The controversy surrounding Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress might have reached its peak withthe director of the Anti-Defamation League Abraham Foxman, calling on the Israeli prime minister to stay home on Friday.
Foxman told the Forward on Friday that the political uproar that has ignited because of Netanyahu’s speech has caused the situation to spiral out of control and therefore the speech will now be unhelpful.
After the topic of Netanyahu’s speech reached the limelight and became the bud for a joke on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, Foxman told the Forward that “it turned the whole thing into a circus.
“One needs to restart and it needs a mature adult statement that this was not what we intended,” said Foxman to the Forward.
According to Foxman, going ahead with the speech would be counter-productive now that all the attention has been given to the political controversy rather than the issue Netanyahu intends to discuss – Iran.
“It has been hijacked by politics,” said Foxman to the Forward. “Now is a time to recalibrate, restart and find a new platform and new timing to take away the distractions.”
Although Foxman is calling for Netanyahu to cancel his speech on Iran, Foxman said that he does not disagree about the seriousness of the Iranian nuclear issue and agrees with Netanyahu on the need to strengthen sanctions against Iran.
Foxman offered alternatives to the planned speech, such as for Netanyahu to come to Washington only for the AIPAC conference and postpone his address until after the elections or relay his concerns about Iran in direct conversations, according to the Forward. Read more at Ynet.
{Matzav.com}
Is foxman condemning the presidents White House meeting with pres of Sudan
Let the dem shill keep quiet. He should be screaming about the dangers that now exist because this pres is clueless
Why should Matzav publish anything from Foxman and the ADL, neither of which have any connection to yiddishkeit?
Nuclear Iran might POSSIBLY be a drop more important to Netenyahu than what this man is scared of.
Who asked him to open his mouth? were fed up hearing this self appointed ‘spokesman’
Enough of these reform! Let us frum chevra take over these organizations and show whose voice really counts!
so instead of having good (hopefully more awareness of iran’s nuke program) with the bad (all the controversy), foxman thinks we should only have the bad
Machrivayich U’maharisaych
Mimaych Yaytzayyu
Basically, Democrats were the ones who “turned the whole thing into a crises”, and now Abe Foxman wants them to reward them for that…
I call on Foxman to cut down on sweets.
He is not qualified to speak on behalf of Jews.
This can mean only one thing — the ADL is anti-Semitic, hates Israel, and supports terrorism.
Netanyahu should be as bold as a leapord and not worry about those who mock him.
What eactly will Bibi gain by canceling his speech to Congress ??????