You Don’t Need a Weathervane to See Which Way the Wind-and Sheldon Adelson-Blows | Tikun Olam |
Excuse the arcane reference in the post title to a revolutionary Dylan song from my youth. But if you did need a weathervane to tell which way Sheldon Adelson was “blowing” in this presidential election, you’d look no farther than Israel HaYom’s front page.
Yesterday, the lead story falsely claimed that the radical left was using a new “weapon” against Trump: violence. The subheader read:
“Many want to see Trump fail; protests have now become violent; Chicago rally crashed…”
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Bibiton's lede: "The New Weapon Against Trump: Violence."
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But Adelson has a problem in Donald Trump: he doesn’t need any money. So the major leverage Adelson has, his billions, don’t work in this instance. As a result, Trump can speak about Israel-Palestine issues as a bit of a loose cannon. Certainly, as far as the gambling mogul is concerned. Though Trump has taken on the personna of a Tea Party hell-raiser, he comes from the stream of moderate New York Republicanism. So his current views are peppered with some of those throwbacks to a bygone era.That’s how Trump can tell the Republican Jewish Coalition he’s in favor of the U.S. being even-handed regarding Israel-Palestine; and how he can tell them he’s not persuaded the U.S. embassy must move to Jerusalem.
One might think that this would give Adelson pause. One thing he hates is a man who can’t be bought or controlled. And Donald apparently can’t. But he’s a winner, and that’s enough for Adelson.
Before leaving this subject, note the litany of Trump’s far right supporters: we have David Duke of course. And Jean-Marie Le Pen, who recently cheered the real estate baron on. Trump’s call for banning entry to the U.S. of all Muslims echoes the views of only the most far-right Islamophobic leaders, like Geert Wilders. Add Israelis to that list. Anyone who hates Arabs and Muslims as much as they do is viewed as Israel’s friend. Barack Obama? Definitely not. Trump? Why not.
This process of Israel’s ultra-nationalist political majority becoming chummy with the most virulent of European racists has been proceeding for years and I’ve profiled it here. Israel’s romance with Donald Trump is but another step along the way toward the sort of religious hatred and holy war which Trump’s rhetoric stokes. Israel makes its bed with European neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Now add Donald Trump to the list.
My previous diaries on right-wing politics, Adelson and Islamophobia …
○ Will Trump’s Rise Leave Neocons Homeless? March 10, 2016
○ Neocons Jumping Ship, Will Likely Vote for Hillary Clinton March 1, 2016
○ Buying A Paper – Nevada reporters blow the whistle on billionaire owner Sheldon Adelson Italics
○ American Exceptionalism Good – Neocon Israel Policy Better Sept. 2, 2015
○ Jewish State of Israel Run by Islamophobes Jan. 19, 2015
○ Israel A Jewish State, Not A Democracy – Sheldon Adelson Dec. 8, 2014
○ Newt, Adelson Contract Based on Islamophobia March 29, 2012
○ Stealing Palestinian Olive Oil – Funded by Adelson Jan. 29, 2012
Lest we forget…Europe brought us, Hitler, Mussolini and Franco.
When the going gets tough, the whites go right.
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All great dictators in history had their “enforcers” … Donald Trump is leading the pack with inciting violence against protestors. Revolution is in the air, why not? US politicians have wreaked havoc in Washington DC with an approval rating in the low teens. A worst performer of any profession where the people’s representatives should stand out in humility and candor.
Bernie Sanders had the “feel” of the times for a political revolution – if Donald doesn’t get his way at the Republican convention, his followers should “riot” – even Ted Cruz, the Republican candidate closest to Trump’s Tea Party policies, foresees a “revolt” at a contested convention that brokers a third nominee.
Let’s not forget, Adolf Hitler did not invent fascism, he read the anquish of the German people and rode the waves of discontent. Bullying and propaganda did the rest … with unique situation of the digital age and social media, the Goebbels of today are having a field day. All state institutions and foreign states have joined this ugly form of misleading its citizens.
Nazi doctrine and the black thugs:
○ Italian fascism, Mussolini and the Blackshirts
○ Kristallnacht Pogrom where Hitler Youth, stormtroopers, and other thugs torched hundreds of synagogues and homes
○ Right-wing protesters march through Kiev, Ukraine
In that “great” country The Netherlands which had proclaimed to be exceptionally liberal, open-minded and tolerant, a monster Geert Wilders has taken center stage and is leading the polls to became the next Dutch prime minister. He has a broad base in society, however it started with the bigots, anti-immigrants thugs of the football hooligans. These thugs abuse people, go upfront in protests to reject homes for asylum seekers fleeing the warzone of Syria. Politician Geert Wilders will once again go on trial in 2016 for indiscriminatory remarks against Dutch citizens of Moroccan descent. He is accused of inciting hatred in a call for violence against the group as a whole. The football thugs and hooligans know no boundaries and the PSV Eindhoven thugs acted disgracefully in Madrid, Spain just a few days ago …
○ Disgraceful PSV fans throw coins at beggars in Madrid
All other parties have moved to the right to avoid becoming irrelevant in Dutch politics. Principles don’t get you votes today! Another hallmark of a nation moving towards thuggery and fascism.