By Jeff Gates
Online reports of a study by
the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency cast doubt over the survival of Israel
beyond the next two decades. Regardless of the validity of the report, with what
is now known about the costs in blood and treasure that the U.S.-Israeli
relationship has imposed on the U.S., its key ally, Israel could fall within
five years.
For more than six decades,
American support for Israel has relied on the ability of pro-Israelis to
dominate U.S. media, enabling Tel Aviv to put a positive spin on even its most
extreme behavior, including its recent massacre in Gaza. With access to online
news coverage, that Zionist bias is becoming apparent and the real facts
transparent.
Though Americans seldom show
a strong interest in foreign affairs, that too is changing. While few of them
grasp the subtleties of one-state versus two-state proposals, many have seen
online the impact of a murderous Israeli assault on Palestinian civilians that
was timed between Christmas and the inauguration of Barack Obama.
The leaders of the 9-11
Commission acknowledged that its members would not allow testimony on the
impetus for that attack. Yet the report confirmed that the key motivation was
the U.S.-Israeli relationship. With access to online news, more Americans are
asking why they are forced to support a colonial Apartheid government.
With the election of yet
another extremist Israeli government led by yet another right-wing Likud Party
stalwart, it's clear that Tel Aviv intends to preclude peace by continuing to
build more settlements. With that stance, Israel not only pushed Barack Obama
into a corner, it also forced U.S. national security to make a key strategic
decision: Is Israel a credible partner for peace? By any criteria, the answer
must be a resounding "No."
That inescapable conclusion
leaves Americans with few options. After all, the U.S. is largely responsible
for the legitimacy granted this extremist enclave in May 1948 when Harry Truman,
a Christian-Zionist president, extended nation-state recognition. He did so over
the strenuous objections of Secretary of State George Marshall, the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the fledgling CIA and the bulk of the U.S. diplomatic corps.
By December 1948, a
distinguished contingent of Jewish scientists and intellectuals warned in The
New York Times that those leading the effort to establish a Jewish state
bear "the unmistakable stamp of a Fascist party." Albert Einstein joined
concerned Jews who cautioned Americans "not to support this latest manifestation
of fascism."
Only in the past few weeks
has the momentum emerged to subject Israel to the same external pressures that
were brought to bear against Apartheid South Africa. After more than six decades
of consistent behavior-and clear evidence of no intent to change-activists
coalesced around the need to boycott Israeli exports, divest from Israeli firms
and impose sanctions against Israel akin to those it seeks against others.
The focal point for peace in
the Middle East should not be those nations that do not have nuclear weapons but
the one nation that does. Absent external pressure, Israeli behavior will not
change. Absent pressure-and likely force-applied by the U.S. as the nation that
has long enabled this behavior, Colonial Zionism will continue to pose a threat
to peace. Occupying powers are not known to voluntarily relinquish lands they
occupy. Likewise for their readiness to surrender nuclear arms.
An End to Jewish Fascism?
The key issue need no longer
be a subject of endless debate. There must be a one-state solution consistent
with democratic principles of full equality. Informed Americans are no longer
willing to support a theocratic state in which full citizenship is limited to
those deemed "Jewish" (whatever that means). If local birth rates suggest an
eventual end to the "Jewish state," then so be it. Why wait two decades when
this nightmare can be drawn to a close in less than five years?
Forget about a return to
pre-1967 borders, instead return to pre-1948 borders. Designate Jerusalem an
international city under U.N. protection and dispatch multi-national forces to
maintain peace. Palestinians should have a right of return, including the
ability to recover properties from which they fled under an assault by Jewish
terrorists. If Colonial Zionists (aka settlers) want compensation for "their"
property, let them seek restitution from the Diaspora that encouraged their
unlawful occupation.
Those who consider themselves
"Jewish" can remain as part of an inclusive democracy. Or they can depart.
Americans must consider how many of these extremists it wants to welcome to a
nation already straining under an immigration burden. A reported 500,000
Israelis hold U.S. passports. With more than 300,000 dual-citizens residing in
California alone, that state may require a referendum on just how many Zionists
it wishes to receive. Likewise for Russia from which many "Jews" fled, including
some 300,000 Russian émigrés who support the Likud Party but have yet to be
certified as Jewish.
Zionists originally saw
Argentina and Uganda as desirable venues to establish their enterprise. They may
wish to apply there for resettlement. The question of why Palestinians (or
Californians) should bear the cost of a problem created by Europeans six decades
ago is one that Tel Aviv has yet to answer except by citing ancient claims that
it insists should take precedence over two millennia of Palestinian residence.
By withdrawing Israel's
status as a legitimate "state," those Jews long appalled by the behavior of this
extremist enclave can no longer be portrayed as guilty by association. That long
overdue shift in status is certain to benefit the broader Jewish community. By
shutting down Israel's nuclear arms program and destroying its nuclear arsenal,
the world can be spared the key impetus now driving a nuclear arms race in the
region.
Unless pro-Israelis can
create another crisis by inducing an invasion of Iran (or a race war), Americans
will soon realize that only one "state" had the means, motivation, opportunity
and stable nation-state intelligence required to fix the intelligence that led
the U.S. to invade Iraq consistent with the expansionist goals of Colonial
Zionism.
Intelligence now working its
way to transparency will soon confirm that, but for Zionists within the U.S.
government, 9-11 could have been prevented and war in Iraq avoided. To date,
this extremism has been enabled by a series of weak U.S. presidents. For the
U.S. to restore its credibility requires that it not only lead the effort to
shut down the Zionist enterprise but that it also share responsibility for its
behavior to date.
About
the author: Jeff Gates is author of Guilt By Association, Democracy at
Risk and The Ownership Solution. Former counsel to the U.S. Senate
Committee on Finance, Mr. Gates has served as a policy consultant to 35
governments worldwide. See
www.criminalstate.com.
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