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America And Israel Need Kerry
As he told the Anti-Defamation
New York
League's national leadership confer-
With
ence earlier this year, "For the entire
President
20 years that I have been in the
Bush's
United States Senate, I'm proud that
approval ratings in
my commitment to a secure Jewish
freefall, Republicans
state has been unwavering; not even
are reverting once
by one vote or one letter or one res-
again to negative
olution has it wavered. And as presi-
campaigning.
MENACHEM
dent, I can guarantee you that that
Among their tactics
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support and that effort for our ally,
is a deliberate effort
ROSENSAFT to disparage and dis- a vibrant democracy, will continue."
Counterpoint tort the unambigu-
Kerry expressed the same resolute
support
for Israel when he addressed
ously pro-Israel
the American Israel Public Affairs
record of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
Committee's annual policy confer-
According to one prominent
ence more than seven years ago, on
Republican apparatchik,
April 7, 1997. "As Americans," he
"Throughout his political career,
said, "we owe it to our Israeli part-
Sen. Kerry has never been a leader
ners to stand with them so that they
in support of Israel." Nothing could
can negotiate from greater strength,
be further from the truth. As an
American Jew and lifelong Zionist, I to be an ally beside them, not an
ally that undermines them."
enthusiastically support Kerry in
Moreover, Kerry not only under-
this year's presidential election.
stood the dire threat of terrorism
To be sure, the American Jewish
long before the Sept. 11 attacks
community is not and should never
made it an American priority, but he
be a single-issue constituency. We
steadfastly has rejected any justifica-
care deeply about social issues. We
tion for murderous Palestinian
are dismayed by the appointment of
attacks on Israeli civilians.
federal judges who believe the
"Terrorism," he declared in his
United States is a Christian nation
AIPAC
speech, "is an incontrovert-
or who would abrogate a woman's
ible evil and an unjustified response,
right to an abortion even if her life
and the idea that every bitter dis-
were in danger. We care deeply
pute between Israel and the
about civil and human rights at
Palestinians can somehow justify
home and abroad. And we believe
Palestinian violence or justify"
that our society bears the responsi-
bility to help rather than jettison the Palestinian Authority President
Yasser "Arafat's winking at it or
less fortunate among us.
should warrant the release of yet
On all of these issues, Kerry's
more Hamas leaders or could excuse
views are in harmony with those
the PLO's failure to rewrite its
held by the overwhelming majority
covenant — all of this reflects a
of American Jews. Nevertheless, the
moral blindness, a failure of courage
issue that is and should be of great-
that only encourages the cowards,
est concern to American Jews is the
the haters and the killers."
safety and security of the State of
Israel. Having followed Kerry's
career for the past two decades, I
The Saudi Factor
know that Israel does not have and
One
clear difference between the
could not have a stronger or more
Bush administration and Kerry is
reliable ally.
their reactions to Saudi Arabian
Strong On Israel
anti-Semitism. After terrorists went
on a deadly rampage in the Saudi
All too frequently, American politi-
city of Yanbu on May 1, Crown
cal figures begin to utter pro-Israel
Prince Abdullah announced on
sentiments only as they embark on a
Saudi TV that "Zionism is behind
national campaign for public office.
terrorist actions in the Kingdom ... I
Not so Kerry.
am 95 percent sure of that."
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, an attorney,
At the same time, Prince Naif, the
is founding chairman of the
Saudi interior minister, blamed Al
International Network of Children of
Qaida for the attack. Asked about
Jewish Holocaust Survivors and a for-
this apparent inconsistency, Prince
mer national president of the Labor
Zionist Alliance.
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