What is J Street up against? The American Jewish establishment, which is calcified and backward and ethnocentric. Politico’s Alex Isenstadt reported the other day that U.S. House candidate Doug Pike had lost support among Jews in the Philadelphia suburbs because he liked J Street. Emphasis mine:
Doug Pike, a Democratic House candidate in the heavily Jewish Philadelphia suburbs, discovered the perils of alienating part of that Democratic constituency when he lost the endorsement of state Rep. Josh Shapiro, who complained about Pike’s support for J Street, the liberal-leaning Israel policy organization.
Now that story has been revised to save J Street political embarrassment, and make the anecdote flimsy. It reads:
Doug Pike, a Democratic House candidate in the heavily Jewish Philadelphia suburbs, discovered the perils of alienating part of that Democratic constituency when he lost the endorsement of state Rep. Josh Shapiro, who voiced concerns about Pike’s positions on Israel.
I hope the second version is true, but somehow I doubt it. J Street has come under incredible pressure inside Jewish power politics. It’s why the group sandbagged Goldstone all last year, and why a J Street rep said nice things to Alan Dershowitz outside AIPAC even as Dershowitz was trying to excommunicate him.
I’ve read that Pike is returning J Street’s campaign contribution and asking them to take his name off their list of endorsed candidates.
Here: link to jta.org
Ben-Ami got in a good one, at least: “We wish Doug Pike well, but are pleased to see him return the funds provided to his campaign, as it is our purpose only to support politicians with the courage of their convictions,” J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami told the Exponent.
weed out the wimps. pike has to make it thru the primaries. i bet his capitulation boosts trivedi’s chances.
silverstein has a post up. ‘profile in craven cowardice’. ha!
An Iraq war veteran? Obviously that he may have been an actual part of the US’s military boots on the ground makes him suspect to AIPAC & J Street too. Both would prefer present and/or former IDF service–now THAT’s real street cred in Uncle Sam’s America.
Oh indeed. Just ask John Kerry about Rahm Emmanuel.
I can’t Kerry’s out on the river sailing. So, Chaos, what did Kerry say?
Is Pike the guy who did the analysis on our Vietnam expedition in its final throes? The guy who asked, when somebody was questioning his street creds, Would you trust a lay person over a dentist to do a root canal on you?
It took the South Africa BDS campaign over 20 years to have results, yet in only 5 years after the Palestinian call for BDS, it has swept the globe in a big way. (Take that, Richard Witty and other hasbara clones suffering from lost of memory to dimish the BDS movement as it slowly takes effect.)
The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on March 30, 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people cannot be tolerated any longer and we will accordingly adopted diverse forms of BDS against Israel until it ends its oppression of the Palestinian people and fully complies with international law.
Join the Global BDS Day of Action on March 30 2010! Activists from around the world will mark this day, so find an action in your area or register your own. You can do so easily online.
RE: “as Jeff Blankfort points out, there are 18 members of Congress, 12 senators and six House members, on TIP’s board…”
MY COMMENT: Including one of senators, S-A-X-B-Y! Praise the Lord!
MY COMMENT SHOULD HAVE READ: Including one of my senators, S-A-X-B-Y! Praise the Lord!
ot:
Israel’s Provocation at al-Aqsa, Rabbi plans ‘miracle’ at the Western Wall
Protect Obama from AIPAC on Israeli Settlement Expansion
AIPAC lobbyists are demanding that Congress pressure Obama back down from his opposition to Israeli settlement expansion. Urge your representatives in Congress to support President Obama’s opposition to Israeli settlement expansion.
TO SEND E-MAIL – link to justforeignpolicy.org
Thanks for the link, Dickerson; I did it, and spread the word some more.
the zio-army just doesn’t get it – cracking the whip on their own to keep everyone spewing the same propaganda line and conforming to the official position is so yesterday – it just makes them look all the more desperate
Like the neocons in the Republican Party, kicking Frum’s ass to the door, may he enjoy his stay in the unemployment line.
One question Helen Thomas asked Obama but he wouldn’t answer:
“White House Press Corps longest-serving member, HELEN THOMAS, says Obama lost credibility when he dodged her question on Israeli nukes.
link to youtube.com
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