It has been a very busy week, and the Republican Jewish
Coalition has been on the go, getting our message out there and
responding quickly and strongly to breaking news.
RJC National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman
penned an op-ed for Newsweek magazine on the historic
UAE-Israel peace agreement. He wrote:
The establishment of diplomatic ties between Israel and the
United Arab Emirates (UAE), brokered by President Donald
Trump, is one more excellent step in the emergence of a Trump
Doctrine. He withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Pact, the INF
Treaty, Open Skies and the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) because the
parties were cheating. He reduced American forces in Syria and
Afghanistan because we had no place in their civil wars. He
reconfigured American forces in NATO—fewer in Germany and more in
Poland—for the better protection of both our allies and ourselves. In
each case, America is at the center of American foreign
policy.
The
Washington Free Beacon noted the silence of Democratic Senate
candidates on the UAE-Israel agreement and quoted
the RJC on the contrast between President Donald Trump's winning
foreign policy and the Democrats' failures in the region:
Neil Strauss, spokesman for the
Republican Jewish Coalition, said that remaining
silent is preferable to "exposing yourself as
clueless."
"The Israel-UAE peace deal absolutely exposes the Democrats'
foreign policy strategy of appeasement of Iran as a failure," Strauss
said. "President Trump’s strategy of maximum pressure and standing
shoulder to shoulder with our trusted ally Israel, and the Arab states
willing to stand up to Iran, is an absolute success."
The RJC was proud to applaud
President Trump for his decision to invoke the "snapback"
provision of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, reimposing UN
sanctions on Iran that were suspended under the resolution as part of
the JCPOA.
Today’s decision by President Trump to invoke the "snapback"
provision of 2231 is the right decision for the safety of the United
States and the entire world. The UN has confirmed that Iran is
violating every provision of the JCPOA. While the Obama-Biden deal
with Iran was always a calamity that gave Iran everything it wanted,
secured none of the protections we needed, and made the world less
safe, this provision will help to fight back against Iran’s malign
activities.
UNSC Res. 2231 is unambiguous as to the United States' right
to invoke the "snapback" provision. The United States is listed by
name as a country that can invoke the provision, and it does not
stipulate that the US must still be a party to the agreement. To be
clear, 2231 is not the Iran nuclear deal, it is a UN resolution.
President Trump did not forfeit our right to the "snapback" provision
in 2231; in fact, it was not possible to forfeit that right.
We should not have ever been in this position. At the time
Biden and Obama entered into the disastrous deal, Iran was on a
razor’s edge because international sanctions were working. The JCPOA
with its sanctions relief was a lifeline to the Ayatollah and his
regime - one they did not deserve. President Trump is doing everything
he can to clean up the mistakes of Biden and Obama. The RJC thanks
President Trump for his courage in standing up to the #1 state sponsor
of terrorism, Iran.
Read more about the President's action here.
The RJC pushed back on the lies and liars on display at the
Democratic National Convention.
• Our daily commentary at the Democrats' policy failures,
increasingly radical positions, and abandonment of Israel can be found
here: Day
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• When antisemitic agitator Linda
Sarsour showed up as a speaker at the Convention's official
"Muslim Delegates Assembly" to say, "The Democratic Party… is
absolutely our party in this moment," the RJC blasted out this
response:
It is outrageous that the Democratic National Committee would
allow Linda Sarsour to represent their party to American voters.
Sarsour is a rabid antisemite, a friend of Louis
Farrakhan, and a proponent of the BDS movement against
Israel. She spreads anti-Israel lies and champions the cause of
terrorists. Sarsour’s blatant antisemitism finally made her so treif
that the radical Women’s March organization had to force her out of
her leadership role, but she’s still kosher for the Democrat Party.
If Linda Sarsour is the face of the Democrat Party, then the
Democrat Party has truly become the party of antisemitism and too
toxic for American Jews.
• Fox News reported on our
response to former Secretary of State John Kerry's
convention speech "narrative" about the Obama-Biden Iran nuclear
deal:
The Republican Jewish Coalition knocked Kerry
over the deal on Tuesday.
“John Kerry is lying about the Iran deal. What’s amazing is
that there is proof that Iran never abided by the deal. The UN
confirms Iran violated every aspect of the deal. He gave Iran
everything, got nothing, and made the world less safe,” the group
tweeted.
• The Jerusalem Post quoted the RJC on the
Democrats' presidential ticket and their
"conditional" support for Israel:
Neil Strauss, the spokesperson for the Republican Jewish
Coalition, pushed back against Biden’s and Harris’s record on Israel.
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have
both proven that their support of Israel is conditional,” he told the
Post. “At the end of his term, Biden helped the Obama administration
rally countries to vote for UN Resolution 2334. That was after the
presidential election, and probably when he thought he was done with
politics. That really kind of shows his true feelings and his true
support for Israel.
“And look at Kamala Harris,” he continued. “When she was
running in the primary when she thought it was advantageous to vote
against anti-BDS legislation, she did so. She can [say] whatever she
wants about her record on Israel. But she has shown that when it’s not
politically convenient, she won’t be there for Israel.
“Support for Israel is really important [for voters].
Sometimes polling shows that it’s not a top issue for Jews,” Strauss
added. “But part of the reason for that is because there’s been strong
bipartisan support for Israel, and [now] there is a feeling that the
Democratic Party is losing its traditional support for
Israel.”
