Another day, another two stories about Israeli/American politicians/activists fiddling around with each other.
1. The Jerusalem ComPost has the following story about a letter from an Israeli politician to Rahm Emanuel imploring him to remmber his roots.
Israel's National Union chairman Ya'acov "Ketzele" Katz sent a don't-forget-your-roots-bitch note to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel.
The letter actually seems like a fun read. Katz went on to compare Emanuel to the biblical Esther, who ended up at using her influence with Persian King Ahashverosh to intervene on behalf of the Jews of the Persian Empire -- perhaps suggesting Emanual will seduce Obama? I wonder if Emanual cursed when he read it.
2. A US Lawmaker who is doing AIPAC's dirty work. Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. She would lobby for the lobby.
Now, we really have to question why some Democrats like Harman oppose wiretapping. Is it so we cannot find out who they are foreign agents for?
The good Representative did what every decent low-life politicians does, deny the allegations. At least she didn't take claim to forget.
Had it been any other country exerting such influence and direct pressure within the system, we'd have rampant nationalist alarmism and anger all around. But when it comes to Israel, Americans just take it for granted too often. And pointing this out often invites character assassination.
Israeli MK, reminds Rahm Emanuel that he is also Israeli!
"... Katz's missive came in response to a reported verbal exchange between Emanuel and an unidentified American Jewish leader. ... Katz claims that in a private meeting with the unnamed leader, Emanuel said, "In the next four years, there will be a peace agreement with the Palestinians on the basis of two states for two peoples, and it does not matter to us who is the prime minister."Katz wrote: "For many Israelis, this report is a cause for worry because it reveals a condescending attitude toward our prime minister and Israeli public opinion. This is an attitude that Israel does not expect from a real friend such as the US, and all the more so from an Israeli Jew who has succeeded in being appointed White House chief-of-staff."
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