The Cause of the Horror in Palestine: Good Article

I just read this excellent post by an anti-Zionist Jew who is not afraid to put his name on line.  The horror of the massacres of Palestinian civilians continues, but conservative Catholic websites dismiss the Israeli atrocities by focusing totally on fanatical statements (and acts) by jihadists. Many of these Palestinian civilians are Christian. Most are innocent Moslems who have no use for Hamas and just want peace without revenge. And they want their country back and their confiscated land from the occupiers. If you want a short and clear analysis (albeit, along very “secular” lines) this one is good. I am going to use it in my discussions with friends and relatives who raise the issue.

Scott Lazarowitz, LewRockwell.com.: As I have mentioned here before, I am Jewish. In fact, I’m an anguished Jew. But I am not a Zionist. I’m an individualist and an advocate of private property and voluntary association.

But because the words Zionism and Zionist are oftentimes thrown around carelessly and ignorantly, I want to clarify what that means.

Since the late 19th Century, Zionism has been a political movement promoting a national homeland for Jews, with the mystical “Land of Israel” as God’s “Promised Land” to the Jews, according to the Bible. However, the more influential Zionists would not consider any other territory but Israel (or Palestine as it was known before 1948) as the “safe homeland for Jews.” But as Murray Rothbard pointed out, Israel was already inhabited. Thus, the resettling of Jews to that one small territory involved not voluntary contracts and property title transfers but involuntary land takings that were carried out not by private individuals but by government bureaucrats and their armed enforcers. Full article is here.