Book No. 1

Front cover of the book Israel from Within

Name of the book: Israel from Within

The author: Diya al-Hajeri

 

Publishing house: Al-Hai’a al-Misriya al-Amma lil-Kitab (Cairo)

 

Year of publication: 2002

 

The above book was issued as part of the project entitled “A Festival of Reading for All – the Child, the Youngster and the Family”, a series of educational books published under the patronage of Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak.

 

Sponsor of the book and of the entire series: Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak [The book’s back cover features Mrs. Mubarak’s photograph and a note written by her, advocating the importance of reading].

The Egyptian ministries involved in the book’s publication	The book’s back cover featuring Mrs. Mubarak’s picture and a dedication  signed by her

Supervisor of the publication: Dr. Samir Sirhan (who also wrote the General Foreword to the project).

 

Institutions involved in the publication:

Central Association for Complementary Schooling

 

The Ministry of Cultur

 

The Ministry of Information

 

The Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Local Councils  

The Ministry of Youth

Production: the Book Association

 

Note: On page 6, below Dr. Sirhan’s foreword, there is a large frame displaying the notice: Special edition, published by Ibn Sina Library, as part of the “Family Library” project [in the framework of which this book was issued].

 

 

 “Israel from Within”:             

                       profile of the book

This book is intended to “shed light on the characteristics of the Israeli society from within”, and identify the tendencies and struggles going on inside it. Its purpose is to help better understand the Israeli society, and thus “improve our ability to cope with the challenge that it represents”. (Source: the author’s foreword, p. 9).

 

This is a venomously hostile book, generated by profound enmity against the State of Israel. It abounds with anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist expressions, including outright anti-Semitic motives. The graphics at the beginning and end of each chapter (a “Star of David” framing a bomb and the face of a Jew respectively) are an appropriate supplement to the book’s content.

 

The following are some excerpts from the book:

 “Throughout the second half of the 20^th century, Israel has been, and still is, the greatest concern and challenge for the Arab countries. It has been a major cause of the depletion of the huge Arab resources…” (p.7

  “One might argue that in spite of the economic, political and demographic losses suffered by the Arab world due to the implantation of this foreign state in the midst of it, it [the Arab world] has gained an indirect benefit [from the Arab-Israeli conflict]: the awakening of nationalist awareness [this refers to Pan-Arabism] and the understanding that the struggle against Israel is primarily a cultural one. When a virus, a microorganism that causes disease, penetrates the human body, it stimulates the antibodies into action and opposition…” (p.8)

The legend of the photograph reads: “Talmudic schools… are not familiar with any concepts except for the Biblical concept…” (p. 28). [The awkwardness of the legend is well illustrated by the fact that the above picture features a mixed class, boys and girls, of an obviously mainstream secular school; a poster seen at the background commemorates 10 years after the death of President Chaïm Weizmann – who died in 1952…]

Excerpts from Chapter 2 titled “A legend called: the Jews”

“How did the Jews manage at the same time to become sovereigns in the Capitalist West and influential people in Soviet Communist society? Because the Jews accumulated huge wealth in the course of history, by charging interest and trading in slaves; [yet] this did not hinder them from preaching noble values and upright morals.” (p. 34)

 

“The Jews came… to the shores of America, hungry and destitute… But they were united in one thing: in joining forces in solidarity, to challenge the new world, and next to gather capital and occupy key positions, in order to conquer the new liberal society [i.e. the American society] without restrictions or barriers…” (p. 36)

 

“The American Jews [i.e. those who emigrated to America] showed solidarity towards the original Democratic Party… At that time, the Democratic Party spoke in favor of slavery. This explains why its basic principles concurred with the commercial interests of the Jews, the majority of whom dealt in slavery…” (p. 53)

 

“…a number of institutions and committees were established [by the Jews of America] for the sake of rescuing the Jews [in Europe, during World War II] and raising the funds needed for this purpose. One of these was the “Emergency Committee”… However, these committees were criticized and rejected by the Zionist movement…, since the philosophy of the Zionist movement was that Hitler should be allowed to murder the Jews in order to convince the entire world that the only solution for rescuing the Jews was establishing a homeland for them in Palestine.” (pp. 65 – 66)

The legend: “The fusion of the Jews and the Nazis “created” the Zionist demon” (p. 67)

The legend: “Sovereignty over Jerusalem: an Israeli target of arrogance” (p. 81)

A photograph intended to exacerbate feelings of hatred towards Israel:
The legend: “An Israeli soldier armed from head to foot marching
behind an unarmed Palestinian child” (p. 93)

The legend: “The racist kibbutzim” (p. 14) 

The lines in Arabic in the above picture read: “Camps [The Arabic term used is “mu’askarat”, a word with military connotation] for massive accommodation of Soviet Jews and Falasha [Ethiopian Jews], imported with the purpose of banishing the Palestinians from their homes” (p. 14, in the chapter entitled “Israel from within”).

 

“…the Jewish state was established by force of violence, and became therefore similar to Prussia, or ancient Sparta. In its view, the only value is militarism and occupation. Just like evil and persecution characterized the ancient Jewish kingdom, these two features are typical of the modern state [of Israel].” (p. 82)

Picture of the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who signed the peace agreement with Egypt.
 The legend: “After the declaration of the Zionist entity in 1948, the terrorist Begin
[said]: ‘I kill, therefore I am’” (p. 116)

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