Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has established what is being called a “command post” in New York City and has issued formal orders to diplomats across the world, particularly in North America, about the government’s goal to delegitimize yesterday’s report by the UN’s Human Rights Council.
The report, detailing the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara aid ship on May 31, ruled that the killings of nine aid workers were “clearly unlawful” and described the strategy as “consistent with summary executions.”
While the report appears largely in keeping with media reports of the incident worldwide, they run afoul of the official Israeli government story, which portrays the Israeli soldiers as brave heroes and the aid workers as “terrorists.” Israel’s government has been quick to angrily condemn the report as “bias” and part of a broader plot against them.
Yet while the report says there was clear evidence of violation of the Geneva Conventions by Israeli soldiers, the story itself seems to have relatively little traction in the media and Israeli efforts to mobilize what Israeli news site Ynet called a “coordinated response by all Jewish organizations” seems likely to prolong the story, much as their attempts to publicly denounce the Goldstone report as an affront and its author, a Jewish judge from South African, as a rabid anti-semite, brought that story a lot more attention than the report’s actual release did.
Turkey for its part praised the release and said that they hoped long-time ally Israel would learn to “act in line with” international law. Eight of the nine slain aid workers were from Turkey, while the other was from the US. US officials have praised the Israeli raid and have yet to comment on the UN release, but will almost certainly use it as an excuse to condemn Turkey.
All they are continuing to 'delegitimize' is whatever tenuous…if any…claims to 'sanity' that the Zionist entity can make.
The anti-semite canard has been trotted out so often that it really has no meaning anymore. It's just another empty burned out husk of a phrase that's been consumed, digested, excreted, recycled and re-consumed so many times that it bears little resemblance to anything approaching reality.
The UN human rights council has only ever condemned Israel.
Liveload is right. The 'anti-semite' card is well worn. However, in the west (america) it still plays well and is a trump card in the political arena. Consider how quickly the career of Helen Thomas was terminated. One slip of the tongue (letting a little truth slip out) is all that is necessary in america to bring one's political or media career to and abrupt and ugly end.
Nothing else compares to the power of the 'anti-semite' label. There are politicians in america both for and against obama's health care plan, both for and against free trade, both for and against gay rights, both for and against abortion, etc. All of these issues are considered political hot points. However, none of these issues has the power to destroy a political career. That is the unique realm of the 'chosen'. They are the ones with the power to destroy careers without investigation, argument, or the opportunity to put up a defense. They simply play the card and the problem politician is summarily run out of town.
There are only two types of american politicians: The 'chosen' and their sympathisers make up the first easily distinguishable group. People like Schumer, Feinstein, Lieberman, Levin, Boxer, etc. for obvious reasons. Palin and McCain are good examples of sympathisers. They support israel, but can't formulate a coherent rationale as to why. There are many, many others as well. Combined with this detestible group, there are the sell-outs (traitors), such as Jane Harmon, who aren't "in", but do it for the money.
The other type is the american politician who is afraid of the 'chosen'. This type knows full well the kind of destruction that can be wrought against him simply on account of an utterance that the 'chosen' don't agree with. Such an utterance need not be hate-filled or generally malicious. All that is required is a disagreement with the israeli political position. The label will stick like glue with the willing assistance of the israel worshiping american media. This second group are not necessarily israeli sympathisers. Rather, they are acting out of an awareness of the 'third rail' of american politics and refuse to approach it regardless of how much damage america must endure as a result.
As long as this condition persists, there will be no peace for america. Even a Libertarian or Tea Party administration, based upon what their positions on israel are, would make no meaningful difference. With its masters in tel aviv calling the shots and essentially governing america by proxy, the future is bleak. The 'chosen' will never run out of enemies and existential threats. Therefore, america will never be relieved of its 'obligation' to sacrifice its young men, its wealth, its tecnologies (especially military), its way of life (liberties lost to security measures), and control over its own destiny.