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Blaming Jews For 9-11 Must Stop
NOW! DO YOU HEAR US! NOW! DAMN IT! NOW! NOW NOW!
11/27/2001 12:55:12 PM
Abe Foxman, New York Daily News
New York, NY -- [Bill's note: They've been caught, things are getting
worse, they don't know
how to deal with it, and they are furious. I have been laughing ever
since I
read this. Just the headline is hilarious. These guys are pissed. Big
time.
How big? Real big. The following was published in Chairman of the
Conference
of Presidents of Major Jewish Organization's Mort Zuckerman's New York
Daily
News:]
Blaming Jews For 9/11 Must Stop
By Abraham H. Foxman
National Director of the Anti-Defamation League
Conspiracy theories about Sept. 11 abound in Arab and Muslim nations. The
pernicious lie that continues to resonate, one that has been gaining
ground
among some Muslims in the United States, is that Israel somehow was
directly
involved.
This dangerous blame game is a rebirth of the big lie, and, sadly, not
nearly
enough is being done to halt the rise of this ugly, historic phenomenon.
As recently as last week, a Taliban security chief in Spin Buldak,
Afghanistan,
told four American journalists it was common knowledge that 4,000 Jews
working
at the World Trade Center took Sept. 11 off. He asked them why the U.S.
was
bombing his country when Jews were responsible for the attack.
Jews have been scapegoated and libeled throughout history. Since the
attacks,
the conspiracy-mongers of the Arab world, including leaders of nations
like
Syria, have taken anti-Israel propaganda to a new level. The message,
aimed
primarily at the street, is that Israel or the Mossad helped to coordinate
the
attacks to create a backlash against Arabs, Islam and Palestinians.
Major regional newspapers go so far as to attribute this conspiracy theory
and
other anti-Israel statements to former and current U.S. leaders and
American
sources. The Frontier Post of Peshawar, Pakistan, recently reported that
it
obtained information from a "U.S. intelligence source" confirming that an
internal intelligence memo "pointed to the threat of a covert Israeli
operation
on U.S. soil."
Others manufacture statements. The Tehran Times reported that former
national
security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski had told the TV network Al
Jazeera, "Currently, there are two sorts of terrorism in the world. First,
state-sponsored terrorism, the best example of which in the world is the
Zionist regime, which is supported by the U.S. and the U.K." According to
Brzezinski, this and other remarks attributed to him were "a total
fabrication."
Syria's ambassador to Tehran, Tarky Muhammad Saqer, claimed that Syria
has "documented evidence" of Israel's involvement. "Zionists pursued
certain
goals by conducting the attacks," Saqer reportedly told Iran's Foreign
Affairs
Ministry. Those "goals" included turning attention away from the UN World
Conference Against Racism. This continual news feed of anti-American and
anti-
Israel coverage must change. Those in power in the Arab world must lead
the
way.
As we have witnessed time and again, such charged rhetoric invites
extremists
to step in with incitement. Incitement creates an environment conducive
to, and
accepting of, terrorism. As the U.S. and other nations join in the battle
against worldwide terrorism, there must be renewed vigilance against
purveyors
of anti-Semitism and hatred.
The battle will not be won until we can change the minds and hearts of
those
leaders who permit anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-American propaganda
to
proceed.
This originally appeared as op-ed n the New York Daily News Nov. 27, 2001.
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