Sean Stone
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It's interesting because we could be Israeli citizens based on our ancestry. Our ancestry of Lew Stone is not Zionist. Our ancestry is much more cosmopolitan. And this kind of goes to the heart of a lot of the issues, I think, at the beginning of Zionism, where the cosmopolitan Jews who said, we want to assimilate into the cultures, right? Of Germany, of Europe, of America.
And those who said, we want a nation, a land. And I think that there is a psychological factor to Jewish people basically saying you have to give to Israel, you have to be part of Israel, you have to, that's your nation.
And those who said, we want a nation, a land. And I think that there is a psychological factor to Jewish people basically saying you have to give to Israel, you have to be part of Israel, you have to, that's your nation.
That starts in the Zionist phase of the late, but it picks up after World War I. Late, what were you going to say, late? Well, late 1900s is the birth, right? But then it picks up after World War I, but not really. It becomes, remember, the Zionists made deals with Nazis.
That starts in the Zionist phase of the late, but it picks up after World War I. Late, what were you going to say, late? Well, late 1900s is the birth, right? But then it picks up after World War I, but not really. It becomes, remember, the Zionists made deals with Nazis.
The Zionists actually said Hitler was a good thing because they made a deal, various agreements, to start to move Jews because they wanted to take Palestine. at the time that Palestine was mostly Arab, right? So they knew they were a small population. They had to bring more Jews in from Europe.
The Zionists actually said Hitler was a good thing because they made a deal, various agreements, to start to move Jews because they wanted to take Palestine. at the time that Palestine was mostly Arab, right? So they knew they were a small population. They had to bring more Jews in from Europe.
And so I hate to say it, but the Holocaust, they used that Holocaust to basically say, we can now create a state. And that was obviously the energy that was given by Russia and America and all the UN countries to say, Israel can have a state.
And so I hate to say it, but the Holocaust, they used that Holocaust to basically say, we can now create a state. And that was obviously the energy that was given by Russia and America and all the UN countries to say, Israel can have a state.
Well, I think there's a couple of factors. As I mentioned, financial. I think you do have a lot of Jewish banking. We know that. That's historical. They're deeply tied into the banking system, including to the Federal Reserve. I mean, you look at even in Europe, the Rothschilds were the ones that got the letter from Balfour.
Well, I think there's a couple of factors. As I mentioned, financial. I think you do have a lot of Jewish banking. We know that. That's historical. They're deeply tied into the banking system, including to the Federal Reserve. I mean, you look at even in Europe, the Rothschilds were the ones that got the letter from Balfour.
I mean, the Rothschilds obviously are a very wealthy, influential family, right? And that's not the only one. There is the Warburgs and others that were very influential in building our Federal Reserve system here. So Schiff and all these families. So again, you're talking money, but you're also talking about a base. From a strategic perspective, I think that the U.S.
I mean, the Rothschilds obviously are a very wealthy, influential family, right? And that's not the only one. There is the Warburgs and others that were very influential in building our Federal Reserve system here. So Schiff and all these families. So again, you're talking money, but you're also talking about a base. From a strategic perspective, I think that the U.S.
and British saw Israel as a base into the Arab world, which I call Israel the last crusader, the crusader kingdom. Because remember, as you know, historically, we fought the West, the Catholic Church sent crusaders out to try to recapture Jerusalem. in 1095, and they did, and then they got kicked out a couple hundred years later, right? But they never forgave that.
and British saw Israel as a base into the Arab world, which I call Israel the last crusader, the crusader kingdom. Because remember, as you know, historically, we fought the West, the Catholic Church sent crusaders out to try to recapture Jerusalem. in 1095, and they did, and then they got kicked out a couple hundred years later, right? But they never forgave that.
So I think that the Catholics and the West, psychologically and militarily and historically, actually see Israel as the crusader kingdom that gives them a foothold into the Middle East. So this is a thousand year war. And that's actually also how a lot of the Arabs see it, which is why people get caught up on the Jewish thing.
So I think that the Catholics and the West, psychologically and militarily and historically, actually see Israel as the crusader kingdom that gives them a foothold into the Middle East. So this is a thousand year war. And that's actually also how a lot of the Arabs see it, which is why people get caught up on the Jewish thing.
And they miss the point of the Arabs looking at it as the West trying to have a crusader kingdom called Israel in the Middle East. And most, as we know, most of the Jews that are there are from Europe, right? They're from, you know, whether they're Kazarian or whatnot. So they're not from that land, at least maybe they were thousands of years ago, maybe they weren't.
And they miss the point of the Arabs looking at it as the West trying to have a crusader kingdom called Israel in the Middle East. And most, as we know, most of the Jews that are there are from Europe, right? They're from, you know, whether they're Kazarian or whatnot. So they're not from that land, at least maybe they were thousands of years ago, maybe they weren't.
But the point is that this is an issue in the psychology of the Arab world, right? the Crusades coming back to haunt them. I think that's a big issue and people don't look at it that way because they think of it as Jewish versus Muslim. And I think it's much deeper because as you know, the Jews and Muslims have gotten along.