Yesterday I reported on the Jewish organizations crashing down on 15 Christian denominations because they had the temerity to call on the United States Congress to ascertain that all US aid programs to Israel are in compliance with US law. (Nice try, Christians, but it will never happen. In fact, not 10 Members of Congress would dare defy AIPAC like that).
Anyway, the organizations led by the liberal-on-everything-not-related-to-Israel Jewish Council on Public Affairs went nuts. How dare anyone suggest that aid to Israel be subject to any scrutiny, even though all monies provided here at home are? They flipped out, suggesting strongly that the 15 denominations are a bunch of Jew-haters. Yes, it’s overkill and they know it but it’s designed to make the Christians not only abandon this effort BUT NEVER EVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN, YOU HEAR ME.
Today the Anti-Defamation League weighed in. Abe Foxman says ADL is ending a planned dialogue with Christian groups because:
It is outrageous that mere days after the Iranian president repeated his call for Israel’s elimination, these American Protestant leaders would launch a biased attack against the Jewish state by calling on Congress to investigate Israel’s use of foreign aid. In its clear bias against Israel, it is striking that their letter fails to also call for an investigation of Palestinian use of U.S. foreign aid, thus once again placing the blame entirely on Israel.
Of course, Iran!!! And the $12 dollars in aid we give to the Palestinians.
Anyway, read the ADL statement. These organizations which represent no one but their zillionaire donors (certainly not most Jews) have lost their minds. I mean, now they are literally saying that aid to Israel unlike aid to school kids or farmers or seniors or vets here at home should not have to comply with US law. Who the hell do these overpaid organizational hacks think they are?
| ADL Pulls Out of Jewish-Christian Dialogue to Protest Anti-Israel Letter Signed by Mainline Protestant LeadersNew York, NY, October 10, 2012 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has withdrawn from participating in a national Jewish-Christian interfaith dialogue scheduled for October 22 in response to a serious breach of trust by mainline Protestant Church leaders who are participants in the annual interfaith meeting.
Some of the Protestant leaders who were scheduled to be dialogue participants sent an outrageous and biased letter to members of Congress on October 5, accusing Israel of human rights violations against Palestinians and calling for a re-evaluation of U.S. foreign aid to Israel. By failing to alert Jewish dialogue participants beforehand, ADL said the mainline Protestant leaders who signed on to the letter had shown a “blatant lack of sensitivity” and “seriously damaged the foundation for mutual respect.” The letter was signed by the current head of the National Council of Churches, as well as leaders of the Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran, Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ churches and was issued without notifying any of the churches’ longtime Jewish dialogue partners, including ADL. “In light of the failure of any of the church leaders to reach out to us, we have decided not to attend this interfaith meeting,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “The blatant lack of sensitivity by the Protestant dialogue partners we had been planning to meet with has seriously damaged the foundation for mutual respect, which is essential for meaningful interfaith dialogue.” The letter to Congress from Protestant leaders called for an investigation into possible violations by Israel of the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, which would make Israel ineligible for U.S. military aid. “As Christian leaders in the United States, it is our moral responsibility to question the continuation of unconditional U.S. financial assistance to the government of Israel,” the letter said. “Realizing a just and lasting peace will require this accountability, as continued U.S. military assistance to Israel — offered without conditions or accountability — will only serve to sustain the status quo and Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian territories. “We request, therefore, that Congress hold Israel accountable to these standards by making the disbursement of U.S. military assistance to Israel contingent on the Israeli government’s compliance with applicable U.S. laws and policies.” Mr. Foxman responded: “It is outrageous that mere days after the Iranian president repeated his call for Israel’s elimination, these American Protestant leaders would launch a biased attack against the Jewish state by calling on Congress to investigate Israel’s use of foreign aid. In its clear bias against Israel, it is striking that their letter fails to also call for an investigation of Palestinian use of U.S. foreign aid, thus once again placing the blame entirely on Israel. “We hope that other Jewish organizations will understand the level of disrespect the American Jewish community is being shown here a |
The guts and moral seriousness of the mainline churches’ letter to Congress is truly impressive. It’s no doubt obvious to them that Likud and Shel Adelson want to replace Obama with another Republican ventriloquist’s dummy for Israel and its neocon Fifth Column, in order to use Romney to fight another disastrous proxy war to “protect” Israel, not us, in Iran, just as they used Likud’s last presedential puppet W to fight an insane war for Israel, not us, in Iraq. Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, as well as its absolutely unprecedented attempt to buy our government in order to use America asLikud’s guard all shield throughout the Middle East are both worthy of the strongest possible moral condemnation. Let’s hope that Obama drives a stake through Romney’s neocon heart, and that we have a growing movement of genuine American patriots attacking Israel’s attempt to make us all their political slaves.
Who do they think they are? They think they are the de facto sovereigns of America, whose every Israel-über-alles whim by definition becomes US policy, paid for by American blood and treasure.
We need to adopt four basic rules that many other countries already have:
1) No more dual citizenship. You’re either an American or you’re an Israeli. You can’t be both.
2) Lobbying for a foreign power at the expense of the United States earns you a visit and a warning from your local friendly FBI agents. A second incident for the same country within your lifetime loses you your US citizenship or your green card.
3) Lobbyists for foreign powers have more constrained rights than other resident aliens, including a nonrenewable maximum length that their green card can be valid. You go home to Israel; Tel Aviv sends another lobbyist; his clock starts when his visa is approved.
4) And, to make (3) stick, no visa on arrival for citizens of countries with significant extra-governmental lobbying efforts.