By Liz Berney
(JANUARY 1, 2024 / THE JERUSALEM POST) Israel’s democratically elected government and the majority of Israelis share the Zionist Organization of America’s principled pro-Israel positions, including ZOA’s opposition to President Joe Biden’s pressure to hand Gaza to the Palestinian Authority terror regime (which continues to pay Arabs to murder Jews); ZOA’s opposition to Biden waiving billions of dollars of sanctions on Iran; and ZOA’s criticism of Biden for falsely accusing Israel of “indiscriminately” bombing Gaza.
Douglas Bloomfield, in his December 28 Jerusalem Post op-ed, (“ZOA makes Bibi look dovish”), promotes the “indiscriminate bombing” blood libel against Israel, thereby revealing that he is the one who is at odds with the Israeli people and government. Bloomfield’s op-ed then repeatedly misleads and misinforms readers, and ignores mainstream agreement with ZOA’s sensible views, to falsely label ZOA.
For instance, he attacked ZOA for criticizing Biden’s failure to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2720 (December 22, 2023). Bloomfield misleadingly omitted the resolution’s serious flaws, which warranted ZOA first urging the Biden administration to veto it, which then prompted the ZOA to criticize Biden for allowing the resolution’s passage.
Bloomfield’s op-ed failed to mention that UNSC Res. 2720 helps Hamas by calling for “unhindered” and “expanded” supplies – especially fuel – to be furnished to Gaza, when Hamas immediately seizes and uses fuel and other supplies to launch rockets into Tel Aviv, launch misfired rockets into Gazan civilians, and operate its terror tunnel network.
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