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Sunday, December 31, 2023

False Claims About Israel, Jews, Jewish People Clarified by Mary Cummins

The amount of false claims, fake news and propaganda being spread about Israel and Jewish people on social media and main stream media is out of control. A few of my Facebook friends are supporting Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PLO, Palestine and their false and disgusting propaganda and antisemitism. I have Latino friends saying that Palestinians are like Native Americans and Israelis are like the Spaniard colonialists who claimed and took the Americas by force. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's the exact opposite. I really hope they are merely uneducated and were just brainwashed by the Hamas, terrorist paid propaganda. I'm writing this post to help clarify and educate about a few things for non Jews so people will stop supporting lying terrorists.

FTR I was born and raised Catholic. I grew up in Beverly Hills, California and most of my friends were, are Jewish. Most of my friend's grandparents were in the Holocaust and concentration camps. They had ID numbers tattoo'd on their arms. There was a lot of Jewish education at Beverly Hills High School and in the City. The main Holocaust TV series aired when I was growing up. I went to my friends Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. While I'm no Jewish scholar I do know a little about Jewish history for this reason.

Below are some of the main lies about Israel and Jewish people.

1. Israel is an apartheid state.

Apartheid means separation by race or ethnicity. There is NO separation of race or ethnicity in Israel. Arabs, Christians, Jews, white, black ... all go to the same public schools. They are allowed in all government positions. There is no segregation. Israel is the opposite of an apartheid state.

2. Israel is a colonialist state.

Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Israel has existed for thousands of years in the same location. It used to be, still is called Judea. The name Judea comes from the Hebrew name Yehudah. The term "Judea" has been used since 700 BCE to describe the area where the population was mostly Jewish. They are and have been occupying and settling their own country and land for about three thousands years. If you challenge any of this, you are called a racist by Hamas, unless you are racist against Jews. Then you are a "faithful ally of the oppressed." The Hamas propaganda twists everything around so that the victim is the perpetrator. Propaganda against Jews has been happening for centuries and it continues.

3. Israel is white supremacy

White supremacy is the belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, typically to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups. People in Israel are all different colors, ethnicities, cultures and religions. They are all treated equally. Most consider Israelis brown while some may have lighter skin because some were in Europe for generations. Here in the US they were never considered white. They were grouped with blacks, Mexicans, Italians, Native Americans, Asians... Real White Supremacists hate Jewish people and think they are inferior to whites. I'd consider Jews the opposite of white supremacy.

4. Zionism is terrorism.

Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel. Zion is the biblical term for the land of Israel. Jews have lived in Israel aka Judea for thousands of years. They have the right to exist. If you don't think they have the right to exist, you're an antisemite who wants them dead and gone.

5. Israel bombs, kills women and children in Gaza

Israel is targeting Hamas who are hiding in hospitals, schools, refugee camps and private homes of Palestinian civilians. Hamas uses hostages, women and children like human shields.When Israel is going to target an area they warn the residents ahead of time telling them to move. They do this by dropping flyers and by loud speakers when able even though they know they are tipping off Hamas. Hamas on the other hand gives no warnings. They gave no warning on October 7, 2023 when they invaded Israel and raped, tortured, murdered, burned men, women and children. Hamas bombs, fires missiles at, kills Israelis every day. Israel has repeatedly asked for a cease fire and Hamas refuses. If Hamas were to stay away from civilians, no civilians would be killed. Israel's goal is not to kill civilians. Hamas intentionally surrounds itself with hostages, women and children in hospitals to protect Hamas. If they die, even by the hand of Hamas intentionally or by misfires, they blame Israel to try to get sympathy for their terrorist cause.

Israel is following the law in the war. They are fine targeting the enemy. Two civilians are sadly killed per each enemy combatant. While any civilian death is horrible the average in modern warfare is nine to one. This shows Israel is doing all it can be prevent civilian deaths. They even warn the civilians weeks in advance where they will be targeting and tell them to move. They even provide tents and food for the civilians.

It is a travesty than any civilians or any people die in this conflict. Hamas could end it by stopping their attack, releasing the hostages or surrendering but they don't. What gets me is people who say "Israel is killing children in Gaza." What about the children killed in Israel? They don't count? Their lives don't matter? Israel is being bombed almost every single day. Jews, Israelis die every day. I don't want anyone to be killed on either side.

6. Palestine should be free

Palestine has never existed as a true nation. They are considered part of Southern Syria by Arabs. Those in what is referred to as the state of Palestine rule themselves. They allegedly voted to allow the PLO and Hamas to rule them. They are as free as PLO and Hamas allow them to be. It's not up to Israel. The surrounding countries refuse to allow Palestinians to enter. Tell Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria ... to let them into their country. They have refused.

7. South African filed a suit with the UN against Israel stating they committed "genocide."

Any nation can file any suit for any reason. It doesn't mean it has merit or is based on fact. US President Biden stated it was "meritless." "U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby last week called the lawsuit “meritless, counterproductive, and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever.”

South African did not even mention the October 7, 2023 attack in their suit. SA didn't include any video from the Oct 7 attack. They only included unverified and generally false video clips from TikTok as their "evidence." SA clearly supports terrorists Hamas and antisemitism. Israel is engaged in a war with Hamas. They want to stop Hamas. Hamas is using Palestinians as human shields. They are not committing "genocide."

"The word “genocide” did not exist prior to 1944. It is a very specific term coined by a Polish-Jewish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959) who sought to describe Nazi policies of systematic murder during the Holocaust, including the destruction of European Jews. He formed the word genocide by combining geno-, from the Greek word for race or tribe, with -cide, from the Latin word for killing."

Below are some truths about the situation.

1. Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, ISIS are terrorists organizations whose main goal is to kill all the Jews and remove them from Israel. They are support the destruction of the West, US, Britain...just about everyone except Arab states and some Muslims. They clearly, publicly and loudly state this every day. If you support those groups or their actions, you support terrorism and antisemitism.

2. "From the River to the Sea" means you want all Jews killed and removed from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea aka all of Israel. There is no other meaning.

3. Israel has offered cease fires to Hamas many times and they refuse or they violate them. The current offer is a permanent cease fire by Israel if Hamas releases all hostages, stops bombing Israel and surrenders. Hamas said no. Keeping power in the area of Palestine is financially lucrative to the leaders who aren't even living in the area. They are billionaires living in Europe making money off the conflict. They make money maintaining control and having their people wage war against Israel. They personally take the "aid" money and supplies. The cease fires Hamas has agreed to in the past were broken by Hamas and not Israel.

4. "Bring the intifada!" Intifada is attacking, terrorizing Jews, Israel and destroying Israel.

5. I wrote this article before the campus protests. The leaders of Hamas are thanking the "students" and outside agitators for their help terrorizing, attacking, trying to destroy Israel. When Hamas is thanking you, you know you're on the wrong side. See my recent articles which show Hamas entities are behind the campus uprising. They are behind all the misinformation and propaganda spread on social media around the world.

I will add to this list as more issues and fallacies arise.

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Monday, December 23, 2019

Who is CleanFoodFacts.com? It's meat lobbyist Center for Consumer Freedom, Richard Berman.

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CleanFoodFacts.com which is Center for Consumer Freedom which is run by paid lobbyist Richard Berman just placed a full page ad in the Los Angeles Times attacking Beyond Meat burgers. The meat industry clearly feels threatened by new plant based burgers which are doing extremely well. This is paid for fake news, propaganda, false advertising. They will do anything to attack the plant based food when they really should be making their own plant based burgers instead.

Ingredients listed on left are for Beyond Beef burger.

"Ingredients: Water, Pea Protein Isolate*, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Refined Coconut Oil, Rice Protein, Natural Flavors, Mung Bean Protein, Methylcellulose, Potato Starch, Apple Extract, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Vinegar, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Sunflower Lecithin, Beet Juice Extract (for color), Pomegranate Fruit Powder, Lycopene Color (from Tomato)."

The ingredients they list on the right are ingredients of high quality premium vegan dog food.

http://walkaboutpetproducts.com/dog-food/canine-exotics/

"INGREDIENTS: Pea, Sweet Potato, Pea Protein, Pea Starch, Lentils, Flaxseed Meal, Sunflower Oil Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Calcium Carbonate, Vegetable Flavoring, Salt, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Sodium Selenite)."

It's all high quality vegan food. Dog food is human food. It's a hell of a lot healthier than meat. No dead animals, antibiotics, hormones, meat by products... I would gladly eat the ingredients on the left and the right. In fact meat eaters are eating all of the ingredients on the left and right even if they don't eat Beyond Meat burgers. These ingredients are in just about everything you eat.

Notice the disclaimer on the bottom of the website.

"Copyright 2019, All Rights Reserved. CCF Health + Wellness is sponsored by the Center for Consumer Freedom." It links to https://www.consumerfreedom.com/ which are paid lobbyists run by public relations firm Richard Berman. He gets paid to lie to you about meat, alcohol, dairy, fur, animal research, cigarettes...

Link to their disclosure. They admit they are a biased PR firm run by Richard Berman.

https://www.consumerfreedom.com/about/

This is from an older article I wrote about them in 2014. CCF attacks PETA, HSUS, ASPCA, MADD... The 990 is from 2011. He probably makes more money today.

Center for Consumer Freedom aka Humane Watch
Most recent 990 form
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/260/006/2011-260006579-08cb7df6-9.pdf

$1.4M income
Richard Berman is the CEO and says he only gets $13K/yr salary. Look below and you will see his PR firm "Richard Berman and Company" gets $1.3M! Almost every penny of income is spent to harm animals. He calls it a "management" fee. The rest of the income goes to advertising, promotion, office expenses, travel and legal fees. NOTHING goes to animals or any worthy cause. They also do a lot of lobbying. They state their main goal is to attack HSUS, PETA… That is their "mission statement." I really don't think they should be a legal non-profit because they are not helping animals, people or the environment. If anything they are anti all of those things. They are a nonprofit so people will not realize they are just paid bashers, PR, lobbyists for the meat industry.

More about this charade. I personally believe that Center for Consumer Freedom should not be a 501 3c. They don't help animals, people or the environment. It seems to me to be tax fraud, money laundering shell. Companies can "donate" money to them and get a tax write off. In exchange the companies actually get a service which is positive press for them and attacks on HSUS, PETA, PCMA...
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/rick-berman-funded-oscar-night-slam-humane-society

Even Wikipedia knows Richard Berman and Center for Consumer Freedom, Humane Watch is a scam.

"The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), formerly the Guest Choice Network, is an American non-profit firm that lobbies on behalf of the fast food, meat, alcohol and tobacco industries. It describes itself as "dedicated to protecting consumer choices and promoting common sense".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_consumer_freedom

Richard Berman's own son stated that his father Richard was a "demon."

"he made another post on the message board revealing that he is the son of lobbyist Richard Berman.[2] The two have been estranged since about 2006, when the younger Berman demanded that his father halt his work supporting guns, alcohol, union-busting and other industries of the like, or else he would sever their relationship. Richard Berman refused, and the two have not spoken since. In the message board entry, he called his father "evil," a "human molestor," an "exploiter," a "scoundrel," and "a world historical motherfucking son of a bitch."[2] Berman ended his post by saying, "I am the son of a demon come to make good the damage."

It's also included in the son's obit in the NY Times. It makes you wonder if his father's toxicity and hatred for humans, animals and the earth was involved in his son's suicide. I can't imagine having such a monster as a relative let alone a parent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/arts/music/david-berman-silver-jews-dead.html

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Monday, March 6, 2017

The confusion over Dr. Seuss' alleged discriminatory political cartoons against Japanese explained - Mary Cummins

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I recently saw numerous articles about Dr Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel, being a racist against Japanese. As I'd seen his older political cartoons which were against racism I found it hard to believe. Someone even said that he is quoted as saying he regretted some things he drew, wrote about Japanese. I did some digging to help clear up the matter.

As WWII began in 1939 Seuss worked for a liberal New York newspaper named PM making political cartoons. The cartoons were against racism and isolationism. The one above made in 1942 depicts the view some Americans had about Japanese. Seuss is making fun of racist people who think all Japanese Americans want to bomb the country. The "honorable fifth column" is a group of non-native born people who want to attack a country from within. The people are caricatures of Japanese. This cartoon is satire.

Below is another cartoon about Japanese. Seuss is again making fun of people who considered the Japanese a major threat of war. They weren't a major threat of war. They were just a jack-in-the-box toy which merely startles. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor we destroyed 67 cities with regular bombs then detonated nuclear bombs on Hiroshim and Nagasaki in 1945 killing 129,000 people. The Japanese surrendered.

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In late 1942 Seuss was commissioned to make the art for posters to sell US saving bonds to fund the war efforts. These posters were discriminatory and offensive against Japanese and Hitler. Below are those offensive posters. This is the work that Seuss regretted. He is making fun of the leader of Japan who ordered the military to bomb Pearl Harbor. My grandfather died overseas in WWII.

Dr Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel, author, cartoonist, political cartoon japan japanese wwii war bonds propaganda Hitler

Here is another political cartoon which he made to show that racism and discrimination is wrong. This is from early 1942.

Dr Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel, author, cartoonist, political cartoon japan japanese wwii war bonds propaganda Hitler

In Richard Minear's book "Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss" it is allegedly stated that Seuss made this statement per Minear,

"... right now, when the Japs are planting their hatchets in our skulls, it seems like a hell of a time for us to smile and warble: "Brothers!" It is a rather flabby battle cry. If we want to win, we’ve got to kill Japs, whether it depresses John Haynes Holmes or not. We can get palsy-walsy afterward with those that are left."

So far I can't find physical evidence that proves Seuss made that statement. I will continue to look. I can understand how Americans felt after Pearl Harbor. They probably wanted to kill Japanese. Unfortunately our government and citizens started attacking legal Japanese Americans. They were rounded up and sent to internment camps which was horrible.

Below is from filmmaker Ron Lamothe who is quoting Minear again,

"The only evidence I have comes from his biographers, who told me that years later—although still recognizing its necessity due to the war—he was regretful about some of his cartoons for PM and some of the propaganda work he did for the Army Signal Corps. I do think the fact he dedicated Horton Hears a Who—a parable about the American postwar occupation of Japan—to “My Great Friend, Mitsugi Nakamura of Kyoto, Japan,” says something of his changing attitudes toward the Japanese (this following a trip he made there in 1953). Though, as Richard Minear has pointed out, Horton Hears a Who still smacks of American chauvinism, and it makes no reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

So far all of Seuss' Japanese cartoons from PM were anti-discrimination. The posters he made for Army Signal Corps were indeed racist against Japanese. Seuss depicted the rule of Japan as an ugly caricature. I can believe that he regretted the war bond posters. I will update this article if I find anything new.

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

False Claims About Israel, Jews, Jewish People Clarified by Mary Cummins

Monday, December 23, 2019

Who is CleanFoodFacts.com? It's meat lobbyist Center for Consumer Freedom, Richard Berman.

Monday, March 6, 2017

The confusion over Dr. Seuss' alleged discriminatory political cartoons against Japanese explained - Mary Cummins

Take 3 Film Festival at Plaza de Cultural y Artes by Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera

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