…by Jonas E. Alexis
Benjamin Netanyahu was obviously upset when Ilhan Omar tweeted last February that “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” a statement which implies that AIPAC exerts an enormously powerful influence on US foreign policy.
This is not some kind of anti-Semitic trope. Jewish scholars like John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt argue pretty much the same thing in their controversial study, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.
Netanyahu has recently responded to Omar’s statement during his AIPAC speech by saying: “From this Benjamin: It’s not about the Benjamins! The reason Americans love Israel is not because they want our money; it’s because they share our values. It’s because America and Israel share a love of freedom and democracy.”
Total mumbo jumbo. Not a single Founding Father would support America’s unconditional alliance with Israel. In fact, they would have almost certainly told Netanyahu to stay in Tel Aviv precisely because “foreign entanglements” was never part of America’s political pursuit. What we have seen over the past two decades or so is that the Founding Fathers were certainly right. Whenever America gets involved in foreign entanglements, troubles always ensue.
As we have argued elsewhere, it was the Israeli regime and the Neocons who spearheaded the Iraq debacle, which sent a six-trillion dollar bill to the American people. Netanyahu always has to invoke “democracy” and “freedom” in order to marshal his diabolical plan in the Middle East and elsewhere. How else would he be able to proceed and tell the Trump administration to meddle in the debacle in Syria at this present moment?
In any event, Omar responded to Netanyahu by saying: “This from a man facing indictments for bribery and other crimes in three separate public corruption affairs. Next!”
Way to go, Omar! This man should be behind bars for the rest of his natural life. In fact, if he is denying Israel’s influence on America, perhaps we need to quote him contextually. Netanyahu declared way back in 2001:
“I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction.”[1]
Doesn’t that imply some level of influence? And if it is, why is Oma being chastised for saying pretty much the same thing that Netanyahu said back in 2011? Isn’t Omar simply catching up with Netanyahu’s own statement? If she is wrong, then shouldn’t we go after the mad man in Tel Aviv as well?
[1] “Netanyahu In 2001: ‘America Is A Thing You Can Move Very Easily,’” Huffington Post, May 25, 2011.
Jonas E. Alexis has degrees in mathematics and philosophy. He studied education at the graduate level. His main interests include U.S. foreign policy, the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, and the history of ideas. He is the author of the book, Kevin MacDonald’s Metaphysical Failure: A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Critique of Evolutionary Psychology, Sociobiology, and Identity Politics. He teaches mathematics in South Korea.
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There is no end to this it will get worse. The Trump mind is to weak to change coarse
I hate to sound redundant, but the zionist israelis are not Semites – they are largely the descendants of the Khazars. Why does anyone let the israelis accuse others of being anti-Semite? Are there no adults in the room?
Here is her full reply according to this link:
https://nypost.com/2019/03/26/omar-attacks-netanyahu-over-aipac-speech-bribery-charges/
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday after he called out her “all about the Benjamins” comment during a speech at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington.
“From this Benjamin, it’s not about the Benjamins!” Netanyahu told the pro-Israel group, speaking by livestream from Israel.
“The reason Americans love Israel is not because they want our money, it’s because they share our values. It’s because America and Israel share a love of freedom and democracy.”
That was enough to set off Omar, a Muslim-American who was widely condemned for claiming that “It’s all about the Benjamins” for pro-Israel lawmakers.
“This from a man facing indictments for bribery and other crimes in three separate public corruption affairs,” Omar tweeted in response. “Next!”
Omar also charged that Netanyahu was partnering with a far-right party that is “the KKK of Israel.”
“Netanyahu is in an alliance with Otzma Yehudit, referred to as the KKK of Israel,’” she said. “Yet Netanyahu chose to focus on … me.”
Critics have accused Omar of invoking anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jews, including that Jewish-American legislators hold “dual loyalties.”
Benji had it twisted wrong. Israelis want American money, and they get it. I fear this soda jerk will be elected again.
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