arabs. Wayne Madsen, former Naval intelligence analyst assigned to NSA has exposed the Mossad involvement in September 11th in detail. See if you can refute any of his evidence or analysis here:

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/Artstudents.htm

Most people in Washington know the truth of Israel's causative role in Iraq, but they won't speak out for fear of AIPAC. Many American Jews know that this is true, but are scared of the implications. I can understand that, but it doesn't make denial any less dangerous or inadequate as a response. Consider the response of this Jewish American who exposed AIPAC in 1992:

"In 1992, AIPAC member Harry Katz phoned the President of AIPAC, David Steiner, to offer contributions. Steiner proceeded to make several claims, including [that he was] negotiating with then-candidate Bill Clinton over who would be Secretary of State, and had already "cut a deal" with Baker for more aid to Israel.

Unknown to Steiner, Katz taped the phone call and gave the recording to the media, worried that AIPAC's influence had grown to dangerous levels.

Following the release of transcripts of the phone conversation, David Steiner was forced to resign the Presidency of AIPAC."

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/AIPACClinton.html

Now that is courage, and responsibility as well.

We are more likely to end up with a resurgence of anti-semitism worldwide if we do not speak out against the Jewish Supremacists in Israel and America who are promoting World War IV. Yes there are other guilty parties, but we cannot blame the Christian and Muslim Fundamentalists, the Skull and Bones hierarchy, the "corporatocracy" and the sundry other culprits and fail to mention Jewish Supremacism. If we try and silence all those who notice its blatant fingerprints, we will be guilty along with the perpetrators. As someone of Jewish heritage, whose extended family suffered in both the pogroms and the Holocaust, I declare that it is the responsibility of "peaceful" Jews of good conscience everywhere to join Norman Finkelstein, Henry Makow, Benjamin Freedman, Israel Shahak, Jacob Brafmann, Neturei Karta and other Jewish leaders in denouncing Zionism, Jewish Supremacism and the racist doctrines of the Zohar, Talmud and Old Testament.

Ultimately, scripture must be revised as our understanding of God changes. It is now time for us to acknowledge that scripture which calls one race or religion "Chosen" to the exclusion of all other people needs to be revised.

Here is a link to the text of the Protocols:

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/przion1.htm

Here a link presenting the essential points of the Protocols in review format:

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/prvisit.htm

Here is a link to one of the documents showing the Protocols to be possibly genuine and consistent with a long history of Jewish Supremacist doctrine:

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/truth.htm

Here is another, by Ivan Fraser:

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/proof.htm

As an example of Jewish Supremacy in the Bible, here is Ivan Fraser's comment on Deuteronomy:

"Deuteronomy [Chapter 7] reveals the racist, hateful, bloodthirsty and malevolent consciousness of these men who dominated "the Chosen People" and reveals the consciousness of the "God" which they worshipped: 'seven nations greater and mightier than thou [are to be delivered into the Judahite's hands], and: Thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them. . . ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. . . for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth. . . Thou shalt be blessed above all people. . . And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eyes shall have no pity upon them. . . And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven; there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. . . Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein. . . etc. Furthermore. . . Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother. . . unto a stranger [non-Jew] thou mayest lend upon usury. . . And all the people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the Name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. . . thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath. . . etc."

It was the above document by Ivan Fraser that first opened my eyes to the well-kept secret of Jewish Supremacism.

Here is another document, perhaps even more capable in its exposition of the case for the authenticity of the Protocols:

http://book-case.kroupnov.ru/pages/library/Waters/

While many of the authors of these documents are Christian, there are several Jewish people who know of and publish articles related to the Protocols. Dr. Henry Makow is one such. Here is one of his excellent articles on the topic:

http://www.savethemales.ca/000334.html

Benjamin Freedman, prominent Jewish defector made a speech about the Zionist effect on World War I and II. It is an eye-opening insider account, to say the least:

http://www.rense.com/general34/amaz.htm

And if all that wasn't enough, this online book by Elizabeth Diling will provide more than enough food for thought for several years research and general introspection:

http://www.come-and-hear.com/dilling/dcontents.html

My relatives suffered too for the sins of the banker-priests and fanatics who masquerade as Jewish leaders. There is no moral monopoly on truth. I have a different strategy for Jewish redemption and self-protection than the ADL does. The ADL's attitude considers intimidation a legitimate form of debate. It is not.

Thanks to some courageous non-Zionist Jewish rabbis we have the below record of Zionist collaboration with Nazism and the Holocaust. The racist and sacrificial politics of Zionism come right out and bite you in this quotation and provide all the justification Jewish people need to publicly denounce the Zionist leadership and its supremacist ideology. My people were sacrificed too, in Russian pogroms and German concentration camps. I have the right to speak on this matter. I have the right to examine and to accurately reveal history, and the responsibility to do so.

http://www.nkusa.org/Historical_Documents/RakBedam.cfm

Excerpt from Sefer Min Hametzar by Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl ZT"L Dean of Nitra Yeshiva and author of min hametzar

The following is an excerpt from Sefer Min Hametzar (p-92) by Rabbi Michael Ber Weismandel OB"M. The excerpt is a literal translation of the letter the Jewish Rescue Committee in Czechoslovakia received from the Zionist "Jewish" Agency Executive Officers in Switzerland. This was in reply to the call of the Jewish Rescue Committee for help, with Documentary evidence furnished, concerning the fate of millions of Jewish people in Nazi occupied Europe.

"We are writing to remind you of the one factor of which you must never lose sight: that ultimately, the Allies will win the war. After their victory, territorial boundaries will be reshaped, as they were after the First World War. Then, the way will be clear for our purpose. At this time, with the war drawing to a close, we must do everything in our power to change Eretz Yisroel into Medinat Yisrael and many steps have already been taken in this regard. Therefore, we must turn a deaf ear to the pleas end cries emanating from Eastern Europe. Remember this: all the allies have suffered many losses, and if we also do not offer many human sacrifices, how can we gain the right to sit at the conference table when the territorial boundaries are reshaped?

Accordingly, it is foolhardy and brazen for us to negotiate in terms of money or supplies in exchange for Jewish lives. How dare we ask of the allied powers to barter money for lives whilst they are sustaining heavy casualties daily? So, insofar as the masses are concerned: RAK B'DAM TIHJE LAKU HAAREZ, (Eretz Yisroel will be ours only by paying with blood), but as far as our immediate circle is concerned, ATEM TAJLU. The messenger bearing this letter will supply you with funds for this purpose."

After I accustomed myself to the peculiar writing, I trembled when I realized the import of RAK B'DAM TIHJE LANU HAAREZ. But many weeks passed, and I was still confounded by the meaning of ATEM TAJLU. Until one day, it struck me. ATEM TAJIU meant "You escape", for the word "tiyul" (walking trip) was used by them as a euphemistic code for "escape". They meant to say - you fifteen or twenty "party members", escape from Czechoslovakia and save your hides. The price of Eretz Yisroel is the blood of the men and women, hoary sages, and babes in arms, - but not YOUR blood! Let us not spoil this plan by giving the Axis powers money to save Jewish lives. But for you, comrades, I have enclosed carfare for your escape. What a nightmare! The Zionist agent "diplomat" comes to Czechoslovakia and says 'Now is a very critical time. But comparatively speaking, it is not at all critical for you trapped Jews. For there is an emergency of far greater proportions; namely, BINYAN HA-ARETZ (the prize of Modinat Yisrael). Shed your blood cheerfully, for your blood is cheap. But for your blood, the Land (of Israel) will be ours!"

Finally, no expose of Zionism and Jewish Supremacism would be complete without reference to Lenni Brenner's amazing book, 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration with the Nazis. Here is a revealing book review by William Hughes, read it and weep:

"51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration With The Nazis Edited by Lenni Brenner, Fort Lee, NJ (Barricade Books, 2002) A Review by William Hughes of Lenni Brenner's book, "51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration with the Nazis"

History can be deceptive. It's fair to say that some of the sensational never-published-before documents, in this book, will shock those who have accepted Zionism and its supposed history, at face value, as a political movement that was the hope of the Jews. Lenni Brenner, the intrepid author of "Zionism in the Age of Dictators," reveals disturbing new evidence in his latest effort, that suggest just the opposite. In fact, he makes a compelling case that the Zionist record was "dishonorable." You can consider this excellent tome as a worthy sequel to his first expose' on the myopic Zionist zealots of that bygone era.

For openers, Brenner showed how the Zionists had a long history of shameless cooperation with the Nazis, especially after the dictator Adolph Hitler had came to power in 1933. The Zionists were also in bed, to some extent, with the other members of what later became known as WWII's "Axis of Evil," that included Benito Mussolini's Italy, and Tojo Hideki's Japan. For example, on March 29,1936, Zionists praised Il Duce, and his regime, at the opening of a maritime school, funded by the Fascist government, at Civitavecchia. This is where a Zionist youth group, the "Betar," trained its sailors for the future Revisionist state. The speakers ignored the fact that on Oct. 3, 1935, Italian troops had invaded Abyssinia.

On another front, the "Third Congress of the Jewish Community of the Far East," was held in Jan., 1940, in Harbin, Manchuria, then reeling under a brutal military occupation by the Japanese imperial forces. At that time, too, Tokyo was already aligned with Hitler and Italy's Mussolini, in the notorious Anti-Comintern Pact. Also, keep in mind, that the Japanese's murderous "Rape of Nanking," had occurred in Dec., 1937, and the "Crystal Night" incident on Nov. 9, 1938. Nevertheless, the Zionist confab went out of its way to legitimize the Japanese occupation by certifying it as a guarantor of the "equality of all citizens," in that beleaguered land.

The Zionist also had a trade plan with the Berlin government by which German Jews could redeem their property in Nazi goods exported to then British-occupied Palestine. And to top it all off, the infamous SS-Hptscharf. Adolf Eichmann, had visited Palestine, in October, 1937, as the guest of the Zionists. He also met, in Egypt, with Feivel Polkes, a Zionist operative, whom Eichmann described as a "leading Haganah functionary." The chain-smoking Polkes was also on the Nazis' payroll "as an informer."

Brenner isn't the first writer to address the mostly taboo subject of how the Zionist leadership cooperated with the Nazis. Rolf Hilberg's seminal "The Destruction of European Jews"; Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem"; Ben Hecht's "Perfidy"; Edwin Black's "The Transfer Agreement"; Francis R. Nicosia's "The Third Reich and the Palestine Question"; Rudolf Vrba and Alan Bestic's "I Cannot Forgive"; and Rafael Medoff's "The Deadening Silence: American Jews and the Holocaust," also dared, with varying public success.

After the Holocaust began in 1942, Eichmann dealt regularly with Dr. Rudolf Kastner, a Hungarian Jew, whom he considered a "fanatical Zionist." Kastner was later assassinated in Israel as a Nazi collaborator. At issue then, however, was the bargaining over the eventual fate of Hungary's Jews, who were slated for liquidation in the Nazi-run death camps. Eichmann said this about Kastner, the Zionist representative, "I believe that [he] would have sacrificed a thousand or a hundred thousand of his blood to achieve his political goal. He was not interested in old Jews or those who had become assimilated into Hungarian society. 'You can have the others,' he would say, 'but let me have this group here.' And because Kastner rendered us a great service by helping keep the deportation camps peaceful. I would let his groups escape."

Readers, too, will be surprised to learn, that after the Nuremberg Anti-Jewish Race Laws were enacted in Sept., 1935, that there were only two flags that were permitted to be displayed in all of Nazi Germany. One was Hitler's favorite, the Swastika. The other was the blue and white banner of Zionism. The Zionists were also allowed to publish their own newspaper. The reasons for this Reich-sponsored favoritism was, according to the author: The Zionists and the Nazis had a common interest, making German Jews emigrate to Palestine.

As early as June 21, 1933, the German Zionist Federation was sending a secret memorandum to the Nazis, which said, in part:

"It is our opinion that an answer to the Jewish question truly satisfying to the national state [German Reich] can be brought about only with the collaboration of the Jewish movement that aims as a social, cultural and moral renewal of Jewry- -indeed, that such a national renewal must first create the decisive social and spiritual premises for all solutions..."

Incredibly, Avraham Stern, the leader of the notorious "Stern Gang," late in 1940, made a written proposal to Hitler, by which the Jewish militias in Palestine, would fight on "Germany's side," in the war against England, in exchange for the Nazis help in resolving the "Jewish Question" in Europe, and their assistance in creating an "historic Jewish state." By this date, German troops had already marched into Prague, invaded Poland, and had built the first concentration camp at Auschwitz. The deranged Stern had further bragged about how the Zionist organizations were "closely related to the totalitarian movements of Europe in [their] ideology and structure." Stern's obscene proposal was found in the German embassy, in Turkey, after WWII.

Finally, I think Brenner was right, when he wrote, "This book presents 51 historic documents to indict Zionism for repeated attempts to collaborate with Adolf Hitler. The evidence, not I, will convince you of the truth of this issue...Exposing the Zionist role in the [Nazi] era is part of the scrutiny of the past, required of historians."

All of the above becomes even more important today in light of the critical fact that it helps to subject Zionist Israel to the examination called for by its crimes, past and present."

Aug. 27, 2005. 01:00 AM

All Christians should apologize to Jews

WILLIAM BEDFORD
OPINION

Now that the Pope has apologized for the sins committed against Jews in the name of the Catholic Church, and the German Lutheran Church has followed suit, it's
expected that other Christian denominations will also seek forgiveness for their sins of anti-Semitism.

A blanket apology for past wrongs is about all that any group can hope for, since no church, or government for that matter, can be expected to itemize every act of
injustice committed by their predecessors over the centuries.

The Jews, however, are one group that deserves a special apology from all of Christendom for the pain and suffering inflicted on them by Christians ever since
some, long-forgotten, Gentile first called them Christ-killers, two millennia ago.

Peter Gumpel, a German Jesuit priest, recently said in an interview on Canadian TV, "It is a fact that the Jews have killed Christ. This is an undeniable historical
fact." Only assuming that it is true, (and it is not!) what if it is? No thinking person would blame anyone for the "sins" of their parents, let alone the "sins" of their
ancient ancestors. Life is tough enough without that burden. Besides, if the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was part of a divine plan, as Christians believe, what choice did
those ancient Jews have?

Branded by Christians as "God killers," Jews have, at various times, been expelled from Spain, barred from England, and persecuted in Poland, Ukraine and Russia.
In fact, there are few places in all of Christendom where the Jewish people have not been on the pointy end of the Christian bigotry stick.

Ethnic hatred, in one form or another, has always been with us. The ancient Greeks and Romans embraced slavery. The Norman conquerors despised the Saxons
so much they prohibited them from learning French. The Pilgrims who settled the American colonies seeking freedom of worship had no qualms about denying
freedom of conscience to anyone who disagreed with their own narrow version of Christianity.

Throughout history, practically every ethnic and religious group has been subjected to the tyranny of the ruling majority. Things have changed little over the years, as
can be witnessed in such places as Indonesia, and the former Yugoslavia.

Nevertheless, the Jews are a special case because they have been persecuted by Christians for no reason other than their rejection of Jesus, himself a Jew, as their
Saviour.

The refusal by the Western democracies to admit Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany lent encouragement to the sub-humans who targeted the whole Jewish
people for extermination in what has become known as the Holocaust. Even in these so called enlightened times, anti-Semitism continues through vandalism of
synagogues, and through neo-Nazis who, despite all evidence to the contrary, keep trying to convince the world that the Holocaust never happened.

These revisionists blame the Jews for everything from the bubonic plague to World War I. In Canada, Quebec separatist Yves Michaud even had the temerity to
accuse Canadian Jews of the shocking crime of voting against the break-up of their country, when they voted for national unity.

Richard Nixon, who had no qualms about using the brains of Henry Kissinger to make up for his own shortcomings, agreed with the "Reverend" Billy Graham that
the Jews are a threat to the security of the United States. So, we have still a long way to go.

Apologizing for past wrongs against every people from Australian Aborigines to Scottish Highlanders is the easy part. The hard part, which is the only part that
matters, is to cease and desist from hurtful actions against others just because they happen to differ from us in ethnicity, religion or sex.

If we ever get around to treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves, there will be no need for future leaders to ask forgiveness from, or for, any of us.

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William Bedford is a Toronto writer. This column is reprinted from the Canadian Jewish News.

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Anyone interested can address their opinions of this to the Toronto Star and The Canadian Jewish News Rolling Eyes

http://www.cjnews.com/editorial/default.asp

and

lettertoed@thestar.ca

I prefer the term Zionist though, not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews.

Here's something weird about my research on Zionists and Zionism altogether - it's non-existent. I KNOW that this is one of the most important topics that I SHOULD be researching but I DON'T research it. I've heard of it flippantly but I've never made any effort to look into Zionism in particular. It's like some WEIRD mental block that's keeping me from finding the truth about Zionists.

*is mind controlled*

To name just a few.

I prefer the term Zionist though, not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews.

http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/03/10/AP151003.html

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Oct. 16) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday told a summit of Islamic leaders that 'Jews rule the world by proxy' and the world's 1.3 billion Muslims should unite, using nonviolent means for a 'final victory.'

His speech at the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit, which he was hosting, drew criticism from Jewish leaders, who warned it could spark more violence against Jews.

Mahathir - known for his outspoken, anti-Western rhetoric - criticized what he described as Jewish domination of the world and Muslim nations' inability to adequately respond to it.

'The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy,' Mahathir said, opening the meeting of Islamic leaders from 57 nations. 'They get others to fight and die for them.'

Malaysia, a democratic nation that has a large non-Muslim population and does not enforce strict Islamic law, has long been a critic of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and of U.S. policy in the Middle East, including the war in Iraq and Washington's strong backing of the Jewish state.

Mahathir, 77, who is retiring Oct. 31, has used almost every international podium to lambaste the West for two decades, winning a reputation as an outspoken champion of Third World causes.
'For well over half a century, we have fought over Palestine. What have we achieved? Nothing. We are worse off than before,' he said. 'If we had paused to think, then we could have devised a plan, a strategy that can win us final victory.'

The prime minister, who has turned his country into the world's 17th-ranked trading nation during his 22 years in power, said Jews 'invented socialism, communism, human rights and democracy' to avoid persecution and gain control of the most powerful countries.

Mahathir added that '1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews,' but he suggested using political and economic tactics instead of violence.

He told the audience of sheiks, emirs, kings and presidents that Muslims had the richest civilization in the world during Europe's Dark Ages, but disputes over dogma - instead of embracing technology and science - had left them weak and divided.

'Because we are discouraged from learning of science and mathematics as giving us no merit for the afterlife, today we have no capacity to produce our own weapons for our defense. We have to buy our weapons from our detractors and enemies,' he said.

The leaders gave Mahathir a standing ovation afterward.

'I think it was a shrewd and very deep assessment of the situation,' said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher, without commenting on the remarks about the Jews. 'I think he elaborated a program of action that is wide and very important. I hope the Islamic countries will be able to follow this very important road map.'

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Jonathan Peled expressed disappointment in the remarks but said he wasn't surprised.

'It is not new that in such forums there is always an attempt to reach the lowest common denominator, which is Israel bashing,' he said in Jerusalem. 'But obviously we'd like to see more moderate and responsible kind of declarations coming out of such summits.'

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, said Mahathir has used anti-Israel statements in the past to prove he's tough on the West. But, he said, Thursday's speech was still worrisome.
'What is profoundly shocking and worrying is the venue of the speech, the audience and coming in the time we're living in,' Cooper said during a visit to Jerusalem. 'Mahathir's speech today is an absolute invitation for more hate crimes and terrorism against Jews. That's serious.'

U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Marie Huhtala declined to comment on Mahathir's speech. Washington was angered over a speech he made in February, as host of the Non-Aligned Movement of 117 countries, in which he described the looming war against Iraq as racist.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, while not addressing Mahathir's comments on the Jews, said he supported his analysis, which also included steps for how Muslim nations can develop economically and socially.

'It is great to hear Prime Minister Mahathir speak so eloquently on the problems of the ummah (Muslim world) and ways to remedy them,' Karzai said. 'His speech was an eye-opener to a lot of us and that is what the Islamic world should do.'

The summit is the first since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks reshaped global politics and comes at a time when many Muslims - even U.S. allies - feel the war on terrorism has become a war against them.

'It is well known that the Islamic community is being targeted today more than at any other time before in its creed, culture and social and political orientation,' said Qatar's ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who hosted the U.S. headquarters in the Iraq war.

The status of Iraq also proved a divisive issue. Malaysia resisted inviting the U.S.-picked Iraqi Governing Council, describing it as a puppet of American occupation. But Arab countries that have recognized the interim body prevailed and council representatives were attending the summit.
U.N. Secretary-general Kofi Annan, in a statement from U.N. headquarters, urged the leaders to reject suicide bombings against Israel and help transform Iraq into a peaceful democracy.

Annan described the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory as harsh, with 'disproportionate military force, destruction of houses and crops, unjust expropriation and closures, illegal settlements, and a fence being built on land that does not belong to the builders.'

But he said suicide bombings damaged even the most legitimate cause and 'must be condemned, and must be stopped.'

Leaders attending the summit included Jordan's King Abullah, Syrian President Bashar Assad, Morocco's King Mohammed VI, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are attending as special observers because of their large Muslim minorities.