I second Mr. Triebwasser's recommendation of Sir Martin Gilbert's, "Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship" It clarifies much and is perhaps the most comprehensive treatment of Churchill's long relationship with Jews and Zionism. In addition, I would recommend, Michael Makovsky's, "Churchill's Promised Land: Zionism and Statecraft"---an excellent work.
On Dec 1, 9:07 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Barbara points are well taken. To put all of this into context of WSC's > relationship with the Jews, I recommend "Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong > Friendship" by Sir Martin Gilbert. > > Sincerely, > Jonah Triebwasser > Adjunct Lecturer > Marist College > Poughkeepsie, New York > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (845) 702-6242 > > Quoting Barbara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > FIRSTLY - this was written in 1920!! Churchill was advocating a > > homeland for the Jews in Palestine. He talked about different > > factions. Do not read it In the light of what has been called > > "generational chauvenism." > > > Here is the entire text: Judge for yourself. Remember 1920 - before > > all the horrors of WWII, but after the horrors of WWI. > > > ZIONISM VERSUS BOLSHEVISM > > > Winston S. Churchill > > > Illustrated Sunday Herald, 8 February, 1920 > > > The Collected Essay of Sir Winston Churchill:, vol IV. > > > Some people like Jews and some do not; but no thoughtful man can doubt > > the fact that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the > > most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world. > > > Disraeli, the Jew Prime Minister of England, and Leader of the > > Conservative Party, who was always true to his race and proud of his > > origin, said on a well-known occasion: 'The Lord deals with the > > nations as the nations deal with the Jews.' Certainly when we look at > > the miserable state of Russia, where of all countries in the world the > > Jews > > were the most cruelly treated, and contrast it with the fortunes of > > our own country, which seems to have been so providentially preserved > > amid the awful perils of these times, we must admit that nothing that > > has since happened in the history of the world has falsified the truth > > of > > Disraeli's confident assertion. > > > The conflict between good and evil which proceeds unceasingly in the > > breast of man nowhere reaches such an intensity as in the Jewish race. > > The dual nature of mankind is nowhere more strongly or more terribly > > exemplified. We owe to the Jews in the Christian revelation a system > > of ethics which, even if it were entirely separated from the > > supernatural, would be incomparably the most precious possession of > > mankind, worth in fact the fruits of all other wisdom and learning put > > together. On that system and by that faith there has been built out of > > the wreck of the Roman Empire the whole of our existing civilization. > > > And it may well be that this same astounding race may at the present > > time be in the actual process of producing another system of morals > > and philosophy, as malevolent as Christianity was benevolent, which, > > if not arrested, would shatter irretrievably all that Christianity has > > rendered > > possible. It would almost seem as if the gospel of Christ and the > > gospel of Antichrist were destined to originate among the same people; > > and that this mystic and mysterious race had been chosen for the > > supreme manifestations, both of the divine and the diabolical. > > > There can be no greater mistake than to attribute to each individual a > > recognizable share in the qualities which make up the national > > character. There are all sorts of men - good, bad and, for the most > > part, indifferent - in every country, and every race. Nothing is more > > wrong than to deny to an individual, on account of race or origin, his > > right to be judged on his personal merits and conduct. In a people of > > peculiar genius like the Jews, contrasts > > are more vivid, the extremes are more widely separated, the resulting > > consequences are more decisive. > > > At the present fateful period there are three main lines of political > > conception among the Jews, two of which are helpful and hopeful in a > > very high degree to humanity, and the third absolutely destructive. > > > First there are the Jews who, dwelling in every country throughout the > > world, identify themselves with that country, enter into its national > > life, and, while adhering faithfully to their own religion, regard > > themselves as citizens in the fullest sense of the State which has > > received them. Such a Jew living in England would say, 'I am an > > Englishman practising the Jewish faith.' This is a worthy conception, > > and useful in the highest degree. We in Great Britain well know that > > during the great struggle the influence of what may be called the > > 'National Jews' in many lands was cast preponderatingly on the side of > > the Allies; and in our own Army Jewish soldiers have played a most > > distinguished part, some rising to the command of armies, others > > winning the Victoria Cross for valour. > > > The National Russian Jews, in spite of the disabilities under which > > they have suffered, have managed to play an honourable and useful part > > in the national life even of Russia. As bankers and industrialists > > they have strenuously promoted the development of Russia's economic > > resources, and they were foremost in the creation of those remarkable > > organizations, the Russian Co-operative Societies. In politics their > > support has been given, for the most part, to liberal and progressive > > movements, and they have been among the staunchest upholders of > > friendship with France and Great Britain. > > > In violent opposition to all this sphere of Jewish effort rise the > > schemes of the International Jews. The adherents of this sinister > > confederacy are mostly men reared up among the unhappy populations of > > countries where Jews are persecuted on account of their race. Most, if > > not all, of them have forsaken the faith of their forefathers, and > > divorced from their minds all spiritual hopes of the next world. This > > movement among the Jews is not new. From the days of Spartacus- > > Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela > > Kun (Hungry), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United > > States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization > > and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested > > development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been > > steadily growing. > > It played, as a modern writer, Mrs Webster, has so ably shown, a > > definitely recognizable part in the tragedy of the French Revolution. > > It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the > > Nineteenth Century; and now at last this band of extraordinary > > personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and > > America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads and > > have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous > > empire. > > > There is no need to exaggerate the part played in the creation of > > Bolshevism and in the actual bringing about of the Russian Revolution > > by these international and for the most part atheistical Jews. It is > > certainly a very great one; it probably outweighs all others. With the > > notable exception of Lenin, the majority of the leading figures are > > Jews. Moreover, the principal inspiration and driving power comes from > > the Jewish leaders. Thus Tchitcherin, a pure Russian, is eclipsed by > > his nominal subordinate Litvinoff, and the influence of Russians like > > Bukharin or Lunacharski cannot be compared with the power of Trotsky, > > or of Zinovieff, the Dictator of the Red Citadel (Petrograd), or of > > Krassin or Radek - all Jews. In the Soviet institutions the > > predominance of Jews is even more astonishing. And the prominent, if > > not indeed the > > principal, part in the system of terrorism applied by the > > Extraordinary Commissions for Combating Counter-Revolution has been > > taken by Jews, and in some notable cases by Jewesses. The same evil > > prominence was obtained by Jews in the brief period of terror during > > which Bela Kun ruled in Hungary. The same phenomenon has been > > presented in Germany (especially in Bavaria), so far as this madness > > has been allowed to prey upon the temporary prostration of the German > > people. Although in all these countries there are many non-Jews every > > whit as bad as the worst of the Jewish revolutionaries, the part > > played by the latter in proportion to their numbers in the population > > is astonishing. > > > Needless to say, the most intense passions of revenge have been > > excited in the breasts of the Russian people. Wherever General > > Denikin's authority could reach, protection was always accorded to the > > Jewish > > population, and strenuous efforts were made by his officers to prevent > > reprisals and to punish those guilty of them. So much was this the > > case that the Petlurist [followers of Simon Petlyura (1879-1926), > > Ukranian politician who led the Ukranian army against the Bolsheviks. > > He was defeated and fled to Poland, thence to Paris where he was > > assassinated] propaganda against General Denikin denounced him as the > > Protector of the Jews. The Misses Healy, nieces of Mr Tim Healy, in > > relating their personal experiences in Kieff, have declared that to > > their knowledge on more than one occasion officers who committed > > offences against Jews were reduced to the ranks and sent out of the > > city to the front. But the hordes of brigands by whom the whole vast > > expanse > > of the Russian Empire is becoming infested do not hesitate to gratify > > their lust for blood and for revenge at the expense of the innocent > > Jewish population whenever an opportunity occurs. The brigand Makhno, > > the hordes of Petlyura and of Gregorieff, who signalized their success > > by the most brutal massacres, everywhere found among the half- > > stupefied, half-infuriated population an eager response to anti- > > Semitism in its worst and foulest forms. > > > The fact that in many cases Jewish interests and Jewish places of > > worship are excepted by the Bolsheviks from their universal hostility > > has tended more and more to associate the Jewish race in Russia with > > the villainies > > which > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. 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