The jewish nation-state law

[yankeedoodle]

If the laws of the state of Israel against foreigners were applied by any other state against Jews, they would be declared anti-Semitic
https://www.incorectpolitic.com/daca-legile-statului-israel-impotriva-strainilor-ar-fi-aplicate-de-oricare-alt-stat-impotriva-evreilor-ele-ar-fi-declarate-antisemite/

MECHANICALLY TRANSLATED FROM ROMANIAN

Israël SHAHAK (1933-2001) was an Israeli Jew born in Warsaw, Poland. In 1943 he was interned in the concentration camps at Poniatowo and Bergen-Belsen, and after his liberation, in 1945, he went to Palestine, settling permanently in Israel.

He was a professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, " one of the most noteworthy people in the Middle East" , as recommended by the Palestinian Edward W. Said, a renowned academic and university professor of comparative literature at Columbia University. Shahak was a lifelong activist for human rights - for the rights of  all people ! In 1970, he was elected President of the Israeli League for the Defense of Civil Human Rights, being re-elected several times, until the 90s.

He is the author of numerous studies on Judaism, published in both English and Hebrew.

The first edition of the book  "The burden of three millennia of Jewish history and religion" , from which we will publish some extracts here, appeared in London, in 1994, in English. "Shahak always remained a humanist, an irreducible opponent of imperialism, whether it was imposed in the name of the God of Abraham or by George Bush"  - writes Gore Vidal in the preface of the volume. "He also attacks, with great humor and erudition, the totalitarian roots of Judaism. Like a highly cultured Thomas Paine, Shahak illustrates at the same time the perspective that opens up to us as our long past. Between these two perspectives, year after year, he follows his reasoning. Those who listen to him thereby become surely wiser and—dare I say it? - better. Shahak is the last great prophet of Israel" .

The Romanian version is a translation from French, made by Domnica Ciucă and published by Fronde Publishing House, Alba Iuia-Paris, in 1997.


This book (" The Burden of Three Millennia of Jewish History and Religion"no), although written in English and addressed to people outside the State of Israel, it is, in a certain sense, a continuation of my political activities as an Israeli Jew. These began in 1965-66 with a protest which, at the time, generated a great scandal: I had seen with my own eyes, in Jerusalem, an ultra-religious Jew refusing to use his telephone on a Sabbath day in order to he was calling an ambulance to help a neighbor, a non-Jew, who had fallen to the ground after a heart attack. Instead of publishing the fact as such, I asked for a meeting with the rabbinical court in Jerusalem - made up of rabbis appointed by the State of Israel. I asked them if this way of acting was in accordance with their interpretation of the Jewish religion. They replied that the Jew in question had behaved correctly, even pious, and sent me to The definition of the evreurimis state , to a particular passage from a compendium of Talmudic laws, compiled in our century. I reported the fact to the main Jewish daily  Haaretz , which echoed my voice, leading to a press scandal whose consequences, as far as I was concerned, were rather negative.

Neither the Israeli rabbinic authorities nor those in the diaspora have reversed this prohibition: a Jew cannot violate the Sabbath to save the life of a "gentile" (goyim), that is, a non-Jew. [...]

In my opinion, Israel, as a Jewish state, is a danger not only to itself and its inhabitants, but also to all other peoples and states in the Middle East and beyond [...].

Israel is not a democracy, since it applies a Jewish ideology against non-Jews, as well as against all Jews who oppose this ideology.

The danger posed by this dominant ideology is not limited to domestic affairs, it also influences Israel's foreign policy. This danger is increasing as long as two types of factors operating in the same direction continue to operate: the Jewish character of Israel, on the one hand, and the development of its power, especially nuclear power, on the other.

Added to this is another unsettling factor: the growing Israeli influence in the ruling circles of the United States.

So today it is not only important, but politically vital, that accurate and precise information be provided on Judaism and, in particular, on how non-Jews are treated by the State of Israel.

I will begin with the official Israeli definition of the term "Jew", which highlights the crucial difference between Israel as a "Jewish state" and most other states. Israel, in fact, "belongs" (that's the official term) to the people defined as "Jews" by the Israeli authorities, and to them alone, wherever they reside. And conversely, Israel "does not belong" to its non-Jewish inhabitants, whose status is considered, even from an official point of view, to be inferior.

In practice, this means that if members of a Peruvian tribe convert to Judaism and are therefore considered Jews, they also have the right to become Israeli citizens and participate in the exploitation of almost 70% of the West Bank's lands (and 92 % of the domain of Israel proper), officially intended for the exclusive use of Jews. In return, any non-Jew (and not only all Palestinians) is prohibited from profiting from these lands. (Prohibition that applies equally to Israeli Arabs who have served in the Israeli army, even those who have obtained a higher degree).

Would not the Jews of the United States and Great Britain begin to cry out about anti-Semitism, if it were proposed to decree these countries as "Christian states," "belonging" only to citizens officially recognized as Christians?

So it can be understood, in the context of Israeli politics, that the meaning of the term " Jew " and related words (especially " Judaism "), is as important as the meaning of (the word) " Islamic " for the Iranian state, or that of " communist ", when this term was used by the authorities of the former USSR. Now, the meaning of the word " Jew ", in its current usage, is not precise either in the Hebrew language or in other languages; therefore, it was necessary to give it an official definition [...].

Indeed, the State of Israel officially privileges Jews over non-Jews in many aspects of existence: the right to residence, the right to work, and the right to equality before the law.

The discriminatory measures regarding residence are based on the fact that almost 92% of the territory of Israel is state property, administered by the Israel Land Authority , according to the regulations set by the Jewish National Fund ( FNJ – Jewish National Found ), a subsidiary of the Zionist Organization World.

These regulations deny any non-Jew the right to reside, to start a commercial activity, and sometimes even to work, simply because he is not a Jew; instead, nothing prohibits Jews from settling or setting up businesses anywhere in Israel.

Enforced in another state against the Jews, such practices would immediately and rightly be charged as anti-Semitism and would arouse general indignation.

Enforced by Israel, in the name of " Judaism ", they are generally carefully ignored - or excused, in the rare cases where they are heeded.


Israël Shahak,  "The burden of three millennia of Jewish history and religion" , Fronde Publishing House, Alba Iuia-Paris, 1997 (fragments)