Eretz Israel is our unforgettable historic homeland...The Jews who will it shall achieve their State...And whatever we attempt there for our own benefit will redound mightily and beneficially to the good of all mankind. (Theodor Herzl, DerJudenstaat, 1896)

We offer peace and amity to all the neighbouring states and their peoples, and invite them to cooperate with the independent Jewish nation for the common good of all. The State of Israel is ready to contribute its full share to the peaceful progress and development of the Middle East.
(From Proclamation of the State of Israel, 5 Iyar 5708; 14 May 1948)

With a liberal democratic political system operating under the rule of law, a flourishing market economy producing technological innovation to the benefit of the wider world, and a population as educated and cultured as anywhere in Europe or North America, Israel is a normal Western country with a right to be treated as such in the community of nations.... For the global jihad, Israel may be the first objective. But it will not be the last. (Friends of Israel Initiative)

Sunday 17 March 2013

Tartan Tiger: "Clackmannanshire Council Resolves To Resist ... Any Action That Gives Political Or Economic Support To The State Of Israel"

Following the ludicrous, shameful examples of its counterparts in West Dunbartonshire and Stirling, Clackmannanshire ("The Wee County"; its population is less than the seating capacity of Yankee Stadium) Council, lobbied by members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, has voted (14 March) to boycott Israel.
 
In the hyperbolic words attributed to the SPSC member who initiated the lobbying (and will no doubt now press for similar motions against Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the Congo):
"We have a right to global peace, and the journey there will only be achieved by supporting human rights and the rule of law. If we continue to profit from those who perpetually flaunt these, then the future for all of us, and our children, is grim indeed."
The motion, introduced by Councillor Archie Drummond, a socialist elected as an Independent, was passed without opposition by a meeting of the full Council, with only three abstentions (one Labour, one SNP, and the sole Conservative).
"Clackmannanshire Council condemns the Government of Israel for its continuing illegal occupation of Palestine's East Jerusalem and the West Bank and for its continuing illegal blockade of Gaza.
Clackmannanshire Council welcomes the decision of the United Nations on 29 November 2012 to grant "non-member observer State" to Palestine.
However, for the people of Palestine, the suffering of the last 64 years continues as the Government of Israel continues to ignore and breach international law.
Just as individual sanctions against apartheid in South Africa led ultimately to its demise there, so individual and collection sanctions against the state of Israel will end apartheid and suffering in Palestine.
Clackmannanshire Council therefore resolves to resist, insofar as legislative considerations permit, any action that gives political or economic support to the State of Israel."  [Emphasis added]
Read more here

The mindset of many who seek to demonise the Zionist Entity and bring about its destruction can be seen in this foul ignorant comment on the website of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (to which I link above):
"In Israel we have echoes of the post Weimar Republic in Germany.There the nazis declared that Germany needed Liebensraum ie room to expand and this could be achieved by getting rid of the Untermensch and occupying stolen land."
The mindset of many who seek to demonise the Zionist Entity and bring about its destruction can also be seen in the following incident miles from old Caledonia.

It seems the slogan Am Yisrael Chai ("The People of Israel/Jewish People Live") is like a red rag to a bull for at least one of the BDSers at a demo in Oakland, California.

Here is footage of the demo (worth watching for the presence of the pro-Hamas International Solidarity Movement and for the very apt comments of the video maker on the sheer double standards and hypocrisy of those who accuse Israel of "apartheid" – such selectivity is also evident, of course, in the decisions of the Scottish councils referred to above).

And here's footage of a violent expletive-riddled assault by one of the Israel-haters on a young Jewish woman who had the temerity to chalk the Israel-affirming slogan on the ground.


Read more here
(Hat tip: reader Rita)

6 comments:

  1. That girl with the big mouth is none other than a 'lovely delightful' Jewish girl with quite a history, by the name of Gabby (Gabrielle) Silverman

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  2. Specifically what though? Do they propose a Jewish test to ascertain whether anyone there is a 'sympathizer' and so should be expelled? I half hope they try to do that.

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  3. As with the other councils I suspect that Clackmannanshire has never bought anything from Israel (excluding computers, mobile phones and medicine which somehow are ignored) if for no other reason than they buy through a collective and have no input at all into decisions about suppliers. They have never bought anything from Palestine because Palestine produces nothing they want or need.

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  4. Australia has plenty of stupid politicians
    Australia MPs: Gaza is world's largest outdoor jail
    "Labor Legislative Councillor Shaoquett Moselmane made his comments during a debate in the New South Wales's (NSW) parliament over a motion on a recent study trip to Israel by a delegation of regional parliamentarians organized by the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies."
    http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=306563

    Re: Gabrielle Silverman
    A gallery of ferals note the ice pick and the recycle bag.
    SFPD Make Arrests of Violent Anarchist Group Involved in Vandalism/ Assaults on Police Officers
    http://sanfranciscopolice.org/index.aspx?page=3763&recordid=517

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  5. Clackmannanshire council is a racist council who not only hates Jewish people but English people as well.

    Trouble is nothing can be done about this. I have complained to them and to the SPSO and they have all not upheld my complaints.

    I have now been banned from using all services!!!

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