http://mounadil.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/le-presbytere-na-rien-perdu-de-son-charme-ni-le-boycott-du-sionisme-de-son-eclat
La
publication d’un long article sur ce qui touche à la Palestine et au
conflit arabo-sioniste n’est pas chose fréquente dans la presse
américaine, en dehors des journaux des grandes métropoles que sont
Washington, New York et Los Angeles. Du moins quand cet article ne
figure pas dans la rubrique opinion ou courrier des lecteurs.
C’est pourtant le cas cette fois ci
avec ce papier paru dans un journal de Pittsburgh, une ville de
Pennsylvanie peuplée d’un peu plus de 300 000 habitants et qui fut
longtemps la capitale de l’industrie de l’acier aux Etats Unis.
L’article ne traite cependant pas
directement du conflit du Moyen Orient mais des prises de position de
l’église presbytérienne sur ce conflit, notamment sur les questions du
boycott et du désinvestissement.
En effet, après avoir hésité à prôner
le boycott et à retirer ses investissements , l’église presbytérienne
semble décidée à aller de l’avant sur ce dossier ainsi que le signalent
deux événements récents. Nous avons d’abord une déclaration d’une haute
instance de cette église qui recommande de retirer les fonds qu’elle a
investis dans trois entreprises qui participent à l’oppression du peuple
palestinien (Motorola, Caterpillar et Hewlet Packard). Et surtout,
l’église vient de rendre public un guide d’étude de la question du Moyen
Orient destiné à servir de base à la réflexion des fidèles et des
pasteurs.
Ce guide ne constitue donc pas une
position officielle de cette église qui se caractérise par un
fonctionnement dans lequel les orientations sont prises collectivement
dans le cadre de synodes ou assemblées générales.
Les représentants du sionisme aux
Etats Unis se sont vivement émus du contenu de ce guide, ce qu’on peut
parfaitement comprendre dans la mesure où il n’éhésite pas à remettre en
cause la validité des fondements mêmes du sionisme sur le plan
religieux tout comme il le disqualifie politiquement .
Une évolution qui n’est pas sans rappeler celle qu’a connue récemment l’église mère en Ecosse qui a réfuté théologiquement les
prétentions sionistes dans un rapport publié au premier semestre 2013.
L’église d’Ecosse est en quelque sorte la maison mère du
presbytérianisme qui ne représente que 4 des 100 millions de Protestants que comptent les Etats Unis.
Eglises presbytériennes à Pittsburgh
4 millions,
c’est à la fois peu et beaucoup si on considère que les fidèles de
cette église appartiennent généralement à des couches sociales aisées et
instruites qui s’engagent donc volontiers et savent se faire entendre.
Et c’est aussi beaucoup si on tient
compte du poids historique de l’église presbytérienne qui a servi de
modèle aux autres églises protestantes et de la relative porosité qui
existe entre les divers cultes protestants aux Etats Unis.
par Peter Smith / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA) 22 février 2014 traduit de l’anglais par Djazaïri
Un groupe chargé par l’Eglise presbytérienne des Etats Unis de promouvoir « une paix juste en Israël/Palestine » publie un guide d’étude qui contient des descriptions du sionisme comme une hérésie à la racine de la crise du Moyen Orient.
Dans le même temps, une haute instance dirigeante recommande le retrait par l’église de ses investissements dans trois sociétés liées à l’occupation par Israël de territoires palestiniennes.
Ces deux démarches, quoique menées séparément dans les dernières semaines ont été saluées par les partisans de la cause palestinienne mais ont combiné leurs effets pour déstabiliser les relations entre les Presbytériens et les Juifs, aussi bien au niveau local que national.
Des représentants de l’Eglise Presbytérienne de Pittsburgh – une des plus importantes organisations de cette église au niveau national – ont rencontré des responsables juifs locaux la semaine dernière pour discuter des controverses.
« Nous avons redécouvert ce que nous savions déjà, à savoir notre accord fondamental [avec les organisations juives, NdT] sur à une solution du problème avec deux Etats, et notre accord fondamental sur la caractère intolérable de la situation des Palestiniens telle qu’elle est et la nécessité de la corriger » déclare le Révérend Sheldon Sorge, ministre général du culte pour l’Eglise Presbytérienne.
Sans être une déclaration officielle de l’église, le guide d’étude, « Zionism Unsettled » [en suspens ou déréglé?] représente le travail d’un groupe créé il y a dix ans par l’Eglise Presbytérienne de Pittsburgh. Les 72 pages illustrées du guide, produit par l’Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) dénonce ce qu’il qualifie de’années de discussions stérieles pour une solution à deux Etats, expliquant qu’Israël a de facto cré un seul Etat qui opprime les Palestiniens dans le style de l’apartheid. Il dénonce le « nettoyage ethnique « des Palestiniens chassés par Israël de centaines de villes et villages en 1948 et affirme que cet Etat est lee résultta d’une « relation toxique entre théologie et politique ».
Gregg Roman, directeur du Conseil des Relations Communautaires de la Fédération Juive du Grand Pittsburgh, déclare avoir compris que le guide d’étude "n’est pas quelque chose qui émane de la base [des prêtres et des fidèles, NdT]." Mais il l’a appelé "un cours accéléré pour plaider la disparition de l’Etat juif."
Il explique que quand on le lit, c’est « comme si aucune guerre n’était menée contre Israël, comme s’il n’y avait pas des campagnes teroristes par des organisations comme le Hezbollah et le Hamas… et il ignore le fait que les Israéliens… et la communauté juive américaine soutiennent une solution à deux Etats. »
Parmi les organisations juives d’envergure nationale, l’Anti-Defamation League déclare que le guide d’étude est peut-être « le document le plus antisémite produit par une grande église américaine de mémoire récente », tandis que Steve Gutow, président du Jewish Council for Public Affairs l’a qualifié de « digne d’une organisation raciste [hate group], pas d’une importante église américaine. »
La direction de l’Eglise Presbytérienne au niveau national a également pris ses distances avec la publication, insistant sur le caractère décentralisé de presbytérianisme. Quoique produite par une émanation officielle de l’église et vendue via le réseau de distribution à domicile de l’Eglise Presbytérienne, le rapport est publié à l’intention de l’église plutôt qu’en son nom, déclare Linda Valentine, directrice exécutive de la Presbyterian Mission Agency,qui supervise la plupart des buraux de l’église au niveau national depuis son siège à Louisville dans le Kentucky.
La politique de notre église consiste en « appels à un règlement négocié entre Israël et la Palestine et le droit pour chaque Etat d’exister dans des frontières sûres et reconnues, » écrit Mme Valentine. « L’église a condamné les actes violences des deux parties au conflit, ainsi que l’occupation illégale de territoires palestiniens par des colonies israéliennes. Notre église a fermement condamné l’antisémitisme sous toutes ses formes, dont le refus de reconnaître l’existence légale d’Israël. Dans le même temps, nous pensons que la condamnation des injustices perpétrées au nom de l’Etat d’Israël,… ne constituent pas de l’antisémitisme. »
’Un déséquilibre chronique’
Martha Reese de l’Illinois, qui fait partie de l’équipe rédactionnelle de « Zionism Unsettled », déclare dans un entretien que le guide essaye de « corriger un déséquilibre chronique dans la manière dont le conflit est compris. »
Elle explique que beaucoup d’Américains n’ont pas compris l’impact que le sionisme a eu sur les Palestiniens et qu’elle espère que les congrégations chrétiennes, juives et musulmanes se serviront du guide d’étude « comme un outil pour engager de difficiles conversations. »
Mme Reese déclare que le réseau n’a pas de position officielle quant à savoir si la solution ultime est un ou deux Etats mais indique qu’il est en faveur de « l’autodétermination et de l’égalité. »
Elle dit que la prise de position officielle des Presbytériens pour une solution à deux Etats doit être vue à la lumière de la prolifération de colonies juives en Cisjordanie. « Nous devons avoir la certitude que notre position offcielle est vraiment réaliste compte tenu de réalités changeantes. »
Alors que certaines organisations protestantes conservatrices sont connues pour leur soutien farouche à Israël, les obédiences protestantes plus libérales critiquent depuis longtemps son occupation de territoires palestiniens en Cisjordanie. Pour les Presbytériens, le débat s’est accéléré en 2004 quand leur assemblée générale approuva des démarches en vue de retirer des investissements en Israël liés à son occupation [des territoires palestiniens].
Ce qui avait provoqué une vive réaction de la part de dirigeants juifs et de nombreux Presbytériens qui considéraient que c’était apporter une caution morale au mouvement plus large dans les campus universitaires et ailleurs pour appliquer des pressions économiques sur Israël. Des assemblées réunies par la suite avaient fait machine arrière tout en appelant à des investissements promouvant la paix dans la région, et d’autres obédiences protestantes ont aussi envisagé avant de reculer sur cette question du désinvestissement.
En 2012, une assemblée presbytérienne avait rejeté à une majorité de deux voix seulement une proposition de retrait des fonds de l’église investis dans Motorola Solutions, Caterpillar et Hewlet Packard parce que ces entreprises sont des fournisseurs des forces israéliennes et des colons juifs en Cisjordanie occupée. Elle avait cependant recommandé un boycott des produits fabiqués en Cisjordanie occupée par Israël.
Début février, la Presbyterians’ Mission Agency a recommandé à nouveau que la prochaine assemblée générale prévue pour juin 2014 retire ses investissements de ces trois entreprises après qu’un rapport de l’église a conclu qu’elles « s’enferraient dans leur participation à des activités non pacifiques. »
Le Révérend Randy Bush, pasteur de l’East Liberty Presbyterian Church dit ne pas avoir encore lu le guide d’étude et donc ne pas pouvoir en parler. Mais il affirme que le désinvestissement pourrait aider à freiner l’expansion des colonies israéliennes et du mur de séparation sur les terres palestiniennes. « Nous avons observé un e consolidation de politiques qui rendent la paix plus difficile, » dit-il.
Si les organisations pro-israéliennes ont critiqué la proposition de désinvestissement, elles prêtent plus d’attention ces jours-ci à « Zionism Unsetteld » qui, selon elles, va plus loin qu’appeler Israël à se retirer sur les frontières d’avant son occupation de la Cisjordanie en 1967.
En fait, le guide d’étude remet en cause la légitimité même du projet sioniste, en observant qu’il est enraciné dans la croyance en un « exceptionnalisme » – selon lequel son groupe d’appartenance religieuse est plus important que n’importe quel autre.
« L’exceptionnalisme théologique et éthique du sionisme juif et chrétien… ont été soustraits au débat public malgré les inadmissibles violations des droits humains qui trouvent racine dans leurs croyances fondamentales, » lit-on dans le guide.
« Le défi posé aux relations inter-religieuses est de trouver un moyen de respecter les différences théologiques et les expériences historiques qui leur ont donné naissance tout en les empêchant de devenir des excuses pour l’injustice. »
Une section du guide rédigée par le Révérend Naim Ateek – pasteur anglican et directeur du Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Center, une organisation chrétienne palestinienne influente à Jérusalem-Est – ajoute que « le sionisme est le problème. » Il le qualifie d’hérésie qui « commet une injustice théologique par son appel à Dieu, à l’histoire et à la race. »
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Aux Etats Unis, où le lobby sioniste est très influent à tous les échelons du pouvoir politique, les choses sont en train de bouger et elles le font sur deux fronts qui se chevauchent parfois : les campus universitaires ou l’activisme sioniste est de plus en plus contesté, y compris au sein d’organisations juives, et les différentes églises qui constituent la religion protestante majoritaire aux Etats Unis.
On l’a vu récemment avec l’église presbytérienne et on le voit aussi jusque dans les églises évangéliques qui sont considérées comme le socle du sionisme chrétien.
L’article que je vous propose laisse entendre qu’il faut nuancer le propos et que l’engagement sioniste n’a jamais été le fait de la majorité des dirigeants de ces élises évangéliques. Il laiss entendre aussi que les choses sont en train de changer dans le sens d’un rééquilibrage plus favorable aux positions pro-palestiniennes.
Ce sont des évolutions assez timides qui inquiètent toutefois Christians United For Israel (CIFI), l’expression organisationnelle du sionisme chrétien dont le directeur exécutif est un certain David Brog qui n’est autre que le cousin d’Ehud Barak.
On l’a vu récemment avec l’église presbytérienne et on le voit aussi jusque dans les églises évangéliques qui sont considérées comme le socle du sionisme chrétien.
L’article que je vous propose laisse entendre qu’il faut nuancer le propos et que l’engagement sioniste n’a jamais été le fait de la majorité des dirigeants de ces élises évangéliques. Il laiss entendre aussi que les choses sont en train de changer dans le sens d’un rééquilibrage plus favorable aux positions pro-palestiniennes.
Ce sont des évolutions assez timides qui inquiètent toutefois Christians United For Israel (CIFI), l’expression organisationnelle du sionisme chrétien dont le directeur exécutif est un certain David Brog qui n’est autre que le cousin d’Ehud Barak.
New Publication by Main Presbyterian Church in US Calls Zionism “Jewish Supremacism”
Issued by the Israel Palestine Mission Network of Presbyterian Church (USA), the publication states that the problem stems “Zionism [which is] destroying both indigenous Palestinian lives and rich Jewish communities across the globe in a supremacist misinterpretation of God’s word . . .
“Moreover, the American Jewish community actively stifles dissent against the Zionist narrative, taking advantage of the ‘ignorance and passivity of many liberal American Jews.’”
Issued by the Israel Palestine Mission Network of Presbyterian Church (USA), the publication states that the problem stems “Zionism [which is] destroying both indigenous Palestinian lives and rich Jewish communities across the globe in a supremacist misinterpretation of God’s word . . .
“Moreover, the American Jewish community actively stifles dissent against the Zionist narrative, taking advantage of the ‘ignorance and passivity of many liberal American Jews.’”
“Our church has categorically condemned anti-Semitism in all its
forms, including the refusal to acknowledge the legal existence of the
State of Israel. At the same time, we believe that condemnation of
injustices perpetrated in the name of the State of Israel, including the
violation of human rights, does not constitute anti-Semitism.”
The statement comes in the wake of expressions of outrage by Jewish
groups at “Zionism Unsettled,” a publication last month of the church’s
Israel Palestine Mission Network.
The study guide posits that a “pathology inherent in Zionism” drives
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and rejects theologies — including
Jewish theology — that uphold Zionism.
The church says that the network advises the church but does not set its policy.
“The independent group — which speaks to the church and not for the
church — recently published a study guide, Zionism Unsettled: A
Congregational Study,” the church’s statement said. “The guide is
intended to prompt discussion on the ever-changing and tumultuous issue
of Israel-Palestine. The IPMN booklet was neither paid for nor published
by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).”
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Author Warns of Racist Movement in Israel Looking for ‘Right to Kill Non-Jewish Children’
RABBINICAL SATANIC VERSES
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Presbyterian Church (USA) Makes Controversial Divestment Move Against Israel
‘We cannot profit from the destruction of homes and lives,’ Presbyterians say
ADL condemns US Presbyterian Church vote to join Israel divestment movement
Presbyterian Church (USA) Makes Controversial Divestment Move Against Israel
Presbyterian Church Votes Israeli Disvestment
Jewish groups anticipate rupture after Presbyterians vote to divest
Leading Jewish Supremacist Commentary Magazine Spits Bile over Presbyterian Church and David Duke
Presbyterians Divest from the Israeli Occupation: The End of the Beginning?
Op-Ed: The Presbyterians’ Judaism problem The decision of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to embrace divestment reflects the denomination’s theological problem with Jewish identity, Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor writes.
Poll shows: Jews Love Jews, Christians Love Jews, but Jews Despise Christians–Even More than Muslims!
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Death of the Jewish Left?
Israel angered by Methodist report on boycott movement Though report does not recommend joining the boycott, it was attacked by Israel's London embassy for 'legitimizing' BDS.
UN envoy's church complaint Robert Serry says Israeli officers tried to bar him from entering the Holy Sepulcher Church.
La stratégie du diviser pour régner d'Israël : considérer les Palestiniens chrétiens comme "non-arabes"
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'De-Arabizing' Christians Christian Arabs aren’t really Arabs — at least according to a new Knesset bill. It imposes one more division on the Palestinian people — and serves Israel’s interests, writes Emily Hauser.
Author Warns of Racist Movement in Israel Looking for ‘Right to Kill Non-Jewish Children’
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Israel is losing its grip on evangelical Christians
Why are Christians funding Israel’s anti-Zionist fringe?
Catholic
and Protestant charities shouldn’t be funding an Israeli group that
calls for a Palestinian “right of return” and an end to the Jewish
state, writes NGO Monitor’s Emily Ziedman.
The Jewish community is mobilizing a coordinated response to the BDS threat, write Jerry Silverman of the Jewish Federations of North America and Steve Gutow of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
BDS AND THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
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BDS to launch iPhone app Smartphone app would enable boycotters to search for a company's ties to Israel.
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Israel denies EU request to meet with Palestinian prisoners
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human rights in the Palestinian territories accused Israel last week of
“ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians. Speaking at a press conference, he
said that Israeli policies bore “unacceptable characteristics of
colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.”
KOSHER THEFT?
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Kerry places blame on Israel for crisis in peace talks U.S. officials later try to play down Kerry's comments, saying he did not engage in a blame game and that both sides took 'unhelpful steps.'
Kerry says ‘Jewish state’ recognition will have to wait
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Netanyahu's office: Israel 'deeply disappointed' by Kerry's accusations
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Netanyahu Orders Israeli Ministers To Stop Meeting Palestinian Counterparts
Israeli minister urges Netanyahu to annex settlements
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Officiellement, on nous dit que c'est juste les extrémistes juifs
qui veulent ça, mais l'article de PressTV indique que ce sont les
OFFICIELS israéliens qui proposent cela. De là à dire que les
extrémistes juifs contrôlent les officiels israéliens, il n'y a qu'un
pas. 
Fort douteux... Vidéo: les « juifs pour Jésus » envoient ce dernier dans les chambres à gaz…
Gilad Atzmon–JESUS IN AUSCHWITZ FOR EASTER
Why is Jesus in Auschwitz?
Video aims to convert Jews to Christianity by portraying Christ as a Holocaust victim.
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Why is Jesus in Auschwitz?
Video aims to convert Jews to Christianity by portraying Christ as a Holocaust victim.
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Les forces israéliennes lancent des grenades sur la mosquée Al Aqsa
The Jerusalem question: Will a U.S. court case trigger WWIII? If the U.S. decides to list 'Israel’ as the country of birth of an American born in Jerusalem, the consequences are potentially huge.
The New York Times wrestles with Israel's gag orders Two senior editors at the newspaper say they were unaware of The Times ever agreeing to abide by gag orders in Israel.
New York Times Admits It Agreed to ‘Gag Orders’ in Israel
US fears mounting Israeli espionage
PRESSTV - US officials oppose admission of Israeli spies to Visa Waiver program
In Israel “the Only Democracy in the Middle East”, Not All Citizens Are Created Equal
FM: ‘Price tag’ vandals ‘harm Israel’s image’
Israel strikes Gaza targets in response to rockets Sderot hit as seven rockets fired into southern Israel; no injuries reported.
Le porte-parole du Fatah accuse le chef d’Al-Qaïda de « sionisme »
Kerry: Israel risks turning into an 'apartheid state'
US State Department does not deny Kerry's Israel 'apartheid' warning
Kerry’s A-bomb makes clear: the apartheid label just won’t go away
AIPAC calls Kerry’s apartheid warning on Israel troubling, offensive
MKs pan Kerry for saying Israel could become ‘apartheid’
AIPAC: Kerry’s comments ‘offensive, inappropriate’
In unusually blunt rebuke, pro-Israel group blasts top diplomat, calls Israel the region’s ‘lone stable democracy’
ISRAEL TO BECOME AN APARTHEID STATE Kerry does not seem to realise that it already is one ...
“Apartheid,” John Kerry-Cohen and Subservience to Israel
"Apartheid" en Israël ? John Kerry revient sur ses propos
Kerry's humiliation elates opponents of peace talks Secretary of State forgot that 19th century off-the-record rules don’t apply in the 21st century, creating an 'apartheid storm.'
Sen. Cruz Calls for Kerry’s Resignation Over Israel 'Apartheid' Remark
[neocon jew from MTL] Krauthammer: Cruz Is Right - Kerry Should Step Down After Apartheid Comments
ANOTHER ‘POOF’ FROM KERRY ~~ “I DID NOT CALL ISRAEL AN APARTHEID STATE”
John Kerry apologizes for Israel ‘apartheid’ remarks
Kerry backs off Israel 'apartheid' remarks amid firestorm on Hill
Right Wing Call Kerry And Obama Anti-Semites Over Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Comment
Israeli official: Kerry's apartheid comment calls U.S. role as honest broker into question
Right Wing Call Kerry And Obama Anti-Semites Over Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Comment
Les Palestiniens ont refusé le débat sur « l’Etat juif » Les USA (Kerry) aussi ne veulent pas d'un État juif!
Anonymous interview airs U.S. frustration with Israel after talks’ collapseNow that negotiations have screeched to a halt, U.S. officials are apportioning blame, and a big share is going to Israel.
Netanyahu is shaping Israel in his own dark image Even though many Israelis are willing to explore new options, their wary prime minister is deepening the country’s isolation.
Comme je dis souvent, les juifs sionistes commencent à se rendre compte que Netanyahou n'est pas bon pour la survie à long terme de l'État juif d'Israël...
Israel to use tax collected for Palestinian Authority
VIDEO - Israel's war on Africans, by David Sheen nouvelle vidéo du 25 avril 2014
Rand Paul: Cut aid to Palestinians unless they recognize Israel as Jewish state
Israeli Ministers Call for West Bank Annexation to Spite Palestinians
Palestinian’s Unity Agreement Evokes Israeli-U.S. Threats
Israel halts peace talks over Palestinian reconciliation deal
Israel occupied by the settlement lobby
Israël utilise les réfugiés comme “devise” dans le commerce des armes avec l’Afrique
Dissimuler un crime aux yeux de tous : la double fonction de l’industrie de l’eau en Israël
La police des "frontières israéliennes" détient un enfant de 6 ans à Hébron et un colon agresse le militant qui filme la scène (vidéos)
VIDEO - The Biology of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In one of the most dramatic public lectures seen in modern times, former Israeli Gilad Atzmon has declared that there is a biological basis to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: that Jewish characteristics have a genetic basis and have followed an internal eugenic policy which has created a unique ultra-racist identity which drives their imperialistic designs.
A ‘New Israel’… in Eastern Texas?
Si les Texans aiment tellement Israel et les juifs, si les chrétiens sionistes y sont si nombreux, alors ils doivent accueillir sur leurs terres sans plus attendre tous les juifs du Moyen-orient et de se partager le territoire du Texas. Ça serait le seul sionisme qui aurait du sens.
Netanyahu wants law defining Israel as Jewish state
Netanyahu proposera une loi à la Knesset sur la judéité de l’État d’Israël
Netanyahu veut «ancrer» l'Etat juif dans la loi
US officials say ‘Even if Israel doesn’t like it, Palestinians will get state’
Former Security chiefs say Israel doesn’t want to stop hate crimes
Hate crime culprits are terrorists, says public security minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch says most of of the vandals in recent attacks are from the far right in the West Bank, and the state knows who most of them are.
Jewish extremists trying to provoke 'intifada'
U.S. report: ‘Price tag’ attacks spread into Israel, go unpunished
NYU falsely accused of anti-Semitism for educating their fellow students about Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes
U.K member of parliament quits after 'bloody Jew' remark Former MP Patrick Mercer also accepted a bribe from a lobbyist and insulted a colleague, according to parliamentary report.
Winnipeg shul drops speaker who allowed campus ‘apartheid’ week
Pink Floyd members urge Rolling Stones to cancel Israel concert
Remembering the Nakba: Israeli group puts 1948 Palestine back on the map
Make Israel truly Jewish, right-wing MK urges
Poll: 68% of Israeli Jews Support End to Peace Talks
Israel fears Jewish terrorists might carry out massive hate crime during papal visit
L'église catholique romaine demande à
Israël de prendre des mesures après qu'un graffiti en hébreu disant
"mort aux arabes et aux chrétiens et à tous les ennemis d'Israël" ait
été écrit sur une église de Jérusalem.
Israel: Anti-Christian Graffiti and "Price Tag" attacks rise before Papal visit
Catholic Church rips Israeli pols for silence on Jerusalem property ‘price tag’ attacks
Ariel: Price Tag Isn’t Terrorism, Rocks and Firebombs Are Housing Minister criticizes Livni and Aharonovitch for equating “price tag” vandalism attacks with terrorism.
Hate crimes in north Israel: ‘Death to Arabs’ scrawled on window, car tires punctured
Security sources: 100 followers of racist rabbi are behind hate crimes
Israel's anti-Semitism Op-ed: There are more hate incidents against Arabs in Israel than against Jews in France.
IS ISRAEL WAKING UP TO ITS OWN ANTI-SEMITISM? Please read the following sentence slowly: Relatively, there are more hate incidents against Arabs in Israel than hate incidents against Jews in France.
Jerusalem church defaced in latest hate crime attack
“Jesus is Garbage”—Anti-Christian Hate Attacks in Israel Covered up by ZioMedia
Recrudescence d’actes antichrétiens et antiarabes à Jérusalem
Quand les sionistes financent les attentats antichretiens
Chief rabbis criticized for call to ban Jerusalem Christian prayer service at Temple Mount
Chief rabbis oppose Jewish-Christian prayer service
Teaching Kids To Hate When photos of weapon-wielding kids flooded out of the West Bank, most Jewish media outlets ignored them for one reason: they showed Israeli, not Palestinian, glorification of violence.
‘Hilltop youth the hardest informants to recruit’ Les colons juifs sont rares à vouloir collaborer avec l'État quand c'est pour coincer les criminels et les extrémistes dangereux parmi les colons. Les jeunes étaient encore plus endoctrinés que les vieux, ils sont plus difficiles à convaincre de collaborer avec l'État.
Radical settlers discuss legitimacy of killing soldiers C'est quelque chose!
Yitzhar resident arrested after posting suspected threat to soldiers
Netanyahu Promises Talmud Will Be Israeli Law
How the Israeli gov't rewards land thieves
Don't dismiss Yitzhar settlers as 'errant weeds'
Amos Oz calls perpetrators of hate crimes 'Hebrew neo-Nazis' Writer and Israel Prize laureate says 'hilltop youth' and 'price tag' are whitewashed terms 'for a monster that should be called by its name.'
“Jesus is Garbage”—Anti-Christian Hate Attacks in Israel Covered up by ZioMedia
Palestinians to U.S., EU: Add Israeli hate crimes to terror lists
Israel fears Jewish terrorists might carry out massive hate crime during papal visit
Vatican responds to Jewish extremists attacks against Christians ahead of Pope’s visit
Israel hate crimes 'poison atmosphere' for pope visit
Israël: les actes antichrétiens "empoisonnent l'atmosphère" avant la venue du pape (Patriarche catholique)
Israel requests Pope's poster be removed
Orthodox Jews protest against Pope Francis’ mass at Jerusalem site of Jesus’ last supper
Price tag: "Prix à payer" : même le pape s'y met maintenant ? L'église catholique romaine demande à Israël de prendre des mesures après qu'un graffiti en hébreu disant "mort aux arabes et aux chrétiens et à tous les ennemis d'Israël" ait été écrit sur une église de Jérusalem.
Israel: Anti-Christian Graffiti & "Price Tag" attacks rise before Papal visit
Catholic Church rips Israeli pols for silence on Jerusalem property ‘price tag’ attacks
Latin Patriarchate raps Israel on 'price tag’
Greek Orthodox denounce Israeli law on Aramaic Christians as divisive
John Hagee–Ebola Is ‘God’s Judgment’ On America Because Obama Is Trying To ‘Divide Israel’
Acolytes Of Judaism (Evangelical ‘Christian’ Zionists) Prayer Vigil Blocked By Rabbis
Jerusalem Institute Gets $2.2 Million to Teach Religious Texts to Christians
Jewish squatter colony of Beitar Illit attacks Palestinian Wadi Fuqeen with sewage despite court order
Israeli president’s plane refused entry to Swedish airspace en route to Norway
Trying to be apolitical, Israeli architects wall themselves into boycott
Liberal Jews angry with N.Y. mayor over secret AIPAC talk
GOLIATH UNLEASHED IN BROOKLYN Max Blumenthal spoke in Brooklyn last Thursday, at the Friends Meeting House. Photos below by Bud Korotzer.
How Martin Indyk Went From AIPAC Man To Blaming Israel for Talk's Failure
Israel’s old “worn-out whore” met with anger and protests in Norway
Israel suspends soldier suspected of shooting dead Palestinian teens
Israeli troops ‘intentionally’ misuse ammo to cause more harm to Arabs
BDS backers rejoice after Gates sells shares of UK security firm with ties to Israel
Révisionnisme. Des contre-manifestants israéliens distribuent des tracts censés prouver que l’expulsion de la moitié des habitants arabes de la Palestine en 1948, était une fiction.
Même le journal Haaretz pourtant complaisant avec l'Europe décrit Bruxelles comme une énorme pétaudière pour être poli
(Abonnés seulement) HAARETZ-Netanyahu playing into anti-Semites’ hands Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thinks he's the leader of world Jewry and it's us against the Western world.
The Racists of Jerusalem Day Leanne Gale thought she knew what to expect from the right-wing marches, racist chants and police violence on Jerusalem Day. But what she saw this week shocked even her.
I walked on, trying to remain calm in a threatening environment. A group of Jewish teenagers surrounded me. “So, are Jewish men not enough for you? You need to fuck Arab men instead?” And, “Go to hell, you leftist.” Another blew the sparks of his cigarette directly into my face.(...)
A mother carrying her child handed him a large poster, instructing him to hold it in front of my camera so as to obstruct my view. Anywhere I turned, the child turned his poster, until it became impossible for me to film. When I finally turned the camera off, another woman walked straight up to me. Her face inches from mine, she practically spat, “Shame on you. People died for this land. This is Jewish land. If you don’t like it, go to Syria. Go die in Syria.”
The “One Billionth Anti-Semite”—Rabbi Inadvertently Confirms ADL “Canards” as Truth
Israel’s Netanyahu boasts about making fools of Americans Editor Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has boasted about how he has defied the United States by building Jewish squatter colonies “in a smart way, in a quiet way”, +972 Magazine’s Noam Sheizaf reports.
‘Extreme Left’ high school teacher Adam Verta fired from ORT High School
Israel is Considering the Annexation of the West Bank Territories
DePaul University students vote for Israel Divestment
Lieberman: US has no right to tell Israel to investigate deaths of Palestinians
Memo to Netanyahu: Read ADL survey, and stop equating Israel criticism with anti-Semitism!
The end of a beautiful friendship? Ever since Menachem Begin became PM four decades ago, American Jewry has been captivated by Likud pathos, symbolism and sense of victimhood, but things are beginning to change.
Israël-bashing: Vous avez déjà ouvert le huffingtonpost.fr d'Anne...
“Straight Out of the Protocols” Fmr Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Exposes Zio Power!
PM: Don't recognize Palestinian unity gov't
États-Unis : un projet de loi pour interdire l’aide à la Palestine
Plus de 1.500 prisonniers palestiniens entament une grève de la faim C'est Israel qui va être trop content de les voir tomber comme ds mouches.
Israel won’t let nuclear whistle-blower leave country The government is refusing to let Mordechai Vanunu leave the country for three days to speak at a conference in London and...
The Racists of Jerusalem Day Leanne Gale thought she knew what to expect from the right-wing marches, racist chants and police violence on Jerusalem Day. But what she saw this week shocked even her.
I walked on, trying to remain calm in a threatening environment. A group of Jewish teenagers surrounded me. “So, are Jewish men not enough for you? You need to fuck Arab men instead?” And, “Go to hell, you leftist.” Another blew the sparks of his cigarette directly into my face.(...)
A mother carrying her child handed him a large poster, instructing him to hold it in front of my camera so as to obstruct my view. Anywhere I turned, the child turned his poster, until it became impossible for me to film. When I finally turned the camera off, another woman walked straight up to me. Her face inches from mine, she practically spat, “Shame on you. People died for this land. This is Jewish land. If you don’t like it, go to Syria. Go die in Syria.”
Budget-strapped Israeli military banks on future US aid Future funding for IDF purchases of American weaponry to be discussed next week during Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s visit to Israel.
Israel’s Bitter Splits Boil Over into the Open
Mofaz: Israel Can’t Handle Iran Alone
Conflit israélo-palestinien et antisémitisme : Enderlin accuse ses confrères d’autocensure
Alan Dershowitz: BDS a strategic threat to Israel in the long term
Robert Fisk: How on earth can Israel tolerate this filth from B’nai Brith Canada? Four million Canadians carrying the anti-Semitic ‘disease’? We’ve heard this kind of despicable propaganda before
West Bank Settlements: Zionist Supremacist Media Lets the Mask Slip "Netanyahu to settlers: I'm with you, but there are international constraints."
In op-eds, church leaders say BDS is moral response to Netanyahu’s rejection of Palestinian statehood
Three US churches consider BDS measures against Israel in upcoming vote
US church to divest over Israeli treatment of Palestinians Delegates call on United Church of Christ's financial arms to sell off stock in any company profiting from 'human rights violations arising from the occupation'; economic impact on Israel expected to be negligible.
As UN vents on Gaza, Jews and Christians festively argue Israel’s case Outside UN Human Rights Council debate in Geneva, demonstrators from across Europe commiserate about an irreparably biased organization
US church votes to divest from companies operating in West Bank United Church of Christ urges boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products, SodaStream; two more churches weigh similar resolutions.
To Our Friends in the United Church of Christ We write to thank you as Jews, Muslims, Protestants, atheists and others; as mothers and fathers, daughters and sons; and as people united in our belief in justice and liberation for all peoples.
We thank you for your historic and moral vote to divest from the
Israeli occupation. Your vote is a profound act of solidarity with
Palestinians who have suffered decades of occupation, dispossession, and
discrimination.
Heeding “His Call,” United Church of Christ Divests from IsraelIsraeli Foreign Ministry slams US church boycott as ‘immoral’ Spokesperson says United Church of Christ move to divest from companies operating in West Bank is ‘demonization’ of Israel
United Church of Christ votes to divest from companies with ties to Israeli settlements Delegates called on the denomination's financial arms to sell off stock in firms profiting from human rights violations.
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Netanyahu to settlers: I'm fighting for you, but there are international constraints
Netanyahu tells settler leaders he is their 'greatest defender,' but his hands are tied by 'international' considerations.
Leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements met Wednesday evening
with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and asked him to bring an end to
the months-long freeze on planning, construction, and marketing of West
Bank and East Jerusalem housing.
According
to sources that were present for the meeting, Netanyahu told the
settlerment leaders that he has in fact been advancing their cause in
recent months. "You have no shield greater than I," he said. "I fight
for you."
Netanyahu tells settler leaders he is their 'greatest defender,' but his hands are tied by 'international' considerations.
"But there are international constraints and you know them," he said, according to a source present at the meeting. "Everyone tells me all the time that the peace process is stuck because of the settlements. I reply to them that that's not true and that the real reason is the [Palestinian] refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state."
Yesha heads told Netanyahu, according to sources at the meeting, that the last time tenders for construction in the settlements were published happened after the third round of releasing Palestinian prisoners in January. They added that the planning and construction committee of the West Bank civil administration has not convened in more than three months to discuss projects that are in different phases of completion. They said they have not been able to push forward plans to build public institutions such as schools or kindergartens.
"I was not aware of the damage and suffering it has caused," Netanyahu said according to the source. Netanyahu tried to show sympathy with the Yesha leaders but he did not promise a thing except that he would look into the matter more deeply and consider possible solutions with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit.
The facts presented to Netanyahu did not come as news. After all, it was the prime minister who decided to place a freeze on planning and construction in an attempt to prolong the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – and to maintain the freeze after the talks failed to avoid international condemnation, which could involve economic and political sanctions.
Martin Indyk, the U.S. envoy to the peace talks, said in a speech several weeks ago following the collapse of the talks, that that massive construction in the settlements during the time of negotiations was a central cause for the collapse. Indyk's words together with briefings from White House to the same effect created the sense internationally that Israel was to blame for the collapse.
One of the first consequences was a decision by the German government not to grant Israel hundreds of millions of dollars to purchase German-made missile boats meant to defend Israel's natural gas interests in the Mediterranean. The Germans told Israel that their parliament would not approve such a move in wake of the collapse of the talks.
About 12 regional council heads were present at the meeting including Avi Roe of the Benyamin regional council, Davidi Pearl of Gush Etzion, Gershon Mesika of Shomron, Yohai Damari of Har Hevron, Malachi Levinger of Kiryat Arba, Oded Ravivi of Efrat, Yogal Lahav of Karnei Shomron, Hananel Dorani of Kedumim, and two senior Yesha officials, Ze'ev Hever and Dani Dayan.
Also present at the meeting were Meir Rubenstein, the Haredi mayor of Beitar Illit and regional council heads of Alfei Menashe, Beit El, Har Adar, Givat Ze'ev, and proxy for the mayor of Ariel.
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Netanyahu playing into anti-Semites’ hands
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thinks he's the leader of world Jewry and it's us against the Western world.
Emperor Netanyahu, head of the Jewish empire with its capital the State of Israel, has announced the diversion of the economic armies from west to east. Netanyahu has abandoned our interests in the sinking continent of Europe, the newspapers heralded, and marked our new interests in the east. “I come here now from signing an agreement with the deputy prime minister of China, and last week I signed similar agreements with the prime minister of Japan. I had a talk with the President of Nigeria, who asked me to send Israeli aid to the struggle against Islamic terrorism. Yesterday, I spoke to the president of Serbia, who asked me to send Israeli aid against the floods in his state,” Netanyahu boasted at the Likud Knesset faction meeting.
He summed up: “This is our answer to those who want to isolate us.” The West repudiates us? Let’s recreate ourselves in the East (at least until they realize who we are).
The fear of losing the Jewish majority in Israel, which is a modern reincarnation of the Jews’ primeval fear of being annihilated, is of the utmost importance to the leader of the Jews. Obviously, neither peace nor democracy will help the struggle against the demographic threat, inasmuch as it is seen as a threat. The only effective ammunition in this war is Jews — and the “Jewish identity” bill is the weapon.
We are witnessing a move to nationalize the Diaspora Jews. The bill aims to identify Jewish with Israeli and convert all Diaspora Jews into Israelis de facto. It’s only a matter of time until Jews, wherever they are, get the right to vote. This is a bid for numerical fortification, similar to the statistical manipulations that serve as a substitute for the struggle against poverty. The Diaspora Jews will be counted together with the Jews in Israel, without having to immigrate. This is an implementation of the right of return, without Jews having to actually return.
Such a move could be disastrous. It is not inevitable that Jews in Diaspora will have to deal with anti-Semitism again. If they are Israelis whether they want to be or not, they will no longer be able to ask to distinguish between protest against Israel’s policy and Jew hating. They may be blamed again for dual loyalty — to the state they live in and the Jewish state.
Perhaps such a situation is not against Israel’s interests. Zionism in its current incarnation has created a distorted dependency on anti-Semitism — the ideological migration to Israel has been exhausted, as has the migration of persecuted and poor Jews. We are left with millions of obstinate Jews, who regardless of how many Birthright trips Sheldon Adelson gives them at his expense, still prefer life outside Israel to partaking in the project of the Jewish state.
Ultimately, the only way to bring them here and harness them to the demographic struggle is to make them understand that no matter how bad things are here, they are even worse over there.
Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman are on a dangerous course. They want to harness the struggle against anti-Semitism to the struggle against moves against Israel’s policy. But they don’t realize, or do realize and turn a blind eye, that the move will backfire. It will merely inflame the rage and anger further, because it portrays Israel and the Jews as a body without borders that wants to expand beyond its state. In this sense, Netanyahu is playing into the anti-Semites’ hands by implementing their wildest fantasy about the Jews.
America’s Jews have been trying for some time to distinguish between the Jews and Israel and convey the message that they will not be able to defend Israel as an extension of their identity, unless it starts going straight. But Netanyahu and Lieberman don’t believe in responsibility and friendship in the world, only economic interests and anti-Semitism — and world order as simply their reorganization. They are like Russian President Vladimir Putin’s people, who pooh-poohed American sanctions over the invasion to Ukraine, remarking that at worst they won’t be able to go to Disneyland.
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When Nicole Krauss was bullied in Jerusalem for being a U.S. Jew
What passes through
Israel's head when it lets the likes of author A.B. Yehoshua to
represent it, taunting and insulting and pushing away any remaining
friends in an increasingly alienated world?
Last week I had the privilege and pleasure of participating in the International Writers Festival, held in Mishkenot Sha’ananim in Jerusalem. The festival was enriching and exciting, but overhanging it was a cloud that dampened the enjoyment, in the form of the international boycott that is slowly solidifying around Israel’s cultural life. Several of the international participants related to the boycott as an established fact that everyone except us, the targets of the boycott, is aware of and accepts as part of the new global reality.
Among the numerous pleasant encounters between Israeli writers and their overseas counterparts, an ugly interaction stood out. This was a conversation between A.B. Yehoshua and the young and successful American Jewish writer Nicole Krauss. Yehoshua let loose, without any provocation from the smiling and mild-mannered Krauss, with a blustering and surprisingly rude frontal assault on his interlocutor. Krauss is a thoughtful and interesting writer who, despite a busy schedule, made time to attend and assist the festival, in addition to her vigorous efforts to counter the international boycott that threatens us.
Yehoshua’s attack was confused and his arguments unfounded, and I cannot restate them in full here. He totally rejected the possibility of leading an authentic and significant Jewish life outside the borders of this country and the Ben Gurionist-Zionist paradigm which he espouses. He rejected in one sweep any non-Israeli Jewish literature, taking particular aim at the giants of American Jewish literature of the previous generation, such as Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. Yehoshua claimed that he was “unimpressed” by them since they failed the test by not comprehending the grandeur of political Zionism by not opting for it as the sole path for a continued Jewish historical existence.
Yehoshua’s strange behavior demonstrated an unpleasant mix of a threatened and weak yet overblown ego, of provincial feelings of inferiority together with an unjustified sense of superiority, also provincial in nature. To Krauss’ credit she was not drawn in by this ugly and needless provocation, made by the Israeli writer she admires most (it was said at the festival that she initiated this dialogue out of respect for his work). She insisted on talking about other topics, making interesting and complex arguments while maintaining her dignified pose, which stood in increasingly stark contrast to the tasteless aggressiveness of her partner in dialogue, which only became worse as the conversation continued.
I was shocked. I had never witnessed such behavior on a public stage. Israelis around me giggled forgivingly. They are used to this kind of behavior by Yehoshua, whom they insist on calling by his childhood nickname “Buli.” Unfortunately, this sounds close to the English word bully, the neighborhood thug who bothers helpless children during school recess and on the playground, threatening and striking them for no reason. Apparently his behavior is a well known phenomenon. Jewish organizations in the United States invite him to conferences and events supporting Israel and he attacks and slanders his hosts, declaring their Jewish lives incomplete and inauthentic, negating their efforts to live a significant Jewish life and to maintain the increasingly eroding affinity they have with Israel.
The masochism that makes these organizations continue inviting the neighborhood bully to their identity-searching playground is a topic for another article, but one must question what passes through Israel’s head when it allows him to represent it abroad, taunting and insulting and pushing away any remaining friends in an increasingly alienated world? Perhaps the problem is larger and more worrisome than that of the irrational lashing out of this unmannered writer? Maybe the show put on by Yehoshua truly reflects the new face of Israel, whose complacent and thuggish insensitivity has caused its long-standing friends to express reservations, to distance themselves and finally to boycott it?
Sur ce blog:
États-Unis: Le National Council of Churches, les Églises luthériennes, méthodistes et unitariennes réclament une enquête sur l'aide financière et militaire à Israël
"Kerry a déclaré la guerre à Dieu!" Menaces de mort contre Kerry-Haman: c'est pas des musulmans! Les antijuifs de plus en plus décomplexés inquiètent... Mais qu'en est-il des menaces de mort à peine voilées proférées impunément par des juifs contre des hommes d'État?
"Tout le monde est antijuif -- à part les sionistes." Plus israélien que les Israéliens, Harper resserre les liens de famille (pour ne pas dire incestueux) entre les États colonialistes et tentaculaires du Canada et d'Israël. Même les médiats juifs israéliens (comme le Jerusalem Post) sont restés bouche-bée de voir Harper s'abaisser à ce point, ne trouvant pas l'ombre d'une critique à formuler à l'endroit des politiques israéliennes
"Je larguerais Israël demain matin!" dit au Congrès le professeur Michael Scheuer, ancien directeur de l'unité anti-Ben Laden à la CIA
NY Times: Sans ennemi extérieur à combattre, Israël est voué à l'éclatement
Le directeur de 'Christians United for Israel' est l'un des 50 juifs les plus influents selon le magazine Forward
L'Occident "chrétien" complice de l'éradication des Chrétiens du Moyen-orient
Le Vatican dénonce: Israël encourage la haine envers le christianisme -- Si les Juifs veulent le respect, qu'ils commencent par respecter autrui!
Ovadia Yossef, grand rabbin sépharade d'Israël, ira déverser sa haine en enfer
Ariel Scheinermann, dit "Sharon", en enfer après plusieurs années de retard... Couvert de malédictions kabbalistiques, associé au légendaire ennemi des juifs Amalek, tout comme Kissinger et d'autres juifs américanisés... Même lui n'aura pu satisfaire les colons israéliens qui l'attaquèrent pour avoir "bloqué" l'expansion des colonies illégales
Pendant que les internationalistes du Congrès juif mondial attaquent les partis d'extrême-droite européens, Israël n'a aucune crainte de s'allier à eux pour combattre ensemble un prétendu péril musulman... La Palestine n'étant qu'une "cause islamiste à peine voilée"!
Les médiats juifs tels que le New York Times dissimulent les efforts des groupes juifs pour pousser l'Occident en guerre en Syrie pour lsraël; l'AIPAC confirme timidement son rôle de fauteur de guerres la veille de Roch Hachana, dit le "Jour du Jugement"; les groupes juifs craignent d'être associés à de tels efforts et soutiennent que c'est un devoir moral pour eux de prendre la parole, vu qu'ils s'y connaissent tellement en gazage; leur agent John Kerry (Cohn) dit qu'Assad est comme Hitler et Hussein; une victoire de "l'axe Téhéran-Damas-Hezbollah" gênerait fortement lsraël qui cherche à d'établir un précédent en Syrie afin de faciliter une guerre contre l'Iran
Le jeu des devinettes: qu'ont en commun Al Capone et la contrebande d'alcool durant la prohibition, Meyer Lansky et l'armement de tsahal, Jack Ruby et l'assassinat de JFK, la production d'anthrax à Grosse-Ile au Québec et la Seconde guerre mondiale, John McCain et Rupert Murdoch, la guerre contre le nationalisme québecois et le nouveau chef des finances du parti Libéral canadien?
Jérusalem occupée par l'anti-Christ
