-ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK: An Agenda of Propaganda and Lies.
 | By alansimons
February 9, 2011 | Share |
Where is the outcry from the Jewish World?
FEBRUARY 09, 2011. - This coming March, organisers of the annual international Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will be clamouring to celebrate their 7th annual festival of antisemitic claptrap and hate mongering diatribe against the Jewish nation. Piggybacking on the current Arab revolutionary mentality of protest for political change, we shall see IAWs agenda of propaganda and lies expand by leaps and bounds. Things couldn't get any better for them. They have been handed a golden opportunity on a plate to expand their cause, namely the elimination of the State of Israel.
In fact it has already started. This year the organisers have stated that, "Due to the popularity of Israeli Apartheid Week we have extended the 'week' to allow campuses, organizations and regions on different schedules to participate."
And participating they are with events in Amsterdam, Beirut, Bethlehem, Berlin, Bogota, Bologna, Boston, Cape Town, Caracas, Chicago, Dundee, Edinburgh, Edmonton, Glasgow, Houston, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Minneapolis/St.Paul, Montreal, New York City, Oxford, Pisa, Pretoria, Providence RI, Rome San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Utrecht, Vancouver, Winnipeg, etc., etc., etc.
In addition, this year more than in previous years, we will witness the power and use of social media in IAWs agenda to delegitimize Israel. Social media will be the key in spreading misinformation about Israel and diaspora Jews.
To quote Melanie Phillips, the British journalist and author, "Israel is completely outclassed and outmanoeuvred on a battleground that it doesn't understand it is on." To which I might add, with reference to IAW, "so is the Jewish diaspora."
As pointed out by Israel's Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center:
"Examination of IAW themes in previous years clearly shows that these are well-organized events taking place in various sites worldwide, whose aim is to undermine the legitimacy of the State of Israel by portraying it as a racist country and associating it with the South African apartheid regime. The security fence is referred to as the “Israeli apartheid wall” to reinforce the image of Israel as an “apartheid state”. The false branding of Israel as an “apartheid state” is motivated by an attempt to smear Israel as racist, as well as an effort to spread the message that the Zionist model is doomed to collapse just like the apartheid regime in South Africa, clearing the way for the establishment of a Palestinian country on the entire territory of “Palestine”.
"In addition to focusing on the comparison between Israel and the apartheid regime, the IAW has been used in recent years to spread other messages aimed to delegitimize, slander, and isolate Israel, turn it into a pariah state and promote the vision of its collapse. Such messages include bringing up the claim that Israel commits “ethnic cleansing” against the Palestinians (associating it with Serbia, whose leaders were accused of war crimes); demanding that all Palestinian refugees be granted the right to return to the places they left in 1948 (knowing that the realization of the “right of return” would spell the end of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state); calling for an economic, social, and cultural boycott of Israel; and demanding to end the “occupation” and “colonization” of "all Arab territories" (i.e., the elimination of the State of Israel, whose territory is considered as Palestinian/Arab land)."
IAWs declaration that Israel not exist has been well documented. Hazem Jamjoum, from Ramallah, is one of the organizers of the 2010 IAW events. Giving an interview to Al-Jazeera, when asked if he would agree to a two-state solution, Jamjoum said he is not interested in a two-state solution but in the establishment of a single state (i.e., a Palestinian state) (Al-Jazeera TV, March 4, 2010). Furthermore, IAWs current website shows a map of Greater Palestine. Israel is no where to be seen.
Throughout the history of the world, the most abused, kicked-around race of people have been the Jews. Unfortunately, we continue to live in an age where numerous antisemites, hate-mongers, far left, far right loonies and IAW proponents of this world, demand to rule the day. To these people I say again, "Va te faire cuire un oeuf!" These IAW racists, who profess to be utterly convinced that their knowledge of Middle East modern history is correct, coupled with their convoluting conspiracy theories, are unshakable in their hatred of Jews.
And from where I sit, very little is being done on an international level to contradict these harebrained miscreants. As Jews, why have we become obsessed as individuals into keeping our mouths shut, while allowing these idiots to spread their words of hate and intolerance? Enough! What makes us so insecure? Why do we, as individuals, remain silent?
What does it take for Jews to stand up as one and be counted and to vigorously express ourselves against the perpetrators of hideous comments? Israeli Apartheid Week has to be held accountable for their actions. As Jews we must respond. No one will do it on our behalf.
COMMENTS
jose (not verified) 9 February, 2011 - 14:28 Rate this: 2 points | Bravo, Alan! As a first IAW week's action, I suggest to ban all bloggers that smear Israel as a racist state from the JC blog. They have enough hate tribunes, they don't need a Jewish journal's blog to add more of the same old hate. |
9 February, 2011 - 15:45 Rate this: 0 points | Thank you Alan, for exposing the lies, racism and bigotry of the proponents of this hatefest. Where, indeed, is the outcry? |
9 February, 2011 - 15:46 Rate this: 1 point | Exactly Jose - it is ridiculous that the JC blogs entertain hatemongers and obsessive demonisers. |
jose (not verified) 9 February, 2011 - 15:52 Rate this: 1 point | Yes amber, especially since we see their tribunes censor pro-Israel speech (not hate speech) without any hesitation. |
9 February, 2011 - 15:59 Rate this: 1 point | LOL @ the saddo going round marking down posts - what a loser! |
jose (not verified) 9 February, 2011 - 16:07 Rate this: 0 points | Hater zair has no better job anyway, Matt! |
jose (not verified) 9 February, 2011 - 17:41 Rate this: 1 point | By the way, I note that Paris seems to be immune from that plague, for the moment. Strangely, a number of pages have the French title of the website. |
9 February, 2011 - 20:13 Rate this: 3 points | Excellent article, but, for "the Jews to stand up and be counted as one" requires leadership, unfortunately diaspora Jewry does not have a cohesive leadership with any idea of planning, strategy or PR; we simply have a "leadersheep", until diaspora Jewry addresses this as an issue wen will continue to founder. |
9 February, 2011 - 20:20 Rate this: -8 points | The Jewish leadership in the UK does indeed reflect the views of the majority. According to the JPR poll, 75% believe in the two-state solution and more than 50% want talks with Hamas. Perhaps most significantly, a slight majority (53% to 45%) believes that Jews living in Britain have the right to judge Israel, and nearly three-quarters believe that Jews should be free to speak their mind about Israel in the British media in at least some, if not all circumstances. |
jose (not verified) 9 February, 2011 - 20:27 Rate this: 3 points | Well, at least we see where Milligramsam stands: If I were a UK Jewish voter, I would be proud to be in the 'minority'. LOL! |
9 February, 2011 - 20:32 Rate this: 4 points | Joe, the Jewish "leadersheep" only reflects the opinions of Shul goers who vote for their mates,(the deputies) - this is the make up of The Board of deputies. This is NOT representative of Jews in the UK, in fact it accounts for less than 5% of Jews in the UK; hardly democratic or representative. |
jose (not verified) 9 February, 2011 - 20:33 Rate this: 0 points | By the way, "Lukas" has already disappeared from the radar... |
9 February, 2011 - 21:13 Rate this: -6 points | Jon, the poll wasn't perfect, but it was nothing to do with shul-goers of any stripe. It was an online poll (one of its imperfections) and its intention was to find out Jewish attitudes to Israel. Most British Jews are in favour of a two-state solution. Most think it is OK to criticise Israel, even in the non-Jewish press. And a slim majority are in favour of talks with Hamas. |
jose (not verified) 9 February, 2011 - 21:39 Rate this: 2 points |
Milligramsam, any idea why radicals are more likely to know that than mainstream?
Definition of "sheep" by Milligramsam: someone who does not think like the alleged 'majority'. |
9 February, 2011 - 23:18 Rate this: 1 point | millis, do you really think that what Israel lacks is yet more criticism? And yes, talks with Hamas, obviously the missing ingredient... Why are you such a fool? |
10 February, 2011 - 08:17 Rate this: -3 points | Amber, I'm just conveying what the poll suggested, and that is that the majority of British Jews have no problem with Israel being criticised. |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 08:39 Rate this: 0 points | Milligramsam, nobody has any problem with Israel being criticised. Only with Israel being demonised, smeared, slandered, (blood-) libeled, etc., and 'Plaestinians being condoned for each and every war crime they commit. In short for the systematic anti-Israel, pro-'Palestinian' bias. Please try to understand that very simple difference. |
10 February, 2011 - 11:07 Rate this: 2 points | "And a slim majority are in favour of talks with Hamas." Joe you are distorting that poll and you know it. "Just over half (52%) of the sample agrees or In other words, if there was a chance of gaining peace, Israel should negotiate with Hamas. But at the moment that is impossible because Hamas wants to obliterate all Jews. Remember you are Joe Millis now and not TelegramSam any more. |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 11:19 Rate this: 2 points | Milligramsam, it seems that your computer skills betrayed you... The img tag take a src attribute, it seems! |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 11:27 Rate this: 1 point | Jonathan, this means England should have negotiated with Hitler, should Hitler have wanted peace? He didn't of course, but does that change anything really? |
10 February, 2011 - 11:39 Rate this: -2 points | Jonathan, it is not I who is distorting the poll. The word "if" did not appear. That's your interpretation. |
10 February, 2011 - 11:47 Rate this: 1 point | millis, you weren't simply conveying the content of the poll - you were saying that you think it right that British Jews attack Israel. The one commodity Israel is not short of is criticism - why do you feel obliged to add to the onslaught? |
10 February, 2011 - 11:48 Rate this: 2 points | So Joe Millis - never mind what other people think - are YOU in favour of negotiating with HAMAS? |
10 February, 2011 - 11:53 Rate this: 0 points | No, Matt, not unless it is to discuss mutual funeral arrangements. But I am in favour of a two-state solution, as it is the only way Israel can survive beyond the next five-ten years. |
10 February, 2011 - 12:03 Rate this: -3 points | Amber, OK, here's an analogy. If you were to see a family member about to commit suicide, what would you do? Or what if you were in a car and the driver was drunk. I would trust that you would intervene and try and prevent that. |
10 February, 2011 - 12:25 Rate this: 3 points | "more than half think criticising Israel, even in the general media, is no bad thing." Again you're distorting it outrageously. Only 35% said Jews should ALWAYS be free to criticise. Another 38% said there are some circumstances where criticism is OK. So "more than half think there are at least SOME circumstances where criticism is OK". That is not the same as "more than half think criticising Israel is no bad thing"! |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 12:29 Rate this: 2 points |
OK, here is your analogy, you see a perfectly sober driver, you're six pack over and ask the driver to crash in a wall while you step out of the car... |
10 February, 2011 - 12:30 Rate this: -2 points | Jonathan, that's no distortion. If you prefer the wording free to criticise and some circumstances, fine. It's still 73% of the community who believe that saying amen to every Israeli policy is wrong. |
10 February, 2011 - 12:35 Rate this: -1 points | This is one of the reasons why Israeli Apartheid week is so necessary: http://www.jeremiahhaber.com/2011/01/when-settlers-kill-palestinians.htm... |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 12:45 Rate this: 1 point |
To gather all haters in one place to cheer themselves up! Poor Milligramsam, he lost his backup neuron. |
10 February, 2011 - 12:46 Rate this: -2 points | Go see this if you would like an idea of why people are upset about Israel's actions: |
10 February, 2011 - 12:51 Rate this: 3 points | Zair repeats lies and distortions about Israel. Zair, is a propagandist who removes all context from his bleatings in order to further a highly partisan and unreasoned agenda. His presence on this site is exclusively dedicated to vilifying the Jewish state, the only democratic and pluralistic nation in the entire Middle East. It is a disgrace. JC, why is he here? This is not debate or reasoned discussion - it is demonization, and it is relentless. Please boot him off. |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 12:51 Rate this: 3 points | I got an idea about why people are upset by Jews having a state. |
10 February, 2011 - 12:52 Rate this: 3 points | Zair, where is Palestinian Apartheid week, Syrian Apartheid week, Saudi Apartheid week? Hypocrite. |
10 February, 2011 - 12:53 Rate this: 2 points | Zair, more settlers are killed by Palestinians than the other way round. Yet you have no problem with that. Bigot. |
10 February, 2011 - 12:56 Rate this: 2 points | Millis, it is your policies which would lead Israel to suicide. Yes, it is a home for the Jewish people, but criticizing Israel to a highly partisan and hateful non-Jewish media, as exemplified by the useful idiots of IJV and Jfjfp is not only morally repugnant, as these Jews will not face the consequences of the stupidity they espouse, it is indeed suicidal. That you feel the need to add to the hatred is shameful. |
10 February, 2011 - 13:05 Rate this: 0 points | Amber, you and I will have to disagree over what policies will lead to suicide. I believe that holding on to the territories and controlling the lives of a disenfranchised non-Jewish majority is suicidal because it will lead to a one-state solution. And that is a betrayal of Zionism and Judaism. |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 13:27 Rate this: 0 points |
Please, no inversion of facts, Milligramsam. Remember Israel went out of Gaza? For what benefit? Didn't that prove that going out of Judea Samaria would be suicidal again?
No, you are. All of us criticise Israel in one way or another. Except that we found much more to criticise in the neighbouring countries. So do the neighbours, by the way! |
10 February, 2011 - 13:53 Rate this: -1 points | @Amby, 'Zair, where is Palestinian Apartheid week, Syrian Apartheid week, Saudi Apartheid week?' Why don't you start one Amby? |
10 February, 2011 - 13:57 Rate this: -2 points | @Amby, 'Zair, more settlers are killed by Palestinians than the other way round. Yet you have no problem with that.' And I am sure they are prosecuted with all the might of the Israeli apartheid justice system. |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 14:00 Rate this: 3 points |
'Palestinians' are prosecuted by military tribunals when they kill Israelis in Judea Samaria. Foreigners outside Israel's armistice line cannot be tried by Israeli tribunals, Hater zair. |
10 February, 2011 - 14:12 Rate this: -3 points | 'Palestinians' are prosecuted by military tribunals when they kill Israelis in Judea Samaria. I stand corrected, of course they are not Israeli citizens, they are occupied so must be tried by the occupying military (IOF) power. PS. I hate no-one, including you jose I see you still put speech marks around Palestinians. Would you rather they didn't exist? |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 14:37 Rate this: 3 points |
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10 February, 2011 - 14:46 Rate this: 3 points | If you don't hate us Zair, why do you come here and call us names such as "war crimes apologists" etc? It's hardly very friendly, is it? |
jose (not verified) 10 February, 2011 - 15:00 Rate this: 3 points |
To Hater zair, that is not hateful. Hate is when we call him an antisemite. LOL! |
10 February, 2011 - 22:55 Rate this: 2 points | Because, zair, I have a life and don't waste my time in hating and demonizing - unlike your Jewbaiting self. |
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