After all the debates over Zionism, I'd decided to look more into the movement and its history. I'd found out that the founder of political Zionism was Theodore Herzl, so where best to get the facts from than from the mouth of the horse himself.
And this are some of the eloquent pearls of wisdom I've been able to find from his honeyed pen and tongue:
Now now, it's might not be fair to assume that Zionism hasn't evolved at least just a tad since its foundation, and who says all Zionists follow the teachings of their founder to a T?
True, so let's look at following events, shall we:
In 1921, Germans in Germany were told that:
Who spoke in a public address at a political Zionist meeting in Berlin and declared that “Germany… has too many Jews”? Was it Hitler or Goebbels? No, it was Chaim Weizman, later to become the first President of the State of Israel. This address was published in 1920, and, thus, four years before Hitler had even written Mein Kampf.
Again, it's not fair to assume that just because Zionists happen to agree with Nazis on a few points, taht they're all the same. After all, even I agree with Hitler's statement when he stated that we ought to care for the next generatin of German children. Only I wouldn't limit it to German children only. So hey, besides, thi sis before Hitler came to power. I'm shure the Zionists had come to their senses by the time Nazi Germany was in ful swing:
During World War II, the Lehi organization, an offshoot of Begin’s Irgun that was headed by Yitzchak Shamir sought an alliance with Nazis! The following is a quote from the writings of the Lehi in their contact with the Nazis:
And this are some of the eloquent pearls of wisdom I've been able to find from his honeyed pen and tongue:
“It is essential that the sufferings of Jews. . . become worse. . . this will assist in realization of our plans. . .I have an excellent idea. . . I shall induce anti-semites to liquidate Jewish wealth. . . The anti-semites will assist us thereby in that they will strengthen the persecution and oppression of Jews. The anti-semites shall be our best friends”. (From his Diary, Part I, pp. 16)
Additional words from the vivid imagination of this dreamer, from p. 68 of Part I of his Diary.So anti-Semitism, which is a deeply imbedded force in the subconscious mind of the masses, will not harm the Jews. I actually find it to be advantageous to building the Jewish character, education by the masses that will lead to assimilation. This education can only happen through suffering, and the Jews will adapt.
What a beautiful, humanistic ideology!Now now, it's might not be fair to assume that Zionism hasn't evolved at least just a tad since its foundation, and who says all Zionists follow the teachings of their founder to a T?
True, so let's look at following events, shall we:
In 1921, Germans in Germany were told that:
“We Jews are aliens… a foreign people in your midst and we… wish to stay that way. A Jew can never be a loyal German; whoever calls the foreign land his Fatherland is a traitor to the Jewish people“.
Who spoke these vile words? It was Jacob Klatzkin, the second of two political Zionist ideologists in Germany at the time, where the Jews of Germany were enjoying full political and civil rights. It was he who had advocated undermining Jewish communities as the one certain way of acquiring a state. “They had no qualms concerning tearing down the existing Jewish communities.”Who spoke in a public address at a political Zionist meeting in Berlin and declared that “Germany… has too many Jews”? Was it Hitler or Goebbels? No, it was Chaim Weizman, later to become the first President of the State of Israel. This address was published in 1920, and, thus, four years before Hitler had even written Mein Kampf.
Again, it's not fair to assume that just because Zionists happen to agree with Nazis on a few points, taht they're all the same. After all, even I agree with Hitler's statement when he stated that we ought to care for the next generatin of German children. Only I wouldn't limit it to German children only. So hey, besides, thi sis before Hitler came to power. I'm shure the Zionists had come to their senses by the time Nazi Germany was in ful swing:
During World War II, the Lehi organization, an offshoot of Begin’s Irgun that was headed by Yitzchak Shamir sought an alliance with Nazis! The following is a quote from the writings of the Lehi in their contact with the Nazis:
"The establishment of the historical Jewish state on a national and totalitarian basis and bound by a treaty with the German Reich would be in the interests of strengthening the future German position of power in the Near East ... The NMO in Palestine offers to take an active part in the war on Germany's side ... The cooperation of the Israeli freedom movement would also be in line with one of the recent speeches of the German Reich Chancellor, in which Herr Hitler stressed that any combination and any alliance would be entered into in order to isolate England and defeat it."
Ih wow, what strange bedfellows!
There is a huge amount of literature describing how the Zionists made it very difficult to save Jews during and after World War II. As various individuals and organizations were trying to arrange departures of Jews to western countries, the Zionists worked overtime to prevent this from happening. They expressed the opinion that building up the Jewish population of Palestine was more important than enabling Jews to go to third countries, and they insisted to western powers that Jews should not be accepted anywhere other than Palestine. Indeed, Yitzchak Greenbaum, a famous Zionist, proclaimed that “one cow in Palestine was worth more than all the Jews in Poland.” The infamous David Ben-Gurion said in 1938:
Ih wow, what strange bedfellows!
There is a huge amount of literature describing how the Zionists made it very difficult to save Jews during and after World War II. As various individuals and organizations were trying to arrange departures of Jews to western countries, the Zionists worked overtime to prevent this from happening. They expressed the opinion that building up the Jewish population of Palestine was more important than enabling Jews to go to third countries, and they insisted to western powers that Jews should not be accepted anywhere other than Palestine. Indeed, Yitzchak Greenbaum, a famous Zionist, proclaimed that “one cow in Palestine was worth more than all the Jews in Poland.” The infamous David Ben-Gurion said in 1938:
"If I knew it was possible to save all the children in Germany by taking them to England, and only half of the children by taking them to Eretz Israel, I would choose the second solution. For we must take into account not only the lives of these children but also the history of the people of Israel."
Oh, what a touching quote. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. How cute.
After the war, a Zionist “religious” leader, Rabbi Klaussner, who was in charge of displaced persons presented a report before the Jewish American Conference on May 2nd, 1948 :
Wow, with friends like the Zionists, what Jew needs enemies?
Anyway, I'm not sure. These Zionists really do seem like cubbly little friends to have. But I don't know; Jews might be offended: I wonder why, after all the love the Zionists have shown towards them?
Anyway, your thoughts? Should I adopte the Zionist creed or not?
Any advice would be much appreciated:smile:
Oh, what a touching quote. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. How cute.
After the war, a Zionist “religious” leader, Rabbi Klaussner, who was in charge of displaced persons presented a report before the Jewish American Conference on May 2nd, 1948 :
"I am convinced people must be forced to go to Palestine...For them, an American dollar appears as the highest of goals. By the word "force", I am suggesting a programme. It served for the evacuation of the Jews in Poland, and in the history of the 'Exodus'... To apply this programme we must, instead of providing 'displaced persons' with comfort, create the greatest possible discomfort for them...At a second stage, a procedure calling upon the Haganah to harass the Jews."
Wow, with friends like the Zionists, what Jew needs enemies?
Anyway, I'm not sure. These Zionists really do seem like cubbly little friends to have. But I don't know; Jews might be offended: I wonder why, after all the love the Zionists have shown towards them?
Anyway, your thoughts? Should I adopte the Zionist creed or not?
Any advice would be much appreciated:smile:
