Israel's Peculiar Position

[jillian]

I got this by email. Looking forward to the historical revisionist anti-semite loons.

---- THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1968 42 years ago - Astonishing!
You probably don't remember the name Eric Hoffer.
He was a longshoreman who turned into a philosopher, wrote columns for newspapers and some books.
He was a non-Jewish American social philosopher.
He was born in 1902 and died in 1983, after writing nine books and winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
His first book, The True Believer, published in 1951, was widely recognized as a classic.

Eric Hoffer was one of the most influential American philosophers and free thinkers of the 20th Century. His books are still widely read and quoted today. Acclaimed for his thoughts on mass movements and fanaticism, Hoffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983. Hopewell Publications awards the best in independent publishing across a wide range of categories, singling out the most thought provoking titles in books and short prose, on a yearly basis in honor of Eric Hoffer.
Here is one of his columns from 1968 -- 42 years ago! Some things never change!
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~




ISRAEL'S PECULIAR POSITION...by Eric Hoffer –

Los Angeles Times May 26, 1968.


The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews.
Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it, Poland and Czechoslovakia did it.
Turkey threw out a million Greeks and Algeria a million Frenchman.
Indonesia threw out heaven knows how many Chinese and no one says a word about refugees.
But in the case of Israel, the displaced Arabs have become eternal refugees.
Everyone insists that Israel must take back every single one.
Arnold Toynbee calls the displacement of the Arabs an atrocity greater than any committed by the Nazis.
Other nations when victorious on the battlefield dictate peace terms.
But when Israel is victorious, it must sue for peace.
Everyone expects the Jews to be the only real Christians in this world.
Other nations, when they are defeated, survive and recover but should Israel be defeated it would be destroyed.
Had Nasser triumphed last June [1967], he would have wiped Israel off the map, and no one would have lifted a finger to save the Jews.
No commitment to the Jews by any government, including our own, is worth the paper it is written on.
There is a cry of outrage all over the world when people die in Vietnam or when two Blacks are executed in Rhodesia.
But, when Hitler slaughtered Jews no one demonstrated against him.
The Swedes, who were ready to break off diplomatic relations with America because of what we did in Vietnam, did not let out a peep when Hitler was slaughtering Jews.
They sent Hitler choice iron ore, and ball bearings, and serviced his troops in Norway.
The Jews are alone in the world.
If Israel survives, it will be solely because of Jewish efforts. And Jewish resources.
Yet at this moment, Israel is our only reliable and unconditional ally.
We can rely more on Israel than Israel can rely on us.
And one has only to imagine what would have happened last summer [1967] had the Arabs and their Russian backers won the war, to realize how vital the survival of Israelis to America and the West in general.
I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us.
Should Israel perish, the Holocaust will be upon us all.

 

[Marc39]

Brings to mind this song written by Bob Dylan...

Well, the neighborhood bully, he’s just one man,
His enemies say he’s on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He’s criticized and condemned for being alive.
He’s not supposed to fight back, he’s supposed to have thick skin,
He’s supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land,
He’s wandered the earth an exiled man.
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,
He’s always on trial for just being born.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized,
Old women condemned him, said he should apologize.
Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad.
The bombs were meant for him.
He was supposed to feel bad.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim
That he’ll live by the rules that the world makes for him,
’Cause there’s a noose at his neck and a gun at his back
And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

He got no allies to really speak of.
What he gets he must pay for, he don’t get it out of love.
He buys obsolete weapons and he won’t be denied
But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Well, he’s surrounded by pacifists who all want peace,
They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease.
Now, they wouldn’t hurt a fly.
To hurt one they would weep.
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Every empire that’s enslaved him is gone,
Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon.
He’s made a garden of paradise in the desert sand,
In bed with nobody, under no one’s command.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

Now his holiest books have been trampled upon,
No contract he signed was worth what it was written on.
He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth,
Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

What’s anybody indebted to him for?
Nothin’, they say.
He just likes to cause war.
Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed,
They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed.
He’s the neighborhood bully.

What has he done to wear so many scars?
Does he change the course of rivers?
Does he pollute the moon and stars?
Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill,
Running out the clock, time standing still,
Neighborhood bully.

Home Page | Bob Dylan

 

[jillian]

good one!

 

[Marc39]

good one!

Bob Zimmerman

 

[Jos]

Dylan goes Kahanist.

 

[Marc39]

Dylan goes Kahanist.

Learn basic spelling before making dumb comments, fool...
http://www.usmessageboard.com/2210962-post18.html

 

[Baruch Menachem]

The main difference is Israel seems to be bothered by it. No one else seems to give a rip about refugees in this case.

Does anyone ever hear about boat people anymore? they have all been assimilated or died off or went back.

 

[Marc39]

The main difference is Israel seems to be bothered by it. No one else seems to give a rip about refugees in this case.

Does anyone ever hear about boat people anymore? they have all been assimilated or died off or went back.

Pallies are professional refugees.

 

[CMike]

I got this by email. Looking forward to the historical revisionist anti-semite loons.

---- THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1968 42 years ago - Astonishing!
You probably don't remember the name Eric Hoffer.
He was a longshoreman who turned into a philosopher, wrote columns for newspapers and some books.
He was a non-Jewish American social philosopher.
He was born in 1902 and died in 1983, after writing nine books and winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
His first book, The True Believer, published in 1951, was widely recognized as a classic.

Eric Hoffer was one of the most influential American philosophers and free thinkers of the 20th Century. His books are still widely read and quoted today. Acclaimed for his thoughts on mass movements and fanaticism, Hoffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983. Hopewell Publications awards the best in independent publishing across a wide range of categories, singling out the most thought provoking titles in books and short prose, on a yearly basis in honor of Eric Hoffer.
Here is one of his columns from 1968 -- 42 years ago! Some things never change!
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~




ISRAEL'S PECULIAR POSITION...by Eric Hoffer –

Los Angeles Times May 26, 1968.


The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews.
Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it, Poland and Czechoslovakia did it.
Turkey threw out a million Greeks and Algeria a million Frenchman.
Indonesia threw out heaven knows how many Chinese and no one says a word about refugees.
But in the case of Israel, the displaced Arabs have become eternal refugees.
Everyone insists that Israel must take back every single one.
Arnold Toynbee calls the displacement of the Arabs an atrocity greater than any committed by the Nazis.
Other nations when victorious on the battlefield dictate peace terms.
But when Israel is victorious, it must sue for peace.
Everyone expects the Jews to be the only real Christians in this world.
Other nations, when they are defeated, survive and recover but should Israel be defeated it would be destroyed.
Had Nasser triumphed last June [1967], he would have wiped Israel off the map, and no one would have lifted a finger to save the Jews.
No commitment to the Jews by any government, including our own, is worth the paper it is written on.
There is a cry of outrage all over the world when people die in Vietnam or when two Blacks are executed in Rhodesia.
But, when Hitler slaughtered Jews no one demonstrated against him.
The Swedes, who were ready to break off diplomatic relations with America because of what we did in Vietnam, did not let out a peep when Hitler was slaughtering Jews.
They sent Hitler choice iron ore, and ball bearings, and serviced his troops in Norway.
The Jews are alone in the world.
If Israel survives, it will be solely because of Jewish efforts. And Jewish resources.
Yet at this moment, Israel is our only reliable and unconditional ally.
We can rely more on Israel than Israel can rely on us.
And one has only to imagine what would have happened last summer [1967] had the Arabs and their Russian backers won the war, to realize how vital the survival of Israelis to America and the West in general.
I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us.
Should Israel perish, the Holocaust will be upon us all.

 

[Shogun]

The main difference is Israel seems to be bothered by it. No one else seems to give a rip about refugees in this case.

Does anyone ever hear about boat people anymore? they have all been assimilated or died off or went back.

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

 

[Marc39]

The main difference is Israel seems to be bothered by it. No one else seems to give a rip about refugees in this case.

Does anyone ever hear about boat people anymore? they have all been assimilated or died off or went back.

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

You're mentally ill and you're a failure in life jealous of Jews being smart and successful.

Mark Twain on the Jews will definitely make you feel even shittier about your life, loser...

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"

Concerning the Jews - the Essay

Suck on it, loser.

 

[jillian]

good one!

Bob Zimmerman

I know dat!! lol.. you can't grow up in nyc and not know that!!! heh...

 

[jillian]

The main difference is Israel seems to be bothered by it. No one else seems to give a rip about refugees in this case.

Does anyone ever hear about boat people anymore? they have all been assimilated or died off or went back.

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

you can tantrum all you want, dahveed, but you didn't even bother reading it. and there isn't a single position i take with regard to israel that requires anyone but terrorists to be killed.

if terrorists want to use civilians as shields, there is nothing israel can do about it. but israelis sure as hell aren't going to die for it, dahveed.

oh, and tattie schoen, my grandparents weren't killed in nazi germany. my family left belarus b/c of the pogroms and, later, because stalin was, in my late grandfather's words,
'vorse zen ze zahr'.

does that mean i get to stand on the border of belarus and demand my great grandfather's home back while lobbing missiles at the current residents of that home?

 

[Shogun]

The main difference is Israel seems to be bothered by it. No one else seems to give a rip about refugees in this case.

Does anyone ever hear about boat people anymore? they have all been assimilated or died off or went back.

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

you can tantrum all you want, dahveed, but you didn't even bother reading it. and there isn't a single position i take with regard to israel that requires anyone but terrorists to be killed.

if terrorists want to use civilians as shields, there is nothing israel can do about it. but israelis sure as hell aren't going to die for it, dahveed.

oh, and tattie schoen, my grandparents weren't killed in nazi germany. my family left belarus b/c of the pogroms and, later, because stalin was, in my late grandfather's words,
'vorse zen ze zahr'.

does that mean i get to stand on the border of belarus and demand my great grandfather's home back while lobbing missiles at the current residents of that home?

the problem, of course, is how you define the word "terrorist", jillybean.

The question you should ask is if those in belarus get to purge it's nation of jews for the sake of ethnic and cultural purity. If you can find jews in belarus then you have nothing more to add to that basket of fail.

 

[Shogun]

The main difference is Israel seems to be bothered by it. No one else seems to give a rip about refugees in this case.

Does anyone ever hear about boat people anymore? they have all been assimilated or died off or went back.

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

You're mentally ill and you're a failure in life jealous of Jews being smart and successful.

Mark Twain on the Jews will definitely make you feel even shittier about your life, loser...

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"

Concerning the Jews - the Essay

Suck on it, loser.

MARK TWAIN? yea! you and ****** Jim probably don't see eye to eye on that one, you big dummy.





the shit you post never fails to make me laugh at you while your posts illustrate just how farcical your master jewish race bullshit is. seriously.

 

[Marc39]

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

You're mentally ill and you're a failure in life jealous of Jews being smart and successful.

Mark Twain on the Jews will definitely make you feel even shittier about your life, loser...

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"

Concerning the Jews - the Essay

Suck on it, loser.

MARK TWAIN? yea! you and ****** Jim probably don't see eye to eye on that one, you big dummy.





the shit you post never fails to make me laugh at you while your posts illustrate just how farcical your master jewish race bullshit is. seriously.

Stoner, you are mentally ill and a loser in life. Seek help before you commit suicide.

Mark Twain on Jewish achievement...

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?

Concerning the Jews - the Essay


Stoner=Failure

 

[Shogun]

mark's mom is jewish!

 

[Marc39]

mark's mom is jewish!

Stoner, worry less about Jews and more about your ill mental health. You're a failure in danger of suicide

Mark Twain on Jewish achievement...

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?

Concerning the Jews - the Essay


Stoner=Loser

 

[CMike]

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

You're mentally ill and you're a failure in life jealous of Jews being smart and successful.

Mark Twain on the Jews will definitely make you feel even shittier about your life, loser...

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"

Concerning the Jews - the Essay

Suck on it, loser.

MARK TWAIN? yea! you and ****** Jim probably don't see eye to eye on that one, you big dummy.





the shit you post never fails to make me laugh at you while your posts illustrate just how farcical your master jewish race bullshit is. seriously.

 

[CMike]

yea! israel SURE IS concerned with unwanteds behind a wall!




the shit you people will polish in order to believe in your shiny turd is hilarious if it were not a blight upon humanitarianism.


hey JEWS, the nazis got to exterminate your fucking grand parents.. does that mean you are going to fucking CRY THAT IT MUST BE ANTISEMITISM WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME?


wow, you motherfuckers are horrible.

you can tantrum all you want, dahveed, but you didn't even bother reading it. and there isn't a single position i take with regard to israel that requires anyone but terrorists to be killed.

if terrorists want to use civilians as shields, there is nothing israel can do about it. but israelis sure as hell aren't going to die for it, dahveed.

oh, and tattie schoen, my grandparents weren't killed in nazi germany. my family left belarus b/c of the pogroms and, later, because stalin was, in my late grandfather's words,
'vorse zen ze zahr'.

does that mean i get to stand on the border of belarus and demand my great grandfather's home back while lobbing missiles at the current residents of that home?

the problem, of course, is how you define the word "terrorist", jillybean.

The question you should ask is if those in belarus get to purge it's nation of jews for the sake of ethnic and cultural purity. If you can find jews in belarus then you have nothing more to add to that basket of fail.

A terrorist is a person that targets civilians to kill in order to spread terror, i.e. Hamas.