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Neocons Have Hijacked What It Means to Be "Pro-Israel"

Posted by ZP Heller, Brave New Films at 7:35 AM on May 19, 2008.


But a new lobbying group, J Street, will reframe the debate.

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On the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence, the new American-Jewish lobbying group J Street is calling for peace in the Middle East through peaceful, diplomatic means.

For far too long, the neocons, Christian evangelicals, and conservative Jewish leaders have defined what it means to be "pro-Israel" in our country. They have purported themselves as the only friends Israel has in the U.S.; they have dictated U.S.-Israeli policies; and they have erroneously painted Bush as Israel's staunchest friend in Washington. By perpetuating the myths about what it means to be "pro-Israel," the neocons have suggested that you can't be simultaneously pro-Israel and pro-peace. Well, the dovish J Street is here to change the definition of the term.

J Street wants the U.S. government to take a stronger hand in putting diplomatic pressure on the Israeli government and other Arab nations. They believe the neocons have undercut Israel's longterm security. And they feel that Bush has basically been a cheerleader when it's come to Israel, when what he should have been was a referee, brokering peaceful Arab-Israeli negotiations and compromises.

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ZP Heller is the editorial director of Brave New Films. He has written for The American Prospect, AlterNet, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Huffington Post, covering everything from politics to pop culture.


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Posted by: rtmyth on May 19, 2008 8:01 AM   
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Lobbys which put other countries interests ahead of the best interests of the citizens of the USA should be outlawed. Name these lobbys and ponder.

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Hi! We won't show any war footage, because that would be "in poor taste".
Posted by: thoughtcriminal on May 19, 2008 11:29 AM   
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Watch Israeli soldiers attacking Palestinian protestors during the 60-yr anniversary

One should also look at the recent Hamas suicide bombing on the verge of Passover:

Israel also continues to use airstrikes against the Gaza prison population.

That's what real news looks like. Ever wonder why Alternet sticks to domestic fluff? PSYOPS 101 - don't put food on the table that will upset the sheep.

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one sided
Posted by: sirios on May 19, 2008 11:48 AM   
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the video was one sided propaganda . Ok TC, your the historian, so please correct me if my understanding is fraudulent. haven't the jews and the arabs been fighting and or living together somewhat peacefully in the middle east almost forever? didn't the jews commandeer their present space with the backing of the british and US in the 1940s? if this is true then no reconcilliation can take place until the israelies[sp?] cop to this point. fat chance of that occurring any time soon.

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» Wow, you're right Posted by: improperly_sedated
Personally...
Posted by: JoshuaLudd on May 19, 2008 6:02 PM   
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I'm not too interested in being "pro" a nation that drops cluster bombs into civilian areas... which is a war crime.

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» Apartheid states Posted by: meetmeineleusis
It's time to spread the word people.. these "Zionists" must go.
Posted by: Michael_D on May 21, 2008 1:07 AM   
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"We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq."
-Israeli prime minister Netanyahu, Jewish Haaratz newspaper in Israel, 16 April 2008

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"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail. Without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public opinion is greater than he who enacts laws." President Abraham Lincoln
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If I were a terrorist
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The-Media-Calls-him-Al-Qaeda

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STAND UP FOR YOUR... CHILDREN'S LIVES IF ANYTHING, COME ON!!!!
Posted by: Michael_D on May 21, 2008 1:09 AM   
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WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICA IT'S NOT EVEN COOL TOO REMAIN SILENT AND ACT LIKE YOU DON"T KNOW THAT EXTREMELY RACIST ZIONIST JEWISH PEOPLE SHAPE YOUR REALITY THROUGH DECEPTION AND CURRENT MEDIA.. THE THING IS THAT THERE ARE WAY MORE OF US, INCLUDING JEWISH PEOPLE WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE FANATICS' LIES, MURDER, DECEPTION, AND CORRUPTION!!! STAND THE FUCK UP ALREADY!!!!!!! THEY HIDE AND THROW RACIST REMARKS AT ANYONE THAT FIGURES THEM OUT!!! THE GUILTY INDIVIDUALS, ARE THE GUILTY INDIVIDUALS.. NOT ALL JEWS.. THAT"S JUST A DUMB CONCEPT FROM THE START.. AMERICA IS FULL OF GOOD PEOPLE BUT WE HAVE TO WAKE UP!!!!!!! THESE "ZIONIST" BASTARDS DO EXIST AND THEY ARE TEARING YOUR ASS UP RIGHT NOW!!!! (YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR MILITARY BY MASS DECEPTION WITH BUSH AND CO.. PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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American for liberty, truth, and justice.
Posted by: Michael_D on May 21, 2008 1:14 AM   
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The sleeping giant... Wake up Christians!!!

Rev 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan..

Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life..

Rev 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death..

There is much work to be done.. There is no doubt in my mind that the U..S..
has fallen under the title of the Great Whore Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

Rev 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand..

The false state of Israel is committing fornication with the whore Babylon and it's time for God's people to come out of her.. Many that call themselves by the name of Christ commit this adultery too.. They are subject to the powers and principalities that reside in the high places.. Every aspect of the culture we find ourselves living in is poisonous and vile but god will spare the land for the sake of a few righteous ones..

Gen 18:17-18:33
But the ones who will not listen, and give ear instead to their spiritual leaders rather than to the Lord and to truth, will not be spared..

Hos 4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother..

Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children..

Hos 4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame..


but......
2Ch 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.

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Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.. Ephesians 5:11

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DOWN WITH BIG MEDIA/GOV - UP WITH THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Posted by: Michael_D on May 21, 2008 2:28 AM   
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OH I FORGOT THEY RIG THE FUCKING ELECTION TOO. SO WE GOTTA FIX THAT BACK TO THE PEOPLE AS WELL. NO FUCKING ELECTRONIC VOTING/TALLYING MACHINES OF ANY KIND. GIVE ME A BREAK. WHO LET THAT SHIT HAPPEN ANYWAY? (when I was just a kid). COME ON.. ENOUGH

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