enhanced_deficit
04-06-2014, 02:14 PM
It is incredible that these policies are still being debated in the US years after original 9/11 & costly Iraq/Afghan wars:
Thomas Friedman: Sheldon Adelson helping Iran destroy Israel
New York Times columnist says American Jewish billionaire and GOP donor responsible for 'poisoning our democracy and Israel’s today.'
By Haaretz (http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/haaretz-1.367584) | Apr. 6, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.524335.1368704185%21/image/3209342963.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_640/3209342963.jpg Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies in Clark County district court in Las Vegas, April 5, 2013. Photo by AP
Sheldon Adelson’s culture of hate (http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.583402)
By Peter Beinart | Apr. 2, 2014 | 12:30 PM | http://www.haaretz.com/images/icons/comment.png 15
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says that American Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson (http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Sheldon%20Adelson-1.583403)and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have one major thing in common: They are both trying to destroy Israel.
In an opinion article published in the New York Times Sunday Review, Friedman calls Adelson, who he characterizes as a "crude right-wing, pro-Israel extremist" to be Iran's best friend. He reasons that the casino magnate and GOP mega-donor is feeding right into Iran's strategy by endorsing policies that include delegitimizing the Palestinians, denying that there is an occupation of the West Bank and opposing U.S. pressure on Israel to give back land for peace.
Friedman writes that such attitudes pave the way for the destruction of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. "The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine," he wrote.
According to Friedman, "Adelson personifies everything that is poisoning our democracy and Israel’s today — swaggering oligarchs, using huge sums of money to try to bend each system to their will."
In an article last week, Haaretz columnist Peter Beinart, (http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.583402)called Adelson out for his "hate culture," arguing that if anyone said about Jews what Adelson says about Palestinians, "he'd be considered a Jew-hater in the same league as Farrakhan and Ahmadinejad."
Adelson has been in the media spotlight in recent weeks, among other things, after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie apologized (http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.582838)to him for referring to the “occupied territories” in a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition. (http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.582782)
In addition, Adelson, who owns the pro-Netanyahu free daily Israel Hayom, was approved last week by the Jerusalem DIstrict Court to to purchase Maariv’s NRG website and Makor Rishon newspaper for 17 million shekels.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.584090
On this democracy outcome fear sidenote:
"The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine," he wrote.
Tommy Friedmanny NYT moderrate neoconny, what would be so wrong with a single state non-racist democracy if the 40 year old "peace talks drama" dangle and oppression of occupied people is finally no longer accepted by the World?
Is preserving racial purity that much important that a Palestinian race/non-chosen race person elected by majority as its leader in a single democratic state would create nightmares even for left-wing zionists?
At least overt racism of pro occupation right-wing zionist monery baggers like Adelson is much easily detectable than covert racism like this that equates one democratic state with equal rights for all people regardless of race,religion,creed as "destruction" of race-based "occupation/oppression slash democracy" experiment being financed by US tax payers.
Thomas Friedman: Sheldon Adelson helping Iran destroy Israel
New York Times columnist says American Jewish billionaire and GOP donor responsible for 'poisoning our democracy and Israel’s today.'
By Haaretz (http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/haaretz-1.367584) | Apr. 6, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.524335.1368704185%21/image/3209342963.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_640/3209342963.jpg Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies in Clark County district court in Las Vegas, April 5, 2013. Photo by AP
Sheldon Adelson’s culture of hate (http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.583402)
By Peter Beinart | Apr. 2, 2014 | 12:30 PM | http://www.haaretz.com/images/icons/comment.png 15
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says that American Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson (http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Sheldon%20Adelson-1.583403)and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have one major thing in common: They are both trying to destroy Israel.
In an opinion article published in the New York Times Sunday Review, Friedman calls Adelson, who he characterizes as a "crude right-wing, pro-Israel extremist" to be Iran's best friend. He reasons that the casino magnate and GOP mega-donor is feeding right into Iran's strategy by endorsing policies that include delegitimizing the Palestinians, denying that there is an occupation of the West Bank and opposing U.S. pressure on Israel to give back land for peace.
Friedman writes that such attitudes pave the way for the destruction of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. "The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine," he wrote.
According to Friedman, "Adelson personifies everything that is poisoning our democracy and Israel’s today — swaggering oligarchs, using huge sums of money to try to bend each system to their will."
In an article last week, Haaretz columnist Peter Beinart, (http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.583402)called Adelson out for his "hate culture," arguing that if anyone said about Jews what Adelson says about Palestinians, "he'd be considered a Jew-hater in the same league as Farrakhan and Ahmadinejad."
Adelson has been in the media spotlight in recent weeks, among other things, after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie apologized (http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.582838)to him for referring to the “occupied territories” in a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition. (http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.582782)
In addition, Adelson, who owns the pro-Netanyahu free daily Israel Hayom, was approved last week by the Jerusalem DIstrict Court to to purchase Maariv’s NRG website and Makor Rishon newspaper for 17 million shekels.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.584090
On this democracy outcome fear sidenote:
"The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine," he wrote.
Tommy Friedmanny NYT moderrate neoconny, what would be so wrong with a single state non-racist democracy if the 40 year old "peace talks drama" dangle and oppression of occupied people is finally no longer accepted by the World?
Is preserving racial purity that much important that a Palestinian race/non-chosen race person elected by majority as its leader in a single democratic state would create nightmares even for left-wing zionists?
At least overt racism of pro occupation right-wing zionist monery baggers like Adelson is much easily detectable than covert racism like this that equates one democratic state with equal rights for all people regardless of race,religion,creed as "destruction" of race-based "occupation/oppression slash democracy" experiment being financed by US tax payers.