19 February 2009
Neturei Karta Newsletter Thursday 19 February 2009
29 January 2009: Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews demonstrated outside the Marriot Hotel in Times Square, New York City, where members of AIPAC were holding a fund-raising dinner.The recent Zionist atrocities in Gaza have triggered outrage, protests and demonstrations in New York, Boston, Washington, London, Toronto, Montreal and the Holy Land.
Visit our website at www.nkusa.org to view images, video and audio of protest and demonstrations around the world.
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31 January 2009
israeli army destroys gaza zoo slaughters animals
via citizens for legitimate government
'Around every corner, inside almost every cage are dead animals, who have been lying in their cages since the Israeli incursion.' Israeli troops shot and killed zoo animals 25 Jan 2009 The Gaza Zoo reeks of death. But zookeeper Emad Jameel Qasim doesn't appear to react to the stench as he walks around the animals' enclosures. A month ago, it was attracting families - he says the zoo drew up to 1,000 visitors each day. He points at the foot-long hole in the camel in one of the enclosures. "This camel was pregnant, a missile went into her back," he tells us. "Look, look at her face. She was in pain when she died." [Yeah, I am *so sure* the pregnant camel was working for Hamas. Why is the US funding war criminals, terrorists and Sarah Palinesque sociopaths? --LRP]
Israeli Massacre Against Thousand of Chickens In Gaza By Sameh A. Habeeb 23 Jan 2009 (Photos)
'I can't figure out why the Israelis thought that Hamas had anything to do with ice cream.' The Devastation of Gaza: From Factories to Ice Cream 28 Jan 2009 Yaser Alwadeya wanders past a field strewn with the remnants of gaily painted ice cream carts, which were shredded by a blizzard of shrapnel. He enters the blackened innards of the Al Ameer factory, which once manufactured Gaza's tastiest ice cream and popsicles. Shaking his head, he says, "I can't figure out why the Israelis thought that Hamas had anything to do with ice cream."
Video: Gaza farmers devastated by war 29 Jan 2009 The scale of the damage caused by Israel's war on Gaza continues to emerge. Palestinian agriculture officials estimate the cost to the strip's farming sector will be more than 200 million dollars. Al Jazeera's Mike Kirsch reports from Gaza, where many farmers are devastated at having to start again from scratch. (Video)
First evidence of damage to Gaza's cultural sites emerges --Antiquities museum hit; fears grow for excavated archaeology 28 Jan 2009 After a 3,500-year history of invasions, the latest war on the beleaguered coastal strip of Gaza has once again put historic sites at risk. With the fragile ceasefire still in force, The Art Newspaper has learned that Gaza’s only museum has been damaged and other heritage sites and buildings may also be at risk.
Witnesses say Israeli soldiers deliberately targeted civilians in Gaza 30 Jan 2009 Three witnesses say Israeli soldiers shot and killed two civilians who had raised their arms after being told to stop the tractor they were driving. The incident took place on the second day of the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza. The incident has come to light as a result of an investigation by Australia's national newspaper, The Australian.
Spain to stop investigations of alleged Israeli war crimes 31 Jan 2009 A day after a Spanish court ordered an investigation into an assassination of a Palestinian militant in 2002, the Spanish government has said it will cancel the investigation, and change the law to prevent such investigations being undertaken in the future. The moves came after Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni telephoned the Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos on Friday. Livni said after the call Moratinos told her he 'would fix it.'
eric hufschmid
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jews united against zionism
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neturei karta international: orthodox jews united against zionism
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learn about the ashkenazi / khazar "jewish" imposters
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the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler
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ex-zionist benjamin h. freedman née freidman:
facts are facts: the truth about khazars
u.s. presidents - jewish pawns
1974 speech
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and also:
rabbi chaim lefkowitz - zionists stole the true name of the jews
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and also
jack bernstein
my farewell to israel the thorn in the mideast
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15 January 2009
rabbi yisroel dovid weiss on zionist war on gaza (palestine)
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rabbi chaim lefkowitz:: zionists stole the true name of the jews.
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14 January 2009
czech t.v. airs footage of an idf soldier being sniped
ceskenoviny.cz has aired footage today of an hamas, palestinian freedom fighter knocking off a khazar, idf terrorist. ~ vid link
13 January 2009
zionist olmert brags about shaming bush's buck-toothed black poodle condi rice
excerpt:
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Ehud Olmert reportedly said that he persuaded President Bush to abstain from a U.N. Security Council call for a cease-fire, leaving Condoleezza Rice "shamed."
"I said 'get me President Bush on the phone,' " AFP quoted Olmert as saying. "They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn't care, I need to talk to him now. He got off the podium and spoke to me. I told him the United States could not vote in favor. It cannot vote in favor of such a resolution. He immediately called the secretary of state and told her not to vote in favor." ~ read more
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learn more about zionism:
eric hufschmid
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jews united against zionism
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neturei karta international: orthodox jews united against zionism
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learn about the ashkenazi / khazar "jewish" imposters
see
the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler
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ex-zionist benjamin h. freedman née freidman:
facts are facts: the truth about khazars
u.s. presidents - jewish pawns
1974 speech
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and also:
rabbi chaim lefkowitz - zionists stole the true name of the jews
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and also
jack bernstein
my farewell to israel the thorn in the mideast
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09 January 2009
zionist rabbi admits america fighting in iraq for israel
although in the context of the interview, the reporter, mike magnoli, wasn't trying to make the point that america is fighting iraq for israel, rabbi arnold task of an alexandria, louisiana synagogue, misunderstood where the question was going and quickly interrupted to say "not only for israel - they're fighting for peace in the world."
what mr. magnoli should have asked the rabbi is how can the khazar's lay any claim to the "holy" land? see benjamin freedman: facts are facts: the truth about khazars and the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler.
click here to watch the complete 15 minute interview.
UPDATE: michael rivero's whatreallyhappened.com linked to this video here.
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08 January 2009
senator david vitter still riding his faux moral high-horse
according to the library of congress, louisiana's junior senator david vitter (r) has filed (so far) thirty-four bills. louisiana's senior senator katrina mary landrieu snellings (d) has filed none - yet.
some bills filed by senator vitter to the 111th congress so far include:
S.RES.4 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a child.
we're opposed to s.res.4 as well as the death penalty for raping a child because it increases the chance that the rapist will kill the child to prevent s/he from testifying against the rapist.
S.RES.6 : A resolution expressing solidarity with Israel in Israel's defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip.
this shows that senator vitter is actually working for israel and zionist jews against the best interests of the united states.
additionally, since sentor vitter is running for reelection next year, he naturally has to grovel before his zionist jewish masters, in hope that they wont be mentioning that whole d.c. madam/wendy cortez prostitution/diaper thang everyday from their zionist controlled news media, television programs including the late night comics and saturday night live.
plus it increases his stature among the reprobate christian zionists, who, like cancer, so infest this state with their worship of zionists and israel and not jesus christ.
S.J.RES.1 : A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
senator vitter was the one behind louisiana's legislative term limit bill which left us in the state that we are in now with a novice legislature under the biggest fraud of a governor, and fellow subversive rhodes scholar, that louisiana has ever had to suffer. apparently, senator vitter wasnt satisfied with screwing up louisiana now he wants to do the entire country.
S.J.RES.2 : A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.
this is another example of just how sorry senator vitter actually is. all the american flag is, just like the flag of every other nation on earth, is a symbol of a wicked and sinful government. it has no business being placed on a pedestal.
it's touchy-feely propaganda aimed at the right wing faux patriots and fake christians. besides the constitutional problems, no authentic christian could support a flag burning amendment because it turns the flag into a graven image, an idol, prohibited by biblical injunction.
we've never burnt an american flag or attended any demonstration or protest where an american flag or any flag was burnt. in fact going back to our navy days we've saluted it and stood attention before it and raised and lowered it at morning and evening colors hundreds if not thousands of times.
by the same token, in heaven and in hell there is no america or russia, china, iran, iraq, israel and so forth - there is only the kingdom of god or the lake of fire and this is the only thing that matters. so to those who want to burn an american flag - have at it.
S.84 : A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorist activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes.
this is to allow for more big brother, governmental spying on americans under the guise of fighting the war on terra...errr the war of terror.
S.87 : A bill to amend the procedures regarding military recruiter access to secondary school student recruiting information.
senator vitter wants to make it easier for the government to have access to our children in order to brainwash them into becoming cannon fodder/zionist attack dogs for israel.
S.91 : A bill to reduce the amount of financial assistance provided to the Government of Mexico in response to the illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States, which serve to dissipate the political discontent with the higher unemployment rate within Mexico.
this is more propaganda aimed at the right wing base.
S.96 : A bill to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
more pandering to the base - rhodes scholars are big believers in eugenics.
S.98 : A bill to impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions.
same as s.96
S.106 : A bill to require that all individuals convicted of a felony under State law provide a DNA sample.
this is more attempts to get a federal dna database going. it starts out only applicable to convicted felons then before long it will be amended to include swabbing anyone getting a traffic ticket, applying for a license and so forth.
S.107 : A bill to authorize funding for the Advancing Justice through DNA Technology initiative.
see s.106 - the funding mechanism for s.106
S.108 : A bill to prohibit the admission of an alien who was detained as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless the President determines that such admission is consistent with the national security of the United States, and for other purposes.
this is to prohibit those detained at guantanamo bay, cuba from ever getting a "fair" trial subject to u.s. law on u.s. soil.
also: house.gov and senate.gov
UPDATED: the individual bill links to their gov track entries.
07 January 2009
anti-zionist orthodox jews demonstrating against the bombing of gaza by zionist military
the Zionist Bombings of Gaza
29 Dec 2008 - London
A similar demonstration took place in New York City the previous day.
Read the statement issued by Neturei Karta and read in London, Durban, South Africa and New York City.
Neturei Karta is opposed to the Zionist movement
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israel's Gaza offensive
Members of Jewish Neturei Karta faction wave placards reading 'Stop the Zionist terrorist massacre in Gaza.'
JERUSALEM - Dozens of black-clad ultra-Orthodox Jews belonging to an anti-Zionist faction on Wednesday protested against Israel's deadly 12-day-old offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Some 40 members of the Neturei Karta faction gathered in the centre of the ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim in occupied Jerusalem, waving placards reading "Stop the Zionist terrorist massacre in Gaza."
The protestors also shouted "We are against the Zionist government!" and shrieked "Gevald!" -- a Yiddish term for "Help!"
Neturei Karta is a Jewish group opposed to the Zionist movement and the Jewish state, which they believe must not exist before the coming of the Messiah.
Israel launched a massive air and ground offensive against the Gaza Strip on December 27 which has killed 689 Palestinians and wounded more than 3,000.
Palestinians have fired hundreds of rockets at southern Israel during the same period, killing four people. Six Israeli soldiers have also been killed in combat in Gaza.
About 10,000 Israelis in Tel Aviv – who are not part of the Neturei Karta Jewish group – had recently protested against the Israeli attacks against Gaza.
According to the Israeli peace group Gush Shalom, "conducting war in the world's most thickly populated area (Gaza) condemns the (Israeli) soldiers to become war criminals."
"Those who sent soldiers to conduct intensive warfare in the world's most thickly inhabited area knew well in advance that the undoubted result would be a bloodbath, the killing of civilians, children and adults, whole families buried under the ruins of their homes," read a statement by Gush Shalom.
"The (Israeli) government dooms a whole generation of young Israelis to become, quite literally, war criminals – except for those who are themselves killed by the artillery shells which are supposed to protect them," the statement added. ~ source
learn more about zionism:
eric hufschmid
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jews united against zionism
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neturei karta international: orthodox jews united against zionism
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learn about the ashkenazi / khazar "jewish" imposters
see
the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler
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benjamin h. freedman nee freidman:
facts are facts: the truth about khazars
u.s. presidents - jewish pawns
1974 speech
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and also:
rabbi chaim lefkowitz - zionists stole the true name of the jews
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and also
jack bernstein
my farewell to israel the thorn in the mideast
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...the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. ~ daniel chapter twelve verse ten
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former israeli airforce captain yonotan shapira: obama acts like a slave to aipac; zionists
"i'am very sad to say that if obama will go into the white house and continue to act like a slave and not like a leader -- i dont see any change coming. if he continues to play golf and act like a slave -- forced by aipac or any other interests or lobbyists in washington and if he continues to not talk about the horrible crime happening in my country now, i dont see any change coming to the world." ~ former israeli airforce captain yonotan shapira and now a member of the anti-occupation movement, to bbc news, 06 january 2009.
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04 January 2009
new york city mayor mickey bloomberg jets off to israel to show his support
new york city mayor mickey bloomberg accompanied by congressman gary ackerman and nyc police commissioner, ray kelly, jets off to israel to express their solidarity with and to back the israelis invasion of gaza.
last night during the geraldo rivera program, faux news reported that their could be an attack (read false flag operation) on or somewhere in the united states as a result of israel's actions against gaza -- yet mayor bloomberg leaves his city to jet off to israel; taking with him -- of all people: the police commissioner -- thus showing once again that zionist jews are more loyal to israel than they are to their host country.
congressman gary ackerman another zionist israel firster criminal jew is the sponsor of aipac's h. con. res. 362 known as the iran war resolution (which was cosponsored by louisiana congressmen: rodney alexander (r), don cazayoux (d), charlie melancon (d), jim mccrery (r) and steve scalise (r) its companion bill, s.res.580 was cosponsored by david vitter (r) and katrina mary landrieu snellings (d) all of these congressmen and senators should be considered traitors and zionist israeli agents).
according to his zionist approved wikipedia entry, congressman ackerman:[H]as also not been without some controversial votes. He was one of only 22 Congressman and one of 2 Democrats from New York to vote against a resolution calling for the protection of the symbols and traditions of Christmas. The resolution, which did not include language that would protect the symbols of other religious holidays, passed 401-22 in the House in December 2005.
This isn’t the first time the Congressman was labeled as anti-Christian; in April 2003 the Catholic League for religious and civil rights attacked Ackerman for voting against a non-binding resolution that would have declared a day of prayer in recognition of the U.S. war in Iraq. He was also criticized for calling on Bush to demand U.S. Secretary Rod Paige's resignation for stating that values taught in Christian schools are better than those learned in public schools.
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03 January 2009
khazars invade gaza
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.~ jesus christ to saint john the divine, at revelation chapter two verse nine and chapter three verse nine.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.~ revelation chapter one verse three
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. revelation chapter twenty-two verse eighteen and nineteen
saturday 03 january 2009 interview with major avital leibovich with the israeli (khazar) defense forces
it is our prayer to the most high god, that, should it be his will, that, he bless and strengthen the christian and muslim palestinians, that, they should totally pulverize and annihilate those whom his son, jesus christ, describes as the synagogue of satan.
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learn more about zionism:
eric hufschmid
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jews united against zionism
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neturei karta international: orthodox jews united against zionism
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learn about the ashkenazi / khazar "jewish" imposters
see
the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler
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benjamin h. freedman nee freidman:
facts are facts: the truth about khazars
u.s. presidents - jewish pawns
1974 speech
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and also:
rabbi chaim lefkowitz - zionists stole the true name of the jews
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and also
jack bernstein
my farewell to israel the thorn in the mideast
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...the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. ~ daniel chapter twelve verse ten
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30 December 2008
former congresswoman cynthia mckinney on the israeli navy ramming her boat
UPDATED with full version
cynthia mckinney on a peaceful, humanitarian mission to deliver medical supplies to gaza when the boat she was on the "dignity" was rammed three times by the zionist israeli navy.
ms. mckinney calls on president-elect obama to say something about the humanitarian crisis being experienced right now by the people of gaza. good luck with that, seeing as how obama has surrounded himself with zionist, israel - firster jewish criminals and who can forget how he dishonored himself this past june when he groveled to aipac.
former congresswoman mckinney infers that todays incident is reminiscent of the zionist regime's thursday 08 june 1967 unprovoked, false-flag attack upon the uss liberty in which israel murdered thirty-four american sailors and injured many more.
http://www.gtr5.com/
see also
jcn international news
we lived to tell the story: lebanon rescued us
by cynthia mckinney
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28 December 2008
how judaized christians enable war
now that israhell has launched its latest attacks upon the christian and muslim people of gaza, its worth taking a look to see where the zionist regime of israel gets its power to undertake its murderous actions.
israel's power is mostly due to the support from the united states government whose support is in turn demanded by millions of american evangelical "christians" (christian zionists) who themselves have been deceived for the past 100 years by false and deceptive doctrines.
the christian zionist reprobates quote from genesis 12:3 "i will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee," as evidence that christians must support israhell and jews in in everything they do, no matter how ungodly, repugnant or unchristlike or risk being cursed by god.
the apostle paul, (nee saul of tarsus) in galatians chapter 3 clearly explains that the "blessing" spoken of in genesis 12:3 is jesus christ! not jews and certainly not israhell.
in titus chapter 1, christians are told DO NOT GIVE HEED TO JEWISH FABLES. who are you going to believe? the scriptures which were written thousands of years ago or these fake, lying celebrity preachers?
photo: charles carlsonlearn more about zionism:
eric hufschmid
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jews united against zionism
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neturei karta international: orthodox jews united against zionism
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learn even more about the ashkenazi / khazar "jewish" imposters
see
the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler
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benjamin h. freedman nee freidman:
facts are facts the truth about khazars
u.s. presidents - jewish pawns
1974 speech
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and also:
rabbi chaim lefkowitz - zionists stole the true name of the jews
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and also
jack bernstein
my farewell to israel the thorn in the mideast
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24 November 2008
urgent press release from anti-zionist orthodox jews worldwide
NETUREI KARTA of THE ORTHODOX JEWRY of PALESTINEP.O.Box 5053 JERUSALEM, PALESTINE
E-mail: nkp@neto.bezeqint.net
How long will Jewish and non-Jewish leaders who claim the mantle of civilization and morality remain silent in the face of the ongoing state terrorism practiced by the Zionist state against the Palestinian People, most visibly today in Gaza, where the Zionists believe they can starve the Palestinians into submission in violation of all tenets of international law, all religious values in general, INCLUDING the values of the Jewish faith???!!
photo's courtesy neturei kartaWE URGENTLY PLEA TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY AND WORLD LEADERS TO PUT AN END TO ZIONIST STATE TERRORISM!! IN THE NAME OF G-D!
IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY!
The terrorist regime of the State of Israel has been repressing, expelling and persecuting Palestinians for 60 years, and expects the Palestinians to simply sit with their arms folded while this goes on! Are the Palestinians supposed to be collaborators in their own destruction?
Are they simply supposedly to surrender in order to compensate the Zionists for what happened during World War II thousands of miles away? It is time for leaders with a sense of morality and courage to stand up and finally declare ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!
The State of Israel must no long be granted a blank check to commit crimes!This wicked rogue ethnocratic state must be dismantled and the rights of the Palestinians restored!
We pray that our appeal will find its way into the hearts and minds of those who have the power to put an end to the madness unleashed by the State of Israel, which is armed to teeth with the most sophisticated weaponry used on the Palestinians, and held over the rest of the Middle East as the Zionists demand the entire world surrender to their agenda!
The Zionists know that their state is on the threshold of disintegration, and they are prepared to take millions of Jews and non-Jews down with them!!The world is in grave danger if the Zionists are not stopped!!
May G-d in Heaven hear our prayer!
Rabbi Meir Hirsh
Neturei Karta Palestine
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learn more about zionism:
eric hufschmid
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jews united against zionism
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neturei karta international: orthodox jews united against zionism
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learn even more about the ashkenazi / khazar "jewish" imposters
see
the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler
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benjamin h. freedman nee freidman:
the truth about khazars
u.s. presidents - jewish pawns
1974 speech
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and also:
rabbi chaim lefkowitz - zionists stole the true name of the jews
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and also
jack bernstein
my farewell to israel the thorn in the mideast
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18 July 2006
where are the christians?
what a great essay. we've never regretted voting for pat buchanan for president back in 2000. the same cant be said for all the people read suckers that voted for bush in 2000 or 2004.
When Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert unleashed his navy and air force on Lebanon, accusing that tiny nation of an "act of war," the last pillar of Bush's Middle East policy collapsed.
First came capitulation on the Bush Doctrine, as Pyongyang and Tehran defied Bush's dictum: The world's worst regimes will not be allowed to acquire the world's worst weapons. Then came suspension of the democracy crusade as Islamic militants exploited free elections to advance to power and office in Egypt, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq and Iran.
Now, Israel's rampage against a defenseless Lebanon – smashing airport runways, fuel tanks, power plants, gas stations, lighthouses, bridges, roads and the occasional refugee convoy – has exposed Bush's folly in subcontracting U.S. policy out to Tel Aviv, thus making Israel the custodian of our reputation and interests in the Middle East.
The Lebanon that Israel, with Bush's blessing, is smashing up has a pro-American government, heretofore considered a shining example of his democracy crusade. Yet, asked in St. Petersburg if he would urge Israel to use restraint in its airstrikes, Bush sounded less like the leader of the Free World than some bellicose city councilman from Brooklyn Heights.
What Israel is up to was described by its army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, when he threatened to "turn back the clock in Lebanon 20 years."
Olmert seized upon Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers to unleash the IDF in a pre-planned attack to make the Lebanese people suffer until the Lebanese government disarms Hezbollah, a task the Israeli army could not accomplish in 18 years of occupation.
Israel is doing the same to the Palestinians. To punish these people for the crime of electing Hamas, Olmert imposed an economic blockade of Gaza and the West Bank and withheld the $50 million in monthly tax and customs receipts due the Palestinians.
Then, Israel instructed the United States to terminate all aid to the Palestinian Authority, though Bush himself had called for the elections and for the participation of Hamas. Our Crawford cowboy meekly complied.
The predictable result: Fatah and Hamas fell to fratricidal fighting, and Hamas militants began launching Qassam rockets over the fence from Gaza into Israel. Hamas then tunneled into Israel, killed two soldiers, captured one, took him back into Gaza and demanded a prisoner exchange.
Israel's response was to abduct half of the Palestinian cabinet and parliament and blow up a $50 million U.S.-insured power plant. That cut off electricity for half a million Palestinians. Their food spoiled, their water could not be purified, and their families sweltered in the summer heat of the Gaza desert. One family of seven was wiped out on a beach by what the IDF assures us was an errant artillery shell.
Let it be said: Israel has a right to defend herself, a right to counter-attack against Hezbollah and Hamas, a right to clean out bases from which Katyusha or Qassam rockets are being fired and a right to occupy land from which attacks are mounted on her people.
But what Israel is doing is imposing deliberate suffering on civilians, collective punishment on innocent people, to force them to do something they are powerless to do: disarm the gunmen among them. Such a policy violates international law and comports neither with our values nor our interests. It is un-American and un-Christian.
But where are the Christians? Why is Pope Benedict virtually alone among Christian leaders to have spoken out against what is being done to Lebanese Christians and Muslims?
When al-Qaida captured two U.S. soldiers and barbarically butchered them, the U.S. Army did not smash power plants across the Sunni Triangle. Why then is Bush not only silent but openly supportive when Israelis do this?
Democrats attack Bush for crimes of which he is not guilty, including Haditha and Abu Ghraib. Why are they, too, silent when Israel pursues a conscious policy of collective punishment of innocent peoples?
Britain's diplomatic goal in two world wars was to bring the naive cousins in, to "pull their chestnuts out of the fire." Israel and her paid and pro-bono agents here appear determined to expand the Iraq war into Syria and Iran, and have America fight and finish all of Israel's enemies.
That Tel Aviv is maneuvering us to fight its wars is understandable. That Americans are ignorant of, or complicit in this, is deplorable.
Already, Bush is ranting about Syria being behind the Hezbollah capture of the Israeli soldiers. But where is the proof?
Who is whispering in his ear? The same people who told him Iraq was maybe months away from an atom bomb, that an invasion would be a "cakewalk," that he would be Churchill, that U.S. troops would be greeted with candy and flowers, that democracy would break out across the region, that Palestinians and Israelis would then sit down and make peace?
How much must America pay for the education of this man?



