ZOA OpEd – Contact Morton A. Klein at: 212-481-1500
Are President Obama’s Actions Hostile to Jews and Israel?
By
Morton A. Klein, National President
Dr. Daniel Mandel, Director, Center for Middle East Policy
Zionist Organization of America
Is President Obama hostile to Jews and Israel?
Let’s look at the evidence.
Last week, the Obama Administration issued talking points for the 10th
anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, where it referred to those struck
by terrorism “whether in New York or Nairobi, Bali or Belfast, Mumbai or
Manila, or Lahore or London.” Conspicuously absent was the name of Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem or Sderot, which have been hit by terrorists, not once, but
numerous times.
As a single instance, this omission might be unremarkable. In fact, however,
omitting mention of Israel fits a pattern. When running for President,
then-Senator Obama referred in his July 2008 Berlin speech to the need to
“dismantle the [terrorist] networks that have struck in Madrid and Amman; in
London and Bali; in Washington and New York.” Again, no Israel.
It seems hard to believe that these omissions could be anything other than
intentional. After all, Israel has been a primary target of terrorists
throughout the past decade. Almost 2,000 Israelis have been murdered by
terrorists in this period and over 10,000 maimed or disfigured. In per
capita terms, far more Israelis have been murdered by terrorists than
Americans were murdered in 9/11. Read the rest on: IMRA
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