Mention that something may be part of a conspiracy and you will most likely be greeted with heads shaking, eyes rolling, and a lecture about the lunatic fringe (of which you are now suspected of being a member).
But hold on. The real truth of conspiracies and their theories may be eluding all of us.
Conspiracy theories are ridiculed because they are thought to be bigger than life - secretive, sinister and suspicious. Visions of master puppeteers secretly manipulating world events throughout generations seem exaggerated and silly, giving individuals and groups mystical powers, like maniacal golem spinning out of control.
The real problem with conspiracy theories is that our theory about them is wrong.
If we enter the word conspiracy into the dictionary world, we find the following preferred definitions:
Conspiracy: 1. an agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
Really!! You mean an agreement between a Quartet of nations to perform together the illegal and wrongful act (Road Map) of forcing a sovereign nation (Israel) to cut its borders in half and deport its citizens based on their ethnicity (Jews from Gush Katif & the Shomron), and supply their enemy with weapons?
Or do you mean the agreement between the Prime Minister of that tiny sovereign nation, and the President of a huge and powerful one, to perform together the illegal and wrongful act of turning over all the homes, hothouses, businesses, buildings and infrastructure to the very enemy that has vowed to destroy the occupants of those homes?
Perhaps it is the word subversive that doesn?t fit. What is the definition?
Subversive: Intended or serving to subvert, especially intended to overthrow or undermine an established government.
Did you say undermine an established government? Do you mean the one that the people of Israel elected to NOT give away the nation?s land, or to NOT give in to terrorism - that established government?
Maybe it?s the root word ?subvert? that gives us problems. What does it mean to simply subvert something; is that the secretive part?
Subvert: To destroy completely; ruin; to undermine the character, morals, or allegiance of; corrupt.
Bingo! Let?s fill in the blanks. According to the dictionary definition of conspiracy we have the following:
The current leaders of the U.S., U.N., Russia, and E.U (known as the Quartet), and specifically the leaders of America (George Bush) and Israel (Ariel Sharon), have an agreement to perform the illegal and wrongful act of removing Jews from Gaza and Samaria.
They will supply money and weapons to Israel?s enemies overriding the wishes of the electorate so as to undermine the duly elected and established government of Israel and will give Israel?s enemies all the fruit (literally) of years of Zionist labor and love, jailing without counsel any who should protest, for the express purpose of trying to destroy completely the Jewish nation of Israel, to ruin her, to undermine the character, morals and allegiance of her People, and to corrupt as many leaders as possible.
There you have it - not a mention of secrecy ? although it is certainly sinister.
The truth is, all of Israel?s enemies and those who would try to bring her down are doing everything plainly in the open, and they have done so for a very long time. This openness doesn?t disqualify them from being conspirators; on the contrary, they are all openly conspiring for Israel?s demise.
In spite of the ?hoped for? friendship of George Bush, he never said Israel could keep large settlement blocs, has always said the final negotiations have to be decided upon by both Israel and the ?Palestinians?, and talked about the 1949 armistice lines in April of 2004.
It is all there in plain language. Read the transcripts; listen to what is being said. The current ?shock? over last week?s press conference with Abu Mazen is simply because we haven?t listened. We covered our ears each time Bush spoke, and then created what we wanted to hear as the ?reality.?
In the final analysis, we are the ones who are exaggerated and silly and secret. We exaggerate the words of those we want to be our friends, pretending they didn?t say what they said and putting words into their mouths. We keep secret the actual state of affairs because we don?t want to face the truth.
Israel is being conspired against by the nations of the world - including America - and we are in serious trouble. Until and unless we wake up and face reality, little will change. The day that we decide to stand strong and look the nations in the eye, and with the confidence that HaShem expects of us, declare that ?we will not be moved? is the Day redemption will commence for Am Israel.
But hold on. The real truth of conspiracies and their theories may be eluding all of us.
Conspiracy theories are ridiculed because they are thought to be bigger than life - secretive, sinister and suspicious. Visions of master puppeteers secretly manipulating world events throughout generations seem exaggerated and silly, giving individuals and groups mystical powers, like maniacal golem spinning out of control.
The real problem with conspiracy theories is that our theory about them is wrong.
If we enter the word conspiracy into the dictionary world, we find the following preferred definitions:
Conspiracy: 1. an agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
Really!! You mean an agreement between a Quartet of nations to perform together the illegal and wrongful act (Road Map) of forcing a sovereign nation (Israel) to cut its borders in half and deport its citizens based on their ethnicity (Jews from Gush Katif & the Shomron), and supply their enemy with weapons?
Or do you mean the agreement between the Prime Minister of that tiny sovereign nation, and the President of a huge and powerful one, to perform together the illegal and wrongful act of turning over all the homes, hothouses, businesses, buildings and infrastructure to the very enemy that has vowed to destroy the occupants of those homes?
Perhaps it is the word subversive that doesn?t fit. What is the definition?
Subversive: Intended or serving to subvert, especially intended to overthrow or undermine an established government.
Did you say undermine an established government? Do you mean the one that the people of Israel elected to NOT give away the nation?s land, or to NOT give in to terrorism - that established government?
Maybe it?s the root word ?subvert? that gives us problems. What does it mean to simply subvert something; is that the secretive part?
Subvert: To destroy completely; ruin; to undermine the character, morals, or allegiance of; corrupt.
Bingo! Let?s fill in the blanks. According to the dictionary definition of conspiracy we have the following:
The current leaders of the U.S., U.N., Russia, and E.U (known as the Quartet), and specifically the leaders of America (George Bush) and Israel (Ariel Sharon), have an agreement to perform the illegal and wrongful act of removing Jews from Gaza and Samaria.
They will supply money and weapons to Israel?s enemies overriding the wishes of the electorate so as to undermine the duly elected and established government of Israel and will give Israel?s enemies all the fruit (literally) of years of Zionist labor and love, jailing without counsel any who should protest, for the express purpose of trying to destroy completely the Jewish nation of Israel, to ruin her, to undermine the character, morals and allegiance of her People, and to corrupt as many leaders as possible.
There you have it - not a mention of secrecy ? although it is certainly sinister.
The truth is, all of Israel?s enemies and those who would try to bring her down are doing everything plainly in the open, and they have done so for a very long time. This openness doesn?t disqualify them from being conspirators; on the contrary, they are all openly conspiring for Israel?s demise.
In spite of the ?hoped for? friendship of George Bush, he never said Israel could keep large settlement blocs, has always said the final negotiations have to be decided upon by both Israel and the ?Palestinians?, and talked about the 1949 armistice lines in April of 2004.
It is all there in plain language. Read the transcripts; listen to what is being said. The current ?shock? over last week?s press conference with Abu Mazen is simply because we haven?t listened. We covered our ears each time Bush spoke, and then created what we wanted to hear as the ?reality.?
In the final analysis, we are the ones who are exaggerated and silly and secret. We exaggerate the words of those we want to be our friends, pretending they didn?t say what they said and putting words into their mouths. We keep secret the actual state of affairs because we don?t want to face the truth.
Israel is being conspired against by the nations of the world - including America - and we are in serious trouble. Until and unless we wake up and face reality, little will change. The day that we decide to stand strong and look the nations in the eye, and with the confidence that HaShem expects of us, declare that ?we will not be moved? is the Day redemption will commence for Am Israel.