http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/ben-ami-responds-to-foxman/ The leader of J Street strikes back at the leader of the ADL. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-20T;20:25:00-05:00 hinneni@aol.com What does SP know about an increase in aliyah that JAFI doesn’t know?  Is she projecting readiness for the rapture, or an escalation of such vicious anti-Semitism that settled Diaspora Jews wll feel it’s time to run, or is she just shooting off her stupid mouth from her usual base of invincible ignorance? What does SP know about an increase in aliyah that JAFI doesn’t know?  Is she projecting readiness for the rapture, or an escalation of such vicious anti-Semitism that settled Diaspora Jews wll feel it’s time to run, or is she just shooting off her stupid mouth from her usual base of invincible ignorance?

]]> 2012-02-10T;12:44:00-05:00 g.raivich@ucl.ac.uk Sarah Palin just spoke out loudly what’s on the mind of Israel-loving Jews! Way to go, Sarah! J-street booo! Sarah Palin just spoke out loudly what’s on the mind of Israel-loving Jews! Way to go, Sarah! J-street booo!

]]> 2012-02-10T;12:44:00-05:00 AALEVY18@YAHOO.COM Ben Ami & J Street is a Peace Now Movement, surely ready to give away the essence of Israel. He and J Street do not speak for me . As for Palin , she has a very concrete outlook and the shame is, she cannot see Israel from her front porch. She does not speak for me, too simplistic an outlook for me. She is too ready to promote herself and very poorly informed as to International policies. Ben Ami & J Street is a Peace Now Movement, surely ready to give away the essence of Israel. He and J Street do not speak for me . As for Palin , she has a very concrete outlook and the shame is, she cannot see Israel from her front porch. She does not speak for me, too simplistic an outlook for me. She is too ready to promote herself and very poorly informed as to International policies.

]]> 2012-02-10T;12:44:00-05:00 beldexsa@hotmail.com With his answer to Foxman, Ben-Ami has proved that his group is not Pro-Israel. Living in the diaspora doesn’t give any Jew the right to condemn the votes with which they have elected the government and its policies. J street, with the funding that it collects from the groups and states which are the enemy of Israel, should for once and all declare openly that they are pro-Palestinian and not pro-Israel. In this way we all will be able to call a spade a spade. Imre Herzog With his answer to Foxman, Ben-Ami has proved that his group is not Pro-Israel. Living in the diaspora doesn’t give any Jew the right to condemn the votes with which they have elected the government and its policies. J street, with the funding that it collects from the groups and states which are the enemy of Israel, should for once and all declare openly that they are pro-Palestinian and not pro-Israel. In this way we all will be able to call a spade a spade.
Imre Herzog

]]> 2012-02-10T;12:44:00-05:00 fossilh@aol.com If Ben-Ami and his J-Street are so Pro-Israel, why at their convention did they give their college groups permission to not use Pro-Israel as part of their slogan?  J-Street and Ben-Ami (I cannot remember hearing anything from anyone except Ben-Ami re J-Street) are great at building “Straw Men” to point to in support of their positions. If Ben-Ami and his J-Street are so Pro-Israel, why at their convention did they give their college groups permission to not use Pro-Israel as part of their slogan?  J-Street and Ben-Ami (I cannot remember hearing anything from anyone except Ben-Ami re J-Street) are great at building “Straw Men” to point to in support of their positions.

]]> 2012-02-10T;12:44:00-05:00 garywbeck1@juno.com Ben Ami, You claim to be a Zionist. If you walk like a Duck, Quack like a Duck, and Look like a Duck, Guess what? Your a Duck, Not a Zionist Ben Ami,
You claim to be a Zionist. If you walk like a Duck, Quack like a Duck, and Look like a Duck, Guess what? Your a Duck, Not a Zionist

]]> 2012-02-10T;12:44:00-05:00 shael.siegel@gmail.com I find Ben Ami ill informed and arrogant if he can say that Sarah Palin’s views on the settlements isn’t representative of mainstream American or Israeli thinking: “Her views are outside the mainstream of American and Israeli thinking and her statements lack understanding of either the Jewish community or the meaning of the settlement issue to the chances of Israel’s survival as a Jewish democracy.” The Israel I am intimately acquainted with has abandoned the left and supportive of Bibi. This may not fit into the world view of J street, butt nevertheless its a reality that htey will ahve to face. Mainstream America is yet to be defined by Ben Ami, but surely it isn’t composed of only left over left wingers. I find Ben Ami ill informed and arrogant if he can say that Sarah Palin’s views on the settlements isn’t representative of mainstream American or Israeli thinking:
“Her views are outside the mainstream of American and Israeli thinking and her statements lack understanding of either the Jewish community or the meaning of the settlement issue to the chances of Israel’s survival as a Jewish democracy.”
The Israel I am intimately acquainted with has abandoned the left and supportive of Bibi. This may not fit into the world view of J street, butt nevertheless its a reality that htey will ahve to face. Mainstream America is yet to be defined by Ben Ami, but surely it isn’t composed of only left over left wingers.

]]> 2012-02-10T;12:44:00-05:00 ragutman@durneph.com I hope Abe demands a clear definition of the word “settlements” from Ben Ami.  Is J Street really demanding the cessation of building in the Jerusalem neighborhoods and towns?  Or does he object only to the small outlying settlements?  Or does he deliberately hide behind the confusion? I hope Abe demands a clear definition of the word “settlements” from Ben Ami.  Is J Street really demanding the cessation of building in the Jerusalem neighborhoods and towns?  Or does he object only to the small outlying settlements?  Or does he deliberately hide behind the confusion?

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