By Tammy Obeidallah
Goldstone's waffling diatribe in the Washington Post-although hardly the ' deviation ' of his report as heralded by quiet camp-should not come as a surprise. In view of the amount of Zionist pressure on Goldstone, it is a strange, that his backpedaling took so long. He was black balled in the whole of the international Jewish community, even prohibited to participate in his own granddaughter bar mitzvah. It would be difficult for anyone to bear extraordinary pressure encyclopedic by such a powerful concerted effort and Goldstone must have been particularly susceptible, because he was-and is-a self-described Zionist. Granted, in the light of its initial report on the isrælske war crimes, he could be labelled a "soft" Zionist, "but a Zionist anyway.
The Jewish Virtual Library defines Zionism as "the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their home country and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the land Israel …" In other words, think Goldstone, together with all other Zionist Jews have an inalienable right to come from the four corners of the world to take over Palestine. So Goldstones betrayal of Operation Cast lead victims, especially al-Simouni family, who lost 29 members in a single isrælske attacks, was expected to be:
"The bombing of (al-Simouni) home was apparently a isrælsk Chief erroneous interpretation of a drone picture, and a isrælsk officer is under investigation for ordering the attack. The length of this study is frustrating, it appears that an adequate process is in progress, and I am convinced that if the data protection officer is found to have been negligent, Israel will respond accordingly. " --"Reconsidering the Goldstone report on war crimes Isræls."
Goldstones latest conclusions, of course, is contradictory; they ignore the fact that, according to paragraph 1756 in his original report, "Mission found major structural deficiencies, which, in its view, makes (isrælske investigative powers) system incompatible with international standards …. there is the absence of any effective and impartial investigation mechanism and the victims of such alleged violations are deprived of any effective or quick remedies." We are all aware of the inherent criminals concealment IDF internal investigations, dubbing attack on Mavi Marmara action "self-defense" and Rachel Corrie murder "accident."
But Goldstone most openly reveals his true colors with the Zionist statement, "I had hoped that our examination of all aspects of the conflict in Gaza would begin a new era of evenhandedness on UN Human Rights Council, whose history of bias against Israel cannot be doubted."
Come again? A history of bias? Isræls proxy, United States, has a permanent seat on the UN's Security Council; It is therefore vetoed the vast majority of resolutions critical of the Jewish State a simple fact succeeded 79 resolutions condemning various forms of isrælske aggression to glide through since 1948.
It is this type of victimhood as isrælere and their apologists chairs; Unfortunately we Palestinian activists have fallen prey to this phenomenon and feel the need to appease this persecution at every opportunity. We are now using too much of our time qualified all our statements with "… now I don't have a problem with Jews or Judaism, but rather Zionism …" If you are a Jew, who are opposed to Zionism, you know who you are, and do not need constant warnings from pro-Palestinian groups live in constant fear of being labelled "anti-Semitic."
Many of the organisations, which allegedly a supporter of Palestinian Rights supports in addition the defunct "two-State solution," which is by nature a Zionist. Isrælske settlements is rooted in what remains of the West Bank, Palestinian society is isolated by Jewish-only roads and incoherent Gaza Strip is under siege. A Palestinian State under such circumstances is not viable and declare a State under these conditions only legitimises the isrælske occupation of more than 85 per cent of historic Palestine.
Some Arab-American and Muslim organisations have even praised J Street, Zionism "kinder, gentler" face to "counter" AIPAC in our halls of Congress. .” According to the Jerusalem Post is one of the J Street Finance Committee members-with a $ 10,000 contribution threshold – none other than Lebanese-American businessman Richard Abdoo, current Member of Amideast and former Board member of the Arab American Institute. If there were doubts about J Street motives, new Israel Fund CEO Daniel Sokatch removed any doubt that when addressing their Conference thusly: "and we believe that working for Justice and equality in Israel is the best way to re-ignite a commitment to Israel in our own American community."
In a way is another recipient of the mark "balanced and moderate" New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. His condescending tripe entitled "us must step in to pull Israel and Turkey back to the Middle" in the wake of the massacre at Mavi Marmara included a quote from one of his isrælske friends "… and the Palestinians begin to act rationally". I wonder how rational Friedman, would action if he was denied the opportunity to work, travel, go to the hospital or have access to a little more than 6 hours of electricity per day during the year, and then see the close family members be blown apart?
Come, people. We should know routine "good cop-bad cop" now. So-called "moderate" votes as Goldstone, Friedman and J Street is that they represent the most insidious and virulent form of Zionism: the idea that this poisonous ideology can peacefully co-exist with the rest of humanity.
-Tammy Obeidallah contributed this article to PalestineChronicle.com.
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