tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post7459130941971516684..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: On Settlements and Stupidity: Initial Synopsis of Chapter OneMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-977945104677658432014-01-28T21:25:15.776-08:002014-01-28T21:25:15.776-08:00It's funny that you mention the Nazi-Soviet-Ar...It's funny that you mention the Nazi-Soviet-Arab boycotts, because that is the aspect that I am least familiar with and the one that I will need to conduct the most research upon.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-554009733318322542014-01-28T14:05:30.652-08:002014-01-28T14:05:30.652-08:00The period 1933-1941 saw an explosion of Nazi foun...The period 1933-1941 saw an explosion of Nazi founded and inspired "groups" in the mideast. The Nazis poured a great deal of effort into building them as spinoffs of the Nazi party. The Ba'ath party IS a Nazi type fascist party with all the trappings, beliefs even the symbolism of the 3rd Reich. It's founder, Michel Aflaq was in fact a Syrian French Nazi. <br /><br />A common prayer or greeting Arabs (in Mandatory Palestine) at the time would use is "Allah in heaven and Hitler on earth".Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-4629305896442771652014-01-28T14:00:47.693-08:002014-01-28T14:00:47.693-08:00The Arab boycott of Israel is simply ripped from t...The Arab boycott of Israel is simply ripped from the pages of the Nazis and later, the Soviet Union who both employed it openly and to their own great success. No one likes better than to vent their own hatred the easy way, by NOT doing something. I wouldn't be shocked if some freshly scrubbed morons on college campuses confuse Gandhi with Hitler on this very point. <br /><br />The Arab boycott of Jews has gone on since 1934 when the first stirrings of the Arab revolt began in Mandatory Palestine. It ended more or less with the outbreak of open hostilities of WW2 5 years later. Since then it's been employed by every Arab group, faction and government in precisely the same way. Similarly, the Soviets decided to boycott its own Jews in the CCCP and the Jewish state both before and after Stalin, especially in the 1952-53 time frame and again 1956 and beyond, after the Anglo-French-Israeli Sinai war. Likewise after the Egyptian coup of 1952 it was set in stone that all Arab states would boycott Israel forever no matter what. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-34450147273322922262014-01-28T08:37:36.117-08:002014-01-28T08:37:36.117-08:00The image is repugnant.
It describes how many peo...The image is repugnant.<br /><br />It describes how many people throughout the western left see the Jewish people of the Middle East.<br /><br />I encountered it, live and in the flesh, for the first time when I a went to my very last anti-war rally in SF.<br /><br />I write about that here.<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/06/20/744905/-I-Was-Wrong-about-Anti-Zionists<br /><br />Heck, maybe I will reprint that one at Israel Thrives.<br /><br />It caused something of a storm over there at the time.<br /><br />I just will never forget standing there among thousands of anti-war progressives looking up at a sign that showed the Shield of David intertwined with a Nazi Swastika.<br /><br />I was absolutely horrified and it represents my break with the left.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-88837101757498831782014-01-27T17:15:12.986-08:002014-01-27T17:15:12.986-08:00One other comment.
I found your choice of title a...One other comment.<br /><br />I found your choice of title and imagery confronting to say the least. No doubt that is exactly what you intended. <br /><br />You will know that there are people who find the very sight of this imagery and words viscerally repugnant. You and me for a start but there are people in our countries who you could argue have a right to be not confronted with stuff without it be clearly explained as best as possible what you are trying to do.<br /><br />I guess that was intended as well.<br /><br />Thanks. Cheers.<br /><br />geoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-62379224222361860962014-01-27T17:04:50.527-08:002014-01-27T17:04:50.527-08:00Mike this is tremendous and important stuff. I wil...Mike this is tremendous and important stuff. I will be doing my best to spread it.<br /><br />If I was to say there was just one message that I am trying to get around it would be that this is not just an issue about the Jews and Israel. It is about all of us. It is about me as an Australian. It is about the kind of world we want for humankind and the fact that Israel's existence is even in issue says something scary about the political cultures of some Western universities and some party factions in left/liberal/labor/Green parties and some right groups in all our countries .<br /><br />Including I have been appalled to hear, thanks to your resonate voice, yours. geoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.com