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Page 3 of 3 Israel and Expansionist Society Israel was born in enmity. The British gave away a piece of land in the Middle east which was not theirs to give. The British have never faced up to the responsibility of what they did. The creation of Israel was by plunder, by force and ethnic cleansing, we know this now for certainty. The entire Arab world, rightly saw this act as an affront. They say that the creation of israel was yet another act of domination by the Imperial powers on their lands. The 1920s arbitrary creation of new States by drawing lines across the sands, broke up a unity of a single peoples. The creation of an alien people in the land now called Israel created a wedge within Arabia, which has disturbed the development of the entire area ever since. So the issue remains, how can the Jews of Israel make a safe land for their descendants while surrounded by enemies? This question is still as large now as it was in 1948. The answer is the Greater Middle East Policy of the USA. This is Israelis only hope of achieving this goal. And it is now clear that such a policy can only carried out by inflicting untold suffering across the Arabic world. The beginnings of such a policy are already in place. Israel has over the last two decade become part of the world’s experiment in global capitalism. Israel had begun its life as a form of democratic socialism, offering free health and education to its people over the last two decades. The work of Nitzan has shown how the israeli economy has been transformed into an American free capital movement economy, where the great multilateral Industries and banks have their home. In a word, Israel is already prepared to economically dominate the Middle East, should the way be opened politically. The Greater Middle East Policy is all about opening societies to Washington policy of free movement of capital.  A huge effort is made within the USA, by the Israeli State to control pro Israeli information. This effort is relatively easy in the main media, which are huge conglomerations of privately owned TV and newspapers tied in closely with America’s political elites. 
The smaller States like Jordan can be bullied into Israel friendly policies. Jordan is led by their Monarchy, who in turn are led by the ~IMF/World Bank. The free trade zone in Acaba requires all investing parties to find 10 to 20% of all their inputs from Israeli firms. This is small beer. The real goals are Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. Israel is now so unpopular across the Arabic world, that there is no way, that “democratic” societies could be persuaded to have financially open societies of free trade and free movement of capital with Israel. The war in Iraq, so popular in Israel, and some say led by Israel, can be seen in this light, as pro israeli policies. A peaceful pro American government in Iraq, who rebuild the Haifa Kirkuk pipeline, so hugely enriching Israel. Israeli capital would move in immediately, and a new stock exchange trading in capital would follow immediately. In a similar argument, the control of Iran must follow through a new invasion. There are many who argue, that the new Mullah millionaires would wish a deal with America, and would turn a blind eye to a deal with Israel over time. Pakistan might follow suit. Certainly the Pakistan armed forces might like such a policy. But with the Taliban in their Northern Hills behind them, a free capital movement, friendly Israeli policy seems far off just now. In brief Israel can only now produce friends in the long term by force of arms across the Middle East. Just now, the opposition seems to be growing, and the success of the Greater Middle East policy seems further away than ever. That will not stop Israel trying; she has no other policy on the ground, no friendly polices for her neighbours are even contemplated. The people of the Arab world can only look forward to more and more grief, as Israel tries to find ways to dominate the entire region. And all this is of course the final piece of the totalitarian jigsaw. Only a totalitarian government could contemplate such policies. One thing we can be sure about. As the faces change in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, all the isssues I have discussed here will not alter. The basic parameters are fixed, and that is because Israel is run by their military, and that is why so many of the Heads of States have been military men in their time. Conclusion Israel has all the aspects of a Totalitarian Society, In a horrifying manner she has replicated many of the key aspects of the society, Nazi Germany, from which Isrel justifies her existence. Israel has a huge military arsenal of weapons, it militarises its young population through long compulsory training, it uses its military forces to expand the land under its jurisdiction, it terrorises its subject and colonised populations, as it takes their land and destroys their economies. It own population is characterised by their racial blood and religious ties. It control flows of information especially within its own state, and with great effort in the USA. And finally, it is an expansionist State, an expansion that must take in the whole of the Arab world. None of this is an exact copy of Nazi Germany, but the close correlation is terrifying , and something all of us should not be frightened of acknowledging. I for one don’t believe any of this is viable, it cannot succeed. The valiant resistance of the Palestinian people lead the way for the whole of the Arab world. The day when Imperial armies could march across alien lands is gone. The new invading forces of Americans, Israelis and their shadows, the British and a few others, will fail. But in failing there will be huge suffering. People every will resist and that in the end must be the touchstone for all of us who look on with such horror at the Siege of Gaza and the Insurgency in Iraq. Roger van Zwanenberg is the Chairman and Publisher of Pluto Press in London
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