Zionism: The Back Story
The back story in journalism and scholarship uncovers vital information on important issues that had been obscured or omitted. For example, the origin of Zionism is usually traced to a pamphlet Theodor Herzl wrote in 1896 called The Jewish State. However, the eminent Israeli scholar Ilan Pappe writes “Many people do not know that Zionism began as an evangelical Christian project long before any Jew was thinking about Zionism. Christian Zionists were advocating the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine knowing very well that there were other people living there” but thought that the creation of a Jewish state would not only advance British imperial interests but also “precipitate the second coming of the Messiah.”
Recorded at the University of Massachusetts.
Speaker
Thomas Suárez
Thomas Suárez is a London-based historian. A former West Bank resident, he devoted several years to researching poorly-tapped and newly-declassified historical archives. He is the author of State of Terror, Writings on the Wall and Palestine Hijacked.
Elizabeth Gleeson –
I listened to this address in the middle of the night and was shocked by the facts, previously unknown to me. Every night on the news we see children crying over the bodies of their innocent parents in Gaza, and the total destruction of their homes. It’s almost too much to bear and I have shed many tears. I wondered how western nations, including my own, could support Israel and allow the deaths to go on. Thomas Suarez has answered my questions in his excellent oration.
Helge Berg –
Listened to this while cleaning my garage this morning – thanks for filling in some more of the blank areas in my knowledge of this history – this very important history.
New Mexico listener –
The speech turned to a talk from the heart, so precise to dismantle Zionism in a truthful and caring presentation.
Anonymous Listener –
Those of us who have followed the Zionist enterprise and related matters closely are familiar with the details Suarez shares. His careful account brings them forward where they belong, in an unaccustomed exposure to the light.
ellen fox –
Absolutely necessary information which helps me reconcile the way I was raised as a Jew with the horrors of the occupation and war.
Ramón Flores –
Great Program. Very insightful. Very important information, especially the recounting of how the Zionist movement blocked the passage of persecuted Jews from Nazi Europe to the United States or any other safe haven except Palestine.
Bob –
Excellent program/guest/knowledge . God scattered the tribes of Jews from Israel, due to bad behavior, all over the world. Ezekiel 47 says that in God’s timing for Jews to (truly) reform Israel there will be water at Solomon’s temple ankle then waist then over a man’s head. God could cause that in an eye twinkle or natural geological time, but clearly has not yet…..
John Cozzi –
To understand the present know the past
Miriam Strouse –
Top notch hidden history.