She will say the next commander-in-chief must have a steady hand – not unpredictable – when it comes to standing by allies like Israel, a reference to Trump’s refusal to give an opinion about which side was at fault in the Middle East conflict.
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And Rev. Mark Burns suggestion that Democratic Candidate Bernie Sanders said of Democratic he “gotta get saved, he gotta meet Jesus”, isn’t fooling anyone.
A number of Jewish leaders are planning to protest Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency when he speaks at the upcoming AIPAC conference. The Coming Together Against Hate group on Facebook had almost 1,200 members on Friday, plus photos of Paskin wearing a logo T-shirt he plans to wear at the conference so supporters and the media can find him. “I would certainly be open to it; I’d be honored to share my concerns with him, but I don’t think he wants to hear them”.
– See more at: http://jeffreysalkin.religionnews.com/2016/03/16/trump-aipac-rabbis/#sthash.LZn1KJgR.dpufor numerous rabbis who will be attending AIPAC, Trump’s appearance poses political, moral, and even spiritual quandaries.
The group, which proudly flaunts its support for the state of Israel alongside denunciations of what they describe as Trump’s “hate” speech, is called Come Together Against Hate and was founded by two U.S.-based rabbis.
Yet despite the rhetoric, he has taken a more measured approach to the issue than rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who promised to tear up the agreement.
DONALD TRUMP: First of all, there’s nobody on this stage that’s more pro-Israel than I am.
Viewers can watch Donald Trump’s speech to the AIPAC Conference live online and see whether the GOP frontunner’s appearance is marred by protest. Her stance against Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians has been criticized by some in the pro-Israel community, but she has been received warmly by pro-Israel groups in the past. Liel Leibovitz, a professor at New York University and a journalist, also has called for a walkout.
Besides Trump, who is leading in opinion polls and in the delegate count for the GOP presidential nomination, Texas Sen.
“AIPAC has a unique function and special responsibility in America – we are the bipartisan stewards of this special relationship” between Israel and the United States, said the official.
For example, he initially dodged a question on the possibility of moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and while he ultimately said he would, should he become president he more likely would take advantage of the waiver in the Jerusalem Embassy Act to avoid doing so, as Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have done.
The goal of the efforts, organizers say, is not simply to express disapproval, but to deny Trump some of the legitimacy that an invitation to AIPAC can confer upon a candidate.
The comments were aimed at Trump, who sparked criticism from Republican allies of the Jewish state when he vowed to be a “sort of a neutral guy” on Israel in February.
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the URJ’s Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, told The Jewish Week that there would be thousands of Reform Jews in attendance at the Washington, D.C., event who will want to send a message to Trump that Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry are not acceptable.
Nearly all White House hopefuls have been confirmed to speak before AIPAC, along with Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
AIPAC isn’t just denying activists access.
Sanders’ opponent, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, will be a featured speaker. Trump told the attendees he knew they wouldn’t support him because he didn’t want their money.
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“Even as the campaign has surfaced ugly rhetoric, we can reach higher”, he wrote, calling on other Jewish groups to support similar initiatives.
