views

Metro Detroits

Best Kept Secret

counterpoint

Steven E. Stein, M.D.

oth

y M

H

app

Mother’s Day – A time to remember all the things that make her
special. Give the gift that keeps on giving at special pricing –
Thermage, Fillers and Botox. Gift Certifi cates Available!
Call for your appointment today – 248-643-7710

er's
D
ay

!

With 25 years of experience
Dr. Stein has performed 1000s
of face and neck lift procedures,
along with blepharoplasties
(eyelid surgery) and fat grafting.
Because of his vast experience,
Dr. Stein is the only plastic
surgeon you should be choosing
for your cosmetic procedures.

Somerset Center for

Plastic Surgery

Steven E. Stein, M.D.

1579 W. Big Beaver Rd. Suite B-7, Troy, Michigan 48084
‡ZZZVWHYHQVWHLQPGFRP

T HERE ’ S A B ETTER W AY
T O T RAVEL .

continued from page 8

by Palestinian Authority dictator
Abbas, there would be no “Israeli
friends, Israeli food, books, art, cin-
ema and dance”? Portman’s obtuse-
ness is mind-boggling.
Portman’s version of “love” and
“caring for Israel” also means a
total lack of appreciation for — and
indeed, propagandizing against —
Israel’s brave, extraordinarily ethical
18-year-olds who form the thin line
preventing Molotov cocktail-throw-
ing, armed-to-the-teeth, Nazi-like
Hamas mobs from breaching Israel’s
border to carry out their blood-cur-
dling screams of “Death to the Jews.”
Portman’s type of “love” and “car-
ing for Israel” means mindlessly
spouting the lies emanating from
Hamas and the Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions (BDS) movement,
which seek to isolate and destroy
the Jewish state. When Portman
blasted Israel and defaulted on com-
ing to receive the Genesis Prize,
Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev
aptly noted that Portman “fell into
the hands” of the BDS campaign.
Indeed, the BDS movement is trum-
peting her statements and cancella-
tion of her trip to Israel on the front
pages of the BDS movements’ mul-
tiple internet sites.
She has also turned around the
meaning of “conscience” and tak-
ing a brave stand upside down.
In today’s world — where anti-
Semitism is rife, and especially in
Portman’s far-left-wing Hollywood
milieu — real bravery means stand-
ing up for Israel, the IDF and the
Jewish people against relentless
anti-Israel propaganda.
Real bravery means condemning
the real perpetrators of atrocities:
Hamas, whose deeds and charter
call for the murder of every Jew,
and the P.A., which brags about
murdering more Jews than Hamas
has, and whose president praises
and rewards those who spill Jewish
blood.
But Portman pats herself on the

Morton A. Klein is the national president of the
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). Liz
Berney is ZOA’s director of special projects.

Glassman Genesis

Valet Service

Jeff Stewart

Private aviation allows you to experience travel the
ZD\LWVKRXOGEH/HWXVVKRZ\RXWKHEHQHÀWV

SAFETY | SECURITY | EFFICIENCY | CONVENIENCE | COMFORT | FLEXIBILITY | SERVICE

back for “taking a stand” against the
Jewish state. Incredibly, she even
claims that she is furthering “Jewish
values.” Meanwhile, she is silent
when it comes to the real atrocities
perpetrated by Hamas and the P.A.
In short, Portman’s “stands” are
pure cowardice.
Portman’s pathetic and shameful
diatribe against Israel may, in part,
be fueled by a desire to shore up
her status in the extremist Israel-
hating entertainment world. But is
that really worth disgracing herself ?
David Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir
would have been horrified by her
ugly, mindless words. Comments
on various articles reveal that the
vast, overwhelming majority of Jews
and other decent folks today are
appalled by Portman’s statements
and cancellation of her visit to
Israel. Hamas and Fatah leaders and
neo-Nazis are cheering, heartened
and encouraged.
Indeed, Portman’s actions are
why clear-thinking Christians often
ask us: “What is wrong with those
extreme left-wing Jews? Don’t they
understand that they’re siding with
the people who want to kill them?”
Judaism teaches that the prayer,
“You shall love the Lord thy God
with all your heart, with all your soul
and with all your might,” exempli-
fies how to truly love. Truly loving
Israel and the Jewish people means
standing up — with all our might
— for the safety of the Jewish state.
It means standing up for Israel’s
moral young men on the front lines,
who are protecting our people from
being overrun and slaughtered
by Nazi-like Hamas barbarians.
Portman’s disgraceful statements
and reneging on her trip to Israel
show contempt for everything she
claims to care about.
Shame on you, Natalie Portman! •

Assistant New Car Sales Manager

Serving the Community Since 1969

248-636-2736

Complimentary
Maintenance

888-426-8999 | PentastarAviation.com |

Private Jet Charter | Aircraft Management | Advisory Services
Aircraft Maintenance | Avionics Services | Interior Services | FBO Services

Serving Our Community For Over 45 Years!

©2018 Pentastar Aviation.

5FMFHSBQI3Et4PVUIýFMEt

XXXHMBTTNBOHFOFTJTDPN

10

May 3 • 2018

jn

2168010