ISRAEL HAYOM
by Richard Baehr
August 25, 2015

…On the Iran deal, there is near universal opposition across Israel’s fractured ‎political system. In the United States, large and small Jewish federations across the ‎country, and nonpartisan groups such as the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League have come out ‎against the deal. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, historically bipartisan in its efforts, and almost always ‎reluctant to challenge the executive branch directly, is working to get the deal ‎voted down. Yes, there are Jews who back the deal — including groups who are anti-‎Zionist, such as a collection of far left-wing rabbis and J Streeters who never find ‎anything to like about Israel, supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, and George Soros. And they have ‎made common cause with the likes of Moveon.org, Code Pink, the Daily Kos and ‎other charming Israel haters. And sadly, there are Jewish Democrats in Congress ‎for whom loyalty to the White House, at least when the president is from their ‎party, means more than any real strategic calculations….READ MORE