This book which I highly recommend, is certainly an eye opener. The author went to extremes researching his book by visiting Israel and traveling extensively around the country while conducting numerous interviews of government officials, politicians military officers and...
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This book which I highly recommend, is certainly an eye opener. The author went to extremes researching his book by visiting Israel and traveling extensively around the country while conducting numerous interviews of government officials, politicians military officers and enlisted IDF personnel, Living with Israeli and Palestinians, interviewing illegal immigrants and the lower classes of society which include Jews who's ancestry was from Arab countries, Ethiopians and Russians and any Africans. He personally witnessed improper and outrageous behavior by Israeli citizens and their soldiers and he brings the Israeli Knesset into full perspective.Israel was originally founded by well educated European Jewry who formed an idea assisted along by European imperial powers who recognized the Zionist movement as an opportunity to have a European presence strategically placed in the Middle East to assist with controlling the Arab population, strictly for their own personal gain. Behind the idea of Zionism was the centuries old European Jewish experience of anti-Antisemitism which included murderous pogroms, and severe restrictions, thus the idea of a Jewish state was formed. The idea basically arose in the late 19th century with the primary purpose of gathering together the Jewish diaspora and than return to the land of Israel where the Jewish people would have their own independent state as promised in the bible. Luckily for the Zionist movement Britain took control of the Palestine area after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire during WW I. To achieve these goals Zionism had to create a strong mythology, first and foremost was that the area they wished to claim was almost totally uninhabited and, left to ruin since the forced cleansing of the Jewish people 2000 years earlier by the Roman Empire who had referred to the area as Palestine. European Zionist began a campaign to mystify the history of the Jewish people who largely were unmoved by Zionism at the turn of the century and only saw themselves as a persecuted minority in their respective native countries and had no desire to live and work in some desert in the Middle East. The book of course takes us to WW II, which needs no further explanation. Unfortunately the Zionist now had the Holocaust to hold over the world and their argument now seemed to have some true merit, the Jews had earned the right to their own state. Israel comes into being after a 1947 U.N. resolution and the new State of Israel's founding fathers are basically European socialist, with a tinge of Communists along with some religious Zealots who wished to demonstrate to the world that the Jewish people will never again be the victim of ethnic cleansing and bigotry. The author clearly explains how the State led by a very militaristic, ultra nationalistic culture, particularly after the 1967 War, begins to displays it's true colors by their very racist ideas of who is a proper Jew, (White Europeans) not Middle East/Arab Jews, African's or Asians. Racism is always present throughout the society as a whole and mimics everything the Jews themselves went through in Europe. What sets in eventually is a highly militaristic society who are totally controlled by fear of another holocaust which is always left hanging over their heads. They develop a total hatred and intolerance of Arabs and most foreigners. The book brings us up to the present state of affairs in the so called Middle Easts only democracy. The author more than makes his point, that the very corrupted Israeli government and their vaunted military primarily used on defenseless Arabs and in many cases visiting journalist and peace nix leads most often to a deadly conclusion. The author again, demonstrates through his research how this in-conceived religious state has morphed into a true Fascist, apartheid society that excludes large numbers of it's so-called citizens and feels no compulsion to, without prior notice remove portions of its non-Jewish residents from their homes which are than demolished, sending many of the disposed to "The camps." Frighteningly the book reminds one of of Germany, during the period covering 1933-1940. The same racist ideas, the ultra nationalism the physical attacks on Arabs and foreigners, the cold blooded murder by the Israeli Border Guards and IDF troops, the existence of the camps,forced segregation by walls, wire, machine guns and snipers. Any American who reads this book and is not moved by the brutality of the Israeli state is missing a chip. This is the only known nuclear power that has never allowed any inspection of their nuclear facilities. This is a State that feels because of the sordid history of the Jewish people it is exempt from universal rules and laws and basically calls its own shots while it accepts billions of dollars from the(U.S.) government to continually strengthen its military capabilities while its settler population slowly devours what's left of Palestinian land by force, which includes assaults, murder and intimidation of Arab men, women and children regardless of age. What the author brings forth is a picture of a ruthless Israeli government who basically wishes to stand for and by itself, but runs a very sophisticated propaganda machine and cannot under normal circumstances which is non-existent in Israel, be trusted as an ally. Israel has it's own agenda and it has nothing to do with promoting democracy in the Middle East. One need only to research the attack on the U.S.S. LIBERTY a technical research ship in international water on June 8, 1967 by the Israeli air force jets who bombed and machine gunned the ship and Israeli navy torpedo boats, machine gunning, and killing 34 U.S. servicemen all members of the U.S.S. Liberty and wounding 171 others, leaving the ship badly damaged in international waters. This book is expertly written and difficult to put down. You will loose all your false allusions of our Middle East democratic ally, falsely claiming it is surrounded by hostile countries who wish to drive it into the sea on any given day. Israel is the elephant in the room, a true Goliath.
This book which I highly recommend, is certainly an eye opener. The author went to extremes researching his book by visiting Israel and traveling extensively around the country while conducting numerous interviews of government officials, politicians military officers and enlisted IDF personnel, Living with Israeli and Palestinians, interviewing illegal immigrants and the lower classes of society which include Jews who's ancestry was from Arab countries, Ethiopians and Russians and any Africans. He personally witnessed improper and outrageous behavior by Israeli citizens and their soldiers and he brings the Israeli Knesset into full perspective.Israel was originally founded by well educated European Jewry who formed an idea assisted along by European imperial powers who recognized the Zionist movement as an opportunity to have a European presence strategically placed in the Middle East to assist with controlling the Arab population, strictly for their own personal gain. Behind the idea of Zionism was the centuries old European Jewish experience of anti-Antisemitism which included murderous pogroms, and severe restrictions, thus the idea of a Jewish state was formed. The idea basically arose in the late 19th century with the primary purpose of gathering together the Jewish diaspora and than return to the land of Israel where the Jewish people would have their own independent state as promised in the bible. Luckily for the Zionist movement Britain took control of the Palestine area after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire during WW I. To achieve these goals Zionism had to create a strong mythology, first and foremost was that the area they wished to claim was almost totally uninhabited and, left to ruin since the forced cleansing of the Jewish people 2000 years earlier by the Roman Empire who had referred to the area as Palestine. European Zionist began a campaign to mystify the history of the Jewish people who largely were unmoved by Zionism at the turn of the century and only saw themselves as a persecuted minority in their respective native countries and had no desire to live and work in some desert in the Middle East. The book of course takes us to WW II, which needs no further explanation. Unfortunately the Zionist now had the Holocaust to hold over the world and their argument now seemed to have some true merit, the Jews had earned the right to their own state. Israel comes into being after a 1947 U.N. resolution and the new State of Israel's founding fathers are basically European socialist, with a tinge of Communists along with some religious Zealots who wished to demonstrate to the world that the Jewish people will never again be the victim of ethnic cleansing and bigotry. The author clearly explains how the State led by a very militaristic, ultra nationalistic culture, particularly after the 1967 War, begins to displays it's true colors by their very racist ideas of who is a proper Jew, (White Europeans) not Middle East/Arab Jews, African's or Asians. Racism is always present throughout the society as a whole and mimics everything the Jews themselves went through in Europe. What sets in eventually is a highly militaristic society who are totally controlled by fear of another holocaust which is always left hanging over their heads. They develop a total hatred and intolerance of Arabs and most foreigners. The book brings us up to the present state of affairs in the so called Middle Easts only democracy. The author more than makes his point, that the very corrupted Israeli government and their vaunted military primarily used on defenseless Arabs and in many cases visiting journalist and peace nix leads most often to a deadly conclusion. The author again, demonstrates through his research how this in-conceived religious state has morphed into a true Fascist, apartheid society that excludes large numbers of it's so-called citizens and feels no compulsion to, without prior notice remove portions of its non-Jewish residents from their homes which are than demolished, sending many of the disposed to "The camps." Frighteningly the book reminds one of of Germany, during the period covering 1933-1940. The same racist ideas, the ultra nationalism the physical attacks on Arabs and foreigners, the cold blooded murder by the Israeli Border Guards and IDF troops, the existence of the camps,forced segregation by walls, wire, machine guns and snipers. Any American who reads this book and is not moved by the brutality of the Israeli state is missing a chip. This is the only known nuclear power that has never allowed any inspection of their nuclear facilities. This is a State that feels because of the sordid history of the Jewish people it is exempt from universal rules and laws and basically calls its own shots while it accepts billions of dollars from the(U.S.) government to continually strengthen its military capabilities while its settler population slowly devours what's left of Palestinian land by force, which includes assaults, murder and intimidation of Arab men, women and children regardless of age. What the author brings forth is a picture of a ruthless Israeli government who basically wishes to stand for and by itself, but runs a very sophisticated propaganda machine and cannot under normal circumstances which is non-existent in Israel, be trusted as an ally. Israel has it's own agenda and it has nothing to do with promoting democracy in the Middle East. One need only to research the attack on the U.S.S. LIBERTY a technical research ship in international water on June 8, 1967 by the Israeli air force jets who bombed and machine gunned the ship and Israeli navy torpedo boats, machine gunning, and killing 34 U.S. servicemen all members of the U.S.S. Liberty and wounding 171 others, leaving the ship badly damaged in international waters. This book is expertly written and difficult to put down. You will loose all your false allusions of our Middle East democratic ally, falsely claiming it is surrounded by hostile countries who wish to drive it into the sea on any given day. Israel is the elephant in the room, a true Goliath.
