VOLUME 1 No.4 APRIL 2001 journal ^ Association of Jewish Refugees Reacting outrageously to 'days of rage' ^iiJune 1934 the non-Aryan, and f which goal one sacrificed his life, "erefore prematurely pensioned and the other his careen °ff' Dresden academic Viktor '^emperer wrote in the diary he Cynical manipulation "Meticulously kept during his The current Palestinian twel •ve 'underground years': Authority-approved Intifada To ine the Zionists who want manipulates world opinion with to 80 back to the Jewish State newsreel footage of stone- °^ 70 AD [destruction of throwing children targeted by ^^•^salem by Titus] are just as Israeli sharpshooters. This offensive as the Nazis with their cynical strategy pays handsome losing after blood, and after dividends - pace Tom Paulin's 77i« 'Haviva Reik' carrying 462 Jeivish refugees to Palestine. Sclent'cultural roots'. scurrilous Killed in Crossfire (Observer ^nis cri de coeur of someone who proportionately greater increment than 18 February). The poem, which uses ^^arned for the liberal Gennany that ever recorded in any other country. This Klemperer's above-mentioned diary '^'^y existed in his mind, tells us more increase resulted from a huge inflow of, entry as its epigraph, states: We're fed ''^out the diarist than it does about the firstly, Holocaust survivors and Balkan this inert/ this lying phrase/ like comfort 3ture of Zionism. Klemperer was a Jew Jews, secondly Sephardim from Arab food/ as another little Palestinian boy/ in % in the sense of ±e Nuremberg countries and thirdly Russian Jews. The trainers jeans and a white tee-shirt/ is ^^s. Rooted in German culture with intensity of their urge to settle in the gunned down by the Zionist SS/ whose ^^ry fibre of his being, he had an Jewish State is demonstrated by the fact initials we should/ - but we don't - dumb 'Motional block about acknowledging that during the same half century Israel goys -/ clock in that weasel word e total collapse of that culture which was involved in half a dozen major or crossfire. '•^ him in limbo. At the very same time minor wars. No other 'golden door' The mind-boggling enormity of the , ^ Zionists he maligned rendered an through which immigrants wanted to phrase 'Zionist SS' must make every ^^luable service to millions of lethally pass in all history was so bespattered reader with relatives serving in the "dangered European Jews. They did so with blood. Israel Defence Forces - a true citizens' ^ Conjuring up the vision of a return to Varying the lyrics of the 1920s army - howl with silent, impotent rage. ^ ancient homeland as an aspiration hit song Forty million Frenchmen As for the poet's conceit that Israelis, and ^rth striving for. Tragically unable to can't be wrong, we say that over four by inference Jews everywhere, look ^J that aspiration, the Zionist pioneers million asylum seekers who opted for a upon Gentiles as 'dumb goys' it is so ''1 created a mini-State inside British- virtual war zone cannot have been redolent of Julius Streicher's style that it andated Palestine which saved over wrong. This fact alone validates the ought by rights to lay Tom Paulin open to ^ a million Jews from ±e fate that Jewish State's right to exist. Of course, prosecution under the Race Relations '^^d otherwise have overtaken them. the Palestinians also have a right to legislation. We wonder, too, if the editor statehood - a right Israelis have long of The Observer would deem it politically golden door' been most reluctant to concede. correct, or morally tenable, to publish a Aft,e r the creation of the fully-fledged Latterly, though, there has been a shift in piece which puts the phrase 'dumb '^sh State, its population increased entrenched attitudes with two Israeli honkies' into the mouth, or mind, of a ^'ifold within fifty years - a Prime Ministers aiming for peace - to Black activist. Battleground Britain Israel at the Crossroads In the century that we have just quit, in Martha Blend which the readers of AJR Journal will have experienced their most active The current situation in Israel was the Barak had had no mandate for the years, it became axiomatic in Britain subject of a lecture at the London Jewish concessions squeezed out of him by 3 that things would inevitably continue Cultural centre by Robert Wistrich, corrupt and intransigent Arab leader. Faf to improve. That food and housing, Professor of Modern European and Jewish from using excessive force, the Israelis had History at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. goods and services, training and often used massive restrainL Despite this, Israel had the right to an undivided education, health and welfare, leisure the international press, espousing the Arab Jerusalem, he maintained, because the city activities and travel, would be ours in cause, saw the conflict in David and Goliath had been the focus of Jewish spiritual life abundance, and that our longevity terms with the Israelis billed as Goliath- for thousands of years before Islam was would be extended ad infinitum. The result of this opprobrium was that thought of; further, Jerusalem is only the Strangely enough, most of these Israeli morale plummeted. The people were third holy place for the Arabs after Mecca prophecies indeed became self- no longer confident of the justice of theii" and Medina; Arabs pray towards Mecca; fulfilling. But if we add our own day-to­ cause; the Israeli press was endlessly self- and whilst there is no mention of Jerusalem day experience to those reported in the critical while the Arab press poured out a in the Koran, it is mentioned 700 times in press, the good life remains a myth. daily poison stream of hatred. The the Bible. There had, he asserted, been a unreasonable demand for the right to A climate moving to extremes with good deal of Arab spin about the return of three million Arabs, which would whole communities either flooded out importance to them of the Al Akhsa create a dangerous imbalance in the region- or cut off by the worst snowdrifts since mosque which fuelled Arafat's claim for and the refusal of the oil-rich Arab states to the bitterly remembered 1947; total control of the Temple Mount. alleviate the miserable conditions of the railways continually disrupted Moreover, Israel had always allowed the camps in Gaza suggested that not peace bu' following loss of life at Hatfield and Moslems custody of the site out of respect the destruction of the State of Israel wa* Selby; motorways inevitably beset by for other religions, a respect which was not still the true aim. hours-long delays; London's reciprocated. Before the capture of It is difficult to accept Prof Wistrich's underground system inviting East Jerusalem in 1967, and while it was claim of restraint while we see the shooting passengers into crammed carriages at under Jordanian control, no Jews were of Arab children on TV. 'Whatever the extortionate charges; passage to and allowed to enter the Old City, their graves provocation, there must be better method^ through towns by car increasingly for on the Mount of Olives were desecrated of crowd control. As for the hostility of th^ those with expense accounts or the and their synagogues destroyed. West world's press, is it any wonder when so little super rich; another virulent disease Jerusalem was isolated, surrounded by effort is put in by the Israelis to counter the forcing our farmers into ruin. barbed wire and subject to attack from Jordanian snipers. one-sided views of such Ara" A health service demanding the spokespersons as Hanan Ashravi a'^'^ onset of diseases to be planned months David and Goliath Edward Said. It may now be possible t" or years in advance; accounts which Prof Wistrich believed that Ariel Sharon's make a more realistic assessment of Ara" cannot be accessed because the bank's visit to the Temple Mount - approved by intentions, but it would be a sad day f" computer has crashed; deliveries never Arab authorities - had nothing to do with humanity if all attempts at ration^ arriving at the appointed hour; and the the Intifada. As to the failed peace initiative. negotiation were to be abandoned. gasman cometh, but at charges that would shame Bill Gates; surly bus drivers tossing and bruising their often New date for AGM - Sunday 17 June 2001 elderly and poor passengers; shopping almost impossible without a car. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the The pressures brought by everyday ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES living continually diminish will be held on SUNDAY 17 June 2001 3 pm at 15 Cleve Road, London NW6 free opportunities to enjoy the company of Guest speaker: Lord Dubs our families and friends, to sit together 'From Kindertransport to the House of Lords' at mealtimes, relax with a good book, to develop creative pastimes and join Agenda: - Ore communal activities. Time is a Annual Report 2000, Hon. Treasurer's Report, commodity we appear to have lost. Discussion, Election of committee of Management* RDC *No person other than a committee member retiring by rotation shall be elected or re-elected a committee member at any general meeting unless:- AJR Journal Personnel (a) he or she is recommended by the Committee of Management, or Richard Grunberger Editor-in-Chief ^U Ronald Channing Executive Editor (b) not less than twenty one clear days before the date appointed for the meeting, notice er Marion Koebner Staff Reporter executed by ten members qualified to vote at the meeting has been given to the AJR Journal, 1 Hampstead Gate, la Frognal, Association of the intention to propose that person for election or re-election together London NW3 6AL Tel: 020 7431 6161 with notice executed by that person of his or her willingness to be elected or re-elected- Fax: 020 7431 8454 e-mail: [email protected] Vive la difference? NEWTONS Richard G runberger Leading Hampstead Solicitors thirteen years ago, when I was of the 1300-strong youth organisation 22 Fitzjohn's Avenue, appointed editor, something quite 'Young Austria'.