
© Public DomainIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu • Jeffrey Epstein
Israel is a parody of Jewish faith, just as Epstein's "kosher bacon" is a parody of dietary law.Amid the horror show of the recently released Epstein files, one particular revelation stands out for its deeper ideological and religious implications: the disclosure that Epstein planned to finance a bioengineering project aimed at creating "kosher pork." The case, perhaps unintentionally, exposes some
common analytical errors in how the distinction betwee
n Zionism and Judaism is usually framed.
It is correct to say that
Zionism is not Judaism. This distinction is necessary, legitimate, and defended by countless religious Jews, Orthodox rabbis, and traditional communities around the world.
However, turning this distinction into an absolute separation - as if the two had nothing whatsoever to do with each other - is intellectually dishonest. Zionism did not simply fall from the sky in the nineteenth century as a purely secular nationalist ideology. It emerged from an already strained religious terrain, marked by heterodox currents and heretical sects that have always existed on the margins of traditional Judaism.
Every traditional religion has deviant sects. The problem begins when these sects cease to be marginal and start operating as
political engines. One of the clearest signs of this type of deviation is the
trivialization - or even the mockery - of what is sacred.This is where the details surrounding Epstein acquire symbolic relevance.
Comment: It would not be a complete surprise if Saudi Arabia possesses nuclear weapons as there has been come chatter in recent years about the subject. Like Israel, they probably wouldn't make any official admission on the matter.