In an article appearing in London?s ash-Sharq al-Awsat and published in several Arabic newspapers of the al-Madina newspaper chain, senior columnist Abdul Qader Tash addresses a mystery that has troubled the Arab media for some time: the ?secret? of what he calls ?America?s blind love for Jews and Israel.? Tash describes the various theories prevalent in the Arab world to explain the alleged love that the United States shows for Israel and the Jews: ?Some say it is true love because the religious and cultural background and reference point of both America and Israel is one and the same. Others say that it is not real love springing from the heart, but one artificially created by Jews in America?s collective mind through decades of brainwashing. Many others reject both the theories and say that it is a feigned love. Most Americans, they say, have to pretend love for Jews because they are afraid of, and even terrified by, the influence the [Jewish] community has on their nation?s political, financial, intellectual and media institutions. They also affirm that, in their hearts, most Americans hate Jews but cannot show such sentiments.?
The senior columnist cites another point of view in the Arab world that rejects the notion of love altogether in the realm of international relations. ?America - in the sense of its movers and shakers, be it in political, economic or media fields ? believes that it is in its interest to maintain a policy of total support for Israel,? Tash writes, explaining the alternate Arab theory that ?the very creation of Israel in the heart of the Arab and Islamic world was in pursuit of a Western policy aimed at serving America?s expansionist policy.?
Tash cites the former ?and unlamented? United States President Bill Clinton as an example of American ??ardor? for Jews?? According to the article, ?If they had the power to change the US constitution, the Jews would have amended that document to elect Clinton as president for life? No US president had been such a servant of the Jews as Bill Clinton was... he continues to serve them after leaving the White House.? Clinton, writes Tash, ?gave three lectures in the UK, the entire proceeds of which went to Jewish charities. That smart move opened for him the doors of Jewish organizations to speak, for hefty fees, on ?the Jewish question.?? Referring to Bill Clinton as a model for wider American behavior, Tash concludes by asking, ?what do we call Clinton?s love for Jews? True, manufactured, or feigned??
The senior columnist cites another point of view in the Arab world that rejects the notion of love altogether in the realm of international relations. ?America - in the sense of its movers and shakers, be it in political, economic or media fields ? believes that it is in its interest to maintain a policy of total support for Israel,? Tash writes, explaining the alternate Arab theory that ?the very creation of Israel in the heart of the Arab and Islamic world was in pursuit of a Western policy aimed at serving America?s expansionist policy.?
Tash cites the former ?and unlamented? United States President Bill Clinton as an example of American ??ardor? for Jews?? According to the article, ?If they had the power to change the US constitution, the Jews would have amended that document to elect Clinton as president for life? No US president had been such a servant of the Jews as Bill Clinton was... he continues to serve them after leaving the White House.? Clinton, writes Tash, ?gave three lectures in the UK, the entire proceeds of which went to Jewish charities. That smart move opened for him the doors of Jewish organizations to speak, for hefty fees, on ?the Jewish question.?? Referring to Bill Clinton as a model for wider American behavior, Tash concludes by asking, ?what do we call Clinton?s love for Jews? True, manufactured, or feigned??