MORE ON THE TREACHERY OF NOAM CHOMSKY
(article 48), by Benjamin Merhav

For a zionist to admit that Israel is an apartheid state is no more than making a honest statement, namely, admitting the truth, the reality. From then on the options are obvious : chose to remain a racist by supporting the zionist apartheid regime, or oppose racism and therefore oppose that regime. Noam Chomsky has chosen to continue his support for that regime, thereby has chosen to remain racist , yet he refuses to admit that he is ! Furthermore, he is much more supportive of zionist racism than some Israeli zionists are.

Thus, for example, Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz editor for Arab affairs, has now admitted that Israel is an apartheid state, whereas Noam Chomsky still refuses to do so. Moreover, although a loyal zionist like Noam Chomsky, Danny Rubinstein is against the apartheid wall no matter where it would have been built, but Chomsky supports an apartheid wall had it been built on the Green Line.

The following cuttings from the Israeli zionist press report the recent statements by Danny Rubinstein. I got them today by email from Sadanand, Nanjundiah (Physics Earth Sciences). They read :

Ha'aretz editor: Israel is an apartheid state

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/103912.html

Ha'aretz editor slams Israel at U.N. conference
08/30/2007

The Arab affairs editor for the Israeli newsaper Ha'aretz, Danny
Rubinstein, told participants at a United Nations conference in Brussels
Thursday that Israel is an apartheid state.

"Today Israel is an apartheid state with different status for different
communities," Rubinstein said, according to observers at the event,
which is being held at the European Parlaiment. Observers also quoted
Rubenstein, a prominent columnist and member of the newsaper's editorial
board, as saying: "Hamas won the election of the international community
and Israel cannot ignore that." Rubinstein was one of the few Israelis speaking among a
sea of Palestinian activists at a United Nations conference entitled "International
Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestine Peace."
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3444320,00.html

Zionist Federation cancels Haaretz journalist
Columnist Danny Rubinstein reportedly likens Israel to apartheid South Africa
Yaakov Lappin 08.31.07 Israel News

The Zionist Federation of Great Britain has cancelled a scheduled appearance by Haaretz
columnist Danny Rubinstein, after he reportedly likened Israel to apartheid South Africa
during a UN conference in Brussels on Thursday.

According to a UN report, Rubinstein said that "Israel today was an apartheid State with
four different Palestinian groups: those in Gaza, East Jerusalem, the West Bank and
Israeli Palestinians, each of which had a different status."

The report quoted Rubinstein as condemning the security fence, saying that "even if the wall followed strictly the line of the pre-1967 border, it would still not be justified.The two peoples needed cooperation rather than walls because they must be neighbors."

On Friday, the Zionist Federation released a press release, saying "Rubinstein's
participation in this weekend's Zionist Federation conference in London has been cancelled by
mutual agreement."

"The ZF regularly holds meetings where a wide variety of views are expressed, and while
there is no question that Rubinstein has every right to express his views about Israel, it
was mutually agreed that his participation in the Zionist Federation conference became
untenable," the statement said.

Andrew Balcombe, Chairman of the ZF, said: "Criticism of Israeli policy is acceptable.
However, by using the word 'apartheid' in a UN conference held at the European Parliament,
Danny Rubinstein encourages the demonisation of Israel and the Jewish people. I believe
he was naïve to attend the UN conference."

Ynetnews was unable to reach Rubinstein for comment.

Adam Mouchtar, Director of Bnei Brith's European Union Affairs Office, attended the conference, and said he was "surprised and disappointed" by Rubinstein's comments. Earlier, he told Ynetnews: "This is a conference of Israel-haters," adding that delegates were clearly guided by a single agenda: "To prove that Israel is a racist apartheid state, and therefore Israel should be boycotted internationally, as South Africa was."

Rubinstein was also slammed for his comments by the Geneva-based UN Watch organization,headed by Hillel Neuer, which said in a statement, "That a leading Israeli journalist -presented by the UN as a member of the Haaretz editorial board - would participate and grant legitimacy to a Soviet-era enterprise born out of the 'Zionism is Racism' canard, whose sole aim is to assault Israel morally, legally and financially, was disturbing enough. But that he would full-throatedly join the jackals, calling Israel an 'apartheid state,'is a scandal."

(Emphasis added - B.M.)