The Criminalization Of Free Speech (And Thoughts) Will Increase Anti-Semitism

 

  By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

This is what brain-addled Joe Biden and his administration are doing[2], which echoes the misdeeds and oppression by Zionists and settlers in Israel.  They have seized Palestinian lands and destroyed their homes, lives and dreams, and subjugated them unmercifully.  Indeed, many years ago, Benjamin Netanyahu morphed into his ancestors' Nazi oppressors.  He should be tried as a war criminal for his many crimes—which tragically reverberate globally in the form of anti-Semitism directed at innocent Jews.

Today's Democrats conveniently neglect to mention that the father of their party, Franklin D. Roosevelt and others in his administration were anti-Semites; and this is their heritage.  FDR refused to allow the MS St. Louis to dock at American ports, thereby consigning its Jewish passengers to their fate and often certain death in Europe.  Others in FDR's Administration knew of the trains and death camps, but did nothing about them.[3]

Similarly, the Democrats championed slavery in America, and perpetuated it long after our Civil War ended with the KKK and segregation.  More recently, Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs destroyed black families and consigned them to economic servitude.  Clearly, the Democrats' hypocrisy knows no bounds; and the criminalization of free speech—and thoughts—is their logical next step.

George Orwell wrote about this in his brilliant "Animal Farm," where all of the animals were equal until the Pigs reigned supreme and subjugated the other animals.[4]. Today's Pigs consist of those Israelis who subjugate their non-Jewish neighbors[5]; and the American Leftist neo-Nazi counterparts who would criminalize words and thoughts.[6] 

Netanyahu was hated by Ariel Sharon and the Rabins; and the "Lioness" Leah Rabin blamed him for her husband's tragic assassination.  She believed peace was impossible with Netanyahu in power; and her views were prescient.  Instead of seeking to criminalize free speech and thoughts, attention should be directed at those Jews who threaten the Palestinians; and their American alter egos. 

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© 2023, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at [email protected]

[2]  See, e.g., https://jweekly.com/2023/05/25/did-anyone-win-the-debate-over-defining-antisemitism-in-new-white-house-plan/ ("Did anyone win the debate over defining 'antisemitism' in new White House plan?")

[3]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/is-israel-doomed/ ("Is Israel Doomed?")

[4]  See, e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm ("Animal Farm")

[5]  As former Policy Adviser to the then President of the State of Israel Shimon Peres, and now Executive Director of J Street Israel, Nadav Tamir wrote on May 21, 2023:

Almost every year, on “Jerusalem Day,” far-right Israeli ethno-nationalists march through the Muslim quarter of the city. For too many of them, it’s a show of force designed to harass, taunt and intimidate Palestinian residents. Many come from the settlements just for the occasion.

This year, men once again chanted “Death to Arabs” and “a second Nakba is coming” as they banged the shutters of Palestinian shops and homes forced to close for the occasion. Boys and teenagers chanted “may your village burn.” Crowds hurled bottles at journalists and Palestinian residents.

This year, they were joined by more than half a dozen members of the Netanyahu government -- including ‘Jewish Power’ leader and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

As a former Israeli diplomat and soldier who has proudly represented my homeland, this march defiles everything I would hope the Israeli flag to stand for.

This is not upholding Israel’s founding values of equality, justice and peace. This is not the image of a healthy, thriving and pluralistic democracy. This is incitement, harassment, division and state-sponsored bullying.

Those who truly care about a peaceful, just and democratic future for Israel cannot afford to ignore the growing threat that right-wing, pro-settlement, anti-democratic forces pose to both Israel’s founding ideals and the values at the heart of the US-Israel relationship.

Emphasis in original.

[6]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2023/04/13/joe-biden-is-the-worlds-greatest-monster/ ("Joe Biden Is The World’s Greatest Monster")