J Street calls on DMFI to take down polarizing, harmful ads it's running against Sen. Sanders in NV

[Donkees]

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DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FOR ISRAEL SHOULD TAKE DOWN POLARIZING, HARMFUL ATTACK ADS
February 15, 2020

J Street calls on the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) to take down the ads the group is running against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in Nevada.

DMFI in reality represents a minority of pro-Israel Democrats who seem more concerned with targeting progressives over Israel policy than with confronting the destructive agenda of Donald Trump.

Like their partner organization AIPAC – which recently ran vitriolic attack ads echoing Republican smears against progressive Democrats – DMFI’s right-leaning positions on Israel and US foreign policy are completely out of touch with the vast majority of Democrats and American Jews, who are both supportive of Israel and strongly critical of the policies of the Netanyahu government and of Donald Trump.

DMFI has every right to publicly criticize the views of any candidate or elected official. But it has no right to claim to speak for a ‘Democratic majority’ of pro-Israel Americans as it takes sides in the Democratic primary. This dishonest packaging deepens divides over Israel in the US and exacerbates the troubling trend of making Israel a political football – all while distracting from the absolute necessity of defeating Donald Trump.

“The ads themselves have nothing to do with Israel and don’t even mention Senator Sanders’ views on Israel or foreign policy. If the funders and activists behind DMFI want to attack the Senator’s politics and candidacy, they should find another banner to rally under that leaves Israel out. We urge other leaders and organizations in the American Jewish community to join our call to remove these harmful ads and we call on AIPAC to join us in condemning these ads and to sever ties with the group.”

[7wo7rees]

1. The USS Liberty. Period.

AIPAC...... never will.

[beastie boy]

2. Let me get this straight: one Democratic pro-Israel organization is calling on another

Democratic pro-Israel organization to stop exercising their right to free speech because they are too prto-Israel and not enough pro-Bernie???

There is only one response a Jew can give to to this: I am calling on J-street to end the polarizing pressure they are exerting on DMFI!

[Perseus]

3. Eating our own...this is amazing, the campaign against Sanders is coming to a disgusting point

I am so disappointed at our fellow Democrats with this negative campaign against one of our own.

This morning, on "Meet the Press" which I never watch because of Todd, but he was interviewing Joe Biden, so I decided to put up with Todd and listen to Joe.

Joe says something like this "A candidate must run on his/her agenda", which is very true, but then he continues to bash Sanders and Bloomberg...say one thing, do another. That has been the modus operandis of this campaign.

I am very sad about what is going on within the Democratic party, we are eating our own and seem to be enjoying it.