The New palestine Dictionary (Unabridged)
By Prof. Steve Berger, Tel Aviv Medical Center
Having invented a mythical country called, 'palestine,' and having
re-invented world history through the lenses of CNN, the Arabs
have decided to rewrite the English language. It must be difficult
to find meaningful slogans and catch phrases to describe suffering
which is either self-created or non-existent. And so, the good
folks who gave us hijacking and suicide bombing have turned to
stealing the misery of other peoples. Suddenly, we hear of 'the
palestinian holocaust,' 'apartheid' and 'bantustans' on the West
Bank, and other carefully rehearsed sound bites from AAA (Ashwari
Arikat and Arafat). For example...
Anti-Semitism (an-ti-'se-m&-"ti-z&m) noun. Hostility toward
or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial
group
AAA: "Arabs are also Semites, and therefore also victims of
anti-Semitism"
Study the above definition from Merriam-Webster. Is there anything
in the words, "..against Jews.." that I don't understand ?!? The
word 'anti-Semitism' was invented by a German journalist in the
19th century, to express his hatred of Jews - the man never even
met a Moslem. If we play semantic games, and define the word as
[anti] = against + [semitism] ALL semites .. then we must also
define antibiotic as [anti] = against + [bios] ALL life .. in
other words, penicillin is a deadly poison. Hitler's best friend
in the Mideast was Haj Amin el Husseini, that noted semite and
murderer of [semite] Jews. Iraq [a semitic nation] formed a nazi
government in 1941, headed by Rashid Ali - a noted semite. When
the Nazis [anti-Semites] occupied [semitic] North Africa during
the war, they never sent a single Arab [semite] to a gas chamber
or concentration camp.
Apartheid (&-'p?r-"tAt, -"tIt) noun. Racial segregation; specifically
: a policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination
against non-European groups in the Republic of SoAfrica.
AAA: "Palestinians suffer apartheid on the West Bank."
Last time I looked, Ramallah was not in the Republic of So. Africa;
but this is a rather transparent attempt to resurrect the old
'Israel sleeps with South Africa' libel. As it turns out, there
is much in common between the two countries, but not for the usual
reasons given. Like the Blacks of South Africa, Jews were the
original natives in Israel. There was a Jewish country named "Israel"
15 centuries before the first Moslem was even born, and Jews continue
to constitute the majority in the Land. The Moslems are merely
the latest in a long line of foreign colonialists who have attempted
to take over the country. In essence, we Jews are the "Blacks"
of the Middle East, and the Arabs are a foreign elitist element
which strives for rule through apartheid. The Israeli love affair
with Africa has flourished for three millennia, from the Queen
of Sheba to the mass in-migration of EthiopiaÇs Jews.
Until recent years, Black slavery was practiced in Mauritania
and Saudi Arabia. Moslem Sudan continues a genocidal war against
its Christian Blacks until today, with mass murder, rape and enslavement.
The list of Moslem countries which repress and murder Christians
is long. Indeed, reports from the largest Moslem country, Indonesia,
consist almost entirely of anti-Christian pogroms; while Saudi
Arabia, the Arab paradigm, brutally represses free practice of
Christianity on its territory. Idi Amin, that infamous butcher
of Africans, continues to live out his days in Saudi luxury.
Historically, Black slavery was an Arab institution. Even as
Arab slavers were ripping Africans from their homes and families,
they were forcing them to adopt their own Asian religion. Unlike
the Arabs, Jews have never been slavers and have never repressed
Christians. Indeed, Israel is the only country in the Middle East
which grants freedom of religion and full democracy to Arabs.
The recent support of Israel for White-ruled South Africa was
never a political statement. Just as Mozambique and other African
countries conducted businessÇ with the Apartheid regime, Israel
did so because it was necessary for survival.
Israel is the only country in the area which heeds the banner
of Nelson Mandela, "One Man - One Vote." Yassir Arafat advocates
a racially-pure state, with vague guarantees that Jews might stay
on in minority "bantustans." Is South African support for racist
Arab dictators any different from past Israeli support for Pretoria?
Is it really based on anything more than oil, money and votes
at the U.N.?
Bantustan ("ban-tu-'stan, "b?n-tu-'st?n) noun. Any of several
all-black enclaves in the Republic of So. Africa that have a limited
degree of self-government
AAA: "Israel has relegated palestinians to so may bantustans
on the West Bank."
This is a continuation of the 'South Africa' connection. In fact,
most palestinians live in a racially-pure Jew-free palestinian
state which occupies 70% of Palestine - it's called, 'Jordan.'
The final status map of the West Bank and Gaza would give them
large tracts of additional territory, with scattered Jewish 'bantustans'
[they would no doubt prefer, 'ghettos' - an old Arab tradition]
in their midst.
Holocaust ('hO-l&-"kost, 'h?- also -"k?st or 'ho-l&-kost)
noun. The mass slaughter of European civilians and especially
Jews by the Nazis during World War II -- usually used with the
: a mass slaughter of people
AAA: "..holocaust in Jenin."
Fewer than 30 Arab civilians died in Jenin - none intentionally
murdered. Try this at home - count to 30. Now count to 6 million
! Needless to say, Arabs gleefullly participated in THE holocaust.
Pogrom ('pO-gr&m, 'p?-; pO-'gr?m, p&-) noun. An organized
massacre of helpless people; specifically : such a massacre of
Jews
AAA: "...pogroms against the palestinian people..."
Anti-Jewish pogroms have been an established sport in the Arab
world since the Damascus Affair in 1840. How many Jewish settlements
were there in 1840? What exactly was the nature of the Israeli
occupation that year?
Other terms used in recent weeks by AAA are 'Stalingrad' ["Jenin
was our 'Stalingrad'], ' The Killing Fields' and 'Ethnic Cleansing.'
Stalingrad saw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Russians
at the hands of Germans [eg, allies of the Arab world]. If I were
Russian, I would be furious at Arafat's attempt to 'hitch a ride'
on my heroism.
Saib Arikat loves to speak of the 'killing fields' in the West
Bank. It seems that Saib has 'gone Hollywood.' The Killing Fields
(Warner Brothers, 1984) is a movie which depicts the suffering
of Cambodians under their leader, Pol Pot. Aside from the fact
that Pol Pot was one of Arafat's most ardent supporters, the only
comparison to be made is with the suffering that Yassir has caused
his own people.
Similarly, Ethnic Cleansing refers to the butchery of Yugoslavian
Moslems at the hands of Milosovic. Aside from the fact that the
Arab World openly advocates ethnic cleansing of Jews throughout
the Middle East, if I were a Bosnian, I would take great exception
to Arafat, a fellow Moslem, hijacking my real tragedy.
