Zionism: Real Enemy of the Jews Vol.1

Alan Hart does an excellent job in explaining what should be obvious to anyone taking an objective view on the terror that Zionism has caused not just the Jews, but the entire world. This subject is of course taboo and won't even be approached by traditional media sources, yet it's a common mainstream topic on the internet. Of course, it's also the primary reason that the powers that be are trying to sensor the internet! Hart does what needs to be done, go back into history to demonstrate how Zionism has shaped the western world's view of international relations and politics by using the shield and sword of antisemitism. Without going into detail (which he could have and should have)Hart explains how propaganda has turned into Zionist mythology and none more so than the Holocaust story.

The most striking thing about Alan Hart's book to me, and what sets it apart, is his extraordinary access to the personalities and his on-scene perspective on events that he writes of. As British tv's ace journalist there two generations ago, he knew and was known to the leading figures of Zionism-- people like Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, Shimon Peres, Levi Eschol, Menachem Begin etc (not sure of them all, but this is representative). And he witnessed what was going on, day after day, as a major correspondent. Because Hart's book begins by recounting a few personal experiences with the great political figures of Israel, as I began reading it I thought to my self 'uh-oh , I hope this isn't going to be a memoir and parade of name-dropping.' My concerns were quickly dispelled. As it turns out, his selection of stories bears perfectly on his topic. What he actually presents is a close and deep journalistic reflection on Zionism during its formative decades. Again, this comes from an on-scene journalist's perspective rather than that of a remote academic, so the effect is exceptional. Also, he is not himself Jewish or an Israeli, as the writers of so many good Zionist histories are (e.g. Shahak, Lilienthal, Morris, Pappe). Anyway, after Hart gets a few stunning anecdotes into play to set the stage, he gets into telling his story as a fact-filled, methodical and very readable historical narrative. I must admit that I did not read carefully, however,as the book is quite voluminous and I frankly have read so many books on 20th century Zionism that it is hard to keep my interest and close attention throughout. This does not at all reflect on Hart's style, which is engaging and powerful. I merely picked this book up in the first place because it came so highly recommended to my by someone whose opinion I value. So, from the standpoint of giving a fresh or exhaustive competent analysis, I admit I am perhaps not as good a reviewer as I would like to be. What does stand out in my mind, however, as new or surprising material, are a couple of things. One is Hart's chapter about the disposition of Europe's Jews in the 1930s and 1940s, following Hitler's ascendancy and the sudden predicament Jews faced after the Nuremberg laws. The evidence and narrative that Hart brings to bear comes out COMPLETELY contrary to what we have all been told-- in what I now regard as a one-sided weepy victimhood saga that doesn't quite stand up. And I must say that the evidence Hart presents does not at all reflect favorably on the conduct of Zionists and its global partisans who were already shepherding Israel during that time. Hart's information also dovetails with the revisionist counter-narratives which are telling us that we have all actually suffered a massive campaign of disinformation for decades, regarding the founding of Israel. One of many titles that comes to mind is Roger Garaudy's 'Founding Myths of Modern Israel.' As Hart brings out his (to me) new facts, ta

An informed, enlightening, candid and sometimes disturbing expose' of Zionism. A must read for anyone and everyone who wants to be truly informed on the origin and ongoing Arab-Iraeli conflict versus the babble of the media. Clear delineations between religious Judaism and political Zionism that should provoke healthy debate and clarity for intelligent discussion. After reading this book, no one need ever be intimidated by the false accusation of being labeled anti-Semitic for opposing Zionism. Perhaps future revisions could focus on more inclusive definitions of religious or spiritual Zionism.

Alan Hart is friend to Jews and Palestinians. He was a personal friend of both Golda Meir and Yasser Arafat. His insight into the recent history of modern Israel and past and current conflicts in the Middle East is outstanding. It is a must read for all who are genuinely seeking a broad understanding of the most important events facing our world today.

The premise of this book is obvious from the title and the author presents a wealth of factual evidence to back it up. Zionism is an ideology based on the claim that "God" gave land in the Middle East to the Jewish people several thousand years ago. The concept is clearly ridiculous given that the vast majority of Jewish people today have no relationship to the Jews of antiquity other than a religious belief that many adopted relatively recently. This fact alone makes a mockery of the idea that a portion of land in the Middle East belongs to the Jews of today. It also makes a mockery of the idea that to criticize Zionism is anti-semitic - hatred of Jewish people. The Zionist movement is and always has been owned by a small group of individuals who used the manipulative power of religion to further their own selfish agenda. The January 16th 2007 edition of Boston Globe ran an editorial by the editorial page director, H.D.S. Greenway. It was a typical apparently left-of-center piece on a possible attack on Iran, with Greenway urging everyone to "step back and take a deep breath". Towards the end of the piece however, Greenway makes a comment in which he momentarily strikes at the heart of the matter only to then gloss it over with a line taken directly from the Zionist book of truisms. "Every Israeli prime minister has had to fear in one remote corner of the brain that the effect of Zionism might be to gather all the Jews in one place for destruction. This fear has been brought front and center by Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's criminally irresponsible call for the destruction of the Jewish state." The only truth in this statement is found in the words "the effect of Zionism [has been] to gather all the Jews in one place for destruction." The idea, as implied by Greenway, that this was a mistake on the part of the Zionists who created and continue to control the Zionist state is laughable, mainly because it was patently obvious from the very outset that to create a state for Jews in 1948 by stealing land belonging to another people and to proceed to oppress, and periodically murder, the indigenous population over the following 58 years was the best way to ensure a perpetual threat to the Jews of Israel. Furthermore, in his book Ben-Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews Naeim Giladi states: "From the start they (Zionist leaders) knew that in order to establish a Jewish state they had to expel the indigenous Palestinian population to the neighboring Islamic states and import Jews from these same states. Vladimir Jabotinsky, Netanyahu's ideological progenitor, frankly admitted that such a transfer of populations could only be brought about by force. David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, told a Zionist Conference in 1937 that any proposed Jewish state would have to "transfer Arab populations out of the area, if possible of their own free will, if not by coercion." After 750,000 Palestinians were uproo