A Br ie f Hi st or y Of U S-Isra el R el at i ons How Zionists Outmaneuvered and Replaced State Department Eperts ! "y Am"# Andrew I# $ill%ore &ourtesy' ()e &ounter *unc) + ,ovem"er . /012. 3as)in%ton D&. Sri 4an5a 6uardian7 Alison 3eir writes at t)e "e%innin% of )er "o o5. A%ainst Our Better 8ud%me nt' ()e )idden )isto ry of )ow t)e U#S# was used to create Israel. t)at w)ile many people are led to "elieve t)at U#S# support for Israel is driven "y t)e American esta"lis)ment and U#S# national interests. facts do not support t)at "elief# ()e reality is t)at w)ile for decades almost all U#S# eperts opposed Israel and its foundin%. t)ey were outmaneu vered and eventually replaced "y Zionists# *olitical Zionism started in t)e late 1900s as an international movement to esta"lis) a 8ewis) state somew)ere in t)e world# By 19:; t)e movement was led "y Austrian <ournalist ( )eodor Her=l . w)o convened t)e > irst Zionist 3orl d &on%ress in Ba sel. Swit=erland t)e same year# U#S# Zionism "e%an in t)e 1990s# ()e Board of Dele%ates ofAmerican Isr aelites was or %ani=ed in 19?1# ( )e %roup was s tron% enou%) du rin% t)e
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American &ivil 3ar to "loc5 an effort "y t)e Union to declare America a &)ristian
nation#
In 199; *resident 6rover &leveland appointed a 8ewis) am"assador to (ur5ey.
esta"lis)in% a precedent for namin% a 8ew to t)at post for t)e net @0 years# ()is
represented t)e %rowin% power of t)e Zionist movement# But in 1:1/. w)en t)e Zionist4iterary Society as5ed *resident 3illiam (aft for an endorsement. Secretary of State
*)ilander $no was a"le to t)wart t)e effort# $no ar%ued t)at Zionism related to t)e
interests of countries ot)er t)an our own#
But after $no. simply every American official )as opposed Zionist efforts to involve
t)e United States on t)e same %rounds' t)e efforts are a%ainst t)e interests of t)e
United States# ()e Zionists were and are aware of t)is. so t)ey always resorted to
secrecy to conceal t)eir real aims#
In 1:1/ t)e prominent U#S# attorney 4ouis Brandeis "ecame )ead of t)e Zionist &entral
office. w)ic) )ad moved from Berlin. 6ermany a little w)ile "efore# Brandeis is "etter
5nown as a Supreme &ourt 8ustice. "ut )e played a sinister role in
alison weir "oo5)i%) Zionist affairs# He recruited youn% lawyers. particularly from
Harvard. to wor5 for t)e Zionist cause# He was a leader of a secret society called t)e
*arus)im to wor5 for Zionism wit) all t)e outward appearance of simply a fraternal
order# Eac) mem"er too5 a practically "lood oat) to secretly wor5 for Zionism#
3)en Brandeis was appointed to t)e Supreme &ourt "y *resident 3oodrow 3ilson )eofficially resi%ned from all )is clu"s and affiliations# But t)is was only for s)ow# 3eir
Cuotes )istorian<ournalist Donald ,eff' ()rou%) )is lieutenants )e remained t)e
power "e)ind t)e t)rone# One of t)ese lieutenants was t)e well-re%arded Supreme
3eir very astutely and "rilliantly covers 3orld 3ar One and t)e Balfour Declaration
+Britain promisin% to support a national )ome for 8ews in *alestine7# ()e
Declaration was critical for Zionism success wit) t)e reason "e)ind it. Zionisms
promise to wor5 for t)e U#S# to enter t)e war on Britains side# Aut)or Alison 3eir writes t)at w)et)er t)e Zionist role in %ettin% America into t)e war was ma<or. as t)e
Zionists claim. and t)e Britis) "elieved. is unclear#
In one of )er Cuoted references &)aim 3ei=mann. w)o later "ecame t)e first president
of Israel. complains in )is auto"io%rap)y a"out t)e Britis)Zionist myt) t)at )e
invented (,(. t)e reward for w)ic) was t)e Balfour Declaration# He said )e did not
invent t)e eplosive# ()e ori%in of t)e (,( myt) was an o"vious attempt to cover up
Britains real reason for issuin% t)e declaration. w)ic) clearly was to %et America into
t)e war on Britains side. wit)out w)ic) s)e would )ave lost t)e war#
Fs# 3eirs covera%e of t)e 1:1: *eace &onference in *aris is ecellent# ()e &onference
was rife wit) Zionists ar%uin% for t)e 8ewis) state# ()e most prominent American
opposin% t)em was Dr# Howard Bliss. president of t)e Syrian *rotestant &olle%e. latert)e American University of Beirut# *resident 3ilson did send t)e $in%-&rane
&ommission to study w)at t)e Fiddle Easterners wanted# ()e two men found t)at t)e
Ara"s were utterly a%ainst t)e national )ome idea# It was clear t)at t)e 8ewis)
representatives wanted a nearly complete dispossession of t)e *alestinians and t)at
armed force would "e reCuired to carry out Zionist aims#
()rou%)out 8ud%ment Alison 3eir clearly documents t)e total lac5 of et)ics and
morality. as %enerally understood. on t)e part of t)e Zionists# >or eample. t)ey
fa"ricated stories of %ross anti-Semitism in *oland to %ain sympat)y# 3)en t)e
American am"assador to *oland reported t)at t)ey were false. Brandeis and
dama%e to t)e U#S# Under Secretary of State +later Secretary7 Dean Ac)eson said t)at
to transform *alestine into a 8ewis) state would imperil not only American "ut all
3estern interests in t)e ,ear East#
8ud%ment is prodi%iously documented. wit) nearly /00 "oo5s and papers listed# 3eir
Cuotes two sources. one of t)em an IraCi 8ew. as writin% t)at t)e Zionists terrori=edIraCi 8ews into %oin% to Israel "y plantin% "om"s in Ba%)dad syna%o%ues. all to
increase t)e population of Israel# 8ews even 5illed 8ews to force immi%ration to Israel#
In 1:29 t)ere was a "attle "etween Secretary of State +6eneral7 6eor%e Fars)all and
&lar5 &lifford. political adviser to *resident Harry (ruman. over (rumans support for
ZionismIsrael# Fars)all ar%ued for national interests. w)ile &lifford ar%ued for
electoral politics# Fars)all Cuit spea5in% to &lifford over t)eir differences#
In April 1:29. <ust "efore t)e State of Israel was esta"lis)ed. 8ewis) terrorists attac5ed
t)e *alestinian villa%e of Deir Gassin. massacrin% 1; men. women and c)ildren# ()e
facts spread Cuic5ly in *alestine and ;0.000 refu%ees fled from t)eir )omes# ()e
Zionists )ad anticipated t)e fli%)t. leavin% room for 8ews in t)e evacuated )omes and
farms#
()e rut)lessness of t)e Zionists is illustrated "y t)e fate of Dorot)y ()ompson. one of
t)e most famous <ournalists of t)e /0t) century. accordin% to t)e Britannica
encyclopedia# Her columns were in newspapers all over t)e country. )er radio pro%ram
was )eard "y millions of people# S)e )ad "een married to one of t)e most famous
novelists +Ba""itt7. Sinclair 4ewis#
()ompson )ad at first supported Zionism. "ut c)an%ed )er mind w)en s)e saw
*alestinian refu%ees# ()en s)e was attac5ed as an anti-Semite. )er columns were
dropped from newspapers and )er spea5in% en%a%ements stopped# (oday. 3eir says.
S)e )as "een lar%ely erased from )istory#
,ow t)at Israel )as "een around for more t)an ?0 years and its virtues are sun% in t)e
American media. it is easy to for%et. or not even to )ave )eard. t)at t)e country is
etremely adverse to American national interests and its policies enormouslydestructive and dan%erous to Americas well-"ein%# ()us Alison 3eir must "e )i%)ly
commended for t)rowin% suc) a "rilliantly )ard li%)t on t)e relations)ip "etween t)e
United States and Israel# I )ope t)is marvelous "oo5 %ets all t)e attention it deserves#
Am"assador Andrew I# $ill%ore is t)e pu"lis)er of t)e 3as)in%ton Report on Fiddle
East Affairs and a retired diplomat w)o served as a career forei%n service officer in