Aprilt 29, 2006

Canada's Pro-Israel Lobby:  Criticism Causes Terrorism

Ron Saba, Montreal Planet Magazine

I kid you not.  In a fairly transparent ploy, the pro-Israel lobby is trying to bring pressure on the government to silence Canadian's criticism of Israel's actions and to also provide financing for their private security above and beyond what the RCMP and local police provide to all of us.

In the first volley in what might become a campaign, the editorial titled "Obligation to protect" appeared in the Jewish Independent.

The article more or less claims that criticism of Israel causes terrorist acts.  It's as if the pro-Israel  lobby is taking their cue from the notorious Richard Perle, who called Pullitzer Prize Winning journalist Seymour Hersh a terrorist on national TV because of one of Hersh's articles.

Think for a moment what this means for Canadians.   A Canadian group is calling for the Canadian government to silence criticism of a foreign country by other Canadians.

As if it wasn't enough that our media and airwaves are subject to intense levels of censorship and propaganda, we now are witnessing a push for "thought police" and the silencing of free speech by  one of the most powerful and politically well connected lobbies in Canada.

Orwell is surely rolling over in his grave.

And fascism is not far off.


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