Saturday, August 25, 2012

Jewish anti Israel activists and Obama flock together

From a Letter, Thursday, August 23, 2012 to President Obama on the inclusion of numerous anti-Israel figures in his campaign, by William Kristol, Chairman of the Emergency Committee for Israel:

http://www.committeeforisrael.com/uncategorized/letter-from-eci-chairman-william-kristol-to-president-obama/

Dear Mr. President:
This week, your campaign launched a group called “Rabbis for Obama” ...[which] your campaign says, are “committed to re-electing” you due to your “policy agenda that represents the values of the overwhelming majority of the American Jewish community” and your “deep commitment to the security of the state of Israel.”
...it was particularly shocking to see that your campaign had recruited, and was touting the support of, rabbis who have no commitment to Israel’s security, and whose values are representative of a small and extreme group of anti-Israel activists – and certainly not of the pro-Israel community.
“Rabbis for Obama” includes many leaders of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) Movement, a movement inimical to Israel’s well-being. It includes founders of the pro-Hamas “Fast for Gaza” initiative. It even includes one person who was pleased to dine with Iranian President Ahmadinejad in 2008 and another who says the United States and Israel bring terrorism on themselves. Several members of “Rabbis for Obama” are officials of Jewish Voice for Peace, a radical group that the Anti-Defamation League featured in its list of the “Top 10 Anti-Israel Groups in America.”
Far from demonstrating a “deep commitment to the security of the state of Israel,” these figures have demonstrated a deep hostility to the state of Israel and a deep commitment to demonizing the Jewish state and undermining the U.S.-Israel alliance.
...This is, as you have pointed out, a particularly perilous time for the people of Israel... [Repudiate] the anti-Israel figures among the “Rabbis for Obama” ...[and] have an urgent and serious conversation with whoever in your campaign thought it appropriate to trumpet their support as a way of making your case to the pro-Israel community.

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