gdp's Comments

Craig Murray : Whether It Matters When Arabs Die Depends On Who Is Killing Them

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:40:27 +0000

I feel that "oil" is too simple. I would have said it's about power and control, and that when you possess the worlds largest hammer, every problem takes on the appearance of a nail. It is not just people of middle-eastern origin whose lives are important only when useful to those who seek power. White North Americans are just as expendable. I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half. Jay Gould

Craig Murray : Uncharitable Thoughts

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:24:55 +0000

There are certainly issues regarding discrimination against Muslims in the U.S., but it's not that cartoonishly explicit. Could have fooled me. http://maxblumenthal.com/2011/03/anti-muslim-hate...

Mondoweiss : Olmert op-ed uses the word 'Jewish' only once (and hints at one-state)

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:39:37 +0000

While the colonization of land is indeed prohibited, it is not clear to me at all that settlers can be forced off their homes under international law. This is very different than the right of Palestinians to return home. In fact, International law does not allow expelling people when returning home. Instead, it states that if one's home is occupied then you are entitled to a similar home in the same area. International law does not make refugees in the name of justice. It does not decide who's claim is most valid. It is one of the reasons why the Zionist argument that their claims pre-date the Palestinian claims is completely bogus. Even if it is true (which it is not) keeping the Palestinians from their homes is still against international law. I am not an expert on international law, but I don't think that what David_F said was correct. If it is correct I would really like to see what international law says. You, on the other hand, are extrapolating which is a definite no-no.

Max Ajl : Max Blumenthal Strikes Again!

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:25:54 +0000

It also is not just that Max managed to film such racists. It is the response of Zionists to such a film - anything but recognition and desire for change. I don't hear Mike - or other Zionist supporters saying - how can we change Israel to remove such hate.

Mondoweiss : Olmert op-ed uses the word 'Jewish' only once (and hints at one-state)

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:51 +0000

1. I thought that the Palestinians have already said that the settlers can remain. To flip this over - would the settlers leave just as the French settlers left Algeria? 2. Are you sure that under international law there would be justification for forceful removal? I'd like to hear what section says this as I would have guessed that the opposite was true.

Mondoweiss : It's hard to campaign against intermarriage when you're voting for Obama

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:27:44 +0000

My experience has been the opposite. Anti-semitism means, they won't let us join their club. Well, that is prejudice of a sort Don't be silly. It is exactly prejudice. You may not like those who are "rich". That's fine, but it does not change the nature of discrimination. What you are describing is the systematic attempt to prevent Jews from reaching positions of responsibility - to keep Jews out of the halls of power. Jews are not discriminated against because there is not a Jewish president. They would be if it was impossible for there to be a Jewish president. When country clubs say "No Jews" that is clearly an indication that it is impossible for there to be a Jewish president. It is not just the rich Jews that are discriminated. It is all Jews - Jews are expected to know their place and not bother others. virtually all of the Jews I know, and I know scores, are worth a lot of money Get real. Obviously you know nothing about Jews. If the information you get about Jews is from the paper you will only get information about "newsworthy" people. Poor people tend to not be "newsworthy" - including Jews. The US has a long history of discrimination. The major form of that discrimination has been based on skin colour. My mother grew up in a sundown town. [N**** don't let the sun...] In such towns Jews were not liked either - not to the same extent as those with dark skin color. The obstacles Jews have faced is that we have been treated as outsiders [even as we have treated people of colour as outsiders]. Equality means being able to fully take part in all the American dream. As you inadvertently note - the American dream was for whites - and Jews were not considered white. Are Jews more successful than other people? Quite possibly. It comes from a strong cultural emphasis on education. Poor families would scrimp and save to send one member off to university. My impression of some other poor cultures is that the emphasis is on getting jobs even at the expense of education. Jews are not the only group which stands out. Within Christianity there is the Religious Society of Friends. (Their numbers are small enough that their success no longer stands out) As one example - [blockquote]The Quaker Fry, Cadbury and Rowntree families dominated the British chocolate industry for two centuries.[/blockquote] Within Islam there are the Ismailis who were recently expelled from Uganda - looking rather like some of the treatment Jews have received in the past.

Mondoweiss : o happy day... 'Washington Post' covers racist Israeli current, and mentions the word 'Nakba'

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:25:32 +0000

The topic is Israel - a regional superpower. It is amazing how when the topic is Israel, people tend to talk about Israel - isn't it. You'd think we would talk about something else. It's been 60 fucking years of Israel getting a pass. It's over. [sarcasm]The most amazing thing about this site is that even we Jews are getting into the act. You can't expect the goy [connotations that are possibly pejorative] to say the right thing with we Jews leading them astray. Even Jews are getting into the persecution of Jews! [/sarcasm] I don't buy the Jews as the winner of the olympic gold medal in persecution. You're living on past glories. You will need to come up with some other purpose in your life.

Mondoweiss : o happy day... 'Washington Post' covers racist Israeli current, and mentions the word 'Nakba'

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:19:38 +0000

I'm not an expert on this, but my impression is that Jews that left Arab states left for a wide variety of reasons. For example, after the Lavon Affair I believe that Egypt expelled its Jews. Israel has confirmed the Lavon Affair. There is also Naeim Giladi who claims that Jews were terrorized into leaving Iraq with a lot of help from the Zionists. http://ia341207.us.archive.org/0/items/Ben-gurion... Some also left for the better life, or to help build the Jewish "utopia". The Palestinians left to avoid being slaughtered. Just for information purposes - all Jews who were refugees have a right to return home - even if it was due to Zionist terrorism.

Mondoweiss : o happy day... 'Washington Post' covers racist Israeli current, and mentions the word 'Nakba'

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:21:10 +0000

Those who argue that the ends justify the means often do end up "sound[ing] like Hitler".

Mondoweiss : o happy day... 'Washington Post' covers racist Israeli current, and mentions the word 'Nakba'

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:43:01 +0000

Even the great American democracy could not have been created without the annihilation of the Indians. There are cases in which the overall, final good justifies harsh and cruel acts that are committed in the course of history."

Benny Morris Tell me why I should be impressed by the opinions of Benny Morris.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/samia-khoury.html

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:22:26 +0000

Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid? A re-assessment of Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territories under international law A study coordinated by the Middle East Project of the Democracy and Governance Programme, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa

The Human Sciences Research Council was established in 1968 by an Act of the South African Parliament to conduct applied social science research in the public interest. It serves as the national social science council for South Africa. Website: www.hsrc.ac.za

The Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa commissioned this study to test the hypothesis posed by Professor John Dugard in the report he presented to the UN Human Rights Council in January 2007, in his capacity as UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel (namely, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, hereafter OPT). Professor Dugard posed the question: Israel is clearly in military occupation of the OPT. At the same time, elements of the occupation constitute forms of colonialism and of apartheid, which are contrary to international law. What are the legal consequences of a regime of prolonged occupation with features of colonialism and apartheid for the occupied people, the Occupying Power and third States? In order to consider these consequences, this study set out to examine legally the premises of Professor Dugard’s question: is Israel the occupant of the OPT, and, if so, do elements of its occupation of these territories amount to colonialism or apartheid? South Africa has an obvious interest in these questions given its bitter history of apartheid, which entailed the denial of selfdetermination to its majority population and, during its occupation of Namibia, the extension of apartheid to that territory which South Africa effectively sought to colonise. These unlawful practices must not be replicated elsewhere: other peoples must not suffer in the way the populations of South Africa and Namibia have suffered. To explore these issues, an international team of scholars was assembled. The aim of this project was to scrutinise the situation from the nonpartisan perspective of international law, rather than engage in political discourse and rhetoric. This study is the outcome of a fifteen-month collaborative process of intensive research, consultation, writing and review. It concludes and, it is to be hoped, persuasively argues and clearly demonstrates that Israel, since 1967, has been the belligerent Occupying Power in the OPT, and that its occupation of these territories has become a colonial enterprise which implements a system of apartheid.

http://www.hsrc.ac.za/Document-3227.phtml (very long document - be patient)

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/samia-khoury.html

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:18:11 +0000

So unless things are exactly exactly the same - down to the n'th degree then they aren't the same - unless we are taking about anti-semitism - when suddenly even the vaguest resemblance makes one an anti-semite.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/viva-palestina-convoy-breaks-the-siege-of-gaza.html

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:12:21 +0000

What are Jews here for? To be a nation of priests, a light unto the nations.

To believe that oneself is better than someone else is properly classified as a form of racism.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/viva-palestina-convoy-breaks-the-siege-of-gaza.html

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:12:00 +0000

There is a land of Israel, there is no palestine. Just a Roman contraption All the Zionists want is greater Israel.

all the Jews

Oh - and a world wide Jewish conspiracy.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/viva-palestina-convoy-breaks-the-siege-of-gaza.html

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:10:01 +0000

Can't say what Hamas wants. What I want is for all refugees to be allowed to go home. I think that makes Palestinians a majority in both Israel and the OT.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/mearsheimer-cspan-would-cover-a-debate-jump-up-to-it-

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:21:26 +0000

Ah - Israel goes it alone. Where have we heard this one before... I know - Germany did the same about 60 years ago.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/new-profile-update.html

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:16:58 +0000

Since Fascism is a highly pragmatic philosophy perhaps there is no such thing as a "classically fascist state" - though the desire for loyalty oaths really struck home to me.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/new-profile-update.html

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:56:45 +0000

It looks quite like Netanyahu is extremely popular with the Jewish Israeli public. The "Feeling the Hate" series shows the level of popularity - both in direct terms, and in indirect terms by the reactions to his video. Netanyahu provides simple answers to what has become an extremely difficult problem. It provides a means for Jewish Israeli society to avoid critically examining itself in favour of blaming others. Israel was formed as a colonialist state. Groups like the Jewish Colonial Trust sill bear witness to this legacy. Throughout its entire history its existence has required the acceptance of racism. There are lots of racist countries. There is only one where if it stops being racist it will cease to exist. The internal contradiction between racism and acceptance of "progressive" values of Israel must come to a head at some point. The existence of Israel requires it. Under Netanyahu it has come to a head. Netanyahu has offered to remove the contradiction in favour of a classically fascist state. As can be read in this comment thread - and as is well known from history - that means the attack and probable liquidation of the left. You are foolish to underestimate the popularity of such a state, in the same way as the Germans, Spanish, etc. were foolish to underestimate the popularity of such a state.

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/new-profile-update.html

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:48:23 +0000

A little bit of criticism is ok, but this is too much. People must learn that there are limits to what is acceptable. We have a right to defend ourselves against the pacifists and human rights anti-semites. It is especially galling when they hang our dirty laundry out for the public to see. Something must be done. Executions probably would be in order. Do you think we should remove their fingernails with pliers, crush their testicles, gouge out their eyes first, or is that a bit too extreme?

Mondoweiss : http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/03/spengler-unwittingly-outs-himself-as-david-goldman-.ht

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Or perhaps Israel practises Apartheid and Colonialism and you are an apologist for racism.