Glenn Beck coming to Israel in July
For those of you who still question where Glenn Beck's true sympathies lie (I see you in the comments all the time), please consider this: The Knesset's Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee has asked Beck to come to Israel to testify about delegitimization. Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee chair MK Danny Danon (Labor) invited Beck, a Fox News and radio host and an outspoken supporter of Israel, to address the committee on how to recruit friends of Israel in the US to defend Israel’s right to exist.Beck is also planning to meet with 12-year old Tamar Fogel.
“When we face an international wave of hatred of Israel and Jews – which is expressed in Facebook pages and films calling for our destruction – it’s good that Israel has talented friends that can contribute to our public-relations efforts,” Danon said.
The Labor MK added that the July 11 committee meeting with Beck will focus on September’s UN General Assembly, where the Palestinian Authority has said it will unilaterally declare statehood.
“September isn’t just a crisis,” Danon explained. “It’s an opportunity to explain to the world that we are not occupying anything.”
MK Nachman Shai (Kadima) criticized Danon’s “impressive use of his committee for his own political needs.
“Danon is deviating from his mandate [as chairman of the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee] in a way that I think is problematic,” Shai, a former Army Radio commander and Israel Broadcasting Authority chairman, said.
“The Diaspora is something specific. It means Jewish communities, not ‘abroad’ in general,” he added. “The Immigration Committee shouldn’t be discussing hasbara.
“I wouldn’t say no to Beck, I would be happy to host him,” Shai added, “but I don’t understand what he’s doing in the Knesset Immigration Committee."
Labels: Danny Danon, Glenn Beck, Nachman Shai, Tamar Fogel
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:58 AM
5 Comments:
lay odds he develops jerusalem syndrome and starts dancing in the streets, claiming he is the messiah
woopee...beck goes to israel
It might be a good idea to start something where speeches, testimony, etc. are taped. Then a powerpoint summary of the arguments or contents is prepared with a link to the video. Lots of people are talking and the rest of us without the gift of gab could use the clips. IDF Spox comes to mind, but it's a little past their area.... maybe whoever is going so wild with the Bibi twitters could focus and inventory the message...
Obama, of course, doesn't even want to come to Israel, but managed to pick up messianic pretentions in Harvard, Chicago, and points (Cornel) west, hanging with the New Left hoi polloi and Palestinian aristo Rashid Khalidi. That would be "Al Quds by proxy syndrome".
Do you not realize that the only reason Christians like Beck are avid Israel supporters is because of the so-called "rapture" that is supposed to originate there? That in order for the rapture to occur, Israel must remain intact? They do not really love the Jews. They believe that when the 'rapture' comes, all the Jews who refuse to convert to Christianity will die and go to hell. I, as a Jew, am embarrassed by the groups of people in Israel who embrace such hypocrisy. Here's the truth about the 'rapture' idea: http://biblicaleschatology.org/2008/12/04/the-history-of-the-rapture/
What kind of talent do we Jews have for embracing our enemies and being impressed by those who have contempt for us? I would shake Glenn Beck's hand. We need more friends like him. His theological beliefs are irrelevant to us. We live in a world where we are hard pressed to find any one who does not find our enemies - the Palestinians more just and more attractive than they find the Jewish State. Wake up.
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