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1. JPLO Note: It is not appropriate to term the fascist gang in Jerusalem ‘Jewish’ Supremacists since they were evidently Zionists. ‘Lehava’ could only be considered Zionist Supremacist, otherwise you would be adopting the identity made by those Zionists to be representative of Jewishness.

   We of the Jewish Socialist Bund do not accept such a designation making an amalgam of Zionism and Jewishness; no more ‘Jewish’ Nation-State but a Zionist State, no more ‘Jewish’ Supremacists but rather Zionist Supremacists. No more Israeli Apartheid but Zionist Apartheid. No more Jewish Lobby but only a Zionist Lobby. Not Jewish self-determination but colonialism.

   We are the Jewish People and we are demanding to be recognized as such apart from the Zionist State. By majority, we do not live in that State and do not intend to and we will take on fascism in each of the countries that we call homelands.

   Again, we are the Jewish People and we are not a ‘Jew’. The atomization and objectification made by this Christian initiated populist title is the same as that used by the Nazi regime on the yellow stars.. and yet the popular Christian parlance expects Jewish people to submit to such debasement, as well as Jewish use made of the term itself as a sign of assimilation, geared to formulate a ticket to integration.

   All in all it an insult and a falsification of who the Jewish People are all so as to facilitate the incursions into the Western Orient by the neo-imperial interests of the powers that continue to be in the capitalist sphere of activity.

   To use our name in vain is to be considered the essence of Antisemitism; whether by one ideology or another populist manifestation seeking influence for whatever.

   De : Canada Talks Israel/Palestine

   Peter Larson posted: ” Young Jewish fanatics paraded through East Jerusalem on April 23rd yelling “death to Arabs” in a demonstration that the liberal American Jewish group If Not Now labelled a Jewish “pogrom”. Over 100 Palestinians were hurt. The Israeli government stood”

   1. Thank you Dr. Weizfeld
      “It is certainly true that not all Jews are Zionists; it is also true that not all Zionists are Jews. However, the state of Israel claims to be a home for the Jewish people and anyone that they consider Jewish can become an Israeli citizen if they wish. This “right of return” doctrine does not discriminate between Jews who are Zionists and Jews who are not Zionist. They recently passed constitution-level laws that declare Israel a Jewish State. Many Jews disagree.”

      1. Peter Larson has not read the Law of Return codified by the Zionist State of ‘Israel’! That Law states that Jewish applicants for citizenship are accepted unless they are a threat to the security of the State. Anti-Zionist is defniend as a threat to the ideology of Zionism and therefore a threat to its State. It is not only many ‘Jews’ as you put it who disagree but rather half the Jewish population according to the recent poll.

      2. Hello Dr. Weizfeld,
         You are RIGHT! I have not read the “Law of Return” or any of the other documents that make up the Israeli “constitution”. But I have read many summaries and talked to experts (both Israeli and Palestinian) who do know quite a bit about it. So I have picked up the general idea. In short, Jews from around the world are welcome to come to Israel, non-Jews, less so. And Palesltinians not at all.
         If you, or anybody else is interested in discussing this more, OFIP will be holding a webinar on this very topic on Thursday, June 3rd with Jonathan Cook, an expert on the topic. He knows this stuff inside out because., although a non-Jew he was successful after many years applying, in getting Israeli citizenship. He will discuss that process, and Israel’s bizarre citizenship laws.

      3. Peter,

         I have read the English translation of the “Law of Return”. People who would be eligible (Jews and certain relatives of Jews) can be denied the right to “make aliya” if they are engaged in an activity directed against the Jewish people, are likely to endanger public health or the security of the State, or is a person with a criminal past. There is no mention of Zionism and, when I asked, I was told that having “strange political views” would not be a barrier. The terms of the law seem to be narrowly interpreted. For example, the “no criminal past” condition did not prevent Jonathan Pollard, who had spent nearly 30 years in Prison for espionage, from being allowed to exercise his rights under the law. My impression is that the above conditions are intended to exclude terrorist sympathizers or spies from claiming the right of return. Many of those who have exercised their rights as Jews are active opponents of certain parts of Israeli policy.

2. It is easy for observers to dismiss the Kahanist marchers as a small but vocal minority but that is a mistake. They are the froth on top of a river of fear and hatred that flows quietly but deep. In discussions with many Israelis, I sense a deep conviction that it is impossible for Jews and non-Jews to share Palestine, that they need control of Palestine, that they have the right to control all of Palestine completely, and that peace will be impossible until they have cleansed the land of non-Jews who disagree. Dismissing the loud marchers as an extremist minority allows the press and politicians to ignore them. Canadians need to understand that they are but the tip of a powerful iceberg and stop supporting Israel.

   1. https://www.btselem.org/press_releases/2021413_new_all_population_israeli_palestinian_survey

   2. When the land was all Palestine, the PALESTINIAN Jewish minority shared the land with Muslims, Christians, and Druze, until the Zionist movement cut indigenous Jews from the herd of Palestinian identity and instituted settler-colonialism to import their desired demographic of White Jews.

      Let’s not make Jew a proxy for Israeli, because doing so feeds into the Zionist agenda of leveraging the European legacy of Jewish persecution to silence dissent regarding Israel’s atrocities.

      Making Jew a proxy for Israeli/Zionist also feeds anti-Semitism, because Jews outside of Israel end up being targeted.

   3. I applaud this very brave and insightful questioning of our government’s blithe statement of assumed “shared values with Israel “. Although I challenge Dr Menzie’s optimistic statements about the progress we have made righting the wrongs committed against Indigenous people, I am in complete solidarity that Trudeau’s statement about our shared values with the anti-Arab state of Israel are more a reflection of John A McDonald’s time than the present. As a Canadian, I do not support the actions or attitudes of the state of Israel towards the genocide of Palestinians. The Israelis are settlers , just as the Europeans are in Canada.

      1. Thank you for your comment. Short of reliving our history without the stain of racism and injustice to First Nations people, you are correct, we can never completely undo what was done. But when I think of how our attitudes towards human rights in general, and aboriginal Canadians in particular, have changed since my first parole court appearance in 1970, I do feel optimistic. I also feel extremely frustrated that the pace of change is so plodding and that problems present decades ago are still present, population health and clean water just to name two. I am encouraged though when I see departments of indigenous health in medical schools, recognition of indigenous health needs as different from non indigenous people, and the importance of indigenous culture as determinants of population health. These were not there in my early days even though they were clearly relevant. Although we’ll never completely erase the stain of our colonialism , we need not be silent when it unfolds in other parts of the world. Again, thanks for your comments.

      2. Sadly, Trudeau has shown over his time as PM he will attempt to justify much by dressing up in others’ clothing and pretending a bond that’s about as secure as safe drinking water on so many isolated First Nation reserves.
         His chameleon adventures have repeatedly left Canadians with feeling embarrassed and confused as they tend to imply far too strongly policy as endorsed by Canadians rather than his own flighty personality.
         I’m more than sure Pierre’s spirit must be in continuous toss mode.

3. Excellent article.

4. La dérive israélienne vers une forme de racisme d’extrême droite est extrêmement préoccupante. Human Rights Watch qualifie maintenant les actions israéliennes de “Crimes of apartheid and persecution”. L’appui du Canada à Israël, dans ces circonstances, devient intolérable. Ce n’est pas parce que nous abhorrons l’antisémitisme que nous devons nous faire complices de l’apartheid.
   Guy Archambault, ancien diplomate canadien

5. As a Palestinian , I applaud your courage on an important issue, the Zionist fascism, indeed, it’s not limited to these neoNazis, rather it the reality of the entire colonial entity of “israel” .. Shame on Canada

6. It has become intolerable and impossible to conceive how any person of religion with a conscience can feel so unaffected by what goes on in historic Palestine. Perhaps the fiasco of the US election was divine punishment for the sheer unprecedented heartless support of Trump for the Zionist agenda, whereby Palestinian grievances are of no concern, and Palestinians should be relegated to glorified bantustans and Indian reservations. So many Jews are simply brainwashed into believing that might makes right in international politics, particular international politics dominated by the Anglo-American Empire. But God is above that and will handle it. Let’s hope sooner rather than later.

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