THE SPINE OCTOBER 18, 2010
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There's so much been written about the ethical collapse of "J-Street" that there's almost no need to comment some more. Still, the big news is that more than half its bills have been paid by one of the world's biggest billionaires and by some mystery lady in Hong Kong who may or may not have been forking over a Chicago gangster's cash. The other news is that the "J-Street" founder, the son of a corrupt British Labor lord, thinks that the founding of Israel was a mistake. There may be some Jews who agree. But they are mostly Jews who don't care about the survival of the Jewish people.
Anyway, Jennifer Rubin, writing in Contentions-Commentary, has traced the collapse of Obama's self-crippling peace initiatives. And, lo and behold, the most noisy of the congressional advocates of that policy, Gary Ackerman of New York, has relented and relented whole-heartedly:
“Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. It is not a settlement. As such, the resumption of construction in Jerusalem is not a justification for a crisis, a showdown, a meltdown or even a hissy fit. Ramot and Pisgat Zeev are going to be part of Israel in any conceivable final status deal and to pretend otherwise is pointless.
No, ladies and gentlemen, Jerusalem is not Hobe Sound. In fact, Hobe Sound is no longer Hobe Sound either.
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Ackerman should have stood up to Obama about Jerusalem in March, not last week after The Jewish Week lifted the curtain on Ackerman's J-Street fundraiser (Wed, Oct. 13), or because he has some angry constituents and a GOP challenger who is forcing Ackerman to actually campaign. I wonder how many NY voters know about Schumer's fundraiser (Mon, Oct. 11) for J-Street (and CAIR) darling Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania. Even more interesting to read about Anthony Weiner's campaign travails :) It would appear that the downstate New York Jewish electorate is looking more like "The Thugs Of The New Israeli Right" - a lot more Russians and more Orthodox, especially in Weiner's CD9.
- K2K
October 18, 2010 at 2:03pm
" The other news is that the "J-Street" founder, the son of a corrupt British Labor lord, thinks that the founding of Israel was a mistake. There may be some Jews who agree. But they are mostly Jews who don't care about the survival of the Jewish people." If there are Jews who don't care about the survival of the Jewish people, and I know there are, then the logical path to follow would be melting into other nations' cultures and societies and disappearing from the intra-Jewish debate. It is no longer an issue that would concern them. Logically. However, we find that Jews who Marty has defined as not caring for the survival of the Jewish people, do not disappear from the debate. To the contrary. They are among the most vicious and vocal agitators towards instilling a punishing, guilt-ridden ethos into Jewish consciousness in order to deliberately facilitate and accelerate Jewish extinction. Tony Judt comes to mind.
- noga1
October 18, 2010 at 3:09pm
Interesting observation. You know the British connection is a problem, British antisemitism and general antipathy toward Israel. I think it's affected many British Jews not to mention "proPalestinian" politics which has of course merely served to cause several wars via agitprop, etc. Example the antisemitism in modern Pakistan - this wasn't a problem in the past - why would it be? Also, several of the "New Historians" were born in Britain.
- Sophia
October 19, 2010 at 12:55am
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/250159/israel-and-congressional-democrats-daniel-pipes "How should American voters concerned with Israel’s welfare and security vote in the U.S. congressional elections on November 2? This much is clear after almost two years of Democratic control over the executive and legislative branches of government: Democrats consistently support Israel and its government far less than do Republicans. ... In the aftermath of the March 2010 crisis when Joe Biden went to Jerusalem, 333 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to the secretary of state reaffirming the U.S.-Israel alliance. The 102 members who did not sign included 94 Democrats (including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi) and 8 Republicans, a 12-to-1 ratio. Seventy-six senators signed a similar letter; the 24 who did not sign included 20 Democrats and 4 Republicans, a 5-to-1 ratio. ..."
- K2K
October 19, 2010 at 9:56am