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As part of evaluating the competitive landscape of the popularity of nations, in a process referred to in marketing circles as ‘place branding,’ Israel, to no one’s great surprise, comes up short in brand likability, ranking last out of 35 nations included in an August 2006 survey conducted by nation branding expert Simon Anholt, even less attractive to respondents than Indonesia, Estonia, and Turkey. (Read more…)

Anti-Zionism is getting itself embedded in American culture. yourdictionary.com has anti-Israel “examples” for words such as “Occupation,” “Ethnic Cleansing” and “Apartheid.” For “Jew” the obnoxious verb form is given first. The word “anti-Semitism” or “antisemitism” is not in this dictionary at all. Tell them what you think. Write to admin@lovetoknow.com
Additional details, examples and contact info:
Internet: Devil’s dictionary of online Israel hate (URL: http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000583.html)

Every four years, the world waits with great anticipation for the start of the next Olympic Games. Meanwhile, another world game has been going on for almost two millennia. It all started with the traditional attitude of the Church toward Jews as the “killers of the Saviour” which provided a pretext for traditional anti-Semitism in Europe and America. However, the true reason for anti-Semitism has always been a financial one. Even the early Christians, in spite of persecution by the Romans, wanted to disassociate themselves from their Jewishness mainly in order to avoid paying the humiliating additional tax that the Romans imposed on Jews after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.

Later, any local king, baron, knight or abbot could kill, rob and displace Jews without fear of any retribution and with feeling of moral superiority promoted by the Church. Many royals borrowed heavily from the Jews in the past in order to maintain their lavish lifestyle or conduct wars. In return, existence under royal protection was offered to Jews, but often the debt was annulled and Jewish communities were forced to leave their homes.

England expelled Jews long before the Inquisition. In the beginning of the 14^th century, the king of France, Philippe Le Bel, cancelled his debt to the Jews. The expulsions of Jews all over Europe were often accompanied by confiscation of their properties as well. The Church found this enterprise quite profitable during the time of the Inquisition.

At least in the middle ages Jews were allowed to leave and face danger in foreign lands! The Nazis and their willing ‘dogs’ in many countries were not satisfied by just making themselves rich with confiscated Jewish properties; they needed Jewish blood!

During the 1930s the United State congress unleashed anti-Communist propaganda, which coincided with the governmental ‘tolerance’ toward the rise of anti-Semitism and racism. Fascist and racist organizations like the KKK flourished! Jews were branded as war-mongers for their anti-Fascist position and were scared of governmental and mob reprisal. The US denied shelter to Jewish refugees from Europe, even to those who had entry visas. At the same time, the trade with fascist Germany and Italy thrived and goods from American steel to IBM computers were sold to “defenders against Communism”. Morality and decency were discarded and replaced by the corporate bottom line!

Since the birth of the modern Zionist movement, a new game has been invented: “It is all about money (actually oil), stupid!” The British government promised support for the creation of the Jewish state in Palestine during the WW1. In 1922, almost immediately after the League of Nations gave control over the Palestinian mandate to Britain, in order to facilitate the creation of the Jewish state, 77% of Jewish land was ceded to Muslims in exchange for the control of oil in Kirkut. At the same time the Sinai Peninsula was given to Egypt in order to gain lucrative control of Suez Canal.

Some Jews still have a warm feeling about US support for Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union. I am one who benefited from this policy. Was it an altruistic gesture made by the United States on behalf of Soviet Jewry or a well calculated and planned collusion by enemies? Couldn’t it be that the ‘outrageous’ demands to allow Jews to be able to leave the USSR permitted the continuation of the charade of the Cold war? This war, which divided the world on spheres of economic and political influence and more importantly arm trade! The USSR had been supplying arms to world revolutionaries, to most Arab countries and India, and the US were in charge of Israel and the rest of the ‘free world’. Every state of the world was paranoid and paralysed by fear. All of them were buying weapons! During this game, for almost 12 years, the Soviets ‘graciously’ allowed Jews to leave the Soviet Union with nothing!

During the last few years, we can see Russia under president Putin has been re-establishing the same ‘balance of power’ with minimal (or even no) ‘resistance’ from the USA. As they say: “The game must go on!”

Over two millennia Jews have become used to enraged religious fanatics; to enrich local rulers by borrowing from or robbing Jews; to divert public opinion and the anger of the mob from the failure of the ruling class or government. What is absolutely amazing is that all religious and political spectrums did it; Christians, Muslims, Capitalists, Fascists and godless Communists have been quite skilfully playing this game of robbing and killing Jews!

Contrary to the common misconception that “we (Jews) can’t do anything about it”, it has only happened because throughout history, after the trauma Jews suffered during the destruction of the Temple and expulsion from Judea and Samaria, we have remained paralysed victims and, after hundreds of years of indoctrination, many Jews started to believe to the lies of our enemies that we are at fault. We did not organise our own defence even when we had sufficient numbers to crush our enemies because we always were made feel as strangers in the strangers’ land and feared the reprisal of our enemies.

After 60 years of the independence of the Jewish state, it is time to shake off this subservient mentality and not just ask but demand the due respect from others and proudly obtain full ownership of the land of our ancestors. (by Steven Shamrak)

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Not a single one was free. “Jews but no Muslims at Racism Conference,” from The Jewish Chronicle, June 27:

The first conference to compare antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe was held in London this week — but without any Muslim speakers.

Now, we all now that it’s only the “radical” Muslims who exhibit animosity and intolerance towards Jews; so why did Muslim academics—they who most insist that Islam teaches “coexistence” and “dialogue”—eschew this opportunity? Perhaps they didn’t want to discuss the “differences,” the main one being well represented by the Greek words “anti” (-Semitism) and (Islamo-) “phobia”: the former denoting general opposition to something, the latter, fear of something.

The aim of the conference, held at University College, was to explore the “connections, commonalities and differences between” antisemitism and Islamophobia from both geographical and historical perspectives.

A worthy and objective endeavor—the latter element perhaps being behind Muslim reticence to participate?

But the organisers failed to find any Muslim academics who were free to participate.

Key word: “free.” To be sure, many a Muslim, academic or otherwise, is not “free to participate” in any number of things.

Co-organiser James Renton, senior lecturer at Edge Hill and honorary research fellow in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCL, said: “It surprised me, as we put things together, how really tough it was to find people working in this area doing academic research. There were Muslims who wanted to come on board but they couldn’t, for one reason or another.

Brother words to “couldn’t”—“wouldn’t” and “shouldn’t”—would have probably better captured the meaning here. (From: Dhimmi Watch)

Marriott Hotel in Cairo canceled the reservations of former Egyptian Jews who had wanted to visit because of incitement stirred up by false reports.

Marriott hotels in USA have not reacted to the news in any way. Is your Marriott reservation going to canceled next?

Read all about it and tell Marriott what you think:

http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000555.html.

As President Evo Morales steers Bolivia in an increasingly socialist direction and closer to allies Venezuela and Iran, growing numbers of Bolivian Jews — young and old — see their future outside of the country. (JTA)

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