Israel, a rogue state or controlling power

I recently spent a very warm, sunny day in the company of a young Irish woman, just sitting back, relaxing and thinking about life in general. Now the young lady in question is in her late 20's, very attractive and very highly educated, She is not however, the sort of woman, who would ever waste her time on daydreaming or conspiracy theories. Yet as we ordered our coffee and cake, we began to sum up the past years and couldn't help wondering what sort of world allows politicians who would otherwise (in a sane world) be convicted of War crimes, to decide the fate of a nation or nations currently their victims.

We began with 9/11, the blackest day in American history. Innocent people lost their lives and even today, rescuers are still suffering from the smoke and mainly dust inhalation. Everybody there in the US and indeed around the world were in mourning, there was also a feeling of collective helplessness. The world and indeed America changed after that terrible event.

Next thing to come to mind was the invasion/war in Iraq, Mr Bush & Mr Blair openly declared that Saddam, was holding weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's)and the world was to be convinced that he was both mad and bad, enough to use them against us all.
Bush & Blair set out to get approval from the UN to invade Iraq, seek out the WMD's and bring Saddam to justice. Well it wasn't to be, (the approval that is). So Mr Bush and his poodle friend Mr Blair, decided to go ahead anyway and invade Iraq, despite the fact that they were clearly breaking the law. But then who cares? this is America and the UK. After much consideration the UN finally came on board (as Bush put it). Countless millions have been killed on both sides, military and civilian, young and old, even the unborn are not spared. Yet, to this very day NO WMD's have been found!

OK next, Bush leaves the pentagon and the free worlds great hope for the future Mr O Bama takes his place, along with all sorts of promises, like peace in the Middle East (M.E.)etc.

O Bama is now in his second year in office, and still the USA is active in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, more and more innocent victims are killed and recently, the amount of US & UK soldiers killed has been at it's highest since the initial invasion. By the way, still no sign of WMD's.

Then we debated Haiti, which was the scene of absolute devastation, thousands were killed and thousands more made homeless. America was there to assist, even dragging the bodies of Clinton and Bush in from cold storage, to act as some sort of poster boys, for all that is good about America, when it comes to helping others. It was almost sickening to watch two Ex-Presidents trying their collective best to somehow make up for their sordid past.
However what must surely count as an even greater blasphemy was the fact that Israel sent rescue teams from the IDF to assist in Haiti, despite the fact that Israel controls the biggest open air concentration camp since the Nazi era.
Many in Human rights circles saw this action, as Israel simply, stepping over the dead and murdered Palestinians to gain favor with the USA and of course to get world opinion on their side. Lets face it, the worlds media was pointed directly at Haiti.

So what has been achieved since January 12th 2010, almost now six months later and the people of Haiti are more or less no better off. Recent rain storms gave concern for human rights groups and NGO's, because the people are still to this day, living in tents and reconstruction has barely begun.
Yet, if we look back at this terrible time in Haiti's history, we can recall the following facts. The US army moved in after what seemed to be a life time of decision making (or possibly PR time), then when eventually the troops landed, they took control of the airport and secured the current President of Haiti.
When real help arrived (Doctors without Borders for example) they were denied entry to Haiti airport, instead the mighty US decided to allow visiting dignitaries, like Mrs Clinton, evangelists and of great importance to the suffering people of Haiti, John Travolta in his private jet.

We paused to consider the stupidity of the whole situation, including the alleged attempted abduction of Haitian children, which were to be taken to the US.

After a few minutes to collect our thoughts, we moved on to the situation in Palestine (no surprise there), finally it seems the world looked in the direction of Israel, now when I say the world, I actually mean the UN. But this wasn't some collective awakening, It was the result of the murderous attack on the defenseless people of Gaza, which took place in late 2008 and continued for about three weeks into 2009.

To make Israel look and feel better about killing children and babies, this massacre was given the title Cast Lead. It was actually not as described, A war, instead it was the full scale slaughter of innocent women, children and men who just happened to be walled in by Israel, in what can only be described as a big open air concentration camp. It was described by one commentator as, like shooting fish in a barrel, this was an exact description, because the civilian population had NO WHERE to go when the inhuman shelling began. Israel claimed to give notice to civilians when they were going to shell a certain area of Gaza, however like the fish in the barrel, they had no option in most cases but to go to their local school or UN post/warehouse for protection. Israel however did not abide by ANY human rights laws when it came to who and what they considered as legitimate targets.
The world showed their disapproval and an international Investigation was declared as the way to go, this investigation became known as the Goldstone report. However with the help of the USA, this report was shelved and Mrs Clinton herself took great pride in stating clearly that it would stay shelved at an AIPAC conference in late 2009 - early 2010. Never mind, Israel promised to hold an internal investigation instead (no surprise there!), and basically speaking the whole massacre of innocent men, women and children has to this day not been acted on in any way by the international community.

Human rights groups and individuals, now totally enraged by the lack of human compassion being show to the people of Palestine, began to organise themselves. They became the voice of Palestine and marched against the cruelty of Israel. These marches/demos took place in almost every country around the world, and certain governments (like the UK) for example, instructed the Police to ensure that order was kept. In a very disapproving and heavy handed way the protesters were marshaled all the way through the streets and cities of the UK, most recently very harsh sentencing way handed out to several protesters by the courts for what would otherwise be considered as minor infractions, by otherwise law abiding individuals, with no prior criminal records. This was seen by the human Rights community as the British governments attempt at blocking the right to protest in the UK.
Whilst this was going on in the UK, other countries allowed protesters to show their disapproval openly, as was the case in Ireland. There were even attempts to have leaders of the Israeli state arrested in the UK, two members of the Israeli state were due to visit London, however they somehow got the word that action had been taken in the courts to have them arrested for War Crimes. The last action of the Labour government in the UK was to try to avert any further possibility of visiting Israeli heads of state being arrested.

Finally, the human rights community of the world decided that, if the collective governments wouldn't do anything to help the Palestinians and break the on-going ILLEGAL siege of Gaza, then they themselves would. Viva Palestina attempted to break the siege several times by both land and sea. They were successful on occasions by land until Egypt (under direction from Israel and the US) denied further access via land.

Then came the Freedom Flotilla, an attempt by 9 or 10 vessels from the UK, Ireland, Turkey and other European countries to collectively break the siege and deliver badly needed goods to the people of Gaza.
Now keep in mind that for almost 3 years Israel has denied the people of Gaza any outside assistance and barely allowed enough aid from Israel to enter Gaza, to actually keep the population alive. There is even evidence that food stuffs were measured out to only provide the minimum required to keep people from total starvation. Israel, in the meantime denied any occupation of Gaza, citing the problems in Gaza as being totally the fault of Hamas (the democratically elected government).
The Freedom Flotilla headed by the Turkish IHH vessel the Mavi Mamara, was on their way to break the siege, when they were intercepted by the Israeli Navy and members of the IDF. Nine Human Rights activists on-board were murdered by the Israeli state in INTERNATIONAL waters and evidence recently emerged to clearly show, that the Israeli Navy/IDF had planned to kill certain targets on-board the vessel. The attack actually took place almost at the very moment the call for morning prayer went out to the people on the vessel. What is without doubt is that the victims on the vessel were murdered in a hit man style attack and further proof has come to show that the Israeli Navy actually fired live rounds BEFORE boarding the vessel, which Israel initially denied. Eight of those murdered were Fathers, with in some cases several children. The ninth person murdered was a 19 year old American / Turkish man who was shot several times in the face, head and rear of the skull.

Again an International investigation was called for, and Yet again the US has managed to veto any chance of this investigation becoming a reality.
Guess what, America has again backed Israel to do it's own internal investigation, and the other so called world leaders standby almost idle, as again Israeli commits Murder. The UN did the usual posturing and called for the siege to be lifted and a full investigation, BUT to NO avail.

Israel decides to bring in impartial witnesses to oversee the internal investigation and then informs the UN, that these witnesses may NOT be allowed to see all relevant information, as this would be against the interests of the state of Israel. Add to this that at least on of these impartial witnesses is a know sympathiser of the Zionist state. I am referring to Lord David Trimble, former leader of the UUP (Ulster Unionist Party), who was described by Netanyahu as an impartial Irish witness.

Let us get things straight, Lord Trimble is neither Irish nor impartial, He is British and a former member (if no longer current) of Unionist members of Friends of Israel. The unionist parties in the north of Ireland have for many years been supporters of the state of Israel, a fact which can even today be confirmed by cruising Face book and other such sites.

Furthermore Blair is now handling the situation in Gaza, in real terms this means that a war criminal is assisting another war criminal (Israel). That is a bit like giving the American President a Nobel peace prize for continuing the illegal war started by his predecessor. OH hold on that already happened!

Conspiracy theorists may on occasion be shunned by society as freaks with active imaginations, however along with the current bank bailouts and increased taxation, one can't help thinking, is there really a secret new world order? and are we merely pawns in a process whereby the leaders of this world are looking after their own collective interests regardless of the cost, both in human lives and finances.

Call a CAB to deal with Israel

It is not often you will see or hear that I have good words to say about almost all governments, However there are times when by mistake or indeed dire necessity a government will bring forward or enact a law, which can actually work.

The Irish government brought together a very well thought out law several years ago now, to deal with the criminal elements in this country. Effectively the law sought to freeze the bank accounts of those either under investigation, or already convicted of serious crimes. Thus far it seems to be working very well indeed. They even set up a specialist unit within or associated with the Gardai (Irish Police), It was to be known as CAB (The Criminal Assets Bureau).

Simplistically put, a gangland leader sells drugs in Ireland, he is caught in the act or after lengthy investigation, The Gardai pass their information over to the CAB, who in turn freeze the assets of said criminal. What follows is an investigation into the criminal's finances, Homes, vehicles, investments and money etc. which are all seized. In the event said criminal is convicted the state has the legal right to take all assets, except those legally acquired.

Now despite all the rhetoric from the Irish government, regarding the false passport issue and indeed the illegal seizure of the personal goods (laptops, cameras, credit cards etc.) of Irish citizens on board the M.V. Rachel Corrie and indeed the theft of the vessel itself, nothing at all has been done! NOTHING!

Now keep in mind that almost all countries around the world, except the good old US of A and Israel itself, have publicly demanded an international investigation into the Murders and the thefts of vessels and belongings. Almost all countries condemned Israel's actions as illegal, including the Irish government.

So here is my question, why hasn't the Irish government ordered CAB to seize all bank accounts and property in Ireland, belonging to the state of Israel?
After all, all the actions taken by Israel, as mentioned above are almost universally recognised as ILLEGAL, or if you like criminal acts against the state of Ireland. If the Irish government were to take this action, it would then without doubt, lead to an international investigation into the incidents mentioned.

There are no changes to be made to the constitution of this country, nor does any law need to be updated, the law is there, just waiting to be enforced.