Source: Electronic Intifada
On Saturday, President Donald Trump spewed out an anti-Semitic diatribe at the Florida conference of the Israeli-American Council, a major lobby group.
“A lot of you are in the real estate business because I know you very well,” Trump told the largely Jewish audience.
“You’re brutal killers, not nice people at all, but you have to vote for me. You have no choice.”
According to the president, Jews would vote to re-elect him just to protect their wealth. He also suggested that some Jews are not sufficiently loyal to Israel.
“We have to get them to love Israel more because you have people that are Jewish people, that are great people – they don’t love Israel enough,” Trump said.
J Street denounced the president’s speech.
The liberal Israel lobby group stated that the president “is incapable of addressing Jewish audiences without dipping into the deep well of anti-Semitic tropes that shape his worldview.”
Democratic Majority for Israel, a lobby group founded to attack supporters of Palestinian rights within the Democratic Party, called the president’s trafficking in anti-Semitic stereotypes “disgusting.”
But what is remarkable is how mainstream pro-Israel Jewish communal groups tip-toed around the president’s words.
Their criticism fell far short of clear condemnation, and the reason is clear: They are prepared to tolerate an anti-Semite and white supremacist in the White House as long as he supports Israel.
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, prefaced his gentle admonishment of Trump with praise for the president’s attack on BDS – the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for Palestinian rights:
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