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Israbia
by Prof . Paul Eidelberg
Tuesday October 03, 2006 at 11:48 AM
The Left in Europe, thanks to the complacency or cowardice of the
Right, has very much succeeded in erasing Europe 's Christian
identity . The same revolution is occurring in Israel . The agenda
of the Left—of men like Shimon Peres, Yossi Beilin, and Judge Aharon
Barak—is obvious: to transform Israel into "a state of its citizens"
and thereby erase its Jewish identity .
To illustrate what may become of Israel , let us examine Bruce Bawer,
While Europe Slept (2006) . Bawer's findings are similar to those
occurring in England , as may be seen in Melanie Phillips,
Londonistan (2006) . (Both authors are indebted to Bat Ye'or's
groundbreaking work, Eurabia . )
Europeans, says Bawer, are becoming dhimmies in their own
countries . For example: it is known that Christians under sharia
law must pay jizya, the protection tax demanded of all infidels
living in Muslim lands . Since this can hardly be done in Norway ,
one imam has ruled that Muslims have a right to steal from Norwegian
infidels! "If a Muslim walks straight into a store and steals, it is
thus a legitimate act" (p . 26) .
Muslim religious leaders give their followers the right to abuse the
infidel's system as much as possible —to cheat and lie to the
countries that harbor them . They are told to view the benefits they
receive as jizya . For some Muslim immigrants, the sky's the
limit . "In Denmark , Muslims make up 5 percent of the population
but receive 40 percent of welfare outlays . Statistics for other
countries are comparable" (p . 30) . (Much the same may be said of
Israel . )
By the way, after the 2005 terrorist attacks on London, it emerged
that the four Muslim suspects had raked in more than half a million
pounds in welfare benefits from the British government .
Welfare benefits and the demographic problem are magnified by
Europe 's permissive immigration laws . If you're a citizen, your
foreign spouse, children, and family members may enter the country
and live with you . (This is precisely the policy Judge Barak would
have Israel follow . Thus, despite the war being waged by the
Palestinian Authority against Israel , Barak wants the Supreme Court
to nullify the law preventing Palestinian Arabs from gaining Israeli
citizenship by marrying Israeli-Arabs— even though 20 percent of those
who have received Israeli citizenship in the family reunification
plan have been involved in terrorist activity!)
In Europe , Muslim youth roam the streets in packs and commit crimes
in daylight, in front of witnesses, without fear of being stopped or
punished . European prisons are overwhelmingly Muslim . In France
the figure is 70 percent .
The arrogance of Muslims is astonishing . In Britain , imams have
pressed the government to officially designate certain areas of
Bradford as being under Muslim, not British law . In Denmark ,
Muslim leaders have sought the same kind of control over parts of
Copenhagen (whose population is now more that half Muslim) . In
Belgium , Muslims in one Brussels neighborhood view it as under
Islamic jurisdiction in which Belgians are not welcome!
What fosters this arrogance is the multiculturalism that permeates
Europe 's ruling elites: politicians and judges, academics and
journalists . To criticize any Muslim for any reason whatsoever
is "racist . " Norwegian newspapers "were expressly forbidden to
mention a person's ethnic or immigrant background in reports on
criminal cases lest a bad image be projected" (p . 54) . Never mind
a September 2001 report that 65 percent of the rapes in Norway are
committed by "non-Western immigrants" (a term essentially synonymous
with "Muslims") .
One can hardly exaggerate the degree to which Scandinavians fear
being accused of racism . Muslims are called Europe 's "colorful
community . "
Europeans are being brainwashed . Diversity of opinion will hardly
be found in the editorial pages . One critic remarks: "The social
democrats' power over the minds, authorities, universities and media
starts a process of adaptation from all sides, including the
opposition, so that individualists and innovators are shut out" (p .
46, emphasis added) .
The masses are being fed a steady diet of leftwing "missionary
journalism . " Europe 's media are more leftwing than the New York
Times and the Washington Post . There is no FOX News or Wall
Street Journal or Washington Times to provide an alternative view,
say, of Middle East affairs . "Journalistic diversity in Europe is,
then, largely illusory" (p . 48) . Most news articles systematically
omit or misrepresent any challenge to the prevailing social-
democratic orthodoxy; and they routinely present the United States
and Israel in a negative light .
Anti-Semitism is rampant . Europe has returned to the late 1930s,
only now the situation is worse . Europeans cannot face the fact
that the difference between a Muslim and an Islamist today is
comparable to the difference between a German and a Nazi .
Israel also ignores this fact . Although the Left actually despises
Islam, it pursues a pro-Palestinian position to win Israeli Arab
votes needed to emasculate Judaism in Israel .
Meanwhile the so-called Right, which cannot think outside the box of
democratic politics, says nothing about the treachery of the Left on
the one hand, and Israel 's "fifth column" on the other . Israel is
in danger of becoming "Israbia . "
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