'Jewish Democrats' warning Bibi not to interfere
The Hill reports that '
Jewish Democrats' are warning Prime Minister Netanyahu not to 'interfere' in the US elections. Curiously, most of the comments come from Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass) (pictured), who is retiring, and who has not exactly been
pro-Israel anyway. This is from the first link.
The White House has been on the defensive ever since Israeli officials
publicly complained last week after Obama refused to adjust his schedule
to meet with Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly in New
York next week. Republicans quickly pounced, urging Obama to reconsider
and inviting Netanyahu to meet with them at his convenience.
''I don't think it's necessary for the president to rearrange his
schedule,'' Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the
powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, told The Hill. ''I didn't
think it was appropriate for the prime minister to publicly get into a
dispute with the president of the United States, since we're both very
closely working together to impose sanctions and to force Iran to stop
its development of a nuclear weapon.''
Rep. Barney Frank
(D-Mass.), the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee,
blamed ''internal Israeli politics'' for the spat.
''Maybe
Netanyahu's for (Republican candidate Mitt) Romney. And he's making a
mistake if he is,'' Frank told The Hill when asked why he thought Israel
had leaked the news of a perceived ''snub'' to the Reuters wire
service.
''I think it was unwise for him to do as much,'' he said. ''I think they've pulled back a little bit.''
''I
think Obama played it right,'' Frank added. ''The Israelis have to
consider American public opinion; America's not ready to go to war until
it's absolutely necessary.
''I think it's a mistake from Israel's
standpoint if they give the impression they're trying to push us into
going to war. I don't think any pressure's going to work.''
I'm sure glad Barney is not going to be part of the next Congress. Unfortunately, unless Republican Sean Bielat can pull off a miracle,
Frank's replacement isn't likely to be much better.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Barney Frank, Binyamin Netanyahu, Campaign 2012, Iranian nuclear threat
Heavily Jewish Boston area high school teaching 'Palestinian' propaganda
It's
not the first time that this sort of thing has happened at Newton South High School, which is in a middle class Boston suburban area. And given that the area has an
extreme Left liberal bent (this is the district that keeps sending
Barney Frank to Congress), it probably
won't be the last time either.
Tony Pagliuso told the Newton TAB his daughter, a Newton South High School student, was given material defaming Israeli defense forces.
Pagliuso said World History teacher Jessica Engel distributed a chapter on women from the Arab World Notebook to students earlier this week.
“It’s pure propaganda and pure defamation that Israeli occupation forces and citizen soldiers are imprisoning, torturing and murdering Arab women,” he said.
The section, of the third of five pages, reads as follows: “Over the past four decades, women have been active in the Palestinian resistance movement. Several hundred have been imprisoned, tortured, and killed by Israeli occupation forces since the latest uprising, “Intifada,” in the Israeli occupied territories.”
Pagliuso said his daughter was troubled by the reading.
“My family - we’re all Israeli and American citizens and have a lot of family in this area. [My daughter] said ‘is this true? Is this what Israeli soldiers do?’ knowing full well we have 25 family members in the Israel Defense Forces,” he said.
Pagliuso said he spoke to Engel, Department Head Jennifer Morrill, Principal Joel Stembridge, central administrators and Mayor Setti Warren.
Superintendant David Fleishman said Stembridge, Morrill and Engel are meeting with Pagliuso on Tuesday.
“Jen Morrill is in her first month of the job. She took a look at it and agreed it’s something that needs to be reviewed… I took a look at it and agree it needs to be reviewed,” Fleishman said.
He said they’ll examine the particular passage to see is it fits with the goal of the class-learning about Islam and women in the Middle East.
He said the previous department head was involved in the curriculum choice, and that administrators will determine if it deviates from the class’ goal.
“We value lots of input and free speech, and we agreed with the parent it's worth reviewing,” he said.
A cop out: Blame the prior administration.
Of course the real question is where are Israel's representatives in the Boston area and why aren't they countering this type of propaganda? Silly me.
Why even ask that question?
By the way, there was a four-hour break in the middle of this post. Yours truly is not feeling well (I sent my young sons to tonight's Simchat Beit HaShoeva celebrations with someone else). God willing, this too will pass.
Labels: Barney Frank, Newton South High School, Noam Chomsky, Palestinian propaganda
Breaking: Barney Frank quits Congress for his dream job with TSA
Representative Barney Frank (D-Ma) has quit Congress to take his dream job working for TSA.
I guess that's my politically incorrect joke for the week.
On the other hand, how does anyone know that the TSA agent who is groping you isn't like Barney Frank (who is openly gay)? Hmmm.
For those of you traveling in the US on Wednesday, it's National Opt Out Day.
Labels: Barney Frank, strip or grope, TSA
