The Israel lobby plays a positive domestic role in the US in addition to benefitting Israel directly
ed note–Golly-gee-willikers, where do we even begin?…
Ok, let’s begin with the first 3 words–
‘The Israel Lobby’
Remember, that whenever ANY Gentile of whatever persuasion/pedigree utters those same three words, or it’s identical twin–‘The Jewish Lobby’–the reaction on the part of the organized forces of anti-Gentilism is both INSTANTANEOUS and VOLCANIC in its denunciation, denial, rejection, and of course, the reflexive charge that such notions are nothing more than ‘anti-Shemitic conspiracy theories’ and ‘canards’ originating out of that ‘forgery’ known as the ‘Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’.
And yet here is our Hebrish writer using those same 3 words in the very TITLE of his essay.
Prima Facie example of ‘how they do it’.
The followers of Judaism understand far better than Gentiles the undeniable truth associated with the axiom that ‘where the head goes, the body follows’. It is for this reason therefore that all discussion and discourse, and ESPECIALLY all ‘D & D’ where these same followers of Judaism play any role, MUST be ‘governed’ within tightly-regulated ‘protocols’ lest that ‘D & D’ find itself wandering into ‘problematic’ areas where the uncontested power of ‘The Israel Lobby’ and ‘The Jewish Lobby’ wake Gentiledom to the true size and scope of the danger faced by them, those of the ‘non-Hebrish’ persuasion.
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The assertion on the part of our Hebrish writer that ‘The Israel Lobby’ (yes the same entity that in fact does not exist, is a ‘canard’, an ‘anti-Shemitic conspiracy theory’ and which originated with that ‘forgery’ known as the ‘Protocols’) plays a ‘positive domestic role in the US’.
In other words, ‘The Israel Lobby’ (which in fact, under most normal circumstances and in normal instances of ‘D & D’, does not exist, is a ‘canard’, an ‘anti-Shemitic conspiracy theory’ and which originated with that ‘forgery’ known as the ‘Protocols’) is involved in much, much more than simply buying and selling elected members of Congress as if they were mere penny stocks and in embroiling America in ‘endless wars’ against the Islamic world.
You mean, maybe this ‘Israel Lobby’ and this ‘Jewish Lobby’ (which in fact do not exist) perhaps operating under different titles other than just ‘AIPAC’, but maybe also ‘ADL’, and ‘AJC’ and ‘WZO’, and spread out like tentacles to influence not only foreign policy in the US, but as well, ‘domestic’ policy issues dealing with abortion, gay marriage, gun control, free speech, pornography, immigration, etc, etc, etc?
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‘As liberals distance themselves from the Jewish state, an eventual President Kamala Harris…’
Boy, if ever there were a mouthful indicating some of the BIG plans which Judea, Inc has cooking on the not-too-far-away back burner, here it is. According to the predictions and prognostications of our non-Gentile-ish writer, Biden is on his way out and Harris is on her way in, and doubtless she will be facilitated in her journey by all the aforementioned ‘Israel Lobby’ and ‘Jewish Lobby’ outfits that in fact, under normal circumstances, do not exist.
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‘Israelis have the Jewish diaspora, especially its rich and powerful leaders, from Chaim Weizmann to Sheldon Adelson’
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‘British Zionists pressured their government to support a Jewish national home in Palestine’
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‘Western Jews and their allies applied desperate pressure on the British government to open immigration to Palestine for Jewish refugees’
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‘Zionists successfully lobbied President Harry S. Truman to recognize the State of Israel in 1948′
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‘Israel’s friends won legislation making complying with such boycotts illegal.’
In other words, the ‘Israel Lobby’ and the ‘Jewish lobby’ (neither of which exist in ‘normal’ circumstances) colluded, conspired, pooled their immense resources, bullied, browbeat, bribed, threatened, throttled, cajoled, coerced, etc, etc, etc, those weak-willed/weak-kneed Gentiles in places of political power, and in doing so affected pieces of legislation that benefitted Jewish interests, all of which, when brought up for D &D by Gentiles (and as detailed thoroughly and methodically by the very same Walt and Mearscheimer denounced by our Hebrish writer) is ‘explained away’ (again, by individuals such as our dishonest and congenitally-deranged Hebrish writer) as an ‘old canard’ and an ‘anti-Shemitic conspiracy theory’.
Entire libraries could be built and filled with encyclopedic knowledge of the various instances where organized Jewish interests THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF HUMAN HISTORY have plied the trade that they do best, which is duplicity and deception, but a better and more efficient ‘protocol’ that all Gentiles should adopt and employ in understanding the various verbal/conceptual twists and turns which those of the Hebrish persuasion utilize in constructing the various mind-traps used so effectively by the ‘Israel Lobby’ and ‘Jewish lobby’ (which in fact do not exist in normal circumstances) can be summed up thus–
‘Fish Swim, Birds Fly, and Jews Lie’
Daniel Pipes for Israel National News
When American citizens pressure their government in favor of Israel, some foreign-policy mandarins snootily condemn this as privileging a particular ethnic group’s narrow priorities over the disinterested formulation of foreign policy. But, in fact, lobbies like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and Christians United for Israel (CUFI) actually improve U.S. foreign policy.
In the 1950s, critics of Israel blamed the “Jewish lobby” for obstructing an anti-Soviet alliance. In the 1970s, they blamed robust U.S.-Israel relations for the Arab oil boycott. In the 2000s, they blamed the Israel lobby for the Iraq war. In the 2010s, they criticized it for first obstructing and later repealing the Iran nuclear deal. Most famously, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard made the general case against pro-Israel Americans in their 2007 bestseller, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.
In response, pro-Israeli activists typically justify their lobbying efforts on two grounds. First is utility: Israel benefits the United States. Americans profit from its developing and testing of advanced weaponry, its intelligence network, its cutting-edge water technology and its being the strongest, most reliable state in the vital but wildly turbulent Middle East region.
Second is costlessness: U.S.-Israel relations do not interfere with other U.S. ties. In olden times, that meant relations with Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia; nowadays, it refers to Turkey, Qatar and Iran.
These arguments, however, may not hold in the future, for utility and costlessness could disappear. As liberals distance themselves from the Jewish state, an eventual President Kamala Harris might reject what Israel has to offer and find that close relations with Jerusalem impede initiatives towards Iran.
Anticipating such a shift, I propose seeing the Israel lobby in an entirely different way, showcasing its domestic role versus foreign influence.
Israelis and Palestinians each call on the enthusiastic support of a great hinterland. Israelis have the Jewish diaspora, especially its rich and powerful leaders, from Chaim Weizmann to Sheldon Adelson, as well as a worldwide network of Christian supporters, from Lord Palmerston and William Blackstone to Clark Clifford and Nikki Haley.
In parallel part, Palestinians have counted on Arab, Muslim, European and Communist states such as, respectively, Egypt, Iran, Sweden and the Soviet Union, as well as growing support from the global left, exemplified by former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Indeed, as Steven J. Rosen has shown, “the Arab road to Washington runs through Paris, London and Berlin.”
Through the past century, those hinterlands have grown and roughly balanced each other. Both came into existence during World War I, when British Zionists pressured their government to support a Jewish national home in Palestine, as Arab leaders extracted promises from Britain about Palestine before helping its war effort. During World War II, Western Jews and their allies applied desperate pressure on the British government to open immigration to Palestine for Jewish refugees, as Arab rulers threatened to sabotage Britain’s war efforts if it permitted that immigration.
After the war, American Zionists moved to the forefront, as independent Arab states tripled in number. Zionists successfully lobbied President Harry S. Truman to recognize the State of Israel in 1948, as five Arab states invaded the nascent polity. Each side learned from the other: Israelis developed a powerful army, as Arabs won increasing clout in Western politics, media and education. Each side developed and refined techniques for extracting funds from its hinterland, whether the United Jewish Appeal or Saudi, Kuwaiti and other government donations.
Repeatedly, when Israel’s enemies attack, its American friends defend. Arab states boycotted U.S. firms invested in Israel; Israel’s friends won legislation making complying with such boycotts illegal. Arab states withheld oil supplies; Zionists pushed against capitulation to such pressure. Arab states rounded up overwhelming majorities in international organizations; Israel’s friends did likewise in Congress. Each hinterland fights for its cause. Each provides diplomatic support, financial aid and armaments.
In other words, American Zionists serve as a principal counterpart to anti-Zionist foreign states. The Zionists pressure Washington from within, the foreign states do so from without. It’s a significant difference but ultimately a technical one.
Thus, the Israel lobby does not impede the formulation of an objective foreign policy but constructively offsets anti-Israel influence. Arguing for Israel is not just protected under the First Amendment and entirely legitimate, it informs and improves American policy formulation by countering foreign influences.
The Israel lobby, therefore, is good for America.