Sunday, 25 December 2011

To make matters clear

A progressive group that is working to remake the Democratic Party's approach to national security has drawn a line around the heated Israel policy debate, expelling a member who criticized the Center for American Progress for breaking with Clinton Democrats' traditional staunch support for Israel.
...An intramural debate over the Democratic Party's Israel stand has swirled since a POLITICO article earlier this month noted the wide gap between groups like CAP and Media Matters on one hand, and pro-Israel congressional Democrats and figures like Block, a Democrat and former AIPAC spokesman, on the other. CAP has largely defended it's views, though a staffer apologized for using the phrase "Israel firster" (in a junior staffer's personal tweet) to describe pro-Israel Americans and its leading voice on Middle East policy,...
Read full article: http://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2011/12/progressive-group-expels-block-over-cap-criticism-108581.html

Two comments posted:
Block goes and the guy who calls liberal Zionists "Israel firsters" and "pro-Netanyahu" remains.

Well, this is going to make matters very clear.

If you like Jews, love America, and support Israel, vote Republican.

If not, vote Democrat.

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