A European Union conference on anti-Semitism has been suspended by European Commission President Romano Prodi, after the chairman of the World Jewish Congress Edgar Bronfman accused the EU itself of fueling attacks on Jews. The row stems from the publication of an EU poll which found that Europeans considered Israel to be the greatest threat to world peace. Bronfman claims that the survey results were doctored and has accused the EU of “intellectual dishonesty and moral treachery”.
This is an extraordinary and unseemly dispute, which says more about current Zionist strategy than about the real level of anti-Semitism among Europeans. That bigotry exists is clear. Europe’s terrible past shows that there is a small hard core of individuals whose hatred for Jews, gypsies or more recently Turks or Algerians is a matter of shame. Unfortunately however, protests like Bronfman’s play into the hands of these racists.
At the heart of the World Jewish Congress’s alarm is the growing understanding in Europe that the state of Israel is far from a plucky little Westernized outpost set down in an dangerous Arab world, but rather an aggressive and unbending militarist state which does indeed pose a very real threat to world peace.
Where European opinion goes today, US opinion may just follow. Therefore the Zionist strategy is to attack the EU for anti-Semitism and presumably try to re-capitalize on the guilt the continent feels for its past treatment of Jews and its passivity in the face of the barbarities of the Nazis and their “Final Solution”.
This attack has become the reflex of the Zionist lobby worldwide. Those who express criticism of Israel are deluged with letters of criticism, often vitriolic. The clear view demonstrated by these people is that anyone who opposes Israeli policies is anti-Semitic. No credence is given to the argument that a man might support the existence of an Israeli state but object to their aggressive policies. Outsiders are either with Israel or they are against it and if the latter, they are racist bigots. Maybe Zionists feel they have to maintain pressure on Jews around the world in order to continue the fund-raising and lobbying in support the Israeli state. Moderation is a threat to the fundamentalism that has driven Zionism since its early days. This is a people which has crafted the hatred of racists into a powerful political weapon.
Unfortunately, the price of this unbending arrogance will be the further rise of intolerant opinion in Europe. This may suit the Zionist purpose, but the fascist thugs it fosters will not confine their depravities to Jewish targets. Muslims, blacks and the whole emerging multicultural tapestry of Europe will come under threat. In truth, in its own way, Zionism itself is just another form of bigotry.
