Last week Hillary Clinton wrote a long letter against BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions aimed at Israel) addressed, “Dear Haim,” which was then publicized by her dear friend Haim Saban, one of the biggest donors on the Democratic side.
Saban released Clinton’s letter to the press through the PR firm Puder.
Well, Puder serves a number of businesses that work in the illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem:
–This wine company sells wines from occupied Palestinian territories, which it describes as part of Israel.
–The Schusterman foundation supports Israeli colonization of the territories.
“Rabbi Nathaniel Elyashiv of Eli spoke about the Israeli settlement movement in Judea and Samaria and its importance to the Israeli story.”
–The United Israel Appeal also seeks to remove the distinction between Israel and the occupied territories: “This project, to which the Prime Minister of Israel attributes great importance, is designed to raise awareness of the deep historical and cultural connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel.”
–Nefesh b’Nefesh pushes foreign Jews to move to Israel, and includes the settlements in its destinations.
Shouldn’t Hillary Clinton be dissociating herself from Saban, because of these connections? Or shouldn’t she repudiate them?
And: Is anyone in the mainstream press even asking these questions? Of course not.
“Dear Haim, please fund my campaign for POTUS–You can have all the blood and treasure of the US public. Thanks, Hillary”.
Cut & Paste from the GOP candidates letter to Adelson.
The official line is that a Two State solution is what the US wants and that anything 9such as BDS) which appears to threaten that must be dealt with. This would seem to include any enterprises that sustain settlement operations but the US has never put any real obstacles in their way.
And, no, Hillary Clinton won’t condemn this.
Also it needs to be said that Saban’s business interests are deeply embedded in the occupation. This is what BDS needs to emphasize: that these rich Israeli Jews are not defended the Jewish people but their bottom line.
RE: “Saban’s PR firm promotes Israel’s illegal settlements– so when will Hillary Clinton condemn it?”
MY COMMENT: It’s difficult to say precisely, but certainly not before hell freezes over! ! !
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Meanwhile dear Sheldon has not been idle. Campus Maccabees are on the move!
(Forward, July 8 2015): “Billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s new campus operation to defend Israel has picked David Brog, the head of the largest Christian Zionist organization, as its first leader.
“Brog, executive director of Christians United for Israel, will head the Campus Maccabees, a new multi-million dollar group funded by Adelson and fellow billionaire Haim Saban. The new organization’s mission will be to fight efforts on college campuses to promote the movement to boycott, divest from or sanction Israel. An official announcement is expected next week, but two sources closely informed of the campus group’s decision-making process have confirmed the information to the Forward.”
Me: CUFI is Hagee’s outfit. Apparently Saban and Adelson don’t mind teaming up with a man who believes that when the messiah comes (for the first or second time) all the Jews will be turned into Christians.
More on Brog: “Brog is married to an Israeli-American and is a cousin of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.” Now there’s a ringing endorsement.
“Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who played a key role in organizing the kickoff and who is credited with coming up with the organization’s name, will not hold an official position in the Campus Maccabees organization, according to a Jewish official involved with the group.”
Wow, I hope there’s some secret video of Shumley being told he was too whacked to hang with Sheldon and Hagee. I would pay to see that!