Ubiquitous
2019-08-17 01:05:05 UTC
To the extent that I care at all about Israel blocking entry to two U.S.
congresswomen who partner with anti-Semites who seek its destruction, I
agree with critics who argue that Bibi Netanyahu should not appear to
bow to Donald Trumps tweeted demands and that blocking Rashida Tlaib
and Ilhan Omar from visiting Israel handed them a short-term propaganda
victory. But thats not the most important part of the story.
The most important element of the story is the fact that two American
congresswomen shunned a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel to
go on an independent trip to Israel sponsored by vicious anti-Semites.
Another important element of the story is that, as of today, the
mainstream media have whitewashed Omar and Tlaibs vile associations.
Writing yesterday, the Washington Post said that Omar and Tlaibs trip
to Jerusalem and the West Bank was planned by Miftah, a nonprofit
organization headed by Palestinian lawmaker and longtime peace
negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. The New York Times described it as an
organization headed by a longtime Palestinian lawmaker. In its
editorial, the New York Times editorial board identified it as a group
that promotes global awareness and knowledge of Palestinian
realities.
This is a whitewash. Thanks to a Twitter thread from the Washington
Examiners Seth Mandel who pointed to multiple additional sources I
started looking at the articles and views published on the Miftah
website, and it was like peeling an onion of evil. There was layer upon
layer of vile anti-Semitism.
First, the group actually published blood libel, posting an article that
accused the Jews [of using] the blood of Christians in the Jewish
Passover. When pro-Israel bloggers condemned the article, Miftah first
claimed that the attacks against the piece were part of a smear
campaign and minimized the reference to blood libel as merely briefly
addressed.
It was just a light sprinkling of blood libel. Move along, nothing to
see here.
The organization later issued a more complete apology, but weve barely
gotten started with this vile group. Its also published an American
neo-Nazi treatise called Who Rules America: The Alien Grip on Our News
and Entertainment Media Must Be Broken (archived here).
As Voxs Jane Coaston explained, the original source was National
Vanguard, a neo-Nazi group founded in 2005 in Charlottesville by members
of the National Alliance. The National Alliance was for a time the
best financed and best organized white nationalist group in America.
And to give you a sense of its ideology, here are two paragraphs from
the treatise:
The Jew-controlled entertainment media have taken the lead
in persuading a whole generation that homosexuality is a
normal and acceptable way of life; that there is nothing at
all wrong with White women dating or marrying Black men, or
with White men marrying Asian women; that all races are
inherently equal in ability and character except that the
character of the White race is suspect because of a history
of oppressing other races; and that any effort by Whites at
racial self-preservation is reprehensible.
We must oppose the further spreading of this poison among our
people, and we must break the power of those who are spreading
it. It would be intolerable for such power to be in the hands
of any alien minority, with values and interests different
from our own. But to permit the Jews, with their 3,000-year
history of nation-wrecking, from ancient Egypt to Russia, to
hold such power over us is tantamount to race suicide. Indeed,
the fact that so many White Americans today are so filled with
a sense of racial guilt and self-hatred that they actively
seek the death of their own race is a deliberate consequence
of Jewish media control.
I look forward to hearing apologists argue that these statements are
merely critiques of Israeli policies.
But thats not all, not by a long shot. The group celebrates terrorists,
including an evil woman who helped murder 13 Israeli children. In an
article titled Let Us Honor Our Own, a Miftah contributor describes
Dalal Al Mughrabi as a Palestinian fighter who was killed during a
military operation against Israel in 1978 and as one of the Palestinian
peoples national heroes.
The so-called military operation is more widely known as the Coastal
Road Massacre, a bus hijacking that resulted in the deaths of 38
Israeli civilians, including 13 children.
Al Mughrabi is hardly the only terrorist Miftah celebrates. It described
female suicide bomber Wafa Idrees as the the beginning of a string of
Palestinian women dedicated to sacrificing their lives for the cause.
It singles out for recognition Hanadi Jaradat, a woman who blew herself
up in a restaurant, killing 21 people (including four children).
The founder of Miftah herself, Ms. Ashrawi, excused jihadist violence by
telling an interviewer that you cannot somehow adopt the language of
either the international community or the occupier by describing anybody
who resists as terrorist.
And of course Miftah published an article asking whether Israel was a
proper homeland for the Jewish people:
Jeryl Bier
Under the heading "Is Israel the Only Possible Homeland for
Jews?", this article questioning the appropriateness of Israel
as the location of a Jewish homeland was posted by Miftah, one
of the sponsors of the proposed Tlaib/Omar visit to Israel:
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=23071&CategoryId=5
https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1162369435237343233/photo/1
I can keep going, but the evidence above should be sufficient to
establish the truth. It would and should be a national scandal if GOP
congressmen intended to partner with white nationalists during a visit
overseas. It should be a national scandal that members of the American
government intended to partner with vicious anti-Semites on their own
propaganda tour.
After its thunderous denunciations of Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump,
will pundits, editorial boards, and reporters take a look at the scandal
hiding in plain sight? Will they hold Tlaib and Omar accountable for
their vile associations? Now is a good time to demonstrate their
commitment to reporting on the full context of international disputes
and exposing one of the worlds oldest hatreds. We shall see how they
respond.
--
Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like
watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.
congresswomen who partner with anti-Semites who seek its destruction, I
agree with critics who argue that Bibi Netanyahu should not appear to
bow to Donald Trumps tweeted demands and that blocking Rashida Tlaib
and Ilhan Omar from visiting Israel handed them a short-term propaganda
victory. But thats not the most important part of the story.
The most important element of the story is the fact that two American
congresswomen shunned a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel to
go on an independent trip to Israel sponsored by vicious anti-Semites.
Another important element of the story is that, as of today, the
mainstream media have whitewashed Omar and Tlaibs vile associations.
Writing yesterday, the Washington Post said that Omar and Tlaibs trip
to Jerusalem and the West Bank was planned by Miftah, a nonprofit
organization headed by Palestinian lawmaker and longtime peace
negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. The New York Times described it as an
organization headed by a longtime Palestinian lawmaker. In its
editorial, the New York Times editorial board identified it as a group
that promotes global awareness and knowledge of Palestinian
realities.
This is a whitewash. Thanks to a Twitter thread from the Washington
Examiners Seth Mandel who pointed to multiple additional sources I
started looking at the articles and views published on the Miftah
website, and it was like peeling an onion of evil. There was layer upon
layer of vile anti-Semitism.
First, the group actually published blood libel, posting an article that
accused the Jews [of using] the blood of Christians in the Jewish
Passover. When pro-Israel bloggers condemned the article, Miftah first
claimed that the attacks against the piece were part of a smear
campaign and minimized the reference to blood libel as merely briefly
addressed.
It was just a light sprinkling of blood libel. Move along, nothing to
see here.
The organization later issued a more complete apology, but weve barely
gotten started with this vile group. Its also published an American
neo-Nazi treatise called Who Rules America: The Alien Grip on Our News
and Entertainment Media Must Be Broken (archived here).
As Voxs Jane Coaston explained, the original source was National
Vanguard, a neo-Nazi group founded in 2005 in Charlottesville by members
of the National Alliance. The National Alliance was for a time the
best financed and best organized white nationalist group in America.
And to give you a sense of its ideology, here are two paragraphs from
the treatise:
The Jew-controlled entertainment media have taken the lead
in persuading a whole generation that homosexuality is a
normal and acceptable way of life; that there is nothing at
all wrong with White women dating or marrying Black men, or
with White men marrying Asian women; that all races are
inherently equal in ability and character except that the
character of the White race is suspect because of a history
of oppressing other races; and that any effort by Whites at
racial self-preservation is reprehensible.
We must oppose the further spreading of this poison among our
people, and we must break the power of those who are spreading
it. It would be intolerable for such power to be in the hands
of any alien minority, with values and interests different
from our own. But to permit the Jews, with their 3,000-year
history of nation-wrecking, from ancient Egypt to Russia, to
hold such power over us is tantamount to race suicide. Indeed,
the fact that so many White Americans today are so filled with
a sense of racial guilt and self-hatred that they actively
seek the death of their own race is a deliberate consequence
of Jewish media control.
I look forward to hearing apologists argue that these statements are
merely critiques of Israeli policies.
But thats not all, not by a long shot. The group celebrates terrorists,
including an evil woman who helped murder 13 Israeli children. In an
article titled Let Us Honor Our Own, a Miftah contributor describes
Dalal Al Mughrabi as a Palestinian fighter who was killed during a
military operation against Israel in 1978 and as one of the Palestinian
peoples national heroes.
The so-called military operation is more widely known as the Coastal
Road Massacre, a bus hijacking that resulted in the deaths of 38
Israeli civilians, including 13 children.
Al Mughrabi is hardly the only terrorist Miftah celebrates. It described
female suicide bomber Wafa Idrees as the the beginning of a string of
Palestinian women dedicated to sacrificing their lives for the cause.
It singles out for recognition Hanadi Jaradat, a woman who blew herself
up in a restaurant, killing 21 people (including four children).
The founder of Miftah herself, Ms. Ashrawi, excused jihadist violence by
telling an interviewer that you cannot somehow adopt the language of
either the international community or the occupier by describing anybody
who resists as terrorist.
And of course Miftah published an article asking whether Israel was a
proper homeland for the Jewish people:
Jeryl Bier
Under the heading "Is Israel the Only Possible Homeland for
Jews?", this article questioning the appropriateness of Israel
as the location of a Jewish homeland was posted by Miftah, one
of the sponsors of the proposed Tlaib/Omar visit to Israel:
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=23071&CategoryId=5
https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1162369435237343233/photo/1
I can keep going, but the evidence above should be sufficient to
establish the truth. It would and should be a national scandal if GOP
congressmen intended to partner with white nationalists during a visit
overseas. It should be a national scandal that members of the American
government intended to partner with vicious anti-Semites on their own
propaganda tour.
After its thunderous denunciations of Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump,
will pundits, editorial boards, and reporters take a look at the scandal
hiding in plain sight? Will they hold Tlaib and Omar accountable for
their vile associations? Now is a good time to demonstrate their
commitment to reporting on the full context of international disputes
and exposing one of the worlds oldest hatreds. We shall see how they
respond.
--
Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like
watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.