An Antidote to “Goebbelesque” Lies and Distortions

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Photograph courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.

Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels delivers a speech at an SA gathering for the Hoerst Wessel brigade in the Berlin Lustgarten. (August 25, 1935)

Boy, are the haters of Israel and the Jewish people ever ramping it up these days. I’m reading from several sources that this is to be expected, as Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations approach. The ghouls have definitely found a home on the internet, that’s become clear.

One example of this sort of hateful vitriol can be found on the desertpeace blog, headed by Steve Amsel. The post I’m referring to is written by Khalid Amayreh. He calls it a “comment” but it runs somewhere around five pages long.

I’ll call mine what it is…a long response post refuting some of the lies (and distortions) spewed out in Amayreh’s “comment”. I have to apologize though…I don’t have a lot of Der Sturmer style cartoons from Benjamin Heine with which to wOw my readers. We’ll have to make do with the facts.

Khalid Amayreh has posted this “comment” on desertpeace.wordpress.com. Khalid makes a lot of claims against Israel, Israeli border police, the IDF, and the concept of Zionism, attempting to equate Zionism with Nazism. (Didn’t something similar fail at the UN awhile back?) There is an unsurprising dearth of credible sources outside himself to back his claims. Anyone can say anything. Say it often enough to as many people as will listen, and a certain percentage of people will believe the lies.

One paragraph in Amayreh’s five page comment jumped out as especially illogical. I could probably label it fallacious from a number of angles. The “non-sequitur” fallacy really seems to fit at the moment. Comments from logic students would be appreciated.

“It is amply clearly that Israel is building a racial state, not a religious one. Like my parents, I have always been an atheist. I am entitled by the biology of my birth to Israeli citizenship; you, perhaps, are the most fervent believer in Judaism, but are not.”

Based on this argument, which says that citizenship by birth is a biological event, then America is also a racist nation because anyone born here is automatically an American citizen. Certainly, birth is biological. It is often a “legal” event as well, where citizenship rights are concerned. It does not necessarily follow that birth, being a biological and legal event, as far as citizenship rights are concerned, is also a racial event. We have people of many races born in America (and Israel) who are thus enfranchised as American (or Israeli) citizens. Amayreh’s argument that conferring citizenship on those born in Israel thus makes Israel a racist nation doesn’t hold up to the scrutiny of a tired LED flashlight, let alone the light of day.

If birth in Israel were a racial event as well as a biological and legal event, and if Israeli citizenship rights were based solely on Jewish racial qualifications, and if Jewish status was a racial status, which it is not (there are Muslims who have converted to Judaism and are well accepted) then no Arabs, Druze, Circassian, or Armenian people born in Israel would be given Israeli citizenship. And yet, these people are indeed given Israeli citizenship.

The last sentence of the above cited quote merely points out Amayreh’s ignorance in regards to the nature of being Jewish. One can be born Jewish via a Jewish mother, or can convert to Judaism. Israel’s Law of Return entitles people who are Jewish via either of these routes to move to Israel and then apply for citizenship. Normally, when one qualifies as Jewish under the Law of Return, they are then granted Israeli citizenship.

There are instances where the State of Israel has not conferred citizenship to people otherwise qualified.”Mobsters like Rosenstein had been present in Palestine as far back as the 1930s, when eastern Europe emptied out its twilight population of gunmen and con artists. In 1972, Meyer Lansky, escaping the FBI at home, fled to Israel, seeking his right to become an Israeli citizen under the Law of Return, and was turned down by the prime minister herself, Golda Meir, the first Jew ever refused Aliyah. ‘No gangsters in Israel,’ she said.” from Linda Grant’s article “The People on the Street: A Writer’s View of Israel”.

There have been Orthodox Jews*** who have been refused citizenship on the grounds that their political convictions were prone towards terrorism. I can’t recall the name of the person involved in this case, but I do remember some such brouhaha approximately 10 years ago.

Over the course of modern Israeli history, there have also been Supreme Court rulings on several occasions that have refused citizenship to people who were born Jewish, but then later converted to Christianity, yet maintaining their attachment to the State of Israel and their former co-religionists.

Thus, citizenship is automatically granted to Jews, or to those born in Israel, but there are certain limited, reasonable conditions placed on this entitlement.

Contrast Amayreh’s many claims and contentions against Israel and Israelis, and his glaring absence of outside sources to prove his arguments, with what I’ve presented on this blog, over and over again. It is a simple thing to locate the following:

• Photos and documentation that prove that Arab nationalism and Nazi nationalism have been and continue to be bosom buddies.
• The Palestinian National Charter, which calls for the total destruction of Israel.
• The Hamas Charter, which calls for pretty much the same thing, perhaps more graphically written. They’re a creative bunch.
• Videos — recent videos — of abused Arab children calling for the murder not only of Israelis, but all Jews. More here.
• Videos showing the indoctrination of small children to hate Jews, being taught to call them monkeys and pigs. How do they stand a chance when they are taught so much hatred?
• Videos which show Muslim clerics calling for the death of all Jews, Muslim clerics calling Jews the sons of monkeys and pigs, and that there can be NO NEGOTIATING with the “Yahud”.
• Videos interviewing Arabs in all parts of the Muslim world which state that there can be NO PEACE between Israelis/Jews and the Muslim world.
• Photos of men belonging to Hezbollah, goosestepping and saluting all around Lebanon. Why do mass murderers like to pretend they don’t have elbows or knees?

I have some questions though. I ponder this stuff once in awhile.

1. Explain the friendship between the former Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohamad Al-Husayni and Hitler during WWII, Khalid. More for your entertainment here. It’s almost limitless…
2. How has the Arab world changed since then? Show me the evidence.
3. Explain WHY Israel is obligated to do any sort of business with an entity that continues to send rockets on a daily basis into civilian areas of Israel? Hamas even sends rockets to Ashkelon, endangering their own people’s electricity supply.
4. Explain why Suha Arafat is living large in France, oblivious it seems, to the suffering of her beloved Arab brethren in the disputed terrritories?
5. Why must Israel provide jobs for the people of Gaza, when they repeatedly take advantage of these opportunities by strapping bombs to their bodies and their children’s bodies? Maybe the yuppie types put them in their briefcase?
6. Why must Israel provide medical care to people who wish all Israelis would die?? (Yet, Israel does.)
7. Egypt doesn’t lift a finger to ease the suffering of their Arab brethren in Gaza (keyword Egypt), yet you choose to focus on Israel’s duty ?? Why is that?
8. Have you seen Israelis dancing in the streets for joy after an Israeli suicide bomber blew up babies in a Gaza schwarma kiosk lately? Youtube video, Gaza Arabs dancing after Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav massacre. See also; Youtube video of Palis celebrating after Dimona suicide bombing.
9. Explain the “museum” at Al-Najah University, in Sh’chem, dedicated to the Sbarro Pizzeria massacre. (You know it as Nablus, but it’s ancient name is Sh’chem.)
10. And why do the Muslims in Shechem continually feel the urge to desecrate Joseph’s tomb anyway? What did Joseph ever do to them, except possibly save their ancestors from certain starvation?
11. Why do Muslims sometimes eat the body parts of their dead compatriots? It’s all kind of disgusting, isn’t it?
12. Explain the ample evidence on Youtube (I will not link these) of the dens of iniquity that exist in the Muslim world. Watch these videos, with tens (or more) of men all dressed up in their best white robes and turbans, sitting comfortably in large tents, lecherously ogling young Arab girls doing extremely immodest dances for the thrill of men decades older than they. Did these girls volunteer for the job?
13. Explain the Muslim practice of marrying off pre-pubescent girls to Arab men in their 30’s, 40’s and beyond? There are articles posted on Dr. Bulldog & Ronin’s site which expose this practice and all of it’s ugly fall-out — here, and here.
14. Explain the Muslim – Arab slave trade Khalid, alive and well…in Africa and around the world. Read Wikipedia on the history of the Arab slave trade, and how Islam encourages enslaving “infidels”. I also recommend this article by Shirley Madany. In his book Is Fanatic Islam a Global Threat?, Avi Lipkin describes how Muslim raiders will go into a village in the middle of the night, not only in Africa, but in many countries where they have a sense of entitlement, kill all the men and older women, and take the children. The boys become domestic slaves or worse, the girls — for sure worse. Any women not beautiful enough for their purposes are immediately beheaded. So, Khalid…what say you about this modern practice? Do you really think Israel is the biggest problem the Arab world/Muslim world faces??
15. How often do Jews attack Muslims praying during Ramadan? Israel has been forced to increase security during holidays because of how predictably our enemies attack us on our holy days. We even have a war named after our holiest day of the year…
16. What about Dr. Wafa Sultan, a former citizen of the Arab world who is utterly disgusted with the primitive barbarism of the world she grew up in. After coming to America, Dr. Sultan found that we Jews actually do not grow horns out of our heads.

I have the photos, videos, maps, legal documents, all sorts of documentation presented on this site to prove my point, Khalid. And many more are available for the entire world to watch on Google Video and Youtube, MEMRI and elsewhere. Why do you have such impossible standards for those evil, “Nazi” (feh!) Israelis, while having no standards whatsoever for the Arab/Muslim world? Could it be that perhaps you actually do have more respect for us Jews than you will ever care to admit? And more loathing for the cruelty and hypocrisy of the Arab/Muslim culture than you would ever dare to admit? After all, it’s a dangerous thing to criticize fascist Islamicists.

So, don’t tell me about the evils of Israeli society and Zionism. That perspective, if one can call it that, is all a bunch of bunk. You are an excellent student of Joseph Goebbels, whether you believe what you write or not.

Why has Khalid not taken the time to prove his points with corresponding videos of the same in the Israeli world? In the Jewish world? Show me the photo of the Arabs drinking their own urine, forced by an Israeli border policeman, Khalid. Show me the photo of the innocent Arab worker who has been forced by an Israeli soldier or border policeman to stand in the rain naked for hours.

And as for Sabra and Shatilla, let’s make a few things clear. The Christian Arab Phalangists carried out these cruel massacres, and no doubt, more inter-Arab massacres will continue to plague this politically irrational part of the world. Israelis were outraged. There was an inquiry. As a result of this inquiry, Ariel Sharon was shunned by Israelis. Had the reverse occurred, and Israelis been massacred in this fashion, the Arab world would not have been inquiring into this massive injustice against innocent women and children. They would have been throwing parties and passing out candy, patting each other on the back for a job well done.

Ariel Sharon never lived down the shame of this episode.

Why do the Christian Phalangists receive so little attention when writing about this horrible massacre? Could it be that the world, including the Arab/Muslim world has come to expect nothing different from one another? Is it much like parents who have lost all hope of expectating civility and respect from their spoiled, bratty children?? So when their little terrors destroy the home of some unsuspecting host…the silence is deafening.

• I can show you pictures of Arab babies with bomb belts strapped to them.
• I can show you cartoons aired by PA TV which indoctrinate small children to hate Jews, just because they are Jews.
• I can show you pictures and videos of peaceful Jews thrown out of their homes in Gaza (keywords 1929 and Kfar Darom), just because they are Jews.
• I have previously linked my posts to documentation which shows that the Gaza Arabs were practically given valuable greenhouses in order that they might achieve the level of prosperity they claim to aspire to. So, here we go again…they were destroyed by the Gaza Arabs — wantonly (you like that word eh, Khalid?) by these destitute people who only want a hand up, not a hand-out. Allegedly.
• I can make an excellent case for the main motivation behind most anti-Israeli propaganda; it is generated by a desire to bring down the Western world, into the abyss of leftist utopian dreams — which these various anarchists, communists etc. desire to force on the rest of the world.

On that last point, anyone can do the same with little trouble, if they so desire to do the research. Just find antisemitic (or as they like to claim these days anti-Zionist) blogs and sites. That’s easy…they’re all over the place…like cockroaches. Then find the authors, and do some googling. Almost without exception, the result will be what I’ve described. These people usually have one thing in common, a hatred for all things wholesome and good. They’re only too happy to use their favorite, reliable little drone to do their dirty work — the fanatic, crazed Islamofascist. Work ‘em up to a froth, then sic ‘em on whoever.

But these leftist masters forget that vicious dogs eventually turn on their masters. Those who use the religious sensibilities of Muslim extremists for their own ends will one day, oh so unexpectedly, end in the same fashion.

You know what’s wrong with the Arab/Muslim culture Khalid? Too much coffee and baklawa, not enough beer and wine, and a deep, abiding and absolute fear of the feminine. Arab/Muslim men are so terrified of anything feminine, they do not avail themselves of what their women can offer them…the soft, gentle, loving side of life. Oh yeah…that and the fact that the Flat Earth Society is alive and well in the Muslim world.

As an outside observer, it looks to me like the only thing the average Arab/Muslim man wants from his woman is sex. Is there an appreciation for the other gifts G-d has bestowed upon the gentle gender? In the following video, the claim is made that since Islam so successfully prohibits healthy contact between men and women, about 50% of the male Muslim world resorts to relief in that area with one another, rather than their women. So between pent up sexual frustration and hypogylcemic rage, that and looking around at his desolate, abused world, the Muslim vents his rage on anyone but who is really to blame — the shackles of his mind. Men indeed rule Islam, recklessly — in rage, and in the end to their own destruction. That’s what happens when you gag your partner in life…your women, your wives.

The dung written over and over ad nauseum, claiming a love of the Arabs and a disgust for alleged Israeli “fascism” — isn’t pumped out due to enduring love for Arabs, or Islam. It’s out of hatred of Western civilization. The hatred comes in many shades, but it is hatred of the West, not love of the Middle East that drives this engine.

Steve Amsel, aka Desert Peace claims that he has — from his “very first post” — “dedicated all of those years to try and create an atmosphere that will lead to a just and permanent peace in this area.” He further claims to believe that “Israelis and Palestinians have more in common that (sic) the outsider might see.” Furthermore, Steve is very “confident that one day we will live in peace together”.

And yet, I have not seen a single post that attempts in any way to reveal the good in Israel, Israelis or Israeli society. How does one bring two supposedly similar people together when one is so obviously and exclusively devoted to vilifying one party to the dispute? Would that work in the role of mediator, which Steve claims to aspire to, ANYWHERE ??

This is curious to me, as one who has also lived amongst Israelis for a number of years, and found many wonderful qualities within Israeli society and individual Israelis, both Arab and Jew.

I mean, Steve says he’s lived in Jerusalem for 23 years. Has he not had one good experience in Israel, except among Arabs? Maybe Steve needs to get together with Nathanael Kapner and Michael Korn and yuck it up sometime. They all have so much in common.

There is one antidote to the kind of hateful propaganda pumped out by these types of sites. The truth. For today, I hand you the truth from four sources for your consideration:

Aish HaTorah offers it’s wisdom to us — here.

Barry Chamish offers his seasoned perspective on this battle for the truth. This article is about 10 pages long. I emphasis only the first 11 paragraphs. The rest is interesting reading, but as far as my concerns in this post, not on point. You can read the article here.

Sultan Knish has written a timely post which addresses many of the lies presented in the “desertpeace” post cited above — here.

Then, there is the reliable standby, Honestreporting.com, — an excellent video is currently on the Honest Reporting site, as well as being made available on Youtube, addressing the continual onslaught of libel against Israel and the Jewish people.

Finally, a couple of parting shots in response to Khalid, antisemitic Arabs/Muslims, as well as all self-hating Jews the world over, including but not limited to; the Satmar Hasidim, Neturei Karta, Women in Black, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Benjamin Heine, Steve Amsel (Israel Meyer), his son Peter Amsel, et al:

Muslim Antisemitism

Iraqi Author ‘Aref Alwan’: The Jews Have an Historic Right to Palestine

Rachel Corrie; ISM Member and Favorite Martyr Honored

by Antisemitic Anarchists Everywhere…

Jblog me

***I am in no way admitting that this is a problem amongst Jews, Orthodox or not. I am simply giving an example of even-handedness of Israel towards potentially problematic immigrants. One can ascertain whether terrorism is a problem among Jews of any religious stripe, including the Orthodox, by looking into the Jewish:Muslim ratio of airplane hijackers, car bombers, and suicide bombers.