Silverstein says Reform’s top rabbi is ‘redbaiting’ J Street

The great Richard Silverstein:

Rabbi [Eric] Yoffie’s piece in the Forward proves to me that while he may
have liberal instincts on many issues, when it comes to Israel he is
little better than the mainline Israel lobby organizations.  We cannot
expect wisdom from them or him on these issues.  It grieves me to say
this because he has often been eloquent and profound about some
subjects as I’ve noted above.  But not this one.  Not by a long shot.

J Street–you’ve done something honorable.  Don’t even think of
backing down or being intimidated by this flackery.  You are in the
right.  Time and history will confirm it.  It is Rabbi Yoffie who will
be eating his words in six months time when he sees that this military
project has failed just as all previous ones seeking to do the same
thing have failed before it.

….We
should all stand behind J Street and not allow this sort of red-baiting to go
on especially during at a time when Israel is violating moral norms in ways
many of us find deeply troubling and unacceptable:

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  1. well, since 'the great Richard Silverstein' (I do wish you would stop all this ass-licking, Phil, it's just as unattractive as when Israel Shamir refers to everyone he agrees with as "our friend") – anyway, since 'the great Richard Silverstein' finds it worthwhile to say this : "We state what we think is in Israel’s long-term interests, but owe no special obligation to support Israel when it strays from our view of what those interests should be (as they have done in Operation Solid Lead)," I think he is condemned out of his own mouth as a supporter of the PRINCIPLE of the genocidal invader colonial state of Israel, so screw the both of them, Yoffe and him, I say.

  2. Eva Smagacz says:

    Once upon the time in a land far away…

    Fast forward to the 29th…..

    Oh, well, IDF have never been that good at anatomy…..

  3. Sword Of Gideonthepoint says:

    At last I understand you, Eva. I apologize for all those racist and ignorant comments I've made about you in the past. I did some real research instead of just spouting off at the mouth like a little tot, and I discovered that many Poles saved Jewish lives at the very real
    risk of their own, and even more amazing, at the risk of their own
    children and relatives. They did so despite how terribly they were treated by Jews in power in the old Bolshevik days. Please forgive me for my past rabid ignorance. I never knew how the Poles were screwed by both the Nazis and the Jews under Stalin. I only pray that Israelis and American Jews will soon see the error of their lethal chauvinistic ways.

  4. your racial obsession with Eva's nationality is quite disgusting, gid.

  5. Glenn Condell says:

    Er Rowan, I think that was someone doing a Gideon to Gideon himself. Maybe Jim – you certainly couldn't blame him.

    I see photos like that and wonder 'how long before our cowardice in facing the the Zionist threat from within our own societies leads to blowback that does that to my children'?

    If we don't, it is only a matter of time.

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