Kennedy, Epstein, AIPAC, Mossad, and more
BY: JACK JURSNICH
Opinions Editor
I’ve been seeing too many people being called antisemites just for being critical of Israel’s influence, and based on the criticisms I’ve read, I find these convictions absurdly misleading but also revealing. As a disclaimer, I will be talking about the foreign influence of Israel on American politics, and I want no one reading this to mistake me for being “antisemitic.”
I became skeptical of Israel’s influence last year, just before the election, when Congress passed a law to codify the definition for antisemitism. Republicans often clash with Democrats on laws restricting free speech, but they seemed suspiciously united on this one. Democrats mainly supported pro-Palestinian movements, so I thought there might be some conflict there, but no, both parties hopped on instantly. Weird.
Turn now to Thomas Massie, a congressman who is known for speaking out against Israel’s influence, specifically, exposing that everybody but him has an “AIPAC person.” AIPAC is Israel’s largest lobbying group and has made huge donations to both political parties. Massie says that basically every politician’s job is influenced by an “AIPAC person” – taking their money, saying what they’re told, doing what they’re told, voting by what they’re told, etc.
Recently, President Trump and Massie had a major spat in regards to a recent CR bill. Massie voted against the CR, saying it would raise the debt ceiling, but Trump supposedly thought that keeping the government open would maintain his momentum. The split exposed their AIPAC benefits — Trump received $230 million, and Massie received zero. That’s funny, Trump also said he wants AIPAC to be the most powerful lobby. Massie was the only one voting against the bill and not influenced by AIPAC? Oh wait, and now Trump wants to primary Massie?
A couple weeks before this spat, the infamous Epstein files (phase one) dropped. Unfortunately, the files were nothing new and were still redacted, but during the release, all sides ignited online with claims of Israeli influence. The theory was pretty interesting, making connections of Epstein to Israeli intelligence (Mossad) by association to Robert Maxwell, while critics of the theory didn’t say much except call it “antisemitic,” which made me want to dig even more.
The newly released JFK files suggest Israel may have had some involvement with the CIA’s assassination of Kennedy. The motive was there: he was against Israel’s nuclear program, and he wanted AZC (precursor to AIPAC) to register under FARA (Foreign Agents Registrations Act). After Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon Johnson stepped in as president, reversed Kennedy’s Israeli-nuclear stance and increased aid to Israel. Today, aid to Israel has gotten exponentially bigger, and AIPAC still has not registered under FARA.
Now that the genie is out of the bottle, should I list a few more? Look up Israel’s involvement on September 11th. Look up the 2001 Israeli “art students.” Look up the Dancing Israelis. Look up the USS Liberty. There’s probably a lot more I haven’t listed yet, but do I really have to keep going to just get the question out? What is up with Israel? I encourage everyone to do their own research for all of this, but just be aware that you might be called “antisemitic” for no reason.
Like I said before, I don’t wanna be seen as “antisemitic”, and I also don’t want anyone else to either just for asking questions. Anyone with a brain can look at these theories and get suspicious over them, but what’s more suspicious is the conviction thrown at all these people asking innocent questions. Even Jewish people will be called “self-hating jew” for just asking the same things. All I’m asking for is for something other than insults. Give me some other explanation than what these facts suggest, and if it makes sense then maybe I’ll listen.
No wonder so many kids are being radicalized into little terrorists, hating Israel and calling for an “intifada.” The table’s been flipped, and Israel’s best defense is “sToP hAtInG jEwS.” Nobody who’s any of this seriously, actually hates Jews, but a lot of this provocation is understandable since it’s meant to poke the bear behind all these theories. If the goal is to stop people from criticizing Israel, then maybe give us a reason to like you. I’m not blind to the propaganda and the Israel shills, but I am optimistic that the new administration will have some accountability. The culture shift and the recent drop of Kennedy files opened up some light to the mainstream, but for now, Israel needs to sit down and cool it with the “antisemitic” remarks.
