Posted on 04/09/2024 9:15:00 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Speaking at the annual convention of the Rabbinical Assembly in 1968, Dr. King said:
The response of some of the so-called young militants does not represent the position of the vast majority of Negroes. There are some who are color-consumed, and they see a kind of mystique in blackness or in being colored, and anything non-colored is condemned. We do not follow that course ... Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all of our might to protect its right to exist, its territorial integrity. I see Israel, and never mind saying it, as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world, and a marvelous example of what can be done, how desert land almost can be transformed into an oasis of brotherhood and democracy. Peace for Israel means security, and that security must be a reality.
He is also attributed with having said, “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism,” in response to a student who had attacked Zionism during a dinner event with Dr. King in 1968.
In 1966, King planned a pilgrimage to Israel and sent his assistant, Andrew Young, to Israel. and Jordan to do advance planning with officials in both countries. After learning of his plans, Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol sent him a letter on February 7, 1967, formally inviting him to visit. King responded on May 9, saying, “I take these means to express my deep appreciation to you for the invitation you extended to me to come to your wonderful country.” On May 15, King publicly announced his intention to go to Israel.
This would not be King’s first trip to the Holy Land. He had visited the Jordanian side of Jerusalem in 1959…
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King would be denigrated as a racist Uncle Tom these days.
The modern left has no room for religious men (unless pagan or Muslim), nor men (or women) of principles.
It’s all about the agenda, whatever the agenda is.
IMHO, MLK was no different from any other garden variety Democrat in those days and would have veered to the extreme left with the rest of the Democrat party if he wasn't assassinated, but we will never really know.
Not exactly. Laubor was the Left wing of Scalism
What bec3 Lukid was the Right wing branch.
Well I think their shift to the right is the cause of the Democrat party's hatred towards Israel.
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