July 18, 1997

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

As the extortionist game for the so-called "Nazi gold" continues - the latest victim being the principality of Monaco - some Jews are actually abandoning the "Holocaust." I thought I'd never see the day - but there it is! It is no longer politically correct to be politically correct!

I remember seeing an article somewhere that in Alabama (I believe it was) somebody wanted to put up yet another mini-"Holocaust memorial" in a public place - replete with a spiral design mimicking smoke and silhouettes floating upwards, supposedly to heaven - and Jewish citizens protested!

It would make them "too vulnerable" to attacks, it was said!

There is a lot of panic in the air on one hand - and on the other, more and more chutzpah - endless chutzpah! The papers are packed with stories of this country, that country having "collaborated with the Nazis"-and having stashed the gold pulled out of Jewish teeth.

And yet, the game is changing radically. Now our opposition is dealing with big egos - powerful people in corporate and governmental leadership positions - not artificially created ragamuffins who can be vilified, marginalized, ridiculed and demonized with the help of a vociferous, obliging tabloid press on Geraldo Rivera and such.

There are a lot of signs some members of the Tribe are deciphering the writing on the wall, and some want to do something about it. Now some Jews are definitely feeling less than cocksure about what their dauntless brethren say and do.

I came across a Letter to the Editor recently, addressed to Dr. Ueli Vischer, President of the Basel City Council, to the Swiss Federal Ministry of Justice, Bern, to the University of Basel, and to the Chief Editor, Basler Zeitung. (WRMEA, Vol XVI, No. 2, p. 78)

It pertains to plans to celebrate (in Switzerland!) one hundred years of Zionism.

It is a remarkable letter that says more between the lines than we could ever say out loud. It is titled: "No to Racisom, No to Zionism!" and signed by 84 Swiss Jews:

"We, whose personal lives have been materially and spiritually affected by the century-old conflict in Palestine, wish to make the following statement regarding the decision of the authorities of the City of Basel, Switzerland, to formally endorse and support the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Zionist movement in their city (in August 1997)

On Nov. 2, 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration. This represented the first major victory for the Zionist project of transforming Palestine from a part of the Ottoman Empire into a Jewish state-a project which came to fruition on May 15, 1948, with the proclamation of "the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine."

As a result, the Palestinian people now live either under Zionist rule or in exile. Those in exile are not allowed to return to their homeland because their mothers are not Jewish. Those in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 (many of them refugees from areas occupied in 1948) live under continuing harsh military rule; those in the territories occupied in 1948 are second-class residents in a Jewish state, denied the rights and privileges accorded to those residents recognized by the state as Jews.

The Jewish state, far from becoming a "light to the nations," has become an armed, ultra-nationalist camp. In its operations in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Israel represents a major link in the world network of repressive regimes. Its nuclear weapons capacity, developed in alliance with South African apartheid, is a danger to the entire Middle East, and to the whole world.

In spite of this, Jewish communities have been recruited by Israel as both support and justification for its activities. The historic suffering of Jews, particularly the Nazi murder of six million European Jews, are held to justify Israel's existence and behavior. The state of Israel purports to represent the Jewish people in international affairs without any mandate to do so.

On the base of our principled opposition to colonialism, racism and racial discrimination, and in order to encourage a just, honorable and lasting peace in Palestine/Israel, we kindly remind the Swiss authorities and the City Council of Basel of Switzerland's role toward Jewish victims of Nazi racial discrimination, which makes it a special duty for them to oppose all forms of racism and racial discrimination, including Zionism.

We also wish to remind the Swiss authorities that the State of Israel and the Zionist movement do not represent the Jewish people, neither morally, legally, nor in any other way.

We urge the City Council of Basel to cancel the celebrations of the First Zionist Congress. We remind the University of Basel to uphold recognized academic standards regarding the issue of Zionism.

We call on the Swiss government to ensure the enforcement of Swiss federal laws against the dissemination of racist ideologies, including Zionism."

Did we call the kettle black? This stuff is old. It didn't just start yesterday. Will it come to an end tomorrow?

Ingrid

Thought for the Day:

"The Balfour Declaration was a reward to the Zionists for their part in having brought the United States into the First World War on Britain's side."

(John Cornelius)

Comments? E-Mail: irimland@cts.com

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