'I don't give a s**t about Islamic charities'
I guess this is why he's a politician and I'm not. Joel Pollak spent the night of Tisha b'Av trying to confront J Street in downtown Chicago. Today is Tisha B’Av, when Jews traditionally commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem and mourn other tragedies in our history. Last night, as the holiday began, the new left-wing lobby known as J Street threw a cocktail party in downtown Chicago. The featured guest was J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami. Since J Street has refused any previous request to debate the issues with me, I went down to speak to Ben-Ami myself.The bigger problem with J Street is that it's not pro-Israel, it's pro-Obama. It's using Israel to promote Obama's foreign policy agenda.
One of my opponent’s senior staffers was there, as were about a dozen J Street staff and supporters. Ben-Ami was cordial, but seemed indifferent to the significance of the day. I asked him why J Street’s new ad attacks Joe Lieberman, who is well respected in the Jewish community. He described Lieberman–who supports direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians towards a two-state solution–as an “obstacle” to peace.
“If you showed the same enthusiasm in opposing Iran and Hamas as you do in fighting Alan Dershowitz, Elie Wiesel, and Joe Lieberman,” I said, “perhaps J Street would be more popular.” I also asked Ben-Ami about his organization’s attempt to use the federal government to target Jewish charities that may provide services to Israelis living across the 1949 armistice line. Why not investigate Islamic charities that fund anti-Israel views?
“I don’t give a shit about Islamic charities,” was Ben-Ami’s exact quote.
That’s exactly the problem: J Street’s leaders don’t really care about peace. They don’t want to help bring both sides to the table. They blame Israel first–no matter what happens. And if you don’t share the same views, J Street casts you as part of the “Chorus of No.” They are trying to divide Americans by dividing us on Israel. They make no apology for it.
By the way, the image of Ben Ami throwing a cocktail party on Tisha b'Av night is pretty fitting, isn't it?
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:57 AM
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Even Alan Dershowitz has been critical of J-Street for falsely implying he's not an advocate of a two state solution and for being for the revanants. If old school liberals like Dershowitz are offended by J-Street, you would think Jeremy Ben Ami would figure out where his organization is doing it all wrong. I don't see that happening.
If he doesn't get it on Tisha B'Av, when would he get it? That's the question people could begin asking him.
From everything I have read and now this, about Ben Ami, he would be having a party to celebrate Kristallnacht: he is a nazi, through and through.
That's pretty frightening since Islamic charities funded 9/11, the Iraq insurgency, and the Taliban resurgence today.
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