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Industrien Løgn «I palestinerne like ille som jødene ble behandlet under andre verdenskrig.» I sa ni prosent i en meningsmåling fra HL-senteret at dette «stemmer helt». prosent sa «det stemmer nokså godt». Bare én av tre nordmenn hadde kunnskap nok om Midtøsten eller andre verdenskrig til å ta avstand fra denne horrible anklagen. Det er tydelig at det er svært god etterspørsel etter løgnindustriens varer og tjenester i Norge. Det er derfor denne boken er så viktig. Ben-Dror Yemini tar for seg en rekke av anklagene mot staten Israel, og viser med en jurists og forskers grundighet hvordan de bygger på løgn. Grunnleggeren av Human Rights Watch, Robert Bernstein, var en av dem som oppmuntret Yemini til å skrive denne boken. Bernstein mener menneskerettighetsorganisasjoner, inkludert den han selv var med å starte, hjelper dem som ønsker å gjøre Israel fredløs i det internasjonale samfunnet. Løgnindustrien begynte ut fra gode intensjoner, med en generasjon europeere som tok side med dem de så som den svake parten − palestinerne. Men på veien gikk noe forferdelig galt. Etter hvert var ikke intensjonene like gode lenger. Fra legitim kritikk av Israel ble sannheten vridd på og det endte opp i regelrette løgner. Løgnindustrien har skapt en av vår tids største svindelsaker. Løgnindustrien B-D Y ble født i Tel Aviv i 1954. Hans familie kom som yktninger til Israel fra Jemen. Han har studert samfunnsfag, historie og jus. I 1984 begynte han sin karriere som journalist. Fra 2003 til 2014 var han debattredaktør i avisen Ma'ariv. Siden våren 2015 har Yemini vært journalist og kommentator i Yedioth Aharonoth, Israel største betalingsavis. Løgn- industrien Et korrektiv til det falske bildet av Israel Ben-Dror Yemini 4 MIFF Løgn- industrien Et korrektiv til det falske bildet av Israel En løs allianse av sosialister, islamister og post- nasjonalister bygger opp et falskt bilde av Israel som verdens farligste monster. En israelsk veteranjournalist avslører denne løgnindustrien og plasserer løgnerne i skammekroken. Ben-Dror Yemini Med Israel for fred KAPITTEL TITTEL 1 Forsidebilde: Bildet ble tatt i Seoul 6. januar 2009, under en demonstrasjon mot «israelsk massakre i Gaza». Løgnindustrien har også en avdeling i Korea. (Foto: leftmedia, Creative Commons, flickr) © 2015 MIFF Forlag Originalens tittel på hebraisk: Løgnindustrien. Forfatter: Ben-Dror Yemini Oversettelse fra hebraisk til norsk: Karin Abraham Korrektur: Matilde Jensen-Brandal, Simon Szajnfeld, Sondre Frøyland Svenseid og Conrad Myrland Omslag, design og layout: Atle Hansen, Oslo Trykk: John Grieg AS Boken er satt med Adobe Garamond Pro og Caecilia Lt Std ISBN 978-82-7129-329-1 1. opplag 2.000 Det må ikke kopieres fra denne bok i strid med åndsverkloven eller avtaler om kopiering inngått med Kopinor. Kopiering i strid med norsk lov eller avtale kan medføre erstatningsansvar og inndragning, og kan straffes med bøter eller fengsel. MIFF Forlag er en del av organisasjonen Med Israel for fred (MIFF). Med Israel for fred Pb 9101 3006 Drammen E-post: [email protected] Nettsted: www.miff.no Tlf. 41 17 67 80 Innhold Takk ........................................................................................................... 5 Forord ........................................................................................................ 9 1. En håndbok til løgn ............................................................................. 19 2. Homogenisering som norm og legenden om nakbaen.......................... 33 3. Støtten til befolkningsforflytning......................................................... 55 4. Særtrekk ved den israelsk-arabiske konflikten...................................... 71 5. Omskrivning av historien..................................................................... 93 6. Ondskap og dobbeltmoral.................................................................. 105 7. En målestokk på lidelse...................................................................... 113 8. Finnes retten til retur?........................................................................ 123 9. Folkemordet som ikke skjedde............................................................ 143 10. Den jødiske nakbaen........................................................................ 169 11. Den arabiske apartheid..................................................................... 205 12. Legenden om Auschwitz................................................................... 223 13. Israelske arabere............................................................................... 239 14. Løgnen om apartheid........................................................................261 15. Menneskerettigheter......................................................................... 277 16. Barnemorderne................................................................................. 295 17. Freden og dens fiender...................................................................... 309 18. Intellektuell autisme......................................................................... 355 19. Den rødgrønne koalisjonen ............................................................. 373 20. En plattform for oppildning til hat.................................................. 399 21. Det jødiske folkets nasjonalstat.........................................................431 Etterord.................................................................................................. 451 4 Takk Det var en vanlig kveld i New York, 18. oktober 2009. Jeg hadde fullført et foredrag på rundt 40 minutter da en høy, imponerende, eldre mann hen- vendte seg til meg. «I morgen», sa han, «blir en artikkel jeg har skrevet trykket i New York Times. Den er skrevet mye på grunn av deg. Jeg var overrasket og spurte om hvem jeg hadde æren av å snakke med. Han sa han het Robert Bern- stein. «Men kall meg Bob», la han til. Han foreslo at vi skulle treffes til lunsj. Det ringte en bjelle. Dette var mannen som opprettet Human Rights Watch (HRW), den største menneskerettighetsorganisasjon i verden. Året før hadde jeg skrevet flere artikler med kritikk av ulike publikasjoner og forvrengninger fra organisasjonen. Et øyeblikk trodde jeg at Bernstein var ute etter å irette- sette meg og konfrontere meg med bevis som tilbakeviste påstandene mine. Dagen etter hastet jeg til nærmeste aviskiosk for å kjøpe en avis og lese artikkelen.1 Igjen ble jeg overrasket. Bernstein rettet skarp kritikk mot organi- sasjonen han selv hadde opprettet. Det var en viktig artikkel. Vi møttes dagen etter. «Da jeg leste påstandene dine, fortalte han, håpet jeg at du tok feil. Men det viste seg at kritikken din var rettmessig. Det var en av årsakene til at jeg publiserte denne artikkelen. Jeg ba om å få treffe deg», fortsatte han, «fordi du er nødt til å skrive en bok». Det var ikke bare en overraskelse, det var også et kompliment. Bernstein hadde i flere tiår vært administrerende direktør i Random House, et av de mest velrenommerte, om ikke dét mest velrenom- merte, forlaget i USA. Jeg trengte ikke lang tid på å bli overtalt. Selvsagt ikke, med tanke på at mannen som oppfordret meg, var samme person som, i årenes løp, utallige forfattere hadde sendt manuskripter til. Jeg hadde mine tvil om at artiklene mine, og særlig den undersøkende journalistikken, kunne brukes som grunn- lag for en bok. Bernstein avgjorde saken. «Det du skriver der», sa han, «er både godt underbygget og polemisk. Når du har klart å overtale meg til å 1 «Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast», New York Times 19. oktober 2009. TAKK 5 skrive imot organisasjonen jeg selv opprettet, er det selvsagt at budskapet ditt burde nå ut til langt flere mennesker.» Derfor går den første takken til Bernstein. Boken dere nå leser, er et resul- tat av dette møtet. Vi holdt kontakten. Jeg samlet materiale, jeg utvidet bred- den i undersøkelsene mine, men jeg ble forsinket i publiseringen av boken. Jeg hadde behov for mer tid, for mer materiale, flere undersøkelser. En spesiell takk går også til professor Amnon Rubinstein, tidligere utdan- ningsminister i Israel for partiet Meretz. De siste årene har han presset meg, igjen og igjen, til å skrive. Rubinstein er en av mine viktigste inspirasjonskil- der. En humanist, liberal, med en sjelden kombinasjon av kunnskap, originalt tankesett og sunn fornuft. Han tilhører den ekte fredsleiren, og i likhet med meg har han blitt skuffet over retningen mange av dem som hevder å kjempe for fred, har tatt. Også professor Ruth Gavison, professor Shlomo Avineri, professor Emmanuel Sivan, professor Alex Yakobson, professor Yossi Shain, dr. Gadi Taub og dr. Liav Orgad er del av grupper som står for dialog, og er en inspirasjon for meg. Takk også til den britiske historikeren Sir Martin Gilbert; som et resultat av dialogen mellom oss takket han meg i sin nyeste, viktige bok om jøder i muslimske land.2 Takk til professorene Benny Morris og Yossi Shain for kommentarene til kapitlene de leste. En spesiell takk rettes til Guy Maayan, en mann med mange talenter, for hjelp med research, for kommen- tarer, for bidraget til å gjøre denne boken mer akademisk verdig. Takk også til Adi Schwartz som leste, oppmuntret og redigerte. Og til mange venner for deres innspill og diskusjoner, oppmuntring og hjelp, gjennomlesing og kom- mentarer. Takk til alle som ville gi ut boken, særlig forlagsfolkene ved Yedioth Aharonoth og forlagssjefen, Dov Eichenwald. Takk også til stiftelsen ISEF og den særegne kvinnen som leder den, Nina Weiner, som hjalp meg med å søke et stipend for å skrive ut og redigere alle undersøkelsene.
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