I have always found it the height of arrogance for us, sitting here, between what I like to call our two “liquid assets”—the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean—to tell the Israelis what to do. They are the ones who ultimately will have to live with the consequences of any withdrawals. They live in the Middle East. And if there is one thing that recent events in Syria have taught us, it’s that it is a very tough neighborhood. And as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir said, “We have nowhere else to go.”
Sarah N. Stern..JNS.org..
31 Ocotber '19..
Like our colleagues at AIPAC, I have long believed that support for Israel should be a bipartisan issue. Once it becomes a partisan issue, we create enormous enmity for the State of Israel within at least 50 percent of the population, which would ultimately give succor and support to Israel’s enemies. And it certainly does not help the Jewish state survive if an incoming American president regards Israel as “the other party’s issue.”
That is why my heart is so heavy when I read that mainstream leaders of the Democratic Party, such as Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and almost all of the major contenders within the Democratic Party have attended the J Street Conference.
What is even more concerning is that many of the speakers in this week’s conference have made outrageously naive and even hostile statements about the State of Israel—demonstrating no empathy for what the Jewish state must contend with—to rapturous applause.
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Sarah N. Stern is founder and president of the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), a pro-Israel and pro-American think tank and policy institute in Washington, D.C.
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