{"id":210866,"date":"2020-07-24T12:40:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T12:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210866"},"modified":"2020-07-28T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T06:43:00","slug":"the-last-zionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210866","title":{"rendered":"The Last Zionist"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gilad Atzmon \u2013 gilad.co.uk July 24, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Source: https:\/\/www.unz.com\/gatzmon\/the-last-zionist\/<\/a><\/h5>\n
In his book\u00a0Memories<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, the first Israeli PM and pragmatic early Zionist, David Ben Gurion writes about his early years in P\u0142o\u0144sk, Poland.<\/h5>\n
\u201cFor many of us, anti-Semitic feeling had little to do with our (Zionist) dedication. I personally never suffered anti-Semitic persecution. P\u0142o\u0144sk was remarkably free of it\u2026 There were three main communities: Russians, Jews and Poles. \u2026 The number of Jews and Poles in the city were roughly equal, about five thousand each. The Jews, however, formed a compact, centralized group occupying the innermost districts whilst the Poles were more scattered, living in outlying areas and shading off into the peasantry. Consequently, when a gang of Jewish boys met a Polish gang the latter would almost inevitably represent a single suburb and thus be poorer in fighting potential than the Jews who even if their numbers were initially fewer could quickly call on reinforcements from the entire quarter. Far from being afraid of them (the goyim), they were rather afraid of us (the Jews). In general, however, relations were amicable, though distant.\u201d (Memoirs: David Ben-Gurion (1970), p. 36)<\/h5>\n
Ben Gurion is very explicit when describing the balance of power between Jews and Poles in his town in the early days of the 20th century. \u201cFar from being afraid of them, they were rather afraid of us (the Jews).\u201d<\/h5>\n
Jews were indeed very powerful in Poland in the first years of the 20th century. The Jewish socialist party, the Bund, was a leading political force in the 1905 Revolution particularly in the Polish areas of the Russian empire. In the early stages of that Revolution, the Bund\u2019s military wing was the strongest revolutionary force in Western Russia.<\/h5>\n
The Vow,\u00a0the Bund\u2019s anthem<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t leave much room for imagination, it declared war and practically sentenced to death those who didn\u2019t fit with their political agenda:<\/h5>\n
\u201cWe swear our stalwart hate persists,<\/em>
\nOf those who rob and kill the poor:<\/em>
\nThe Tsar, the masters, capitalists.<\/em>
\nOur vengeance will be swift and sure.<\/em>
\nSo swear together to live or die!\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n
\u201cTo wage the holy war we vow,<\/em>
\nUntil right triumphs over wrong.<\/em>
\nNo Midas, master, noble now \u2013<\/em>
\nThe humble equal to the strong.<\/em>
\nSo swear together to live or die!\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n
The Bund was extremely confident of its power. In the autumn of 1933 it issued a call to the Polish public to boycott goods from Germany in protest of Hitler and the NSDAP. In December 1938 and January 1939, in the last Polish municipal elections before the start of WWII, the Bund received the largest segment of the Jewish vote. In 89 towns, one-third elected Bund majorities. In Warsaw, the Bund won 61.7% of the votes cast for Jewish parties, taking 17 of the 20 municipal council seats won by Jewish parties. In \u0141\u00f3d\u017a the Bund won 57.4% (11 of 17 seats won by Jewish parties).<\/h5>\n
We now know that this sense of victorious Jewish empowerment ended shortly after these elections. The East European and Polish Jewish communities suffered greatly during WWII. The Bund was completely wiped out during the war. For one reason or another and, as problematic as it may be for some, at least in the early stages of the war, some Poles, Ukrainians and other East European nationalists saw the Nazis as their \u2018liberators.\u2019 They apparently weren\u2019t blind to the reality that was depicted by Ben Gurion.<\/h5>\n
This sense of Jewish political and social empowerment that is portrayed in Ben Gurion\u2019s Memories and in the story of the Bund created a problematic pattern, as it clearly led to some tragic consequences.<\/h5>\n
In his conclusive work on the Holocaust, Jewish historian\u00a0David Cesarani<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0delved briefly into the work of the CV, (Centralverein deutscher Staatsb\u00fcrger j\u00fcdischen Glaubens \u2013 the central association of German citizens of the Jewish faith).<\/h5>\n
It would be a crude act of denial to fail to see the overwhelming similarity between the CV that was formed in 1893 and the likes of the ADL,\u00a0SPLC<\/strong><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0CRIF<\/span><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0the BOD<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0CAA<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Cesarani writes about the CV that it was formed \u201cto combat the lies propagated by anti-Semites and oppose them when they stood for election.\u201d Clearly,\u00a0Jeremy Corbyn<\/strong><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Bernie Sanders<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Cynthia McKinney<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0weren\u2019t the first politicians to be targeted by dedicated Jewish pressure groups. The CV was using the same tactics over a century ago.<\/h5>\n
Cesarani continues: \u201cover the next two decades, the CV proved quite effective: suing rabble rousers for defamation, funding candidates pledged to contest anti-Semitism, producing voluminous amounts of educational material about Judaism and Jewish life, and coordinating the activity of sympathetic non-Jews ashamed of prejudice within their communities.\u201d (Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949, David Cesarani pg.10)<\/h5>\n
Like the ADL and AIPAC in the USA, and the CAA in Britain, the CV saw its popularity amongst Jews grow rapidly. By 1926 more than 60.000 German Jews were amongst its members, however, there is a good reason to believe that the more popular the CV was amongst Jews, the less popular Jews and their politics were to Germans. We can observe that the ADL and CAA are not marching in virgin territory, there is historical documentation that points out that abrasive Jewish pressure politics have, in the past, helped lead to catastrophic consequences.<\/h5>\n
The\u00a0Jewish Virtual Library<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>produces a fascinating glimpse into the CV\u2019s activity. In 1934 when the Nazi Party was already in power, the Party made no attempt to conceal its anti Jewish sentiments, yet, the CV, apparently in a state of complete denial, ignored the political shift in Germany and continued to pursue its pressure politics.<\/h5>\n
Following is a report by the CV from 26 April 1934:<\/h5>\n
\u201cTo the Regional branches:
\nCentral Germany
\nRheinland\u2014Westfalia
\nNorthern Germany
\nHessen
\nEastern Westfalia
\nFriends from small and middle sized towns have recently complain that songs with coarse anti-Jewish texts are being sung brazenly and provocatively. We intend to officially approach the Reich Ministry and report all these incidents and to address a letter of the board to the SA Chief and Reich Minister Roehm and to the Prussian Secret State Police. A representative of the CV will also raise this matter with the Propaganda Ministry. We therefore ask to report as soon as possible: In what localities such songs are being sung. What songs are being sung. Who is doing the singing.
\n(signed) Rubenstein.\u201d<\/h5>\n
This type of a letter is familiar in its format and content from both\u00a0ADL<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0CAA<\/span><\/strong><\/a> press releases targeting popular artists, musicians and politicians.<\/h5>\n
The point I am trying to make should be obvious. Harassing, terrorising and abusing one\u2019s host nation into submission may produce some results in the short term, however, in the long run, it may not be the best way to fight anti Jewish sentiments. As Jewish history in general and the holocaust in particular prove, it may be the most dangerous path Jews can take.<\/h5>\n
\u2018History,\u2019 we are told, \u2018never repeats itself.\u2019 Yet, for one reason or another, we are all expected to draw the right lessons from Jewish history. We are to vow \u2018never again.\u2019 We are to pledge to fight racism and discrimination.<\/h5>\n
Most surprising then, that the Jews, at large, never learn from their own past. One wonders, what is it about the ADL, AIPAC, BOD, Crif, CAA and other Jewish organisations that set them on a political path that has proven to be catastrophic?<\/h5>\n
One possible answer is collective ignorance. It is reasonable to assume that many Jews do not know or understand their own history and instead concentrate, if at all, on Jewish suffering (the holocaust, the inquisition, rise in Antisemitism, pogroms, etc.) rather than attempting to grasp the chain of events that led to such unfortunate consequences. In other words, they fail to see the connection between bad behaviour and antisemitism. This may imply that if things, God forbid, turn sour for American Jewry tomorrow, Jews in the future will not examine the multiple disastrous headlines associated with some prominent American Jews and leading Jewish institutions. Accordingly, they will not see the negative impact of the bad behaviour of such characters as Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell , Ehud Barak, Les Wexner, Harvey Weinstein or George Soros. They will not see the need to examine, let alone explain, the vast over-representation of Jews on NYC\u2019s slumlord list or in America\u2019s worst Ponzi schemes. Jews won\u2019t look into the negative impact of the ADL or the SPLC. Nor will they dare dig into the disastrous impact of Israel and AIPAC on American Foreign Policy. Jews won\u2019t look into these for the same reasons that Jews work hard to prevent everyone, Jews included, from understanding the role of Jews and Jewish institutions in contributing to antisemitism in the Weimar republic or in 19th century Eastern Europe.<\/h5>\n
Another possible answer is that Jewish political institutions are very sophisticated and far more strategic than we are willing to admit. Perhaps The ADL, the CAA, AIPAC and other Jewish pressure groups actually fully understand Jewish history. They do understand the possible dangerous implications of their actions. However they genuinely believe that constant tension between Jews and their host nations is actually \u2018good for the Jews.\u2019 How could it be good for the Jews? It prevents assimilation and unnecessary intermingling. It enforces Jewish identification, it evidently reinforces the importance of Israel and promotes Jewish immigration to and support for the Jewish State.<\/h5>\n
Another possible answer is more fatalistic. In this Jews do not follow a \u2018strategic plan\u2019, nor they are \u2018blind to their past.\u2019 They simply can\u2019t do much about their destiny as they are shaped individually and collectively by a unique and persistent tribal cultural-spiritual paradigm. It is this tribal precept that sustains their clannish and exclusionist behavioural mode and also their affinity to biological determinist views.<\/h5>\n
I guess that it is this last answer that led to the birth of Zionist thought in the late 19th century. Zionism accepted that Jewish diaspora culture and attitude was deeply unhealthy. Early Zionists agreed amongst themselves that it is Jews and their cultural code, rather than the so-called \u2018antisemites\u2019 who bring disasters on the Jews. Zionism vowed to \u2018civilise\u2019 the Jews by means of a \u2018homecoming\u2019. It promised to make them \u201cpeople like all other people.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Theodor Herzl (1860 \u20131904) the author of political Zionism who is regarded by Jews and Israelis as Zionism\u2019s forefather, didn\u2019t pull his punches in his attitude to Diaspora Jewry. \u201cThe wealthy Jews\u201d Herzl wrote, \u201ccontrol the world, in their hands lies the fate of governments and nations. They set governments one against the other. When the wealthy Jews play, the nations and the rulers dance. One way or the other, they get rich.\u201d Theodor Herzl, Deutsche Zeitung 4 min\u2019 47 sec\u2019 in the following Hebrew video:<\/h5>\n