UDDENLY, A terrible thought struck me. What if Avi Gabbay really believes what he is saying?
Impossible. He cannot really believe all those things. No, no.
But if he does? Where does that leave us?
AVI GABBAY is the new leader of the Israeli Labor Party. Until recently, he was a founding member of a moderate right-wing party, Kulanu ("We all"). Without ever being elected to the Knesset, he served as a junior minister. He resigned when Avigdor Lieberman, considered by many as a semi-fascist (and the “semi” is far from certain), was allowed to join the government as Minister of Defense, the second most important post.
In a bold move, Gabbay left Kulanu and joined the Labor Party (also known as "the Zionist Camp") and was soon elected its chairman. However, he did not become the official "Leader of the Opposition", because he was not a member of the Knesset. (The formal title remained with his predecessor, the very nice but rather insignificant Yitzhak Herzog.)
ZIONISM IS an anti-Semitic creed. It was so right from the beginning.
Already the founding father, Theodor Herzl, a Viennese writer, penned some pieces with a clear anti-Semitic slant. For him, Zionism was not just a geographical transplantation, but also a means of turning the despicable commercial Jew of the Diaspora into an upright, industrious human being.
Herzl traveled to Russia in order to win the support of their anti-Semitic, pogrom-inciting leaders for his project, promising to take the Jews off their hands.
Indeed, it was always a main plank of Zionist propaganda that only in the future Jewish state will Jews be able to live a normal life. The slogan was to "overturn the social pyramid" - putting it on a sound basis of workers and farmers, instead of speculators and bankers.
Joe Clark promised to do this in 1979, but then backed off when Jimmy Carter told him it was a really bad move. I'm watching to see which U.S. and especially Canadian politicians condemn this dastardly plan of Trump's. Sadly there is no one of Jimmy Carter's calibre available in the U.S., nor in Canada.
One of the things I know about Donald Trump is he could care less where the capital of Israel is. What he does care about is being the centre of attention, and diverting attention away from other things.
To him, the recognition of Jersalem as capital of Israel is nothing more than 'look at me, everybody! Look, look here I am!!'
The consequences of stupidity mean nothing to him.
EHUD BARAK has "broken the silence". He has published an article in The New York Times attacking our prime minister in the most abrasive terms. In other words, he has done exactly the same as the group of ex-soldiers who call themselves "Breaking the Silence", who are accused of washing our dirty linen abroad. They expose war crimes to which they have been witnesses, or even participants.
But apart from the attack on Binyamin Netanyahu, Barak has used the article to publish his Peace Plan. A former chief-of-staff of the Israeli army and a former prime minister, Barak is obviously planning a comeback, and his peace plan is part of the effort. There seems to be, anyhow, open season for Peace Plans in our region.
They congregate in the marketplace, boys of 15, 16 years, take stones and throw them at our soldiers, who are armed to the teeth. The soldiers shoot, sometimes over their heads, sometimes straight at them. Every day there are wounded, every few days there are dead.
What for? They do not have the slightest chance of changing the policy of the Israeli occupation. Only very rarely do the boys hit a soldier and cause him a slight injury.
Palestinians warn they will freeze US ties if PLO office closed
https://youtu.be/p0NmY8d8a0k
Why is Washington closing the PLO's office?
https://youtu.be/38ObnnfPGnA
Relevance of Rape Culture
https://youtu.be/vqHHAc2UqjU
UDDENLY, A terrible thought struck me. What if Avi Gabbay really believes what he is saying?
Impossible. He cannot really believe all those things. No, no.
But if he does? Where does that leave us?
AVI GABBAY is the new leader of the Israeli Labor Party. Until recently, he was a founding member of a moderate right-wing party, Kulanu ("We all"). Without ever being elected to the Knesset, he served as a junior minister. He resigned when Avigdor Lieberman, considered by many as a semi-fascist (and the “semi” is far from certain), was allowed to join the government as Minister of Defense, the second most important post.
In a bold move, Gabbay left Kulanu and joined the Labor Party (also known as "the Zionist Camp") and was soon elected its chairman. However, he did not become the official "Leader of the Opposition", because he was not a member of the Knesset. (The formal title remained with his predecessor, the very nice but rather insignificant Yitzhak Herzog.)
http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1511535488/
Palestinian Solidarity Day: 70 years since partition
https://youtu.be/2STT0fOTAto
ZIONISM IS an anti-Semitic creed. It was so right from the beginning.
Already the founding father, Theodor Herzl, a Viennese writer, penned some pieces with a clear anti-Semitic slant. For him, Zionism was not just a geographical transplantation, but also a means of turning the despicable commercial Jew of the Diaspora into an upright, industrious human being.
Herzl traveled to Russia in order to win the support of their anti-Semitic, pogrom-inciting leaders for his project, promising to take the Jews off their hands.
Indeed, it was always a main plank of Zionist propaganda that only in the future Jewish state will Jews be able to live a normal life. The slogan was to "overturn the social pyramid" - putting it on a sound basis of workers and farmers, instead of speculators and bankers.
http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1512137281/
Palestinian Chief: US 'playing with fire'
https://youtu.be/Or6VQa4vEJ8
Trump Plans to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem
https://youtu.be/rkF-MiRTkeA
Palestine's Idhna struggles with e-waste
https://youtu.be/fui3ZMidBzM
Will the US move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem?
https://youtu.be/0tb6PE8NT20
Trump to call Jerusalem Israel's capital, move embassy
https://youtu.be/2MEjvSPwIrI
Netanyahu's New Normal [FULL]
https://youtu.be/e5OJSUSbFmE
Analysis: Trump's Jerusalem move a 'declaration of war on Palestinian rights'
https://youtu.be/cq4a4xKLhrY
Palestinians call 'days of rage' over US Jerusalem plan
https://youtu.be/eGlRZATiSsU
Israel approval vs anger in Palestine over Jerusalem recognition
https://youtu.be/WG2_cY3KysY
Reza Aslan on God, Trump and Palestine - The Stream
https://youtu.be/b8mDw5rfwRI
One of the things I know about Donald Trump is he could care less where the capital of Israel is. What he does care about is being the centre of attention, and diverting attention away from other things.
To him, the recognition of Jersalem as capital of Israel is nothing more than 'look at me, everybody! Look, look here I am!!'
The consequences of stupidity mean nothing to him.
I think Trump is also thinking about all those Christian Evangelist voters who love him and who are even more Zionist than most Israelis.
Trump also has a cohort of neo-Nazi anti-semitic voters. I wonder how they will react...
Inside Story - Jerusalem: A momentous change, but at what cost?
https://youtu.be/vItit99IXG4
Protests across Palestine against US Jerusalem move
https://youtu.be/8pTAd8vTJPE
Palestine: Leaders plan response to US Jerusalem move
https://youtu.be/r7_HKU01vKE
Trump is allowing Israel 'to annex Jerusalem': Ashrawi
https://youtu.be/HX78i2Gg_9E
Palestinian refugees angry at Trump's Jerusalem stance
https://youtu.be/Vj_j1kQXH3c
Palestinian refugees angry at Trump's Jerusalem stance
https://youtu.be/Vj_j1kQXH3c
UpFront - Is the two-state solution dead?
https://youtu.be/NVJOUzCmI8Q
EHUD BARAK has "broken the silence". He has published an article in The New York Times attacking our prime minister in the most abrasive terms. In other words, he has done exactly the same as the group of ex-soldiers who call themselves "Breaking the Silence", who are accused of washing our dirty linen abroad. They expose war crimes to which they have been witnesses, or even participants.
But apart from the attack on Binyamin Netanyahu, Barak has used the article to publish his Peace Plan. A former chief-of-staff of the Israeli army and a former prime minister, Barak is obviously planning a comeback, and his peace plan is part of the effort. There seems to be, anyhow, open season for Peace Plans in our region.
http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1512738998/
Trump's Jerusalem move roundly condemned at UN
https://youtu.be/VNrcw5yOggM
US special counsel examines Trump-Israel relations
https://youtu.be/Vj0SpsZiKCY
Intifada through the eyes of a musician
https://youtu.be/MsbJR8o6zuA
Palestine's Intifada marks 30th anniversary
https://youtu.be/_pGg50bzLN0
Interviewed by Radio Free Georgia
https://youtu.be/TgEfZpLFk7o
Netanyahu urges Europe to recognise Jerusalem as Israel capital
https://youtu.be/sRCG4-UhRiU
'Dangerous and unacceptable': Arab League condemns US move
https://youtu.be/7ttfXd01PPw
Palestine worried over Jerusalem conflict turning religious
https://youtu.be/yPetVYPoyfY
Can Muslim leaders change Trump's Jerusalem decision?
https://youtu.be/R-JmoaGgJR4
Timeline: The fight for Jerusalem
https://youtu.be/giAOYrNVHHc
Inside Story - Does the EU have a role in the Middle East?
https://youtu.be/t58DyFPt76s
Get ready for ‘de-Arabization of Jerusalem' ‒ fmr IDF soldier
https://youtu.be/46Jj8ZNASZw
On Contact: The Israeli Occupation of Palestine with Mohammad Saba’aneh
https://youtu.be/bb2ZJjHikeE
Anger as 'This is Bahrain' delegation visits Israel
https://youtu.be/fJ3cSwJDR_s
Protesters call for Netanyahu to resign amid corruption allegations
https://youtu.be/uhOzcai0dNE
FOR GOD'S SAKE, are they crazy?
They congregate in the marketplace, boys of 15, 16 years, take stones and throw them at our soldiers, who are armed to the teeth. The soldiers shoot, sometimes over their heads, sometimes straight at them. Every day there are wounded, every few days there are dead.
What for? They do not have the slightest chance of changing the policy of the Israeli occupation. Only very rarely do the boys hit a soldier and cause him a slight injury.
Yet they go on. Why?
http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1513341285/
Jerusalem: Media flashpoints and erased narratives - The Listening Post (Full)
https://youtu.be/tX1Xk8oq6i4
Israeli soldiers beat Palestinian, 8 Dec. 2017, Hebron
https://youtu.be/ilqdgUKG3Fc
Turkey will open embassy in east Jerusalem – Erdogan
https://youtu.be/Tj3RNITBGNY
Donald Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement Explained | NowThis World
https://youtu.be/cyGpI9ZD0Ho
US vetoes resolution on Trump's Jerusalem decision
https://youtu.be/shNmj4vr3mA
Recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
https://youtu.be/Nsqx8Bkm7Bo
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