La reacció dels col·lectius de suport a la causa palestina després de la massacre perpetrada per Hamàs ara fa una setmana ha estat de complicitat activa amb els jihadistes i els seus propòsits genocides, cap mena de moderació ni reflexió crítica, ans al contrari exhibició d’un fanatisme que només duu a intensificar la violència i interioritzar-la a les societats obertes occidentals, els governs de les quals han fet costat -en menor o major grau- a Israel.
El palestinisme mític és un dogma que no admet el contrast amb la realitat dels fets, ni la història, ni els arguments en pro de la solució del conflcte amb Israel. En això difereix totalment del sionisme, al si del qual hi ha corrents divergents i autocítiques, amb predisposició al diàleg amb els àrabs. Una altra diferència és que els jihadistes celebren amb pastes i cants al carrer els seus crims mentre que els jueus es recullen en silenci quan soterren els seus morts. Malgrat queixes evidències l’islamo-gauchisme té un ample suport entre el món acadèmic occidental, els mitjans dits progressistes i l’esquerra esmaperduda que no té cap projecte efectiu i està en plena fallida arreu d’Europa.
Ni l’evidència que som a les portes d’una intifada jihadista pro-palestina contra les societats obertes occidentals acusades pels seus promotors (anticapitalistes, wokistes i islamistes) fa capgirar el parer dels qui en són còmplices i víctimes potencials alhora. Ahir, un professor d’institut va ser assassinat a França per un jihadista, nombrosos atemptats van poder ser evitats per la policia, el govern ha hagut de mobilitzar set mil militars per protegir establiments públics susceptibles de ser atacats. Els governs d’Alemanya, el Regne Unit Itàlia, entre d’altres, han prohibit les manifestacions de suport a Hamàs pel contingut genocida i racista dels eslògans que s’hi criden. La base social que es mobilitza és la mateixa de la qual van sorgir ara fa deu anys els jihadistes autòcton de les societats europees que van anar a lluitar amb el Califat Islàmic. I malgrat tot això, la complaença amb la victimització de la causa palestina -a la qual no s’exigeix cap límit moral ni polític per diferencir-se del jihadisme- es manté inalterable.
Sortosament, s’alcen veus dins la comunitat musulmana que donen l’alerta: “À la Grande mosquée de Paris, l’imam appelle à « ne pas importer le conflit . L’imam n’a pas évoqué l’attaque meurtrière dans un collège-lycée de Arras, qui a coûté la vie à un enseignant, drame survenu peu de temps seulement avant son prêche”. Els lliurepensadors àrabs, com Boualem Sansal (« Du Hamas à Arras, l’islam radical a déclenché une guerre sainte contre l’Occident ») i Tahar Ben Jalloun diuen allò que els intel·lectuals nostrats no gosen expressar. Però, la llarga guerra que just acaba de començar a Israel i els territoris palestins tindrà ben segur repercusions directes i immediates a Europa, i de res serviran les falses equidistàncies ni la doble moral que culpabilitza sistemàticament els jueus de tots els mals haguts i per haver.
Post Scriptum, 15 d’octubre del 2023.
Avui, The Times of Israel informa que a “France : alerte maximale, « atmosphère de jihadisme » selon les autorités. La France est passée en alerte “urgence attentat”, niveau le plus élevé du dispositif Vigipirate et jusqu’à 7 000 soldats de la force Sentinelle vont être déployés sur le territoire”. Europe 1-CNews: “Manifestations pro-palestiniennes : «Une offensive contre l’Occident», analyse l’historien Georges Bensoussan”. “Ce qui m’a frappé dans les slogans, c’est l’abîme d’ignorance sur l’histoire du conflit. C’est quelque chose d’extraordinaire et je crois que c’est sur cet abîme d’ignorance que se jouent la plupart de ces passions mortifères”. Face à l’offensive terrestre dans le nord de la bande de Gaza préparée par Israël, Tel Aviv est pointée du doigt pour agir au-delà de la légitime défense. D’après Georges Bensoussan, “on est en présence de raisonnements où la conclusion précède l’interrogation, c’est-à-dire qu’on a déjà conclu que les Israéliens étaient coupables”.
Per la seva part, Jerusalem Post, explica allò que Vilaweb no diu: “Calls for violence against Jews rise by 1,200% since Hamas massacre. Spanning from October 7-10, the ACMS painstakingly documented a concerning 157,000 posts exuding antisemitic sentiments”.
L’analista de l’INSS Kobi Michael escriu “Israel: The Last Barrier versus a Barbaric Attack on the Free World“: Israel is the last barrier, the last stronghold, versus a barbaric attack and invasion on the Western free world. Israel stands against Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the evil resistance axis led by Iran. We are in a war between good and evil, war for life between the free and civilized world and the barbaric world. We are at a moment of being able to distinguish between darkness and light, right and wrong, culture of life and culture of death.”We will conquer Rome, and from there continue to conquer the two Americas and Eastern Europe”; “Allah imposed Hitler upon the Jews to punish them – Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers.” “Gone is the time in which Hamas deliberates recognition of Israel. The debate now is about when we will wipe out Israel.” These are just some of the statements sounded by the leaders of the radical axis. We must take seriously these remarks, said in the past and are reiterated by this evil axis’s political, religious, and ideological leaders.
Post Scriptum, 17 d’octubre del 2023.
La mort de dues persones ahir a Brussel·les a mans d’un jihadista que es reclama del Califat Islàmic i diu actuar per venjança en nom dels palestins de Gaza és la confirmació de l’anàlisi contingut en aqueix apunt. La premsa nostrada fa com l’estruç, com assenyala Antoni Maria Piqué al Nacional.cat: “Portades sense l’atemptat mortal a Brussel·les. En el context de la guerra entre Israel i Hamàs, els atemptats islamistes no són atacs aïllats i mereixen més portada”.
Post Scriptum, 16 de novembre del 2023.
Els anlaistes de l’INSS Israel hi publicaren ahir aqueix report: “The War in Gaza and the Domestic Threat in the West”. Since Hamas launched its murderous attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and the Swords of Iron war began, there has been a sharp increase in the number of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents in Western countries. These have included physical attacks against Jews, threats of violence, attempts to attack Jewish public institutions, antisemitic graffiti, and hate and incitement rhetoric in the public sphere – including traditional media outlets and social media. Every day there are dozens of demonstrations across the world, branded by slogans expressing support for violent resistance (“intifada”) and the liberation of Palestine “from the river to the sea.” As in the past, most of the large demonstrations in the West are organized by civil society organizations, which are part of the so-called “red-green alliance.” These groups are part of the ideological networks that for the past two decades have been at the vanguard of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign to delegitimize and boycott Israel. Many have a broader agenda, which seeks to appeal to Westerners under the guise of the democratic-liberal world order, ostensibly in the name of human and minority rights. Among them:
Far-left Western organizations working alongside radical left-wing Arab organizations – such as the Samidoun network, which is affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization, and runs campaigns and organizes rallies across the world calling for the group’s “political prisoners” to be released. Organizations and groups with an Islamist background (political Islamism), many of which are affiliated with the operation of Muslim Brotherhood networks (Hamas’s parent movement) across the world.
Over the past few decades, post-colonialist theories that emerged from prestigious campuses have flourished in the West. According to these theories, the “war on terror” that the United States launched following the September 11 attacks was designed to recapture the Middle East. Various radical groups, which after the collapse of the Soviet Union sought a new cause, identified Israel – a liberal democracy that enjoys a close relationship with the US – as a symbol and easy target. Israel is portrayed as a colonialist settlement, operating a regime of “apartheid,” in which the “white Israeli” “oppresses” the “oppressed” Palestinians. The Palestinians are portrayed as the “indigenous people,” victims of ethnic cleansing, land appropriation, and rights violations.
This approach toward Israel has gained much traction of late, thanks to the trend of “intersectionality,” whereby disadvantaged minority groups with differing agendas come together against the “repressive” establishment – including those within Western states themselves. Therefore, the support that radical climate activist Greta Thunberg expressed for the Palestinian-Hamas narrative should come as no surprise – and she is not alone. In a similar case, an activist who identified as the spokesperson for the international climate activism group Fridays for Future (FFF) accused Israel of “genocide” and said that the head of the leading Jewish organization in Germany was creating “an atmosphere of pogroms” against Palestinians.
In contrast, the German branch of FFF issued a statement supporting Israel’s right to exist and avowing that international humanitarian law applies to everyone and human rights must be safeguarded. In addition, there was a debate within the branch over whether to dissociate itself from the activities of the international organization. Germany provides an excellent example of the disagreement between those members of the far-left who support Israel and those who oppose it. A number of German groups traditionally associated with the far-left recently added their support to calls from Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government to outlaw the PFLP, the Samidoun network, Hamas, and Palästinensische Gemeinschaft in Deutschland (PGD) – known as the leading pro-Hamas organization in the country – and to sever diplomatic relations with Iran.
Beyond the widespread activities of Hamas’s overseas branch, for many years the organization has relied in Western countries on the operation of social and civil networks affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in political, media, socio-education, and financial terms. Islamist organizations in the West do not enjoy the support of most of the Muslim communities in these countries, yet they have managed to appropriate for themselves the role of representatives of Muslim communities in dealing with the establishment. They are seen as an organized force operating to undermine the hegemonic “Western” world order – and this underlies the relationship they began forging in the early 2000s with fringe groups and professional unions on the far-left, which spearheaded the foundation of the BDS movement and the expansion of cooperation with other members of the “red-green alliance.” In recent years, there has been a change in the approach taken by some Western countries to the activities of Islamist groups on their soil, which is increasingly seen as encouraging the kind of radicalization that undermined social integration and cohesiveness.
Among the organizations prominent at demonstrations held over the past few weeks at some of the leading campuses in the United States is Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) – an essentially Islamist organization that became “hybrid” and now includes activists from different backgrounds. In New York, among those organizing the demonstrations are far-left organizations like Samidoun, along with the Muslim American Society (MAS), which is affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood activity, and with another “hybrid” organization, Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
In Germany, one person who is frequently involved in organizing demonstrations is Majed al-Zeer, a leading figure in a pro-Hamas network affiliated with European activities of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Zeer posts videos from demonstrations across Europe on X (formerly Twitter) and even shared, for example, a schedule of protests in the Netherlands organized by Palestinian Community in the Netherlands (PGNL), which, over the past few weeks, has conducted a campaign for the release of Amin Abou Rashed, a senior member of the network who was arrested by Dutch authorities some five months ago on suspicion of funding Hamas.
In recent years, in light of increased antisemitism across the world, many governments have taken measures to improve their response to the threat: security at Jewish institutions has been significantly beefed up, the United States and the European Union have drawn up strategies to tackle the phenomenon, and many countries have appointed officials to oversee their handling of the issue. At the same time, following deadly terror attacks by supporters of al-Qaeda and ISIS on European soil, and given the increasing far-right violence, the United Kingdom and other countries began to realize that in addition to preventing violence from radical ideologies (Preventing Violent Extremism), they needed to identify and recognize groups and organizations that expose members of the young generation to such ideologies and find effective ways to prevent those exposed from adopting a path of violence (Preventing Extremism).
Since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, French authorities have been working on a blanket ban on demonstrations. The German Chancellor announced that his government was planning on outlawing the Samidoun network, and the Interior Minister said that wherever possible, she would approve the deportation of Hamas supporters. The German newspaper Bild published a 50-point manifesto, designed to “make clear what we expect from everyone who wants to live in this country with us.” In the United Kingdom, then-Home Secretary Suella Braverman described the demonstrations as “hate marches” and met with police commanders to ask them to tighten supervision of the demonstrations. In the United States, the head of the FBI warned of terror attacks inspired by the October 7 massacre, and there is a public debate raging over the role of university leaders in dealing with manifestations of hatred and antisemitism on campuses.
The events of October 7 are not just another round of escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. It is a litmus test for protecting the humanist and liberal values of the enlightened world, as Israeli President Isaac Herzog wrote in his letter to American university and college presidents on November 7: “This conflict is far more than a clash between Israel and Hamas: At stake is whether the enlightened world will defend the basic norms of humanity, or choose to accept, even support, their violation.”
In recent years, the crux of the debate over the campaign to delegitimize Israel has touched on the question of limitations to freedom of expression in the public sphere and the legal ramifications of these limitations. The debate barely touched on the cynical and dangerous way that radical organizations and terror groups abuse the public sphere under the guise of upholding human rights and rectifying social injustices.
Therefore, this moment is a major test – and an opportunity – for liberal democracies to deal with the threat posed, mainly on the domestic front, by forces that are taking advantage of the liberties granted to them by the liberal-democratic system to undermine their very existence from within.
The main challenge is to come up with an informed definition of the limits of discourse and activity in the public sphere – and strong action against anyone who violates these guidelines. This is the test facing all public leaders, on every level and in every organization, who must now draw a clear line between what is permissible and what is not. It is a test for governments and institutions, which in response to the challenges and threats must formulate a comprehensive policy anchored in legislation, instructions, and regulations – backed by suitable enforcement. It is also a test for those who influence the formation of perceptions and positions among large groups of people – including public figures, celebrities, the heads of media organizations and social media networks, educational institutions, religious leaders, and teachers.
Finally, for Israel and the Jewish communities across the world, this is a test of their ability to jointly recruit partners to counter the campaign of delegitimization against Israel and fight antisemitism, which must be part of the effort to deal with the root problems – widening radicalization and a discourse of hate, alongside ideologies, systems, and organizations that nurture and spread them.
Post Scriptum, 3 de desembre del 2023.
En l’atac gihadista d’ahir a París els fets parlen per si sols, només cal llegir Le Figaro: “L’assaillant avait déjà été condamné en 2016 et aurait déclaré que «la France était complice d’Israël», déclare Darmanin”. L’esquerra pro-palestina calla davant crims com aquest: “À gauche, le premier adjoint à la Maire de Paris Emmanuel Grégoire a exprimé ses «pensées pour les victimes». Mais les voix se faisaient rares dans son camp ce samedi soir pour déplorer cette nouvelle attaque islamiste sur le sol français”.
Post Scriptum, 15 de desembre del 2023.
Ahir, a The Times of Israel i impossible de trobar als mitjans nostrats: “L’Allemagne arrête des membres présumés du Hamas pour préparation d’attentats. Ils avaient pour mission de rassembler des armes à Berlin et sont soupçonnés d’avoir planifié de “possibles attentats contre des institutions juives en Europe”. I “Le Mossad et le Shin Bet saluent le Danemark pour avoir déjoué un complot terroriste présumé. Les agences de renseignement israéliennes ont félicité leurs homologues danois pour leur enquête qui aurait conduit à l’arrestation de 7 terroristes du Hamas”.
Post Scriptum, 24 de febrer del 2024.
Ahir, a The Times of Israel: “Who rules the UK, parliament or the mob? Intimidation over Gaza threatens British democracy“. Ramped up potential for violence.
But the war between Israel and Hamas has heightened the risk to MPs to new levels. From the outset, part of the pro-Palestinian movement has been aggressive, uncompromising and vitriolic towards those who fail to toe its line. As if to prove the point, demonstrators outside parliament on Wednesday night called for intifada, praised the Houthis, and projected the words “From the river to the sea” onto Big Ben.
Referencing his visit last week to the country, one Jewish Tory MP, Andrew Percy, told the House of Commons on Thursday that he “felt safer in Israel than I do in this country at this moment in time.” “For months I’ve been standing up here talking about the people on our streets demanding death to Jews, demanding Jihad, demanding intifadas as the police stand by and allow that to happen,” he said. “This is going to continue happening because we’re not dealing with it.”
Over recent weeks, MPs who have failed to support a ceasefire have been subjected to what one termed “vile abuse”; their offices have been attacked; and their family homes have been surrounded by demonstrators. Even as MPs were debating Gaza on Wednesday, protesters “stormed” the constituency office of Labour members of the Scottish parliament in Glasgow following a demonstration called by the Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee. Some MPs, understandably, are calling it a day. Mike Freer, the pro-Israel Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green in North London, announced last month he was standing down at the next election. His constituency office was set alight in an arson attack in December, and he’s been subject to “serious threats” for several years.
Sadly, as one target leaves the scene, another emerges. Within hours of his victory in a special election last week, pro-Palestinian activists began to focus on Labour MP Damien Egan. Egan, who converted to Judaism in 2018, is married to Yossi Felberbaum, an Israeli who has served in the IDF. Whatever their differences, senior Labour and the Conservatives MPs are deeply concerned about the threats and intimidation.
They also agree that a Rubicon may have been crossed on Wednesday. “Members of Parliament now feel that they have to vote in a certain way in order to safeguard their safety and that of their family,” Tory MP Sir Charles Walker said during the debate. “That is a far bigger issue than the debate we are having tonight because if people are changing their votes or their behavior in this place because they are frightened of what may happen to them or their family out there, we have a real problem.”
Gaza may be the flashpoint, but for Britons of all parties, a wider question — one which goes to the heart of the country’s centuries-old constitution — is at stake. As David Wolfson, a Conservative member of the House of Lords, suggested in response to Wednesday night’s debate: “So the Speaker took his exceptional decision because of real threats to the safety of MPs, their families and staff. The old rule is proved yet again: what starts with the Jews, never ends with the Jews. Perhaps we can now, finally, stand up to those who threaten our democracy.”
Post Scriptum, 9 d’abril del 2024.
Avui, al Jerusalem Post: ‘Death to America, death to Israel’ chanted at Dearborn, Michigan rally. Recent weeks have seen other calls for the destruction of the United States by pro-Palestinian activists“.
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