Renee Parsons<\/p>\n
Even before the obscene\u00a0 <\/span>October 7th Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, it has been widely acknowledged that the Israeli Lobby \u2018owns\u2019 the US Congress \u2013 any day of the week.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n If any proof was necessary, the Senate and House both cast near-unanimous votes to support Israel\u2019s extermination campaign against the Palestinian people.\u00a0 <\/span>Israel\u2019s response to destroy Hamas was always a lie; the goal of their retribution was an excuse to exterminate the entire Palestinian tribe of men, women and children and steal their land for resort development.<\/span> \u00a0 <\/span>While the October 7 attack on civilians was the disastrous result of the Zionists behavior over the years, it should never have happened as the public is awaiting imagery of that tragic event. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Without awaiting a better understanding<\/span><\/a> of the Hamas attack, the US Senate unanimously <\/i>approved HR 417<\/span><\/a>, Standing with Israel against Terrorism <\/i>with 99 co-sponsors<\/i> garnering a vote of 97-0.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> \u00a0 <\/span>As its first act with a new Speaker, the House of Representatives voted on October 25\u00a0 <\/span>410 \u2013 10<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>to approve\u00a0 <\/span>HR\u00a0 <\/span>771\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> with 425 co-sponsors<\/i>, also known as \u201c<\/span>Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Common to both resolutions is the 2016 US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding<\/span><\/a> committing a\u00a0 <\/span>$3.3 billion annual auto-pay (would not want them to miss a payment) for foreign military financing as well as another $500 Million annually for missile defense.\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u2019s not forget the additional $1 billion in 2021 for the Iron Dome Missile defense system (original cost $5 billion) with another $225 Million in 2014 to replenish ID receptors. \u00a0 <\/span>ID, by the way, did not function at capacity during the Hamas attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n That same MOU \u201creaffirms US commitment to Israel\u2019s support<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>with the \u201cthe largest single pledge of military assistance in US history <\/i>\u201d and \u201cstands ready to assist Israel with emergency resupply or other support<\/i>\u201d which includes \u2018accelerated delivery of defense articles and systems<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Section 2 in the Senate Resolution states\u00a0 <\/span>that \u201c<\/span>Nothing in this resolution may be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization for the use of military force<\/i>\u201d which is a cover-your-ass political invention as the Biden Administration has already devoted<\/span><\/a> at least two air carrier groups with support ships and 2000 Marines, a THAAD system, additional Patriot air defense battalions as well as another 2000 Marines prepared to deploy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n For all its not-so-lofty rhetoric there was not one word of recognition in either Resolution about an impending humanitarian disaster, conditions for a cease fire, collective innocent victims<\/span><\/a> on both sides or Hamas\u2019 long time relationship with Netanyahu or that the October 7<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> attack was a psy-op to initiate a global WW iii crisis just as it is unfolding. \u00a0 <\/span>But that is how Congressional resolutions provide no confidence that America\u2019s interest are in good hands with an attentive Congress whose guiding principle is America First. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In other words, the Congress has consistently proven they care more about the evil Zionists who are not legitimate biblical owners of the Palestinian land they continue to steal than they care about not sending our sons and daughters to fight and die in another illegal war.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n There may be numerous explanations for mindless devotion by Congress to do Israel\u2019s bidding such as free trip(s) to Israel, attendance at the AIPAC annual conference with great fanfare, generous campaign contribution(s), signed loyalty oath to Israel, electorally threatened how to vote, entrapped in a financial, sexual or ethical sting operation \u2013 and if anyone disbelieves any of these items, you probably also still believe the JFK assassination and 911 narratives.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Another explanation for Israeli support may be based on a lack of intellectual curiosity, limited life experience, easily gullible when presented with a dominant force or acceptance of a glib persuasive authority. \u00a0 <\/span>In other words, a weakened backbone with a brain to match.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In 2006 former Rep. Cynthia McKinney\u2019s (Ga.) refused to sign the loyalty oath and was defeated by a well-funded, well-organized primary challenge as\u00a0 <\/span>Rep. Earl Hilliard (Ala.) who supported statehood for Palestine<\/span><\/a> was also defeated by an AIPAC<\/span><\/a> funded opponent. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is also essential to recognize that the official 911 narrative was a valuable tool in implementing US foreign policy focused on the Middle East which engendered decades of sheer hate, distrust and resentment toward the Arab\/Islamic world.\u00a0 <\/span>That emotion-based reaction would be invaluable as Iraq and Afghanistan wars droned on, adding Syria and Yemen as the US continues to steal Syrian oil and Israel continues to rob the Palestinians of their\u00a0 <\/span>land<\/span><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n It is as if the entire world knows the truth about Israel and its brutal treatment o<\/span><\/a>f the Palestinian people for the last seventy five years\u00a0 <\/span>except for Members\u00a0 <\/span>of Congress, the majority of which are rewarded for their services.\u00a0 <\/span>The level of Congressional support for Israel is nothing short of mind numbing; that such an overwhelming number of Congress pretend to be utterly uniformed about the reality of who and what Israel really represents<\/span><\/a><\/span>,<\/span> a demonic agenda should be of massive concern to every America First voter. \u00a0 <\/span>Support for the Zionist government of Israel as it attacks the civilian population of Palestine contradicts any America First agenda concerned about the immediate future of US survival.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n While propaganda touts the US and Israel as \u2018great allies<\/i>,\u2019 its purpose is meant to convince Americans that a mutually beneficial relationship exists, that there is an obligation for Americans to \u2018donate\u2019\u00a0 <\/span>unlimited\u00a0 <\/span>shekels to a disreputable country with a balanced budget and to support the atrocities on display every day on Twitter.\u00a0 <\/span>Members of Congress know full well the malevolence being perpetrated \u2013 God will adjust the scales of karma.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In 2013, former President Jimmy Carter said he met several times with Hamas leadership and they would be willing to accept the existence of Israel but Netanyahu was intent on imposing a \u2018one-state solution\u2019 which would make negotiations impossible and be a \u2018disaster for Israel<\/i>\u201d just as\u00a0 <\/span>JFK supported Palestinian statehood<\/span><\/a><\/span> in 1962. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n While UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the General Assembly that he \u2018unequivocally condemned\u2019<\/i> the Hamas attack, yet acknowledged that the event \u201cdid <\/i>not happen in a vacuum\u2019<\/i><\/span><\/a>; thereby accepting that the Palestinians have lived in an apartheid state with Israel as occupier for seventy five years. \u00a0 <\/span>UN Israel Ambassador Gilad Erdan retorted that Guterres was \u2018justifying terrorism\u2019<\/i> and called for his immediate resignation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As if there was any question as to the US position, Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated that the US does not seek conflict<\/span><\/a> with Iran.\u00a0 <\/span>It is of special note that American-Iran history goes back to 1953 when the CIA overthrew the democratically elected<\/span><\/a> Mossadegh government and installed the Shah until a revolution ended his regime in 1979.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n While the US continues to prep for another war<\/span><\/a> in the hopes of expansion<\/span><\/a> with the bombing of Syria and Iraq and enticing Iran into the conflict,\u00a0 <\/span>former UN Inspector Scott Ritter<\/span><\/a> made the case for a legitimate military defensive response to Israel\u2019s on going persecution of the Palestinians.\u00a0 <\/span>With the US sole veto of a Security Council ceasefire resolution followed by a strong majority vote of the UN\u2019s General Assembly in support of a ceasefire, Article 51<\/span><\/a> of the UN could be invoked\u00a0 <\/span>in order to activate the \u201cinherent collective right of self defense<\/i>\u201d based on <\/span>Israeli actions in Gaza represent an \u201cimminent risk to the security of all Palestinian people<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n With the initiation of a preemptive self defense action on the part of Hezbollah and Syria in order to neutralize Israel\u2019s threat specifically against Gaza and the West Bank, such a defensive posture could also protect all Palestinian people including Lebanon, Syria, Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ritter goes on to suggest expelling Israel from the Golan Heights illegally seized from Syria<\/span><\/a> in 1967 at about the same time that Israel attacked the USS Liberty<\/span><\/a> which was on a surveillance mission in the Mediterranean could also be a priority to return Palestinian land.\u00a0 <\/span>Any military action by Hezbollah and Syria might begin with targeting Israeli leadership, airfields and military concentrations with Iran refraining from attack unless Israel bombs target civilians in Syria or Lebanon or if the US enters the conflict on the side of Israel.\u00a0 <\/span>It is helpful to recognize that the state of Israel did not exist<\/span><\/a> until 1948 when the UN asserted the authority to divide Palestine\u2019s homeland for the Zionists; thus forcing the removal of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n While Massive worldwide demonstrations<\/span><\/a> in support<\/span><\/a> of a ceasefire<\/span><\/a> continue, Israel lauds its relationship with God<\/span><\/a> yet refuses to consider a cease fire.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n With 100,000 people in the streets of Istanbul this morning, Turkish President Erdogan cited that <\/span>“Israel has been <\/i>openly committing war crimes<\/i><\/span><\/a> for 22 days, but Western leaders cannot even call on Israel for a ceasefire.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
![Butcher of Gaza<\/span><\/a> tells us that Johnson\u2019s \u2018Biblical world view\u2019 of Christianity may not include the Prince of Peace as the public extermination of women and children are accompanied with no shame, no conscience, no remorse.<\/span><\/p>\nAs newly elected, Speaker Johnson, of whom great things are expected, pronounced that \u201cAmerica Is different. The US is exceptional because it stands on foundational principles.<\/i>\u201d as the much of the rest of the world unites in support of a Free\u00a0 <\/span>Palestine.\u00a0 <\/span>When does Congress begin to live up to its own rhetoric? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\nRenee Parsons\u00a0served on the ACLU\u2019s Florida State Board of Directors and as president of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, staff in the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, an environmental lobbyist for Friends of the Earth and a staff member of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/benjamin_netanyahu_rtr_img_0.jpg?scale=896&compress=80\"){kind=link}