US Jewish hawks threaten to ‘shame’ Democrats who skip Netanyahu speech in Congress (Adelson)

[azurnoir]

"This is, I think a critical visit by the prime minister," Matt Brooks, the executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, told Politico. "If these Democrats would rather put partisan politics ahead of principle and walk out on the prime minister of Israel, then we have an obligation to make that known."


Brooks' remarks implicitly suggest that Adelson would devote some of his massive resources to publicly highlight which Democratic lawmakers do not turn up for Netanyahu's speech.

“We will commit whatever resources we need to make sure that people are aware of the facts, that given the choice to stand with Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu in opposition to a nuclear Iran, they chose partisan interests and to stand with President Obama,” Brooks said.

Mort Klein, the head of the Zionist Organization of America, told Politico that any Democrat who boycotts Netanyahu's speech is guilty of being "anti-patriotic and anti-American."

“We will, of course, be publicly condemning any Democrats who don’t show up for the speech - unless they have a doctor’s note,” said Klein.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/US-Jewish-hawks-threaten-to-shame-Democrats-who-skip-Netanyahu-speech-in-Congress-390255

[Jefferson23]

1. Bring it. n/t

[Scuba]

13. +1

[onecaliberal]

2. Go for it.

[shaayecanaan]

3. "unless they have a doctors note"

Nice touch.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. That's what they want. IMHO, they want to call out the Dems who walk out on King Bibi

as being haters or anti-Zios so they can ramp of the anti-Zio = anti-Semite meme that is floating around.

“I’m seriously considering going. As of now, it is my intention to go,” Pelosi said. But, she added, “it is still my hope that the event will not take place. There’s serious unease

Come on Nancy. Shit or get off the pot. "I'm gonna go cause I'm scared of being called a big old hater, but I hope he doesn't come."



Any Congresscritter that is scared of not showing up, out of fear of being labeled an ant-anything, are cowards.


Bibi and the Likcrud party are 100% tied to the GOP now, and every possible moment should be spent emphasizing that.

[MrModerate]

5. I, for one, am very interested in any Dem who *doesn't* skip this appalling event . . .

And why.

[elias7]

6. Wow. Testing loyalties...

Are you a good Jew or a good American?

[Ken Burch]

17. No- it's "are you pro-Likud or pro-peace".

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If you make it about being Jewish you give Netanyahu and Dermer and Boehner and AIPAC what they want.

[GoneFishin]

7. This picture is fucked up. Any politician that cowers to a dignitary of another

country is not qualified to make important decisions for this one.

[Scuba]

14. +1,000

[no_hypocrisy]

8. I knew that was coming . . . . .

[raven mad]

9. Pardon me, radicals..........

but FUCK YOU! BOYCOTT BIBI!!

[oldandhappy]

10. We need to shame Bibi.

[tonybgood]

11. Go around the President of the United States and then claim "partisan politics"?

Obviously not nearly as friendly to Israel as they believe if they would make the choice between Israel or the United States. If these "hawks" are not careful, they will turn the American electorate against Israel altogether. Anti-patriotic is usurping the Constitution and undermining the foreign policy of this country which is the responsibility of the Executive branch, not the Legislative branch.

[jwirr]

15. Yes and it is us they are claiming are playing partisan politics. They are the ones who broke

protocol and invited him now without including the President.

[SoapBox]

12. Oh fuck them...

I'm OVER these types.

[Ken Burch]

16. There is no reason for Netanyahu and his lackey Boehner to try to sabotage Obama's strategy on Iran

Diplomacy is working. Iran is cooperating.

It's silly for those two to be acting as if nothing has changed.

And there's no reason Congress should be giving Likud a free campaign ad on American tv.

[Israeli]

18. It’s Sheldon Adelson versus Barack Obama.......

Beware: Republican Jews on the warpath

A campaign of intimidation is underway to stop Democratic lawmakers from skipping Netanyahu's upcoming Congress speech. God, save us from our Jews.

By Yossi Sarid

Now it’s no longer a “crisis in the relationship” that they try to paper over; now it’s no longer just “tensions with the White House” that they’re making every effort to reduce in between meetings; now, it’s an open war with the United States. It’s Sheldon Adelson versus Barack Obama, and Israel is caught in the cross-fire.

After Vice President Joe Biden, our greatest friend over there, announced an unspecified trip abroad that will prevent him from being in Congress at the fateful hour, Republican Jewish organizations launched a campaign of intimidation against those lawmakers who had already announced their intent to skip the joint session: Their political fate will be bitter.

Nothing like this has ever happened in the history of nations. Only North Korea still uses such violent language. Even tiny Cuba adopted a different style and stopped roaring like a mouse. Ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer, in the service of his master, is rallying his troops and launching a combined assault on Capitol Hill. Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to show the president once and for all who really rules in Washington, who is the landlord both here and there.

It’s easy to imagine what would have happened in eternally united Jerusalem if some such Sheldon had made similar threats from Las Vegas and Macao against our ministers and MKs: Look, if you’re absent, you’ll never see another dollar.

One Matthew Brooks – the executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, who does the will of its financial backers – explained over the weekend, “We will commit whatever resources we need to make sure that people are aware of the facts, that given the choice to stand with Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu in opposition to a nuclear Iran, they chose partisan interests and to stand with President Obama.” Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, added unambiguously, “We will, of course, be publicly condemning any Democrats who don’t show up for the speech — unless they have a doctor’s note.” Doctor, this man is sick and urgently needs tranquilizers.

God, save us from our Jews; we can handle the non-Jews ourselves. How easy it is to stir up the highest institutions of democratic America, and how difficult to bomb Iran’s underground nuclear facilities. Ask the heads of your intelligence agencies, or ours, and they’ll whisper it in secret.

From Israel, the land you love so much and are so far away from, we’d like to tell you American Jews, regardless of your opinions and party affiliations – all those of you who won’t openly wash your hands of these risky gambles – that our fate is in our own hands.

Don’t play with fire that will burn us alone, or perhaps you as well: Because of your silence, you’ll be accused of dual loyalty.

Israel, which until now was a cornerstone of bipartisanship, has become loathsome to its traditional supporters. Benjamin Nitay Netanyahu, the Israeli-American, has made it into something that reeks, even among its longtime supporters.

In these very moments, the protocols are being rewritten. Rich Jews are writing them in their own handwriting. They, in their wealth, are confirming with their own signatures what anti-Semites used to slander them with in days gone by: We, the elders of Zion, pull the strings of Congress, and the congressmen are nothing but marionettes who do our will. If they don’t understand our words, they’ll understand our threats. And if in the past, we ran the show from behind the scenes, now we’re doing it openly, from center stage. And if you forget our donations, the wellspring will run dry.

Recently, two friends in Israel had a disturbing conversation: They fear that war is liable to break out at any moment between us and America. One friend cited two possibilities: In the worst case, they’ll conquer us, and we’ll become the 51st star on the flag – that would be unpleasant. True, the other said, but what happens if we conquer them? That, they agreed, would really be terrible.

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.641334

[Jefferson23]

20. Risky business...the conversations that open up from these kinds of actions won't

necessarily have the desired result in the long term.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

21. Israel may find a certain veto isn't there for them the next time they need it at the UN.

Bibi and Likud is reckless.

[azurnoir]

23. Adelsom spent a reported $150 million on the 2012 US election

and Mitt Romney still lost

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/12/03/sheldon-adelson-ended-up-spending-150-million

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

29. Adelsom will do more harm than he already has with this stunt.

Things like this could really sour relations with Israel. People are already waking up to Israeli human rights abuses...well all except the Soda Stream buyers.

[bemildred]

19. I'll tell you who ought to be ashamed here: Sheldon, Matt, Mort ... nt

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

22. And all the kings and queens of hasbara...

[LeftishBrit]

24. I suspect that Mort Klein simply considers that

'any Democrat... is guilty of being "anti-patriotic and anti-American", whether they boycott Netanyahu's speech or not.

From Ha'aretz some time ago, about Klein and a few other idiots:

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/west-of-eden/.premium-1.628156

Fortunately, I doubt that the Republican Jewish Coalition (both of them?) are likely to have huge influence on either American or Israeli voters.

I was giggling at the idea of Klein demanding a doctor's note for non-attendance! Congress is not primary school, even if the members sometimes act like it.

[Israeli]

25. I read your link just now ...

All the enemies under the same roof .....

“Barack HUSSEIN Obama,” as ZOA president Mort Klein pointedly said, while the crowd erupted in cheers. “A Chamberlain in the White House,” as Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus opined, garnering wild applause. “The most anti-Semitic president ever” as the founder of Christian United For Israel (CUFI) founder Pastor John Hagee asserted, bringing the audience close to rapture.

( " close to rapture " .... )

The other stars of the night were the ubiquitous Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, whose generous contributions to ZOA have helped lift the organization out of the doldrums and into the spotlight and the fast lane. Klein gave Adelson a gift mezuzah for his new Las Vegas home (in which “God himself would be happy to live if he could afford it”] then Miriam Adelson told the audience “how I fell in love” with Hagee “the most effective Christian Zionist in the world” and then Hagee described the Adelsons as “the greatest citizens of America.” And the crowd kvelled.

( " And the crowd kvelled " .... )

Along with Adelson came what can be described as his travelling band of affiliated sidekicks, including “Kosher Sex” Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Harvard professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz. The noted jurist described himself as “liberal, Zionist and Democrat” but sat quietly as the crowd booed and jeered Barack HUSSEIN Obama, entertained the crowd by denouncing J-Street and said that Cruz’s decision in September to walk out of an “In defense of Christianity” conference because he was being heckled on Israel “is worthy of a new chapter in John Kennedy’s ‘Profiles in Courage’.”

( no chuckle for that one ....I give it a )

Its behind the paywall LeftishBrit ....which is a shame .

What can I tell you ...except ...know thy enemies ....think you know tho

[get the red out]

26. Shame

Shame would require that a majority agree with them. If not, they are principled not shamed.

[procon]

27. by 'partisan interests', I guess he means 'stand with America' nt

[DetlefK]

28. "How dare you not take part in a republican publicity-stunt?"