It hasbeen true for years that the most potent criticism of Israel’smistreatment of the Palestinians comes from the Israeli press andIsraeli peace groups.
OnOctober 16, 2004, President George W. Bush signed the Israel Lobby’sbill, the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act. This legislation requiresthe US Department of State to monitor anti-semitism world wide.
Tomonitor anti-semitism, it has to be defined. What is the definition? Basically, as defined by the Israel Lobby and Abe Foxman, it boils downto any criticism of Israel or Jews.
Rahm Israel Emanuel hasn’t been mopping floors at the White House.
As soon as he gets the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 passed, itwill become a crime for any American to tell the truth about Israel’streatment of Palestinians and theft of their lands.
It will be a crime for Christians to acknowledge the New Testament’s account of Jews demanding the crucifixion of Jesus.
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TheIsrael Lobby apparently succeeded in convincing the Obama Justice (sic)Department that it is anti-semitic to accuse two Jewish AIPACofficials, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, of spying. The IsraelLobby succeeded in getting their trial delayed for four years, and nowAttorney General Eric Holder has dropped charges. Yet, Larry Franklin,the DOD official accused of giving secret material to Rosen andWeissman, is serving 12 years and 7 months in prison.
Theabsurdity is extraordinary. The two Israeli agents are not guilty ofreceiving secrets, but the American official is guilty of givingsecrets to them! If there is no spy in the story, how was Franklinconvicted of giving secrets to a spy?