The Dan David prize foundation awards three prizes of $1 million annually for "achievements of outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our world". Tony Blair received the award for "his exceptional leadership and steadfast determination in helping to engineer agreements and forge lasting solutions to areas in conflict". Hmmmm. Let's read that again:
"His exceptional leadership and steadfast determination in helping to engineer agreements and forge lasting solutions to areas in conflict".
Presumably these long last solutions are not the ones which involve in excess of one million Iraqi deaths, depleted uranium cancer victims, and the foreign exploitation of Iraq's oil reserves that rip off the Iraqi people.
Clearly Tony Blair does not see any conflict of interest in accepting an enormous sum of money from an organisation run by people who have been active in Zionist institutions for many years, meanwhile brazenly keeping up the pretence that he is an impartial mediator in the Palestine-Israel conflict.
Not to worry, apparently the money will be donated to the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, a charity for "religious understanding". "The 21st Century will be poorer if it is not under the guardianship of faith", squeals Blair. The website reads "religious faith can also be used to divide. We have seen this throughout history and today we still see how it can be distorted to fan the flames of hatred and extremism". Sure, and don't forget tackling fanatical and extremist religious ideas such as "this land belongs to us because God told us so".
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Might come as a shock to you
17.02.2009 00:22
You are likely to be rather hard pressed if the standard you want to apply to a charitable foundation being acceptable is that the "Zionists" aren't donating to it. I'm not saying there aren't any. But the only reason to expect the "Zioniosts" not to be ponying up when a charity passes the hat is if that charity is ANTI-Zionist.
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Re: Might come as a shock to you
17.02.2009 10:16
Indeed, however the point here is that the charity was founded and funded by a Zionist activist and is run by Zionists. Zionism is a vicious political (not religious) ideology which cannot be achieved without the theft of land and ethnic cleansing. Although the 'charity' claims to have ulterior motives (technological and social progress) it is no coincidence that some of the people they 'donate' to are both rich and in positions of considerable power. In this case Tony Blair has a position of considerable power in the Middle East with regards to influencing policy towards both Israel and Palestine.
Bribe-tastic
Zionism not religious ? Come on...
17.02.2009 12:21
Of course zionism is a religious ideology and only that actually. It is all about the creation, expansion and defence of a JEWISH state/homeland and as far as I know Judaism is not a political party, a race or an ethnic group but a religion.
I gotta agree 100% with the rest of yor sentence though.
bud
Tony Blair is a Zionist
17.02.2009 12:37
Is there an e in Anti Genocideist?
Anti Genocidist
Re: Zionism not religious ? Come on...
17.02.2009 13:24
Hi Bud, see your point, but there are many Jews who are not Zionists (specifically the most orthodox) and who disagree with ethnic cleansing and theft of land. It is important to differentiate because anti-semitism has been 'justified' by confusing these two issues.
Bribe-tastic
Don't doubt mah sinceritah
17.02.2009 16:47
Look at the smile, back to my eyes, then back to the smile. It's a pained smile isn't it?
I am the real victim here after all. Didn't I modernise the Labour party, reduce the gap between the rich and my family, and distance myself from my mafia colleagues? I think history will remember that I stood up to the tough decision, to slaughter innocents simply for personal gain, and was brave enough to take such a courageous stance in front of the TV cameras while Congress were pinning medals on me for my bravery.
A Blair