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Jesse Jackson denies anti-"Zionist"
comments; Obama camp refutes link.
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Taheri has a controversial
past. Some of his writings
he Rev. Jesse Jackson
on his native Iran have been
said that his views
debunked as based on fab-
were distorted in an
rications and distortions.
article that quoted him as say-
Canada's National Post apolo-
ing "Zionists" would lose their
gized for his 2006 report that
influence under an Obama
Rev. J ackson
Iran's leaders planned to force
administration.
Jews to wear yellow insignia
An Oct. 14 report in the New York
after the claim was proved unfounded.
Post by Amir Taheri, a writer who has
Obama, the Democratic candidate
in the past been charged with making
for president, has had acrid clashes
exaggerated claims, said Jackson told
with Jackson over policy. Both Jackson's
the first World Policy Forum the week
office and the Obama camp stressed
before in Evian, France, that "Zionists
Jackson is not associated with the cam-
who have controlled American policy
paign and does not advise him on any
for decades" would lose influence
issues, including Israel.
under Obama.
"Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is not an
According to Taheri, Jackson told
adviser to the Obama campaign and is
the forum that Obama promised "fun- therefore in no position to interpret or
damental changes" in United States
share Barack Obama's views on Israel
foreign policy and said that the most
and foreign policy," Obama national
important changes would take place
security spokeswoman Wendy Morigi
in the Middle East where a President
said in a statement.
Obama would end "decades of putting
The American Jewish Committee
Israel's interests first."
condemned Jackson's statement
"The recent column in the New
about "Zionists who have controlled
York Post by Amir Taheri in no way
American policy for decades."
represents my views on Middle East
"Rev. Jackson's remarks, which
peace and security:' Jackson said in
appeared in an interview with the
a statement released by his Rainbow
journalist Amir Taheri in the New York
Push coalition. "The writer is selec-
Post, echo classic anti-Semitic con-
tively imposing his own point of view
spiracy theories about Jewish power:'
and distorting mine. I have a long
said AJC Executive Director David A.
held position of a two-state solution
Harris. "This statement, regrettably,
to achieve peace in the Middle East. I
is not the first troubling comment by
stand forthrightly for the security and
Rev. Jackson regarding Israel, Zionism
stability of Israel, its protection from
and the Jewish people'
any form of hostility and a peaceful,
"As poll after poll has revealed, over
non-violent resolution to co-existing
a span of decades, the United States is
with its Palestinian neighbors:'
deeply committed to Israel because the
Sources close to Jackson said some
vast majority of Americans, Jewish and
quotes in Taheri's article were fabri-
non-Jewish alike, identify with Israel as
cated — Jackson never used the term
a proven friend and ally;' said Harris.
"Zionists:' for instance, they said. It was "It is this commonality of shared values
not clear if Taheri claimed to be in the
and shared interests, and not Jackson's
room when Jackson made his remarks, conspiratorial notions of power, that
or if others had reported them to him.
unite Israel and Americe'0
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Knollenberg put his fundamentalist
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