The two U.S Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein introduced a special amendment to the law that protects journalists' sources, to exclude the Wikileaks website, which published the Afghan war logs. Schumer is from New York and Feinstein is from California. They are both Jewish Americans; however, what is common between them is that they are both aligned with Likud. And while the New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also Jewish, he strongly supports the construction of an Islamic center near Ground Zero, to the extent that he is diverging from the views of the lobby and other extremist Jewish organizations that are supposed to defend civil liberties. Recently, I wrote about the fall of the traditional press and the rise of the new media, the technology media that almost has a monopoly over every important scoop on both sides of the Atlantic. I was pleased that the readers were of the same opinion, as there was no considerable opposition. Nor was there opposition to my belief that the failure [of the traditional media] can be attributed to the fact that the wars waged by the Bush administration had Israeli and oil related premises. As a result, the major newspapers did not rise to the level of the Pentagon Papers and the Watergate scandal, and opted instead to remain silent about the administration's lies or sometimes consented, until the U.S economy was destroyed, and thousands of U.S soldiers lost their lives along with nearly one million Arabs and Muslims. The New York Times, which forfeited its front pages to the advocates of the Iraq war and their deliberate lies, did not attempt to complement what the website started. In fact, I read an article published in the Huffington Post in which the author said that the New York Times published a report on Bradley Manning, the Private who leaked the logs. The author concluded that the article is ‘character assassination' against the soldier, as it claims that the latter is depressed or delusional, without presenting any proofs that attest to this. The newspaper even relied on a dubious source, Adrian Lamo, who had previously been convicted of hacking into the New York Times website, and was found to be a drug addict. Meanwhile, President Obama is currently the target of a massive racist campaign orchestrated by the right and the supporters of Israel, after explicitly supporting the construction of an Islamic center near Ground Zero. Obama did not hesitate to go against the current as described by the New York Times, which strongly supported the president in an editorial about his speech. The same newspaper also published a good report about the background of the proposed Islamic center in New York City that included several examples of objections to the construction of mosques in various parts of the country. Some of the reasons for these objections include the claim that mosques ‘spawn' terrorists, and that Muslims want to instate Sharia law and replace the Constitution, in addition to other insane allegations. In one case cited in the report, the demonstrators took their dogs to a mosque in Temecula, California, during Friday prayers, to protest a plan to build an Islamic center on a nearby vacant plot of land. In all cases, the demonstrators claimed that there is an inherent problem in Islam, and that they read verses in the Quran that support their opinion. I will not insult the Jewish faith or any other religion. However, I am well informed on all three monotheistic religions, and I dare say that the Quran is a thousand times less extreme and more compassionate than the Torah, and that I am willing to compare both scriptures to prove my argument. Once again, I accuse the extremist fundamentalists and terrorists of facilitating the task for the enemies of Islam, and then link the campaign to the Israel lobby and the Likudnik media outlets, and insist that it is the duty of Muslims before others to quash terrorism. In France, there is a revisionist historian called Eric Zemmour. He is a Jewish Frenchman of Algerian origin who became very popular and gained a lot of supporters and followers after publishing a book entitled ‘French Melancholy” in which he claims that France has been thwarted in its destiny of greatness by the English and is now being threatened by Muslim “barbarians”. The reader's opinion on the Arab countries was bad, and on Israel even worse than mine, but at least we are all against Israel. I choose the opinion of the British Judge Judge Bathurst-Norman to reflect this. In his court, a group of campaigners who smashed up a factory making parts for Israeli warplanes were on trial. However, he ended up accusing Israel of Nazi practices against the Palestinians and of violating International Law, and said that the chief protester deserves a George Medal for his courage. As a result, the jury cleared the group, but the judge was later on accused of anti-Semitism. However, no one believes this accusation anymore. Two points for the reader: - What I wrote about Netanyahu's psychiatrist, who committed suicide, can be found online, starting with Google. - I hope that the readers will be patient with one another, as each has the right to comment and object, and all that is required of them is to adhere to the etiquette of debate and avoid any legal problems. I conclude with a reader who is a friend. He was impressed by the article about the smart snappy answers such as: Where was Lord Nelson killed? The answer: in the last battle he fought. He sent me the questions that expert researchers posed to senior executives, who did not know the answers. Testing the reader, I ask: Q: How do you put a giraffe in a refrigerator? A: Open the refrigerator door, and put the giraffe inside. Q: How do you put an elephant in a refrigerator? The answer is not to open the refrigerator door and put the elephant inside, because the giraffe is still there. You must first remove the giraffe and then put the elephant inside. Q: The lion threw a party but only one animal did not come. Which one? A: The elephant, because he is in the refrigerator. Q: How do you cross a river with many crocodiles? A: You swim across because all the crocodiles are attending the lion's party. I did not know any of the answers and I do not think the reader would have known them either. [email protected]
