La Voz de Aztlan Weighs in on Viva Palestina

The controversy over the Viva Palestina fund drive at UC Irvine on May 21 has started to attract the attention of the news media now that the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has written letters to the Dept. of Justice and UCI requesting an investigation into whether laws were broken. One "news outlet" that has written on the issue is an outfit called "La Voz de Aztlan" (The Voice of Aztlan) in Los Angeles ("Alta", California. (Aztlan is the mythical term for the American Southwest that some activists claim should revert to Mexico. "Alta" -Upper- appears to be a play on Baja California)

I have already written extensively on the issue, so I won't repeat what I have already stated. I would, however, like to post one of the articles published by Voz de Aztlan on October 6. Here it is:

http://www.aztlan.net/zoa_targets_muslim_students.htm

Let's put the overall Israel/Palestinian issue to the side for a moment. Here is the part of that article that I find really troubling:

"....The ZOA is headquartered in New York City and is funded by Wall Street tycoons, bankers and other wealthy Jews. Though they say they are Americans, they work exclusively for the foreign government of Israel."

If you are starting to detect an anti-Semitic taint, try on this other article from Voz de Aztlan:

http://www.aztlan.net/koshernostra.htm

Or this:

http://www.aztlan.net/metzitzah_b_peh.htm


These are just samplings from what the reader can expect to find on the Voz de Aztlan website covering a wide range of issues from the extreme left perspective. This so-called "news outlet" has jumped on the anti-Israel bandwagon, and by their own claim, sent a reporter (Hector Carreon) with the Viva Palestina USA "aid" convoy to Gaza. Here is Hector Carreon's own report:

http://www.aztlan.net/viva_palestina_gaza_report.htm


That they support the Palestinian cause is one thing. What strikes me is that they give away the anti-Jewish sentiment that supporters of Viva Palestina claim they don't have. I ask the writers and editors of Voz de Aztlan how they would react against those that would use anti-Hispanic rhetoric such as they use against Jews. It is a wasted rhetorical question because this website, the more you look at it, is nothing more than Der Stuermer in English.

Voz de Aztlan is the publication of Nation of Aztlan, a tiny group of activists based in Los Angeles, which has already been identified by such organizations as the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League as being a rabidly anti-Semitic group. This is a group that maintains that Nicholas Berg was actually beheaded at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. This is a group that has given credence to the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion".

Behind all the rhetoric behind the Palestinian/Israel dispute and Viva Palestina, it is pretty clear that there are things going on behind the scenes that demand some in-depth investigation. In spite of all the denials that there is no anti-Semitism involved in Viva Palestina, their delegation that went to Gaza included Hector Carreon of Voz de Aztlan.

Who are the real forces behind Viva Palestina and the Muslim Student Associations in the US? How is it that Hector Carreon, one of the chief members of the anti-Semitic Voz de Aztlan and one of their principle writers, accompanied the Viva Palestina US convoy to Gaza?

Overall, it must be asked, where does the funding come from and where does it all go? And if our Justice Department is really interested in fighting against hate groups, maybe they should take a look at Nation of Aztlan and their publication, Voz de Aztlan.