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Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Research and Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement:
During the holiday of Chanukah, a little over 300 far-left American Jewish clergy who refuse to accept Israeli democracy trampled on the meaning of the holiday by signing a “call to action” pledging to ban, boycott and protest against the members and democratically-elected officials of Israel’s Religious Zionist parties. The “call to action” signers also pledged to prevent Religious Zionists from speaking at or participating in events at their congregations and organizations, and to encourage others to also ban the democratically-elected members of the Religious Zionists Party.
The “call to action” misstates Religious Zionist parties’ positions, in a misleading effort to portray Religious Zionists as extremists. For instance, the “call to action” falsely states that the Religious Zionist parties support “expelling Arab Israeli citizens who are seen as opposing the government, challenging the democratic Right to freedom of speech.” In fact, Religious Zionists merely supported expelling convicted terrorists! Murdering Jews is not “freedom of speech.”
The “call to action” signers identified themselves only as “rabbis” from their respective cities and states, to try to give the impression that they are mainstream. The signers deceptively omitted their group affiliations. ZOA’s analysis reveals that the signers/boycotters of religious Zionists were mostly from extreme anti-Israel radical groups, including J Street, T’ruah and JVP.
It seems that every time an anti-Israel letter is signed by 300-something “rabbis,” the rabbis turn out to be affiliated with the extremist anti-Israel J Street and similar hostile-to-Israel groups. (See, for instance, “Majority of 340 Pro-Iran Deal Rabbis are from J St & Other Israel-Hostile Groups,” Aug. 19, 2015.)
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