If you are going to take a side at lease be smart and get the facts right, don't just read whats here but get out there and search for the truth get the facts not just what FOX, MSNBC, CNN and so on tell you. I was always told that power true power is knowledge and that can not be taken from you.


Untermensch Syndrome: Israel's Moral Decay
The labeling as anti-Semitic of anyone critical of the state of Israel's policies in the continued destruction of Palestinian identity and the increasing domination into American foreign policy no longer has the sting of threat or intimidation it once mastered. For too long this masquerade has been used to silence those opposing anything Israel, shouted at anyone disseminating truth and seeking justice. Like the boy who cried wolf, this charade has lost its power or hypnotic control, and today only serves to breed more anger and resentment against the apologists and smear mongers protecting the cancerous tentacles of Zionism and the crimes against humanity it spawns.


Birth Pangs or Death Throes?
Why Do They Hate Us? Listen to Qana (Again)
By JONATHAN COOK
This link is a must see.


A Lawless World: How Israel Gets Away with Murder
by Rodrigue Tremblay
July 31, 2006

"I think it would be a mistake to ascribe moral equivalence to civilians who die as the direct result of malicious terrorist acts, [and those who died because of] Israel's military action." John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
"I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defense Forces of a U.N. Observer post in southern Lebanon," Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-general
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for the good people to do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) British statesman

The list of war crimes and of crimes against humanity perpetrated by the government of Israel is very long and getting longer by the day.
The last series of crimes took place when Israel, a country of 6 million people, bombed the population of Lebanon, in mid-July 2006, using artillery-fired cluster munitions in populated areas of Lebanon, a more or less defenseless country of 3.8 million people. It is well known that cluster munitions cannot be used in populated areas without huge loss of civilian life. The organization Human Rights Watch believes that the use of cluster munitions in populated areas may violate the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks contained in international humanitarian law. Also, Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud has accused Israel of using phosphorous bombs and laser bombs against civilians and children, in its attacks against Lebanon.
In Lebanon, Israeli military forces have been bombing villages, homes, apartment buildings, bridges, highways, -firing at buses and ambulances and at Red Cross medics, and even deliberately murdering United Nations observers, in a demonstrable example of disproportionate and criminal use of military force.
No argument of self-defense could ever be evoked to justify such widespread killing and destruction. The right of self-defense does not allow a country to use the pretext of small border skirmishes to launch an all-out asymmetrical war of aggression against a weaker country. This was the argument used by Nazi Germany to attack other countries, such as Norway and Poland, in the late 1930's.
That argument was rejected by the Nuremberg Tribunal, which proclaimed anew the 1837 Caroline Clause of international law, that reserves the right of self-defense only to situations when the requirements of self-defense are "overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," and the act of self-defense "must be limited by that necessity, and kept clearly within it." In order words, the exercise of the right of self-defense must meet the double test of urgent necessity, i.e. when there is an impossibility of negotiations and other methods to resolve a conflict, and of proportionality, i.e the military means deployed must be proportional to the pending threat.
Nevertheless, contrary to all evidence, the U. S. Congress, in an obvious move to circumvent the U.S. Arms Export Control Act which makes it an obligation for foreign countries receiving weapons from the U. S. to use them solely for defensive purposes or to maintain internal security, voted a resolution, on July 20, 2006, proclaiming that Israel was using weapons for "defensive purposes." In the Senate, the vote was unanimous; in the House, the vote was 410 to 8.
At Nuremberg, in 1946, the American government, through its chief prosecutor, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, took the following position: "Our position is that whatever grievances a nation may have, however objectionable it finds the status quo, aggressive warfare is an illegal means for settling those grievances or for altering those conditions." In other words, a war of aggression is never permissible under international law. [By the way, such observations also apply to the Bush-Cheney administration and its war of aggression in Iraq. This is a question that I will cover in a special article next week.]
As recently as 1981, the United States government, under President Ronald Reagan, reaffirmed its commitment to international law and to the validity of the Caroline Clause as a firmly established element of international law. Indeed, on June 7, 1981, when Israel launched a strike against Iraq's Tamuz 1 reactor that was under construction, this was an example of an unlawful act of preventive war, forbidden by the Caroline Clause. On June 19, 1981, with American support, Resolution 487 of the U.N. Security Council was adopted unanimously. It condemned Israel because it considered that its unilateral move endangered peace and was contrary to international law, besides being a clear violation of the Charter of the United Nations. The fact that the Bush-Cheney administration does not follow in President Reagan's footsteps, and has condoned the Olmert's government decision to bomb and invade Lebanon indicates how extreme and lawless the current American administration is.
The United Nations Charter has also incorporated this jurisprudence about international self-defense, in its article 51, which affirms a country's "inherent right of individual or collective self-defense" against a major armed attack, but only until the Security Council has taken measures to restore peace and security. In other words, under traditional international law (Caroline Clause), under the standard of the Nuremberg Tribunal and under the U. N. Charter, the right of self-defense cannot be used as a pretext to launch an unlimited open war against another country. The argument used by the Olmert Israeli government to launch a war of destruction against the sovereign country of Lebanon, after a relatively minor border skirmish, is a red herring that would most likely be rejected by a court of law.
Because of all of this, allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Israeli government are serious and cannot be dismissed out of hand. They are numerous, well-documented and very compelling. It is a fair assessment that Israeli leadership could be brought before an international tribunal and accused of violating international law and humanitarian law. Indeed, articles 48, 51 and 57 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions make it a crime to carry indiscriminate attacks against a civilian population. That is precisely what the Israeli government has done against the civilian population of Lebanon, resulting in as many as 600 civilian deaths, one third of them children.
In Gaza, the Israeli army has also destroyed power stations and has imposed a blockade on the civilian population, depriving them of the means of subsistence. In other words, Israel has turned Gaza into an open-sky prison for its inhabitants. In Lebanon, the Israeli army has pummeled the civilian airport of Beirut, and destroyed roads, bridges, power and water supply stations all over the country. Both instances represent deliberate destruction of civilian economic infrastructures and are in direct violation of article 54 of the 1977 additions to the Geneva Conventions and are considered war crimes.
Moreover, let us keep in mind that Israel is a repeat delinquent in its propensity to attack and kill civilians. -That worsens its case. For example, on April 18, 1996, the Israeli government of Shimon Peres launched rockets and bombs on a United Nations camp, in Cana, a village located southeast of the Lebanese city of Tyre, killing 106 people, and injuring 116, among them four United Nations soldiers seriously hurt. Incredibly, Cana is the same Lebanese village that the Israelis destroyed a second time, on Sunday, July 30, 2006, slaughtering 56 people, at least 34 of them children. -In 1996, this was no accident as it was no accident either in 2006. In both cases, the world was witnessing murderous crimes against humanity.
History repeats itself. -In 1996, after U.N. Secretary-General B. Boutros-Ghali said he was shocked and horrified at Israel's shelling of the United Nations post, the Bill Clinton administration rebuked him. Soon afterwards, the Clinton administration made it known that it opposed the reelection of Boutros-Ghali for a second term. -In 2006, the Bush-Cheney administration blocked a U. N. resolution of blame against Israel for its killing in Lebanon. In fact, both George W. Bush and Ehud Olmert laughed at U. N. Secretary General Kofi Annan when he called for a stop to the killing. Now that Mr. Annan has denounced the recent acts of Israeli rampage, it is to be expected that the Bush-Cheney administration will do its utmost to undermine his authority,.
Regarding these more recent Israeli killings of civilians in Lebanon, the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and former Canadian Supreme Court Justice, Louise Arbour, has said: "... under international criminal law, [those responsible] may incur personal criminal responsibility for these actions." -But, as a law professor put it, "In my opinion, yes, there appear to have been war crimes committed [in Lebanon] related to civilians, but the reality is there won't be any prosecutions." Indeed, neither Israel nor Lebanon is a party to the new International Criminal Court and it is improbable that the U. N. Security Council would exercise its power to refer cases to it because of the expected opposition and veto of the United States. Indeed, the American government has been complicit to Israel's war crimes for a very long time, using its veto at the U. N. countless times.
That is the crux of the problem with international law: How to indict and punish the guilty parties of barbaric crimes against humanity, when they are in power?
On the one hand, it is obvious that those who plan and carry out acts of so-called stateless terrorism, that result in the killing of civilians are criminals who should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, once they are caught. The fact that such terrorists belong to illegal organizations and often hide in remote areas, should not place them out of reach of the law. On the other hand, it is also true that when established states engage in state terrorism and start murdering civilians, their leaders can be more easily identified and could ultimately be brought to justice.
It was easy to do so at the Nuremberg trials, for instance, because the Germans and the Japanese had been defeated and their leaders were in prison. But, what if the alleged war criminals are not in prison and are rather heavily armed, as it is clearly the case with Israeli politicians and generals? Moreover, what about a situation where they are protected and shielded from prosecution by powerful interests, such as the case with the Bush-Cheney administration when it protects Israeli politicians and military personnel from international prosecution?
Well, the world is not completely at the mercy of war criminals. The international community could begin by ostracizing the countries that have alleged war criminals as leaders, if such countries refuse to indict and judge them. Indeed, it has been proposed many times that countries or rogue states whose leaders do not respect any international standard of morality and who engage in crimes against humanity should be suspended or even excluded from the United Nations. At the very least, the General Assembly should pass a vote of blame against any country systematically violating the basic principles contained in the U. N. Charter, the principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or who engage in repeated violations of international and humanitarian law.
In the case of Israel, its very admission into the United Nations on May 11, 1949 (General Assembly resolution 273), was conditional to its respect of the obligations contained in the U. N. Charter and to its fulfillment of U. N. Resolution 194 of December 11, 1948, which calls for the Palestinian refugees to be able to return to their homes or be justly compensated.
In reality, the United Nations-and international law for that matter-have been paralyzed by article 27 of the U. N. Charter which creates a permanent right of veto for a few countries, a privilege that has been used and abused by some to prevent the U. N. from ensuring that the principles of its Charter be respected by its own members. -Article 27 of the U. N. Charter is an important source of instability and lawlessness in the world.
In its present form, the United Nations is in no position to exclude those countries that are guilty of not respecting its principles. Moreover, the absolute veto clause for some countries is responsible for the inability of the U. N. Security Council to take necessary and concrete measures "to maintain international peace and security," as called for in Article 51 of the U. N. Charter. -As human affairs go, however, the world would probably have to suffer a great cataclysm before proceeding with the needed reform of the world body and the establishment of a truly effective international criminal system.



ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE DAY
A Day of Mourning for Torah Faithful Jews
While the Zionists celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the so called “state” of Israel, the worldwide Jewish community faithful to the teachings of G-d and the Torah gather to commemorate this anniversary as a day of sorrow and tragedy. Our sorrow is demonstrated by the wearing of “sackcloth” and the flying of black flags of mourning.
The founding of the Zionist state is in direct contradiction to the teachings of the Torah which forbids the establishment of a Jewish state and commands Jews to remain in exile until released from that exile by G-d Himself, without any human intervention, at which time all Nations of the world will live together in peace. Two thousand years ago, at the time of the Temple’s destruction, the Jewish people were forbidden by the Creator (kesubos 111a)• To go up en masse to the land of Israel• To rebel against the nations• To in any way attempt to end the exileTorah faithful Jews are to behave in a civil, honest and grateful manner towards their hosts throughout the world.The Zionist intervention against G-d’s will by establishing the “state of Israel” represents an official rebellion against G-d and the Torah, a rebellion which has generated untold pain and suffering. On the anniversary of the founding of this heretical Zionist state, true Torah Jews mourn the attempt to transform Judaism from a religion into a secular entity and the attempt to uproot the Torah teachings. We mourn the tragedies it has produced:, desecration of the Sabbath, loss of modesty, and a litany of violations against many laws of our faith and Jewish teachings, amongst them the command of compassion for our fellow beings. The list goes on.We further mourn the deportation, subjugation, and oppression of the Palestinian people. The list goes on and on…..On the tragic day of this anniversary we fast and gather in Synagogues around the world, praying for a speedy, peaceful, and painless dismantlement of the heretical Zionist state of Israel. May we merit that this year will be the year all nations together, in the service of one G-d, can celebrate in a free Palestine and a free Jerusalem.



The Orthodox Jewish response to the criticism of the Iranian President
(statement for Al Q'uds Day)
28 October 2005
With the help of the Almighty.
Orthodox Jews the world over, are saddened by the hysteria which has greeted the recent stated desire of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to see a world free of Zionism. This desire is nothing more than a yearning for a better, more peaceful world. It is a hope that with the elimination of Zionism, Jews and Muslims will live in harmony as they have throughout the ages, in Palestine and throughout the world.
It is a dangerous distortion, to see the President’s words, as indicative of anti-Jewish sentiments. The President was simply re-stating the beliefs and statements of Ayatollah Khomeini, who always emphasized and practiced the respect and protection of Jews and Judaism. The political ideology of Zionism alone was rejected. President Ahmadinejad stressed this distinction by referring only to Zionism, not Judaism or the Jewish people, regardless of whether they reside in Palestine or else were.
We concur!!… Orthodox Jews have always prayed and till today, continually pray for the speedy and peaceful dismantling of the Zionist state. As per the teachings of the Torah, the Jewish law, the Jewish people are required to be loyal, upstanding citizens, in all of the countries where-in they reside. They are expressly forbidden to have their own entity or state in any form or configuration, in this Heavenly decreed exile. Furthermore, the exemplification of one-self, with acts of compassion and goodness, is of the essence of Judaism. To subjugate and oppress a people, to steal their land, homes and orchards etc. is of the cardinal sins, of the basics crimes, forbidden by the Torah.
We have long stood together with the suffering Palestinian people in their struggle for self determination and respect. Based on our religious teachings, we believe it is impossible that any lasting peace can be achieved, for so long as the state of Israel exists. It is towards this goal of true reconciliation that religious Jews strive; via Palestinian statehood, so that we can once again reside in harmony and brotherhood.
May we merit to see the fruition of our prayers. Ultimately we pray for the day when all mankind will recognize the One G-g and serve Him in harmony. May this come upon us in the near future. Amen. Rabbi Yisroel Dovid WeissNeturei Karta InternationalJews United Against Zionismwww.nkusa.org914-262-8342


Congratulations and Well-Wishes to Hamas from Neturei Karta International, Diaspora
27 January 2006

With the help of the Almighty Asaloom Aleikem
We are Neturei Karta International, representatives of the Torah abiding Jews throughout the world who stand true in their Torah observance and stand strong in their opposition to Zionism and the state of “Israel”.
As you may well know, we Torah Jews, have always stood in complete solidarity with the Palestinian people.
True to the precepts of the Torah, we have always acknowledged and accepted the Palestinian rule over the entire Palestine. Further, in accord with the Jewish teachings, whichever party and whichever system of government that the Palestinian people choose, was and is completely respected and accepted by us, the Jewish people.
Now, on the occasion of the recent elections that have taken place in Palestine, we join our brethren in Palestine, in humbly offering our blessings and congratulations to you leaders, followers, and supporters of the Hamas organization upon your success.
Torah true Jews have always been deeply pained by the suffering of the Palestinian people which has come about through the creation of the Zionist state – the state of “Israel” - the so-called “Jewish” state. This horrendous development is to the Torah Jews an unequaled tragedy and an extreme embarrassment, to say the least.
The Jewish people have been sent into exile close to two thousand years ago by a divine decree of the Almighty. In conjunction with this exile, He has commanded us, the Jewish people, to be loyal, law abiding, compassionate and peace-loving citizens, in every land wherein we reside.
Furthermore, we are to await patiently in exile, the revelation of the Almighty, when all mankind will recognize and serve Him together in harmony and joy. Any attempts to create our own state, in this our Heavenly decreed exile, is expressly forbidden. This prohibition is regardless of whether the land in which the state is to be created, is inhabited or desolate.
The subjugation, oppression and ultimate expulsion of a people in order to accomplish the goal of creating a state, only compounds the crime and sin, is expressly forbidden and is antithetical to all the concepts of Judaism.
The Zionists have ignored all the aforementioned. They, with brazen chutzpah rebelled against the Almighty and the laws of His Torah with the conception of the Zionist ideolegy and by creating and operating the state of “Israel.” They have expelled large numbers of Palestinian people and relentlessly and unremittingly subjugated and oppressed the remaining Palestinians and religious Jews throughout Palestine for nearly an entire century.
Therefore we declare our total opposition to Zionism and the state of “Israel”. We furthermore declare our total support and solidarity with you, the Palestinian people.
Leaders of Hamas, upon your elevation to the position of official representatives of the entire Palestinian people, we offer our blessing and a prayer to the Almighty:
MAY the Almighty guide you and bestow upon you His wisdom to enable you to lead the Palestinian nation according to His will.
MAY the Almighty unite the hearts of the Palestinian people to accept and embrace your leadership with love and good will.
MAY it be the will of the Almighty that we should merit to see the peaceful and speedy dismantlement of the Zionist entity - the state of “Israel” and the transformation of rule over the entire Holy Land, including of course Al-Quds, to its proper rulers, the Palestinian people. Then we can once again live according to the will of the Almighty, Arab and Jew as neighbors, as we have been doing for so many hundreds of years up until the inception of Zionism.
ULTIMATELY, MAY it be the will of the Almighty that the entire world merit in the near future, to behold the revelation of His glory, when all mankind will serve Him in joy and harmony, AMEN. Rabbi Yisroel Dovid WeissNeturei Karta International, USARabbi Ahron CohenNeturei Karta, UK



When will the bloodshed end?
July 19, 2006
Judaism dictates subservience to all nations
A message from Torah true Jews:
Please give us a moment of your time to consider the following information.
The Orthodox Jewish leadership and the Torah abiding Jews universally, have fought the ideology of Zionism and the State of “Israel”, since its inception and up until the present day.
What could be the reason for the most devout element of Jewish adherers, to be in such vehement opposition to such a seemingly “holy” and “Jewish” cause, as the State of “Israel”?
The Rabbis constantly declared that Judaism and Zionism are extreme opposites because...
Judaism is a G-dliness and spirituality, Zionism is its transformation into materialism with nationalistic aspirations. The fathers of this relatively new ideology of Zionism (approximately 100 years), have taken the Almighty out of the equation. The Rabbis further declared that Jews are forbidden to have a State of “Israel”, because…
The Jewish people were sent into exile by divine decree. They were then expressly commanded by the Almighty, not to attempt to leave their exilic existence through any human intervention. (Talmud, Tractate Kesuboth, p.111).
The Jewish people are forbidden to oppress another people. The creation of the State of “Israel” came about through, the theft from, subjugation and oppression of, the Palestinian people.
The Rabbis stated, that the State of “Israel” will result in unending pain, suffering and bloodshed. May the Almighty protect His creations.
The State of “Israel” does not speak in the name of Jews, they have stolen the name “Israel” from the Jewish people. Jews are commanded to be loyal citizens in every country in which they reside.
Zionism and the State of “Israel”, is the main cause of the exacerbation of anti Semitism universally.
The government of the illegitimate State of “Israel”, continually attempts to uproot the Torah and its statutes. They persistently oppress the Torah true Jews who reside in its borders.
We pray that all misery in the Holy Land shall come to an end, that Zionism, the root of the suffering, continue to fade from Jewish consciousness, to be replaced by the faith of Torah. Let us all pray for the speedy and peaceful dismantlement of the State of “Israel”. May we merit to see the day when all humanity will serve the Almighty in harmony and peace. Amen.


Israel’s Invasion Pretext Under Fire
by JOSHUA FRANK
As Lebanon continues to be pounded by Israeli bombs and munitions, the justification for Israel's invasion is treading on very thin ice. It has become general knowledge that it was Hezbollah guerillas that first kidnapped two IDF soldiers inside Israel on July 12, prompting an immediate and violent response from the Israeli government, which insists it is acting in the interest of national defense. Israeli forces have gone on to kill over 370 innocent Lebanese civilians (compared to 34 killed on Israel's side) while displacing hundreds of thousands more. But numerous reports from international and independent media, as well as the Associated Press, raise questions about Israel's official version of the events that sparked the conflict two weeks ago.
The original story, as most media tell it, goes something like this: Hezbollah attacked an Israeli border patrol station, killing six and taking two soldiers hostage. The incident happened on the Lebanese/Israel border in Israeli territory. The alternate version, as explained by several news outlets, tells a bit of a different tale: These sources contend that Israel sent a commando force into southern Lebanon and was subsequently attacked by Hezbollah near the village of Aitaa al-Chaab, well inside Lebanon's southern territory. It was at this point that an Israel tank was struck by Hezbollah fighters, which resulted in the capture of two Israeli soldiers and the death of six.
As the AFP reported, "According to the Lebanese police force, the two Israeli soldiers were captured in Lebanese territory, in the area of Aitaa al-Chaab, near to the border with Israel, where an Israeli unit had penetrated in middle of morning." And the French news site www.VoltaireNet.org reiterated the same account on June 18, "In a deliberated way, [Israel] sent a commando in the Lebanese back-country to Aitaa al-Chaab. It was attacked by Hezbollah, taking two prisoners."
The Associated Press departed from the official version as well. "The militant group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon, prompting a swift reaction from Israel, which sent ground forces into its neighbor to look for them," reported Joseph Panossian for AP on July 12. "The forces were trying to keep the soldiers' captors from moving them deeper into Lebanon, Israeli government officials said on condition of anonymity."
And the Hindustan Times on July 12 conveyed a similar account:
"The Lebanese Shi'ite Hezbollah movement announced on Wednesday that its guerrillas have captured two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon. 'Implementing our promise to free Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, our strugglers have captured two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon,' a statement by Hezbollah said. 'The two soldiers have already been moved to a safe place,' it added. The Lebanese police said that the two soldiers were captured as they 'infiltrated' into the town of Aitaa al-Chaab inside the Lebanese border."
Whether factual or not, these alternative accounts should at the very least raise serious questions as to Israel's motives and rationale for bombarding Lebanon.
MSNBC online first reported that Hezbollah had captured Israeli soldiers "inside" Lebanon, only to change their story hours later after the Israeli government gave an official statement to the contrary.
A report from The National Council of Arab Americans, based in Lebanon, also raised suspicion that Israel's official story did not hold water and noted that Israel had yet to recover the tank that was demolished during the initial attack in question.
"The Israelis so far have not been able to enter Aitaa al-Chaab to recover the tank that was exploded by Hezbollah and the bodies of the soldiers that were killed in the original operation (this is a main indication that the operation did take place on Lebanese soil, not that in my opinion it would ever be an illegitimate operation, but still the media has been saying that it was inside 'Israel' thus an aggression first started by Hezbollah)."
Before independent observers could organize an investigation of the incident, Israel had already mounted a grisly offensive against Lebanese infrastructure and civilians, bombing Beirut's international airport, along with numerous highways and communication portals. Israel didn't need the truth of the matter to play out before it invaded Lebanon. As with the United States' illegitimate invasion of Iraq, Israel just needed the proper media cover to wage a war with no genuine moral impetus.
Joshua Frank is the author of Left Out! How Liberals Helped Reelect George W. Bush and edits http://www.brickburner.org/