allysmith.bsky.social

allysmith.bsky.social

@allysmith.bsky.social

Scottish, study History & Art, mainly 1870s-1930s, rise of Socialism, Fascism, Zionism, Eugenics & era’s Art (BA/MPhil). No political/religious dogmas, artist/nihilist. Happily banned from FB & X, see how BS goes but future for everybody is Offline.

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Everything below this point refers to the Colonization of Palestine, around 800 posts over 2 months from fresh newspaper archive reports, all aspects, Czarist oppression, rise of Fascism, roots of Zionism, first steps of colonization, waves of refugee crises spanning a century and genocide.

Apocalypticism is a core part of Christianity & Judaism today, 'End of Days' 'Final Judgement' scary music, but breaking news from the archives, every century has been the same. Victorians were even worse. If humanity ends it'll have nothing to do with Gods, it'll be due to our own stupidity.

“The past leaders of our movement left us a clear message to keep Eretz Israel from the Sea to the River Jordan for future generations, for the mass aliya, for the Jewish people, all of whom will be gathered into this country.” - Former PM Yitzhak Shamir, Nov 1990 Mass what now? 'Apocalypticism'

“I am a black South African, and if I were to change the names, a description of what is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank could describe events in South Africa.” Archbishop Desmond Tuto, visit to Jerusalem, 25 Dec 1989

“Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the territories.” - Benyamin Netanyahu (Polish ancestry) 24 Nov 1989 Any opportunity, an ongoing colonial genocide.

“It is forbidden to sell apartments in the Land of Israel to Gentiles.” Ha’aretz, 17 Jan 1986 "The same situation was repeated many times & decision is legalized now by Israeli Supreme Court." (1933; It’s impossible for a Jew to buy property in Germany) Took land & ghettoized indigenous people.

“When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to scurry around like drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” - Raphael Eitan, (Ukrainian parents) Chief of Israeli Defence Forces, NYT, 14 April 1983 This has to be the most documented colonial genocide in history.

The Palestinians are “…beasts walking on two legs.” Menahim Begin, Israeli PM speech to the Knesset, quoted in New Statesman, 25 June 1982 Begin was Polish, arrived in Palestine 1942 & led terrorist attacks & massacres 1942-48, inc killing children before becoming Israel's PM.

“The thesis that the danger of genocide was hanging over us in 1967 & that Israel was fighting for its physical existence is only bluff, which was born & developed after the war.” Israeli General Matityahu Peled, (Russian ancestry) Haaretz, 19 March 1972 Zionists were planning genocide from 1890s.

“Jewish villages were built in place of Arab villages. You do not know names of these Arab villages because geography books no longer exist, Arab villages are not there either. There is not one single place that did not have a former Arab population.” - Moshe Dayan, (Ukrainian parents) 4 April 1969

“How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.” Golda Meir, Ukrainian, 8 March 1969 “There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.” Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister, 15 June 1969 Central part of genocide is erasing the indigenous people's identity.

“Hitler’s legal power was based upon the ‘Enabling Act’. Exactly same type of act was passed by Knesset immediately after 1967 conquest granting Israeli governor & his representatives the power of Hitler, which they use in Hitlerian manner.”   - Dr. Israel Shahak, survivor of Belsen 1967

”If the General Assembly were to vote by 121 votes to 1 in favor of “Israel” returning to the armistice lines (pre 1967 borders) Israel would refuse to comply with the decision.” - Aba Eban (Israeli Foreign Minister) (South African) NYT, 19 June 1967 No respect for international law from day one.

“We shall reduce the Arab population to a community of woodcutters & waiters” - Uri Lubrani (Austrian parentage), PM Ben-Gurion’s (Polish) special adviser on Arabs 1960 Very British Empire in India & Africa mentality, like all European colonies, suppress indigenous population, loot resources.

“When we (followers of the prophetic Judaism) returned to Palestine…the majority of Jewish people preferred to learn from Hitler rather than from us.” - Martin Buber, to a New York audience, 2 June 1958 'Israeli' guarding Palestinians 1948

"If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs.” - Ben Gurion (Israeli PM) 1956 Your God is not real, it's a 2,500 year old tribal myth.

“It lies upon the people’s shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the ultimate object of erecting the Israeli Empire.”  Moshe Dayan, Ukrainian ancestry (Israel Defense and Foreign Minister), Feb 12 1952 Holy Colonial Genocide

"We will have to face the reality that Israel is neither innocent, nor redemptive. And that in its creation, and expansion; we as Jews, have caused what we historically have suffered; a refugee population in Diaspora.” Martin Buber, Jewish Philosopher (Austrian) to PM Ben Gurion, March 1949

“Among most disturbing political phenomena of our time is emergence in newly created Israel of the Herut, a political party akin in its method, political philosophy & social appeal to the Nazi & Fascist parties.” Albert Einstein, & other prominent Jewish Americans, New York Times, Dec 1948

“We must do everything to insure they (the Palestinians) never do return. The old will die and the young will forget.” - Ben Gurion, 1948 Zionists were planning genocide against Palestinians before the Nazi Party was formed. That's an evidence backed fact. Far from 'Righteous Among the Nations'.

“It must be clear that there is no room for both peoples together in this country. We shall not achieve our goal if the Arabs remain. There is no other way than to transfer Arabs from here to neighboring countries – all them. Not one village, not one tribe should be left.” Joseph Weitz, 1947

”There will be in the
 country a large (Arab) minority and it must be ejected. There is no room for our internal inhibitions in this matter." Eliahu Dobkin, Russian, migrated to Palestine 1932 (Mapai colleague of Ben-Gurion)

"There is no choice: the Arabs must make room for the Jews in Eretz Yisrael. If it
 was possible to transfer the Baltic peoples, it is also possible to move the Palestinian Arabs." (Eretz Yisrael means Greater Israel) - Jabotinsky, Ukrainian, 1939 G-E-N-O-C-I-D-E Zionist Congress 1939

"I favour partition of the country because when we become a strong power after the establishment 
of the state we will abolish partition and spread throughout all of Palestine." David Ben-Gurion, Polish (1st Israeli Prime Minister) 1938 Planned colonial genocide Ben-Gurion & other colonists 1906

"We Shall spread in the whole country in the course of
 time... this is only an arrangement for the next 25 to 30 years." - Chaim Weizmann, Polish, letter sent to Palestine-British high
Commissioner, 1937 Planned Colonial Genocide Zionist colonization has always been a long term project.