AIPAC gives cover to Debbie Wasserman Schultz's anti-AIPAC campaign
AIPAC’s initial letter on the controversy, which circulated two weeks ago, urged Wasserman Schultz’s constituents to “respectfully ask” that she clarify her position on the congressional measures and issue a statement supporting them.
However, on Jan. 24, AIPAC’s Southeastern states director Mark Kleinman issued a second letter, this one defending Wasserman Schultz.
Some pro-Israel activists in South Florida are not happy about AIPAC reversing course to defend Wasserman Schultz, who continues to stand in opposition to the group’s own legislative efforts.
“Friends, I wanted to forward a statement issued by AIPAC national board member Ike Fisher after the Huffington Post released an inaccurate article regarding AIPAC and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz,” Kleinman wrote in the letter sent on AIPAC letterhead, a copy of which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
“Thank you and Shabbat Shalom,” Kleinman added before attaching a statement from board member Fisher.
“Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz has a strong record of support for the U.S.-Israel relationship,” read Fisher’s statement. “She is a good friend of Israel and a close friend of AIPAC, and we look forward to our continued work together for many years to come.”
The letter did not state why AIPAC considers the Huffington Post report to be inaccurate.
When asked about the controversy on Twitter, Huffington Post reporter Jennifer Bendery said that no one at AIPAC ever “contacted me with any problems.”
“Sounds like they just need an excuse to flip,” Bendery said on Twitter.Fisher, by the way, is the guy who told Florida Jews in 2008 that Barack Hussein Obama is a genuine supporter of Israel. A lot he knows....
But the real question is why AIPAC is supporting Wasserman Schultz despite the fact that anyone with their eyes open and a brain in their head can see that her position on Iran sanctions stands in stark opposition to AIPAC's. Kredo has an ominous explanation.
Jewish activists in Washington and South Florida say that AIPAC’s flip-flop is unusual for an organization that typically exercises great restraint and discipline.
“This is clearly a problem for them,” said another pro-Israel activist for has worked with AIPAC. “One of these letters shows their incompetence; we’re just not sure which one it is.”
Others said that the contradictory letters are a sign of deeper trouble at AIPAC.
“This is only the beginning,” said Steve Rosen, a former top AIPAC official. “At the center of AIPAC is bipartisanship and the day it breaks with either of two parties is the day it ceases to exist—and they’re pretty close to this.”
AIPAC is facing a “terrible dilemma because [Wasserman Schultz] is not going to change her position,” Rosen said.And you thought that J Street would support the Democrats and AIPAC would end up supporting the Republicans, didn't you?
Labels: AIPAC, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Iran sanctions regime, Iranian nuclear threat, J Street, National Democratic Party, Republican party
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:40 AM
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It's a mystery? I've posted here so many times that these organization are Progressive Left supporters. They are okay with being used in the Soviet Dems confusion of the US busy voter because they are onboard for the US becoming a Marcuse/Alinsky marxist utopian paradise. The big market that countries like Israel, China, EU, etc. have been selling into is being transformed by these people. No longer will the "product" have to succeed on its merits; the SWAT armed govt will confiscate from the little people and buy from their cronies. That's what DWS is all about. AIPAC/Israel want to be on the right side of that, as they have been for the Green $lu$h/EPA enforcer Fraud. It's actually extremely shortsighted because, as Margaret Thatcher said, something like, "Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money." I don't understand why the planetary nations don't learn that and stop gravitating to Gangbanger Govt, instead of the limited govt of the US constitution and Torah Economics. And I don't understand why it is presented as such a mystery, when it is all so crystal clear.
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