Philip Hyams

The Netanyahu Agenda

2009-05-07T11:05:00.006+03:00

The Knesset. A Vibrant Red-Light District Like No Other

Once again Bibi N. is showing his true right-wing colors. It wasn't enough to agree to a corrupt cabinet, padded with 18 extra ministers on full salary and benefits, Bibi and his group of despicable, corrupt cronies now want to hit once more the weakest sector of the Israeli population by lowering welfare, unemployent and adding a 50NIS a day bill to their hospital stays.

Unfortunately, it is the very same segment of the population who are suffering and will suffer more who voted the current shysters into power. Our greatest enemy is the apathy of the Israeli public to these events and the ability of these parasites to rob the country's coffers, give their friends without qualifications high-paying jobs and suppress any change in the electoral laws which would not allow them to get voted in. The public gets what they vote. With the destruction of any progreesive opposition to this fiscal bloodbath - Bibi's second reign of corruption will be long. Thank you Ehud Barak. You're just another joke in the equation. Maybe now your speaking fees will go up in the States and you'll leave us alone soon for greener pastures?

Unless the idiots from Shas who proclaim a social mandate for their constituency leave the government - the state's greatest threat is not Iran nor the Arab/Israeli conflict - it is the despotic and corrupt politicians and their big business puppetmasters who run the country. They will create a Haiti in the out of Israel as they slowly chip away at the state's social packages while furthering their own greedy agendas causing only prolonged misery for the Israeli public-at-large.

Operation Cast Iron, The Holocaust & The Jungle

2009-01-16T18:17:00.004+02:00

Let it be made known that I fully support the war in Gaza against the Hamas. While the world screams (along with Gideon Levi from Haaretz - that "wise voice of humanity") about the tragedy in Gaza - I say: Israel do not stop until the ability of Hamas to rearm itself is almost an impossibility. It's not that I do not feel great sorrow at the human toll in Gaza - it's that I feel greater sorrow for the eight years of rockets which have fallen and made our children in the the south of the country psychologically damaged young people, victims of war, victims of our own politician's own weak inability and yes, also greedy ambitions which prevented them from acting far earlier on against the crimes of the Palestinians.

One cannot disconnect Operation Gaza from the Holocaust. The global war agains the Jews still continues with a two-faced morality which says: There is one law for the Jews and another for the rest of the world. Anti-Semitism never went away but only hid iits ugly face for close to 60 years and has reemerged for what it still is. Israel is kept under a magnifying glass while Zimbabwe, the Sudan and other far more atrocious regions where people are being butchered are relegated to the back pages of the News. The Americans killed 100,000 poor civilians in a single night when they unjustifiably invaded Iraq. Europe cheered. When the Russsians burnt Chechnya to the ground the UN remained silent. When Jews fight a war of self-defense the world cries "bloody murder". Where were those great bleeding hearts for eight years as we were being attacked by a merciless terrorist organization?

So, let's hope that the operations in Gaza do not cease until the Hamas has been put into a position where it can no longer serve as a trigger-finger for the Iranians and the Syrians. Because when it boils down to it - this is not the end and we are going to have to face-off very soon against the Iranian and Hizbollah war machine. Gaza has been only a preliminary shot across the bow. It is time to get Israel's house in order. Yes, Mr. Levi. There is a human cost. Yes, innocent chlidren and women and men die during War...on all sides. Yes...there is no morality in War...but after the Holocaust and the fact that we are not yet "one" world nor a "global village" - Jews whether they admit it or not also deserve to defend themselves in order to survive. Yes...there is always the corruption of politicians...but there is NO PROPORTIONALITY in War and there never has been. We still live in a jungle and those that do not defend themselves are doomed to perish.

Tell The Turks Where To Go

2009-01-16T18:13:00.002+02:00

Turkey is so adamant on bashing Israel so far as to call for our removal from the U.N. - It's time for all Israelis to boycott the country which helped invent the word genocide with their brutal extermination of the Armenians in the early part of the 20th century. In 2008 more than 500,000 Israelis visited this "progressive" Islamic republic. Why give them the businesss? Additionally, it is time our military stopped doing business with them as well.

Democracy. Don't Make Us Laugh

2008-07-13T20:32:00.004+03:00

As the noose grows tighter around Ehud Olmert's political career, his departure will continue to mean nothing to most Israelis, as the biggest criminals around them continue to live lavish lifestyles, not yet behind bars, waiting for their cases to come to court.

Katsav the accused rapist president is fighting to keep his millions of shekels in future pension rights and benefits, even as his case costs the state - meaning us - hundreds of thousands of shekels. He' s free.

Hirshsohn, Olmert's friend, indicted for theft of public money to the tune of millions of shekels is still free and waiting for his case to come up.

So we have a triad of criminals (now way beyond suspect) - who arrogantly continue to live the good life, defended by the best and most costly legal teams in the country, and we common Israelis are waiting to see if they will ever serve a day in jail once convicted.

The failure of Israel in the Second Lebanon War was largely due to Olmert, Amir Peretz and Dan Halutz (an arrogant air force general) who got away with a wrist slap, for the part he played in the deaths of more than 100 Israelis due to lack of experience, in tandem with Olmert's and Peretz's lusts to stay in power.

Democracy. Don't make us laugh. Goverment institutions like don't hesitate to pursue the average Israeli for a few hundred shekels that might have been overlooked - but when it comes to the Knesset and its band of cutthroat dealmakers and crooks - there are other laws at work. Mazuz, the inept Attorney General knows this.

Most probably these accused and soon-to-be accused felons will never see the inside of any prison for their crimes...and that is the tragedy of Israel today. We pay, we die, we send out children to fight and the political echelon pisses on the people while laughing all the way to the bank and most probably out of their criminal sentences.

Bar-On: Olmert's Corrupt Cabal Continues Its Reign

2007-08-31T10:33:00.000+03:00

Well, Roni Bar-On, Prime Minister Olmert's newly selected Minister of Finance has begun his purge of any remaining responsible and untainted public officials who have stood in the way of, Olmert's corrupt cabinet from leveraging their contacts to conclude irregular business deals.

So we see, once more, how the corrupt cabal headed by Ehud Olmert runs Israel. By not renewing Accountant General Dr. Yaron Zelekha's contract , in essence, Bar-On has removed the only responsible watchdog ever to have served the Israeli public's interest by confronting corrupt businessmen and politicans who have been raping the state, its coffers and its people for years.

In 1997 Bar-On was appointed Attorney General, but resigned as a consequence of heavy criticisms related to the 'Bar-On Hebron' scandal, which involved allegations against officials that they recommended Bar-On to the position in order to aid organized crime.

Here are a few other wonderful tidbits about the replacement for the previously made-to-resign Olmert choice for Finance Minister: Avraham Hirschenson, now under investigation for fraud.

Bar-On, in his capacity as Interior Minister, refused to allot money for Israeli Arabs to build public shelters and warning sirens to escape bombings and violence. The mayor of Nazareth, Ramez Jeraisi, repeatedly requested funds for this purpose, noting that the neighboring Jewish city of Nazareth Illit was provided with the equipment already.

On July 19, 2006, Bar-On verbally attacked Jamal Zahalka, an Israeli Arab MK on the Knesset floor calling him "a snake born to a snake". He added, "I'd be happy if you would join some of your friends in Lebanon to enjoy what they are enjoying now", a reference to Israel's bombing campaign in Lebanon that had commenced a week prior. Zahalka reportedly criticised the government's actions in Lebanon and the high civilian death toll.

Bar-On was severely criticized for "ignorance, arrogance and insensitivity" in a signed article in Haaretz on August 6, 2006, for saying that any municipal worker in the north of Israel who travelled south to seek shelter from Katyushas was a deserter and would not be paid.

So the mafia continues to run the State of Israel and we shall see where it will take us....

The Serial Rape of Israel Continues After Winograd

2007-05-01T17:33:00.000+03:00

Forget the notion that Israel comes close to being a western-style democracy. Just as the banks here control the country and have a license to print money, and as big business works in tandem with Israel's top 20 families to control this land's assets and lives of its citizens - so goes it with the puppet-leaders which includes Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz.

Only mass civil protest at all levels of Israeli society can hope to being these corrupt and power hungry individuals down from their stranglehold perches of "government", from their serial rape of Israeli society.

And Israelis will continue to be violated as long as no national consensus evolves as to what constitutes a democracy. How sad that polls indicate Israelis looking at the best alternative to the current government as one being led by another tainted individual - Benjamin Nethanyahu. The people are reaping the results of their past indifference and oppression by a new virulently capitalist elite running roughshod here over most Israelis.

Last year, many lives were lost due to the greed and indifference of Olmert and Peretz to the state of social and defense affairs within this country. Let's face it. We have Katsav who will soon go to trial for rape in its full meaning, Olmert who has profited from his business connections by leveraging his political reputation to generate even more profits, Peretz a quasi wannabee demi-god who did shit all for Israeli workers while filling his own pockets from their union dues with a hefty monthly five figure pay package and benefits - a boisterous ignoramus (like the majority of Israeli politicans). A Minister of Finance caught with his fingers in the till, and the list goes on...how can we effectively defend ourselves, our nation with this collection of jackals devouring us at the same time?

Thursday night, May 3, 2007 there will be a mass protest in Kikar Rabin. If you have ever never been to any demonstration, this is perhaps one of the most important ones you should consider coming too, even if you never go to another one again.

This junta of corruption which daily rapes our country while pretending to care about its future must be repelled. If you do not lend your voice to such clear abuse of power and putrid behaviour...your own abuse and suffering on a daily basis will be prolonged. And then there will be no way to electoral reform, continued social justice, or any form of democracy in Israel. The erosion of civil rights and social rights will continue and the dark power which people such as Olmert, the Sharons, etc... and the rest of his gang wield will only strengthen until there is no turning back...and then...figure it out yourself.

Five (5) Reasons Why We Are Still A Banana Republic

2007-02-05T19:30:00.000+02:00

SAD BUT TRUE!

1) We still grow bananas.
2) We are the only western country where debtors can still be thrown in prison for sums as low as $100.00
3) We are the only country at the moment where concurrent criminal investigations and indictments have been made or opened against (to name a few):

the president
the prime minister
the minister of finance
the minister of justice
senior tax officials
the head of the police

4) We place refugees from Darfur, Sudan in prison.

5) We allow some cancer patients to die by witholding medicine.

The War That Wasn't A War

2006-08-15T13:22:00.000+03:00

Two days now and it's been relatively quiet. There are a lot of questions, many of them so banal because the answers are so clear cut and obvious to those of us who have witnessed how Israel transformed itself from a social democracy into a crude and calculated, uncaring U.S. model of virulent capitalism.

This does not negate the fact that some areas of the social democratic model which helped this country flourish, such as universal healthcare, still exist and offer a level of healthcare unavailable anywhere else in the world. However...as Nethanyahu and Olmert, two smug and corrupt cronies from the same party go head to head - Most Israelis suffer silently because they believe that the real war has yet to begin. Hizbollah audacity was just the prelude to a greater confrontation to our existence which will materialize in the next year or two. Too many unused missiles, too many political alliances and money to be made from arms and oil. The Europeans did not learn their lesson from WWII and are acting identically as their forefathers who helped usher Hitler into power, except this time they are kissing the feet of the little devil in Iran.

But given the above, this lousy government should still fall. It abandoned its citizens for a month, leaving many of them without the basic supplies to survive. It sent our young men and women into the field unequipped, sometimes even without sustenance. Blunder after blunder compounded and fueled a war which was not a war, turning it into a useless venture...a venture where our people's lives were sacrificed for no reason.

There was only bravado and no planning, only political ambition responsible for needless deaths. Nothing has changed on the ground in Lebanon and the real protagonists, Syria and Iran are laughing even now as they plot a more destructive solution. Israel is in crisis. If it does not develop effective leadership both on a governmental and military level before the next confrontation - then we're all in deep shit. If Israelis so not stand up to change this country's social fabric...the results are too terrible to talk about.

The results of this war which was not a war are intrinsically linked to the cold shifts in Israeli society, the onslaught on social services and welfare and education, the onslaught by a new elite of criminal powerbrokers, most of them in cahoots with Israel's fifteen most powerful families. Thank you Mr. Nethanyahu and Mr. Olmert. Mr. Peretez wannabe something minister - go home to your moshav in Sderot. All the rest of you MKs...well...most of your should be in jail for corruption. And while all this was going on. Gilaed Sharon was acquitted. President Katsav is breathing a sigh of relief wondering when he will be forced to confront all the women who have accused him of sexual impropriety...and the rest of us are waiting to find out where the red line of our country is...how many dead will it take to destroy the Iranian/Syrian threat once and for all?

Another Young Life Gone

2006-08-08T16:54:00.000+03:00

My next-door neighbour lost his only son yesterday. Another young life exterminated by fire and steel ball bearings borne by a Hezbollah missile. And the war goes on. There are no words but only tears and anger. Anger at a world that sits blindly before the fanatic Islamic religious cancer wanting to devour it. France and Britain are already lost to the new Nazis in their midst while Russia fuels the Syrian war machine and the West pitifully finds no concrete way to address Iran's bellicose holocaust denying intentions. Add to this potent mix, a group of Israeli politicans, many of them corrupt, who cannot agree on a path to wage a war for this country's existence...and you are looking at an end-game approaching very quickly. No cease-fire with a predominately Shite Lebanese army, buffered by a gutless UNIFIL force will hold. The arm of the Hezbollah is just that - a military wing controlled by Iran and Syria who have not yet been held accountable for their proxy declaration of war. Don't wait for miracles. I hope this posting proves me wrong...but the fires which are burning are just beginning and the world will wake up to something akin to WWIII with a diffrence...this time it won't be the Jews who suffer extermination but those who would impose it upon them...yes...even innocent children raised in hate with their mother's milk. Too bad. But this time, we have no intention of walking into the gas chambers.

More Plastic Flowers In Paradise

2006-08-02T15:36:00.000+03:00

The war continues. First Baalbek...a missile hitting the West Bank...it's not over by a long shot.

It seems appropriate today to direct you dear readers to the whole collection of Plastic Flowers In Paradise. You Can Find it here!

A deadly mix is being brewed in Iran which might very well culminate in a like scenario as the picture depicts, if the world continues to maintain a gutless stand against that terrorist country. Comprehensive, hard-hitting global sanctions can avoid such an Armageddon.

Life Goes On

2006-08-01T10:52:00.000+03:00

As the world sides with Hezbollah and Israel continues to eradicate these "creatures"...yes because that's what they are...animals would not behave in such a fashion...life is beginning to get back to normal here.

The latent anti-semitism which has resurfaced 60 years after the Holocaust should not be a surprise. The world still dos not like the image of the Jew as a person capable of defending himself or inflicting harm against his assailant but rather prefers to have the Jew as a victim instead. Well baby...fuck that. If there is anything we learnt after WWII, it's that in order to defeat the Devil you have to use his own techniques. I have a number of book and film projects on hold which I am just starting to get back to again...but between the lines...I am actually waiting to see Hollywood divest itself of Mel Gibson, that drunken bastard. It's a fact that a drunk always shows his true nature while under the influence...as if the Passion of Christ wasn't enough! I wonder when the EU, those wonderful humanitarians who inflicted colonialism on the world and taught our newest Nazis the art of genocide, will decree that Hezbollah is a terrorist group?

Pretty soon the people who brought you the suicide bomb and the use of civilans as shields for their nefarious deeds will be history. And...by the way...Iran will never get the bomb...so we are not worried, but only want to complete what must be completed. We must not negate the fact that most Arab nations today do not want a state of war with Israel, but that this struggle is one of Shite fanatics against Sunnis, and Islamic Nazis against all people. A "mensch is a mensch" and humanism is not foreign to any race. Most people just want to live in peace. To Chirac and Kofi Annan...I have two words...better not to say them. Haven't heard again from Kevin Zeese. I suppose his advisors told him it was not a great idea to send email letters sympathizing with Hezbollah.

Hard To Write But Not For Kevin Zeese

2006-07-29T17:40:00.000+03:00

I spend quite a bit of my time living in Israel and I must admit it's been hard concentrating on my creative ventures due to the war going on all around us. In a weird chain of events that happened yesterday I got a view into how a "progressive American Senator wannabe views Israel's responsibility for the suffering of the Lebanese people.

For months I had been receiving spam from Kevin Zeese for U.S. Congress, and after trying his site's unsubscribe button 4 times, finally resorted to a threat that I would make his Internet life a horror.

This is the chain of emails which followed between us. Between him, Ralph Nader and Noam Chomsky, we don't need any more fools to usher in the era of Islamic Nazism. This reads most recent to earliest.In a nutshell, Mr. Zeese blames the situation here on Israel and U.S. policies to take over the world. "What are we doing tonight Brain?" "The same as we do every night Pinky...taking over the world!" Mr. Zeese is a fan of Hezbollah apparently.

From Philip: July 28th, 2006

Kevin, I am familiar with Gideon Levy and the the other info. However, as a former field producer for the CBC and the first producer in North America to break the story of Epidemic Diabetes Mellitus amongst first-nation peoples and their ongoing ethnic cleansing through both the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the U.S. and it's Canadian counterpart the Commission for Native Affairs- I also know,as I stated before how subjective facts are from different sources and how media and facts can be created as misinformation.

For the people on in the frontline, this discussion we are having is moot. From the Israeli perspective the blunt truth is that 82% of the population does not care what steps are taken to end the barrage of missiles targeting our population centers, and whatever political machinations are behind the situation from U.S. capitalist policies to fascist Islamic fundamentalist beliefs - this is a war which will not cease until the root of the terror is excised. I suggest you also visit these sites:

http://www.arabsforisrael.com/
http://www.walidphares.com/

Philip

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From: Kevin Zeese [mailto:KZeese@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:16 PM
To: Philip Hyams
Subject: Re: Zeese Campaign: Media Hits and Volunteer Updates

Philip

A few interesting items for you.

- Discussion of Lebanon, Hezbollah, Israel and Congress at: http://www.fpif.org/pdf/papers/0607congress.pdf. It provides a lot of fact-based context to what is occurring.

- Stop Now, Immediately
Gideon Levy - Haaretz (Israel) http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/741435. html
This war must be stopped now and immediately. From the start it was unnecessary, even if its excuse was justified, and now is the time to end it.... Every day increases international criticism of Israel and hatred of it. That is also an element in "national security." As opposed to the choir in Israel that makes a false presentation as if the world is cheering Israel, the images from Beirut are causing Israel enormous damage, and rightly so. Not only in the streets of the Arab world is more and more hatred being sown, but also in the West. Not only hundreds of thousands of Lebanese but tens of thousands of Westerners fleeing from Lebanon are contributing to the depiction of Israel as a violent, crude and destructive state.
etc...etc...from Mr. Keese.

Philip Hyams wrote:

Kevin, I never complained about where I am, (I wouldn't be anywhere else) nor did I insinuate you as being a simpleton. You are simply parroting pro-Hezbollah sources, distorting what is really happening on the ground in this region which has many truths for both peoples and for the world. However, there are many cultural truths and realities which you turn a blind eye to. Your justification of Hezbollah the last six years on the ground in Lebanon only proves to me what your angle is. Shevah farms was never Lebanese territory but part of Syria. In terms of anti-semitism, I couldn't care less, because it has existed for centuries, and like other forms of racism will continue to exist. Unfortunately, while technology has zoomed ahead, mankind has not. Look at Rwanda and the genocide which occurred there under the UN's watch. The same would happen here to every single Israeli should our "neigbours" be presented with the opportunity. There is one difference however - Jews won't walk to the gas chambers again nor allow nation states to threaten their extermination the Iranians are inclined to do. Don't talk to me about Israeli isolation, because this has always been a fact. The facts will play themselves out as we "talk". Obviously our vantage points are very different. Your concept of the right wing Israeli lobby not being touchable in the U.S is hilarious. Why don't you look at the power of the Arab lobby and the Saudis as discussed by Michael Moore in Farenheit 911? Civilians will die in any war. War is not ethical or clean. However, if Hezbollah deems fit to usurp the Lebanese people, like Hamas does the Palestinians by placing their weapons of terror in people's homes, stores and places of worship - many more innocent people will continue to die. And by the way, Hezbollah had six years to begin an operation initiated by missiles and the subsequent kidnapping of two of our soldiers from within our borders. This was planned in Iran in order to divert attention from their nuclear ambitions. As an Israeli I am not interested in your tie-ins to right-wing U.S. politics and U.S./Zionist bullshit, I couldn't care less. In fact the irony is that on other issues we share similar beliefs - on this issue our views are not the same as are our realities. See one of my articles and look me up on the net.

http://www.newtopiamagazine.net/archives/content/issue19/features/monsanto.php

Philip

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From: Kevin Zeese [mailto:KZeese@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 3:44 PM
To: Philip Hyams
Subject: Re: Zeese Campaign: Media Hits and Volunteer Updates

Phillip

I'm no simpleton and I'm no anti-Semite.

Hezbollah Liberation

Sadly, Israel's extreme reaction will increase anti-Semitism worldwide and increase Israeli isolation.

Hezollah captured two SOLDIERS in order to get back Lebanese CIVILIANS -- not charged with anything -- who have been held by Israel for years. (These civilians are a cause celebre in Lebanon.)

Israel responded with rockets into civilian areas and civilian infrastructure -- so far killing more than 400 civilians, and less that fifteen shooters. Hezbollah responded with rockets into Israel.

You blame Lebanon for being too weak to challenge Hezbollah but they are weak in large part because Israel (and Syria) occupied Lebanon for 18 years -- Israel still occupies a small agricultural area of Lebanon and has consistently crossed the border into Lebanon. Hezbollah is defending a border that the weak Lebanese government cannot control. I would much prefer a government control the border and Hezbollah be disarmed, but it is a hostile border so they are filling a void. They fill many voids in Lebanon -- they are the third largest employer, involved in economic development and providing social services as well as a political party and a military wing. Israel is already finding that Hezbollah is tougher to root out than they expected. Of course, they shouldn't be surprised since Hezbollah was a major force in pushing Israel to end the last occupation. Indeed, Hezbollah is made up in large part by the victims and their families of the last occupation. Who knows what opposition to Israel they are creating now? (Hamas was created out of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.) Israel is creating more enemies faster than they are destroying them.

My sense is that Lebanon is really being used as a battle zone to draw Syria and Iran into a mistake so they can be attacked. This has been the agenda for quite some time. This military assault on Lebanon – thorough and well-planned – is consistent with a plan put forward for Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996, “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm.” See: http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm. The strategy noted that the border with Lebanon was a problem that could be dealt with saying: “Syria challenges Israel on Lebanese soil. An effective approach, and one with which American can sympathize, would be if Israel seized the strategic initiative along its northern borders by engaging Hizballah, Syria, and Iran, as the principal agents of aggression in Lebanon.” The goal is remaking the Middle East to the liking of the U.S. and Israel. The capture of soldiers was an excuse to go forward with this broader regional war. (The effort to justify an attack on Iran is needed because the propaganda about the nuclear program fizzled when the facts came out about that being no threat -- so another excuse was needed to attack Iran.) My sense is this is going to grow -- the question whether it is before or after the election.

Sadly, this plan is counterproductive on many, many fronts:

- it is strengthening extremist Muslims and weakening moderate Arabs (the Lebanese were divided on Hezbollah's military actions before the invasion, now they are united against Israel)
- it is increasing the likelihood of theocracies developing throughout the region, rather than more secular governments like in Lebanon which was an excellent example of an emerging democracy that mixed religions, sects and ethnicities quite well and had more rights for women than most Arab nations -- now that good example has been destroyed
- decreases the security of Israel
- increases anti-Semitism around the world
- decreases security of Americans
- increases anti-Americanism
- continues to stretch the U.S. military too thinly

and on and on. This is a mistaken policy but because of the power of the right wing Israeli lobby it is not allowed to be discussed in the United States. It is a failed policy but a political taboo that cannot be discussed. I would much rather prefer to see Tikkun dominating American Jewish thought, rather than the AIPAC right wingers who dominate through their political donations.

Don't complain about where you are -- you choose to be there.

Kevin

Philip Hyams wrote:
Kevin, unfortunately you do not understand what kind of war the world is engaged in against terrorist countries like Iran who have made no secret of their desire to eradicate my country and the Jews. I would think that after 9/11 you would know what real forces are at work here. But then again, the lives of Jews come cheap from an historical perspective. (And yes, the whole situation is much more complicated with the history of capitalism, pan-arabism and European colonialism playing a part).

The Lebanese are suffering due to their gutless toleration of having a terrorist state exist within their state and are paying as we are for their acceptance of having the Syrians and Iranians dictate their national interests.

It is very interesting that when the U.S. decides to annilate 100,000 Iraqis in one night in Bagdad and position their oil executives as heads of state in Afghanistan that's all fine and dandy. When the British send their battleships to the Falklands in a war which reminds one of the Mouse Who Roared, or massacre 100,000 Mau Mau in their Kenyan concentration camps (circa 1965) - that is not disproportionate.

Basically Kevin, let's call a spade a spade when it a spade. There has always been one rule for Jews and other rules for everyone else. I assure you the disaster won't be to Lebanon or Israel. There won't be one. You may not want to believe me now as you sit in your comfy little house, faraway from the reality of what is going on - essentially, I will give you a glimpse into the Israeli mind-set - the lessons of the Holocaust are very Nitzheian. No entity will destroy this country. If the war escalates which I believe it will, and Iran and Syria who the French and the Russians have armed (see what they did in Chechnya - where was the word disproportionate used?) when it does escalate, Israel will take out Iran's nuclear ambitions as it did in Iraq in 1982. We will have no choice. A conventional war is the best of the worst so to speak for us. I see you are lobbying to be a congressman, that itself tells me that you represent specific interests. It's people such as yourself not knowing what this new global war is really about that help it to continue. The bottom line is that it will get worse but we are prepared for this. I suggest you start lobbying for immediate global sanctions against Iran and Syria who are fueling this proxy war, instead of mouthing words like mess and escalation which mean nothing to people involved in fighting for their survival. Because Kevin, if someone ever comes to make you choose to fight for your family's survival or accept their destruction, I believe you will fight.

Philip

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From: Kevin Zeese [mailto:KZeese@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 3:10 AM
To: Philip Hyams
Subject: Re: Zeese Campaign: Media Hits and Volunteer Updates

Phillip

If you don't appreciate the bombs near you imagine how the Lebanese feel. This is a mess that is escalating and going to be a disaster for both Israel and Lebanon.

I'd be curious what you thought of this detailed discussion of Lebanon, Hezbollah, Israel and Congress at: http://www.fpif.org/pdf/papers/0607congress.pdf. It provides a lot of fact-based context to what is occurring.

Kevin

Philip Hyams wrote:
Kevin, I have been getting your campaign stuff for months. Now sitting here
within rocket range of Hizbollah terrorists I don't appreciate your position
vis-a-vis Israelis overeacting and all that other crap. If your cities were
being shelled you would not be so cavalier in your political statements. So
obviously this explains my overreaction and the fact that the four times I
pressed your unsubscribe button...it didn't function.

Philip
Kfar Sava, Israel

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Zeese [mailto:KZeese@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:01 PM
To: Philip Hyams; Heather Vargas
Subject: Re: Zeese Campaign: Media Hits and Volunteer Updates

Philip

You can unsubscribe on the bottom -- but we will unsubscribe you . This is
the first time you've asked. I don't know how you got on the list -- but
we're happy to take you off.

There is no need to make threats -- we have no desire to email people who
don't want to receive it..

Kevin

Philip Hyams wrote:

UNsubscribe me now or I'll make your internet life a horror.
July 27, 2006 *

Zeese Criticizes Israel Attack on Lebanon and Gaza Strip* U.S. Senate
candidate Kevin Zeese has been critical of Israel's attack on
civilians. "The 'sin of silence' of U.S. politicians is allowing
Israel to conduct a campaign of terror against Lebanese civilians and
destroy the infrastructure of the country. It is important for the
U.S. government to speak out against Israel's actions." Zeese has
written Rep. Cardin four letters urging him to speak out on Israel's
attack on the Gaza Strip (http://kevinzeese.com/content/view/161/34/)
and its attack on Lebanon (see
http://kevinzeese.com/content/view/166/34/ ). The Washington Post
covered the growing conflict with Ben Cardin on the issue. See
http://kevinzeese.com/content/view/168/45/. "This is an issue I plan
to continue to raise because it is a political taboo that must be
broken. The U.S. - Israeli relationship is a root cause of our foreign
policy mistakes and significantly undermines the security of
Americans," said Zeese.