Jews and the Empire
By Israel
Shamir
(A Talk
given in the House of Lords, Westminster, on February 23, 2005)
Ladies and Lords, Gentlemen, Friends,
It
is a great honour for this small writer from far-away Jaffa to
speak to you in this ancient abode of democracy and aristocracy
intertwined, and I wish to thank my host tonight, my dear
brother, his lordship Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham in the
heather-bound Yorkshire. I would give much to have another dear
friend present here, the late Sir Robin, Lord Phillimore for
much of my love and understanding of England is due to this
friendship. I was but a pup, a young journalist, who came to
work at your renowned BBC, and the Lord Phillimore was my bridge
and my guide to the good old England of Pickwick Papers, for his
home stood in this most English swat of land near
Henley-on-Thames. Thus England became a love of my youth,
England of pubs serving Brakespear Old Fashioned ale, of neat
green squares of Kensington where I lived, of milk bottles on
doorstep, of the punchy smell of bacon-and-eggs and burned toast
in the morning, of the pleasant feel of the Guardian pages, of
the calm bonhomie of English people, of your lovely maidens who
are able to propose and prepare a nice cup of tea in the least
suitable moment, of your men with their fair play, the green
sweet and somewhat parochial England of Blake, Hopkins, Waugh
and G K Chesterton, England as opposed to the Empire.
Much as I love England I came to dislike the
Empire. The Empire was a vile 19th century invention. The Empire
ruined Iraq and used poison gases against its citizens long
before the present Bush-and Blair offensive. No land was too far
or too near to be safe from the Imperial assaults: from
Shimonoseki in South of Japan to Gondor in mountains of
Ethiopia, from Beijing to Archangelsk, from the fishermen’ city
of Oriente in Brittany to Baghdad, from Dublin to Kandahar, from
Dresden in Saxony to Akka in Palestine, the Empire bombed them
all. And I do not speak of some long gone days of Queen Anne,
but of last hundred fifty years since the fateful accent of your
first Zionist ruler, Lord Beaconsfield.
In our country, in Palestine, much of present
sorrows are result of the Imperial intervention. The first
Intifada, the great Arab revolt of 1936-1939, caused by the
creeping Zionist takeover, was crushed by the Imperial forces
with great severity. Thousands of native Palestinians were
killed, executed, hanged, expelled from their land. The Arab
defeat, al-Nakba of 1948 can’t be understood without the context
of the previous Imperial war against the Palestinians. The
Zionist armies administered the coup-de-grace to the disarmed,
bleeding, powerless rural population whose elite and best
fighters were eliminated by the Empire.
Oh, you say, why should we remember it now?
We can’t let bygones be bygones for the Empire is not a thing of
past. Like a monstrous parasite it migrated after sucking the
juice of the Brits. Its capital was relocated to Washington and
New York, while England remained a subservient part of Empire, a
Greece to the New Rome, or rather a Tyre to the new Carthage.
Not only your RAF assists the Americans, but your BBC, once a
paragon of objectivity, became a propaganda tool for the New
Empire.
I did not come to condemn you but to offer my
condolences, for England is one of the Imperial victims. I came
first time to your land some thirty years ago, and since then
the Empire eats you up as much as it eats everybody else. London
became a faceless cosmopolitan city, your cinema is destroyed,
your streets are taken by international chains of shops, your
newspapers belong to Zionists, and there is a danger the English
will be turned into human dust by the Imperial burden as the
Romans and Macedonians of old, to be followed by the Americans.
The Empire is not particularly good for
people, including the people of the mother country. Let us
consider Palestine. Thousands of young British men died in order
to conquer Palestine and give it to the Jews. They committed
many atrocities, killed a lot of natives, and enforced Jewish
supremacy in Palestine. They received no gratitude. Elder people
maybe remember the subsequent Zionist terrorist attacks on the
British troops, the assassination of Lord Moyne, maybe they
remember the two British sergeants who were kidnapped and hanged
by the Jews, and their dead bodies were defiled, booby-trapped
by the killers. Menachem Begin, our late Prime Minister, was
particularly proud of it. Younger people won’t even know it, for
your media, the mind and the nervous system of the nation, is
hijacked by Zionists like Conrad Black and Murdock, and they
won’t allow this knowledge to be remembered.
But it is vital to remember, for the new
empire continues the ways of the old. Now in Iraq, the US and
its British dependency continue the same old fight for ensuring
Jewish supremacy in the Middle East, for England – or even
English business – has no need to be in Baghdad and Basra.
Indeed, in the Middle East we have just one reason for wars,
terror and trouble – and that is Jewish supremacy drive. In our
country, Israel or Palestine, we can have peace today, if we
were to agree to equality of Jew and non-Jew. But this
principle, so carefully observed in Europe, is anathema to the
Jews in Israel. Like in England before the reforms of 1832, your
predecessors would not agree to equality of a lord and a
commoner before the law; or in Rhodesia of Ian Smith, the white
settlers did not want to be equal with the blacks.
Well, so Jews do not want to be equal. But
why should you assist them in their pursuit of supremacy? There
is an American joke [of Jay Leno]: "If God doesn’t destroy
Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology."
Indeed, if England keeps supporting the apartheid Jewish state,
it owes an apology to Rhodesia and South Africa. Why, indeed, it
does? This is not a rhetoric question. Why the New Empire went
to war, committed itself to the vast expenses and dangers,
antagonised bigger part of the world – and all that in the
interests of Jewish supremacy?
In my book – that is the one I came to
promote – I try to explain why the Jews have a special place in
the Imperial conscience. Superficially, one can explain it by
personalities, by the special position of the Neo-cons in
Washington and of the Jewish media-lords in the US and
elsewhere. Jews indeed own, control and edit a big share of mass
media, this mainstay of Imperial thinking; just last month a
Rothschild bought the French daily Liberacion, and an Israeli
citizen bought a TV 4 channel in Sweden. This is a valid
observation, but not sufficient.
The New Empire, even more than the old one,
is infused with Judaic values on an ideological and theological
level. This is the thing I try to deal with, because
preoccupation with ethnic or religious origins of a person is
not only improper but often misleading. Indeed, the strongest
enemies of the Judaic values are often people of Jewish origin.
Allow me to mention St Paul, Karl Marx and Simone Weil to make
my point clear. Another example can be provided by Sir
Carl Popper, a colleague of yours who referred to the Judaic
concept of chosen-ness as ‘vile’. He also rejected an approach
of a Jewish Year Book to have him included, for he said, he does
not believe in race and has nothing to do with Jewish faith or
values – despite his Jewish origin. Do not concentrate on
ethnics, look for ideology. In your case, Michael Howard is less
Judaic than Tony Blair, for the first objects to removal of
British liberties and to sweeping anti-Muslim legislation, while
the second brought this country into the Iraqi war for Israeli
interests.
While a Judaic tendency is just an ideological tendency, a
special feeling towards Jews is a symptom of certain
pro-Imperial predisposition. For instance, Tony Blair is a great
supporter of the Empire. But even if we would not know that, we
would be able to guess: for he expressed unlimited support of
the Jewish state. The Jewish state is the country where a Jew
has more rights than a non-Jew. Three to four million of our
native residents have neither right of vote nor citizenship
rights for a single fault: they are not Jews. Do not forget,
Rhodesia was dismantled for the equal sin of ethnic or racial
supremacy.
This feeling that ‘Jews are special’ found now its expression in
the story of Ken Livingstone and his sin coming hard on the
heels of Prince Harry and his mishap. Actually, I have heard
that at the next costume ball, Prince Harry will be dressed as
Ken Livingstone. The Ken’s story is simple: the Mayor was rude
to a hack. Being a journalist, I sympathise with the journalist;
but being rude to is our professional hazard. However, the
insult was blown well over normal proportions. If Ken would be
equally insulting to a member of Royal family, he will be
forgiven if not encouraged. But here – even the Students’ Union
decided to ban Ken.
Your anti-racist feelings do not come into it. Some time ago I
watched the Hard Talk with Tim Sebastian on the BBC. Tim was
grilling a Uganda Asian businessman living in England. He told
him: well, you Asians in Uganda were heavily engaged in the
black market activities, smuggled hard currency abroad, despised
the natives and refused to marry them. Actually the same
accusations were traditionally levelled against Jews. If Tim
would just try to say it to a Jew he would be kicked out of his
job same day. But applied to the Muslims – they did not cause a
stir. It was just a Hard Talk. So it is not ‘anti-racism’. In my
view, this unbelievable out-of-proportion response to Ken’s
affair shows again a mysterious connection of Jews and the new
Empire.
One reason is that Jews like an Empire. If there is a choice
between an England and an Empire, the Jews prefer an Empire.
Benjamin Ginsberg, the Professor of Political Science at John
Hopkins University, wrote a book on this subject, called Jews
and the State: The Fatal Embrace and he attests to this
Jewish love of Empire. Any Empire: Franz Josef, the last Emperor
of Austro-Hungarian Empire, used to say that Jews are the most
loyal of his subjects. In your country, Disraeli was equally
proud of his Jewish ancestry and devoted to the
Empire-building.
A Jewish joke tells of two Jewish brothers in revolutionary
Odessa; one of them emigrated to England and became a peer of
the realm, another one remained in Russia, suffered as much as
anybody, and eventually the Russian brother was invited by his
British brother to London. The brother arrived, received English
citizenship, had whale of time, went to Covent Garden, maybe to
the Palace, at night the brothers come home, and the Russian
brother began to cry. “Oh do not cry, told him the English
brother, you had your life, I had mine, it could happen other
way around.” “You did not understand me, - says the Russian
brother, - I weep for India we have lost”.
This love of Empire explains the easiness Jews change their
allegiance – indeed, the same people who were all for the
Russian or French or British Empire now became ardent supporters
on the new American Empire. Simple minds call it ‘treacherous
behaviour’, but it is actually love of Empire per se, and it
does not matter who is the titular head of this Empire: Jews are
good for an Empire, as long as they feel the Empire is good for
them.
Now, there is a large and thriving Muslim community in England.
In my view, Islam is a form of Christianity, even nearer to the
Nicene Creed than some Pentecostals or other American
denominations. What is more important, they are now on the side
of freedom, against the Empire, and they are not afraid of
enforcers of Judaic values, Jewish or Gentile. This community is
very important in order to turn the tide. Let us hope that its
introduction will be important for England’s future.
This is the right time to overcome left-right divide: if Michael
Howard stands on the right –for liberties - and Blair stands on
the left – and for anti-Muslim legislation, for police control
and for war, the terms have little relevance today. There are
friends and enemies of the Empire in all your major political
parties, and equally all the parties are Zionist-infiltrated.
There is a need for new realignment in order to unite
anti-Imperial forces for full withdrawal of British troops from
overseas, for independence of England from the American Empire.
In the Apple Cart by Bernard Shaw, the US makes a bid to take
over England, and a wise monarch keeps its independence.
Disentanglement of England from the US embrace is much needed,
an answer to the Boston Tea Party is called for.
Responses:
From Peter Belmont, New York
I love it. Fantastic. For its substance, for the fact that
you gave it, for your publishing it so I can read it (I don't
get to the Lords very often these days).
Peter Belmont
From Jocelyn Lamont, Dublin
Dear Israel, I am sorry I could not be there, as I would indeed
have delighted to hear such a very very good speech in the
citadel of the filthy English aristocracy and military puppets.
I have put it in EuroNews page for March Issue which will be the
last Handstand for a while.
Jocelyn
From Arno, Netherlands:
A brilliant speech!
My comments regarding: “The New Empire, even more than the old
one, is infused with Judaic values on an ideological and
theological level…
... Jews like an Empire. ...Any Empire: This love of Empire
explains the easiness Jews change their allegiance - indeed, the
same people who were all for the Russian or French or British
Empire now became ardent supporters on the new American Empire.
Simple minds call it 'treacherous behaviour', but it is actually
love of Empire per se, and it does not matter who is the titular
head of this Empire: Jews are good for an Empire, as long as
they feel the Empire is good for them.
I am tempted to add the following:
As you know, Werner Sombart in 1911 made a similar point of the
anti-national tendency of Judaism, as evidenced in the
internationalism of socialists like Karl Marx (and Lenin and
Trotsky I might add). Sombart claimed that without his
background in mind, one cannot understand Marx.
One may certainly add the anti-national tendency of the
"imperial liberalists", which never really was true
internationalism, and although promoted in general, in reality
it was followed pragmatically only as far as it served the
imperial interest. - Somewhat similar to the free-trade of
"Pentagon liberalism" today, with its many exceptions in the
areas of "vital national interest".
I have worked a lot on Friedrich List, "the pragmatic
liberalist". His criticism was directed against "the
cosmopolitical school" (Adam Smith, Say etc) in defence of the
national tool in economic policy. He opposed these
internationalist and imperialist ideas, perhaps more than most.
Nevertheless, "nationalism" is normally the villain in
anti-imperialist and anti-war quarters.
- Amusing paradox, isn't it?
Arno
Your address to the British Parliament was SO right on! In
fact, I find all of your work to be extraordinary. I like to
state, and I do often, that when God passed out intelligence and
insight he was overly generous with yourself! Thanks for
sharing. I love receiving your emails as a Shamireader. Take
special care because you are, indeed, special.
Angie
Canada
From: Al Jazeerah editor
The Zionist Empire Is Sacrificing Its American Colony
By Hassan El-Najjar
February 28, 2005
Authors, columnists, and readers throughout
the internet alternative media are talking non-stop about the
EMPIRE. Some of them like Israel Shamir (in his today's article)
mention America as the center of the Empire and the Jews as its
main supporters who control its financial institutions and its
media. Uri Avnery earlier (also at Al-Jazeerah) mentioned the
power of American Jews and their control over the US society and
government. Mike Whitney, also today, linked the falling of the
dollar with the New World Order which is bankrupting nations,
including the US, for the benefit of a handful of bankers and
industrialists. John Anast's articles have focused on shedding
light on how much power Israel and its supporters have on the
American society. Finally, Gajendra Singh, also in today's
article,treats the subject with depth concluding that the
decline of the American century has long begun. In my
article Zionism, the highest stage of imperialism, I have
argued that the capitalist world system is controlled by
Zionists.
Whether Jews or gentiles, Zionists have been advancing the
Israeli interests not only in the Middle East but all over the
world. Without this Zionist Empire paradigm in mind, there can
be no logical explanation to why the United States is being
pushed so fast towards a tragic collapse. There can be no
logical explanation to why the UK has been blindly following the
US in its wars in the oil-rich Middle East. Why is the US
willing to go to war against Iran because of alleged nuclear
capabilities while totally ignoring the fact that Israel has a
huge arsenal of nuclear weapons? This is not a US interest,
simply it's an Israeli interest.
Hassan El-Najjar
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