Posted on 10/31/2008 1:07:10 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Barack Obama gained the support of one of the Jewish world's most prominent leaders Friday, when Canadian philanthropist Edgar M. Bronfman gave the Democratic presidential candidate his endorsement.
In a column on the Huffingtonpost, Bronfman asserted that Obama is the candidate who will act in the best interest of Israel. Of Obama's Republican rival, the philanthropist said: "As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain."
Bronfman, a former head of the World Jewish Congress, wrote in the piece titled "Israel's Best Interest is a Morally Strong America" that an honest broker was needed to push Israelis and Palestinians toward a two-state solution.
He said the Illinois senator could fill this role, being "a tough idealist who has the courage to imagine an America that may inspire hope, not fear, in the Middle East and around the world."
Conversely, Bronfman scathingly criticized President George W. Bush's policies in the region, which he said McCain would continue, as only increasing the dangers Israel faces from its enemies. The philanthropist said the most immediate of them was from a nuclear Iran, adding that, "Under the Bush administration, conversations with the Iranians began only at the end of May 2007 and have been badly mishandled."
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Apparently this clown just doesn’t know what Bambi’s ideas are for Jews.
Turkeys voting for Christmas again, i see.
Bronfman is suffering from a mental disease or defect
I guess this guy can’t see communism because of the communist.....
What he meant to say:
...that an honest broker was needed to push Israelis toward a final solution.
Jackass. I'm so sick of liberal North American Jews who don't have to live in Israel and deal with the facts on the ground there telling Israel what is in its best interest.
In his book, Bronfman challenges North American Jews to transcend victimhood, welcome intermarriage, and embrace the creativity of outsiders. His passionate appeal for openness applies to religious, cultural, and ethnic groups everywhere. President of the World Jewish Congress for twenty-six years and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1999, Bronfman was crucial in securing the safe emigration rights of Soviet Jewry and in fighting for the compensation of Holocaust survivors and their heirs. Manji, in her book, calls on fellow Muslims to embrace human rights and proposes ideas for a fresh U.S. foreign policy that can empower Muslim reformers. Named by the American Society for Muslim Advancement as a “Muslim leader of tomorrow,” she also created the Emmy-nominated PBS film “Faith Without Fear,” which follows her world journey to reconcile Islam and freedom. A winner of Oprah Winfrey?s first annual Chutzpah award for “audacity, boldness and conviction,” Manji teaches moral courage at NYU Wagner.
forget the palestinians. what about Iran???
“former world jewish congress chief bronfman endorsed ‘tough idealist’ obama.”
that one statement is filled with enough nutrients for all the vegetable gardens in the country.
(prize tomatoes next year.)
IMHO
Bronfman says he does not believe in the type of God in the Bible "that orders the killing of people. We were not created in God's image, but rather we created God in our image,"
That’s just sad, Larry, that’s what that is, that’s just sad.
No surprise here, folks.
Trust me on this one, Barack Obama WILL get 71-78% of the Jewish vote. It’s a lock!
When did the hosers start “endorsing” American candidates and why is it important? Just say no to drugs.
Another voice from the apartment above the nightclub.
As an American Jew who truly loves Israel, I say to Mr. Bronfman that he better hope he doesn't run into me on a NYC sidewalk.
Too many of our Jewish brethren want a return to Masada.
One need go no further to understand this Neville's credentials.
Read up on the “Judenrat” you will see what I mean.
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