Boycott Israel by Neve Gordon

Boycott Israel

By Neve Gordon

August 20, 2009

Neve Gordon: An Israeli comes to the painful conclusion that it's the only way to save his country.

Well, at least he is being honest about his article not having altruistic basis. It is about him - the settler Jew - and how to save 'his country' from worldwide condemnation for its bestiality! It is also worth noting how the Amerian settler Jew does his best not to disclose that he is an American Ashkenazi Jew, but prefers to call himself 'Israeli'.

Neve Gordon: Israeli newspapers this summer are filled with angry articles about the push for an international boycott of Israel. Films have been withdrawn from Israeli film festivals, Leonard Cohen is under fire around the world for his decision to perform in Tel Aviv, and Oxfam has severed ties with a celebrity spokesperson, a British actress who also endorses cosmetics produced in the occupied territories. Clearly, the campaign to use the kind of tactics that helped put an end to the practice of apartheid in South Africa is gaining many followers around the world.

Aha! The settler American Ashkenazi Jew is clever. He sees the train coming! He feels compelled to join the movement against his apartheid state, since the writing is clear on the wall and the smart settler also knows which way the wind is blowing and that is the way he is headed!

Neve Gordon: An Op-Ed article on Thursday supporting a boycott of Israel said that the organization Oxfam had severed ties with one of its celebrity spokespersons, a British actress who also endorsed cosmetics produced in the occupied territories. Oxfam has not severed ties with the actress, who is American, not British. —

Astounding! The settler American Jew never discloses that he is an American Jew and yet he wasted precious time making sure that people knew what the nationality of the actress was? Hilarious! He also wants to make sure that people know that the actress has not been punished by Oxfam; which is to say that the Amerian Jew's 'state' has not yet been harmed by the episode.

Neve Gordon: Not surprisingly, many Israelis -- even peaceniks -- aren't signing on. A global boycott can't help but contain echoes of anti-Semitism. It also brings up questions of a double standard (why not boycott China for its egregious violations of human rights?) and the seemingly contradictory position of approving a boycott of one's own nation.

Hilarious! Palestine is not the American settler Jew's 'own nation' but stolen by brute force. Interesting how so similar this man is to Uri Avnery: both invoke the holocaust, both do their best to protect 'their nation' by comparing it to other evil nations. Amazing that this settler Jew is attempting in this article to come across as the 'good Jew' who is willing to come forward and speak for truth and justice. Do you see how he is already near tears that 'his nation' is being singled out for condemnation and therefore the criticism is not against the Jews' brutality against the colonized Palestinians but because they are Jews? How long will the world tolerate these crybabies who are murdering Arabs by the thousands - and even by the millions (since Iraq war is for the benefit of and at the behest of Jewry). What I also find astounding is how these settler Jews garner the position of 'professor' with apparently such flawed logic?

Neve Gordon: It is indeed not a simple matter for me as an Israeli citizen to call on foreign governments, regional authorities, international social movements, faith-based organizations, unions and citizens to suspend cooperation with Israel. But today, as I watch my two boys playing in the yard, I am convinced that it is the only way that Israel can be saved from itself.

It is indeed as expected that the American Jew would not speak of his dual nationalty. He never brings up his American passort but it is guaranteed that it would come in very handy if the life style the settler American Jew living on stolen Arab land were to be diminished; if the American taxpayers were to demand that their tax dollars should first take care of the their own country's poor instead of some arrogant and belligerent state -thousands of miles away -stuck like a dagger in the heart of the Arab region.

Neve Gordon: I say this because Israel has reached a historic crossroads, and times of crisis call for dramatic measures. I say this as a Jew who has chosen to raise his children in Israel, who has been a member of the Israeli peace camp for almost 30 years and who is deeply anxious about the country's future.

This American settler Jew is unleashing a lot of crap! He - the American Jew- had the luxury of leaving America and decided that he was more comfortable to live among 'the chosen' and he is raising his children born on stolen Arab land. The Palestinian refugees who live in squalid and shocking environment do not have the choice to go back to their own land to live. How this settler American Jew had the audacity to speak of having made a choice to live on stolen Arab land is beyond reprehensible. But it would take this settler Ashkenazi Jew only seconds to make up his mind to stampede back to the USA if life on stolen Arab land were not so comfy - with swimming pools and Asian minds - thanks to the American taxpayers' money flowing in his direction!

Neve Gordon: The most accurate way to describe Israel today is as an apartheid state. For more than 42 years, Israel has controlled the land between the Jordan Valley and the Mediterranean Sea. Within this region about 6 million Jews and close to 5 million Palestinians reside. Out of this population, 3.5 million Palestinians and almost half a million Jews live in the areas Israel occupied in 1967, and yet while these two groups live in the same area, they are subjected to totally different legal systems. The Palestinians are stateless and lack many of the most basic human rights. By sharp contrast, all Jews -- whether they live in the occupied territories or in Israel -- are citizens of the state of Israel.

The settler Jew's statement about 'his state' being an apartheid state was not well received, including an uproar that demanded his termination from his teaching position. As you notice from my statements above, the settler Jew is not being benevolent; that fact that he felt entitled to arrive on stolen Arab soil, feeling entitled as a Jew does not portray him in good light. He, like the rest, is a predator, an opportunist. The uproar over nothing speaks volumes how Jews who go by 'Israelis' are so nervous that they would be huffing and puffing at the mention of their little 'state' negatively. That is because they have no basis for a valid arguement. None! And he is again being very opportunistic when he chose to speak up when the sound for boycott is loud and noisy. In essence, it is like he is buying an insurance policy. He advocates himself as the 'good Jew'; he writes books about Palestine but only about post-1948 and pre-1967 Palestine and he manages to peddle his book on Counterpunch.org. Palestine had been good to this man! No wonder that he -the white Jew- seems to be in panicky mode about losing all the great fortunes he had been entitled to at the expense of the indigenous people of color of the land.

Neve Gordon: The question that keeps me up at night, both as a parent and as a citizen, is how to ensure that my two children as well as the children of my Palestinian neighbors do not grow up in an apartheid regime.

Guaranteed that the white American settler Jew does not give a hoot about 'my Palestinian neighbors'. This settler has more options than most people of the world who have been destined to earn a $1 a day for the duration of their stay on the planet. This American Jew still is in possession of his American passport and he is on stolen Arab land by choice. If the settler American Jew were interested in the Palestinians' welfare, how about mentioning the millions of Palestinians living in different countries -not by choice? The good settler Jew has no interest in the Palestinians in the Diaspora, because that would make his 'Israel' too crowded with the wrong kind of crowd!

Neve Gordon: There are only two moral ways of achieving this goal.The first is the one-state solution: offering citizenship to all Palestinians and thus establishing a bi-national democracy within the entire area controlled by Israel. Given the demographics, this would amount to the demise of Israel as a Jewish state; for most Israeli Jews, it is anathema.

Interesting to watch the 'good Jew' as he giveth and as he taketh away! He did not say that was his choice; he only wanted to mention it because a lot of people are talking about it; but he mentioned it and then he run away fast! Funny! But he did mention how 'most Israelis' would not approve of it, but not he, the 'Good Jew'.

Neve Gordon: The second means of ending our apartheid is through the two-state solution, which entails Israel's withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders (with possible one-for-one land swaps), the division of Jerusalem, and a recognition of the Palestinian right of return with the stipulation that only a limited number of the 4.5 million Palestinian refugees would be allowed to return to Israel, while the rest can return to the new Palestinian state.

The good settler Jew states here that he would be glad for the Palestinians to retain 20% of their original land and International Jewry gets to keep 80%! Who would not go for this sort of division? The Good Jew makes a decision as to how many Palestinians can return to their own homeland while - he the alien American Jew - had no problem hopping on a plane headed towards stolen Arab Palestine. Who is to determine the number of 'limited number of the 4.5 million Palestinian refugees would be allowed to return'? But he already gave us a hint by the word 'limited'. Jews call this kind of arrogance 'chutzpah'! He -the alien- gets to decide the destiny of the original people of the land!

Neve Gordon: Geographically, the one-state solution appears much more feasible because Jews and Palestinians are already totally enmeshed; indeed, "on the ground," the one-state solution (in an apartheid manifestation) is a reality. Ideologically, the two-state solution is more realistic because fewer than 1% of Jews and only a minority of Palestinians support binationalism.

The settler American Jew is speaking from both ends of his mouth. He wishes to have his cake and eat it too. But his purpose for this article is to come across as the benevolent 'good Jew.' We all know the difference between 'ideologic' and 'realistic' and the verdict is often going to be 'realistic'. Why did the 'good Jew' then raise the 'ideologic' option? Well, remember, he is 'the good Jew' and that is the pattern of the 'good Jews'; they like to be liked while there is little to no difference between 'the good Jew' and 'the bad Jew' on the question of Palestine.

Neve Gordon: For now, despite the concrete difficulties, it makes more sense to alter the geographic realities than the ideological ones. If at some future date the two peoples decide to share a state, they can do so, but currently this is not something they want.

I laughed! The settler American Jew knows better than most that the chances of his supremacist 'chosen people' wanting to 'to share a state' with the 'un-chosen'. He -the American settler Jew- did not stampede all the way from America to stolen Palestine so that he could live the rest of his life with the 'lower class of people'. The lure to Palestine for this American Jew was to be surrounded by nothing but 'the chosen people'. He knows it and all his attempts at fooling the rest of us are futile.

Neve Gordon: So if the two-state solution is the way to stop the apartheid state, then how does one achieve this goal?

Funny! He brought up the one-state solution - only to pay lip service and finally settled down to business: Chosen people on one side (80%) and un-chosen people on another side (20%). Stopping the 'apartheid state' would be the last worries for this settler Jew, but rather the dismantling of this barbaric, satanic so-called 'state'.

Neve Gordon: I am convinced that outside pressure is the only answer. Over the last three decades, Jewish settlers in the occupied territories have dramatically increased their numbers. The myth of the united Jerusalem has led to the creation of an apartheid city where Palestinians aren't citizens and lack basic services. The Israeli peace camp has gradually dwindled so that today it is almost nonexistent, and Israeli politics are moving more and more to the extreme right.

Amazing how the settler American Jew has the chutzpah to speak of 'settlers'. Palestine would never see the day when International Jewry from all corners of the world stop stampeding in its direction. The gates of Palestine had been opened wide by the powerful nations of the earth in order to appease the incessant demands of world Jewry. It is like leaving the doors of a bank open and not to expect that burglars and thieves would not find it exciting to try their luck of walking away with loot. Why the pretense? The stampede of International Jewry to Arab Palestine would stop only when Arabs get united, find their strength and ward off any alien people stampeding in their direction. There is simply no other magic solution except for Arab unity and Arab strength.

Neve Gordon: It is therefore clear to me that the only way to counter the apartheid trend in Israel is through massive international pressure. The words and condemnations from the Obama administration and the European Union have yielded no results, not even a settlement freeze, let alone a decision to withdraw from the occupied territories.

Is this man an idiot? As long as International Jewry is backed by the US and the EU, there is not much hope of any attempts of isolating the 'Jewish State'. Money makes the world go round and as long as the malignant tumor manages to receive from the US and the EU what it loses through boycott, it would render the boycott a futile exercise. Americans need to be awakened that the little malignant tumor is at the heart of what ails the nation. Only then will the American people rise up to protect their interest and it may be the end of the 'Jewish state' as we know it. It may try to hoodwink the people of China and Japan but it would soon realize that there had never been a people as gullible as the American public. The awareness of the American public would most assurdly herald the end of organized Jewry's scheme to prove a better life for its kinds at the expense of the goyim.

Neve Gordon: I consequently have decided to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that was launched by Palestinian activists in July 2005 and has since garnered widespread support around the globe. The objective is to ensure that Israel respects its obligations under international law and that Palestinians are granted the right to self-determination.

Funny! It took the good settler American Jew four long years -48 months- to start seeing the light! No! He did not see the light. He is an opportunist and he does not want to find himself as the 'not the good Jew' by not making worthless but only symbolic gestures at justice. The good settler Jew knows that 'his state' could not be as alluring to him as it is now -with Asian maids and swimming pools- at the expense of people of color if 'his state' did not manage to keep the status quo. He does not come across as smart -judging from the way he writes- but neither is he totally stupid where he would be willing to swap his 'Jewish state' for a 'just state', if that means the elimination of all the perks that made him gravitate towards stolen Palestine and away from America. He no longer identifies with America nor does he even mention 'America'. Consider this article of his that has caused so much uproar just a typical article by the 'good Jews' whereby they find themselves speaking from both ends of their mouths. It is also worth noting how such a benign article had Jewry stewing with anger!

Neve Gordon: In Bilbao, Spain, in 2008, a coalition of organizations from all over the world formulated the 10-point Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign meant to pressure Israel in a "gradual, sustainable manner that is sensitive to context and capacity." For example, the effort begins with sanctions on and divestment from Israeli firms operating in the occupied territories, followed by actions against those that help sustain and reinforce the occupation in a visible manner. Along similar lines, artists who come to Israel in order to draw attention to the occupation are welcome, while those who just want to perform are not.

Does this guy believe that all goyim are really goyim? I can see through this peddler/settler American Jew's tactics. He wants the easier and gentler kind of boycott, not necessarily against his 'Jewish state proper' but against post-1967 theft. He manages in his head to distinguish between pre and post 1967 theft. Can this American settler Jew point to a single Palestinian that gave him permission to invade the Palestinians' land. Of course he can't! He arrived on Arab soil, luggage and all, because he knew he could! The Arabs have been weakened and international Jewry has the upper hand in all matters that touches the lives of Arabs. How on earth he went about composing this silly article is beyond the dignity of a so-called 'professor'.

Neve Gordon: Nothing else has worked. Putting massive international pressure on Israel is the only way to guarantee that the next generation of Israelis and Palestinians -- my two boys included -- does not grow up in an apartheid regime.

This man is so pretentious! His two sons would not grow up in 'apartheid regime' because surrounded by swimming pools and Asian maids they would never even get to know what an 'apartheid regime' is. The settler boys of his would grow up not experiencing the ravages and misery that their presence on stolen Arab soil has created upon the indigenous people of the land. This settler Ashkenazi American Jew needs to look in the mirror and realize that there is no reason or rhyme for him to be leeching off the Arab land except for him seeking a good life at the expense of people of color. He is indeed an opportunist. The mirror aught to tell him that he is as alien to the land as an Eskimo or a Zulu would be on the land of Palestine.

Neve Gordon is the author of "Israel's Occupation" and teaches politics at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba, Israel.

Yea, right, this is another way the settler American Jew had been maximizing his good fortune by peddling worthless books that speak only about post 1967 Palestine and NOTHING of all the horrors of how Palestine was stolen by International Jewry of which this American Jew - Neve Gordon -is a member.

latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-gordon20-2009aug20,0,1126906.story

With 'Good Jews' like Neve Gordon
who needs the bad ones?

A Palestinian activist was once asked what she thought of anti-Zionist Jews. She replied by saying that they were all wonderful, and then she added, "all fifteen of them'. I have quoted her many times before on this blog, because what she said resonates with me. I have demonstrated time and time again how the so-called 'progressive Jews' would swing to the right on the question of Palestine. They go by 'liberal Jews', 'progressive Jews', but scratch the surface, and laying underneath is a conniving Zionist Jew. My biggest problem about this World Jewry vs Arabs conflict has to do with the 'damage control' crowd, and they are many and they are organized. United for Peace and Justice comes to mind, commonly known as ufpj. They were more than willing to participate in anti-war activities against the Iraq war as long as their little malignant tumor was shielded from any implications for the war. Imagine, just imagine! That is why for the first three or four years of demonstrations that were held on the anniversary of shock and awe, all the banners read: No War For Oil. The Zionist state which is on record as being the main reason America was dragged into war was never mentioned. How sweet for the ufpj's.

There are some genuine anti-Zionist Jews, one of the best examples being Jeff Blankfort. The following is a memo that a Neve Gordon wrote and Jeff Blankfort comments on those statements. I have managed on my blog to expose so many others Jews like Neve Gordon: Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Michael Neumann, Tony Judt.

Neve Gordon: Despite Dershowitz's claims, I never compared Israelis to Nazis,

Jeff Blankfort: and why not? Is there no basis for making comparisons?

Neve Gordon: and I certainly am not a neo-Nazi or anti-Israeli

Jeff Blankfort: which, presumably, in Prof. Gordon's opinion, included those who deny Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.

Neve Gordon: Like Dershowitz, I am an American citizen, yet unlike him I have chosen to live in Israel

Jeff Blankfort: Is he chastising Dersh for not having chosen like the good Zionist, Gordon, to live in Israel and become another colonial settler?

Neve Gordon: and invest a large portion of my time struggling for social justice

Jeff Blankfort: as if the entire existence of Israel did not represent an attack on "social justice" .

Neve Gordon: I served in the Israeli paratroopers and was critically wounded defending the northern border.

Jeff Blankfort: How, we must ask, does Gordon's shedding of blood in defense of the Zionist enterprise fit in with his concept of 'social justice'?

Neve Gordon: Following the great Jewish tradition, I try, however modestly, to be critical of Israel whenever its policies violate principles of justice or human rights.

Jeff Blankfort: Is there a single second in Israel's existence when it has not violated the basic principles of justice and human rights as incorporated in international law?

Neve Gordon: Ironically, about two years ago Dershowitz invited me to contribute a chapter to a book he was editing called What Israel Means to Me. At that time he was not questioning my commitment to Israel. What, then, has led him to change his mind?

Jeff Blankfort: That's a good question. Clearly Prof. Gordon is committed as much as Dershowitz to preserving Israel's existence as a Jewish state, just one that is less oppressive to the Palestinians who he would support having a small, non-threatening state of their own somewhere in what was once Palestine. Dersh says he would go for that, as well.

Neve Gordon: Unlike Dershowitz, however, when choosing between truth or dare I always side with truth.

Jeff Blankfort: There goes Gordon's "modesty," and the truth with it.