Today’s public statement by the Jewish Council on Public Affairs (JCPA) says it all. Here is their statement in full:
JCPA STATEMENT ON NETANYAHU AND TRUMP COMMENTS
For Immediate Release: September 18, 2023
NEW YORK – Jewish Council for Public Affairs CEO Amy Spitalnick released the following statement:
“This Rosh Hashana, we saw both Prime Minister Netanyahu and former President Trump take a page directly from the authoritarian playbook – attacking Jews who vote or peacefully protest against them as enemies of the state.
Former President Trump’s claim that Jews who vote against him are ‘destroying’ the U.S. and Israel follows a long history of antisemitic comments attacking the vast majority of Jewish Americans as ‘disloyal’ to him and to Israel.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s comment that Jewish pro-democracy protesters in Israel and the United States are ‘aligning themselves with the PLO and Iran’ should be offensive enough on its own. It’s all the more dangerous with Netanyahu himself m…
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