ZGram - 3/15/2003 - "A NEW ANTISEMITIC VIRUS SEEKS TO BLAME ISRAEL AND ITS SUPPORTERS FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ"

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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny:  Now more than ever!

March 15, 2003

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

No wonder Marvin Hier is getting jittery:

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TO: CONCERNED CENTER FRIENDS

FROM: RABBI MARVIN HIER

RE: A NEW ANTISEMITIC VIRUS SEEKS TO BLAME ISRAEL AND ITS SUPPORTERS 
FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ!

America's Jews are under attack.

Voices from both the right and the left are playing the antisemitism 
card with glee as they righteously blame the Jews for America's war 
with Iraq. What's worse, the silence from more moderate voices in 
America is deafening.

One-time Presidential candidate and CNBC commentator Pat Buchanan, in 
a just-published article in the American Conservative, blames the 
conflict with Iraq on the State of Israel and a 'cabal' of 
neoconservatives, the majority of whom are Jewish and supporters of 
Israel. Among Buchanan's vitriol: "We charge that a cabal of 
polemicists and public officials seek to ensnare our country in a 
series of wars that are not in America's interests. We charge them 
with colluding with Israel to ignite those wars and destroy the Oslo 
Accords."

What is truly frightening is the fact that this anti-Israel, 
anti-Jewish rhetoric is not coming from the lunatic fringe. It is now 
creeping into the American mainstream -- helped by bigots like 
Buchanan and Rep. James Moran.

The fact is, it is now in vogue to blame an Iraq war on Israel and 
American Jews.

Just read what else Pat Buchanan had to say: "We charge them 
[American neoconservatives; read: Jews] with deliberately damaging 
U.S. relations with every state in the Arab world that defies Israel 
or supports the Palestinian peoples' right to a homeland of their 
own. We charge that they have alienated friends and allies all over 
the Islamic and Western world through their arrogance, hubris and 
bellicosity." And in summary of his remarks, Buchanan writes: "They 
charge us with antisemitism. False. The truth is, those hurling these 
charges harbor a passionate attachment to a nation not our own that 
causes them to subordinate the interests of their own country and to 
act on an assumption that, somehow, what's good for Israel is good 
for America."

And on another front, Democratic Congressman James Moran is still 
feeling the heat (even after his apology) for his recent remarks 
asserting, "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish 
community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this." Moran 
went on to perpetuate the old canard of a powerful group of Jews 
machinating behind the scenes when he said, "The leaders of the 
Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the 
direction of where this is going, and I think they should."

Even more shocking, this sentiment reflects a new canard that is 
alarming and must be stopped: that support of Israel is outweighing 
the better judgment of American Jewry and forcing U.S. President Bush 
and his advisors to pursue war. You and I know that these assertions 
are baseless: Never mind that Jewish support for American military 
action to disarm Saddam Hussein's Iraq is identical with non-Jewish 
Americans at 59%.

Of course, this is not the first time Buchanan has singled out Israel 
and its supporters for censure. No matter what the issue, Buchanan 
draws a straight line to blame the Jews. But in this case, he has had 
the audacity to lay the most serious crisis facing the United Nations 
and the U.S. at the doorstep of the Jewish State and those who 
support her.

The war in Iraq may be over in a matter of days, or perhaps weeks. 
But the war against the Jews will continue long after the troops have 
returned home. We are determined to fight this and all lies about the 
Jewish people with our most powerful weapon: the TRUTH. But we need 
your help to put a stop to the Buchanans and Morans of the world.

Please don't delay. It is so imperative that we have your support now 
to help us continue on with our work sounding the alarm on the 
dangerous falsehoods that are seeping into the American consciousness.

(Source:  http://www.wiesenthal.com/ec.cfm?m=7249L7506819s)

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