Breivik and Netanyahu

Posted on 19. Apr, 2012 by in Israel

What do Breivik and Netanyahu have in common?

By Alan Hart

Let’s start with a glance at what they do not have in common. The man now on trial for killing 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway last July has admitted, even boasted about, what he did. Netanyahu denies Zionism’s crimes.

The main thing they have in common stems from the fact that they both live in fantasy worlds of their own creation and talk a lot of extreme rightwing nonsense.

The nonsense Anders Breivik speaks is driven in general by his fears about the consequences for Norway of immigration and multiculturalism and, in particular, by his vision of an Islamic takeover.

The nonsense Netanyahu speaks is driven by his perception of Israel in danger of annihilation.

As he tells and sells it, the current biggest threat to Israel’s existence is, of course, Iran.  Arguably the single most ridiculous statement he has made to date on this subject was in 2006 when, as the chairman of Likud, he addressed a gathering of Jewish American organizations. He said then, “It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany.”

So what Breivik and Netanyahu have in common is, it seems to me, the mania of victimhood.

That’s a condition which Yehoshafat Harkabi, Israel’s longest serving Director of Military Intelligence, warned about in his book Israel’s Fateful Hour. After confirming a Zionist offer to do business with Nazi Germany on terms outlined in a proposed agreement which stated that Zionist forces would “take part in the war on Germany’s side,” (the full story is in my book), Harkabi wrote this:

“It is doubtful whether the long history of the Jews, full as it is with oddities and cruel ironies, has ever known such an attempt to make a deal with rabid enemies – of course, ostensibly for reasons of higher political wisdom… Perhaps, for peace of mind, we ought to see this affair as an aberrant episode in Jewish history. Nevertheless, it should alert us to how far extremists may go in times of distress, and where their manias may lead.”

We know where Breivik’s mania led him.

We can only speculate about where Netanyahu’s mania will lead his Israel. On present course its final destination seems to be disaster. The question is, will it be disaster only for the Zionist enterprise or disaster for the region and possibly the whole world?

Footnote

A generally accepted definition of mania (there are others) is “mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions and over activity.”

 

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2 Responses to “Breivik and Netanyahu”

  1. madpiltzer

    20. Apr, 2012

    Seriously?   The peoples of Europe are being systematically ethically cleans via mass immigration, destruction of family, intense promotion of homosexuality, and blatant discrimination by their governments.  Anders Breivik, witnessing the extermination of his people, was forced to act.  
    Bibi Netanyahu is actively involved in ethnically cleansing non-Jewish people from Palistine/Isreal; yet, he is claiming it’s the Jewish people under threat of annihilation. "Nazis… Nazis… Nazis… everywhere".
    Both do suffer from narcissism; but, the similarities stop their.   Bibi is more a deciple of the “Hitler” he so easily vilifies.  Breivik is more of a “Freedom Fighter” protecting his own.  
    Oddly, it’s the same “God’s Chosen People” ultimately responsible in the genocide going on in Europe and Palestine.  And, the backlash, as seen with Breivik, will only increase in frequency; because, violence (especially against children) is a desperate last resort in war.  
    This is a sad truth.

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  2. aubreyfarmer

    20. Apr, 2012

    Ty
    40). "Zionism was willing to sacrifice the whole of
    European Jewry for a Zionist State. Everything was done to
    create a state of Israel and that was only possible through a
    world war. Wall Street and Jewish large bankers aided the war
    effort on both sides. Zionists are also to blame for provoking
    the growing hatred for Jews in 1988." (Joseph Burg, The Toronto
    Star, March 31, 1988).

    41). "There is scarcely an event in modern history that
    cannot be traced to the Jews. We Jews today, are nothing else
    but the world's seducers, its destroyer's, its incendiaries."
    (Jewish Writer, Oscar Levy, The World Significance of the
    Russian Revolution).
    pe your comment here…

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