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Targeting AIPAC
Targeting AIPAC
by Stephen Lendman
On January 23, Occupy AIPAC announced plans to confront the powerful Israeli Lobby in Washington from March 2 - 6. More on what's planned below.
Since last September, OWS inspired affiliate groups. Among others they include Occupy Together, Occupy Everything, Occupy Arrests, Occupy Police, Occupy Marines, Occupy Veterans, Occupy Writers, Occupy Filmakers, Occupy Schools, Occupy the World Wide Web, Occupy Freedom, Occupy NATO, Occupy Congress, Occupy the White House, and Occupy Your State Capital America.
Many communicate online through social networks like Facebook. They spread information globally and hopefully inspire others to join a worldwide movement for change.
From March 4 - 6, AIPAC will hold its annual Washington conference. Deferentially, politicians, presidents, their hangers-on, media scoundrels and others show up to pay homage to its influence and the government it represents.
AIPAC's an unregistered foreign agent. Calling itself "America's Pro-Israel Lobby," it's represented Israeli interests since founded in 1953. In 1963, it was incorporated as a division of the American Zionist Council (AZC), its precursor.
Virtually no one in Congress confronts it. Doing so is a career-ender. Notably, it has virtual veto power over war and peace, trade and investment, multi-billion dollar arms sales, enormous handouts to Israel, and all Middle East policies affecting the Jewish state under Democrat and Republican administrations alike.
It's a weapon of mass destruction, fronting for Israeli crimes. Among other tactics, it spuriously rails against Syria, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
It calls Iran "the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and is racing toward a nuclear weapons capability."
It calls Hizbollah, Hamas, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan "Insurgents" its "proxy armies."
It falsely accuses Syria of "brutally crush(ing) the growing protest movement (while) maintaining its support for terrorist groups." It says Assad "undermin(es) peace and security."
It calls Hamas, Palestine's legitimate government, a "terrorist group....with the self proclaimed goal of the destruction of Israel."
It calls Hezbollah (part of Lebanon's ruling coalition government) "an Iranian-backed terrorist network that poses a direct threat to American interests and Israel, (and) has killed more Americans than any terrorist group other than al-Qaeda...."
Since inception, AIPAC lacked credibility. It spews lies and hate. It viciously attacks opponents. It should be banned for not registering as a foreign agent and prosecuted for libel.
Instead, by intimidating Congress, it gets free reign to do what it pleases and attracts political Washington en masse to its annual conference.
Confronting AIPAC
Move over AIPAC now calls itself Occupy AIPAC. Over 120 organizations endorse it.
They include American Jews for a Just Peace, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Artists Against Apartheid, CODEPINK, Christians for Palestinian Rights, Citizens for Palestinian Self-Determination, Friends of Palestine, Global Exchange, If Americans Knew, International Solidarity Movement, Rachael Corrie Foundation, Stop AIPAC, United for Peace and Justice, US Boat to Gaza, Veterans for Peace, and many others.
The pro-Israeli Commentary magazine attacked the initiative. On January 20, Jonathan Tobin headlined, "Occupy AIPAC Next Step for Leftist Group," saying:
"Many Jewish liberals have been in denial about the anti-Israel and often anti-Semitic tone of much of the Occupy Wall Street movement since its inception."
In other words, when hard truths can't be denied, it call those supporting them "anti-Semites." Commentary fronts for Israel. The US Campaign to End the Occupation's Josh Ruebner calls it a "neo-con rag."
It's that and much more. It backs Israel's worst crimes, and organizations like AIPAC, promoting war and violence. Why else would activists for peace, justice, and Palestinian rights plan confronting them in March.
Ruebner says, "So, yeah, Commentary, we'll be there protesting AIPAC's agenda and all your silly accusations about who we are and what we stand for won't stop us.”
Occupy AIPAC
In May 2011, during AIPAC's conference, it organized an initiative called "Move over AIPAC: Building a New US Middle East Policy."
Then and now, it aims "to wean US policy away from AIPAC's grip towards an even-handed position that respects international law and the human rights of all people in the region."
From March 2 - 6, it's coming back and asks others to join it. It's agenda includes teach-ins, cultural performances, protests, creative direct actions, educational panels on Iran, Palestine, the Arab uprisings, and OWS, and a preview of the forthcoming film, "Roadmap to Apartheid."
Panel discussions and workshops include:
"Preventing War, Promoting Peace: Shifting US Policy Toward Real Diplomacy with Iran"
"From the Arab Uprisings to the Occupy Movement: Freedom & Justice vs. the Right-Wing Israel Lobby"
"Palestine, Israel & the US - Changing Discourse, Challenging Policy"
"Poets, Comedians and Musicians - Tears and Laughter for Palestine"
"Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions"
"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere: Palestine and the African American Experience"
"Ending Military Aid to Israel"
March 6 is called Lobbying Day - Lobbying Congress for a just peace in the Middle East. This and more is planned throughout the March 2 - 6 gathering.
Occupy AIPAC calls it "a mandatory 'occupy target.' " Now's the time to oppose "the stranglehold the Israel lobby continues to hold over our government."
It's essential to confront it actively with sustained pressure. Showing up in Washington is step one.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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Hey kidz!!! Wanna take out AIPAC? Target the Heart of the Beast . . . The Big Lie!!!! . . . ;-)
In the past couple of weeks, two events have occured that on the surface seem unrelated.
But, if one scratches a bit beneath the surface, there appears to be a common psychological
thread that binds them together in a common psychosis. "Psychosis" being used in
its literal academic sense and defined as:
Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, usually including false beliefs about what is taking place
or who one is (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations).
The first recent event was the article written by hardcore Zionist Andrew Adler, publisher/owner of the
Atlanta Jewish Times, calling for Israel's MOSSAD to assassinate President Obama.
(clipped headline and article from The Atlanta Jewish Times)
"What Would You Do? . . .Three, give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States' policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.
Yes, you read "three" correctly. Order a hit on a president in order to preserve Israel's existence. Think about it. If I have thought of this Tom Clancy-type scenario, don't you think that this almost unfathomable idea has been discussed in Israel's most inner circles?"
(link to copy of original . .. and almost impossible to find on-line . . Atlanta Jewish Times Article)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/284979-ajt.html
The second event was the expulsion by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign of ex-PSC Chair,
Dr. Francis Clark-Lowes . .. on the grounds of "racism, anti-Semitism and prejudice".
Dr. Francis Clark-Lowes, "an academic, a student of, and authority on, German-Jewish relations" was
relieved of duty for the high crime of "thinking wrong thoughts" about THE Taboo subject of ALL
Taboo subjects . . . (followed only by the "thought crime" of logically tracing 9-11 Truth to Zionism and Israel) . . .
Here, the "right thinking" new chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Dr. Hugh Lanning, makes the
case against Dr. Francis Clark-Lowes by pointing out the blasphemous comments made by this
former chair and academic:
"I said I was proud to call myself a Holocaust denier – it is the capital ‘H’ I believe we must question. . .
. . .to be precise, I’ve ceased to believe in the six million figure, the planned extermination programme
and the mass killings in gas-chambers.”
- Dr. Francis Clark-Lowes, former Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
(clipped headline and article from deLiberation)
"The Wandering Hugh by Gilad Atzmon
We’ve been sent a transcription of PSC Chair Hugh Lanning’s speech at the PSC AGM where he tries to justify,
on the grounds of racism, anti-Semitism and prejudice, the expulsion of ex-PSC Chair, Dr. Francis Clark-Lowes."
(full article)
http://www.deliberation.info/the-wandering-hugh/
How does one make the connection between a Zionist 5th columnist in Atlanta calling for the assassination
of the President of the United States because it would benefit HIS country of Israel and the dismissal
of an Accademic who was championing for the rights of the Palestinian People against systematic
extermination at the hands of the Israelis?
Perhaps the answer lies in an article appearing in today's Israeli newspaper, Haaretz:
(clipped headlne and article from Israel's Haaretz)
"Israel's never-ending Holocaust
The issue that should have sparked panic in last week's poll on religion is the total consensus among Israeli Jews
that the 'guiding principle' for the country is 'to remember the Holocaust.'"
(full story)
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/israel-s-never-ending-holocaust-1.409942
Noteworthy is the FACT that the two topics that Israel's Haaretz will NEVER allowed to be published in its
on line "comment section" are: (1) THE Holocaust(TM) TRUTH challenging the 6 Million figure (2) 9-11 TRUTH
linking Israel's MOSSAD and 5th Column Zionist Sayanim to the event and the follow-up ANTHRAX attacks.
Try it yourself if you don't believe this writer. . .. :-)
One is reminded of that logical fallacy of "Proof by Assertion" that makes up the Zionist axiom of propaganda:
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth"
- Vladimir Lenin (aka Vladimir Illich Ulyanov)
We see this logical fallacy again and again in such recent Zionist propaganda sound bites as:
“A strong and secure Israel is in the national security interests of the United States."
- US President Barack Obama in speech to AIPAC
. . . as well as in older World Zionist propaganda tools such as the infamous 1909 "Scofield Reference Bible" from
the Oxford University Press in the U.K.
(link to video - approx. 1 hour)
"The Roots of Christian Zionism: How Scofield Sowed Seeds of Apostasy"
http://vimeo.com/29901084
Pay particular attention to the section of this video starting at 33:00 minutes concerning the 1909 and the 1967 footnotes
in the Scofield Reference Bible concerning Genesis 12:3
(clipped text from Genesis 12:1-3)
"1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
(clipped text from Scofield Reference Bible)
"God made an unconditional promise of blessings through Abram's seed to the nation of Israel to inherit a specific
territory forever"
Never mind the TRUTH that at the time of this telling, Abram had no children, the PERSON named Israel (Jacob, son of Isaac son of Abram) had not yet been born and there was no country of Israel. . . . ;-)
(clipped text from above documenatary site)
"Ever wonder why so many Christians support America’s many wars, especially in the Middle East? A new Christianity has emerged from the Twentieth Century called Christian Zionism or what could be called, 'Angry Evangelicalism,' or 'Dispensationalism on Steroids.' What motivates a nationally known, evangelical preacher like John Hagee to call for a preemptive strike against Iran when it is contrary to what Jesus taught and commanded his followers to do? This 'Roots of Zionism' presentation may be the first of its kind with a factual explanation of how Christianity’s latest apostate epidemic was launched with the publishing of C. I. Scofield's reference Bible in 1909, and the influence of the notes in it."
Fortunately, the stranglehold of the Zionist 5th Column known as the AIPAC Lobby on the U.S. Government is quite obvious
to the rest of the world.
(clipped headline and article from Russia Today)
"Israel ‘master of puppets’ in US Iran onslaught - America’s frenzy over “diabolic” Iran has its roots not on the Potomac riverside, but rather on the banks of Tel Aviv’s Yarkon River: appeasing the US Jewish community has become an inevitable idiosyncrasy of the US presidential campaign. When America beats the drums of war over Iran, it may not always be driven by the Islamic state's alleged nuclear intentions. Would-be US presidential candidates aren't shy when it comes to voicing their anti-Iran rhetoric in front of America's influential Jewish community. And America almost never misses an opportunity to praise its best ally."
(full article)
http://rt.com/news/us-policies-aipac-israel-015/
After all, when it comes to the Ruthlessness of World Zionism that defines itself by a shared psychosis based on BIG LIE after BIG LIE . . . a Ruthlessness that can justify ANY Means to acheive its Ends . . . from treasonous Political Pressure from lobby groups like AIPAC to the destruction of the careers of innocent people to the assassination of World Leaders . . .one begins to learn to put aside "Political Correctness" and recognize the reality for what it is . ..
. . . the Nature of The Beast . .. ;-)
(clipped headline and article)
"Nature of the Beast - But above all else, let there be no more surprise when mutts and mongrels from the pack such as Adler & co wander into town, snarling and growling in the menacing fashion he did, because when all is considered, in light of what has been known now for some time, such snarling and growling is simply in the nature of the beast."
(full article)
http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/nature-of-beast.html
And the only way this old fool from North Cackilacki sees to put down that MAD DOG of Israel and World Zionism is by targetting the heart of the beast . .. with the radical idea of . .. telling the TRUTH!!! . . . ;-)
"I got the call today,
that I didn't wanna hear
but I knew that it would come.
An old, true friend of ours
was talkin' on the phone :
The more I know,
the less I understand.
All the things I thought I knew,
I'm learning again.
There are people in your life
who've come and gone.
They let you down
you know they hurt your pride.
You better put it all behind you baby;
cause life goes on.
You keep carryin' that anger;
it'll eat you up inside, baby !
I've been trying to get down
to the heart of the matter.
But my will gets weak
and my thought seem to scatter.
But I think it's about
forgiveness,
forgiveness.
Even if,
even if
you don't love me anymore!"
- "The Heart Of The Matter" by The Eagles/Don Henley
peace.
Common Dreams has exposed the Empire whoring NEW YORK TIMES, where its liberals have degenerated through class compromises, Empire whoring for Zionism, into more propaganda , LIES, to argue that Israel will attack Iran, in 2012, and never challenging these fascist foreign policies.
Since Obama refuses to call his Empire , now a police state, FASCISM, or Israeli Zionism, ideologicallly, Fascist, he is enabling these totalitarian thugs. Obama and Congress are themselves class-empire tyrants and are now re activating the joint military exercises with FASCIST ZIONIST, ISRAEL in order to provoke Iran. He sends in his his military ships and thugs into Iranian Waters, who are already carrying out STATE TERRORIST COVERT ACTS against IRAN, with Israel murdering its scientists. THOSE ARE ACTS OF WAR.
The world, especially the West needs to take down all Western class elites to end their FASCISM, NATO CRIMINALITY, if they do not want to see Israel attack Iran, and THE FASCIST CONGRESS, OBAMA, reward them for their aggression, by defending War crimes, war criminals for acts which we hung Japanese and German fascists for. Global strike to save your loved ones against these psychopaths,warmongers, FASCISTS:
NYT Hypes Israeli Attack on Iran
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/30-0
EXCERPT:
"It’s an impressive piece of art: the cover of this week’s New York Times Magazine. “ISRAEL VS. IRAN,” spelled out in charred black lettering, with flame and smoke still rising from “IRAN,” as if the great war were already over. Below those large lurid letters is the little subtitle: “When Will It Erupt?” -- not “if,” but “when,” as if it were inevitable. Though the article itself is titled “Will Israel Attack Iran?”, author Ronen Bergman, military analyst for Israel’s largest newspaper, leaves no doubt of his answer: “Israel will indeed strike Iran in 2012.”
When Liberals appease Fascism, "Weimarization", proto fascism of their class state, it is only a matter of time when both WAR AND FASCISM EMERGE. The police state has already been put in place in Dec. 2011, and now Western Fascism is helping Israeli fascists provoke a war with Iran. SAVE YOURSELF BY ENDING YOUR VOTE FOR CLASS PARTIES, CLASS IDEOLOGIES AND THROW ALL THESE PYSCHOPATHS OUT ON THE CURB. GENERAL STRIKE AROUND THE WORLD AGAINST THESE FASCISTS