Comments on: Annals of Jewish Terror

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:04 +0000

Those acts should be defined as violations of international law, I would think.

The CIA has committed such acts many times, all over the world.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:55:16 +0000

Richard, here is the wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Goldstein

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:59:10 +0000

Yes, someone I know who made aliyah, said after 9/11 that this event would finally allow Americans to know what it’s like to be an Israeli & would finally bring America fully to Israel’s side. I said to myself chas v’halila (God forbid), but didn’t say that to him.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:51:17 +0000

I don’t remember reading about this story. Could you get me a link?

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:15:12 +0000

Shirin, you read my mind. I was just thinking that whether Netanyahu’s remarks were taken out of context or not, they’re reprehensible. The sad thing is that the Israeli people don’t realize what a liability Netanyahu really is.

The anti-semitic conspiracy nuts really went to town after that. It’s an interesting example of how Zionism feeds anti-Semitism.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:08:52 +0000

It is almost as though it has gone beyond a double standard to the point where it is believed that Muslims cannot possibly be the targets of terrorism in the US; on the other hand, a mentally deranged army major who happens to be a Muslim goes berserk and kills 13 people, and the first thing thing that comes to everyone’s mind is the question of whether he is a member of al Qaeda.

I imagine there was political pressure in the Goldstein case that quashed the terrorism charges.

By: Shirin

Shirin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:58:49 +0000

I agree that the various conspiracy theories suggesting that Israel had prior knowledge or even was in on it, or possibly even more absurdly that the whole thing was plotted and executed by the GWB administration do not hold water. On the other hand Netanyahu’s public comments that 9/11 was “very good for Israel” certainly help feed the conspiracists (did I just make up a new word?), though in my mind what those remarks really do is tell us everything we need to know about Netanyahu and his ilk.

By: Shirin

Shirin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:47:17 +0000

It is an outrage that they know with some certainty who committed this clear act of terrorism, and yet no one has been prosecuted for it, nor will they ever be prosecuted.

Even more outrageous is the clear double standard when it comes to charging Jews with terrorism or even hate crimes. For example, as I recall in the Florida case of Robert J. Goldstein authorities refused to charge him with either, despite the fact that they found in his home detailed plans for a deadly attack on a local “Islamic education center; fifteen or so bombs; the makings for 30 or so more bombs; 30-40 weapons, including a .50 caliber sniper rifle along with a number of semiautomatic weapons; and a list of fifty local mosques and Islamic centers. Needless to say if it had been a Muslim or an Arab, and the targets had been Jewish centers, he and his case would have been treated very, very differently indeed.