… on anti-Israel material from MoveOn.org and Jeremiah Wright

by Bill Levinson

It is a matter of record that we e-mailed this material to the National Jewish Democratic Council on July 10, more than two weeks ago. As expected, the National Jewish Democratic Council has failed to reply either to us or via its Ministry of Truth. This underscores our long-held position that the National “Jewish” “Democratic” Council (there is nothing Jewish or Democratic about a hate organization that publishes derogatory pictures of Christians in a “this is the enemy” context while whitewashing hate speech from MoveOn.org) is totally lacking in character, ethics, and integrity.

We won’t hold our breaths waiting for the NJDC to respond to this, but we will remind it (and the voters) periodically.

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http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=5255

“Why Won’t Prominent Republicans Criticize Novak for Anti-Israel Writings?” asks this press release from the National Jewish Democratic Council. We are registered in the Republican Party, even though the Republicans hardly own our vote: we voted for as many Democrats as we did Republicans in 2006. If Robert Novak called Hamas “freedom fighters”–and this FrontPage Magazine article agrees with NJDC that he did–then he is clearly no better than Michael Moore, who called the Iraqi insurgents who are murdering our soldiers “Minutemen.” Furthermore, we do not acknowledge Novak as belonging to the same Republican Party of which we consider ourselves a member. Now that we have that out of the way, we will ask NJDC a similar question: why won’t prominent Democrats criticize MoveOn.org and Jeremiah Wright for anti-Israel writing?

Let’s begin with MoveOn.org’s official position toward Israel and the Palestinians. Note that this is not commentary from MoveOn’s disgraced Action Forum, but from MoveOn’s own Noah Winer.

MoveOn Bulletin
Friday, June 20, 2003
Noah T. Winer, Editor
noah.winer “at” moveon.org

Subscribe online at:
http://www.moveon.org/ moveonbulletin/

INTRODUCTION: WHERE DOES THE ROAD MAP LEAD?
In July, 2000 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak broke off talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat at the Camp David summit hosted by U.S. President Bill Clinton. That September, Ariel Sharon, chairman of the Likud party, made a provocative visit to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Control over this holy site for both Muslims and Jews is contested by Palestinians and Israelis. The visit implied Israeli sovereignty over all Jerusalem, the eastern portion of which is considered occupied territory by the international community. So began the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising.

MoveOn.org’s official position seems consistent with what the National Jewish Democratic Council reports about Robert Novak:

April 5, 2007: Novak blames Israel — not terror group Hamas — for breakdown in the peace process. “The aphorism (originated by Israeli statesman Abba Eban) that Arabs ‘never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity’ now can be applied to Israel. Last week’s Riyadh declaration indicated the willingness of the Arab world to consider a peaceful solution. Now, belief here among peace-seekers is that nothing will happen until a new president enters the Oval Office in 2009.” [Washington Post, 4/5/07, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/04/04/AR2007040402317.html]

…Now let’s take a look at Barack Obama’s mentor and spiritual guide, Jeremiah Wright.

Obama’s Pastor sounds more like a hate spewing imam. I am shocked this hasn’t gotten real media play (oh yeah, it’s Obama.) The more you peel back the layers of the Obama onion, the more rotten it is at its core. Obama’s checkered resume.

A FEW WEEKS AGO ON MSNBC SHOW WITH TUCKER CARLSON:

CARLSON: But Jeremiah Wright is at least a mixed bag politically. His work to improve conditions in impoverished black neighborhoods may be laudable, but his rhetoric includes attacks against white people and against Israel. Should Obama distance himself from Dr. Wright, and if so, can he effectively do that?

We welcome back to discuss that MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan and nationally syndicated radio show host Bill Press. Now, I have kind of liked Barack Obama from the very beginning. He seems moderate in tone. I spent all morning reading Jeremiah Wright online. All the church newsletters are available. The guy is a full-blown hater, actually. This is just pulled at random.

Here is his attack on Natalee Holloway as a slut. “Black women are being raped daily in Africa. One white girl from Alabama gets drunk at a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and gives it up while in a foreign country and that stays in the news for months.” In other words, she is a slut.

Nine-eleven, he says: “White America got their wake-up call after 9-11. White America and the Western world came to realize people of color had not gone away, faded in the woodwork, or just disappeared as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.” So 9-11 was payback for white racism. I mean, it goes on, and I will read more.

…CARLSON: Here is the Israeli thing, we were talking about this at the commercial break. This is quoting now the Reverend Wright: “The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now. Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.”

He compares Israel to South Africa repeatedly. He attacks Israel as a racist state.

Jeremiah Wright and Robert Novak are obviously coming from the same perspective, as shown by NJDC’s press release. Wright and Novak both compare Israel to South Africa under apartheid.

April 9, 2007: Novak suggests that Israel’s policies are “Worse than Apartheid.” The Washington Post’s headline for his piece read, “Worse than Apartheid?,” and Novak wrote: “Jimmy Carter raised hackles by titling his book about the Palestinian question ‘Peace Not Apartheid.’ But Palestinians allege this is worse than the former South African racial separation.” [Washington Post, 4/9/07, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/04/08/AR2007040800924.html]

…The National Jewish Democratic Council asked, “Why Won’t Prominent Republicans Criticize Novak for Anti-Israel Writings?” We have just said that Novak, having called Hamas “freedom fighters,” is no better than Michael Moore, who called Iraqi terrorists “Minutemen.” Furthermore, we will not acknowledge this individual as belonging to the Republican Party of which we are a part. Now we would like to hear what the NJDC has to say about MoveOn.org’s and Jeremiah Wright’s anti-Israel statements and publications, and Barack Obama’s association with Jeremiah Wright.

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Related: Israel, Palestinians, Peace Process, Elections

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