Re: Divestiture controversy

[Jim Farmelant <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 14:33:10 -0400 "Einde O'Callaghan"
<einde.ocallaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Louis Proyect wrote:
> >
> > Campus Collision on Israel
> > Campaign for Divestiture of Investments Stirs Debate on Bias,
> Academic
> > Freedom
> >
> > By Michael A. Fletcher
> > Washington Post Staff Writer
> > Saturday, October 12, 2002; Page A01
> >
> <snip>
>
> > "What this movement does is compare Israel to South Africa. That
> is
> > hideous," said Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the
> > Anti-Defamation League.
>
> Since the founding fathers of Zionism explicitly compared their
> enterprise with that of Cecil Rhodes there is nothing particularly
> grotesque about pointing the similarities out now. The only thing
> getting up the nose of the Zionists is that 100 years ago such
> politics
> was highly respectable, whereas now, quite rightly, such politics is
> unacceptable.
>
> Einde O'Callaghan
>

An interesting study of Zionist views on the forced transfer of
Arabs from Palestine can be found in *A Historical Survey of Proposals to
Transfer Arabs from Palestine 1895 - 1947* by
Rabbi Dr. Chaim Simons, which can be found online
at http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7854/index.html.

Also, of interest is Herzl's book *The Jewish State* which
can be found online, at
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/6640/zion/judenstaadt.html.

Chapter 3 - "The Jewish Company" should be of interest
in light of Einde's post.  Although Herzl makes no
mention of Rhodes (while in fact referring to both
the Panama Canal Company and the Suez Canal
Company) the similarities with Rhode's company
is rather striking.  I seem to recall reading somewhere,
that Herzl did correspond with Rhodes, and that he
sought out his support for his own scheme.

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