Eric Zuesse
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Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/)
The ideology that is nazi (no initial cap on that) is not the German Nazi (initial-cap) Party which introduced the ideology as running a nation, but is instead the ideology itself, simply what is now the ideology of all Western — i.e., U.S.-and-allied — Governments, all of which now are run on this racist-fascist imperialistic supremacist ideology. It’s a might-makes-right ideology, which the U.S. regime calls “the rules-based international order” in which those “rules” are supposed to come not from the U.N.’s international laws but instead from the U.S. regime itself, to be whatever that regime, which has the nerve to call itself “democratic,” says that they are. And one of these “rules” is that what Israel now is doing in Gaza is NOT to be called a “genocide” to get rid of the Gazans, nor even an “ethnic cleansing” of them if some of its victims will become expelled instead of all Gazans being mass-murdered (exterminated, genocided), either by bombing them or starving them to death.
On January 4th, the U.S. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby condemned South Africa’s 84-page case at the International Court of Justice which charges that Israel is indeed practicing now genocide or else ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Kirby said “We find this submission meritless, counterproductive, and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever.”
A leading international lawyer, Robert Herbst, had already headlined on January 2nd “South Africa Presents a Devastating Case Against Israel Exposing Genocidal Acts in Horrifying Detail”, and he opened:
South Africa’s 84 page long Application to the International Court of Justice to begin proceedings against Israel for its genocide in Gaza is a devastating document laying out Israel’s genocidal acts and statements in horrifying detail.
The following article by ICAHD USA co-chair Robert Herbst was first published in Mondoweiss on 31 December 2023.
On Thursday, December 28, South Africa filed an Application Instituting Proceedings at the International Court of Justice to commence proceedings in a legal forum against Israel for its genocide in Gaza, and to press for “provisional measures” – a preliminary order requiring the Israel Government and military to cease their genocidal acts in Gaza pending a full hearing by the court.
South Africa’s Application is 84 pages long and devastating – to the State of Israel, to its Jewish political and military leaders and personnel committing the genocidal acts and speaking openly of their genocidal intent, to those in Israel, America, and Europe standing so firmly in support of them, and to the Jewish people in whose name Israel purports to act.
So, as-of January 4th, when the U.S. White House dismissed that case as “meritless,” that list of co-conspirators includes also U.S. President Joe Biden. Kirby (unlike Herbst) presented no case regarding South Africa’s case, but merely his allegation that it was “meritless.” When presenting an opinion, nazis don’t need to provide relevant facts, and so he offered none. The White House repeated that January 4th statement on January 20th, when Mr. Kirby said “I want to say again that we don’t have any indications that there’s deliberate — deliberate efforts to commit war crimes by the Israeli Defense Forces.” And, yet again, none of the White House press corps challenged him on that — they’re all stenographers to power, they’re all propagandists for the Government, none of them is an authentic journalist. In fact, both times when he made that stunning lie (on Jan. 4th and then again on Jan. 20th), none of the press-members did a follow-up question on it, such as “but members of Netanyahu’s Cabinet have been publicly saying that — well here is how South Africa put it in their 84-pager to the ICJ:
The Israeli Prime Minister also returned to the theme in his ‘Christmas message’, stating: “we’re facing monsters, monsters who murdered children in front of their parents . . . This is a battle not only of Israel against these barbarians, it’s a battle of civilization against barbarism”.445 On 28 October 2023, as Israeli forces prepared their land invasion of Gaza, the Prime Minister invoked the Biblical story of the total destruction of Amalek by the Israelites, stating: “you must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember”.446 The Prime Minister referred again to Amalek in the letter sent on 3 November 2023 to Israeli soldiers and officers.447 The relevant biblical passage reads as follows: “Now go, attack Amalek, and proscribe all that belongs to him. Spare no one, but kill alike men and women, infants and sucklings, oxens and sheep, camels and asses”.448
— President of Israel: On 12 October 2023, President Isaac Herzog made clear that Israel was not distinguishing between militants and civilians in Gaza, stating in a press conference to foreign media — in relation Palestinians in Gaza, over one million of whom are children: “It’s an entire nation out there that is responsible. It’s not true this rhetoric about civilians not aware not involved. It’s absolutely not true. … and we will fight until we break their backbone.”449 On 15 October 2023, echoing the words of Prime Minister Netanyahu, the President told foreign media that “we will uproot evil so that there will be good for the entire region and the world.”450 The Israeli President is one of many Israelis to have handwritten ‘messages’ on bombs to be dropped on Gaza.451
— Israeli Minister of Defence: On 9 October 2023, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in an Israeli Army ‘situation update’ advised that Israel was “imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”452 He also informed troops on the Gaza border that he had released all the restraints”,453 stating in terms that “Gaza won’t return to what it was before. We will eliminate everything.”454 …:
— Israeli Minister for National Security: On 10 November 2023, Itamar Ben-Gvir clarified the government’s position in a televised address, stating: “[t]o be clear, when we say that Hamas should be destroyed, it also means … those who support … — they’re all terrorists, and they should also be destroyed.”456
— Israeli Minister of Energy and Infrastructure: ‘Tweeting’ on 13 October 2023, Israel Katz stated: “All the civilian population in Gaza is ordered to leave immediately. We will win. They will not receive a drop of water or a single battery until they leave the world.”457 On 12 October 2023, he ‘tweeted’: “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home. … And no one will preach us morality.”458
— Israeli Minister of Finance: On 8 October 2023, Bezalel Smotrich stated at a meeting of the Israeli Cabinet that “[w]e need to deal a blow that hasn’t been seen in 50 years and take down Gaza.”459
— Israeli Minister of Heritage: On 1 November 2023, Amichai Eliyahu posted on Facebook: “The north of the Gaza Strip, more beautiful than ever. Everything is blown up and flattened, simply a pleasure for the eyes … We must talk about the day after. In my mind, we will hand over lots to all those who fought for Gaza over the years and to those evicted from Gush Katif” [a former Israeli settlement].460 He later argued against humanitarian aid as “[w]e wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid”, and “there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza”.461 He also posited a nuclear attack on the Gaza Strip.462
— Israeli Minister of Agriculture: On 11 November 2023, Avi Dichter in a television interview recalled the Nakba of 1948, in which over 80 percent of the Palestinian population of the new Israeli State was forced from or fled their homes, stating that “[w]e are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba”.463
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The U.S.-and-allied press hide instead of present the case that South Africa placed at the ICJ on December 28th; they simply lie about it, since their Governments do.
On January 21st, Russia’s RT News headlined “Russia reacts to Germany’s support for Israel in genocide case”, and reported that,
Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova © Sputnik / Russian Foreign Ministry
Russia is not surprised that Germany has decided to defend Israel in a genocide case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as unconditional support for the Jewish state is obligatory in Washington’s ‘rules-based international order,’ Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. …
Berlin has disputed the genocide charge. On January 5, a spokesperson for Germany’s Federal Foreign Office said that Israel’s “targeted action against armed attackers; that is, fighters in an armed conflict, is not action with the intention of destroying an ethnic group.”
“We have made it very clear that, in our opinion, the claim that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip is false and not covered by the Convention,” the official added. …
Germany has 231 U.S. military bases.
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse’s latest book, AMERICA’S EMPIRE OF EVIL: Hitler’s Posthumous Victory, and Why the Social Sciences Need to Change, is about how America took over the world after World War II in order to enslave it to U.S.-and-allied billionaires. Their cartels extract the world’s wealth by control of not only their ‘news’ media but the social ‘sciences’ — duping the public.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
The term Nazi was never used in Germany during the war. It is a slur invented in New York for propaganda purposes.
If they were “National Socialists” they certainly would not open their borders to the rest of the world. So it would appear that Herr Zuesse is confused.
Both my grandfathers were sent to Germany as forced laborers. The intend of open borders is the same, just in less organized way. The exploitation of eastern and southern Europe by German capital is also very similar of what Hitler did, this time without troops.
Because Hitler was dumb enough to get involved in a war. Completely different situation. Did your grandfathers become German Citizens? Slave labor is not the same as mass immigration.
Tell me about immigration into Germany between 1932 – 1938. The most important resource of a nation is its gene pool. Whatever else Stalin did, he did not, as far as I know, try to force disparate peoples together. Mass immigration = genocide (suicide).
I agree there are other agendas, but most Germans who support immigration use the same justification (they will do the jobs we don’t want to do). The only way of preserving gene pool is North Korea style socialism, when capitalists are in charge, they will always prefer imported workforce.
Yes, capitalism is bad news. Whether they import the work force or outsource the work, the end result is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Until it all collapses, which it will.
“capitalism”, where, in Western countries ? OPEN YOUR EYES !
Capitalism is not a stable system, you can restart it but it will always degenerate into this stage, where monopoly controls everything including governments.
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Germans DON’T support immigration, their Jew’s slave politicians do.
German capitalists mostly support immigration.
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Stalin was just a puppet for Bolsheviks who were jews, Khazarian fake jews, who murdered 66 million Russians, most of them White Christians.
Now those same animals are running Israel, AND America AND UK AND EU.
You are all nitpicking now. The U.S. and their junior partner vassal states, clearly want to dominate the world at the point of a gun. Hitler wanted the same: Germany to dominate the world. Eric wrote a book about America being Hitler’s posthumous victory.
Re: “Hitler wanted to dominate the world at the point of a gun” Do you and Eric seriously believe that? If so, I’m auctioning off the Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024. You are welcome to bid. So Germany, an essentially landlocked nation in Central Europe, the size of Wisconsin, was going to control all of Europe, Russia, Australia, China, India, all the rest of Asia, Africa, South America, Central America, North America, and Canada at the point of a gun. Perhaps they would have captured the Antartica plus the Moon and Mars as well. That’s a… Read more »
Eric Zuesse continues to be confused and uninformed about American Politics, Culture and History.
On all other topics he seems to be spot on, but the isolation of the United States from the rest of the Western World makes for constant misinterpretation from someone who has not lived extensively in the U.S..
I have always lived in the U.S. Why are almost all comments here like that — ad-hominem instead of ad-rem?
Because ad-hominem reflects a feeble intellect and arrested development. You go from strength to strength, Eric. Carry on!
America has become rat ass shithole, and now only Trump in White House can fix that shit.
So,,according to you, a state that insists on its ‘exceptionalism’ and ‘indispensability’ is not self-isolating? Thank you for illustrating the problem.
Terms like “NAZI”, “Racist”, and “Anti-Semitic” are pejoratives used to smear people up front.
“A pejorative word or phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or a disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something. It is also used to express criticism, hostility, or disregard.”
I am really disappointed that Eric Zuesse, an intelligent historical journalist, stoops to this level of journalism. What a shame!!
Professor Joad, a well known BBC commentator on a programme called ‘The Brains Trust would always start his discussion with the words, “It all depends on what you mean by…”
With all due respect I suspect our friend Eric Zuesse often severely devalues his arguments by a penchant for labels intended to smear rather than inform.
Michael Woodbridge
I intended to inform, such as by defining the nazi ideology, and such as by providing links so that the reader can access my source for an allegation that I have made. To assert, without any evidence, that “Eric Zuesse often severely devalues his arguments by a penchant for labels intended to smear rather than inform” is to smear about my person (it is ad-hominem against me) not to inform about any allegation that I have made (which would be ad-rem). It says nothing at all about what I have said. It is not a comment upon what this article… Read more »
Sorry to disagree Eric, but to compare American global capitalism which wishes to destroy racial identity with historic National Socialism, which above all wanted to uphold German racial identity, is just too far-fetched.
What a clowns you f-jews are
Germany has 231 U.S. military bases. That’s the elephant in the room that apparently a faction of the RT readership sadly ignore, at least judging by comments lamenting that e.g. the Red Army didn’t finish off the German nation in WWII. They make it look as if Germany has been an independent nation since 1945 and that any decisions that otherwise deserve scorn were done at Germany’s volition and not at the USA’s (and/or Israel’s) behest/coercion. Whatever the US supports, it forces its satraps to support as well. Who else remembers ‘Freedom Fries’ when France refused to join the US… Read more »
The freedom fries propaganda really woke me up to reality. It was so childish and brazen. It was then when I realized that the US empire actually exists and that they’re the enemy.
They are fascist, national socialism was a form of fascism, distinguished by aspects that are missing nowadays.
So called “Democracy” is a form of fascism. Instead of telling the gullible population outright what to do, you get the suckers to volunteer. And convince them into thinking they are running the show. What a joke. 🙂
Bourgeoise democracy inevitably degenerates into fascism. People’s democracy as in North Korea is sustainable.
Why is the actual cause of these Wars not spoken of? Everyone knows that Jewish Zionism and their Money is responsible for the Massacre in Gaza, the continued push for War on Russia and Iran. Anyone with any knowledge of the U.S. Government knows that Zionist Jews own the U.S. Government and most all of the Western Governments with their money. Zionist Jew Adelson is Trumps biggest donor, Biden is owned by jewish money. There is no other reason to want a War with Iran other than to protect and expand Israel. There is no other reason to want to… Read more »
Zionism, regardless of whether by a Jew or by a non-Jew, is a form of nazism. There are many non-Jewish zionists. The focus shouldn’t be on whether a particular zionist is a Jew or a non-Jew — which is irrelevant. It should be against zionism and all other types of racist-fascist imperialistic supremacist ideology (or “nazism”). That is the evil. And there are many Jews who strongly oppose nazism — including against zionism. Anti-Semites (Jew-haters) are merely suckers of a articular type of racists. They do harm.
And ANTI-WHITES are, what, great jews ?
That’s like saying it doesn’t matter if you’re dealing with the Mafia or a 12 year old shoplifter lifting a candy bar.
But of course you have to talk like that, since you also live in fear of the 400 lb Khazar Gorilla in the room.
“That’s like saying it doesn’t matter if you’re dealing with the Mafia or a 12 year old shoplifter lifting a candy bar.”:
You are alleging that a racist-fascist imperialistic supremacist is dangerous only if a Jew; that, for example, Hitler’s Nazis weren’t dangerous. And, for example, that Dmitriy Yarosh and Andrei Beletski and Joe Biden and Barack Obama and Jens Stoltenberg and Annalena Baerbock and Ursula von der Leyen and Josep Borrel aren’t dangerous. Well, that’s simply false.
Who do you think are pulling the strings of all those people? Who do you think is financing WEF, EU, and the entire US political class?
The billionaires who finance their political campaigns and entire careers.
No, I’m not saying that. Of course, there are Bad Gentiles who follow their Khazar Masters, just as there are decent Jews who dissent. But it’s a matter of Organization and Percentages. If, for example, .001% of the population are rapists, you have a problem. If 99% of the population are rapists who have formed the Rapist Protection Association, you have a VERY BIG problem.
Their “masters” aren’t “Khazars” but billionaires of all sorts; and the hypothesis that Jews descended from Khazars has been genetically studied and proven false, ao only anti-Semites now are spouting that belief.
Semites are not Jews. Semites are people who come from the region of Palestine. Jews come from Romania, and only settled in the Middle East after being run out of Romania 2000 years ago… Jews are hated with good reason.
All Jews may not be bad, but enough are to earn the hatred they receive….
The original Jews were Semites, and probably most Jews today are descended from those mixed in with peoples from wherever they happened to be living.
The US is controlled by the new NAZI’s, which is Israel and AIPAC. Israel and AIPAC are the enemy of all true Americans…
When John Kirby says the Case against Israel in the Hague court is meritless and he provides no arguments for this, then he relies on the argument of “might is right”. The case is meritless because the US government says so. “Believe me, trust me,” as the confidence man would say, and this is just an attempt to make it less blatant. Might is right, and this places might before legitimacy, law and morality. This is in the prescriptive sense, as opposed to the descriptive sense in Marxist theory. This is why the US is so matter-of-fact about all of… Read more »