J Street Is Not a “Pro-Israel” Organization |
Someone at Israel Hayom Needs to Learn the Facts
Israel Hayom columnist Yoav Limor recently criticized Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, for referring to the J Street lobby as “a cancer within the Jewish community.” Limor wrote:
“One would expect Leiter to deal with criticism in a somewhat more intelligent and respectful manner. Yes, J Street can be irritating—but so what? Respond with arguments, not insults. Above all, Israel needs them as well in the complex struggle it is waging against the collapse of its standing in American public opinion.”
“One would expect Leiter to deal with criticism in a somewhat more intelligent and respectful manner. Yes, J Street can be irritating—but so what? Respond with arguments, not insults. Above all, Israel needs them as well in the complex struggle it is waging against the collapse of its standing in American public opinion.”
In other words, Limor presents J Street to the newspaper’s readers as a force that may be somewhat “annoying” in its “criticism,” but is fundamentally positive. More than that, he portrays it as an organization that Israel needs on its side in the battle to prevent the erosion of its image and support in the United States.
One can debate whether the word cancer was appropriate or whether the ambassador........