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No. 28 The Background to The White House & Israel’s activities. Data being gathered to show the connection between George Walter Bush’s entrance into the White House and the naming of Hamas & Hezbollah as terrorist organisations.
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With the country in a state of general prosperity, the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore was perceived to be one of the least dynamic on issues. As it turned out, the race was one of the closest in the country's history. By early evening on election night, it was apparent that whoever won Florida would win the election. Bush's razor-thin margin of about 1,200 votes prompted an automatic recount. The case ultimately ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court. Bush officially became the president-elect on Dec. 13, after the Supreme Court reversed a decision by the Florida Supreme Court to allow manual recounts of ballots in some Florida counties, contending that such a partial recount violated the Constitution's equal protection and due process guarantees. With Florida in his column, Bush won the presidency with 271 electoral votes, just one more than he needed, although he lost the popular vote by half a million. The divided 5–4 Supreme Court decision generated enormous controversy, with critics asserting that the Supreme Court, and not the electorate, had effectively determined the outcome of the presidential election.
The existence of Hezbollah has kept the Israeli Defence Force out of Lebanon, thereby enabling the country to be put back on it’s feet. Due to pressure by the Israelis and support from the USA the Syrian army was made to return to their own country. We now see why the Syrians were forced to leave the country - to make it easier for the Israeli aggression.
The taking of an IDF hostage in the Gaza strip led to the death of 19 palestinians the following day. Hezhollah made a similar bid by taking hostages to gain the release of thousands of palestinians.
The Israeli government, fully supported by the White House have used their overwhelming strength to virtually destroy Southern Lebanon.
The Israeli government, fully supported by the White House have used their overwhelming strength to virtually destroy Southern Lebanon.
One of the first actions of the present incumbent in the White House was to put Hezbollah and Hamas on the list of terrorist organisations after the Pro-Israel Lobby appeared in front of the White House. (They have a multi-storey building in Washington D.C., but in order to qualify for a lobbying organisation appeared in front of the White House ! ) This listing of Hamas and Hezbollah was followed the next day by the destruction of Gaza City Airport -( bulldozed ) and the destruction of the security building and two helicopters belonging to the Palestinian Authority.
The Pro-Israel Lobby is a very powerful organisation and gives funds to it’s preferred candidates when contesting elections in the USA. They fund Democrat and Republican candidates. If they forget to show their appreciation for help with funding of their campaigns they are quickly opposed in subsequent elections thereby losing their position in government. This explains why politicians are very wary about criticising actions in Israel, despite the continuing death toll. Suicide bombers are a fairly recent development when all other means of obtaining a satisfactory solution to their problems through the United Nations failed. The vast majority of UN resolutions relating to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict are vetoed by the USA.
4th Link - Ariel Sharon orders destruction of Gaza City Airport
Information Link - Guardian Unlimited - the 1982 events leading up to the Sabra/Shatila refugee camp massacres, over 2000 killed in a 3 day killing spree
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.......Earlier this year Sharon was quoted as regretting his failure to kill Arafat in Beirut. Not for want of trying - dozens of buildings were destroyed, hundreds of people killed. The events of 1982 hardened ordinary Arabs, I think, to the idea that Israel would use planes, missiles, tanks and helicopters to attack civilians indiscriminately, and that neither the US nor the Arab governments would do anything to stop it......... (Despite the incapacity of Ariel Sharon little has changed)
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.......Earlier this year Sharon was quoted as regretting his failure to kill Arafat in Beirut. Not for want of trying -
The compiler of this page had a brother killed in 1948 along with 97 others in the King David Hotel and 6 RAF spitfires on photo reconnaissance. This article is in no way anti-semitic and the author only wishes that more of the Jewish diaspora would speak out at some of the atrocities that have taken place in this Middle East theatre.
One of the ways that Jews throughout the world could show some campassion for those that were murdered in the Sabra/Shatila refugee camps would be a donation c/o the United Nations for a permanent memorial to those that died in those 3 terrible days. On “holocaust day” in the UK no mention was made of that episode.
The present actions being taken in Lebanon are a potent reminder of the hostilities between these two neighbouring countries. Since Hezbollah took responsibility for the security of the Lebanese border the state of Lebanon has been able to rebuild itself and bring back it’s atmosphere of former days; witness the number of foreign nationals that are now being taken out of the country before even more destruction takes place.
The present actions being taken in Lebanon are a potent reminder of the hostilities between these two neighbouring countries. Since Hezbollah took responsibility for the security of the Lebanese border the state of Lebanon has been able to rebuild itself and bring back it’s atmosphere of former days; witness the number of foreign nationals that are now being taken out of the country before even more destruction takes place.
Is it not strange that Israel can be supplied with arms and other military hardware from the USA yet we are given the message that Hezbollah should not be supplied with similar weapons for defence from Iran and Syria ? Why is it always assumed that only countries supported by the USA can hold weapons ? It is a bogus argument specifically designed to convince us that Hezbollah are up to no good. With their help Lebanon has been able to rebuild. This hardly sounds like a terrorist organisation, more a resistance organisation against any hostile neighbours.
The following point must be made in order that Americans can see what is actually going on in their country. The Jewish population in the USA amounts to 2%. Israel benefits to the tune of Billions of Dollars each and every year - in other words, 98% of non-Jews (US tax payers) support the state of Israel. Surely if Israel is supported by the Americans the least they can do is to live up to the standards of Americans and not abuse their power. It is said that “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. It is time for the American people to put pressure on the incumbent in the White House to stop the carnage that is taking place, simply because certain members in the above organisations don’t see any problem in killing Arabs. Witness the deaths of 1000’s of civilians and US military personnel in Iraq.
Iraq played no part in the destruction of the World Trade Centre yet here we are witnessing hundreds of deaths on a daily basis. It’s time that Americans spoke out and brought a quick end to the troubles in the Middle East, many of which are of our own doing. It should be remembered that Ariel Sharon was a member of the Stern Gang in 1948 (terrorist) so we would suggest that it is time to call a halt.
God Bless America - God Bless Lebanon - God Bless Israel. It is time that the Palestinians got a fair deal. Daniel Baremboim has shown that Arabs and Israelis can work together.
Iraq played no part in the destruction of the World Trade Centre yet here we are witnessing hundreds of deaths on a daily basis. It’s time that Americans spoke out and brought a quick end to the troubles in the Middle East, many of which are of our own doing. It should be remembered that Ariel Sharon was a member of the Stern Gang in 1948 (terrorist) so we would suggest that it is time to call a halt.
God Bless America -
Conclusion
Note: The rockets from Hezbollah into Israel (Haifa) were fired after the IDF invasion.
In 1967 the USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli Forces by air and sea.
34 crew died and 172 were wounded, many permanently disfigured.
34 crew died and 172 were wounded, many permanently disfigured.
A book was written about the incident but pressure was put on the publisher not to go to print - see links (left) for info.
(Excerpt) ....AIPAC has an estimated 50-60,000 active supporters, and the Jewish communities nationally have several hundred thousand more who follow the news, write letters and make phone calls to editors and reporters, and attend meetings where Middle East issues are addressed. They constitute a tremendous and effective flak machine that greatly constrains free speech and the scope of debate in this country. (USA)
As one illustration, when one of the officers injured in the Israeli attack on the Liberty, James Ennes, published a book on the case in 1980-- The Assault on the Liberty --he was under immediate and steady attack from Israeli officials, AIPAC, the Anti-Defamation League, and the grass roots activists, who would not tolerate a challenge to the official lie that the Liberty attack had been a mere unfortunate "error" and that there had been a major cover-up. Hecklers at his speeches called him a liar and anti-Semite, and when Ennes was announced as a guest on a talk show in San Francisco, the station got 500 protesting letters, and the show was inundated by hostile phone calls, including threats of physical harm to the author. His book became hard to get as his publisher, Random House, backed away from it.
