Quite a few of the blind Zionist supporters here have claimed that Zionism is peaceful and poses no threat to the West (anymore, as they must concede in the past it did attack the British). After examining the activities of two militant Zionist organisations in the USA, one would also have to concede that the "Peaceful Zionists" theory is just a load of crap.
Two of the most outspoken Zionist groups in the USA, who just claim to be defending Jewish rights against anti-Semitism are the JDO and the JDL. The JDL was the first of the two groups, and the JDO grew as a more extreme offshoot of the JDL after the JDO's founder Mordechai Levy had a violent disagreement with the JDL leadership.
JDL: The JDL was founded in 1968 by the Rabbi Meir Kahane, who was once a member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament), as a vigilante group claiming to defend the Jewish community of Brooklyn from anti-Semitic attacks. Baruch Goldstein, who committed the Hebron Mosque, when he walked into a mosque and murdered about 50 praying Palaestinians was a follower and disciple of Kahane's political party, Kach.
In its report, Terrorism 2000/2001, the FBI referred to the JDL as a "
violent extremist Jewish organization" and stated that the FBI was responsible for thwarting at least one of its terrorist acts."
In 1985, Irv Rubin became the leader of the JDL when Rabbi Kahane moved to Israel to take up his seat in the Knesset. Rubin had been charged with inciting murder and acts of terrorism throughout the late 1970's and early 80's before heading the JDL.
In 1985 Alex Odeh, the local chairman of the pro-Palestinian American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) was killed by a bomb while opening to the door to his Santa Ana, California office. Rubin was suspected, and further antagonized his opponents by saying that
"Odeh got what he deserved." However, the JDL has insisted the attack was committed by others. The FBI was unable to prove its original allegations against the JDL, given that the original suspects in the case fled to Israel (And of course Israel cannot hand Jews over to 'goy'). The crime remains unsolved. The investigation of Rubin was headed by FBI special agent Mary Hogan, the same agent who signed the affidavit accusing Rubin of planning to destroy government property and other targets in 2001.
On December 12, 2001, Irv Rubin, JDL Chairman, and Earl Krugel, a member of the organization, were charged with conspiracy to bomb private and government property. The two allegedly were caught in the act of planning bomb attacks against the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California and on the office of U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, who is Arab-American. The two were arrested as part of a sting operation after an FBI informant named Danny Gillis delivered explosives to Krugel's home in L.A. Both Rubin and Krugel died in prison under mysterious circumstances.
Rubin was also an active member of the US Republican party, and later the Libertarian party, prior to his imprisonment and death.
JDO: The JDO was formed in the late 1980's after one of the JDL's members Mordechai Levy had a falling out with Irv Rubin (head of the JDL). Levy was charged with 4 counts of murder in 1989 when he opened fire on Rubin in public, wounding an innocent bystander. In 2000 Levy was again arrested for assaulting a 12 yo. Jewish boy. During sentencing, Rubin wrote the following letter to the judge:
Quote:Dear Judge Hering,
On May 25, 2000, you will be sentencing Mordechai Levy for a vicious assault he perpetrated against a 12-year old Jewish youngster. I respectfully ask you to sentence Levy to the maximum term you can impose under the law. Levy is a danger to every human being who comes near him. In 1989, he fired a semiautomatic AR-15 from the rooftop of 6 Bleecker Street, his residence in Manhattan. I was his intended target along with two associates who were attempting to serve legal papers on him. His gunfire wounded an innocent plumber sitting in his vehicle. Levy was subsequently convicted of "wanton and reckless disregard for human life." For indiscriminately spraying a New York street with gunfire, Levy was sentenced to four years in jail, but incredibly he only spent four months for this despicable crime. Your Honor, you have an opportunity to severely punish a man who beat up a child and then kicked the boy in his scrotum. As a Jew and an activist in the Jewish community, I humbly beg you to take into account both the seriousness of the crime and also Levy's entire criminal record when you hand down your sentence. With my trust in the American legal system, I know you will do the right thing.
Respectfully yours,
Irv Rubin
Levy is also known for his running legal battles with independent licensed investigator and noted electronic privacy researcher and former JDO member Steven Rombom, for which Rombom would ultimately sue Levy and the JDO for in 1997 alleging defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and incitement to violence, for his incessant attacks against ADL (another Jewish 'rights' group in the US) founder Abraham Foxman and others. Along with JDO activist A. J. Weberman, also known for his activism in the Youth International Party (Yippies,) Levy and the JDO were successfully sued for libel more recently and fined $850,000.
Levy also founded a terrorist training camp in upstate New York, called Camp Jabotinsky, named after the extremist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky.