Israel's War Against the Jews?
In the book, "The Late, Great State of Israel," WorldNetDaily journalist Aaron Klein argues that Israel is facing unprecedented, mortal danger, including from the Obama administration, yet few seem to realize it.
In the book, "The Late, Great State of Israel," WorldNetDaily journalist Aaron Klein argues that Israel is facing unprecedented, mortal danger, including from the Obama administration, yet few seem to realize it.
The subtitle of the book is "How enemies within and without threaten the Jewish nation's survival."
A section of the book highlights the governmental closure of the terrestial broadcasts of Arutz Sheva's national radio network in the 1990's.
Klein also reports on what he says is an internal war in Israel in which those in power who want the country to resemble a secular, Europeanized state suppress a significant segment of the population - the religious-Zionist camp - that wants to keep Israel a Jewish country defined by its profoundly Jewish history, traditions, and character.
The author details how leftist, Labor Zionist leaders often stab the country in the back while trying to minimize Israel's religious-Zionist population. He argues that Israel's evacuation of Gush Katif in 2005 and its drive to create a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and sections of Jerusalem are, in large part, aimed at destroying religious-Zionism, but that such actions will have devastating consequences for Israel.
Klein outlines how some of Israel's other "dangerous" policies are also related to a war against religious Zionism, such as the recent attempts to change the state map in Israeli text books, or attempts to dismantle Hesder institutions (schools which combine Torah study with Israeli Defense Force service).
He also exposes what he says are ways in which the Israeli government works to slander the settler population, falsely depicting Jews who reside in Judea and Samaria as extremists.
Klein argues the closure of Arutz Sheva's radio network in the 1990's was part of a Labor Zionist war against religious Zionism. Arutz Sheva was the only news media outlet to oppose the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Klein recounts the surrounding events in the book:
"In 1994, the Israeli government moved to shut down Arutz Sheva by denying the company a broadcast license, thus driving the station to broadcast from further out at sea, beyond Israel’s territorial waters.
"The official pretext for the raid was that the ship broadcasted from Israeli territorial waters and that its transmissions interfered with planes landing at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport. In actuality, Arutz Sheva had shut down its radio broadcasts for the entire nine-day mourning period, since a good deal of its programming consisted of music.
Other highlights of Klein's "The Late, Great State of Israel" include:
*Indications Obama is poised to legitimize Hamas terrorists. How Obama's Mideast policies, including talks with Iran and Syria, threaten the Jewish state, and ultimately America.
*How the U.S. funds and fuels Middle East terrorism
*How Iran is positioning its proxies to wreak havoc on Israel while Tehran inches toward nuclear weapons.
*How and why Israel failed in its recent 22-day war in Gaza;
Editorial Reviews
Israel is dying. And those responsible are not just the terrorists plotting its destruction, but also the political elites within its borders.Drawing on in-the-field reporting and research that has brought him to the front lines of the Middle East news cycle, acclaimed journalist Aaron Klein spells out the shocking truth. In this groundbreaking work, Klein will show how Israel is often its own worst enemy. And how Hamas, Iran and Palestinian terrorists are poised to end the democracy once and for all.Unless these perils are countered soon, warns Klein, the only remnant of the Jewish country may soon be an epitaph: 'The Late, Great State of Israel.'
About the Author
Aaron Klein is the Jerusalem bureau chief for online news giant WorldNetDaily.com and a columnist for the Jewish Press. Klein is known for his regular appearances on top U.S. radio talk shows and television cable news networks, including Fox News and Al Jazeera. His previous book is entitled "Schmoozing with Terrorists."