Today's Independent provides a classic example of the anti-Israel lobby thesis morphing seamlessly into the classic antisemitic Jewish power motif.
The article, by Rupert Cornwell, is ostensibly about the resignation of Charles Freeman as head of the National Intelligence Council. It is headlined: " 'Israel lobby' blamed as Obama's choice for intelligence chief quits".
The opening paragraph, however, morphs the 'Israel lobby' into "the Jewish lobby". It begins: "Fears over the Jewish lobby's excess influence on US foreign policy flared anew yesterday...".
It goes on to quote from Charles Freeman himself: "declaring he had fallen victim to what he [Freeman] called the 'Israel lobby' ". Next, Cornwell tells us that Freeman's thesis "exactly reflect the thesis of" Walt & Mearshemier's book "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy" about the malign impact of "the Jewish state's supporters".
Cornwell then quotes Stephen Walt on the Freeman episode and Walt's words are placed in a highlights sidebar, "For all of you who questioned if there was a powerful 'Israel lobby', think again". The article ends by recalling that, "Pat Buchanan, a right-wing commentator and erstwhile presidential candidate, once described Capitol Hill as 'Israeli-occupied territory' ".
So, there we have it then. The Independent's correspondent Rupert Cornwell knows better than Freeman, Walt and (even) Pat Buchanan. This isn't all about the "Israel lobby", its all about "the Jewish lobby".
Egyptian Cleric Muhammad Hussein Ya'qoub: The Jews are the Enemies of Muslims Regardless of the Occupation of Palestine; 'Believe That We Will Fight, Defeat, and Annihilate Them, Until Not a Single Jew Remains on the Face of the Earth'
"If the Jews left Palestine to us, would we start loving them? Of course not. We will never love them. Absolutely not. The Jews are infidels - not because I say so, and not because they are killing Muslims, but because Allah said: 'The Jews say that Uzair is the son of Allah, and the Christians say that Christ is the son of Allah. These are the words from their mouths. They imitate the sayings of the disbelievers before. May Allah fight them. How deluded they are.' It is Allah who said that they are infidels.
"Your belief regarding the Jews should be, first, that they are infidels, and second, that they are enemies. They are enemies not because they occupied Palestine. They would have been enemies even if they did not occupy a thing. Allah said: 'You shall find the strongest men in enmity to the disbelievers [sic] to be the Jews and the polytheists.' Third, you must believe that the Jews will never stop fighting and killing us. They [fight] not for the sake of land and security, as they claim, but for the sake of their religion: 'And they will not cease fighting you until they turn you back you're your religion, if they can.'
"This is it. We must believe that our fighting with the Jews is eternal, and it will not end until the final battle - and this is the fourth point. You must believe that we will fight, defeat, and annihilate them, until not a single Jew remains on the face of the Earth."
"As For You Jews - The Curse of Allah Upon You... You Pigs of the Earth! You Kill the Muslims With That Cold Pig [Blood] Of Yours"
"It is not me who says so. The Prophet said: 'Judgment Day will not come until you fight the Jews and kill them. The Jews will hide behind stones and trees, and the stones and tree will call: Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him - except for the Gharqad tree, which is the tree of the Jews.' I have heard that they are planting many of these trees now.