This week a number of high level envoys visited the land once known as ‘Holy’.
Israel’s Krazy Kippah Klan staged a fiery welcome reception.
Americans who believe Israelis are ‘best friends’ of the USA might like to absorb the message from this crowd. It’s the standard refrain of a spoilt brat or protection racketeer…
“Give us money… but don’t tell us what to do!”
This video was produced by the brave Israeli film-maker Joseph Dana (aka Ibn Ezra).
Mr Dana’s earlier co-production with Max Blumenthal entitled ‘Feeling the Hate in Jerusalem‘ went viral on the Internet a month or so ago, but was soon pulled from both YouTube and Vimeo after pressure from the mainstream Jewish Lobby. At the time of writing it’s no longer available at all (although there is a sequel).
Joseph Dana writes about this week’s extremist rally:
The people that attended the rally think that occupying another people and chanting racist slurs at the first black president of the United States (who was elected by a majority of American Jews who support him) is their expression of freedom and democracy. As a humanist and a pragmatist, it can feel very uneasy and unsafe in this country.
While the people opposing settlement expansion get no coverage in the media, those supporting it get plenty. As we were filming the event numerous people asked us detailed questions about where we are from and what we planned on doing with the footage. It was striking that MK Michael Ari made a special point to thank Arutz Sheva, the Israel National News. The coverage they put out is fine, but our attempt to show the world their racism is definitely a no-no. Their relative self-awareness added a new layer to our understanding of settler insanity.
Most people we talked to did not hesitate to attack Obama and his administration, of which many are Jews themselves. The general atmosphere of the rally was that Obama is a Muslim and a racist who denies the Jewish people their right to control the Land of Israel. When asked about American aid to Israel, most replied that this was a separate issue.
