…I think this Hagel business marks a major turning point that turns downward radically for the American Jewish community. That it left it happen says much about this community. Only one Jewish organization spoke up, the ZOA of Mort Klein. All the others said nothing about Chuck Hagel. Maybe if he had strutted around in a Nazi uniform like Prince Harry they would have been forced to protest. But so long as he did not, they looked away from the glaring truth that Chuck Hagel is an antisemite as that word has been understood.
Chuck Hagel like Louis Farrakhan made a name for himself via his hostility to the State of Israel and Jewish people in general. Farrakhan without his Jew-hatred would be nobody, and likewise Chuck Hagel in the Senate stood out not his rhetoric or eloquence or leading for some great cause, or as an expert in some field; Chuck Hagel stood out for his anti-Jew animosity… |