Two glimpses that speak for themselves:
- First, from our correspondent in France:
". . . Yesterday, Tuesday, July 16, a group of young Betar activists attacked a bookshop in Paris. This bookshop, the Librairie du Savoir, is known to sell the book of Roger Garaudy, "The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics".
The book has attracted a wide controversy. The sale of the book is perfectly legal and no restriction has been edicted by authorities. The author may face a trial in the future but nothing has been decided so far.
The Betar activists invaded the bookshop, beating up three persons. They concentrated their savage assault on the shop owner, Mr. Georges Danesco, a philosoph by training, and a political refugee from Ceaucescu Rumania.
Mr. Danesco was later taken to a hospital. He seems to suffer from a broken skull. The Betar also spread red paint on the books displayed in the bookshop.
The Betar has its origin in the Zionist movement initiated in the thirties by Jabotinski. In Paris, they are known to have assaulted people or meetings they had decided to suppress.
They are known to use violence and enjoy official military training in Israel during the summer vacations. They have attacked right in the middle of the Palace of Justice during several trials of Prof. Faurisson. They are known to have participated in the assault of another bookshop, la Vieille Taupe, and were severely beaten by the police. They enjoy high level of protection and their agressions have never been condemned in court.
As usual the defenders of human rights and intellectual freedom will remain silent, out of fear, or out of agreement with these methods. . . "
- Canada: Ernst Zundel, in the July 1996 Zundel Power Letter an excerpt titled "Metro Toronto Government finances Neo-Marxist terrorist group."
The Council of Metro Toronto in a huge majority vote has decided to finance the Anti-Racist-Action anarchist group with an $8,000 grant for their "educational" activities to "stop hate among youth."
I listened to part of the debate and could only shake my head about the shallowness of the arguments and the hatred oozing from the grimacing faces of some of the councilmen as they spewed forth their threats of "having to fight violence with violence."
Wow!
When Hitler said it, it was a no-no! When a Toronto Councilman says it, it becomes the height of "logic" and "political correctness."
It was a thoroughly disgusting spectacle. Before they got around to voting, I had informed the Metro Councilors of the activities of these street gang type terrorist groups. I had sent them press releases, copies of death threat posters, and photos of wall-sprayed slogans advocating to kill me. I even made a special video of the ARA demonstrations, where they shout their "Smash the System!" and "The cops and the Klan go hand in hand!" and even "By fighting the Neo-Nazis, you fight the government!"
All was to little avail! They got their grant. Why? Because the City Councilors of Metro Toronto "had to stop the Nazis."
Listening to these people, mostly post-war baby boomers, talk and mouth their rhetoric as though World War II was still raging, is really educational.
I had told them in a letter that I would hold them responsible for any damage or harm done to me, my family, staff members, or my business by these Marxist-government financed thugs! State sponsored terrorism-that's what we now have in Toronto!
The Ontario Government also financed the ARA indirectly with a grant of $8,000 via its Trillium Foundation-an arms-length outfit using lottery profits to finance basically unworthy, parasitic enterprises. Our letters, phone calls and faxes to them have resulted in an internal shake-up, and apparently heads will roll there soon. People will be replaced, and others will be demoted."
That's all I have to say this morning.
Ingrid
Thought for the Day:
"History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken."
(James Joyce)