Banned Speech British MP George Galloway Speaks
Video A defiant George Galloway took direct aim at Canada's immigration minister in a speech Monday night for being branded a terrorism supporter and being denied entry to the country. Galloway was beamed into, via the Internet, a nearly full 588-seat MiST theatre at the University of Toronto Mississauga. <http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22332.htm> >Here some background on kenneys motives to exclude Georges Galloway to enter >Canada > >By Scott Weinstein > > >Scott Weinstein's ZSpace <http://www.zmag.org/zspace/scottweinstein> Page > >Join ZSpace <https://www.zcommunications.org/zsustainers/signup> > >An organization that planned to blow up Concordia University, and that the >FBI, the U.S. State Department, and U.S. courts have branded a 'terrorist >organization', has given advice to the Harper government that led >Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to barring a British MP from Canada. > >A Kenney spokesman said Kenney first heard about British MP George >Galloway's visit from a Jewish Defense League (JDL) March 16 letter. > >The Jewish Defense League, is categorized by the FBI as a "right-wing Jewish >terrorist group", founded in 1968 by ultra Zionist Meir Kahane. Kanahe then >founded the terrorist group Khach in Israel. JDL leader Meir Weinstein (no >relation to the author) boasts of getting the Canadian government to ban >Galloway. > >Mr. Galloway, labeled a terrorist threat by the Conservative government, is >freely touring the U.S. now. Galloway is scheduled to speak in four Canadian >cities from March 30 to April 2 on "Resisting War from Gaza to Kandahar". He >plans to speak against the Conservative government's war in Afghanistan and >uncritical support for Israel, which is why his Canadian defenders - and >even some opponents - feel he is banned from speaking here. > >The JDL can now claim further success because Concordia University just >forbade a planned Galloway live video feed into their auditorium, citing >Canada's banning his entry into the country. > >The JDL's well documented history of terrorism > >It is impossible that the Harper government is unaware that the JDL's >terrorism designation given how earnestly Canada and the US share such >information, and how public information of some of their dozens of domestic >terror acts is. ( <http://www.adl.org/extremism/jdl_chron.asp> See here) > >The US State Department designated the JDL's Israeli affiliates, Kach, >founded by Kahane, and the Kahane Chai, named in honor of Kahane after his >murder, as "foreign terrorist organizations" - a decision recently upheld by >a <http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2007/103714.htm> US Appeals Court. The >Israeli Cabinet declared them terrorist organizations in 1994. > >Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinians praying in a mosque in Hebron. >The Jewish Defense League's <http://www.jdl.org/index.php/about-jdl/faqs/> >states, "We view Dr. Goldstein as a martyr in Judaism's protracted struggle >against Arab terrorism. And we are not ashamed to say that Goldstein was a >charter member of the Jewish Defense League". > >The JDL is still active with Hebron's Jewish settlers, most visibly >remarkable for its hate graffiti such as: "Arabs to the Gas Chambers". ( ><http://www.cpt.org/gallery/slideshow.php?set_albumName=album03> See here) > > In a 1986 study of domestic terrorism, the US Department of Energy >concluded: "For more than a decade, the Jewish Defense League (JDL) has been >one of the most active terrorist groups in the United States. Since 1968, >JDL operations have killed 7 persons and wounded at least 22." > >Despite their terrorist designation, and the post 9-11 war on terror, JDL >leaders, members and chapters still function unhindered by security agencies >in North America. One can only attribute it to the similarity between the >JDL's ideology and our governments' Middle East and Muslim policies. > >In 2001, JDL leader, Canadian Irv Rubin and another member were convicted of >planning a terror attack in California against an Arab American congressman >and a mosque. Rubin was also accused of planning to bomb Concordia >University. Both JDL members were murdered in prison, although authorities >claim Rubin's slashed neck and two-story fall was a suicide. > >Rubin's death appeared to be the end of the JDL in North America. > >The JDL resurfaces in fertile Canada > >Canadian Jewish critics of Israel have noted the Harper government's >numerous unholy alliances to contain opponents of its Middle East and >Afghanistan policies. Some believe that the little known Canada-Israel >Security Agreement maybe behind the Galloway ban. Certainly, the >Conservatives have provided a political terrain that is now fertile for the >JDL to operate. > >It is contemptible that the Conservative government for "national security >reasons" bans outspoken anti-war critic and Palestinian supporter British MP >George Galloway while allowing a known terrorist organization a free pass to >operate in Canada and advise their policies. > >Given that Concordia University's Security Department is run by a former >RCMP officer, we should question their readiness to accept such a >politicized chain of events leading to the University banning the Galloway >video feed. > >The recent past appears forgotten and forgiven for the JDL, which resurfaced >in Toronto two years ago. Meir Weinstein ><http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/35188> answered the question by The >Jewish Press if the JDL in Toronto adheres to the ideology of Meir Kahane? >"I will always be a loyal disciple of Rabbi Kahane. Our ideology is based on >the Jewish Idea as taught by Rabbi Kahane." > >Last year Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) leader Bernie Farber's opinion on >the JDL was "they have the right to exist" as long as they behave. The >Canadian Jewish News on March 20, 2009 wrote the " CJC commends government >for denying George Galloway entry to Canada". > >The Jewish B'nai Brith and the JDL both targeted the Ontario Secondary >School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) in 2007 to prevent them from debating a >motion critical of Israel. The JDL is now going after the Canadian Union of >Public Employees (CUPE) for similar reasons. Liberal aide Warren Kinsella >appeared last week at a meeting organized by the JDL as a surprise guest. > >In last week's interview on British Channel 4 TV with George Galloway, JDL >leader Meir Weinstein threatened any Canadian who attended or supported >Galloway's presentation would be "monitored" by the Canadian government. ( ><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAm7rfHKSyY> Video here) > >Perhaps the Conservative government is testing whether Canadians still care >about their rights, or Canada's policies in Afghanistan and the Middle East. >Canada sinks into infamy when its government labels its enemies terrorist, >while coddling its allies who are real terrorists. > >________________ > >Scott Weinstein is a member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada >He can be reached at : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
