Posted on 02/21/2008 3:11:53 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
One-third of Americans believe that American Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the United States, according to figures presented to the Knesset on Tuesday by Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman.
"This belief is so out of sync with everything else happening in America, with the fact that there's so much acceptance of Jews in all phases of life - academia, commerce, media, politics," Foxman told The Jerusalem Post. "When Joe Lieberman ran for vice president [in 2000], there was very little talk about double loyalty." Now, "because of the phenomenon of Mearsheimer and Walt and Jimmy Carter, this whole discussion as to whether Jews are disproportionately powerful in foreign policy - the conspiracy thesis - in the mainstream," Foxman added.
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Whom did they ask? Liberal students at Berkeley?
Reality is more like most US Jews more loyal to DNC than Israel or USA.
I don’t know about this but I am more loyal to Israel than a lot of American Jews it seems. And I’m a non church going Christian.
Regards
1 in 3...about the same population proportion as there are of Democrats.
even if Obama is the nominee?
Not true, if so, why vote mostly for Democrats who oppose Israel.
The more important question is “How many Jews are loyal to *neither* the US *or* to Israel?”
There are even substantial numbers of Jews that really hate Jews. Often so much that they will join any group that offers to hurt and destroy Jews.
But as far as the original question, there are lots of Jews who are intensely loyal to the United States, even if they are so-so about Israel. A lot love both.
A question you rarely see is: How does this compare with other groups and religions? From the 1930s to about the time of JFK, lots of Americans had deep suspicions about Catholic loyalty to the Vatican.
And you also had the Japanese and Italian internment camps during World War II. And great suspicions about the loyalty of Germans in World War I.
The bottom line for loyalty to the US is pretty clear, though.
Republicans are usually loyal. Democrats far less so, and often outright disloyal.
“There are even substantial numbers of Jews that really hate Jews.”
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That sounds like something writer Henry Miller said in his “Tropic Of Cancer”.
Obama could drive numerous Jewish voters to McCain. McCain certainly appeals to a lot of older or moderate Jewish voters.
However it’s hard to imagine that any Republican could get more than 40% of the Jewish vote. The majority are either liberals or moderates at best. Thank God the conservative voting Orthodox Jews are increasing in numbers.
And the DNC is more loyal to America’s enemy, muslim extremism.
Foxman is just trying to gin up hatred by Jews of Christians and general mistrust.
(Yes, I have that phrase in the correct direction.)
He’s a complete putz.
That’s what it smells like.
I think that those who vote and support left-wing Democrats are more loyal to the enemies of both the United States and Israel just like Jimmy Carter and other anti-Americans.
Very good response.
well then 1 and 3 Americans are retarded. Just like the 25% of americans who believe that 9/11 is a conspiracy
LOL! True.
and most Jews, American Jews, are liberal and vote dem so I don’t think they really care about Israel.
I think half of Americans are screwed up, lol.
Abe Foxman is a raving idiot, who cares far more about his leftist communism than about the Jews he claims to represent.
I have yet to meet ONE Jew who puts Israel ahead of the US. Not ONE.
If America is a G-d-fearing country it had better be loyal to Israel and Jews. For G-d, Himself, is.
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