{"id":76576,"date":"2020-03-02T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=76576"},"modified":"2020-03-02T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:05:02","slug":"06-05-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=76576","title":{"rendered":"AIPAC CEO: Pro-Israel community will beat those who try to harm US ties"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>AIPAC CEO: Pro-Israel community will beat those who try to harm US ties<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

OMRI NAHMIAS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The remarks are believed to refer to Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders, without mentioning him by name<\/strong><\/p>\n

AIPAC’s longtime executive director Howard Kohr.<\/em><\/span>
\n(photo credit: SCREENSHOT AIPAC)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2013 AIPAC CEO Howard Kohr appeared to slam the front-runner for the Democratic Party nomination to run for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders, without mentioning his name on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael cannot afford false friends,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cAny leader who energizes their political movement by demonizing Israel is not a friend of Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI must sound an alarm,\u201d Kohr said in a speech at the opening session of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington. \u201cThere is an emerging threat to America\u2019s friendship with Israel. The work we have done and continue to do is at risk.\u201d AIPAC is a \u201cmovement [that] has national ambitions,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kohr spoke about the bipartisan foundation of AIPAC, adding that today, this foundation is \u201cin danger of being rocked as it never has been before.<\/span>
\n\u201cA growing, highly vocal and energized part of the electorate fundamentally rejects the value of the US-Israel alliance,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe leaders of this movement say they support Israel\u2019s right to exist,\u201d Kohr said. \u201cBut that\u2019s not up for debate. Israel exists, and it doesn\u2019t take a true friend to support that. Or these leaders say they support Israel\u2019s right to defend herself, but every time Israel exercises that right, they condemn Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sanders has said on many occasions that he supports Israel\u2019s right to exist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren are skipping the pro-Israel lobby\u2019s annual conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn their political utterances, the leaders of this movement repeatedly and reflexively disparage Israel\u2019s democracy and lump her in with nations hostile to American interests and American values,\u201d Kohr said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese political leaders have chosen to deploy several surrogates who have long records of hostility to the Jewish state,\u201d he said in a veiled reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar taking part in a Sanders campaign event in Virginia. \u201cIn the rising movement against the US-Israel relationship there are familiar faces, but they are not our friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding US military aid to Israel, which Sanders has threatened to cut if Israel does not change its policies, Kohr said: \u201cOverwhelming majorities of Democrats and Republicans in Congress have consistently supported Israel\u2019s security without conditions and without hesitation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis support in Congress rests on the work of successive American administrations, each of whom made 10-year commitments with Israel\u2019s leaders on security assistance,\u201d he said. \u201cPresident [Bill] Clinton did it. So did president George W. Bush. So did president [Barack] Obama.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe pro-Israel community will work to defeat those who try to harm our friends and those who try to harm the US-Israel relationship,\u201d Kohr said. \u201cWe will demonstrate that friendship with Israel is valued across this country and by voters in both parties. The pro-Israel movement will show that standing with Israel is what the American people want. This fight won\u2019t be easy. There will be angry opposition, and it won\u2019t end in November.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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