A LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM AMERICAN JEWISH LEADERS….SEE NOTE
One of the sponsors of this letter is Americans for a Safe Israel, an organization that I am proud to belong to since 1973.rsk
Dear Mr. President,
Thank you for your friendship towards the Jewish community in the United States and around the world, especially in Israel. Your unprecedented affinity for the Jewish People is all the more commendable, given the inexcusable and deplorable false accusations of Antisemitism which have dogged your presidency since its earliest days. We encourage the continuation of a warm relationship with the Jewish community built upon mutual respect.
We were distressed to read an open letter publicized by several American Jewish organizations, many of whom “boycotted” some of your previous overtures to the Jewish community, encouraging you to pressure Israel to compromise her rights as an independent democracy. One of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledges, made while campaigning for his recent re-election, was to extend Israeli sovereignty over Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.
Throughout your presidency, you have done everything possible to keep your own campaign promises — with the move of the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, pledged by every President since Bill Clinton, being a prime example.
For decades, Israel has attempted to nurture coexistence with Arab communities which desire to live outside Israeli governance, while retaining control over its borders and national security in that very hostile part of the world. Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama recognized that Israeli sovereignty would extend to Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria in any final peace agreement. It is unfair and unreasonable to hold these Jewish communities hostage to the continuing intransigence of the Palestinian Authority. And it is outrageous to suggest setting policy to kowtow to the Antisemitic, terrorist-financed effort to boycott the world’s only Jewish state.
We note with dismay that the letter from left-wing groups makes no mention of the unbroken3300-year heritage of the unique religious and historical connection between Jews and the Land of Israel, including Judea and Samaria, from which Jews were only removed via massacres and ethnic cleansing. It also makes no mention of the unceasing hostility Jews have faced since establishing contemporary self-governance in their homeland. Left-wing groups have a long and well-documented history of pressuring Israel into making terrible decisions which have cost countless Jewish and Arab lives. If these letter-writers truly wish to influence the government of modern Israel, this is easily accomplished… by moving there and casting a ballot in its next election.
But were they to do so, they would soon recognize that Israel’s security needs look very different “up close and personal.” We gratefully acknowledge your ongoing support for Israel’s self-determination and its right to defend and protect itself, and look forward to the continued strengthening of America’s special relationship with Israel in the days years ahead. and.הנידמהירשלכךרביוךכרבי,םימלועלכתוכלמותוכלמ,םיכיסנלהלשממוםיכלמלהעושתןתונה
May He who gives salvation unto kings and dominion unto princes, whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, grant His blessings unto you and your administration. Most respectfully,
Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President lerner@cjvalues.orgRabbi Yaakov Menken, Managing Director menken@cjvalues.orgCoalition for Jewish ValuesRabbi Yechezkel Moskowitz, President yechezkel.moskowitz@gmail.comJewish Heritage Preservation SocietyRabbi Yaniv Meirov, DirectorAlliance of Bukharian AmericansShani Hikind, DirectorAmerican Friends of Ateret CohanimJudy Kadish, Executive DirectorAmericans for a Safe IsraelCarol Greenwald, FounderCoalition of Pro-Israel ActivistsRabbi Jonah Gewirtz, Co-ChairmanCoordinating Council for the Jewish HomelandSarah Stern, PresidentEndowment for Middle East TruthElizabeth Pipko, FounderExodus Movement
Moshe Phillips, National Director, U.S. DivisionHerut North AmericaRichard Allen, DirectorJCC WatchJeff Ballabon, FounderJExodusRabbi Aryeh Spero, DirectorNational Conference on Jewish AffairsDuvy Honig, Executive DirectorOrthodox Jewish Chamber of CommerceLaurie Cardozo-Moore, PresidentProclaiming Justice to the NationsRabbi Mendy Mirocznik, Executive DirectorRabbinical Alliance of AmericaMatt Brooks, Executive DirectorRepublican Jewish CoalitionCharlie Kirk, Executive DirectorTurning Point USADr. Joseph Frager, FounderYoung Israel – Chovevei TzionRabbi Yitz Tendler, Executive DirectorYoung Jewish ConservativesMorton Klein, PresidentZionist Organization of America
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