We dare not act like the Jewish leaders of the 1930’s. The time to act to
support the Prime Minister of Israel is now. It is a pro-America, pro-Israel
patriotic act.
ZOA Criticizes Reform Judaism’s Jacobs, AIPAC, AJC, ADL, J St., and Other
Groups
By: ZOA Staff February 9, 2015
http://zoa.org/2015/02/10275056-zoa-criticizes-reform-judaisms-jacobs-aipac-ajc-adl-j-st-and-other-jewish-groups-for-not-supporting-israeli-pm-iran-speech-to-congress/

ZOA President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: “The ZOA
has criticized Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism,
for pressuring Israeli PM Netanyahu to cancel his critically important
speech on Iran to a joint session of Congress. Jacobs said it was ‘ill
advised’ for Netanyahu to speak. ADL’s Foxman and J St. have also demanded
Netanyahu cancel. The ZOA also criticized the American Jewish Committee, and
AIPAC and others for their deafening silence on the issue. Moreover the
Jewish Daily Forward reported that ‘in private conversations, AIPAC has
been trying to distance itself from the debate.’

The Iran issue is a serious and frightening existential issue for the Jewish
State of Israel, and Iran is also a major threat to the US. And there is no
time to waste. Iran is getting closer to a nuclear weapon which they’ve
repeatedly said they would use against Israel and America. Iran’s supreme
leader Khomeini has said ‘Israel is on the verge of extinction’, while the
Iran Defense Ministry has said the US is the ‘great Satan and the number one
enemy of Iran is the US.’ Iran President Rouhani has also repeatedly called
for Israel’s destruction. (We must also remember that Rouhani was indicted
by Argentina for the murder of 85 people at the Jewish Community Center
there.) And all these proclamations continue to be made in the midst of
these Iran P5+1 negotiations!

This is an existential issue for Israel that must be dealt with now – not in
a year from now.

This is an existential issue for Israel that must be dealt with now – not in
a year from now. Former Israeli PM Menachem Begin proclaimed the lessons of
the Holocaust are, ‘First, if an enemy of our people says he seeks to
destroy us, believe him. Don’t doubt him for a moment. Don’t make light of
it. Do all in your power to deny him the means of carrying out his satanic
intent. Second when a Jew anywhere in the world is threatened or under
attack, do all in your power to come to his aid. Never pause to wonder what
the world will think or say. The world will never pity slaughtered Jews.
The world may not necessarily like the fighting Jew, but the world will have
to take account of him. Third, a Jew must learn to defend himself. He must
forever be prepared for whenever threat looms.’

We must never again be the Jews of appeasement and paralyzing fear. As
Winston Churchill said, ‘Those who appease the crocodile will simply be
eaten last.’ We must speak out with strength and pride. We must publicly
state that President Obama is endangering America and Israel by his delaying
and delaying on stopping Iran’s nuclear program. Iran continues to enrich
uranium and to work on developing improved centrifuges while refusing to get
rid of its uranium and its 19,000 centrifuge stockpile. Iran keeps working
on its Arak plutonium facility and its Parchin military facility that where
it likely keeps secretly working on its nuclear program. And it keeps
working on its ICBM(Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) program whose only
purpose is to carry a nuclear warhead which will be able to reach not only
Israel and the West but our beloved country of America as well. Yet
President Obama dawdles and fiddles, and defends Iran while Iran’s nuclear
program progresses to the finish line,G-d forbid.

And President Obama repeatedly threatens to veto new sanctions against Iran
even though they would be invoked only if there is no decent deal.

Why is President Obama more sympathetic to our enemy Iran than to our major
ally, Israel and to the patriots in Congress? Why?

As Democratic Senator Menendez said, ‘The more I hear from the
administration and its quotes, the more it sounds like talking points that
come straight out of Tehran.’

Distinguished journalist Caroline Glick of the Jerusalem Post wrote,
‘Boehner didn’t invite Netanyahu because he cares about Israel’s election.
He invited Netanyahu because he cares about US national security. He
believes that by having Netanyahu speak on the issues of Iran’s nuclear
program and radical Islam, he will advance America’s national security.
Boehner’s chief concern, and that of the majority of his colleagues from the
Democratic and Republican parties alike, is that President Barack Obama’s
policy in regard to Iran’s nuclear weapons program imperils the US. Just as
the invitation to Netanyahu was a bipartisan invitation, so concerns about
Obama’s policy toward Iran’s nuclear program are bipartisan concerns.’

The United States Congress is discussing the Iran situation now. Prime
Minister Netanyahu must speak now.

The ZOA is pleading with its colleagues to support Israeli PM Netanyahu,
Democratic Senator Menendez, Majority Leader John Boehner, Democratic
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democratic Ranking member of the House Foreign
Relations Committee Elliot Engel, and so many others to provide PM Netanyahu
with this major forum to move us, to edify us, to inspire us to do more to
stop this Nazi-like radical Islamic Republic of Iran from achieving weapons
that could murder millions of Jews, Christians, Americans, Europeans and
others.

By not supporting Israel’s Prime Minister and Congress, we are sending a
terrible message to Iran that we are not unified and strong in our resolve
against this deadly enemy.

We dare not act like the Jewish leaders of the 1930’s. The time to act to
support the Prime Minister of Israel is now. It is a pro-America, pro-Israel
patriotic act.”