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ISRAEL
STANDING
UP TO AUTHORITY
by
Barry Chamish 7/7/2004
Within a few days or
weeks, thousands of Israelis will no longer accept the authority
of the Israeli government. But how many will stand up to it?
Last week I was invited
to my friend Sarah's surprise 60th anniversary party at Mike's
Place, a popular Tel Aviv bar/restaurant. I arrived at 9:30 PM
and the strip of restaurants where Mike's was located was packed.
I circled the block twice looking for parking and nothing was
free. So I settled on a place along the curb opposite the long
row of restaurants. It was illegal to do so but it made no sense.
There were two dozen vehicles parked along the curb and still
there was enough room for a loaded Mack Truck to pass by with
ease. And, 6 PM until 7 AM parking is free by city ordnance.
What could hap?
At 12:30 AM I
was sitting with Sarah when she noticed cars being towed from
the curb. She said, "They're at it again. Here come the
tow trucks."
I ran out
and my car was gone.
This was
extortion. The long curb was made illegal for parking knowing
that streams of drivers would be forced to. It was a trap. It
is a con game played by the mafia running Tel Aviv City Hall.
I
walked into the parking lot where my car was being held hostage.
Two strong-looking men in their mid-twenties guarded the fortress
and processed the suckers in and out. I said to one, "You
stole my car and I want it back." He took my details and
ordered me to pay 260 shekels for its release.
"Why
don't you get respectable work?, "I asked. "How can
you live with yourself fleecing people by the thousands? My car
wasn't blocking traffic. No one complained about it. At worst
I should have received a ticket. There was no need for towing
except funding a corrupt city hall through legalized car-knapping
and extortion. Do you like being a hood? Are your parents proud
of you?"
And
on went my harangue. He gave me my receipt and a green slip with
it. I asked what the other document was. He said it was a parking
ticket. I ripped it into twenty pieces, threw it at him and said,
"It's not anymore."
When
authority is crooked, there is no choice but to stand up to it.
But Israelis haven't learned the lesson yet. They either give
in or leave the country by the tens of thousands every year.
June 11,
'04, and I'm selling books at the Jerusalem Hebrew Book Fair.
I am wearing my Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin tee-shirt, my sales
uniform. I am ascending the steps to my booth when I see President
Katsav. surrounded by his entourage of bodyguards and reporters,
coming down towards me. I stand in the President's path, forcing
him and his entourage to stop. I point to my shirt and say to
the President of Israel, "When are you going to tell us
who really murdered Rabin?"
The
bodyguards tense, ready to spring into action. A stunned Katsav
suddenly reacts with a broad smile but does not answer me. I
figured I stood up to about as big an authority as the country
offered and made my way up the stairs without further incident.
Three
hours later, who visits the fair but the former Attorney General,
responsible for covering up the country's ruling mafiosi, Elyakim
Rubinstein? He is leafing through books at a nearby booth. I
grabbed a copy of the Hebrew edition of Who Murdered Yitzhak
Rabin and offered Rubinstein the book as a gift. He looked at
the title and said, "I don't accept gifts?"
"Why?,"I
replied, "Are you too busy protecting criminals? Haven't
you covered up Rabin enough?"
Once
more, I stood up to authority. I was really getting the hang
of it. It's easy to stand up to authority if that authority is
a fraud.
Not
long after, I see Shimon Sheetrit at a nearby booth. He was Rabin's
Economics Minister on the night he was murdered. I offered him
the book about that murder and he took it with thanks. Probably
because he is currently out of authority.
To
those brave souls who donated funds to me so I could give away
these books, you have stood up to those bringing Israel down.
The Authorities Are Back In Action
Now
that Sharon has totally caved into his foreign masters and is
planning his withdrawals from Yesha, starting soon with Gaza
and ending eventually in Jerusalem, the same games are being
played as preceded the Rabin rubout.
It
began in early July with comments from a Jerusalem rabbi that
anyone who uproots a Jewish home is guilty of "din rodef"
or persecution. These are the magic words which authorities assured
us were in Yigal Amir's mind via his bad rabbis when he shot
Rabin. And the rabbi had to have known the significance of this
code when he uttered it. Now how did this utterance turn into
a national scandal? How many reporters normally attend the seminars
of the obscure Rabbi Nebenzahl?
But
now the ball is rolling and next to pitch in is Shabak chief
Avi Dichter who publicly extolls the dangers of radical religious
Jews. Then fifty Hebron children are threatened with foster homes
because the courts have deemed their parents too politically
extreme to raise their children.
Then
the deep shock comes when allies desert the advocates. First,
Justice Minister Tsachi Hanebi warns the public that another
political murder is on the way. In 1996, I met Hanegi, then also
Justice Minister, at a wedding. My witness was a Hebrew University
student, Brian Bunn. I told Hanegbi that I had documents about
the Rabin murder that I wanted his office to investigate. He
smiled at me, pointed both hands to his chest and answered, "And
I'm going to commit suicide for you?"
Hanegbi
knows all about the Rabin murder truth and his current comments
show just how deeply the religious and the Right have been infiltrated.
For
how long have I warned these communities that Daniel Pipes (CFR)
and his board member, one Stephen Plout I believe, are pretenders
to your cause? How often have I said that when the chips are
down, they will reveal their true colors? And yet, look how surprised
one reader is when it finally happened:
The Daniel Pipes Plan for avoiding civil war in Israel by Yehu
Ben Zohar
In the July 6, 2004 internet newsmagazine, World Net Daily, in
an article warning of possible civil unrest by Jews unwilling
to be forcibly transferred from their homes, there is the following
quote, "Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum,
told WND: "Should the government go ahead with the forceable
(sic) removal of Jewish residents of Gaza, intra-Israeli violence
appears to be a distinct possibility. Which in turn makes me
wonder why the Israeli authorities do not take quite a different
track and merely stop providing security for them."
There you have it, Daniel Pipes 'simple' solution to the "problem"
of Jews being hard headed and stubborn and refusing to be forcibly
transferred from their homes. Pull out all the soldiers and leave
those pesky "settlers" to the tender mercies of Arafat
and his bunch of murderers. No mess no Fuss, let the Arabs do
the dirty work and Mr. Pipes and Mr. Sharon, Colin Powell, The
EU and the UN can just sit back and not get their hands dirty
with the blood of those right wing "fanatics" who have
this crazy, politically incorrect idea that Israel should be
for Jews. Mr. Pipes no doubt feels this would ease the unemployment
problem as quite a few Arabs would gladly do such work, at minimum
wage too, since they would receive the worldly goods, homes and
even the womenfolk, to whom I am sure they would be exceptionally
gentle.
Mr. Pipes has frequently posed as a supporter of Israel, however
on several occasions he has let his true colors show through,
this is one of those times. He does not believe Jews have a right
to live in Judea, Samaria or in any part of the "west bank."
Mr. Pipes will no doubt be encouraged by the coming persecution
of all those who oppose his peace plan.
For those who have
followed the years of murder, deceit, and repression, coming
in the wake of the 1993 Oslo Accord, they are aware that the
Gaza withdrawal is just another trick wrapped in the phoney authority
of the state. They know the state has lost its legitimacy and
no longer holds authority over them. But will they stand up for
their own authority?
The government
has turned over the task of the Gaza removal to the police, or
so they say. Who believes the government any more? If so, the
Gazan Jews have to learn police tactics to protect themselves
from the trespassers. Police tactics will involve horses, dogs,
teargas and truncheons. The Gazan Jews, therefore, have to stock
up on spiked barricades against horses, gasmasks against teargas,
helmets, even sports helmets, against the truncheons, and plenty
of dog mace. A few karate lessons as defence against arrest would
be useful as well.
No one
wants to see deadly violence, not the police, not the government
and certainly not the residents of Gush Katif. Last winter, over
200,000 people crowded Tel Aviv to protest the Gaza betrayal.
If that many people could show up to blockade Gush Katif, the
police would be forced to change tactics.
That will
mean a siege. All communications lines will be shut down, so
other radio media will have to be in place. Some 10,000 outsiders
will have to be given a reason to stay in Gush Katif to delay
the operation until the mass of blockaders arrive. Water and
food will need to be hoarded by the tons. It will not be a short
siege. The authorities will not stand down, so their victims
will have to stand up.
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