Ofer Brothers Group business deals with Iran: Russ Baker and Caroline Glick analyses

These two articles are attempting to analyze the strange and curious decision made by the U.S. State Department to sanction Ofer Brothers Shipping, an Israeli company that is involved in business deals with Iran. Russ Baker’s article focuses on the awkwardness of the business deals themselves between two countries that are supposed to be arch-enemies. He underlines the increasingly concentrated wealth in the hands of a few Israeli families, which is, according to Baker, reminiscent of what happened in the U.S. in the past. Apparently, 20 families would control 25% of the country’s listed companies. Baker also alludes briefly to certain changes that occured in the economic and financial sectors of Israeli society, that made it depart from its socialist model of the first years following the Independance, to embrace the new economic model that is now accepted worldwide since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and that is called globalism. Transnationalism, to refer to another term, affects all regions of the world and Israel is no exception.

Caroline Glick’s article, of the Center For Security Policy, brings the light rather on the intelligence aspects of the incident. She explains that numerous reports have literally poured since the announcement of the sanction by the State Department, that the Mossad and the IDF were using the company as a shell to infiltrate Iran. That certainly makes a lot of sens. Glick continues by saying that the sanction was deliberately made to humiliate Israel and that it has to be seen as a payback or retaliation for not complying with Obama’s policy on the Middle East, especially with the question of the 1967 lines. The decision might have been made, in all appearances, to deliberately sabotage the intelligence process of Israel and to weaken its public support in the U.S.

Whether the business deals were motivated just by pure greed or for intelligence purposes is hard to tell. Although I don’t reject Russ Baker’s analysis, I would tend personally to believe that the intelligence aspects of it was the key factor. For me, it is just another proof that Obama is not a friend of Israel. He couldn’t care less about what will happen to the Israeli people. He seems to be prefering to please his pseudo-democratic rioting friends in the Middle-East and their Muslim Brotherhood controllers. That’s sad but it seems that we have reached such a terrible predicament.

Russ Baker – WhoWhatWhy.com

Caroline Glick – Center For Security Policy

‘Team B II’ Members with ‘Israel: You’re Not Alone’

Check this video from the coalition « Israel: You’re Not Alone« . The coalition gave a press conference in Washington D.C. on May 23rd. Three members of « Team B II » and co-authors of the document Sharia: The Threat to America that exposes the infiltration of America and the western world by Muslim Brotherhood agents, joined the coalition. They are: Tom Trento, Gen. Jerry Boykin, and Frank Gaffney of the Center For Security Policy. What prompted the coalition to adress the press is, guess what, Barack Obama’s infatuation with the 1967 lines, which he clearly expressed earlier in May in a State Department declaration. This statement by Obama not only upset Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, but a certain number of « real » Americans as well, like the ones you can get acquainted with here in this video. I begin to think that Obama, maybe, has lost judgement. His policy on the Middle East is short-sighted, irresponsible and just crazy. In an earlier post, I came to the conclusion that he is no longer the man of the situation and that he will have to be replaced at the Presidential Election in 2012. But before that, those of us who really believe in democracy and in the liberal world, and that want to protect our civilization against the attacks made by barbaric and reactionary ideologies, must stand by Israel and the Jewish community. Real progressives support Israel. It’s not a matter of debate. This is how you manage to differentiate the real from the phony ones. Israel is the cradle of Judeo-Christian civilization and it must treated as such, not like Obama wants to treat it…almost like a Muslim or a dhimmi would do. Check this out.

Obama’s policy on the Middle East: Three strikes out?

Here are two videos. The first shows Obama during the adress when he uttered the famous « 1967 lines » for the borders of Israel. The second is Obama’s presentation at AIPAC a few days later when he tried to say that he didn’t say what he said… I don’t know about you but I begin to turn sour about Obama. His Cairo speech was dubious but at that time, I wasn’t ready to think that he would put into jeopardy the future of the world. I thought he would favor an evolution of the situation in the Middle East, a resolution of the conflict. But still, it was kind of strike 1. Then happened the uprisings in North Africa. At this occasion, he could have taken the opportunity to warn the world and the American public about terrorist groups or Islamist/reactionary elements that could try to take advantage of these « revolutions » to further their own agenda. Did he do it? No, he endorsed the uprisings, he vouched for them regardless of whoever was involved, whatever their political platforms were, whatever their backgrounds were. Was it enough to throw the towel with Obama? No, that could still turn out good for the world, we would have to wait and see. But still, that was strike 2. And now, with that proposition on the 1967 lines, the terrible fiasco that it produced with Netanyahu during his last visit and the vote that is coming to the UN in september, I think that’s it. Three strikes out! I don’t see how this guy could be re-elected as President for another term. The world is more unstable now since he is in office, much more than when Bush was there… Can you imagine that? But, what is Obama’s agenda anyway? Are you sure that you know what it is? Because, speaking for myself, I don’t know. Is he an Islamist? Possibly. It’s beginning to be dubious and scary. He acts almost as if he would like the Islamists throughout the Middle East to get a firmer grip on their societies, at the detriment of pro-democratic elements and the West as a whole. After you watch these two, don’t forget to watch as well the marvelous presentation that Netanyahu gave to U.S. Congress a few days later. He took the opportunity then to retort as a real head of State can only do. Continuer la lecture