OBSERVER
by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
February 2, 2015
…..There are a number of lessons from this exchange, none greater than the utter farce of J Street calling themselves a pro-Israel lobby. Here was the head of J Street getting on national TV and slamming the Israeli Ambassador to the United States as if he were an enemy. Much more significant, however, is the exposure of Mr. Ben-Ami as a man prepared to malign Israel fraudulently and simply invent malignant fiction to malign the Jewish state. Talk about chutzpah. It’s one thing to devote your organization to attacking Israel. It’s quite another to call it a pro-Israel lobby. But to then be prepared to tell untruths about prominent Jews in pursuit of your attacks on Israel brings contempt for Israel and its representatives to a seriously alarming level….READ MORE