In the traveler's latest post, he claims that my comment: "Are You really asking for integrity from lew, Kim? Good luck with that?" is abusive and a personal attack. Maybe he suffers from short (or long) term memory deficit.
If someone is caught lying, isn't that sufficient reason to question their integrity? To wit:
In October past, lew said:
"What more is there to say except, in response to his last question, if at anytime during that 64 years, the Palestinian leaders had come to Isrealileaders (sic) and sad (sic) that they were sorry and they wanted to be friends and decent neighbors and to live together in peace, then the nascent country of Palestine would now be, alongside Israel, a garden spot of technology and culture in the mid-East instead of what it is."
http://open.salon.com/blog/the_traveler/2011/10/30/mahmood_abbas_is_right
I cited the Jewish Virtual Library, of all places and quoted the following letter:
"LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO PRIME MINISTER RABIN:
September 9, 1993
Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of Israel
Mr. Prime Minister,
The signing of the Declaration of Principles marks a new era in the history of the Middle East. In firm conviction thereof, I would like to confirm the following PLO commitments:
The PLO recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security.
The PLO accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.
The PLO commits itself to the Middle East peace process, and to a peaceful resolution of the conflict between the two sides and declares that all outstanding issues relating to permanent status will be resolved through negotiations.
The PLO considers that the signing of the Declaration of Principles constitutes a historic event, inaugurating a new epoch of peaceful coexistence, free from violence and all other acts which endanger peace and stability. Accordingly, the PLO renounces the use of terrorism and other acts of violence and will assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to assure their compliance, prevent violations and discipline violators
In view of the promise of a new era and the signing of the Declaration of Principles and based on Palestinian acceptance of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, the PLO affirms that those articles of the Palestinian Covenant which deny Israel's right to exist, and the provisions of the Covenant which are inconsistent with the commitments of this letter are now inoperative and no longer valid. Consequently, the PLO undertakes to submit to the Palestinian National Council for formal approval the necessary changes in regard to the Palestinian Covenant.
Sincerely,
Yasser Arafat
Chairman
The Palestine Liberation Organization"
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/recogn.html
to which the traveler replied:
"I printed an opinion- mine- which you have somehow mis-characterized as a lie."
It is clear that this person has conflated opinion with historical FACT.
Most of my comments and thoughts are annotated. When I am broaching a sensitive subject, I often double source my contentions.
Earlier this year, I caught him, again being lazy and sloppy with his words, and commented:
" you may scoff at my comment concerning 620 commandments or 613, and in your mind you are thinking why is this guy making such a big deal over seven commandments, and the answer, REALLY, is quite simple. It is indicative of the sloppy way you approach intellectual matters. Accuracy is irrelevant to you."
to which he replied:
"In this case, you have the wrong target. Since I have always been a secular Jew, probably since my circumcision, I can't imagine I would ever have mentioned anything about Hebrew Laws or Hebrew, so whoever mentioned the 600 or so thingies that you are clinging to as an insult, it wasn't me and it doesn't offend me."
When confronted with his own words, a second case of lying, he had no reply:
"Although Mizvahs are the complete set of rules (620 of them) - both positive and negative, given in the Torah, in casual usage, a mitzvah is a good deed. And these are important.
the traveler
NOVEMBER 18, 2011 05:42 AM"
In lew's "mind" secular jew means through an accident of birth, he is a jew in name only and need know nothing of the religion, nor the historical record of his lineage.
One might think a "COL, USA (Ret)" might be more careful with his words and contentions (or maybe not).
In his latest screed, he wishes to know why israel is singled out for criticism. I would ask why in yearly polls taken in Europe for years, the question as to the greatest threat to world peace consistently yield the result: A. america, and B. israel.
Furthermore, I apologize to those who have seen this visual representation of why much of the world views israel as such a mendacious threat to the world and the region:
"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation.
It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution.
Please click on any statistic for the source and more information.
Statistics Last Updated: October 25, 2011
Israeli and Palestinian Children Killed
September 29, 2000 - Present
126 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 1,476 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000. (View Sources & More Information)
Israelis and Palestinians Killed
September 29, 2000 - Present
1,096 Israelis and at least 6,568 Palestinians have been killed since September 29, 2000. (View Sources & More Information)
Israelis and Palestinians Injured
September 29, 2000 - Present
10,792 Israelis and 59,575 Palestinians have been injured since September 29, 2000. (View Sources & More Information.)
Daily U.S. Military Aid to Israel and the Palestinians
Fiscal Year 2011
During Fiscal Year 2011, the U.S. is providing Israel with at least $8.2 million per day in military aid and $0 in military aid to the Palestinians. (View Sources & More Information)
Current Number of Political Prisoners and Detainees
0 Israelis are being held prisoner by Palestinians, while5,604 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel. (View Sources & More Information)
Demolitions of Israeli and Palestinian Homes
1967 - Present
0 Israeli homes have been demolished by Palestinians and 24,813 Palestinian homes have been demolished by Israel since 1967. (View Sources & More Information)
Israeli and Palestinian Unemployment Rates
The Israeli unemployment rate is 6.4%, while the Palestinian unemployment in the West Bank is 16.5% and40% in Gaza. (View Sources & More Information)
Current Illegal Settlements on the Other’s Land
Israel currently has 236 Jewish-only settlements and ‘outposts’ built on confiscated Palestinian land. Palestinians do not have any settlements on Israeli land. (View Sources & More Information)
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/
For a look at the current state of the region's only "democracy, we go to Ron HaCohen:
"Tel Aviv ‘Race Riots’ Reveal Much About Israel
by Ran HaCohen, May 28, 2012
"The “race riots” in Tel Aviv last week — a mass demonstration that turned into a pogrom against about 60,000 asylum seekers, an overwhelming majority of them from Eritrea, the rest mostly from Sudan (Darfur and South Sudan) and a few other African countries — gives a revealing glimpse into Israeli realities under the current fascist government.
The predominant speakers at the demonstration in the poor southern part of Tel Aviv, where most of the asylum seekers and migrant workers are concentrated, were two Knesset members: Michael Ben-Ari (of the far-right National Union), who urged the Jewish rabble to take law into its own hands (“the time for words is over”), and Miri Regev (Likud), who described the “Sudanese” (contrary to the facts, many ignorant Israelis subsume all Africans under “Sudanese”) as “cancer.”
Obviously, fascism always deflects public discontent by turning it against helpless minorities. But the alliance between the two Knesset members is revealing: whereas Regev is a coalition member, Ben-Ari is officially part of the opposition. Israel’s fascist coalition is in fact even wider than the 94 (out of 120) Knesset members it now includes, as it can rely on the support of the far-right opposition to carry out its policies. Netanyahu uses this quite often. When regulations or tradition stipulate the appointment of an opposition member to some official function, Netanyahu appoints someone from the far right, marginalizing the small liberal opposition even further.
Ben-Ari is a former (?) member of the Orthodox, fascist-racist Kach movement, which is outlawed in Israel and considered a terrorist organization in the United States. Miri Regev, on the other hand, was the spokesperson of the Israeli army during the Second Lebanon War (2006). Trained and experienced in lying and inciting against the “enemy from without,” she now turns her talents against the “enemy from within.” Just a few years ago, the far-right former Col. Effi Eitam defined Israeli Arab citizens as a “cancer,” now Regev is using — without any apology even in hindsight — the same image (quite popular among neo-Nazis against Jews, by the way) against asylum seekers."
SNIP
"What’s the sense of keeping thousands of people who cannot be deported to their failed home countries without a work permit, pushing them to hunger, theft, and robbery? Government spokesmen are quite open about that: “If we let them work, more will come.” We see again the “solution” traditionally suggested and implemented toward the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza: do not treat them well; dispossess them, deprive them of land, work opportunities, and human rights; and they’ll go away (or evaporate). And if — surprise surprise — they turn to violence, that’s even better: portray them as terrorists and “Let the Army Win.” After all, there’s no problem the Israeli army cannot solve.
The Economy Behind
But it’s not just ideology that is at stake here. Behind the scenes, economic factors play a huge role. While thousands of asylum seekers are pushed to starvation and crime, Israel opens its gates every year to thousands of foreign workers, mostly from Asia; entire branches of the country’s economy — especially agriculture and construction — depend on this cheap labor, since the Palestinian commuters were pushed out of the labor market to perish behind walls and fences.
The solution seems trivial: instead of importing new workers from the Philippines or China, Israel can give work permits to the asylum seekers already here. Why is this not done? We’ve already seen the official excuse. But the deeper reason is concealed. Take, for example, Miri Regev. Just a few days before railing against “the Sudanese cancer” in Tel Aviv, the very same lady tried to promote an amendment to the law that would reduce government’s regulation of foreign workers and give “manpower contractors” a free hand to import whomever they decide. How come? Well, unlike asylum seekers, who are often robbed and blackmailed by Egyptian smugglers but enter Israel free of charge, every legal migrant worker pays his Israeli “manpower contractor” thousands of dollars just for entering Israel. Asylum seekers come for free, but migrant workers are big money. Regev is a politician, and politicians are always aware of big money.
Remember Eli Yishai, the interior minister “specifically flagged as an instigator” against asylum seekers? During his time as interior minister, work permits for migrant workers have soared. His colleague in the ultra-orthodox Shas Party, former ministerShlomo Benizri, is now in prison, convicted of accepting bribe from a good friend — a “manpower contractor” — in exchange for inside information regarding foreign workers scheduled to arrive in Israel."
(more detail at the link)
http://original.antiwar.com/hacohen/2012/05/27/tel-aviv-race-riots-reveal-much-about-israel/
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This is, but one of the ways that the traveler can consistently publish deceitful and malevolent posts about a region of the world, of which he knows little or nothing about.
Thanks, again, for stopping by.
Just another excuse to "imply" his favorite word.
BTW, I'm still trying to figure out how he had a full career as a photograph, a full career in the military and a full career as a medical researcher/scientist/professional tech writer/whateverfitsthebilltoday.
Seems like a pretty full life! :rolleyes:
You think?
Thanks for stopping by, Amy, and I admire Your courage in dissembling that other creepy octogenarian, the malevolent and malignant mr. louis.
If it were only some folks with their own agenda, this place would still be barely tolerable, but of late, and I expect it to continue to well after the next elections, this place is inhabited by increasing numbers of them.
They are multiplying like cockroaches, so it is barely possible to debunk the increasing numbers of liars, dissemblers and revisionists.
Thanks for stopping by Jmac and reading Your comments regarding Jill Stein is one of the few heartening aspects of OS.
Do you have any theory on why Israel is this way? Maybe a collective PTSD reaction to all of the crap they've endured over the millenia only instead of becoming more empathetic they've become more paranoid? And I do wonder why our country supports them.
I don't know this lew of whom you speak.
There is a link above to the blog where he lies about Arafat's peace offering. From there, You can access the rest of his blog.
As to israel, much like america, they were founded in terror. A primer on that can be found by following the Stern Gang, the bombing of the King David Hotel, the Irgun and Hagganah thugs, the invasion of the village of Deir Yassin, where 200 civilians, including countless women and children, etc.
A history of the early years can be found here: http://guardian.150m.com/palestine/jewish-terrorism.htm
Later there would be the massacres at Shatila and Sabra, the sinking of the USS Liberty, and the largest foreign spy operation based in Washington and aimed at access to american intelligence.
The strategy, although referred to as the Holocaust syndrome was really aimed at reclaiming ALL of the land as claimed in ancient Hebraic texts, as opposed to being satisfied with the land allotted to them by the U.N. and western powers.
Prior to the establishment of the "state," the land was inhabited by 97% Palestinians and 3% jews. Now the Palestinians have been penned in to South African-style pockets of apartheid settlements, divided by walls and checkpoints.
The link above ifamericansknew can provide greater detail than I ever could. At this point, the once vibrant peace movement has been overwhelmed by religious fanatics, who are no less consumed by hate than the Arabs they brand terrorists.
With each passing day, they illegally defy the international community, by confiscating more and more land. They call this the "inch by inch" policy; and believe they will soon reach a point where a two-syte solution is no longer possible.
It is unsurprising to me that a woman of Your character would come on a blog like this with questions in hand, and You do a great service to all by bringing such questions "to the table."
You allow me to inform and educate others to conditions rarely allowed to be broached in the american mainstream media.
Such points as I've made are one of the prime reasons a world-respected historian (and linguist), such as Noam Chomsky is rarely allowed to be seen by americans.
I am really extremely grateful You have seen fit to visit and allow me to enunciate certain irrefutable FACTS that many in OS would prefer left unsaid.
So, they could be "over-defending" themselves? Maybe. But they're in a position of strength. Why not negotiate? I don't understand the human condition that requires stomping your "enemy" into oblivion.
Ah well, THAT is a question that can't be answered.
Thanks for the return visit, Phyllis.
Thanks for stopping by.
Your comment mentioning co-dependency is especially resonant. For years, israel has been selling america "sophisticated" eavesdropping equipment. As long as thirty years ago, a company called Comverse Technologies sold america eavesdropping software capable of monitoring 100,000 calls a minute and storing keywords in mainframe computers.
Currently an israeli company, Echelon is selling america the newest updated eavesdropping software. By selling america eavesdropping software for all these years, it has been no problem for israel to infiltrate the highest levels of the american "intelligence" community.
Co-dependency personified!!!
AND when we talk about co-dependency, heaven forbid I mention that the israelis stole the uranium to build their nuclear arsenal right under the nose of uncle sam. Did america know it was stolen, or were they willfully ignorant like the traveler and so many others?
Thanks for stopping by, Libby.
On his blog, which inspired this post, catnlion commented in part
"Yes 8 people were killed while at sea. Did you see the writer comment that the ships were told not to enter the blockade zone? Did you see the writer condemn the people on the ship for attacking the soldiers who were there to inspect the ship? Did you hear the writer say that the people on the ship knew when they set sail that there was going to be a problem when they arrived and it all could have been avoided if they would have gone into Egypt like the world wanted them to do."
When I corrected catnlion with two links; one showing that the MV Mari Marmara was in international waters, and the second showing the section of the Geneva Conventions that forbid the ensuing israeli actions, the malevolent, malicious traveler responded:
"A comment by MIJ was deleted for two reasons; he was abusive to another person who had made a comment and he continued to argue off topic."
So one can see that it's OK to be off-topic, as long as the off-topic matter meets with the traveler's agenda.
There is no limit to the repugnant, willful ignorance of lew. When one reads a post of his they should be aware that he is not only a liar, but devious as well.
Both she & I agree : Netanyahu is a dangerous lunatic.
Thanks for reprinting Arafat's entreaty to Rabin. There went a good man. Damn Likud. Damn right-wing orthodoxies.
I took offence last night ( my time ) to traveler's assumption that because we weren't up in arms & blogging about another insane Middle East leader ( Syria's ) we were somehow complicit.
I'd been listening all day to al jazeera & bbc, from Damascus to Houla-on-the-ground, & I get a pm from traveler telling me my silence is anti-semitic ? WTF ?
I don't need this s--t.
Then, on his own blog he starts deleting !
Echoes, anyone ?
Anyways Mark, thanks for keeping it alive. I have nothing like your patience for fools.
I agree that Rabin was the last, best hope for peace.
Yes, we have experienced lew in a unique manner. he, too PMed me only once. The PM was so disgusting that he never PMed me again, due to the fact (a word he despises) that I warned him that if he ever polluted my inbox again, I would publish his disgusting PM.
Furthermore, he posted on my blog, but once, also; a post that contained obscenities. I told him that people can disagree with me on my blog, but obscenities are not tolerated, here.
he IS, needless to say, persona non grata here, now.
I'm sorry to hear that You, too, have experienced this venomous creature, but happy that You've commented and confirm the manner, or lack thereof of this cretinous creature.
Thanks again for stopping by Kim.
I find it hard to believe that this long ago, the FACTS of the matter is still subject delusionary discussion by the likes of the traveler.
AND the duplicitous manner in which the traveler deals with things is, simply, abhorrent.
Thanks for the visit, Inverted.
For You to come aboard and broaden the analogy to the Vatican, only, lends credence to the two major causes of war; religion and economic dominance.
With israel, also, controlling the flow of water, we have a lethal combination of both.
Thanks for Your valuable contribution to the post, Jan.
Smoke some weed, trip out, wonder why the sky is blue or grey, well, it's black right now, but still...
We all just need to smoke some weed, my friendly neighbors do, no matter the color, the creed, the religious stance or political party, they invite me over and say, "Hey man, try this!!"
And I join them!!!! :D
Sorry, what were we talking about? ;)
I hatez attacks unless it's me doing the attacking and my claws are nice and sharp!! Teehee!!
~wanders off~
It is indeed a nauseating circumstance to witness such willful ignorance on a theoretically progressive site.
Thanks, as always, for the honor and pleasure of Your presence, Dr, Bramhall, one of the dwindling few, who truly "gets it."
Insluts are great tho'.
Blowsy insluts.
Thanks for the visit You cute kitty.
I can appreciate Your reticence toward insults, however You must consider that the traveler dressed in that light purple dress DOES appear to be a blowsy inslut.
Wouldn't You say?
Thanks for the visit.
His insipid one-sided post has earned him significant derision, both on his own blog, as well as here; well-deserved derision I might add.
Please stop back whenever the spirit moves You, whether You agree with my contentions or not.
Dissenting opinions are tolerated, nay welcome, here - it gives all the impetus to examine their positions, including me.
Thanks for visiting.
We have similar conclusions arrived at in different ways.
I've coined the phrase jinos; jews in name only. creatures like the traveler through the coincidence of birth from a jewish mother, who know NOTHING about their religion or history, yet dwell in a state of denial, constantly.
"Chosen" peoples - chosen for what? to squawk incessantly about injustices of decades ago, and delusionary biases of today.
What a bunch of malarky.
Thanks for visiting, RW
"I have been the target of this pack for asking that Israel be judged by the same standards as other countries. No special passes, just fairness.
Stay on and fight the good fight against the a**holes.
Lew
the traveler
MAY 29, 2012 10:41 PM"
Cry me a river, lew.
There used to be a song called "devil with a red dress on." In lew's case it could be amended to "faded lew with a faded purple skirt on."
Thanks for rating.
"most OSers know nothing but the vile pap they are fed here by no nothings."
the traveler
MAY 30, 2012 02:29 PM
ROTFLMAO at lew!