Hypocrites-in-Chiefs
Throughout the history almost every religion, every philosopher, every
thinker, every historian, and nearly every Wiseman has feverishly
abhorred hypocrisy and detested it more often and with more passion
than any other behavior.
Almost 3,000 years ago, Homer said, "I detest that man, who hides one
thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another." Jesus of
Nazareth had such an abomination of hypocrisy that he said the
hypocrites "have neglected the more important matters of the law-
justice, mercy and faithfulness" (Matthew 23:23). Shakespeare also gave
some insight into the underpinnings of hypocrisy, "With devotion's
visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself."
Ironically, the true hypocrites never think of themselves to be
hypocritical; therefore, they say one thing and do another with
impunity and especially with pride. The same is also true with today?s
global leadership, led by the likes of U.S President George Bush,
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the Israeli government.
We carry such short memories, that it wasn?t even couple of months
after the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, which resulted in the
massacre of over 1,200 Lebanese citizens, all was forgotten and
forgiven. It was during this instance of, often seen, Israeli barbarism
new standards of hypocrisy were set by the self-proclaimed saviors of
humanity.
HYPOCRISY: With the complete blessings and support of the U.S and U.K,
all hell was set loose on Lebanon and Palestine by the Israelis,
because 3 Israeli soldiers were kidnapped. In reality, the so-called
moral leaders have never uttered a word over the countless abductions
and targeted assassinations of dozens of democratically elected
Lebanese and Palestinian legislators and officials. On August 19, 2006,
Israel seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top
official of the Hamas militant group, at his home in the occupied West
Bank. Not a word is wasted over the illegal and immoral incarceration
of countless Lebanese and Palestinian civilians still rotting in
Israeli dungeons. Not a single word is said over the collective
punishment of Lebanese and Palestinian civilians.
HYPOCRITE: President Bush showed his real colors when he said, ?this
nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to
destroy those of us who love freedom.? And with this racially-charged
hypocritical outburst he belittled and generalized over 1.4 billion
humans or 1/5 of humanity. But his racist comments beg even more
questions. Whose ?freedoms? was he referring to? Did he mean Israel?s
?freedom? to violate international laws by freely embarking on
Lebanese/Arab genocides, or it?s ?freedom? to legislate racist laws? Or
did President Bush mean the ?freedom? of neo-con doctrine of pre-
emptive attacks on sovereign nations like the one on Iraq, in which,
since the U.S occupation 60,000-500,000 Iraqis and close to 3,500
Americans have been killed? The reality is, in 2006, President Bush
openly and unapologetically supported the bloodbath of Lebanese and
Palestinians, and still turns blind eye to the daily massacres of Iraqi
civilians. If there is anyone who deserves to be known as a ?fascist?,
it?s him, his neo-con hawks, his lackeys like Tony Blair, and the
Zionist groupies who blame everyone else but themselves for their
indiscriminate and unabashed murders of thousands upon thousands of
Muslims in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. Remarkably, it
took them only less than 5 years to preside over all of these pogroms.
The manner in which these saviors of the world are busy maligning
Muslims can be directly collated to Adolph Hitler's deliberate
vilification of Jews prior to World War II.
HYPOCRISY: Israel and Bush Administration arduously justified the
destruction of Lebanon and the massacres of its people, under the
pretext of, the Lebanese supposedly violated the UN Security Council?s
(UNSC) resolution 1559. In reality, the resolution 1559 called upon
?all remaining foreign forces [including Israeli] to withdraw from
Lebanon.? In a direct violation of the resolution, Israel never vacated
the Lebanese territory of Shebaa-Farms. Therefore, it had no legal or
moral right to cry foul, especially when it had flagrantly violated 60
other UNSC resolutions relating to Israeli-Lebanese situation alone
(see Appendix - A for the complete list). Hypocrites need to be
cognizant of the fact that Israel violated UNSC resolution 425 (1978)
for twenty two years. The resolution called upon the ?Israel
immediately to cease its military action against Lebanese territorial
integrity and withdraw forthwith its forces from all Lebanese
territory?. In an appearance on CNN?s ?Paula Zahn Now?, the Lebanese
consul general to the U.S Mohamad El-Harake shared his frustrations
with the American hypocritical support of Israel at the UN Security
Council. He said, ?Let me tell you one thing before we finish. Israel
took 22 years to implement Resolution 524, adopted in '78, to inviting
Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. Israel couldn't wait for
1559 adopted on the 2nd of September, less than two years, giving us
the possibility of implementing this among ourselves as Lebanese. This
is the way Israel wants to see a strong Lebanon?? Hypocrites need to be
cognizant of the fact that Israel violated UNSC resolution 425 (1978)
for twenty two years. The resolution called upon the ?Israel
immediately to cease its military action against Lebanese territorial
integrity and withdraw forthwith its forces from all Lebanese
territory?. In an appearance on CNN?s ?Paula Zahn Now?, the Lebanese
consul general to the U.S Mohamad El-Harake shared his frustrations
with the American hypocritical support of Israel at the UN Security
Council. He said, ?Let me tell you one thing before we finish. Israel
took 22 years to implement Resolution 524, adopted in '78, to inviting
Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. Israel couldn't wait for
1559 adopted on the 2nd of September, less than two years, giving us
the possibility of implementing this among ourselves as Lebanese. This
is the way Israel wants to see a strong Lebanon??
HYPOCRITES: Some of Evangelical Christians shamelessly support Israel
in its brutality because they believe, for the biblical prophecies (The
Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 38) to come true and to prepare for the Second
Coming of Jesus, Israel will have to annihilate its Arab neighbors. A
2003 Pew Research Centre poll found that 36 percent of Americans
believe that the creation of the state of Israel was a step towards the
Second Coming of Jesus and that Israel must be supported if this was to
come true. In reality, what these religious zealots fail to mention is
that the same prophetic literature prophesies a dim ending for the
Jews, who will be either converted or killed off in Armageddon.
HYPOCRITES: American Zionists proudly send their children to Israel to
get military training and to kill Arabs. American-media gives a
flattering treatment to the American Zionists who join the Israeli
Defense Forces (IDF) to fight the Arabs. They are revered as brave
heroes. In reality, most of these heroes live in America, but they
enlist only with the Israeli military. Not so surprisingly, the same
media stereotypes the American Muslims as anti-American, even if they
dare to participate in the humanitarian relief efforts for Lebanese and
Palestinian civilians.
HYPOCRITES: During the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, on hourly
bases, the vigilant American-media gave the latest count of Katyushas
fired on Israel. In reality, Israel rained hundred times more weapons
on Lebanon. The American-media never counted the Israeli cluster bombs,
missiles, motors, rockets, and shells dropped by the Israelis on the
hapless Lebanese civilians.
HYPOCRITES: The American and Jewish (Amerco-Jewish) news media
eulogized and deciphered each shrapnel, every ball bearing, and every
patch of grass of Israeli manicured lawns burned by the Hezbollah
rockets. In reality, whenever a non-American or non-Israel media outlet
showed pictorial proof of the Israeli brutality or Lebanese carnage,
the Amerco-Jewish media hypocritically cried bloody-Marie and blamed
the non-Amerco-Jewish media for inciting hatred against Israelis and
instantly labeled them as anti-Semite.
HYPOCRITES: Amerco-Jewish news media claims to be fair and balanced.
In reality, 90 percent of times, they ever so shamelessly, broadcasted
a parade of ultra-Jewish diplomats who expectedly squarely blamed the
Lebanese civilians for becoming victims of Israeli weapons. After the
infamous 1982 massacres of Sabra and Shatila, the Jewish lobbies setup
permanent institutional structures to sanitize its tarnished image and
to win world opinion. Israel launched Hasbara project to win the U.S
public opinion and trained its diplomats in public relations and
communications. To cover-up its outed dirty secrets, Israel hired the
largest U.S PR firms like NYPR to court favorable American public
opinion. The Jewish propaganda machine put together groups and
organizations with catchy names to marshal American support for the
Israeli fascist policies. Americans for safe Israel, Christian
coalition, Christian Broadcasting Network, American Jewish Congress,
Christian Friends of Israel, Jews for Jesus, and AIPAC (American
Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful foreign lobby) are
the most active organizations that remain busy with cloaking Israeli
dirty deeds with an image of a pristine nation obsessed with
humanitarian works. Then there are organizations like CAMERA (Committee
for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America). CAMERA, through its
persistent harassment of journalists, ensures that media coverage
remains pro-Israel.
HYPOCRISY: Israel and American government place themselves at the
highest pedestal of morality and for the respect of law. In realty, the
Human Rights Watch said the responsibility for the massacre in Qana
rested "squarely with the Israeli military." Whenever Israelis killed
the UN personnel, Red-Cross workers, or Lebanese civilians; the
Israelis, Bush Administration, and the American-media nonchalantly
dismissed the deliberate killings as accidents; even better, they
blamed the Lebanese for bringing Israeli wrath upon themselves.
HYPOCRISY: Despite displacing 1 million and massacring over 1,200
Lebanese civilians during the first month of Israeli savage attack, it?
s the Israelis that were portrayed as the victim by the Israelis, Bush
Administration and the American-media. In reality, during the fighting
116 Israeli soldiers and only 43 Israeli civilians were killed. Israel
massacred close to 28 Lebanese civilians for each Israeli civilian
lost.
HYPOCRITE: In his comments, on July 31, 2006, President Bush said he
wanted more than a ceasefire. "We want there to be a long-lasting
peace, one that is sustainable." The reality is President Bush has
blood of over 1,200 Palestinians and Lebanese on his hands. The Bush
administration has ridiculed and stalled every peace effort, including
Security Council ceasefire resolutions that could have saved innocent
lives of hundreds of Lebanese civilians. If that wasn?t bad enough, his
administration donated $210 million worth of aviation fuel to ensure
that Israeli F-16s do not skip a beat in dropping bombs on Lebanese
population, and expedited the supply of precision-guided bunker buster
bombs for Israel to hasten the Lebanese holocaust. One such Made-in-
America precision-guided bomb dropped from an Israeli F-16 massacred 54
Lebanese civilians in Qana, of which half were blossoming children.
HYPOCRISY: Israel claimed it warned the Lebanese civilians beforehand
to leave. In reality, before sending out the warning, Israelis also
ensured every route leading out of Southern Lebanon laid in ruins. They
also made sure that every escaping vehicle, every civilian convoy
flying white flags, every UN personnel carrier escorting the civilians,
and every Red-Cross ambulance rescuing the civilians from the Israeli
murderous campaign didn?t escape intact. Kenneth Roth, executive
director of Human Rights Watch said, "Just because the Israeli military
warned the civilians? to leave does not give it carte blanche to
blindly attack." Israeli fire was also directly responsible for the
cold-blooded murders of 257 UN personnel.
HYPOCRITES: American politicians and Media diligently harp on Israel
being the most reliable ally and partner. In reality, the partnership
had been largely one way, in favor of Israel. To date, Israel has
received well over $110 billion FREE dollars in military and economic
assistance from Washington.
HYPOCRITES: American politicians and Media proudly call Israel to be
its closest ally. In reality, Israelis have never shied away from
shedding American blood whenever it suited them. On June 8, 1967, while
patrolling in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea,
without any warning or justification, for several hours, the USS
Liberty (AGTR-5) was savagely attacked by Israeli air and naval forces.
The Americans suffered 34 fatalities and 173 were wounded. To this day,
not a single Israeli has been court marshaled or punished for
deliberately slaughtering Americans.
HYPOCRITES: Israel and the U.S complain to no end that Hezbollah is
armed by Iran and Syria. In reality, Israel has received 17 billion
dollars of arms from the United States in last 10 years alone. In 2002,
U.S gave $6 billion free aid to Israel. $2 billion were for Israel to
buy American made weapons. $1.5 billion for military ventures to
subsidize Israeli domestic armament industry. This amount doesn?t
include other forms of military aid, such as free weapons and fuel for
IDF.
HYPOCRITES: Pro-Israeli media repeatedly flashed Israeli propaganda
videos showing infrared videos of firings of the so-called Hezbollah
rockets as the Israeli spokespeople hammered their propaganda. In
reality, the pro-Israeli media consistently failed to provide a neutral
and reliable confirmation to support the Israeli propaganda. Experts
familiar with Israeli tactics believed the alleged videos of Hezbollah
rocket launches were the Oscar-Award winning self-engineered videos of
the Israeli psych-ops (an Israeli military unit tasked to control and
dominate the dissemination of information in favor of Israel, even
through deceit and lies).
HYPOCRISY: The UN bullied by the U.S conveniently found time during
the Israeli invasion to pass a Security Council resolution to threaten
Iran with sanctions. In reality, the UN couldn?t muster enough courage
to even request Israel to temporarily halt Lebanese genocide, so the
Lebanese could have buried the rotting bodies of their loved ones.
HYPOCRITES: Israel and the U.S call Hezbollah a terrorist
organization. In reality, survey after survey show that most of the
world views Israel to be a terrorist state. With the exceptions of the
U.S, Israel and their lackeys the Britain, no one else calls Hezbollah
a terrorist organization, not even the UN or EU does.
HYPOCRITES: Israel argues, since Hezbollah emerged from and flourishes
with the help Southern Lebanese population, therefore, everyone from
that area should be considered and dealt as a combatant. In reality,
almost every able Israeli adult either serves or has served, or is a
reservist in the Israeli military. Therefore, by Israelis? logic, every
Israeli adult associated with the IDF should also be treated as
legitimate combatant.
HYPOCRISY: Israeli government arms the Jewish settlers in occupied
settlements with automatic guns and grenades for the supposed self-
defense. In reality, the Jewish settlers mount vigilante attacks on the
unarmed Palestinians. They destroy crops, uproot trees, and burn the
homes of Palestinians who happened to be living there for last hundreds
of years.
HYPOCRITE: The U.S presents itself as a fair and honest broker. In
reality, between 1973 and 2001, the U.S used veto 33 times at the UN
Security Council to sabotage Israel-specific resolutions. In addition,
since the 1967 Six-Day Arab-Israeli war, the U.S has exercised its veto
at the Security Council more than 90 times in support of Israel,
rendering the UN totally impotent.
HYPOCRITES: Bush and his poodle Blair never get tired lecturing the
whole world on the virtues of democracy. In reality, they demand the
Lebanese and Palestinians to exercise their democratic rights by
electing only the candidates desired by the Tel-Aviv and Washington.
Since the democratically elected Lebanese and Palestinian governments
are not run by the puppets of Tel-Aviv and Washington, monetary aid for
public (including humanitarian) projects for the Palestinians was cut
off, and Israel clamped a virtual blockade of Gaza and Lebanon. The
consul general Mohamad El-Harake summarized the Israeli strategy very
well to CNN?s Paula Zahn. He said, ?It is with Israel always a catch-22
situation. Either you kill each other as Lebanese, or I [will] come to
kill you all.?
HYPOCRITES: For several decades the British and Americans boycotted
South Africa for its apartheid practices. In reality, neither the U.K,
nor U.S ever utter a peep over illegal Israeli-occupation of
Palestinian and Lebanese land, ethnic cleansing, and cold-blooded
murders of Lebanese and Palestinians. Ironically, they declare the
starvation of the Lebanese and Palestinians at the hands of Israelis as
fair and legitimate.
HYPOCRISY: The U.S allows the private sector to take high-resolution
satellite pictures of its own military and nuclear installations. In
reality, American laws bar everyone from taking satellite pictures of
Israeli military and nuclear installations.
HYPOCRITES: Upon the whims of Israel, Al-Minar, a Hezbollah T.V
channel was banned in the U.S, Europe and India for allegedly spreading
its propaganda. In reality, nobody says a word over the specially
trained Israeli diplomats in public relations and communications --
like Alon Pinkas (a coordinator of PR efforts and the Israeli Counsel-
General in New York) -- regularly winning and dinning with the America
reporters and editors to disseminate the Israeli propaganda.
HYPOCRITES: If anyone, even justifiably, dares to question or oppose
the Zionist mantra or their behavior he/she is instantly labeled as
?anti-Semite?. In reality, Zionists call every non-Jew a ?Gentile?.
Those who maybe unaware of the meaning, Gentile means, Heathen, Pagan,
or Uncivilized. Social stigmatism/assassination through labeling is the
most commonly employed tactic by the Zionists to intimidate and harass
their perceived foes.
HYPOCRITES: West never allows the whole world, especially the Germans,
to forget the holocaust. In reality, for the last 60 years when it
comes to Israel the West remains blind to making the 5 million
Palestinians pay reparations for the holocaust.
It would be equally hypocritical to generalize every American and
British and their whole media as biased in favor of Israel. U.S
Congressman John Martha and the British Member of Parliament George
Galloway are shinning examples of fair-minded politicians.
Refreshingly, some of British news media, like ?The Independent,?
provides unbiased coverage; occasionally, American media also exhibit
glimpses of unbiased opinion. For example, August 1, 2006, in a ?Los
Angeles Times?? Op-Ed, Adam Shatz pointed to the Israeli hypocritical
humanitarian concerns, he wrote, ?When Israel targets densely populated
areas in hopes of killing one or a handful of militants, knowing that
it may end up killing dozens of civilians, it can hardly claim to be
showing concern for humanitarian law or civilian life. And by asking
that we judge it by its professed intentions, rather than by its
actions, Israel is asking too much of us and far too little of itself.?
Host of political satire John Stewart and the anchor of ABC World News
Charles Gibson are also notable exceptions and pleasant examples of
honorable and unbiased American journalists.
Maybe Andr Gide had Ehud Olmert and President Bush -- certainly not
Tony Blair who merely loves to sit in Bush?s lap and wag his tail -- in
mind when he observed, "The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to
perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity." Ehud Olmert
flattened Lebanon under the pretext of self-defense, and President Bush
flattened Afghanistan, Iraq and then helped Ehud Olmert flatten Lebanon
under the pretext of self-defense and fighting terrorism. Who will
fight the terror of these hypocrites?
APPENDIX - A
Following UN Security Council Resolutions directly name, condemn
and/or deplore Israel for its violations. (Source: http://www.un.
org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions.html)
Directly or indirectly asks Israel to respect Lebanese territorial
integrity, sovereignty and political independence:
331, 337, 347, 425, 444, 467, 474, 490, 498, 501, 520, 549, 555, 561,
575, 583, 586, 587, 594, 599, 609, 617, 630, 639, 648, 659, 684, 701,
768, 803, 852, 1052
Deplores Israeli actions or lack of cooperation:
444, 467, 488, 517, 518
Condemns and calls upon Israel to cease military actions in Lebanese
territories:
262, 270, 313, 316, 331, 347, 425, 450, 498, 501, 508
Condemns and deplores Israel for violating ceasefire and for military
reprisals:
270, 280, 508, 509, 516, 517, 518, 520
Demands Israel to completely withdraw from the Lebanese territories:
242, 279, 313, 427, 501, 509, 517, 520, 587, 1559
Condemns and deplores Israel for violating Security Council
resolutions:
248, 252, 256, 280, 337, 347, 444, 446, 467, 517, 520
Condemns and deplores Israel for violating Geneva Convention and Human
rights Laws:
237, 248, 256, 280, 316, 347, 446, 450, 512, 513, 515, 518, 520
Deplores Israel for the interference and attacks on the UN Forces on
the Israeli-Lebanese border:
427, 434, 467, 587, 1052
Demands Israel to release abducted/kidnapped Lebanese personnel:
316, 317, 347
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