Why the Zionist Lobby is Running Scared

(Note: a nuumber of readers have expressed taking offense at this article's original title which referred to the Jewish Lobby because they pointed out that far from being monolithic, many Jews deeply oppose Zionism. As a resut, the title has been changed to accurately reflect that nuance.)

This week, while increasing numbers of articles appear, some in the mainstream, some in the alternative press, reporting on police brutality, people have slowly begun to become aware of a law enforcement practice that has been ongoing for nearly the past 20 years since 9/11: the training of municipal police forces of many American cities has been and is being conducted by the Israeli Defense Forces, the IDF.

What if they were carrying garden stakes?

This linkage began shortly after 9/11.  Did you wonder at the time, what 9/11 really meant for the future of this country?  Did you wonder why it carried the same call numbers as Emergency? Not many did. Many were entirely too traumatized to think straight. And if you remember a few little details, you may remember the group of Israelis dancing in New jersey as they watched the towers crumble, and you may also remember that two weeks before the event, an Israel firm occupying nearly an entire floor of the WTC, happened to move out.

An Unnatural History of the IDF

To place the IDF in context, a brief historical excursion is in order.  At WWII’s end, the Zionist movement which had taken some years to solidify, became the spark that would obtain a homeland for Jewish survivors of the war. Most of the globe was already occupied, but to the cobblers of the post WWII peace, that sticking point could be overlooked: the Palestinians would just move over to accommodate the new arrivals. A progressive map of Israel from 1947 to the present

tells the story better than 1,000 words: the role of the IDF is to appropriate land that belongs to others, and to defend colonialist settlement, in exactly the same way the U.S. was cobbled together from a hodge podge of Indian tribes needing to be “pacified.” Israel’s citizen army consists in civilian individuals who get repeatedly called up from the general population starting at 18, and extending into their forties. When there is “unrest” in need of quelling, they get transported to the “front” by commandeered taxi cabs, many of them driven by Arabs.

But lessons in army discipline have been learned since the days of von Clausewitz. Soldiers recruited from civilian life are not predisposed to fire guns at other human beings without indoctrination. Beside target practice, training has evolved since WWI. Troops must be programmed with chants to “kill, kill, kill.” The enemy needs not just to be named, but to be Othered. Language is hijacked with words like vermin, etc., which reduce targeted individuals to disposability.

Crowd control to population control

Since 9/11, the chickens have come home to roost. How else explain the nationwide the kind of brutal policing we are observing now?  One article carried by the Israel-Palestine News bears this headline: Minn cops trained by Israeli police, who often use knee-on-neck restraint. The same website hosts another series of articles, all informative, all to the same or similar effect.

Israel's IDF at work

No wonder the Zionist lobby has cause to be concerned.  At stake is the $38 billion stash of U.S. taxpayer money slated to go to Israel for its yearly upkeep, and to snuff out more Palestinians this year.  And if that wasn’t bad enough already, the prison murder of Jeffrey Epstein, Israel’s top spy, specializing in entrapment by under age teenage girls, has highlighted, among other notables,  the names of certain blackmailees, people like Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, Alan Dershowitz, and Donald Trump.

Sign on to tell your governor: Invest in communities, not policing.

Denounce Trump’s threats to use military force against protesters.

Stop Trump and enabler Barr from spying on our internet and search history.

End police brutality now.

End qualified immunity that gives police a free pass.

Defund police.

No more battle grade equipment to police.

End war on black folks.

SO MANY ROSES this week, readers would need two days to read them. A few highlights:

IBM no longer to develop or offer facial recognition software in pursuit of racial justice reform.

S.F. police chief Scott says he’s open to defunding S.F. police.

As the East Bay’s tent encampments multiply four-fold, S.F. passes sweeping pandemic-related eviction ban.

Israelis protest against Netanyahoo’s annexation plan.

Thousands march to U.S. missions in S. Africa over police brutality.

As U.S. surpasses some 110,000 deaths, New Zealand woman PM Jacinda Ardern declares New Zealand virus-free.

After being tear gassed for Trump’s photo opportunity, protesters sue Trump and Barr.

N.Y. Times editorial page head resigns after publishing fascist Tom Cotton op-ed.

U.S. Envoy claims Russia and U.S. agree on June nuclear arms control talks.

China and India, nuclear armed states, de-escalate the latest flare up in decades-long border conflict.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says state will make sure all black residents have health coverage.

Camden, N.J. benefits from community policing after disbanding its police department 7 years ago.

Plunging energy prices means U.S. can hit 90% clean power by 2035.

CEO Mary Barra pledges G.M. to become the most inclusive company in the world.

Chicago Freedom School offers food, water, and rest to weary protesters trapped downtown.

Kim Gardner, chief St. Louis prosecutor, blacklists cops who are too untrustworthy to testify in court.

More than 600 groups and families of people killed by police call for UN investigation.

One way to de-escalate police: 57 Buffalo police resign after two charged with knocking down and seriously injuring  senior activist Andrew Gugnio.

Breaking with AFL-CIO, affiliated labor council may vote to expel police union.

Sanders (remember him?) calls on Democrats (who?) to embrace 8-point plan to end police brutality.

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