Reason – Zionism Hijacks Judaism

In the 19th century, the ‘Jewish Question’ was a common term used to define the social and civic status of European Jews. German, French, and other European writers, philosophers, and theologians made the Jewish question the subject of public debate. The non-assimilate, orthodox, religious, and cultural European Jewish communities were considered an unappealing appendage of the general population. The inner-city Jews lived in ghettos, and the rural Jews lived in shtetl communities.

Jewish assimilation into society meant abandoning their customs, behavior, traditions, language, and religion to fit in. For some Jews, this was giving up too much for gaining too little. European writers mistakenly reasoned that Jewish refusal to assimilate was because they were a separate race. Their behavior, traits, and character were negative and unchangeable. 

The experts missed their mark. It was in these communities that the Jewish homeland resided. The Torah is what makes the Jewish nation. An individual who willingly accepts the obligations of the Torah and the 613 mitzvot is a Jew. When this happens, the Torah states, ‘Today you have become a nation.’ The acceptance of the Torah ties the Jews together as a spiritual nation. The Jewish homeland is the Torah, and within its borders, the Jews flourish. 

Race

One such misinformed expert journalist was Theodor Herzl, a non-religious Jew who advocated for secular Jewish nationalism and the return to the biblical Jewish homeland of Palestine. His political agenda, Zionism, united secular ideas about constructing a European-style nation for European Jews with the Biblical return of the Jewish people. 

The Herzl idea resonated with both the antisemitic and secular, non-religious, and lower economic communities of Jews. He advocated for the creation of a Jewish race to return to the Biblical land that was rightfully theirs. The genius of the Zionists was to transform Judaism, a religion, into a Jewish race. Within this transformation, the Zionists re-defined the concept of ‘race.’ Orthodox Jews opposed this movement. They believed that the Jewish people were a religious community waiting for a messiah, not a nation in search of a homeland.

What is Race? 

Race is a premise created and accepted by a society based on physical traits, such as skin color, facial features, cultural identities, ancestral backgrounds, or geographic, religious, or national groups. Genetic studies conducted in the late 20th century concluded that no biologically distinct races exist.

Race is a cultural intervention that reflects the attitudes and beliefs imposed on different populations in different social and political eras. The unassimilated Jews checked the criteria for ethnic characteristics associated with race. They were a ‘group of people based on a shared culture, such as language, food, music, dress, values, and beliefs.’

Theodor Herzl called the first Zionist Congress. The Congress met in the Basel Municipal Casino in August of 1897. Herzl intended to establish and formulate Zionist goals. The Congress agreed upon two goals. 1) To establish a home for the Jewish people in Eretz-­Israel and 2) To secure under public law the creation of the Jewish homeland. The Zionists adroitly re-defined Jewish people into the Jewish race and re-purposed ‘under public law’ into an aegis of law.

Racism

The importance of citing under public law needs to be expounded. Public law indicates protection, Ensuring some laws defend the rights of a Jewish homeland. Denial of the legal right to have a Jewish homeland allows the Zionists to challenge opposition as antisemitic. ‘Under Public law’ holds governments and other public bodies accountable for their belief in a Jewish Homeland.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism takes the liberty to draw from the under public law reasoning.  Their definition happens to be the standard that the United States has used to determine hate crimes against Jews. At the Plenary in Bucharest (2016), they listed, “contemporary examples of antisemitism in public life, the media, schools, the workplace, and in the religious sphere could, taking into account the overall context, include, but are not limited to.” An example given by the IHRA is; “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.” 

Examining the verbiage of Zionists is revealing. The flat-out gaslighting is extraordinarily clever. For the IHRA to publish a definition that states, “… claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” is nefarious. It is an example of using ambiguous words to complete the dirty work involved in slanderous propaganda.

Zionists use semantics to impose censorship while bullying. Israel is the creation of a homeland for the Jewish race. My statement has nothing to do with racism. The statement is a conclusion based on my reading and research. It includes the phrase, ‘Jewish race’. I suppose my statement is racist within the definition of the grammatical adjective suffix meaning of -ist. (of, relating to, or characteristic of.)

The sheer genius of the ah-ha, ‘you are a racist’, becomes a weapon used to strip the accused of all credibility. Classified as a racist, a word that suddenly appeared in 20th-century English, inflicts social harm and vulnerability, bullying. Most people will cower to avoid this attack. Self-censorship becomes the defensive alternative.

Reality Then

The First Zionist Congress initiatives came to fruition through events, declarations, and mandates. World War I (1914-1918) the demise of the Ottoman Empire. The 1917 Balfour Declaration was a British Empire public statement supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Gaining World legitimacy under public law came to fruition when the British hegemonic empire issued the 1917 Balfour Declaration announcing,’ His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.’ 

The League of Nations, the newly formed World ruling organization, favored the Sykes-Picot Agreement, thus putting Palestine under the rule of the British Mandate (1922). By ignoring the McMahon-Hussain correspondence, which would have allowed for self-determined Arab rule of Palestine and the Middle East, the League of Nations not only added fuel to the fire but skewed the scales of justice in Palestine.

By 1922, the World Zionist Organization had achieved the goals outlined in their 1897 initiatives. Article 2 of the British Mandate (1922) states, “will secure the establishment of a Jewish national home.” The Mandate addressed the inhabitants of Palestine by stating that “irrespective of race and religion, civil and religious rights would be safeguarded.” This essentially reduced the status of Palestinians to that of mere inhabitants within the Jewish self-governing national home. The Palestinians have been stripped of their political power and left without representation.

Zionism re-purpose, re-creation, and re-definition to justify the Jewish national home, Israel. It was a secular movement to grab land the old-fashioned way, a colonial settler project. In 1948, the Zionists created Israel with no defined borders, making it easier to expand. Since 1948, Israel has claimed additional land it accumulated, acquired, or forcibly captured. They legitimize their bellicose actions as ” having a right to defend itself.”

Reality Now

Ethnically cleansing Gaza, Southern Lebanon, and now Syria for further illegal settlement must stop. Among Israel’s self-proclaimed enemies, only one country remains: Iran. Iran is powerful enough and has powerful allies, Russia and China, to have endured the diabolical actions of Israel.

The United States has directly or indirectly disposed of Israeli dictatorial nemeses like Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, and Bashar al-Assad. It stands to reason Iran would be next. We hear government news feeds and Washington talking heads parroting the evil Iranians. The Israeli-groomed useful idiot will bloviate to complete their overthrow spree. 

The United States is the only country in the world that might have the ability to stop Israeli homicidal campaigns. Pulling financial support and military weapons supply lines is the only way. Unfortunately, In Washington, political decisions are first vetted by the Israeli Lobby. All three branches of government are under the influence of Israel.

Gaza before October 7th was an open-air maximum security prison. Israel controlled the flow of food, water, and construction materials. Washington is similar, it’s an open-air Israeli enclave. Israel controls votes, campaign funds, and lavish perks. Controlling the livelihood of their subjects is what Israel does best.