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20 September 2010 By Jeff Gates
Keeping the “anti-Semitism” theme front-and-center
remains essential to advance the hate-monger’s
narrative with the assistance of mainstream media. Thus the Anti-Defamation League criticized the
current cover of Time magazine for what ADL
President Abe Foxman suggested was a portrayal of
Israelis as more interested in making money than in
striking a peace accord with the Palestinians. The article highlighted Israel’s booming real
estate market and the pleasure Israelis are taking in
late-Summer vacations. Nevertheless, according to Foxman: “The insidious
subtext of Israeli Jews being obsessed with money
echoes the age-old anti-Semitic falsehood that Jews
care about money above any other interest, in this
case achieving peace with the Palestinians.” Foxman insisted that Managing Editor Richard
Stengel issue an apology to readers both for the
timing of the article and for calling up old
anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jews and money. As if right on cue, the next day filmmaker Michael
Moore jumped into the Islamic Cultural Center debate,
arguing that the center should not be near the 911
site but inside it as a way for Muslims to recover
their religion from Islamic extremists. In his branded controversial style, Moore could
have left it at that. Instead, he used his assured
media profile to relate an account of George
Washington’s wish to see Jews receive equal rights. Impressionistic Warfare From a psy-ops perspective, the subject matter is
secondary to the impressions left with the public. The
imbedding of imagery and emotion is the strategic
purpose of much of what you see. For instance, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, speaking to
ABC’s “This Week,” said on September 12th
that the controversy over the site of an Islamic
Cultural Center has heightened concerns among Muslims
of rising anti-Muslim sentiment, saying he felt there
was “growing Islamophobia in this country.” That’s a foreseeable result of creating widely
shared impressions that foster and sustain widely
shared beliefs that, in turn, are kept intact with
emotional triggers. That’s how the hate-monger
narrative progresses in plain sight. When waging war in the shared field of
consciousness, the most powerful weapon is often the
power of association. Michael Moore’s film success
shows how it’s done. In his popular Fahrenheit 911, he deployed
impressionistic “weaponry” to associate the war in
Iraq with “Bush Oil.” How was that done? He showed on
film that one of the several dozen siblings of Osama
bin Laden served on the board of advisers to the
Carlyle Group, an investment banking firm in
Washington, D.C. Also serving on that board was former president
George H.W. Bush, the father of George W. Bush.
Therefore, by the power of association, the war in
Iraq was for “Bush Oil.” Storylines don’t need to
true, just plausible. The point of psy-ops is not
reality but credibility. Impressions gain the traction required to advance a
storyline—in plain sight. Consensus beliefs create and sustain a narrative—in
plain sight. Psy-ops succeed when they attract enough eyeballs
to misdirect the public’s attention—in plain sight. Fahrenheit 911 was produced by Miramax, a
Disney subsidiary. Miramax co-chairman Harvey
Weinstein loudly claimed that Disney reneged on its
promise to distribute Moore’s film. Disney chief
executive Michael Eisner objected—just as loudly. The high profile sparing between these two
Hollywood titans dragged on for months in mainstream
media. By the time the film was released, the interest
generated by this “dispute” ensured that Moore’s film
opened on a record number of screens for a
“documentary.” At virtually no cost, that public relations ploy
helped ensure an international audience for a film
that discredited not only the U.S. but also the office
of the president. In its practical effect,
the Moore film helped ensure there was virtually no
mention of how key Zionist goals were advanced by this
war—in plain sight. Real-time Terror Meanwhile, September 12 news reports highlighted
the extradition to France from Egypt of a terrorist
who reportedly planned to bomb an Israel Defense
Forces event in Paris. Noticeably absent were facts
about the timeframe of this threat or even when the
arrest was made. That account provided an opportunity for the chief
of French intelligence to make a high profile
announcement that the risk of a terrorist attack on
France “has never been higher.” This week, the French
Senate is scheduled to vote a ban on wearing Islamic
veils known as burgas, a vote certain to reinforce
The Clash of Civilizations as the consensus
narrative Also on September 12, the leader of Shin Bet
announced in Tel Aviv: “Hamas forces in Gaza and the
West Bank are engaged in an effort to foil peace
talks.” Israel’s domestic security chief told cabinet
ministers “threats are due to increase in the near
future, as diplomatic developments occur…This isn’t
just an estimate but is supported by real
intelligence.” Unmentioned in this volatile mix is the psychology
of the hate monger. The purveyors of hate routinely
project onto their opponents both their own
personality traits (hatred) and, as here, their
anticipated agenda. This announcement is far more
likely to mean that Shin Bet will stage provocations
designed to make it appear that Hamas is the
instigator of violence. For the Zionist agenda to continue in plain sight,
peace must be avoided no matter what the cost.
Disruption of the peace process, in turn, must
plausibly be the work of others. The hate monger must
appear to be hated; the aggressor must plausibly
appear to be the victim. Thus the need to portray as anti-Semitic (a hater)
those who document the dynamics of how hate-mongers
induce hate—in plain sight. The Assassination of Bibi
Netanyahu Should we see a revival of the U.S. national
security apparatus, we will also see a push back
against the right-wing extremist coalitions that have
long ruled Israel. However, any resistance to the
Zionist agenda runs the risk that Israel’s masters of
game theory warfare will collapse another government. That’s how Tel Aviv responded when in June 1963,
President John F. Kennedy pressured David Ben-Gurion
for inspections of Israel’s nuclear facility at Dimona.
This young president sought to ensure that the
Zionists of that era did not start a nuclear arms race
in the Middle East. He foresaw what we now see. Before JFK’s strongly worded letter could be
physically delivered, Ben-Gurion resigned citing
undisclosed personal reasons. By the time a
replacement governing coalition was in place and fully
functional, the Kennedy problem had been handled. In the parlance of national security, that’s called
an entropy strategy. Fast-emerging circumstances suggest the likelihood
of a similar strategy, particularly should there
emerge any prospect of peace with the Palestinians. As
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman candidly
put it, peace is impossible: “not next year and not
for the next generation.” Should “Bibi” pressure his fragile governing
coalition for an extension of the “temporary partial
freeze” on settlements, members of his nationalist
government could withdraw, collapsing the government.
Key members of the coalition signaled their intentions
on September 12th by announcing that any
extension of the freeze will end the Netanyahu
government. On September 13th, four Likud Party
members threatened to withdraw budget support if the
freeze is extended. That threat was issued as
Netanyahu departed for peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh
with Palestinian leaders and U.S. Secretary of State
Clinton. The recurring possibility of governmental collapse
has long given Tel Aviv leverage over peace talks
sought by the U.S. That era may soon draw to a close
if our national security apparatus is now guiding U.S.
foreign policy. To date, our elected officials have
proven themselves unable to navigate through the
manipulations often deployed by Israel to stymie
agreement on the terms of a peace accord. Tel Aviv knows the power that the perception of
political vulnerability offers in negotiations. When
the game theory dynamics of Israeli psy-ops are fully
grasped, that leverage will quickly dissipate as
negotiators realize they have long been manipulated.
That makes the duplicity personal. The key barrier to realization is the fast-fading
belief among policy-makers in the U.S. and the E.U.
that Israel is an ally and a friend rather than a
sophisticated foe skilled at using deception to
leverage its small numbers to great effect. Though collapse is one possible strategy, Bibi may
instead be assassinated. The threads of a plausible storyline were laid in a
September 9th article on Haaretz.com where
he was compared to French president Charles de Gaulle
against whom French nationalists staged numerous
assassination attempts. Either approach would inject enough entropy into
the peace process to sustain the Palestinian conflict
and extend the occupation yet again. Either strategy would strengthen the hand of the
hate-mongers as settlers build another 19,000 homes
and U.S. legislators continue to pretend that the
Zionist state is a victim of anti-Semitism rather than
a serial agent provocateur. |