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Posted by Testimonies from Prof. I. SHAHAK on October 27, 19101 at 07:20:44:
The Ideology behind of MASSACRES, traditionally Fascist Jewish Lies and the "true" Holocaust "PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE":
The Ideology Behind of Massacres
Testimonies and comments by Prof. Israel Shahak
It is wrong to assume that the mass murder in Hebron stemmed only from the opinions of a small group of extremists on the fringe of the Israeli political spectrum, the supporters of the late Meir Kahane. The ideology which inspired the killings is the same as that of the "Jewish Underground" of 1984. The members if this movement, who attempted to blow up the mosques of the Temple Mount, were caught red-handed while fixing bombs, timed to explode exactly on the beginning of the Sabbath, to nine Arab buses, so as to avoid the killing of any pious Jew. Daniel Ben-Simon (Davar, 27 February) quotes,for the first time, the real aims of the "Jewish Underground", and compares them with the better known aims of Kahane. While interrogating one "Jewish Underground" member, the Shin Bet were stunned by the downright Satanic idea underlying the plan to demolish the mosques on the Temple Mount. As the man explained to his interrogators, "the demolition of these mosques would have infuriated all the hundreds of millions of Muslims in the world. Their rage would inevitably have led to a war which in all likelihood would have escalated into a world war. In such a war the scale of casualties would be formidable enough to promote the process of Redemption of the Jews and the Land of USrael. All the Muslims would by then disappear, which means that everything would be ready for the coming of the Messiah." On the other hand, says Ben-Simon, "in one of his 12 books, Kahane justified the extermination of the Arabs as the surest way to bring about the "True Redemption of the Jews". The Redemption can occur in all its splendour, even right now, if all Jews resolve to keep the Commandments of the Lord. But the Redemption can also proceed through tragedy if the Jews refuse to obey the Lord. The difference is that True Redemption implies that the Jews cast away their fear of the Gentiles and fear only the Lord; which in turn means that they expel all the Arabs from the Land of (Z.O.G.=)USrael. So in order to bring on the Redemption we should expel all the Arabs." The Philosophy of Gush Emunim The sympathy which Baruch Goldstein enjoys among the Gush Emunim, whose influence is more pervasive than that of the Kahanists, can only be explained by a shared ideology. However, Gush Emunim leaders enjoy Rabin's friendship and strong influence in wide circles of the USraeli and diaspora Jewish communities. Therefore it is their version of this ideology which is more important. Gush Emunim's thinking assumes the
imminence of the coming of the Messiah, when the Jews, aided by God, will triumph over the Gentiles. Consequently, all current politicl
developments call be interpreted by those in the know as destined either to bring this end nearer or postpone it. Jewish sins, the worst of them being lack of faith in Gush Emunim ideology, can postpone but not alter the predestined course of Redemption. The two world wars, the Holocaust and other calamitous events of modern history serve as stock examples of such a curative punishment for Jewish sins. Such explanations can go into a lot of specific detail. The rabbi of Kiryat Arba, Dov Lior (who attended Goldstein's funeral and praised him), blamed Israel's relative failure in its 1982 invasion of Lebanon on the lack of faith manifested through signing a peace treaty with
Egypt and "returning the inheritance of ourancestors [i.e Sinai] to strangers". I will proceed to quote from two English-language books on the subject: For the Land and the Lord, Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, By Ian Lustick (Council on Foreign Relations, New York 1988), and the chapter on nationalist Judaism in Yehoshafat Harkabi's Israel Fareful Decesions (I.B.Tauris, London 1988, reviewed in MEI 331). The fundamental tenet of Gush Emunim's thinking is the assumption that the Jewish people are
"peculiar". Lustick discusses this tenet in terms of their denial of the classical Zionist claim that only by undergoing "a process of
normalisation", by emigrating to Palestine and forming a Jewish state there, can the Jews become like any other nation. But for them this "is the
original delusion of the secular Zionists", because they measured that "normality" by applying non-Jewish standards. According to Gush Emunim, "Jews are not and cannot be a normal people", because "their eternal uniqueness" is "the result of the covenant God made with them at Mount Sinai". Therefore, according to Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, one of their leaders, "while God requires other normal nations to abide by abstract codes of 'justice and righteousness', such laws do not apply to Jews". Harkabi quotes Rabbi Israel Ariel, who says that "a Jew who kills a non-Jew is exempt from human judgement, and has not violated the prohibition of murder". The Gush Emunim rabbis have indeed reiterated
that
Jews who kill Arabs should be free from all punishment. Harkabi also
quotes
Rabbi Aviner, Rabbi Zvi Yehudah Kook and Rabbi Ariel, all three of whom
say
Arabs living in Palestine are thieves because since the land was once
Jewish, all property to be found on that land "really" belongs to the
Jews.
In the original Hebrew version of his book Harkabi expresses his shock
at
finding this out. "I never imagined that Israelis would so interpret
the
concept of the historical right." All we need is
war Let me omit the many other horrifying facets of
Gush
Emunim ideology except one comment of Harkabi which I find particularly
prescient. Proponents of the view that due to God's help Israel is
stronger
than all other nations hold that "Israel need have no fear of future
wars,
and can even provoke them at will. Rabbi Shlomo Aviner wrote:'We must
live
in this land even at the price of war. Moreover, even if there is
peace, we
must instigate wars of liberation in order to conquer it."
It
must be borne in mind that, for Gush Emunim, the "Jewish heritage" to
be
"liberated" is much greater than just Palestine. Rabbi Ariel was
far-sighted
enough to publish an atlas in which all the lands to be "liberated"
(according to diverse rabbinical interpretations) are clearly marked.
All
the areas west and south of the Euphrates (i.e. including Kuwait) are
included, and Ariel also shows rabbinical "interpretations" even more
far-reaching than this unanimous view. Suppose Gush Emunim were ever
able to
use Israeli nuclear power. It is not difficult to guess what purpose it
would be used for. Harkabi and Lustick make it clear
that
Gush Emunim assumes that the reason for Arab hostility towards the Jews
are
theological in nature. Hence the conclusion that the Arab-Israeli
conflict
cannot he resolved politically. Lustick quotes a prominent rabbi,
Eliezar
Waldman, then a Knesset member, now the director of the main yeshiva in
Kiryat Arba, who said "that by fighting the Arabs, Israel carries out
its
divine misssion to serve as the heart of the world" and to save it,
"while
Arab hostility springs like all anti-Semitism, from the world's
recalcitrance" against being saved by the Jews, or even from Arabs
seeding
"to fulfil their collective death-wish". Gush Emunim's plans
for
governing non-Jews in Israel are also based on "theological"
principles.
According to Rabbi Aviner; "Is there a difference between punishing an
Arab
child and an Arab adult for disturbance of our peace? Punishments can
be
inflicted on Jewish boys below the age of 13 and Jewish girls below the
age
of 12...But this rule applies to Jews alone, not to Gentiles. Thus any
Gentile, no matter how little, should be punished for any crime he
commits."
From this dictum, it is only a short step to slaughtering Arab
children. Even Israel's Supreme Court compared Kahane to the
German Nazis. The prominet Orthodox dissident, Professor Yeshayahu
Leibovitz, said that the mass murder in Hebron was a consequence of
"Judeo-Nazism". But Gush Emunim's ideology is no less like that of the
Nazis
than Kahane's. Source: MEI, No. 471, 18 March 1994
*** Palestine Human Rights Information Center -
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - February 25, 1994
MASSACRE IN IBRAHIMI MOSQUE IN HEBRON 50 DEAD AND SEVERAL
HUNDRED
INJURED BY JEWISH SETTLER AND SOLDIERS An Israeli settler
wearing a military uniform, Baruch Goldstein, a well-known Kach leader
and a
physician from Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron, entered the Ibrahimi
mosque
and emptied two clips of a machinegun into Moslem worshippers during
the
dawn prayer. Initial casualty figures are unconfirmed because the
Hebron
area is under curfew and injured people have been transferred to more
than
six hospitals in the area. At least 48 were killed in the initial
shooting
(received by hospitals and confirmed by name), but estimates are that
between 50 and 60 Palestinians may have been killed. More than 300 are
injured. Some of them were critically injured by the high-velocity
ammunition. The massacre occurred shortly after 5:00
a.m.
when the mosque was crowded with worshippers for Friday prayers during
Ramadan, the Moslem holy month of fasting. Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak
Rabin called the massacre "a murderous act by a psychopath" against
"innocent individuals." He called on both Arabs and Jews to "show
restraint." A curfew was declared on Hebron. The previous night Jewish
settlers entered the mosque, a holy site called Cave of the Patriarchs
for
Jews; a large force of about 300 soldiers prevented Palestinians from
praying. The potential conflict was resolved by 10:00 p.m. according to
a
waqf guard. A shortage of blood and intensive care
facilities,
as well as the time delays of transporting injured, is expected to
contribute to a high death rate among the critical casualties. Many of
the
dead and injured were from the same families; they were shot as their
heads
were bent in prayer, said eyewitnesses. Soldiers used tear gas and
guarded
the entrance of the mosque after they heard gunfire, which contributed
to
the difficulty of evacuating the dead and injured. Some eyewitnesses
reported that soldiers took part in the shooting afterward, apparently
mistaking the massacre for an armed clash. Goldstein,
an
immigrant from New York and a major in the Israeli army, is said to
have
died inside the mosque, but it is not clear if he killed himself or was
killed in the melee after opening fire. Residents of
Hebron
continued to rush to hospitals and clinics to donate blood and
medicine.
Most of the bandages and first aid supplies have been used up. It is
estimated that there are 250 injured. Clashes continue around the
hospital
areas surrounded by soldiers between the army and residents. At 10 AM
Friday
morning, a Palestinian from Badran family was shot dead by soldiers
near
Ahli Hospital in Hebron. Tens of others were injured. Hospital sources
say
that most of the injuries are from high velocity
bullets. KILLED IN IBRAHIMI MOSQUE, February
25: 1. Abdel Rahim Abu Sneineh
2. Abdul Haq Jabari
3. Ahmad Abdullah Abu Sneineh
4. Akram Kafisheh
5. Akram Joulani
6. Ala' Badr Abdul Jalil Taha Abu Sneineh
7. Amjad Abdallah Sandal
8. Arafat Musa Burkan
9. Arafat Mahmoud Bayid
10. Atiyeh Mohammad Salameh
11. Ayed Abu Hadid
12. Ayman Ayoub Qawasmi
13. Diab Karaki
14. Diab Muhtasab
15. Fawaz Zughair
16. Hamad Abu Nijmeh
17. Hatem Qader Fakhouri
18. Ismail Kafisheh (shot in head)
19. Iyad Karaki
20. Jamil Ayed Natsheh
21. Kamal Jamal Kafisheh
22. Khairi Aref Abu Hadid
23. Khaled Halaweh Abu Sneineh
24. Kifah Abdul Mu'az Marakeh
25. Marwan Abu Shareh
26. Marwan Mutluk Abu Nijmeh
27. Mohammed Sadeq Abu Zanoun
28. Nader Zahdi
29. Nimer Mohanmmad Nimer Mojahed
30. Nour Ibrahim Muhtasib
31. Raed Mohammed Natsheh
32. Raji Arafat Rajabi
33. Raji Gheith
34. Saber Katbeh
35. Salim Idris
36. Sufian Zahdeh
37. Suleiman Awad Jabari
38. Talal Dandis
39. Tareq Abu Sneineh
40. Tariq Abdeen
41. Wael Obeid Muhtasib
42. Walid Abu Hamdiyeh
43. Yasser Diab Kafisheh
44. Yazen Abdul Mu'ti Marakah
45. Yusef Hroub? (not confirmed)
46. Zeidan Jabber
47. Zein Gheith
48. Ziad Kafisheh KILLED IN RELATED INCIDENTS AND
PROTEST
DEMONSTRATIONS: 49. _____ Badran, shot by army in front of
Ahli
hospital, Hebron
50. Mohammed Yusef Ghayatheh, shot by settler near Beit Jala
hospital
51. Mohammad Danaf, 20, Sheikh Radwan, Rafah/Gaza
52. Fadl Kernawi, 16, Bureij refugee camp/Gaza
53. Mohammad Yusef Abed Abdu, 20, Bureij refugee
camp/Gaza Makassed Hospital: At Makassed hospital, several
hundred young men gathered at the emergency room entrance to facilitate
the
evacuation of injured from ambulances and cars and to wait for news of
the
dead and injured. Makassed administration reported
receiving
six fatalities as of 10:30 a.m. Two injured died in hospital later in
the
day. Twenty-four gunshot injuries were admitted to Makassed hospital by
10:00 a.m., with more arriving from Hebron or transferred by other
hospitals
since then. Three were transferred to Ramallah hospital. All of those
shot
were injured by devastating high-velocity ammunition which splinters
into
shrapnel inside the body, causing extensive multiple injuries and
massive
hemmorhaging. Four children, aged 7, 8, 9 and 14, were
among the injured:
Muhanned Shaher Abu Hadid, 9, was shot in the mouth and is in intensive
care;
Sari Awad Jabari, 8, was shot in the chest (brother was killed; another
brother injured, status unknown);
Farhat Hussein Jabari, 7, shot in both legs;
Hamzi Arafat Deik, 14, was shot in the shoulder. EYEWITNESS
REPORT #1: Suleiman Abu Saleh, the Guard at the Ibrahimi
Mosque, told PHRIC: At 5:30 this morning [February 25] I
was at
the dawn prayer at Ibrahimi Mosque. At the Ishaqiyeh entrance to the
mosque,
a settler in army uniform with three stripes appeared. He said he
wanted to
enter the area of worship. I prevented him from entering. He said that
he
was the officer in charge that night, but I still prevented him from
entering because it's forbidden for soldiers to enter the mosque during
prayer. He hit me on my chest with his rifle and he entered by force
after I
had fallen on the ground. He then opened fire with his automatic weapon
--
the weapon was smaller than a M16 or a Galili rifle. He fired
indiscriminately and extensively. He went out and shot in
the
air, then he went back in and fired indiscriminately at the
worshippers. He
changed his ammunition clip another time and then went back in and shot
at
the worshippers again indiscriminately. Usually, a large
force
of soldiers are present to guard the mosque during prayers but last
night,
there were only four soldiers in addition to the officer, Eilan. After
the
first round of shooting, I went to look for the officer but he was
outside
the mosque. After I approached him while he was shooting, the soldiers
closed off the section between the worshippers and the settler, which
meant
that access to a telephone was cut off for the worshippers. The door
leads
to the administrative section where the telephone was, and so the
ambulance
was 50 minutes late. At this point, there were seven people confirmed
dead.
The guards and some worshippers carried out the dead and injured to
Prophet
Joseph's door. The soldiers shot in the air upon orders of Eilan, the
officer in charge. I asked him not to shoot but they continued, and the
soldiers prevented any family members to carry out the
wounded. A large force of soldiers entered the mosque to
protect
the settlers, numbering between 20 to 30. I saw a body on the ground
and
tried to treat the person, but the soldiers prevented me from doing so.
I
realized that the person on the ground was the soldier/settler who had
shot
the worshippers. The body was in a place called Qour Nissa' which meant
that
he could have shot everyone in the worship compound, because it
overlooks
the place of worship. EYEWITNESS REPORT
#2: According to a taxi driver, Ashraf Mitzab, who
transported four wounded to Makassed, Palestinians were wounded by both
settlers and soldiers: There were 600-700 worshippers in
Ibrahimi
for the dawn prayer. At 5:20 a.m., when people, the old, children and
men
were bowed in prayer with their heads to the ground, an Israeli came
into
the mosque. He was dressed in military clothes and carrying a machine
gun
and had passed the Israeli soldiers standing guard near the door of the
mosque. He began shooting from the back of the mosque and had time to
change
the clip on his machinegun and continue shooting. People tried to run
away
but soldiers came into the mosque and used tear gas at the entrance and
also
opened fire at people. It was impossible to tell who was shot by the
settler
and who by the soldiers. It all happened at the same time.
I
took four injured people in my taxi. One was seriously injured in the
head.
The army forbade anyone to come or leave. My car was shot at as I was
leaving the area. Also an Israeli guard at the Dabboyya building in the
center of Hebron shot at us. There was no one on the streets on the
way.
When I left there were helicopters spraying gas over the whole city. My
car
and an ambulance which was travelling behind me were stopped at the
checkpost at Beit Ummar.
GAZA: Three were killed in the Gaza Strip by 2:00 p.m. on Friday: two in Bureij refugee camp and one man in Rafah. Injuries totalled about 30 by the early afternoon. Jabalia refugee camp sources reported to PHRIC that 11 residents were shot and injured during demonstrations which erupted after news of the massacre was broadcast. Seven residents of Nusseirat refugee camp and 12 from Shujaiyeh neighborhood were also reported shot and injured. Buses of Moslem worshippers were stopped at Erez checkpoint at 5:00 a.m. and prevented from travelling to Jerusalem for special Ramadan prayers.
AL-AQSA: Teargas and rubber bullets were used by Fascist USraeli police against a protest demonstration at the Haram al-Sharif. Dozens of worshippers were treated in Makassed for gas inhalation and injuries from rubber bullets. An estimated 100 000 Palestinians from other parts of the Occupied Territories, primarily from the north Nablus and Jenin area, travelled to Qudüs today for prayers in al-Aqsa.
KALANDIA: Preliminary reports indicate two Palestinians were killed by USraeli army fire in protest demonstrations in Kalandia refugee camp in northern Qudüs.
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