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Kerry Best For Israel
"Israel is safer because the U.S.-
read the Aug. 6 article in
led
coalition removed the bar-
the "Other Views" section
baric
regime of Saddam
tided "Kerry Poses Risk"
Hussein."
(page 30) and feel that a
Fact: Despite hopes that the
response is required.
ouster
of Saddam would make
• The author of the article
Israel
more
secure, the
stated correctly that President
American
occupation
of Iraq
Bush expressed that Israel should
has
brought
that
country
politi-
EME
RY
I.
neither be forced to return to its
cal
uncertainty
and
unbridled
KL
EIN
pre-1967 borders nor have to
terror and increased Iraqi ties to
Comm unity
absorb Palestinian refugees.
the Iranian regime. There is no
Persp
ective
However, here is what followed.
question that America's quag-
Fact: While on April 14 the
mire in Iraq is hurting Israel.
above promises were made to
This
is
most
clear in the case of Iran,
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,
whose
nuclear
development program
three weeks later, when King Abdullah
poses
the
very
threat
Bush falsely argued
of Jordan visited the White House, Bush
in
Iraq.
The
Iraqi
Shiite
insurgency
modified his support.
leader
Muqtada
al-Sadr
is
publicly sup-
According to the New York Jewish
porting
Palestinian
terrorists
including
Week of May 21, "Bush started diplo-
Hezbollah
and
Hamas.
matic backpedaling."
• In trying to give Bush credit for
The administration has refused to
accomplishments
in Saudi Arabia, the
reiterate the two positions in any docu-
author
states,
"for
the first time since
ment or statement. In joint statements
1926,
Saudi
Arabia
is planning local
made with Arab leaders, Bush called on
elections
for
October
2004. This is an
Israel to withdraw from territories occu-
unprecedented
concession
by the Saudi
pied in 1967.
Arabian
monarchy."
Bush didn't:re)peat his original pledges
Fact: More important than promoting
even to such a receptive audience as the
a
puppet
election, our U.S. administra-
May AIPAC (American Israel Public
don's
indifference
toward Saudi Arabia's
Affairs Committee) Policy Conference
sponsorship
of
terror
has compromised
attended by 4,000 pro-Israel members.
the
security
of
Israel
and
undermined
• The author of the article states,
the
stability
of
the
Middle
East.
"Bush's policies toward the Middle East
Since
the
start
of
the
Palestinian
are beginning to yield results. Libya has
intifada, more than 900 Israelis have
renounced violence and is giving up
died at the hands of terrorists, many of
weapons of mass destruction."
whom
were financed by Saudi nationals
Fact: Libyan leader Muammar
and
affiliated
proxy organizations.
Qaddafi's sacrifice was minimal, given
Despite
his
close
ties to the royal family,
his lack of developed weapons. He con-
Bush
has
been
ineffective
in pressuring
tinues his affiliation with Palestinian ter-
the
Saudis.
Saudi
Arabian
Crown Prince
rorist groups. In May, Qaddafi stormed
Abdullah's
recent
accusations
that
out of the Arab League summit in Tunis
Zionists
were
behind
Al
Qaida-affiliated
because other leaders refused to endorse
attacks were not publicly repudiated by
his one-state solution to the Arab-Israeli
Bush or administration officials.
conflict, a solution that would unequiv-
• The author states, "America is in
ocally deny Israel the right to exist as a
the
midst of war against terror ... Sen.
majority Jewish state. Qaddafi has never
Kerry
cannot be trusted with leading
concealed his enmity for Israel and his
America
and the free world to victory
contempt for Jews.
against
terror."
Desperate to demonstrate at least one
Fact: On June 28, 2004, Kerry, the
foreign policy success in the Middle
Democratic presidential candidate,
East, Bush was quick to prop up this
addressed, by conference call, more
dictator as a "changed" man and lift
than 300 Jewish community leaders at
economic sanctions against Libya.
the
B'nai B'rith International
• The author of the article claims,
Conference and said, "I believe that I
can run a far more effective war on
terror and do better by Israel. And I'll
Emery I. Klein is a Southfield resident
who serves on the executive committee of tell you why. Because I think the
sweetheart relationship between this
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
administration and Saudi Arabia and
Detroit, the national executive commit-
the lack of willingness of this adminis-
tee of AIPAC and the National Jewish
Democratic Council.
KLEIN on page 32
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