#Tamir Pardo

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Oh shut up

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What do you think about Tamir Pardo and his recent words about apartheid?

I'm confused because according to pro-palestinian activists, apartheid is the fact that for Israelites and Palestinians the Israeli justice system has a different approach, so two legal systems. According to pro-israelis, there is no apartheid, because both Arabs and Jews live together and shame same public spaces. So it seems like both sides are using different definitions of what apartheid is.

Former Mossad director Tamir Pardo - who served in the Sayeret Metkal under Yonatan Netanyahu - said in September that he believes Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank. High-ranking Israeli officials have been warning for years that such a thing could happen. Pardo is probably the most important to say that, by his estimation, they are there now.

Pardo didn't say that a mere four months earlier, in May, when he co-wrote this op-ed that I agree with down to the letter.

What changed in the administration of the West Bank in those four months? Nothing.

My perspective on the "apartheid" term is written in more detail here - and please read through the comments because it is fair to include viewpoints from an actual Israeli like @kwippo. Pro-Palestinians as a rule consider every inch of Israel to be "apartheid," that it is "apartheid" to have Yom Kippur be a bank holiday or for postage stamps to have a menorah on them. That is to be dismissed out of hand. I would not hesitate to stack 1949-armistice-line Israel's treatment of minorities favorably against literally any other country in the world.

The occupied West Bank has a differential system based on nationality, not race, because that's what happens during a military occupation. This distinction used to matter to certain people, and by "certain people" I mean the likes of Human Rights Watch, which spit fire at Israel all through their 2010 report but included a long aside about how the occupation of the West Bank is not apartheid. Once again, nothing changed since then in the administration of the West Bank. Not in the last four months. Not in the 11 years between that report and another by HRW that said "actually nevermind it's totes apartheid after all." Not to this day. So I reject using a change in terminology motivated not by any change in materially lived experience but rather by fear of the future and dissatisfaction in the lack of progress. The current parlance of the Extremely Online Left is to vindictively say that the very step that could make a 2-state-solution possible - having separate systems along the footprints of separate states - is somehow "apartheid," and the only thing that can stop this "apartheid" is to erase those very distinctions and erase Israel too.

The current ultra-extremist fringe government in Israel is saying - frequently - that they WANT to change the administration of the West Bank. That is scaring basically everyone who hears it who doesn't live in the West Bank already.

With all due respect to Pardo, he is still acting as a political figure in this context and political figures exaggerate to make their points. I love Joe Biden and am relieved every day that he is president, and in 2012 Joe Biden said the Republican Party - under Mitt Romney - wanted to put African-Americans "back in chains."

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L'apartheid dans l'entité sioniste vu par ses dirigeants

On se souvient de l’hostilité à laquelle avait été en butte l’ancien président des États Unis Jimmy Carter  après la publication en 2006 de son livre «Palestine: la paix, pas l’apartheid». Ce président qui avait somme toute laissé de lui une image assez sympathique dans l’opinion internationale  avait pu être dès lors affublé du qualificatif infamant d’antisémite. Ce qui est certain est que ce…

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[ 📹 Scenes of chaos and horror after the Israeli occupation army bombed a gathering of civilians attempting to obtain a clear internet signal in the Al-Jarn area of the Jabalia Camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of at least three Palestinians. 📈 The endlessly rising death toll in the Zionist entity's ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip now exceeds 37'713 Palestinians killed and over 86'377 others wounded since October 7th. ]

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WAR IN GAZA, DAY 264: SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIALS AND ACADEMICS DEMAND U.S. CANCEL NETANYAHU'S VISIT TO CONGRESS, GENOCIDE GOES ON AS CIVILIANS ARE TARGETED BY OCCUPATION BOMBS

On 264th day of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 4 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of no less than 60 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, while another 140 others were wounded over the previous 24-hours.

It should be noted that as a result of the constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza's healthcare system, infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, local paramedic and civil defense crews are unable to recover countless hundreds, even thousands, of victims who remain trapped under the rubble, or who's bodies remain strewn across the streets of Gaza.

This leaves the official death toll vastly undercounted as Gaza's healthcare officials are unable to accurately tally those killed and maimed in this genocide, which must be kept in mind when considering the scale of the mass murder.

Writing in an opinion piece published by the New York Times, several former Israeli officials and academics have called upon the United States to cancel a planned speech to the Congress by the embattled Zionist entity's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The officials writing the opinion piece include David Harel, President of the Israeli Academy of the Sciences and Humanities; Tamir Pardo, former director of the Mossad spy agency; Talia Sasson, former director of the special tasks department at "Israel's" State Attorney's Office; Ehud Barack, the former Israeli Prime Minister; and Aaron Ciechanover, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The officials and academics write that inviting Netanyahu to speak before Congress is a "terrible mistake," and that his appearance before Congress will "not represent the State of Israel and its citizens," resulting in the rewarding of Netanyahu's "scandalous and destructive conduct."

Coming from positions of politics, the sciences, technology, defense and law, the writers feel they are well placed to judge the effects of Netanyahu's extremist government, adding that "like many, we believe that he is driving Israel downhill at an alarming speed, to the extent that we may eventually lose the country we love."

The officials continue by saying that Netanyahu and his regime have failed to create a plan for ending the war in the Gaza Strip, and that the Occupation Prime Minister has been unable to secure the release of Israeli hostages detained by the Palestinian Resistance in the Strip.

"At the very least, an invitation to address Congress should have been contingent upon resolving these two issues and, in addition, calling for new elections in Israel," they write in the Times.

The officials go on to declare that, "Inviting Mr. Netanyahu will reward his contempt for U.S. efforts to establish a peace plan, allow more aid to the beleaguered people of Gaza and do a better job of sparing civilians."

They warn that, again and again, the Netanyahu administration has rejected U.S. President Joe Biden's plans to remove Hamas from its position of power in the Gaza Strip by establishing a peacekeeping force in the Palestinian enclave.

"Such a move would very likely bring in its wake a far broader regional alliance, including a vision to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is not only in Israel’s interest but also in the interest of both political parties in the United States. Mr. Netanyahu constitutes the main obstacle to these outcomes," the officials said in the Times.

"The man who will address Congress next month has failed to assume responsibility for the blunders that allowed the Hamas assault, initially blaming security chiefs (then quickly backtracking), and has yet to announce the establishment of a direly needed state commission of inquiry headed by a Supreme Court judge to look into the fiasco," they added.

The writers go on to list the many ways in which the Israeli Prime Minister has weakened the Israeli occupation, while giving examples of the ways in which Netanyahu's coalition partners endanger the rights of Israeli citizens, including the example of the violent suppression of Israeli protests against the government, as well as Netanyahu's insistence on enshrining into law the exemption from military service for the Ultra-Orthodox at a time of war.

"Above all, many Israelis are convinced that Mr. Netanyahu has obstructed proposed deals with Hamas that would have led to the release of the hostages in order to keep the war going and thus avoid the inevitable political reckoning he will face when it ends," the former officials and academics said of Netanyahu's corrupt administration.

The writers go on to point to Israeli public opinion, which they say has turned against the Prime Minister's administration as Netanyahu's coalition hangs on tightly to its slim majority in the Israeli Knesset.

The officials continue by slamming Netanyahu's seeming lack of concern for the hundreds of thousands of Israelis displaced by Hezbollah's retaliation in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, resulting from the continued Zionist aggression in the Gaza Strip, while growing demonstrations in the occupied territories threaten Netanyahu's position as the protest movement continues to grow in strength.

"That’s where Mr. Netanyahu’s speech to Congress fits in with his political needs. No doubt it will be carefully stage-managed to prop up his shaky hold on power and allow him to boast to his constituents about America’s so-called support for his failed policies," the officials said of Netanyahu's speech to Congress.

They warn that Likud and the far-right's supporters in the occupied territories will be emboldened by the speech before Congress, coming to the conclusion that it will further hinder the chances of making a deal that could see the Israeli hostages released.

The officials conclude by saying, "Giving Mr. Netanyahu the stage in Washington will all but dismiss the rage and pain of his people, as expressed in the demonstrations throughout the country. American lawmakers should not let that happen. They should ask Mr. Netanyahu to stay home."

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation continued in the Gaza Strip, with several airstrikes overnight and into the morning that resulted in dozens of casualties.

In just a few examples of the Zionist entity's war crimes in Gaza, an occupation air raid targeted a residential house belonging to the Abu Awad family in the city of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, with initial reports stating that three Palestinians were killed in the assault, while at least a dozen others were wounded.

Subsequently, additional reporting stated the death toll in the Beit Lahiya strike had risen to 15, while several others remained in critical condition.

Following that strike, occupation aircraft fired a missile towards a gathering of civilians attempting to obtain an internet signal in the Al-Jarn area of the town of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, after which, three Palestinians who were killed in the strike were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in the city of Beit Lahiya.

At the same time, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bombed, and detonated with explosives, several residential homes in neighborhoods southwest of Gaza City, as well as the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city, while the systematic destruction of residential neighborhoods and public infrastructure in the city of Rafah in the south continued unabated.

According to local reporting, the occupation army detonated a number of residential squares in the Saudi neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as in neighborhoods east and northeast of Khan Yunis, while violent occupation artillery shelling and airstrikes hammered the Nuseirat Camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Local reporting states that a number of civilians were killed, and many others wounded, as a result of IOF artillery shelling of various neighborhoods of Gaza City, including the Al-Sabra, Al-Zaytoun, and Tal al-Hawa neighborhoods.

Simultaneously, Zionist artillery detatchments resumed their bombardment of the eastern areas of the Bureij Refugee Camp, as well as targeting agricultural lands west of the Nuseirat Camp, both in the central Gaza Strip.

Local reports write that 5 civilians were killed in an artillery strike, and were subsequently taken to Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat Camp after being targeted in their residential apartment, while occupation artillery shelling also targeted farmers in the grape vineyards, west of the New Camp area in the Nuseirat Camp.

Occupation soldiers also detonated a number of residential buildings in the vicinity of the Zoroub roundabout, west of the city of Rafah, south of Gaza, coinciding with heavy artillery shelling of the central and western neighborhoods of the city.

Palestinian sources have also reported that a number of wounded civilians arrived at the European Gaza Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza, after intense occupation bombing pummeled citizen's homes in the town of Al-Khuza'a.

As a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, the infinitely rising death toll now exceeds 37'718 Palestinians killed, including at least 10'000 women and more than 15'000 children, while another 86'377 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

June 26th, 2024.

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I watched a video the other day of a young Jewish American woman discussing the pro-Zionist propaganda she was exposed to in Hebrew school when she was younger. How in one instance students were asked what their first thought was when thinking about Israel, to which she responded with the word war. This train of thought was then immediately shut down. But it stuck out to me because my answer to this question was the same. More specifically my first thought has always been their military.

Even before the terrible and horrific events that have occurred this month, before more attention was brought to what is happening in Palestine, since I was a child and the only thing I knew about it was what my mother would discuss with me when talking about history (at the time she was my only source of information because I was all of nine). They don’t teach you these things in school, nothing about the occupation and apartheid that is instituted in Palestine. Nothing about the genocide or ethnic cleansing.

Whenever I would happen to hear about Israel, any off handed remark, I would think about their military. When I was a child it was a strange concept to wrap my mind around the idea of mandatory military service. I knew it was different from the draft and that it was mandatory for all Israeli citizens, men and women, to serve in the IDF once they were of age. There are countless countries that implement mandatory military service, to different degrees and within specific circumstances but my entire life, living on an entirely separate continent, this was a nation I knew to be renowned for it. I have seen this notion be disseminated through popular culture and news without any of the historical context, or if so there were firmly assigned roles between who was the hero and who was the villain.

I still remember when I was in elementary school all the headlines and commotion that occurred when a model refused to serve in the IDF back in the early 2000’s (not that it was for any altruistic reasons or condemnation of the occupation of Palestine, made that much more obvious by her current instagram posts 16 years later) and the widespread condemnation she received. I have seen countless movies and television series were a character is mentioned having a background of serving in the IDF (or Mossad as western media treats them as interchangeable) as explanation for their fighting prowess and capability. Consistently and without fail, this idea of the supremacy of the Israeli army has been perpetuated throughout the years. Since before I was born. In none of those instances were the Palestinians ever mentioned aside from being the foe that threatened Israel. Nothing of the slaughter, occupation, and discrimination that they have faced for the better part of a century. Always implied to be a religious fueled aggression on their part when in truth it has everything to do with territory and resources. With extreme nationalism and the far right.

It is horrifying to watch the rate at which misinformation is being spread through the news and social media. Israel has had more than fifty years to perfect their propaganda methods, to weave this tale that what they are doing is just and right. Condemning anyone who criticizes their actions as antisemitic. They have the backing of countless western politicians, businesses, and celebrities because at the end of the day they only care about the bottom line. It’s why the American government has given Israel billions of USD in aid to Israel with Biden promising billions more. Why former chief of Mossad Tamir Pardo was slammed for saying that what is occurring in Palestine is apartheid. Why so many news outlets have reported outright lies, and why you continue to hear journalists repeat the same question “Do you condemn Hamas?” over and over again. All the while Palestinians are without resources, shelter, clean water, no military whatsoever, no means of defending themselves from this annihilation.

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Israel is enforcing apartheid in the West Bank, says former Mossad spy chief Tamir Pardo

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Is Israel An Apartheid State?

Almost every international human rights organisation has explained why Israel is an apartheid state, including the United Nations and Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, who all conducted comprehensive reviews.

Zionists and their friends often accuse these organisations of bias or even antisemitism, that the reason they accuse Israel of being an apartheid state is because they hate Jews. This is ridiculous, but let's operate inside the delusion.

The Israeli Jewish-run human rights group, B'Tselem, has produced many reports explaining how the apartheid system works in the occupied territories. Here is one called The Occupation In Its 51st Year. There are more such documents on their site.

The Israeli Jewish-run human rights group, Yesh Din, has produced many reports explaining how the apartheid system works in the occupied territories. Here is one called The Occupation of the West Bank and the Crime of Apartheid. There are more such documents on their site.

The Israeli Jewish-run paper of record, Ha'aretz, has published many articles about the apartheid system in Israel. Here is one called Israel is an Apartheid Regime. There are more such articles on their site.

And it's not just humans rights and media organisations.

Amiram Levin, who headed the IDF Northern Command said there is "absolute apartheid" in the West Bank.

Yossi Sarid, a former Israeli cabinet minister and ex-leader of the opposition said, "it is apartheid".

Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel, said if "millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state" and that Bibi Netanyahu and his friends are "undermining the foundations of Zionism and Israeli democracy".

Israel’s former attorney general, Michael Ben-Yair, said, "We established an apartheid regime..."

In 2021, 25% of American Jews agreed outright that "Israel is an apartheid state".

Former prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, said in 1976 that if Israel did not evacuate the entire West Bank of Palestinians, "I don’t think it’s possible to contain over the long term, if we don’t want to get to apartheid". (The Israelis have not yet evacuated the West Bank, although they're giving Gaza a pretty thorough sluice.

Tamir Pardo, the former director of Mossad (Israeli national intelligence agency), said, "There is an apartheid state here."

In 2015, another former head of Mossad, Meir Dagan, said that Bibi's policies would lead to either a binational state "or an apartheid state".

There are many more.

At what point does your insistence that you know more than every international human rights organisation, Jewish Israeli human rights agencies, the Israeli paper of record, ex-prime ministers, ex-heads of the IDF and Mossad and a large number of Jews themselves become antisemitic?

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... and by Amnesty International.

And by Tamir Pardo, a former head of fucking Mossad (as reported by The Guardian, ABCNews, APNews and multiple other media outlets in multiple countries).

(For some reason, when I post this it looks like tumblr is automatically adding some bullshit about the source being twitter, and I can't delete it; I just want to add that twitter has precisely the square root of fuck-all to do with this. Seriously, tumblr, what the actual fuck)

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L'ancien chef du Mossad : Netanyahu n'est pas coupable du massacre du 7 octobre

L’ancien chef du Mossad, Tamir Pardo, a été photographié à “Kol Hakhadash” et dans les documents distribués à partir de là, on l’entend dire de sa voix: “Je n’ai aucun doute sur le fait que ce Premier ministre n’est pas coupable de ce qui s’est passé le 7 octobre à 6h30 heures du matin , c’est l’entière responsabilité de Tsahal”. Ce qui s’est passé juste apres fait qu’il a une part respectable,…

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Instead of pursuing revenge, the government should have reached a deal to secure the hostages’ release first and then pursued military objectives.

- Former Mossad Dir. Tamir Pardo

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Media ‘Israel’: Netanyahu Membawa Kita Menuju Kegagalan Total

TEL AVIV (Arrahmah.id) – Tamir Pardo, mantan kepala badan intelijen ‘Israel’ (Mossad), menuduh Perdana Menteri Benjamin Netanyahu – yang katanya telah memasang slogan “Kemenangan Absolut” di benderanya – memimpin ‘Israel’ menuju kegagalan mutlak. Pernyataan ini muncul dalam konteks diskusi di saluran ‘Israel’ mengenai nasib pertempuran yang sedang berlangsung di Jalur Gaza dan konsekuensi…

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Promoting Gender Diversity and Integrating the Gender Perspective in Indian Intelligence Agencies.

Promotion of Gender Diversity and Integration of Gender perspective has recently received much attention across domains, but IndianIntelligence Agencies seem to be an exception. Indian Intelligence agencies have failed to become a major part of this discourse. There have been reports and talks around the reforms in intelligence agencies like the IDSA Task Force report “A Case for Intelligence Reforms in India” by R. Banerji and the Bill for Intelligence Reforms introduced by Mannish Tiwari in 2011, but they have all failed to incorporate the gender dimension. Also, though India supports UN Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, there seems to be a dissonance between India’s international display by contributing female peacekeepers to UN peacekeeping missions and the situation back home (Seth, 2022).

Promoting gender diversity in intelligence institutions is of significance for various reasons. Individuals recruited from diverse backgrounds with different skills, expertise, problem-solving approaches, ideas, perspectives, and cultural experiences will help improve the productivity and quality of engagement and lead to innovation and creativity in intel agencies. Seeing the issue from a gender perspective will strengthen intelligence products and help better decision-making (“Foreign Territory: Women in international relations,” 2019). The options for recruiters will improve as more applicants can apply, attracting the best talent. The intel workforce should reflect the diversity in society, gender diversity is crucial. Inclusion will enhance public trust and confidence in these institutions. Such an approach will also empower the disadvantaged genders.

If we specifically focus on women, some studies and opinions highlight that some skills women possess are most needed for intel jobs. One of the former female agents at the CIA argued that women are better at people skills, i.e., they can read people better, which includes determining their motivations and vulnerabilities; they’re street smart, i.e., they can easily read the potential danger and escape threats proactively; they are better at training foreign assets and are better listeners on the job (Zeigler, 2012). Thoughassociating certain skills with a specific gender can be seen as a perpetuation of stereotypes, it can be viewed as a result of the gendered structures that have been around for centuries, which we strive to change. Tamir Pardo, the head of Mossad, in one of his interviews, said that female agents have a distinct advantage in secret warfare because of their better ability to multitask and suppress their ego to attain goals vis-à-vis men and contrary to the stereotypes, women are good at deciphering situations and their abilities are superior to men in terms of understanding the territory, reading situations, spatial awareness (Zeigler, 2012). The ‘UN Security Gender and security Toolkit’ elaborates that WPS Agenda is important for intelligence agencies as it promotes gender inclusion and advocates using gender analysis for conflict impact, resolution, and recovery, and talks about how women can play a significant role in reducing the harm of gender-based violence and discrimination. UNSCR 2242 calls for the integration of gender in the counterterrorism approach and emphasizes developing gender focussed evidence-based policies to deal better with the impacts of violence on women by conducting gender-sensitive research (DCAF, OSCE/ODIHR, UN Women, 2019).

Seeing the growing number and changing nature of security challenges, adopting a gender-inclusive approach in India’s security and intelligence policy has become far more relevant. India must soon develop a policy with a broad vision for gender inclusion in security and intelligence. A gender-diverse expert committee to review after such a policy is drafted is a must. I doubt if our traditional institutional structures are fully capable of gender-inclusive policymaking. Implementing the provisions of such a policy will need a strategy, resource management, political will, and moving away from systemic inertia. A multi-pronged strategy focussing on recruitment-promotion of diverse genders at all levels, across all intel functions – intelligence collection, collation, control, analysis, and research, and from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds with a gender-inclusive workplace can be deployed. Such a reform, along with other suggested reforms in intel agencies, is in our larger strategic and geopolitical interest. It will impact India’s foreign policymaking and better integrate humanitarian aspects in security and crisis response situations.

Other countries of the world have made significant progress in this regard. USA’s Intelligence Community Diversity and Equal Opportunity Report 2020, UK’s Diversity and Inclusion in the UK Intelligence Community Report 2018, Australia’s ONA Diversity Action Plan 2015-2018, and New Zealand’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2017–2020 reflect this progress. Mossad has 40% females in its staff, with 24% in key senior roles, and is seeking to add more women. Learning from them, India must take concrete steps with necessary modifications in this direction. The best practices employed in other sectors like corporates for gender diversity can also be explored. Indian Intelligence, Security and Foreign policy, thus, need to undergo a structural gender overhaul.

Bibliography

DCAF, OSCE/ODIHR, UN Women (2019), “Intelligence and Gender”, in Gender and Security Toolkit, Geneva: DCAF, OSCE/ODIHR, UN Women: Gender and security toolkit

Foreign territory: Women in international relations. (2019, July 9). Lowy Institute: FOREIGN TERRITORY: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

IDSA Task Force. (2012). A case for intelligence reforms in India. Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: A Case for Intelligence Reforms in India

ORF: Bill on Intelligence Agencies Reforms

Seth, S. (2022, June 10). India’s inconsistent adherence to the women, peace and security agenda. Lowy Institute: India’s inconsistent adherence to the Women,Peace and Security agenda

Zeigler, M. (2012). Why The Best Spies in Mossad and The CIA Are Women. Forbes: Why The Best Spies in Mossad And The CIA Are Women

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Gaza-Israel-Katastrophe

"Was führte zur Gaza-Israel-Katastrophe? Der Alptraum nach 50 Jahren gescheiterter Militärpolitik" lautet ein Artikel von Dr. Dan Steinbock. "Gaza-Israel-Katastrophe" fiel nicht aus heiterem Himmel Die "Gaza-Israel-Katastrophe fiel nicht aus heiterem Himmel. Sie kann auch nicht über Nacht beendet werden, schon gar nicht mit gewaltsamen Mitteln. Diese Ansicht vertrat Dr. Dan Steinbock, in einem Artikel auf The World Financial Review am 19. 10.2023. "Der Hamas-Israel-Krieg ist nicht aus heiterem Himmel entstanden. Und er ebnet nicht nur den Weg für die Zerstörung der Hamas oder einen höllischen Bodenangriff. Er zielt auf die Verwüstung des Gazastreifens ab und könnte im Laufe der Zeit zu Vertreibungen im Westjordanland führen. Der Krieg wird die Gewalt in und um Israel anheizen. Er könnte in der gesamten Region eskalieren. Er spiegelt das Scheitern von 50 Jahren amerikanischer Geopolitik in der Region wider und wird die globalen wirtschaftlichen Aussichten weiter verschlechtern. Weder Apartheid noch Gewalt können im frühen 21. Jahrhundert einen dauerhaften Frieden sichern. Was wir brauchen, ist multilaterale Zusammenarbeit und multipolare Diplomatie in der Region - bevor es zu spät ist." Von den westlichen Politikern und Medien wird vor allem der brutale Überfall der Hamas am 07. 10. 2023 verurteilt. Deshalb habe der israelische Staat das Recht auf Selbstverteidigung. Das widerspiegelt sich auch im Abstimmungsverhalten in der UN-Vollversammlung am 27. 10. 2023. Mit einer Mehrheit von 120 Stimmen forderten die UNO-Mitglieder eine „sofortige humanitäre Waffenruhe“ im Gazastreifen. 14 Staaten stimmten dagegen, 45 Staaten enthielten sich - darunter auch Deutschland. Bundeskanzler Scholz begründete die Stimmenthaltung laut Tagesschau vom 30. 10. 2023: "Eine brutale mörderische Aggression der Hamas, die viele Menschen, Kinder, Babys, Großväter und Großmütter getötet hat", betonte Scholz. "Das kann nicht akzeptiert werden und wir werden Israel ganz deutlich dabei unterstützen, seine eigene Sicherheit zu verteidigen." 0520318331:leftLassen wir dahingestellt, ob das eine Stimmenthaltung zur Forderung nach "sofortiger humanitärer Waffenruhe" rechtfertigt. Steinbock lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit vor allem darauf, dass der Hamas-Angriff eine willkommene Rechtfertigung für die rechtsextreme Regierung von Benyamin Netanyahu darstellt. Der israelische Staat habe die Unterdrückung der Palästinenser verschärft, seit sich die internationale Aufmerksamkeit auf den Stellvertreterkrieg in der Ukraine konzentriert. Dass sei für Netanjahu "ein Geschenk des Himmels". Denn seit den 90er Jahren habe Netanjahu selbst zur Gründung der Hamas beigetragen. Die seit mehr als fünf Jahrzehnten anhaltenden strategischen Spannungen wurden seit Ende 2022 "durch das rechtsextremste Kabinett in der Geschichte Israels noch beschleunigt". Kräfteveränderung im israelischen Kabinett Seine Begründung für diese Wertung stützt Steinbock u.a. darauf, dass im Juli der ehemalige Mossad-Chef Tamir Pardo Premierminister Benjamin Netanjahu vorwarf, er habe Parteien in seine Regierung geholt, die "schlimmer als der Ku-Klux-Klan" seien. Dafür ständen beispielsweise der Minister für die Nationale Sicherheit Israels Itamar Ben-Gvir, der Finanzminister Bezazel Smotrich (siehe auch hier oder hier) und der Minister für nationale Infrastruktur, Energie und Wasser Israel Katz. Netanjahus "Justizreform", mit der die Befugnis des Obersten Gerichtshofs zur richterlichen Überprüfung eingeschränkt und der Regierung die Kontrolle über die Ernennung von Richtern übertragen wird, verstoße gegen die Gewaltenteilung in einer Demokratie und löste einen politischen und verfassungsrechtlichen Aufruhr aus. Siedlungspolitik gegen Palästinenser Inbesondere die Siedlungspolitik seit 1967 wurde zwar "mit nationalen Sicherheitsinteressen legitimiert und durch den massiven Waffenhandel und die 'Big Defense' der USA angeheizt". Doch trotz der Friedensbewegung und Kritiken der internationale Gemeinschaft setzten die Falken unter den Verfechtern der nationalen Sicherheit die Siedlungspolitik durch. "Nach dem Sechstagekrieg von 1967 besetzte Israel das Westjordanland, einschließlich Ost-Jerusalem, den Gazastreifen und die Golanhöhen. Seitdem hat Israel seinen Bürgern erlaubt, in diesen Siedlungen zu leben, und sie sogar dazu ermutigt, oft aus religiösen, ultra-ethnischen und ultra-nationalistischen Gefühlen heraus, die mit der jüdischen Geschichte und dem Land Israel verbunden sind... Nichts hat die stetige Expansion der Siedler seit den späten 1960er Jahren und die Expansion der Israelis in Ostjerusalem gestoppt". Die terroristische Siedlungspolitik verfolgten besonders aus den USA stammende und geförderte Politiker. Steinbock schreibt: "Nach einem Treffen in Jerusalem Mitte der 70er Jahre mit dem in den USA geborenen Rabbiner Meir Kahane, dem rechtsextremen ultranationalistischen Politiker und späteren Mitglied der Knesset bis zu seiner Verurteilung wegen Terrorismus, hatte ich keine Zweifel mehr an diesen extremistischen Bestrebungen. Nachdem er in den USA die rechtsextreme Jewish Defense League mitbegründet hatte, gründete Kahane in Israel die ultra-radikale Kach. Beide setzten Terror ein, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen. In den späten 1950er Jahren hatte Kahanes fanatischer Antikommunismus ihn zu einem 'Informanten' des FBI gemacht. In den 70er Jahren befürwortete er die ethnische Säuberung der Palästinenser. Damals sagte er: 'Jeden Tag kommen die Araber in Israel der Mehrheit näher. Israel sollte sich nicht zum nationalen Selbstmord verpflichten. Warum sollten wir zulassen, dass Demografie, Geografie und Demokratie Israel näher an den Abgrund bringen?' Ich hatte noch nie jemanden getroffen, der so voller Hass war, und erwartete, dass Kahane gewaltsam sterben würde." "Israelische Friedensbewegung" gegen Siedlungspolitik Doch die israelische Bevölkerung stehe nicht einhellig hinter dieser Siedlungspolitik. Zudem zeigten die Bürgerproteste gegen die "Justizreform" zunehmende Differenzen zwischen Regierung und Teilen der Bevölkerung. Die Differenzen in der israelischen Bevölkerung reichen viel weiter zurück. Steinbock erinnert sich an die Entwicklung der israelischen Friedensbewegung: "Zu den führenden Köpfen der Friedensbewegung gehörte die Schriftstellerin Yael Dayan, die Tochter des Generals Moshe Dayan und spätere Labor-Politikerin und Feministin. Wie schon 1973 sagte Dayan kürzlich, dass 'es keinen echten und dauerhaften Frieden gibt und geben kann, der sich mit der massiven Kolonisierung der besetzten palästinensischen Gebiete vereinbaren lässt'. Nach Gesprächen mit ihr schloss ich mich der Bewegung und den Protesten an. Ich sah in den Siedlungen eine Zeitbombe, die die israelische Demokratie untergraben, die jüdischen und arabischen Bürger Israels und die Palästinenser gefährden, sich zu einer Apartheid entwickeln und einen Zyklus von 'ewigen Kriegen' mit den arabischen Nachbarn auslösen könnte." USA-Israel-Bündnis Nach dem Jom-Kippur-Krieg im Oktober 1973 rückten die USA in die Position des stärksten Förderers und Unterstützers Israel auf, besonders auf militärischem Gebiet. "Die wirtschaftliche und militärische Hilfe der USA stieg erst nach dem Krieg von 1973 sprunghaft an. Bis 2002 war Israel der größte Empfänger von US-Hilfe, und mit dem Irak, Afghanistan und der Ukraine gehört es weiterhin zu den drei größten Empfängern. Die USA haben Israel über 260 Milliarden Dollar an Militär- und Wirtschaftshilfe und weitere 10 Milliarden Dollar für Raketenabwehrsysteme zur Verfügung gestellt." Mehrere Jahrzehnte properierte Israel wirtschaftlich. Nunmehr hätten sich auch hier wie in den USA und anderen westlichen Ländern die Tendenzen verschoben und die Polarisierung verschäft. Das Wirtschaftswachstum verlangsamte sich schon vor dem Angriff der Hamas. Die Inflationsrisiken stiegen an. Beide Risiken spitzen sich weiter zu. "Schlimmer noch: Aufgrund der neoliberalen Wachstumspolitik, die Netanjahu seit langem befürwortet, ist die Ungleichheit in Israel im Vergleich zu anderen OECD-Ländern relativ hoch ... Im Mai warnten 280 hochrangige Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, dass die Haushaltszuweisungen der Regierung an die ultrareligiösen Haredi-Gruppen im Gegenzug für ihre Unterstützung der Koalition 'Israel langfristig von einem fortschrittlichen und wohlhabenden Land in ein rückständiges Land verwandeln werden'. Die mit der vorgeschlagenen Justizreform verbundenen wirtschaftlichen Rückwirkungen haben sich bereits in einer massiven Kapitalflucht und einem starken Rückgang ausländischer Investitionen manifestiert, was zu einer Währungsabwertung, einem trägen Aktienmarkt, einem Rückgang der Steuereinnahmen und einer steigenden Staatsverschuldung geführt hat." Die Netanjahu-Regierung und die hinter ihr stehenden Finanziers spekulierten wohl darauf, dass die Verwüstung des Gazastreifens zu einer Massenausvertreibung der Bewohner des Gazastreifens führe. "Daher die Vorliebe für die Dahiya-Doktrin, die der ehemalige IDF-Chef Gadi Eizenkot im Libanon-Krieg 2006 und im Gaza-Krieg 2008/9 skizzierte. Sie basiert auf der Zerstörung der zivilen Infrastruktur von 'feindlichen Regimen'. 'Was 2006 im Dahiya-Viertel von Beirut geschah, wird in jedem Dorf geschehen, von dem aus Israel beschossen wird... Wir werden dort unverhältnismäßige Gewalt anwenden und großen Schaden und Zerstörung anrichten. Aus unserer Sicht handelt es sich nicht um zivile Dörfer, sondern um Militärbasen... Dies ist keine Empfehlung. Dies ist ein Plan. Und er ist genehmigt worden.'" Völkerrechtler bezeichnen die Dahiya-Doktrin als "Staatsterrorismus" bezeichnet. Sie führe im Gaza-Streifen zunehmend zu einer Katastrophe historischen Ausmaßes. Geheimdienstversagen oder zielgerichtete Politik? Für Steinbock ist weder ein "Geheimdienstversagen" Israels noch eine Erzfeindschaft zwischen Israel und Hamas hinreichend überzeugend. Videobeweise aus den letzten beiden Jahre würden zeigen, dass Hamas-Kämpfer für die brutalen Angriffe an mindestens sechs Orten im Gazastreifen und in Sichtweite der stark überwachten Grenze Israels trainierten. Vielmehr vergleicht er Israels Strategie mit der Operation Cyclone: "So wie die Operation Cyclone die USA dazu veranlasst hatte eine Generation islamistischer Fedayeen in Afghanistan auszubilden, zu bewaffnen und zu finanzieren Afghanistan, darunter Osama Bin Laden, auszubilden und zu finanzieren, dachten die Israelis, sie könnten die Hamas nutzen; nicht, dass die Hamas sie nutzen könnte. Außerdem dient der Krieg in Gaza als Eskalation der Siedlerausbreitung und der Gewalt im Westjordanland Westjordanland, von dem Netanjahus rechtsextreme Minister hoffen, dass es zu einer Annexion und Vertreibung der Palästinenser führen würde." Die Entwicklung im Gazastreifen diene aber auch der Rechtfertigung, mit denen die Falken in den USA ihre Kriegspolitik gegen den Iran aktivieren. Steinbock verweist in dem Zusammenhang auf die TIRANNT (Theater Iran Near Term)-Kriegsplanung, die nach 2003 von der Bush-Regierung entwickelt wurde. Zudem diene die ebenfalls nach 2003 weiterentwickelte "Global Strike"-Strategie (CONPLAN 8022) dazu, den Einsatz von Nuklearwaffen zu erwägen, wenn die Abschreckung kurz vor dem Scheitern stünde. Für Netanjahus Regierung wäre eine Ausweitung des Konflikt zwischen den USA und dem Iran willkommen. Sie lenke die Aufmerksamkeit von Gaza und dem Westjordanland ab. "Vor einem Monat schwor Netanjahus Mossad-Chef David Barnea parallel zu den Turbulenzen am Obersten Gerichtshof, die 'höchste Ebene' des Irans ins Visier zu nehmen, falls israelische Juden durch Terror verletzt würden. Auch die Regierung Biden hat der Versuchung nicht widerstanden, den Krieg und ihre 'Solidarität mit Israel' als Demonstrationseffekt für andere Krisenherde zu nutzen ... Es ist der liturgische Begriff, den das Weiße Haus im Zusammenhang mit Japan, Taiwan, der Ukraine, den Philippinen und anderen wichtigen Nicht-NATO-Verbündeten der USA verwendet hat, die sich zu gemeinsamen Verteidigungszielen, Militärbasen und Waffenkäufen von US Big Defense, wie Raytheon, Austins ehemaligem Arbeitgeber, verpflichtet haben." Gaza-Israel-Katastrophe beenden Steinbock schließt seinen mit zahlreichen Fußnoten belegten und lesenswerten Artikel: "Ein halbes Jahrhundert der Kriege, der Kolonisierung und der Apartheid wird der Region niemals Frieden bringen, sondern mit Sicherheit für mehr Verzweiflung, mehr Kriege und mehr tote und verletzte Zivilisten sorgen. Was wir in der Region brauchen, ist multilaterale Zusammenarbeit und multipolare Diplomatie. Es ist an der Zeit, Frieden und Entwicklung eine Chance zu geben - bevor es zu spät ist." B09G383MRX:right Wie aufschlussreich fanden Sie deisen Artikel? Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel

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Un antisémite chargé de lutter contre l'antisémitisme à Harvard?

On se souvient de la chasse au sorcières qui a visé des présidents d’universités aux Etats Unis, accusés de laxisme face à l’antisémitisme qui caractériserait les  manifestations croissantes de solidarité des étudiants avec la Palestine. Les principales cibles de cette chasse aux sorcières ont été trois femmes présidentes d’universités parmi les plus prestigieuses des États Unis Liz Magill…

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A former head of the Mossad intelligence agency has said Israel is imposing a form of apartheid on the Palestinians, joining a growing number of prominent Israelis to compare the occupation of the West Bank to South Africa’s defunct system of racial oppression. But Tamir Pardo’s views will have added impact because of the high regard for Mossad in Israel and because they come at a time when far-right members of Israel’s government are moving to kill off any prospect of an independent Palestinian state. Pardo told the Associated Press that Israel’s mechanisms for controlling the Palestinians, from restrictions on movement to placing them under military law while Jewish settlers in the occupied territories are governed by civilian courts, matched the old South Africa. “There is an apartheid state here,” he said. “In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state.”

Israel imposing apartheid on Palestinians, says former Mossad chief | Palestinian territories | The Guardian