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Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:32 AM
To: Blau, Judith
Cc: Human Rights Newsletter
Subject: [HumanRights] Boston bombings

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http://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2013/04/boston-bombings.html where
you can post comments/discussions.

At first I thought I should not comment on the Boston bombings as it is
obvious that we in Palestine, under siege and regular bombardment would
clearly sympathize. But then I saw the usual pundits on mainstream media
trying to spin the tragedy to serve racism.  The Israeli Consul-General in
Boston told the Jerusalem Post that “Boston is a very quiet and calm place,
especially when we come from Israel…..Still, the Jewish community and the
consulate are on alert and security has been increased”.  He speaks as if
he represents Jews of Boston (and only them) and insinuates as usual that
problems in Palestine (‘Israel’) are because of the native “Arabs” not
because of the Zionist colonization.  CNN gave extensive time to the
Zionist ex-congresswoman Jane Harman who claimed this terrorist attack is
likely linked to AlQaeda Islamists while trying to connect herself to
victims when she supports terrorism herself. Besides her appalling record
in voting for more weapons and money to Israel to kill Palestinians, she
was unashamedly more pro-Israel to the point of challenging US interests on
several occasions.  In October 2006, Time magazine stated that Harman had
agreed to lobby the US Department of Justice to reduce espionage charges
against Steve J. Rosen and Keith Weissman, two officials at the American
Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In exchange, Time said there was
a quid pro quo in which AIPAC would lobby then-House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi to appoint Harman as chair of the House Intelligence Committee! Then
came Wolf Blitzer, another Zionist who now poses as the serious looking
global "reporter" for CNN.   Here is Norman Finkelstein speaking the truth
while Blitzer defends racism/Zionism and shows where his loyalties stand in
a public debate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-8aTGnjHnI But if you
thought his CNN appointment made him moderate his stance, you would be
mistaken.  He continues to use all opportunities (including this tragedy)
to use smoke and mirrors to hide facts.  Many Zionist pundits appeared in
mainstream media spinning the same web.

There is no mention by those with “Israel first” mentality of the billions
of taxpayer dollars given to Israel annually because of the Zionist lobby
and how many innocent people are killed or displaced by it. [Israel, a
small rich country gets more aid than Latin America and subSaharan Africa
combined]. There is no mention of past Israeli false flag operations (for
example in Egypt against US and British interests and in Iraq against
Jewish institutions to drive Jews to migrate to colonize Palestine).  There
is no mention of billions made by investors with inside knowledge; no
mainstream media tried to investigate the short selling and the US stock
market collapse that happened hours BEFORE the bombings (who profited?).
 And while most western media had hours of continuous coverage of this
bombing that killed three individuals, they rarely mention the daily
bombings and killings of hundreds and thousands of innocent civilians
especially by US drones in places like Yemen, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
(where there are no first class medical facilities as exists in Boston).
 Nor do they care to mention killing by proxy of hundreds of civilians
monthly by US puppet dictators from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia or by the US
supported racist apartheid regime of Israel or of western funded Islamist
groups in Syria.  Alas, Blitzer and Harman and hundreds like them assume
their audience is stupid to buy their Zionist spin.  Let us hope that US
citizens will finally challenge the staggering cost of Israeli apartheid
and Israel-firsters in their midst. Let us hope that someone in the FBI is
smart enough to look more carefully at the clues in Boston and find the
real culprits behind these bombings instead of buying the Zionist spin.

The Staggering Cost of Israel to Americans By Pamela Olson
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34485.htm

US Aid to Israel Jumps to $11 Million Dollars Per Day as US States,
Counties and Cities go Bankrupt!
http://america-hijacked.com/2013/04/13/us-aid-to-israel-jumps-to-11-million-dollars-per-day/

AIPAC's legislative agenda dividing members of Congress
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/292069-aipacs-legislative-agenda-dividing-members-of-congress

A response from Dave Evans to this information:
*The billions of dollars Congress sends in direct aid to Israel pales in
comparison to the TRILLIONS of dollars spent on wars the US undertakes for
Israel. ($4 to 6 trillion for two wars alone:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/iraq-afghanistan-wars-will-cost-u-s-4-6-trillion-dollars-report/
), not counting funding mercs in Syria and other dark wars for Israel;
wars that are planned and executed by these people:
http://www.erichufschmid.net/TFC/FromOthers/list-of-neocons-for-Iraq-war.htm

to fulfill this Israeli agenda:
http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0005345.html
Consider this that gets little press:
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/03/14/iran-north-koreas-axis-of-evil-revived-by-new-nuclear-ties/
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/02/israel-fears-north-korea-become-a-nuke-supplier-middle-east.html
*

The bombings in Boston were painful to see since we lived nearby in
Connecticut and our son went to school in Boston and we visited regularly.
Our deepest sympathies to the victims and their families. Knowing the local
community there, I know they have strength and resilience and goodness that
can overcome this evil.

*Action*: help those in need and work to end all violence everywhere
especially that funded by taxpayers!

Mazin Qumsiyeh
http://qumsiyeh.org
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