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Posted on 02/13/2015 12:07:26 PM PST by cotton1706
As the debate over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 address to Congress continues, a well-known figure has come out in support of the controversial speech: Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel.
Wiesel, 86, author of “Night,” a famed book that documented his horrific experiences in Nazi concentration camps, will be featured in a full-page newspaper advertorial that will run in both the New York Times and Washington Post, Reuters reported.
He says in the ad that he will attend Netanyahu’s speech — an address that will focus on the dangers of a nuclear Iran — and urges American leaders to put politics aside and consider the difficult issues on the table.
“Will you join me in hearing the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America?” Wiesel writes.
The ad, which consists of an op-ed from Wiesel that also reminds readers of past atrocities against the Jews and of the current threat posed by Iran, goes on to decry the “catastrophic danger of a nuclear Iran.”
“On the day before Purim the Prime Minister of Israel will address Congress on the catastrophic danger of a nuclear Iran. I intend to be there,” Wiesel says. “Should we not show our support for what might be the last clear warning before a terrible deal is struck?”
He continues, “As one who has seen the enemies of the Jewish people make good on threats to exterminate us, how can I remain silent?”
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As far as Obola is concerned, Elie Wiesel is now a Republican Jew.
Somebody remembered “Never Forget!”.
Thank Heaven Elie Wiesel is still alive to do this for us.
How any Democrat Jew in Congress can boycott “Bibi’s” important speech is pure insanity. As for Obama, Biden and the idiot nutcase “Congrssional Black Caucus”....Lord, forgive these fools....they have no idea what they are doing.....so....what’s new!!! And....believe me....they will never get my drift....there is not a strategic thinker amongst the entire lot!!!
“Bibi...Israeli Jews”....America....her people, welcome you and your important input to the USA Congress....overwhelmingly!!!
Bttt
Elie Wiesel’s endorsement of the Netanyahu speech could be earthquake huge.
The real Jew-haters will come out of the woodwork, most of them Democrats, in my opinion. This will divide the Dem party even further. The CBC will disgrace itself even more.
Expect CAIR to weigh in. Muzzies infesting America will demonstrate & might even infiltrate the Senate gallery (if Code Pink can do it, so can they).
Friends of Israel in Congress should not miss this opportunity to stand up & be counted.
Demwits and Partisan Media Shills hardest hit.
He’s got no money. His financial advisor was Bernie Madoff.
No matter The purpose of the IRS audits of Weisel is not to get his money.
Good. Let's have it out once and for all. American Jews who support Israel's right to exist vs. those who don't.
Elie is not on the take from Democrat politicians like that fat gasbag Abe Foxman
Yet Eli is an unabashed liberal who supports Obama and other dumbocrats. I can’t for the life of me understand why liberal Jews continue to vote for politicians who don’t support Israel.
“Night” - one of the few books to give me nightmares.
Everybody should read “Night”.
It’s a shocking chronicle of what could happen when the populace is disarmed.
The anti-semite marxists that are boycotting the speech are no different than high level Nazis.
List of the usual suspects. All of the following are marxist members of Congress and all of the blacks are racist anti-semites to boot.
These are the people that need to be investigated, indicted, and incarcerated once the Right Wing takes control of the DOJ.
99% of these scumbags are corrupt and have committed numerous crimes.
SKIPPING
House (19)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) — Wrote a Jan. 29 column in The Huffington Post explaining his decision, saying the Constitution “vests the responsibility for foreign affairs in the president.”
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (N.C.) — The head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) focused on Boehner undermining Obama in a statement and emphasized he’s not urging a boycott.
Rep. Andre Carson (Ind.)
Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.) — Clyburn is the highest-ranking Democratic leader to say he’ll skip the speech.
Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.) — He is head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), a member of the CBC and the first Muslim in Congress.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.) — Grijalva is a co-chairman of the CPC.
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.) — A spokesman told the Chicago Sun-Times that Gutierrez has a “strong” record on Israel but called the speech “a stunt.”
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas) — “The Congresswoman has no plans to attend the speech at this time,” a spokeswoman said.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.) — A member of the CBC and former head of the CPC.
Rep. John Lewis (Ga.) — His office confirmed he’s not going but emphasized he’s not organizing a formal boycott
Rep. Betty McCollum (Minn.): “In my view Mr. Netanyahu’s speech before Congress is nothing more than a campaign event hosted by Speaker Boehner and paid for by the American people,” McCollum said in a statement.”
Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.) — “I do not intend to attend the speech of Bibi,” he said in an email to a Seattle newspaper.
Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) — A CBC member.
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine)
Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.) — “I’m offended as an American,” he said on MSNBC.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.) — “We know what he is going to say,” the Jewish lawmaker said in a statement.
Senate (3)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) — Leahy called it a “tawdry and high-handed stunt,” according to a Vermont newspaper.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, said it’s “wrong” that Obama wasn’t consulted about the speech.
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii) — “The U.S.-Israel relationship is too important to be overshadowed by partisan politics,” said Schatz in a statement. “I am disappointed in the Republican leadership’s invitation of Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress with the apparent purpose of undermining President Obama’s foreign policy prerogatives.”
Now, that’s a list of leftist bottom-feeders.
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I just don’t get why all the Jewish voters weigh in heavily as Democrats. Doesn’t make any sense.
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