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'''Barry Chamish''' (born ], 1952) is a ]-]i ], ] and ]. '''Barry Chamish''' (born ], ]) is a ]-]i ], ] and ], best known as a ] and UFO investigator, and often regarded as a Holocaust Denier.] Hundreds of Chamish's "articles" have been published by Neo-Nazi organizations and he is an official columnist for the Holocaust Denial Rense.com web site.


⚫ He studied at the ] and later immigrated to ]. In 1975 he attended the ], receiving an ] in 1979. In 1981, Chamish founded a small press service and has contributed investigative reports to publications as diverse as '']'', '']'' and '']''.
Chamish has written several books. ''Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?'', published in 1998, blames the ] ] on ], at that time Israel's minister of Foreign Affairs, and on the ] instead of the convicted assassin ].


Chamish has written several books, most self-published, of which the best-known is ''Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?'', published in 1998. In this book, Chamish blames the ] ] on ], at that time Israel's minister of Foreign Affairs, and on the ] instead of the convicted assassin ]. After this investigation, Chamish's professional career took a nosedive and he claims he received death threats. He did not reporyt any such threats to the police. Chamish claimed the Shin Bet was trying to kill him when he crashed his car and was charged with intoxicated driving and faces prosecution in Israel. Because of this, he recently left Israel and relocated to ], ], while lecturing to religious and non-religious groups in Canada and the US. He now resides in ], ], after marrying his third wife (now separated).
==Career==
⚫ He studied at the ] and later migrated to ]. In 1975 he attended the ], receiving an ] in 1979. In 1981, Chamish founded a small press service and has contributed investigative reports to publications as diverse as '']'', '']'' and '']''.


⚫ Chamish has also been a ] champion in Israel and has written on the game for '']''.
⚫ Chamish served in an ].<ref> </ref> He participated in the ] as a reserve soldier in 1982.


==His allegations==
He recently left Israel and relocated to ], ], while lecturing to religious and non-religious groups in Canada and the US. He now resides in ], ].
===Representing Ariel Sharon as a "violent gangster"===
⚫ Chamish served in an ]. He claims he participated in the ] as a reserve soldier in 1982.


⚫ Chamish has written extensively about what he views as ]'s and Shimon Peres's "mismanagement" of the war {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. At the time Ariel Sharon was Israel's Minister of Defense but Shimon Peres was the country's opposition leader. Chamish accuses Sharon of sending his brigade deep into ] after receiving orders from former ] ] to advance no more than 20 kilometers beyond the border, and then sending word back to Begin that the advance had indeed halted at 20 kilometers. Chamish's brigade ran into heavy fire, and the brigade was given no air support, resulting in half of it being destroyed. Chamish describes Begin as "an honourable and patriotic Jew" and "the only honourable Prime Minister Israel ever had." Chamish believes that Sharon, in collusion with Peres and ], deliberately perpetrated the ] in order to destroy Begin's political reputation and career. Chamish maintains a very low opinion of Sharon based on a number episodes in Sharon's public life , painting a representation of a violent gangster.
==Views==
===Ariel Sharon===
⚫ Chamish has written extensively about what he views as ]'s and Shimon Peres's "mismanagement" of the 1982 Lebanon War {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. At the time Sharon was Israel's Minister of Defense and Peres was the country's opposition leader. Chamish has accused Sharon of sending his brigade deep into ] after receiving orders from former ] ] to advance no more than 20 kilometers beyond the border, and then sending word back to Begin that the advance had indeed halted at 20 kilometers. Chamish's brigade ran into heavy fire, and the brigade was given no air support, resulting in half of it being destroyed. Chamish described ] as "an honourable and patriotic Jew" and "the only honourable Prime Minister Israel ever had." Chamish stated that Sharon, in collusion with Peres and ], deliberately perpetrated the ] in order to destroy Begin's political reputation and career. <ref></ref> Chamish maintains a very low opinion of Sharon based on a number of episodes in Sharon's public life, painting a representation of a violent gangster.<ref></ref>


Chamish also described the drowning of former Israeli minister ], who reportedly was "swept away by a wave while working on a dock in Ashdod", as a "hit" by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon <ref></ref>. Chamish also described the drowning of former Israeli minister ], who reportedly was "swept away by a wave while working on a dock in Ashdod", as a "hit" by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon . The police and media in Israel saw it as an accident.


===Shimon Peres=== ===Conspiracy theories blaming Shimon Peres===
Chamish claims that ] did not shoot Rabin and has written on this extensively. One of Chamish's websites carries the name "yigalamir.com", after the assassin of the late prime-minister of Israel. Members of Yigal Amir's family told the daily paper ] in January, 2005 that ''"they object to Chamish's ideas, and that ]] have no right to publish such a website. They added the campaign angers Yigal Amir himself."'' <ref>.</ref> Chamish claims that ] did not shoot Rabin and has written on this extensively. One of Chamish's websites carries the name yigalamir.com, after the assassin of the late prime-minister of Israel. Members of Yigal Amir's family told ] in January, 2005, Israel's most sold daily, that ''"they object to Chamish's ideas, and that ]] have no right to publish such a website. They added the campaign angers Yigal Amir himself."'' .


Chamish has also accused Peres of the death of former ] ] ] the founder of the ] and head of the ] because "he raised congressional concern about Palestinian-sponsored terrorism... the ire of some Israeli activists" and because Owens uncovered supposedly fraud he had put himself at risk: Chamish has also accused Shimon Peres of the death of former ] ] ] the founder of the ] and head of the ] because "he raised congressional concern about Palestinian-sponsored terrorism... the ire of some Israeli activists" and because Owens uncovered supposedly fraud he had put himself at risk:


<blockquote>Barely a fortnight before, Rep. Owens learned the Ginosar scandal broke in Israel. He was either terrified or furious. It's a tossup. If he was terrified, it was because it wouldn't be long before his direct ties to Stephen Cohen would implicate him deeply in the scandals. If he was furious, it was because he finally learned how badly he had been scammed by Peres, Abraham, Masri and Cohen. Either way, he threatened to blow the whistle on the ]. He was poisoned at dinner and dead on a beach by 9 PM. Rep. Owens is now another notch on Peres' gunbelt.'' <ref></ref></blockquote> :''Barely a fortnight before, Rep. Owens learned the Ginosar scandal broke in Israel. He was either terrified or furious. It's a tossup. If he was terrified, it was because it wouldn't be long before his direct ties to Stephen Cohen would implicate him deeply in the scandals. If he was furious, it was because he finally learned how badly he had been scammed by Peres, Abraham, Masri and Cohen. Either way, he threatened to blow the whistle on the ]. He was poisoned at dinner and dead on a beach by 9 PM. Rep. Owens is now another notch on Peres' gunbelt.''


Chamish wrote of the "Sharon stroke mystery" that it was a murder attempt by Peres and ]. Giving no motive for why Peres and a ] would want to kill the Israeli Prime Minister Chamish said that before he fell into a coma, Sharon wanted to appoint the Israeli president ] as his deputy rather than his close political affiliate ]. He said also that Sharon was about to allow business people to build a ] in the dismantled ] settlement block. <ref></ref> In his explanation for the "Sharon stroke mystery", Chamish explains that this was a murder attempt by ] and ]. While he gives no explanation why Peres and a ] would want to kill the Israeli Prime Minister ], let alone any evidence, Chamish tells us that before he fell into a coma, Sharon wanted to appoint the Israeli president ] as his deputy and not his close political affiliate ]. Also he explains that Sharon was about to allow business people to build a ] in the dismantled ] settlement block. Typically no evidence is provided for such murder theories, apart from sometimes loose associations between individuals.


Chamish has also said that Peres gave away ] to the ] in a secret clause of the ] and that this "fact" had been widely published in Israel. <ref></ref> Chamish also claims that ] gave away ] to the ] in a secret clause of the ] and that this "fact" had been widely published in Israel.

⚫ {{see also|Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories}}


===Freemasonry=== ===Freemasonry===
Chamish has connected his ideas on Israeli events with the roles of ] and the ]. He has said that a heretical Jewish sect called Frankists (followers of ], himself a ]), which involve many ] and ] dynasties, including the ], have joined a wider ] conspiracy (including the ]n ]), which he claims are under ] as mentioned by ] ] and ].{{Fact|date=July 2008}} Both of these elements together seem to resemble the positions of ] short wave radio host ].{{Fact|date=July 2008}} Chamish further links his ] with the roles of ] and the ]. According to Chamish, a heretical Jewish sect called Frankists (followers of ], himself a ]), which involve many ] and ] dynasties, including the ], have joined a wider ] conspiracy (including the ]n ]), which he claims are under ] as mentioned by ] ] and ]. Both of these elements together seem to resemble the positions of ] short wave radio host ].


===Sabbateanism and Labour Zionism=== ===Sabbateanism and Labour Zionism===
Chamish has also written about the allegedly hidden roles of Israeli Prime Ministers ] and ]. He has attempted to trace the whereabouts of many Jewish ] who were taken from their parents after they arrived in Israel from ]. He wrote that Ben Gurion recklessly allowed at least 6000 of these children to be fatally exposed to ] <ref></ref> for purposes of ] experimentation. Chamish said that Peres had ], a Yemenite and past escort, killed by ] after she discovered too much about this story. Chamish has also written about the allegedly hidden roles of Israeli Prime Ministers ] and ]. He has attempted to trace the whereabouts of many Jewish ] who were taken from their parents after they arrived on ] in Israel from ]. He writes that Ben Gurion recklessly allowed at least 6000 of these children to be fatally exposed to ] for purposes of ] experimentation. Chamish claims that Peres had ], a Yemenite and past escort, killed by ] after she discovered too much about this story.


In his book ''Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism and the Holocaust'', Chamish said that Levi Eshkol was a secret ], and that the ] was based on the teachings of the 17th century figure ], considered an ] to ]. Although the book contained no direct evidence that any modern politician worships Shabbatai Zevi, it argued that Labor Zionism has its root inside Sabbateanism. In his book ''Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism and the Holocaust'', Chamish also claims that Levi Eshkol was a secret ], and that the ] was based on the teachings of ] (1626-1676) the ] who became an ] to ] by converting to ]. The book contains no direct evidence that any modern politician worships Shabbatai Zevi, but alleges that Labor Zionism has its root inside Sabbateanism.


===Gaza Strip witdrawal and Hurricane Katrina=== ===Gaza Strip witdrawal and Hurricane Katrina===
Chamish has connected the Israeli withdrawal from the ] with the Hurricane Katrina disaster in ], because Gush (Katif) and Gulf start with GU and Katrina and (Gush) Katif start with KAT. He said that the remainder of the latter words, after subtracting KAT and rearranging rina, is "if rain". Chamish told Aaron Klein, the Jerusalem reporter of the ]: ''Simple human beings cannot fully understand what is going on, but the events certainly must be connected. It's statistically impossible to have two such great natural disasters like the recent tsunami in Asia and Katrina right after each other. This is the hand of God. He is saying something.'' <ref></ref> This view is also supported by some religious Jews who do not share Chamish's beliefs. <ref></ref> Barry Chamish connects the Israeli withdrawal from the ] with the Hurricane Katrina disaster in ], because Gush (Katif) and Gulf start with GU and Katrina and (Gush) Katif start with KAT. He points out that the remainder of the latter words, after subtracting KAT and rearranging rina, is "if rain". Chamish told Aaron Klein, the Jerusalem reporter of the ]: ''Simple human beings cannot fully understand what is going on, but the events certainly must be connected. It's statistically impossible to have two such great natural disasters like the recent tsunami in Asia and Katrina right after each other. This is the hand of God. He is saying something.'' This view is also supported by some religious Jews who are not conspiracy theorists.


In addition to the letters in the two words, Chamish connected the two occurrences also with numbers: "There are approximately 6 million people in Israel. 10,000 divided by 6,000,000 equals ''0.00167''. Two weeks later, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in the southern United States, and laid waste and complete desolation to the City of New Orleans. New Orleans has a population of 500,000. US News agencies are openly calling those displaced by the hurricane 'refugees.' There are approximately 300 million people in the United States. 500,000 divided by 300,000,000 equals ''0.00167''." <ref></ref> In addition to the letters, Chamish connects the two occurrences also with numbers: "There are approximately 6 million people in Israel. 10,000 divided by 6,000,000 equals ''0.00167''. Two weeks later, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in the southern United States, and laid waste and complete desolation to the City of New Orleans. New Orleans has a population of 500,000. US News agencies are openly calling those displaced by the hurricane 'refugees.' There are approximately 300 million people in the United States. 500,000 divided by 300,000,000 equals ''0.00167''."


===Other subjects=== ===Miscellaneous theories===
In the Versailles banquet hall disaster, where a floor collapsed during a wedding, 23 persons were killed and 300 more injured. Chamish concluded that this was a sort of general rehearsal for the American set-up of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, in which almost 3000 persons died. <ref> </ref> In the Versailles banquet hall disaster, where a floor collapsed during a wedding, 23 persons were killed and 300 more injured. Chamish, without quoting any evidence, deducts that this was a sort of general rehearsal for the American set-up of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, in which almost 3000 persons died.


In 2005, Chamish broke the story of a large secret military base being built in Israel by the US and published numerous pictures as well. <ref> </ref>. Located near ], the base was completed shortly thereafter and turned over to the ]. In 2005, Chamish broke the story of a large secret military base being built in Israel by the US and published numerous pictures as well. . Located near ], the base was completed shortly thereafter and turned over to the IDF.


Chamish has accused ] of being a "liar" , who hid his alleged role of ] double-agent, and not a '']'' as many believe.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Chamish also accuses ] of being a "liar" , who hid his alleged role of ] double-agent , and not a heroic '']'' as many believe.


Chamish has a website and newsletter devoted to a variety of theories about ] and society. Suppositions include proposed explanations for the deaths of ], ] and ] who reportedly drowned after he was swept away when working on a dock in the port of ]. Chamish says that the top of his car and windows were smashed badly and that a wave would not have been capable of inflicting such damage. He currently has a website and newsletter devoted to a rich variety conspiracy theories about ] and society. The long list of theories includes "explanations" for the deaths of ], ] and ] who reportedly drowned after he was swept away when working on a dock in the port of ] but Chamish points out that the top of his car and windows were smashed badly, hardly something a mere wave could do.


==Criticism on Chamish's work==
⚫ Chamish wrote a book about ] sightings in ]. Although he has not written on UFOs for some years he still stands by his analysis on UFOs. <ref></ref>
The chief critic of Barry Chamish is Prof. ] in the '']'' weekly and the ''Jerusalem Post'' daily . ] has dismissed Chamish's work as "nonsense". Both Prof. Plaut and Mr. Pipes have condemned Chamish's theories as fiction. The ''Outpost'' dedicated in March 2002 an editorial item on Barry Chamish, including the following criticism on Chamish's "methodology" :


⚫ <blockquote>Chamish literally spouts conspiracy theories. Does the Israeli government claim that Tourism Minister ] was murdered by Arab terrorists? Chamish knows better. Prior to his death, writes Chamish, "Zeevi went on the war path against Peres, which was not a wise strategy. Others have tried and others have died." Chamish hints darkly at connections between Peres and the French and the ]. He writes: "It would have been no trouble for Peres and the French to order the PFLP to knock off Zeevi. (There's unconscious humor for you. Chamish? Proof? A ramble down free association lane is Chamish's notion of "proof.") Chamish promises that the "answer, ultimately will lead to the same organization which murdered Yitzhak Rabin." (Peres, needless to say, was behind that one too.) </blockquote>
==Responses==
The chief critic of Barry Chamish is ], who writes in the '']'' weekly and the '']''.<ref></ref> <ref>.</ref>


==UFO research==
] dismissed Chamish's work as "nonsense" and alleged that:
⚫ Chamish has also written a book about ] sightings in ]. In the ], he stopped writing about UFOs, although he still claims his analysis on UFOs to be true.

<blockquote>Not only does rense.com, a neo-Nazi site, post the latest Chamish epistle, "Israeli Secrets I Shouldn't Know," but Chamish himself links at the end of this letter to a story at the mathaba.net website that along the right side of the page promotes such Holocaust-denying reports as "German magazine denies Holocaust hate laws" and "Three of the latest letters from Ernest Zundel – Prisoner of Conscience."<ref></ref></blockquote>

Pipes also said that a Holocaust denial event sponsored by '']'' and '']'' announced that it would be hosting Chamish as speaker in September 2006. Pipes is a member of the ] (CFR), an organization that Chamish regularly criticizes, and Chamish has alleged open ] of certain CFR members.<ref></ref><ref></ref>

The newsletter ''Outpost'' dedicated in March 2002 an editorial item to Chamish, including the following criticism:

⚫ <blockquote>Chamish literally spouts conspiracy theories. Does the Israeli government claim that Tourism Minister ] was murdered by Arab terrorists? Chamish knows better. Prior to his death, writes Chamish, "Zeevi went on the war path against Peres, which was not a wise strategy. Others have tried and others have died." Chamish hints darkly at connections between Peres and the French and the ]. He writes: "It would have been no trouble for Peres and the French to order the PFLP to knock off Zeevi. (There's unconscious humor for you. Chamish? Proof? A ramble down free association lane is Chamish's notion of "proof.") Chamish promises that the "answer, ultimately will lead to the same organization which murdered Yitzhak Rabin." (Peres, needless to say, was behind that one too.) <ref></ref></blockquote>

==Libel case==
In March 2008 Chamish was ordered to pay ] Israeli activist ] the sum of NIS 36,000 ($10,000) for libel. Chamish had published articles on his websites referring to Ben-Gvir as an undercover ] agent. Judge Oded Shaham ruled that "these publications portrayed Ben-Gvir as a dishonest and dangerous man. Ben-Gvir was deemed a traitor to his right-wing cause in these articles, and was even accused of committing fraud. Some of these articles indicate that Ben-Gvir, while apparently opposed to the Gaza pullout, worked actively to thwart all opposition to the disengagement, and others even stated that he convinced a man to stone an innocent bystander to death. All of these assertions undoubtedly constitute libel." <ref></ref>

==Scrabble==
⚫ Chamish has also been a ] champion in Israel and has written on the game for '']''. <ref></ref>


==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
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* ''Save Israel''. Modi'in, Israel: ], 2002. No ISBN * ''Save Israel''. Modi'in, Israel: ], 2002. No ISBN
* ''Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism and the Holocaust''. Knoxville, TN: ], 2005. ISBN 965-90766-1-4 * ''Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism and the Holocaust''. Knoxville, TN: ], 2005. ISBN 965-90766-1-4
* ''Bye Bye Gaza'' <ref></ref> * ''Bye Bye Gaza''


==External links== ==External links==
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*{{he icon}}, Eli Ashad, Eretz Hatzvi, November 5, 2005 *{{he icon}}, Eli Ashad, Eretz Hatzvi, November 5, 2005
*, "Justice for ]" press release, June 25, 2003 *, "Justice for ]" press release, June 25, 2003
* by Brit-Am


===Journal and press articles=== ===Journal and press articles===
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*, from the Editor, ''Outpost'', January 2002, p. 2 *, from the Editor, ''Outpost'', January 2002, p. 2
*, from the Editor, ''Outpost'', March 2002, p. 2 & 10 *, from the Editor, ''Outpost'', March 2002, p. 2 & 10

==See also==
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==Notes==

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Barry Chamish (born Winnipeg, 1952) is a Canadian-Israeli writer, investigative journalist and public speaker, best known as a conspiracy theorist and UFO investigator, and often regarded as a Holocaust Denier.] Hundreds of Chamish's "articles" have been published by Neo-Nazi organizations and he is an official columnist for the Holocaust Denial Rense.com web site.

He studied at the University of Manitoba and later immigrated to Israel. In 1975 he attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving an MA in 1979. In 1981, Chamish founded a small press service and has contributed investigative reports to publications as diverse as National Review, Israel Business Today and New Internationalist.

Chamish has written several books, most self-published, of which the best-known is Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?, published in 1998. In this book, Chamish blames the Rabin assassination on Shimon Peres, at that time Israel's minister of Foreign Affairs, and on the Shin Bet instead of the convicted assassin Yigal Amir. After this investigation, Chamish's professional career took a nosedive and he claims he received death threats. He did not reporyt any such threats to the police. Chamish claimed the Shin Bet was trying to kill him when he crashed his car and was charged with intoxicated driving and faces prosecution in Israel. Because of this, he recently left Israel and relocated to Vancouver, Canada, while lecturing to religious and non-religious groups in Canada and the US. He now resides in St. Augustine, Florida, after marrying his third wife (now separated).

Chamish has also been a Scrabble champion in Israel and has written on the game for The Atlantic Monthly.

His allegations

Representing Ariel Sharon as a "violent gangster"

Chamish served in an Israeli tank division. He claims he participated in the Lebanon War as a reserve soldier in 1982.

Chamish has written extensively about what he views as Ariel Sharon's and Shimon Peres's "mismanagement" of the war . At the time Ariel Sharon was Israel's Minister of Defense but Shimon Peres was the country's opposition leader. Chamish accuses Sharon of sending his brigade deep into Lebanon after receiving orders from former Prime Minister Menachem Begin to advance no more than 20 kilometers beyond the border, and then sending word back to Begin that the advance had indeed halted at 20 kilometers. Chamish's brigade ran into heavy fire, and the brigade was given no air support, resulting in half of it being destroyed. Chamish describes Begin as "an honourable and patriotic Jew" and "the only honourable Prime Minister Israel ever had." Chamish believes that Sharon, in collusion with Peres and Henry Kissinger, deliberately perpetrated the Sabra and Shatila massacre in order to destroy Begin's political reputation and career. Chamish maintains a very low opinion of Sharon based on a number episodes in Sharon's public life , painting a representation of a violent gangster.

Chamish also described the drowning of former Israeli minister Rafael Eitan, who reportedly was "swept away by a wave while working on a dock in Ashdod", as a "hit" by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon . The police and media in Israel saw it as an accident.

Conspiracy theories blaming Shimon Peres

Chamish claims that Yigal Amir did not shoot Rabin and has written on this extensively. One of Chamish's websites carries the name yigalamir.com, after the assassin of the late prime-minister of Israel. Members of Yigal Amir's family told Yedioth Ahronoth in January, 2005, Israel's most sold daily, that "they object to Chamish's ideas, and that have no right to publish such a website. They added the campaign angers Yigal Amir himself." .

Chamish has also accused Shimon Peres of the death of former Utah Congressman D. Wayne Owens the founder of the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation and head of the Middle East Peace Center because "he raised congressional concern about Palestinian-sponsored terrorism... the ire of some Israeli activists" and because Owens uncovered supposedly fraud he had put himself at risk:

Barely a fortnight before, Rep. Owens learned the Ginosar scandal broke in Israel. He was either terrified or furious. It's a tossup. If he was terrified, it was because it wouldn't be long before his direct ties to Stephen Cohen would implicate him deeply in the scandals. If he was furious, it was because he finally learned how badly he had been scammed by Peres, Abraham, Masri and Cohen. Either way, he threatened to blow the whistle on the Peres Peace Center. He was poisoned at dinner and dead on a beach by 9 PM. Rep. Owens is now another notch on Peres' gunbelt.

In his explanation for the "Sharon stroke mystery", Chamish explains that this was a murder attempt by Shimon Peres and Yoram Rubin. While he gives no explanation why Peres and a bodyguard would want to kill the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, let alone any evidence, Chamish tells us that before he fell into a coma, Sharon wanted to appoint the Israeli president Moshe Katzav as his deputy and not his close political affiliate Ehud Olmert. Also he explains that Sharon was about to allow business people to build a casino in the dismantled Gush Katif settlement block. Typically no evidence is provided for such murder theories, apart from sometimes loose associations between individuals.

Chamish also claims that Shimon Peres gave away Jerusalem to the Vatican in a secret clause of the Oslo Agreements and that this "fact" had been widely published in Israel.

See also: Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories

Freemasonry

Chamish further links his conspiracy theories with the roles of Freemasonry and the New World Order. According to Chamish, a heretical Jewish sect called Frankists (followers of Jacob Frank, himself a Sabbatian), which involve many German and Polish dynasties, including the House of Rothschild, have joined a wider Freemasonic conspiracy (including the Bavarian Illuminati), which he claims are under Heilil as mentioned by Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel. Both of these elements together seem to resemble the positions of American short wave radio host William Cooper.

Sabbateanism and Labour Zionism

Chamish has also written about the allegedly hidden roles of Israeli Prime Ministers David Ben Gurion and Levi Eshkol. He has attempted to trace the whereabouts of many Jewish Yemenite immigrant children who were taken from their parents after they arrived on aliyah in Israel from Yemen. He writes that Ben Gurion recklessly allowed at least 6000 of these children to be fatally exposed to nuclear radiation for purposes of nuclear experimentation. Chamish claims that Peres had Ofra Haza, a Yemenite and past escort, killed by AIDS after she discovered too much about this story.

In his book Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism and the Holocaust, Chamish also claims that Levi Eshkol was a secret Sabbatian, and that the Israel labor party was based on the teachings of Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676) the false Messiah who became an apostate to Judaism by converting to Islam. The book contains no direct evidence that any modern politician worships Shabbatai Zevi, but alleges that Labor Zionism has its root inside Sabbateanism.

Gaza Strip witdrawal and Hurricane Katrina

Barry Chamish connects the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip with the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, because Gush (Katif) and Gulf start with GU and Katrina and (Gush) Katif start with KAT. He points out that the remainder of the latter words, after subtracting KAT and rearranging rina, is "if rain". Chamish told Aaron Klein, the Jerusalem reporter of the World Net Daily: Simple human beings cannot fully understand what is going on, but the events certainly must be connected. It's statistically impossible to have two such great natural disasters like the recent tsunami in Asia and Katrina right after each other. This is the hand of God. He is saying something. This view is also supported by some religious Jews who are not conspiracy theorists.

In addition to the letters, Chamish connects the two occurrences also with numbers: "There are approximately 6 million people in Israel. 10,000 divided by 6,000,000 equals 0.00167. Two weeks later, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in the southern United States, and laid waste and complete desolation to the City of New Orleans. New Orleans has a population of 500,000. US News agencies are openly calling those displaced by the hurricane 'refugees.' There are approximately 300 million people in the United States. 500,000 divided by 300,000,000 equals 0.00167."

Miscellaneous theories

In the Versailles banquet hall disaster, where a floor collapsed during a wedding, 23 persons were killed and 300 more injured. Chamish, without quoting any evidence, deducts that this was a sort of general rehearsal for the American set-up of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, in which almost 3000 persons died.

In 2005, Chamish broke the story of a large secret military base being built in Israel by the US and published numerous pictures as well. . Located near Rosh Ha'Ayin, the base was completed shortly thereafter and turned over to the IDF.

Chamish also accuses Natan Sharansky of being a "liar" , who hid his alleged role of KGB double-agent , and not a heroic refusenik as many believe.

He currently has a website and newsletter devoted to a rich variety conspiracy theories about Israeli politics and society. The long list of theories includes "explanations" for the deaths of Ofra Haza, Leah Rabin and Rafael Eitan who reportedly drowned after he was swept away when working on a dock in the port of Ashdod but Chamish points out that the top of his car and windows were smashed badly, hardly something a mere wave could do.

Criticism on Chamish's work

The chief critic of Barry Chamish is Prof. Steven Plaut in the Jewish Press weekly and the Jerusalem Post daily . Daniel Pipes has dismissed Chamish's work as "nonsense". Both Prof. Plaut and Mr. Pipes have condemned Chamish's theories as fiction. The Outpost dedicated in March 2002 an editorial item on Barry Chamish, including the following criticism on Chamish's "methodology" :

Chamish literally spouts conspiracy theories. Does the Israeli government claim that Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi was murdered by Arab terrorists? Chamish knows better. Prior to his death, writes Chamish, "Zeevi went on the war path against Peres, which was not a wise strategy. Others have tried and others have died." Chamish hints darkly at connections between Peres and the French and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He writes: "It would have been no trouble for Peres and the French to order the PFLP to knock off Zeevi. (There's unconscious humor for you. Chamish? Proof? A ramble down free association lane is Chamish's notion of "proof.") Chamish promises that the "answer, ultimately will lead to the same organization which murdered Yitzhak Rabin." (Peres, needless to say, was behind that one too.)

UFO research

Chamish has also written a book about UFO sightings in Israel. In the 21st century, he stopped writing about UFOs, although he still claims his analysis on UFOs to be true.

Bibliography

  • The Devil Wore an Angel's Suit. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Split Level, 1972. No ISBN
This book was Chamish's first book and was a compilation of the tales of triumph of a collective group of friends
  • Keep Stillman: A Pun. Winnipeg: Split Level, 1973. No ISBN (front cover by Irene Chamish)
  • Mack. Winnipeg: Split Level, 1974. No ISBN.
This book was written during the time period of Barry Chamish's divorce from his first wife ( Irene Chamish who was the artist of the previous book "Keep Stillman : A Pun". The Mack book was a deliberate satirical parody of Barry Chamish's first wife and his relationship with her. The book was written for the benefit of an explanation to a group of close friends
  • Alice in Newfoundland. Winnipeg: Split Level, 1976. No ISBN (Poems)
  • The Fall of Israel. Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate, 1992. ISBN 0-86241-355-9
  • Traitors and Carpetbaggers in the Promised Land. Oklahoma City: Hearthstone, 1997. ISBN 1-57558-017-9
  • Who murdered Yitzhak Rabin? Venice, CA: Feral, 1998. ISBN 0-922915-50-4
  • Return of the Giants. Sun Lakes, AZ: Book World/Blue Star, 2000. ISBN 1-881542-66-1
  • The Final Days of Israel. Tempe, AZ: Dandelion, 2000. ISBN 1-893302-16-4
    • Also published as The Last Days of Israel. 2001. Same publisher and ISBN
  • Israel Betrayed. Ainsworth, NE: Counting Coup, 2001. ISBN 0-9708598-5-6
  • Save Israel. Modi'in, Israel: Modiin House, 2002. No ISBN
  • Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism and the Holocaust. Knoxville, TN: Master Press, 2005. ISBN 965-90766-1-4
  • Bye Bye Gaza

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