White House Blocked Holocaust Statement that Explicitly Mentioned Jews
Chemi Shalev of Ha’aretz has made a powerful video about the exclusion
of Jews from Donald Trump’s Holocaust Memorial Day statement. I don’t agree with all of it, in particular
his statement that the Holocaust is first and foremost about Jews. No
it’s first and foremost about Nazism i.e. German fascism. Jews were its primary but by no means its
only victims. The Holocaust began with the Disabled, then the Polish
intelligentsia and then the Jews and the Gypsies/Sinta and the Russian
prisoners of war and so on. But it is still a powerful film and it highlights the Zionist hypocrisy that they profess concern about the Holocaust but then stay silent about the anti-Semitism of Trump’s Breitbart followers and Trump himself.
of Jews from Donald Trump’s Holocaust Memorial Day statement. I don’t agree with all of it, in particular
his statement that the Holocaust is first and foremost about Jews. No
it’s first and foremost about Nazism i.e. German fascism. Jews were its primary but by no means its
only victims. The Holocaust began with the Disabled, then the Polish
intelligentsia and then the Jews and the Gypsies/Sinta and the Russian
prisoners of war and so on. But it is still a powerful film and it highlights the Zionist hypocrisy that they profess concern about the Holocaust but then stay silent about the anti-Semitism of Trump’s Breitbart followers and Trump himself.
When Jackie Walker said that it would be
nice if Holocaust Memorial Day included
other Holocausts such as what happened to the Africans in Belgium Congo and the
Slave Trade it was if the heavens fell in.
Huffington Post led with Fury
At Anti-Semitism Event As Momentum Vice Chair Jackie Walker Criticises
Holocaust Memorial Day. It was as if
Haman and Eichmann had joined hands. No
adjective was biting enough to describe the horror felt by the Zionist movement
at this criticism of what is really a politico religious icon.
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| One of the chief motivators of the false anti-Semitism campaign, Jonathan Arkush of the Board of Deputies just loves Trump |
Jackie Walker
however is however a minor personality on the Labour Left, important primarily
for the way the British Zionist movement has singled her out as a suitable
demonic figure. Donald Trump however is
the President of the United States. You
would imagine therefore that when he issued a statement on Holocaust Memorial
Day, after having signed his Executive Order banning Muslims and refugees from
the USA, which omitted to even mention the Jews, that the Zionists would be up
in arms. ‘Anti-Semite’ would have been
the least of their descriptions. You can
imagine the hell that would have broken out if
Barak HUSSEIN Obama (the middle name was always important to Zionist Islamaphobes)
had committed a similar crime.
however is however a minor personality on the Labour Left, important primarily
for the way the British Zionist movement has singled her out as a suitable
demonic figure. Donald Trump however is
the President of the United States. You
would imagine therefore that when he issued a statement on Holocaust Memorial
Day, after having signed his Executive Order banning Muslims and refugees from
the USA, which omitted to even mention the Jews, that the Zionists would be up
in arms. ‘Anti-Semite’ would have been
the least of their descriptions. You can
imagine the hell that would have broken out if
Barak HUSSEIN Obama (the middle name was always important to Zionist Islamaphobes)
had committed a similar crime.
But what is astounding
is that apart from a little tut tutting, mainly in liberal Jewish papers like
The Forward, there has been nothing.
Absolute silence. Israel is still
in love with the Chump and the settlers adore him.
is that apart from a little tut tutting, mainly in liberal Jewish papers like
The Forward, there has been nothing.
Absolute silence. Israel is still
in love with the Chump and the settlers adore him.
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| Alan Dershowitz, lawyer to American neo-Nazis and the Jewish Defence League is happy to back Trump and Bannon |
Now I’ve always opposed the Zionist idea
that the Holocaust is only about
Jews. That to bring in any other group minimises the Holocaust. According to Zionists such as historian Lucy Dawidowicz, ‘Subsuming Jewish
losses under a universal or ecumenical classification is to effectively justify
anti-Semitism.’ [Lucy
Dawidowicz, The Holocaust and the Historian, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, Mass. 1981, p.17.] and according to
Elie Wiesel, the Auschwitz survivor who turned his back on all other victims of
genocide, to compare the sufferings of others with Jews was a “betrayal of Jewish history”.[Norman Finkelstein,
p.45, Wiesel, Against Silence, v. iii, 146.]
that the Holocaust is only about
Jews. That to bring in any other group minimises the Holocaust. According to Zionists such as historian Lucy Dawidowicz, ‘Subsuming Jewish
losses under a universal or ecumenical classification is to effectively justify
anti-Semitism.’ [Lucy
Dawidowicz, The Holocaust and the Historian, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, Mass. 1981, p.17.] and according to
Elie Wiesel, the Auschwitz survivor who turned his back on all other victims of
genocide, to compare the sufferings of others with Jews was a “betrayal of Jewish history”.[Norman Finkelstein,
p.45, Wiesel, Against Silence, v. iii, 146.]
However no one in their right mind would
suggest that Jews have no place in the Holocaust. Only the Stalinist rulers of the Soviet Union,
who wished to play down the extent of collaboration in Russia and claim that
all were equal victims, did that. Clearly the Final Solution was aimed at
removing Jewish people from the planet starting with a Jew free Europe. Equally the Holocaust wasn’t only aimed at
the Jews and Nazism aimed to exterminate not only the Communists and Socialists
but the Disabled, Gays and the Slav peoples of Eastern Europe and Russia.
suggest that Jews have no place in the Holocaust. Only the Stalinist rulers of the Soviet Union,
who wished to play down the extent of collaboration in Russia and claim that
all were equal victims, did that. Clearly the Final Solution was aimed at
removing Jewish people from the planet starting with a Jew free Europe. Equally the Holocaust wasn’t only aimed at
the Jews and Nazism aimed to exterminate not only the Communists and Socialists
but the Disabled, Gays and the Slav peoples of Eastern Europe and Russia.
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| A question many liberal Jews are asking |
The problem is that the Holocaust has
been propagandised by the Zionist movement and depoliticised. Stripped of its roots and causes. It
was caused by Jew hatred, pure and simple.
And why did people hate Jews?
Because they have always done so.
Simply by living in other peoples’ countries the Jews brought anti-Semitism
on themselves.
been propagandised by the Zionist movement and depoliticised. Stripped of its roots and causes. It
was caused by Jew hatred, pure and simple.
And why did people hate Jews?
Because they have always done so.
Simply by living in other peoples’ countries the Jews brought anti-Semitism
on themselves.
The Holocaust has become a weapon in the
war against the Palestinians not something to be commemorated for its own sake.
Jews in the holocaust are portrayed as two dimensional figures, with a
walk-on part. The Holocaust has become an essential part of West European
post-war discourse, a prop in the cold war and a justification for imperialism
in the Middle East. Israel is at the centre of the West’s intervention in
the Middle East and the Holocaust is its ideological rationale – its crown of
thorns.
war against the Palestinians not something to be commemorated for its own sake.
Jews in the holocaust are portrayed as two dimensional figures, with a
walk-on part. The Holocaust has become an essential part of West European
post-war discourse, a prop in the cold war and a justification for imperialism
in the Middle East. Israel is at the centre of the West’s intervention in
the Middle East and the Holocaust is its ideological rationale – its crown of
thorns.
Along comes Trump, Steve Bannon and his alt-Right,
who don’t particularly like ‘whining
Jews’ and who are uncomfortable about the place of Jews in the Holocaust! They like the Holocaust as a Jew-free ideological
abstraction.
who don’t particularly like ‘whining
Jews’ and who are uncomfortable about the place of Jews in the Holocaust! They like the Holocaust as a Jew-free ideological
abstraction.
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| Liberal Jews as represented by the Jewish Forward are at a loss to understand how Zionists who proclaimed their opposition to ‘anti-Semitism’ love Trump and Bannon |
According to Richard Spencer, who is the real ideologue
of the alt-right, the “activist Jewish
community” was only complaining about Trump’s Holocaust Memorial Day
statement because “It is all
about their meta-narrative of suffering, and it shall undergird their peculiar
position in American society, and theirs alone.” He deplored the
fact that Hitler and the Holocaust has become the “negative moral center of the liberal
universe.”
of the alt-right, the “activist Jewish
community” was only complaining about Trump’s Holocaust Memorial Day
statement because “It is all
about their meta-narrative of suffering, and it shall undergird their peculiar
position in American society, and theirs alone.” He deplored the
fact that Hitler and the Holocaust has become the “negative moral center of the liberal
universe.”
In the Forward Sam Kestenbaum quotes
Spencer as speaking about the
“de-Judification” of the Holocaust.
The
Holocaust had become ‘a sort of moral bludgeon — used against white
nationalists like himself.
Spencer as speaking about the
“de-Judification” of the Holocaust.
The
Holocaust had become ‘a sort of moral bludgeon — used against white
nationalists like himself.
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Spencer gives some examples of the
problems this ‘moral bludgeon’ is
causing. People were drawing all sorts
of uncomfortable conclusions from the Holocaust such as giving shelter to
refugees fleeing persecution. Spencer described the very real problems
that this is causing:
problems this ‘moral bludgeon’ is
causing. People were drawing all sorts
of uncomfortable conclusions from the Holocaust such as giving shelter to
refugees fleeing persecution. Spencer described the very real problems
that this is causing:
“We
can’t limit immigration, because Hitler.
We can’t be proud of ourselves as a Europeans, because Holocaust.
White people can be Christian, but not too Christian, because Auschwitz,” he wrote.
can’t limit immigration, because Hitler.
We can’t be proud of ourselves as a Europeans, because Holocaust.
White people can be Christian, but not too Christian, because Auschwitz,” he wrote.
Spencer went on: “Effectively,
any policy, idea, or belief that is markedly right-wing and traditional — that
evokes identity, power, hierarchy, and dominance — must be regulated by the
possibility that it could potentially lead back to the German Führer.”
any policy, idea, or belief that is markedly right-wing and traditional — that
evokes identity, power, hierarchy, and dominance — must be regulated by the
possibility that it could potentially lead back to the German Führer.”
You
can see the problems that the Holocaust is causing people like Spencer and this
is why the White House
‘deJudaified’ the Holocaust [White
House Blocked Holocaust Statement That Explicitly Mentioned Jews]. It would appear that the failure to
mention the Jews was no ‘oversight’. Steve
Bannon, the alt-Right ‘strategic advisor’ of Trump, who is behind this,
described U.S. Jews as ‘Enablers’
of Jihad’.
However it is important for people to get this into
perspective. Trump is the most pro-Zionist President the United States
has ever had. He is itching for an attack on Iran. He is full
square behind Netanyahu in not liking
Muslims. He unreservedly supports the settlements and would like to move
America’s Embassy to Jerusalem (though this is proving more problematic than first thought). Hence Trump is a very popular US
President – if not in America then certainly in Israel. In the elections which were held among
American citizens in Israel, the exit polls showed
that Trump won by a margin of 65 points.
perspective. Trump is the most pro-Zionist President the United States
has ever had. He is itching for an attack on Iran. He is full
square behind Netanyahu in not liking
Muslims. He unreservedly supports the settlements and would like to move
America’s Embassy to Jerusalem (though this is proving more problematic than first thought). Hence Trump is a very popular US
President – if not in America then certainly in Israel. In the elections which were held among
American citizens in Israel, the exit polls showed
that Trump won by a margin of 65 points.
Of course diaspora Jewry, what the Zionists call ‘galut’ i.e. those
with an ‘exile’ mentality, who think that their interests come before those of
Israel are not so supportive of Trump because they know what he
represents, White Supremacy, hasn’t been too kind to Jews historically. Diaspora Jews often don’t realise that the needs of the
Jewish state come before the Jews.
with an ‘exile’ mentality, who think that their interests come before those of
Israel are not so supportive of Trump because they know what he
represents, White Supremacy, hasn’t been too kind to Jews historically. Diaspora Jews often don’t realise that the needs of the
Jewish state come before the Jews.
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| The Zionist Organisation of America is adept at turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism when it comes in pro-Israeli garb |
This dilemma came to a head in the case
of Argentina, the only post-war state to have had a neo-Nazi regime between
1976-83. Up to 3,000 Jews were tortured to death under the military Junta,
up to 12% of those who ‘disappeared’ were Jewish. Israel however had a
problem. Argentina at that time was a part of Reagan’s anti-communist
Condor alliance in South America. The main priority was fighting the
communists. Israel naturally was a close ally in all of this. Israel
was the main arms supplier of the Argentinian Junta and equipped it in its war
with Britain in 1982.
of Argentina, the only post-war state to have had a neo-Nazi regime between
1976-83. Up to 3,000 Jews were tortured to death under the military Junta,
up to 12% of those who ‘disappeared’ were Jewish. Israel however had a
problem. Argentina at that time was a part of Reagan’s anti-communist
Condor alliance in South America. The main priority was fighting the
communists. Israel naturally was a close ally in all of this. Israel
was the main arms supplier of the Argentinian Junta and equipped it in its war
with Britain in 1982.
The question therefore arose for Israel
as to whether or not to make the plight of the Argentinian Jewish community or
its relations with the Junta its priority. All this came to a head with
the case of the Jewish newspaper editor of La Opinion, Jacobo Timerman.
Although a left-Zionist he was savagely tortured by the Junta and it was only
his fame which saved him from death. Israel was forced to intercede to
help him but they also wanted to silence his criticism of the Junta and not to make
a noise. Timerman was asked by Israeli Ambassador Ram Nirgad, on his
release, to sign a document saying he had been treated well. Timerman
refused and the whole affair can be read in Timmerman’s book Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A
Number, Weidenfeld, 1980.
as to whether or not to make the plight of the Argentinian Jewish community or
its relations with the Junta its priority. All this came to a head with
the case of the Jewish newspaper editor of La Opinion, Jacobo Timerman.
Although a left-Zionist he was savagely tortured by the Junta and it was only
his fame which saved him from death. Israel was forced to intercede to
help him but they also wanted to silence his criticism of the Junta and not to make
a noise. Timerman was asked by Israeli Ambassador Ram Nirgad, on his
release, to sign a document saying he had been treated well. Timerman
refused and the whole affair can be read in Timmerman’s book Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A
Number, Weidenfeld, 1980.
An important essay on the dilemmas that
the Zionists faced when choosing between the Jews and the Jewish state is
Yitzhak Mualem’s essay in the Jewish Political Studies Review Spring 2004) ‘Between a Jewish and an Israeli Foreign
Policy: Israel-Argentina Relations and the Issue of Jewish Disappeared Persons
and Detainees under the Military Junta, 1976-1983’ Mualem wrote:
the Zionists faced when choosing between the Jews and the Jewish state is
Yitzhak Mualem’s essay in the Jewish Political Studies Review Spring 2004) ‘Between a Jewish and an Israeli Foreign
Policy: Israel-Argentina Relations and the Issue of Jewish Disappeared Persons
and Detainees under the Military Junta, 1976-1983’ Mualem wrote:
While the
Jewish factor has an effect on Israeli foreign policy, it is not a decisive
one. It is not the only consideration, nor the main one taken into account in
the policy calculations of the Israeli government. The heritage of David
Ben-Gurion determined that “in our relations (with foreign countries) we
should be guided by one criteria and that is whether it is good for the Jews.”
The Jewish consideration was quite significant in the weighing of foreign
policy in the economic area. According to Ben-Gurion’s national approach, the
state constitutes the highest goal of Zionism and the Jewish people. He did not
ignore the problems of the Jews in the diaspora, but nevertheless saw the goals
of the diaspora as secondary to the goals of the state, whose mere existence
serves the needs of the diaspora.
Jewish factor has an effect on Israeli foreign policy, it is not a decisive
one. It is not the only consideration, nor the main one taken into account in
the policy calculations of the Israeli government. The heritage of David
Ben-Gurion determined that “in our relations (with foreign countries) we
should be guided by one criteria and that is whether it is good for the Jews.”
The Jewish consideration was quite significant in the weighing of foreign
policy in the economic area. According to Ben-Gurion’s national approach, the
state constitutes the highest goal of Zionism and the Jewish people. He did not
ignore the problems of the Jews in the diaspora, but nevertheless saw the goals
of the diaspora as secondary to the goals of the state, whose mere existence
serves the needs of the diaspora.
Israel’s role as a Jewish state was to
strengthen the Jewish nation’s status and power in the domestic and
international arena by mobilizing the diaspora on behalf of this cause. In the
particular case under discussion, the mobilization of the diaspora was achieved
on two levels: bringing Jews to Israel and the adoption of a cooperative-passive
policy by the Jewish community regarding the policy of the State of Israel. MKs
Yair Tsaban and Yossi Sarid [of the left-Zionist Meretz] claimed that this
policy and cooperation were implemented in flagrant ignorance of the Jews of
Argentina. As Yossi Sarid put it: “In
Argentina, Israel sold even the Jews for the price of its immediate interests.“
strengthen the Jewish nation’s status and power in the domestic and
international arena by mobilizing the diaspora on behalf of this cause. In the
particular case under discussion, the mobilization of the diaspora was achieved
on two levels: bringing Jews to Israel and the adoption of a cooperative-passive
policy by the Jewish community regarding the policy of the State of Israel. MKs
Yair Tsaban and Yossi Sarid [of the left-Zionist Meretz] claimed that this
policy and cooperation were implemented in flagrant ignorance of the Jews of
Argentina. As Yossi Sarid put it: “In
Argentina, Israel sold even the Jews for the price of its immediate interests.“
Of course for the Zionists this is no
dilemma. Trump is pro-Zionist even if he doesn’t particularly like Jews
who he sees as effete liberals. Which is why Mort Klein of the Zionist Organisation
of America was happy to invite Bannon to the ZOA’s annual gala dinner
whilst denouncing Obama as a ‘Jew hating anti-Semite’! Unfortunately the presence of a Jewish
demonstration outside the dinner consisting of unsavoury Jewish types such as Jewish
Voices for Peace made him think twice about attending. Nonetheless the
Zionists are clear where their priorities lie – the Jewish State will always Trump
the Diaspora Jews
dilemma. Trump is pro-Zionist even if he doesn’t particularly like Jews
who he sees as effete liberals. Which is why Mort Klein of the Zionist Organisation
of America was happy to invite Bannon to the ZOA’s annual gala dinner
whilst denouncing Obama as a ‘Jew hating anti-Semite’! Unfortunately the presence of a Jewish
demonstration outside the dinner consisting of unsavoury Jewish types such as Jewish
Voices for Peace made him think twice about attending. Nonetheless the
Zionists are clear where their priorities lie – the Jewish State will always Trump
the Diaspora Jews
Tony Greenstein
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