The West’s Comforting Illusions Of Democracy — But Without Any Significant Political Representation
by William Hanna, 25 February 2017. More than 200 European legal scholars have
signed a statement affirming that
the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian freedom,
justice and equality represents “a lawful exercise of freedom of expression.”
signed a statement affirming that
the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian freedom,
justice and equality represents “a lawful exercise of freedom of expression.”
Despite legal recognition of that fact, however, the BDS movement as it gathers
momentum and becomes more effective, is having its activities criminalised
while being increasingly attacked — in order to discredit its lawful and
peaceful support for the legal and human rights of the Palestinian people — for
allegedly promoting discrimination and/or anti-Semitism.
momentum and becomes more effective, is having its activities criminalised
while being increasingly attacked — in order to discredit its lawful and
peaceful support for the legal and human rights of the Palestinian people — for
allegedly promoting discrimination and/or anti-Semitism.
A recently released Ekos poll has, however,
discovered that 46 percent of Canadians, including a majority of those
supporting every party except the Conservatives, had a negative view of Israel.
The Canadian government was regarded as having a pro-Israel bias by 61 per cent
of respondents, while 91 percent did not think criticism of Israeli government
policies was necessarily anti-semitic. The results suggest that Canada’s major
political parties are out of step with the Canadian people on those issues.
Furthermore, during almost 18 months in office, the Trudeau government had
voted against no less than sixteen UN resolutions critical of Israel.
discovered that 46 percent of Canadians, including a majority of those
supporting every party except the Conservatives, had a negative view of Israel.
The Canadian government was regarded as having a pro-Israel bias by 61 per cent
of respondents, while 91 percent did not think criticism of Israeli government
policies was necessarily anti-semitic. The results suggest that Canada’s major
political parties are out of step with the Canadian people on those issues.
Furthermore, during almost 18 months in office, the Trudeau government had
voted against no less than sixteen UN resolutions critical of Israel.
The apparent discrepancy between how people
view Israel’s Apartheid policies and the unconditional support provided for
such policies by their elected representatives is not a conundrum
requiring exceptional powers of deduction: the answer is simply
“blackmail, bribery, and bullying.”
view Israel’s Apartheid policies and the unconditional support provided for
such policies by their elected representatives is not a conundrum
requiring exceptional powers of deduction: the answer is simply
“blackmail, bribery, and bullying.”
In his insightful book, They Dare to
Speak Out, Paul Findley stated that during J.F. Kennedy’s campaign for
president in 1960, he had a meeting with some prominent Jews. Kennedy was very
insulted when one of the Jews said they knew Kennedy’s campaign was in
financial difficulty and that he and his Jewish friends would “help and help
significantly” John Kennedy’s campaign if, as president, Kennedy “would allow
them to set the course of Middle East policy over the next four years.”
Speak Out, Paul Findley stated that during J.F. Kennedy’s campaign for
president in 1960, he had a meeting with some prominent Jews. Kennedy was very
insulted when one of the Jews said they knew Kennedy’s campaign was in
financial difficulty and that he and his Jewish friends would “help and help
significantly” John Kennedy’s campaign if, as president, Kennedy “would allow
them to set the course of Middle East policy over the next four years.”
That meeting convinced JFK that he should
seek a law that would have the U.S. Treasury pay a set and equal amount for all
politicians running for president who secured a to be determined percentage of
signatures of the people supporting their campaign. In his 1991 book The
Samson Option: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy, Seymour
Hersh stated that Kennedy “saw this as the only way to prevent the
nightmare of today, which has not only the President, but the overwhelming
majority of people in Congress bought and paid for by the very powerful Israeli
lobby.”
seek a law that would have the U.S. Treasury pay a set and equal amount for all
politicians running for president who secured a to be determined percentage of
signatures of the people supporting their campaign. In his 1991 book The
Samson Option: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy, Seymour
Hersh stated that Kennedy “saw this as the only way to prevent the
nightmare of today, which has not only the President, but the overwhelming
majority of people in Congress bought and paid for by the very powerful Israeli
lobby.”
Such brazen subversion of American
democracy by the Jewish lobby had already been ongoing long before the 1960s
because shortly after his inauguration in March 1913 as the 28th President of
the United States, Woodrow Wilson was visited in the White House by Ashkenazi
Jew, Samuel Untermyer, of law firm, Guggenheim, Untermyer, and Marshall.
Untermyer tried to blackmail Wilson for $40,000 with regards to an affair
Wilson had with a fellow professor’s wife at Princeton University. As Wilson
did not have the money, Untermyer offered to pay the $40,000 himself to the
woman in question on condition that Wilson promised to appoint a nominee
recommended by Untermyer to the first available vacancy on the United States
Supreme Court which subsequently occurred when Louis Brandeis became the first
Jewish Justice on the highest U.S. federal court.
democracy by the Jewish lobby had already been ongoing long before the 1960s
because shortly after his inauguration in March 1913 as the 28th President of
the United States, Woodrow Wilson was visited in the White House by Ashkenazi
Jew, Samuel Untermyer, of law firm, Guggenheim, Untermyer, and Marshall.
Untermyer tried to blackmail Wilson for $40,000 with regards to an affair
Wilson had with a fellow professor’s wife at Princeton University. As Wilson
did not have the money, Untermyer offered to pay the $40,000 himself to the
woman in question on condition that Wilson promised to appoint a nominee
recommended by Untermyer to the first available vacancy on the United States
Supreme Court which subsequently occurred when Louis Brandeis became the first
Jewish Justice on the highest U.S. federal court.
Brandeis then became active in the
Federation of American Zionists thereby providing the nascent American Zionist
movement with a most distinguished man in American life and a friend of the
next president; devoted a great deal of his time, energy, and money to
championing the Zionist cause; and was elected president of the Provisional
Executive Committee for Zionist Affairs which was established after the
outbreak of World War One in Europe when the divided allegiance of the World
Zionist Organisation’s membership had made it impotent. As the leader and
spokesperson of American Zionism from 1914 to 1918, Brandeis embarked on a
speaking tour in the fall and winter of 1914–1915 to trump up support for the
Zionist cause by emphasising the goal of self-determination and freedom for
Jews through the development of a Jewish homeland. Similar self determination
and freedom, however, are concepts forbidden to the American people with the
ghost of Brandeis — in the form of the Louis D. Brandeis Centre —
actively supporting Apartheid Israel while working tirelessly to oppose the
effectiveness of BDS.
Federation of American Zionists thereby providing the nascent American Zionist
movement with a most distinguished man in American life and a friend of the
next president; devoted a great deal of his time, energy, and money to
championing the Zionist cause; and was elected president of the Provisional
Executive Committee for Zionist Affairs which was established after the
outbreak of World War One in Europe when the divided allegiance of the World
Zionist Organisation’s membership had made it impotent. As the leader and
spokesperson of American Zionism from 1914 to 1918, Brandeis embarked on a
speaking tour in the fall and winter of 1914–1915 to trump up support for the
Zionist cause by emphasising the goal of self-determination and freedom for
Jews through the development of a Jewish homeland. Similar self determination
and freedom, however, are concepts forbidden to the American people with the
ghost of Brandeis — in the form of the Louis D. Brandeis Centre —
actively supporting Apartheid Israel while working tirelessly to oppose the
effectiveness of BDS.
Unlike most American Jews at the time,
Brandies felt that while the re-creation of a Jewish national homeland was one
of the key solutions to antisemitism and the “Jewish problem” in Europe and
Russia, it would also be a way to “revive the Jewish spirit.” He explained the
importance of Zionism in a famous speech to a conference of Reform Rabbis in April 1915 in which
he also felt obliged to mention that Zionism and patriotism were compatible
concepts and should not lead to charges of “dual loyalty.” Nonetheless — it was
felt by many Americans — that his first allegiance was not to “we the people”
of American democracy.
Brandies felt that while the re-creation of a Jewish national homeland was one
of the key solutions to antisemitism and the “Jewish problem” in Europe and
Russia, it would also be a way to “revive the Jewish spirit.” He explained the
importance of Zionism in a famous speech to a conference of Reform Rabbis in April 1915 in which
he also felt obliged to mention that Zionism and patriotism were compatible
concepts and should not lead to charges of “dual loyalty.” Nonetheless — it was
felt by many Americans — that his first allegiance was not to “we the people”
of American democracy.
“The Zionists seek to establish this home in Palestine because
they are convinced that the undying longing of Jews for Palestine is a fact of
deepest significance; that it is a manifestation in the struggle for existence
by an ancient people which has established its right to live, a people whose
three thousand years of civilisation has produced a faith, culture and
individuality which enable it to contribute largely in the future, as it has in
the past, to the advance of civilisation; and that it is not a right merely but
a duty of the Jewish nationality to survive and develop. They believe that only
in Palestine can Jewish life be fully protected from the forces of
disintegration; that there alone can the Jewish spirit reach its full and
natural development; and that by securing for those Jews who wish to settle
there the opportunity to do so, not only those Jews, but all other Jews will be
benefited, and that the long perplexing Jewish Problem will, at last, find
solution.”
they are convinced that the undying longing of Jews for Palestine is a fact of
deepest significance; that it is a manifestation in the struggle for existence
by an ancient people which has established its right to live, a people whose
three thousand years of civilisation has produced a faith, culture and
individuality which enable it to contribute largely in the future, as it has in
the past, to the advance of civilisation; and that it is not a right merely but
a duty of the Jewish nationality to survive and develop. They believe that only
in Palestine can Jewish life be fully protected from the forces of
disintegration; that there alone can the Jewish spirit reach its full and
natural development; and that by securing for those Jews who wish to settle
there the opportunity to do so, not only those Jews, but all other Jews will be
benefited, and that the long perplexing Jewish Problem will, at last, find
solution.”
Finding the solution to that “long
perplexing Jewish problem,” has unfortunately come at a colossal cost not only
to U.S. taxpayers with hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars in aid to Israel,
but also to the Palestinian people whose almost seven decades of ethnic
cleansing has included the barbaric obliteration of their heritage, history,
and human rights by a mighty military machine subsidised by the U.S. government
on behalf of the American people despite the fact that 46 percent of them
support imposing sanctions on Israel because its defiant settlement policies.
perplexing Jewish problem,” has unfortunately come at a colossal cost not only
to U.S. taxpayers with hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars in aid to Israel,
but also to the Palestinian people whose almost seven decades of ethnic
cleansing has included the barbaric obliteration of their heritage, history,
and human rights by a mighty military machine subsidised by the U.S. government
on behalf of the American people despite the fact that 46 percent of them
support imposing sanctions on Israel because its defiant settlement policies.
It would appear America’s subjugation by
the Jewish lobby was also a source of amazement to the Jewish lobbyists
themselves who could not believe the ease with which the goyim were hoodwinked
and manipulated. In a 1976 confidential and controversial interview, Harold
Wallace Rosenthal — a Jewish administrative assistant to one of America’s
ranking senators, Jacob Javits R-NY — after admitting Jewish dominance in all
significant national programs, said “it is a marvel that the American people do
not rise up and drive every Jew out of this country.” Rosenthal added that “we
Jews continue to be amazed with the ease by which Christian Americans have
fallen into our hands. While the naive Americans wait for Khrushchev to bury
them, we have taught them to submit to our every demand.”
the Jewish lobby was also a source of amazement to the Jewish lobbyists
themselves who could not believe the ease with which the goyim were hoodwinked
and manipulated. In a 1976 confidential and controversial interview, Harold
Wallace Rosenthal — a Jewish administrative assistant to one of America’s
ranking senators, Jacob Javits R-NY — after admitting Jewish dominance in all
significant national programs, said “it is a marvel that the American people do
not rise up and drive every Jew out of this country.” Rosenthal added that “we
Jews continue to be amazed with the ease by which Christian Americans have
fallen into our hands. While the naive Americans wait for Khrushchev to bury
them, we have taught them to submit to our every demand.”
When asked how a nation could be taken over
without their knowing it, Rosenthal attributed success to the absolute control
of the media. He boasted of Jewish control of all news with any newspaper
refusing to submit to Jewish control of news being brought to its knees by
withdrawal of advertising. Failing in that, “It’s a very simple matter,” the
Jews would stop the supply of news print and ink. As to the question of
men in high political office, Rosenthal replied that no one since 1976 had
achieved any political power without Jewish approval. “Americans have not had a
presidential choice since 1932. Roosevelt was our man; every president since
Roosevelt has been our man.”
without their knowing it, Rosenthal attributed success to the absolute control
of the media. He boasted of Jewish control of all news with any newspaper
refusing to submit to Jewish control of news being brought to its knees by
withdrawal of advertising. Failing in that, “It’s a very simple matter,” the
Jews would stop the supply of news print and ink. As to the question of
men in high political office, Rosenthal replied that no one since 1976 had
achieved any political power without Jewish approval. “Americans have not had a
presidential choice since 1932. Roosevelt was our man; every president since
Roosevelt has been our man.”
Whether or not the current occupant of the
White House is “Israel’s man” is of no real consequence because Donald Trump’s
innate racism, deranged tendencies, and undisguised promotion of Islamophobia
are in any case compatible with Israel’s arrogant and arbitrary policies of
barbaric discrimination, displacement, and destruction. The one potentially
positive aspect of Trump’s presidency, however, is that his self obsessed
insanity might hopefully wake up the otherwise somnambulant American people;
alert them to the dangers threatening their fundamental rights as prescribed in
the U.S. Bill of Rights; and prompt them to rise up with a righteous
indignation that forcefully demands Congressional removal of a dangerous and
deluded demagogue.
White House is “Israel’s man” is of no real consequence because Donald Trump’s
innate racism, deranged tendencies, and undisguised promotion of Islamophobia
are in any case compatible with Israel’s arrogant and arbitrary policies of
barbaric discrimination, displacement, and destruction. The one potentially
positive aspect of Trump’s presidency, however, is that his self obsessed
insanity might hopefully wake up the otherwise somnambulant American people;
alert them to the dangers threatening their fundamental rights as prescribed in
the U.S. Bill of Rights; and prompt them to rise up with a righteous
indignation that forcefully demands Congressional removal of a dangerous and
deluded demagogue.
In the meantime European nationals must
shed their fear of being stigmatised as anti-Semites and finally take
responsibility for ensuring that their political leaders — who as “Friends of
Israel” are invariably susceptible to pro-Israel lobby blackmail, bribery, and
bullying — refrain from their usual mealy mouthed hypocrisy regarding the “only
democracy in the Middle East” and its right to “defend itself” with the “most
moral army in the world,” and instead start representing both the interests of
their own countries and the sovereignty of the people who elected them.
shed their fear of being stigmatised as anti-Semites and finally take
responsibility for ensuring that their political leaders — who as “Friends of
Israel” are invariably susceptible to pro-Israel lobby blackmail, bribery, and
bullying — refrain from their usual mealy mouthed hypocrisy regarding the “only
democracy in the Middle East” and its right to “defend itself” with the “most
moral army in the world,” and instead start representing both the interests of
their own countries and the sovereignty of the people who elected them.
Sovereignty exists within and flows from
the people of a country. Their collective right to choose their governmental,
political and electoral systems is a vital aspect of their self-determination.
The authority of government also derives from the will of the people who having
chosen those systems have a right to participate in their government through
genuine elections that determine who will legitimately occupy governmental
offices.
the people of a country. Their collective right to choose their governmental,
political and electoral systems is a vital aspect of their self-determination.
The authority of government also derives from the will of the people who having
chosen those systems have a right to participate in their government through
genuine elections that determine who will legitimately occupy governmental
offices.
Such precepts are incorporated in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in modern constitutions the world
over where they formed the basis for the well known formulation that democratic
government is “of the people, by the people and for the people.” In essence,
that means that governments, governmental processes, and elections, all belong
to the people. There can be no democracy without citizen participation which is
consequently both a right and a responsibility of the citizens in establishing
and developing a sustainable democracy wherein a free press must go hand in
hand with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone
has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom
to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in modern constitutions the world
over where they formed the basis for the well known formulation that democratic
government is “of the people, by the people and for the people.” In essence,
that means that governments, governmental processes, and elections, all belong
to the people. There can be no democracy without citizen participation which is
consequently both a right and a responsibility of the citizens in establishing
and developing a sustainable democracy wherein a free press must go hand in
hand with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone
has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom
to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
“Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of
the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretence —
the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent
and untrammelled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes
no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not
a citizen.”
the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretence —
the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent
and untrammelled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes
no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not
a citizen.”
William E. Borah (1865 – 1940), prominent Republican attorney and
longtime U.S. Senator known as “The Lion of Idaho.”
longtime U.S. Senator known as “The Lion of Idaho.”
William Hanna is a freelance writer with published books
the Hiramic Brotherhood of the Third Temple, The Tragedy of Palestine and
its Children, and the forthcoming Hiramic Brotherhood: Ezekiel’s T.emple
Prophesy Purchase information, sample chapters, other articles, and contact
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the Hiramic Brotherhood of the Third Temple, The Tragedy of Palestine and
its Children, and the forthcoming Hiramic Brotherhood: Ezekiel’s T.emple
Prophesy Purchase information, sample chapters, other articles, and contact
details at:
