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William Hughes is a Baltimore attorney and the author of "Andrew Jackson
vs. New World Order" (Authors Choice Press), which is available online.
He
contributed above article to Media Monitors Network (MMN) from Maryland,
USA.
Abe Foxman Shilling for the Sharon Gang, Again
by William Hughes (Monday 29 December 2003)
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"Abe Foxman swears Israel has a "healthy democracy" because
oppositional
figures are heard all of the time. Sure, they are! Unless, of course, they
are protesting its notorious Apartheid Wall, then they can be shot by the
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) with live ammunition, like Israeli activist
Gil Naamati was last Friday ("Baltimore Sun," 12/29/03)."
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Americans almost made it through the year without being subjected to yet
another boring spiel from the Anti-Defamation League's chief honcho and
know-it-all, Abe Foxman. Unfortunately, on Dec. 27, 2003, the "Washington
Post," opened its Op Ed Page to the old windbag. If there was any justice
left in the world, it should have made Foxman take out a paid advertisement
in order to do his egregious pimping for Zionist Israel.
Foxman's latest rant is entitled, "Open to Debate in Israel." I
wondered
after reading it: Shouldn't he be required to register with the U.S.
Justice Department as an agent for a foreign-based principal? Huh? Keep in
mind, that he makes $450,000 a year for being a one-man, hot-air propaganda
machine. At a minimum, Foxman, a card carrying Zionist, should have been
required by the editors of the "Washington Post," to come clean, on
the
record, about all of his Israeli connections, so that an unsuspecting
reading public would have been put on notice about his biases.
In any event, Foxman was all in a tizzy. No, this time, it wasn't Mel
Gibson's soon-to-be-released movie, "The Passion of Christ," that
was
arousing his ire. Foxman was upset because his favorite country, Israel,
was recently criticized at Geneva, by Yossi Beilin, a former Israeli
minister of justice, and Yasser Abed Rabbo, an ex-Palestinian information
minister. They were advocating a peace plan for the Middle East. Foxman
claims their action threatens, "to delegitimize and isolate the Israeli
government." He also whined that they were attacking "Israel's
fundamental
legitimacy as a sovereign state." Poor Israel! Poor Americans, too, who
read Foxman's contrived drivel!
The pompous ADL boss thinks this so-called, "Geneva Accord," (an
unofficial
framework for Middle East peace), is all part of a sinister plot to
"disrespect Israel's democratic institutions." Oh, come off it,
Foxman!
That sounds like classic conspiracy mongering to me.
Some critics, like Amnesty International, however, have dared to directly
challenge Israel's claim to be a democracy, particularly for its use of
fascist-like death squads. I'm sure even Foxman would agree there isn't
anything "democratic" about Israeli thugs killing unarmed
Palestinians,
without a trial or even any semblance of due process of law. (And, by the
way, when, if ever, is Elie Wiesel, who once wrote, "To remain silent and
indifferent is the greatest sin of all..." going to address the Israeli
death squads' issue?)
In the last three years alone, over 152 Palestinians have been targeted for
extra judicial assassination by the Tel Aviv-based operatives (phrmg.org).
It would be interesting to know: How exactly do Sharon's death squads
function? Does the Israeli Cabinet have to officially approve of each
designated murder? Is there a written record of the death squad meetings?
Or, is it done, with nods and winks, by a death squad committee? Who
decides in Israel, what Palestinian will be executed and which Palestinian
will live? If an official in the Sharon regime insists that a certain
Palestinian is a "militant," does that unchallenged comment become a
death
sentence for the particular Palestinian? And, do Sharon's death squads plan
any targeted hits outside Israel: like say, in Iraq, Europe, or even in the
U.S.? (If it's the latter, I would like to know because my "Hate
Mail" file
is growing at an alarming rate since my latest book, accusing the Israel
First Brigade of helping to bring on the Iraq War, was published.)
It is simply amazing to watch Foxman pontificate, in the media, ad nauseam,
ad infinitum, about his beloved Israel, without once using words, like:
"occupation," "bulldozer," "Rachel Corrie,"
"Rafah," "torture," "Sabra &
Shatila," Apartheid Wall," "refugee camps,"
"displaced persons,"
"demolition orders," "UN Security Council Resolution 242,"
"Jenin,"
"collective punishment," "human shields," "illegal
settlements," "detention
without trial" and "Geneva Convention." How does Foxman get
away with
ignoring the truth about the tragic fate of the Palestinians under Israeli
rule? How?
Meanwhile, you will never catch the ADL big shot explaining his sordid role
in that sleazy scandal surrounding then-President Bill Clinton's pardon of
Marc Rich, a billionaire fugitive from U.S. justice (Salon.com). Wordsmith
Bill Safire, "NY Times," (03/26/01), was so embarrassed by that
shameful
episode that he demanded Foxman resign from the ADL to "demonstrate that
ethical blindness has consequences." Naturally, the reality-challenged
Foxman declined to do so.
Foxman swears Israel has a "healthy democracy" because oppositional
figures
are heard all of the time. Sure, they are! Unless, of course, they are
protesting its notorious Apartheid Wall, than they can be shot by the
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) with live ammunition, like Israeli activist
Gil Naamati was last Friday ("Baltimore Sun," 12/29/03).
Foxman suffers deeply for his right wing crony Sharon. He believes the
Israeli prime minister has to make "difficult choices," and that
this peace
business at Geneva, led by Beilin-Rabbo, paints an ugly
"government-in-exile syndrome," that makes Israel look like it
doesn't have
a "free government." Hey, anybody that subscribes to the "WRMEA"
magazine,
((WRMEA.com), knows that there is nothing "free" about Israel's
government,
especially because it has cost the U.S. taxpayers directly over $100
billion in aid, since 1948, "WRMEA," 05/03), and $3 trillion in
consequential cost, according to Thomas R. Stauffer's "Cost to American
Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," 06/03, "WRMEA").
The
enemies, too, that our subsidizing Israeli terror has made for the U.S. in
the Islamic World is another, continuing and important story, material to
this subject matter, but too long to detail here.
Well, if the slippery Foxman, whose ADL organization was caught spying, in
the U.S., on politically progressive activists back in the 90s, is publicly
panning the Beilin-Rabbo duo, then it can proves only one thing: The bold
seekers of peace at Geneva must be doing the right thing!
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William Hughes is the author of "Saying 'No' to the War Party" (Iuniverse,
Inc.), which is avaiable at Amazon.com.
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by courtesy & © 2003 William Hughes
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