‘Anti-Jewish Extremism’: Group Takes Out Full-Page NY Times Ad Blasting Media Matters & CAP
- Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:19pm by
Billy Hallowell
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The Emergency Committee for Israel isn’t afraid to stand up for the Jewish homeland, while railing against progressive forces the organization sees as hostile toward Israel.
Last September, the group launched a video and newspaper campaign against President Barack Obama and his stance on Middle Eastern issues. Now, ECI is back with a new initiative to discourage Jewish groups from funding the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Media Matters.
Back in January, The Blaze highlighted some of the anti-Semitic claims being waged against CAP, a leftist think tank with close ties to billionaire George Soros and the Obama administration. Jewish groups, like ECI, have accused the leftist organization of utilizing anti-Israel language. Jewish Week adds:
CAP has taken steps in recent months to address some of the harsh rhetoric voiced by some of its staffers, and two of the three Jewish groups cited in the ad have since praised its efforts. The ad does not note the steps by CAP.
Media Matters has stood by a staffer who calls right-wing pro-Israel advocates “Israel firsters,” a term that analysts have shown has its origins in anti-Semitic writings.
On Monday, the ECI added fuel to the fire with a full-page ad slamming both CAP and Media Matters in the New York Times.
“The Center for American Progress and Media Matters claim to be in the liberal mainstream. But is being anti-Israel a liberal value?,” text reads at the top of the ad. Below this, the ECI ad showcases disparaging comments about both groups from prominent sources that paint both CAP and Media Matters out as extreme, anti-Jewish groups.
At the end of the ad, the Jewish groups that fund both leftist organizations are listed, along with their phone numbers. The clear goal of the initiative is for those opposed to anti-Israel sentiment to get involved and to pressure the funders to stop allocating money to CAP and Media Matters.
“Call these foundations and ask them: Why are you funding bigotry and anti-Israel extremism?,” the ad concludes (view the full version of the ad here).
(H/T: Jewish Journal)
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Comments (70)
Turtleman
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 8:47amPeople ask me all the time; why do the Jews overwhelming vote for liberal democrats. Damn if I know.
Report Post »PoliticallyRightUs.Com
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 9:24amAnswer: “The Photograph Above” Says it all!!!
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 9:26amIt is mainly due to Truman’s support and push for Israel.
Report Post »Cowoak
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 9:46amLiberal first, jewish second
Report Post »JRook
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 10:00amAh yes the over used “when did you stop beating your wife question” An individual who is not pro Israel is not by definition anti-Israel. And the notion that everything Israel does is correct and should be supported by the US without question is infantile.
Report Post »poker4livin
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 10:14amBecause their LIBERAL AMERICANS, they don‘t consider themselves Israelite’s. They are geopolitically ignorant and in fact to vote liberal you basically have to fullfill a few prerequisetes, 1-oblivious to cause and effect(never look at long term effect, but rather the short term gain) 2-intolerant of opposing viewpoint 3-lacking in cognitively linked viewpoint, but rather join popular social consensus no matter the issue,(a strength in numbers sort of political philosophy as opposed to standing firm on values,morals, etc. for fear of ostricism) 4-spiritually bankrupt(may claim religion or to be religious, but only to the extent of appearances and feeling good, not based on traditional religion but rather weatherman religion or whatever’s modern and in) 5-purely selfish,(disguised under caring for minorities or causes, but these all tie somehow into a self-serving matter, usually politcally hip or relevant for the purpose of power or percieved power through alliances, pol. parties, and activist group, actions always tie into increasing ego and fueling narcissim.)
Report Post »debrarae
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:15pmThey vote for LIBS because they think the RON PAUL BIGOTS are the face of the Republican party.
I am a Conservative Jew. So I get it from both the LIBerals and the LIBetarians.
Report Post »universalphilos
Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:53amThank you, POKER4LIVIN, for your wise (and healing) words.
Report Post »kyrealtor
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 5:40pmLeftists overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. Most Jewish-born leftists vote Democratic. The American left is allied with radical Islamists to destroy Israel, Conservatives, Orthodox Jews, and Catholics. It’s the same as when liberal Catholics vote to destroy their own Priests and Bishops. I’m not talking about ticket splitters, but those that not only vote straight-ticket Democrat and also vote for the most anti-Israel leftist in the primary elections. BTW, the statistics are completely wrong: there are plenty of people who are born Jewish, attend Christian churches for family or professional reasons, but are certainly more Jewish than people who are born Jewish but dispise Israel. There are almost 50 million American who are born Jewish. Most unfortuantely practice another religion, but are somehow more pro-Israel than many Synagogue and Temple members.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 8:35amWonder if this “Committee” will STILL vote democrat at the end of the day???
Report Post »Joyzee
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 7:38amthe Radical Pose from the top Down, Created this..!!
Report Post »Lost In Space
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 7:30amAs americans turn there backs on God, as the Israelies know from days of old when they broke there covenant with God, the protective hand of God will be removed from our country. Hard days ahead.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 8:32amI hope this is a typo you capitilize Israel but lower case America?
Report Post »Biddle
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 9:29amJesus Christ is thee only reason we have lived well under the protective hand of God. I love Israelis, I love Palestinians. With Christ, there is no distinction.
Report Post »Biddle
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 9:32am*In Christ, rather
Report Post »universalphilos
Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:46amThere is a distinction between those who await or prepare a way for the coming of the Messiah and those who are Anti-Christ (who seek to kill all who believe in the Messiah.)
Report Post »EP46
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 5:35amDirect quote from Hillary Clinton…it is on film…..HILLARY: We are certainly better prepared and more focused on, you know, taking our arguments and making them effective and disseminating them widely and really putting together a network in the blogosphere, and a lot of the new progressive infrastructure,
institutions that I helped to start and support, like Media Matters and Center for American Progress
Report Post »moveintothelight
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 5:35amsupporting israel=believing in GOD
Report Post »calijohn
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:55am“israel fisters”?
Report Post »sick
Gorp
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 8:40amThat’s just as bad as “Jesus Eaters”
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:02amNever again
Report Post »Well with leftist Jewish groups like these
Jews should be say its only a question of time before it happens again
bruce_baker
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 10:43pm“The Center for American Progress and Media Matters claim to be in the liberal mainstream. But is being anti-Israel a liberal value?”
You bet your sweet bippy it is! I’m a Ron Paul supporter, and he’s excoriated by the Republicans because he is not pro-Israel, but there’s a big difference between that and being actually anti-Israel as the Soros crowd is. The truth is, Israel is just collateral damage in their campaign to destroy the Judeo-Christian heritage of America, and to replace it with a Marxist inspired “Brave New World”. The larger issue is, “Do you believe in God?”
Report Post »eadamico70
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 10:34pmI’m so happy to see this Ad, I‘m surprised to see it on the NY Times but it’s been a long time coming. What’s wierd is that I received a letter from the ADL, not sure why, but they wanted me to sign up with them against the conservative right wing Christian extremists that are trying to make Jewish kids pray in public schools.
Report Post »I couldn’t believe it, what about going after the people who are burning cars and leaving Nazi symbols and anti-semetic rhetoric on buildings in Brooklyn? No, go after prayer in schools, oh the horror.
I still don’t get why I got this in the mail? Maybe because I signed up for Christians United for Israel?
elvisroy0000
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:56pmNewt Gingrich Loves The Jewish People as does Elvisroy0000 http://youtu.be/PBhfeySNYJc
Report Post »Wakeup Maggie
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:48pmExcellent
Report Post »Windsong
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:24pmCongratulations on a terrific, factual and meaningful ad! It’s a pleasure to see groups and/or individuals fighting back with the actual facts.
As for all the Jewish people who seem to love Mr. Obama, I’ll never understand. Conservatives have been standing fighting your cause for decades, yet watch in wonderment as the Jews continue to stand behind the very people who want to cut your Homeland in half, tell you whether or not you can defend yourselves and praise those who are bombing you everyday.
It isn’t Republican or Democrat…it’s standing up for someone who is being abused. But, then, many of you continue to march right back to abuser, only to complain when you get threatened again. Go figure.
I’m beginning to wonder if there are two Jewish communities…the righteous and the secular. Islam is the same way. They have the righteous and the murderers.
It is difficult to stand up and defend those who refuse to defend themsleves. I will pray for all of you to find out who you are and what you actually stand for…unlike George Soros.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 10:34pmThe Jewish people in this country need to get their head out of their arses and come to the realization that conservative Americans are the ones that support them, not the liberal numbies, meaning the libturds.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:37pmYeah — I hope more and more start waking up about these things…..if you must, keep your other “liberal” stuff, but please, please, please wake up to the facts about how the Dems are not your friends and very racist. They are not the same as they might have been in the “old days” when they thought they were – no – they’ve been taken over by radicals and hate Israel and Jews, along with Christians – hate capitalism, free market, etc. If they succeed, you won‘t want to continue living here and it won’t be “land of the free” any longer.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:02pmEasy, these are Soros funded outlets and he detests his Jewish roots. He admits he grew up in a Jewish, anti-Semitic home with parents who had disdain for their religious roots. He being the good little atheist he is simply continued in their footsteps. He is very anti-Semitic.
Report Post »eagle275
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:30amSoros also turned over his family members and friends to the Nazis during WW2. What does that tell you?
Report Post »filbert
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:34pmIn other words: Game On.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:29pmand they should take a AD out attaching Anti Semite Ron Kook Paul.
Report Post »http://www.pjvoice.com/v32/32104paul.aspx
RepubliCorp
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:33pmoops (attacking)
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 11:25pmMan, RP is not anti-semetic and everyone knows it. Seems to me, as I’m discovering, the biggest problem is there’s just so much stuff out there to absorb, and all the racist crap always seems to be the most readily available. I just spent the past day ALMOST under the influence of some racist BS propaganda about the Talmud. If I didn’t keep digging, I might have fallen for it. Misinformation is the problem, not RP. The local libraries suck compared to university libraries. Can’t trust the news. Can’t trust the internet, and I don’t have the luxury of sitting in front of the stacks all day.
Report Post »menticide
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 5:18amI can’t prove that Ron Paul is an anti-Semite, but I highly suspect that he is, and he certainly does associate with a number high profile anti-Semites. But, what I can certainly prove is that quite a number of Paul’s supporters are anti-Semites, and I’ve got enough of the insults, death threats, and insane conspiracy theories involving Jewish world domination thrown at me by Paul fans to prove it…
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 8:20amHow can you prove that the posts you’re referring to are from legitimate RP supporters? That’s kind of the tactic I almost fell for. The haters on all sides seem more organized than the non haters.
Report Post »menticide
Posted on March 5, 2012 at 1:25amMr. Angry-
This is thing about you Ron Paul fans; you tend to be the blindest followers on the planet. I mean that in the sense that if I pointed out a man dressed in an SS outfit holding an ‘elect Ron Paul’ sign, you’d ask if I’m absolutely certain that he’s really a genuine Ron Paul fan. Yet, every time that Romney is interviewed you’d demand that he was asked about Romney-Care (as he should be), but if Ron Paul is asked once about the newsletters that bore his name, you’d cry foul, and demand an apology… Can you see the ridiculous hypocrisy that is at play here?
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:07pmThe most amazing thing here is ~~~
some Jews in America continue to support the AntiASemite-In-Chief.
Amazing. How did so many Jews become Jew haters?
Report Post »13th Generation American
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:34pmYou really don’t have a clue do you, I feel deeply sorry for your lack of intellect.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:03pmSimple. They became secular, grew to dislike their religious background, and then came to hate those who adhered to it because it as long as there are adherents to the Jewish faith secular Jews can’t prove that Judaism is an outdated religion. Also, some gave up their faith to be more like everyone else but people still think of Jews as a religious group and they hate the fact that they are still seen as different after working so hard to be the same. That’s also why they attack Christianity: they see it as a force that says they aren’t all the same.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 10:55pmTo: 13th Generation American
I see you rely on the actions of your ancestors to justify your sad little life. That’s funny!
My family came her (6 ways) on the Mayflower. Cushmans. But I do not — EVER — go around slinging that fact as if it gave ME justification … since it does not. Curious you take a different tact on that. Curious.
I see also you got a shiver up your leg because someone whom you disagree with died today. Odd. Almost makes you appear crude, mean, foul and sub-human. But I digress.
I see you also think killing babies is “a woman’s choice”. Why can’t I, a man, do so? I want to kill babies, dammit! It’s my right! You are a bigot and a racist for denying my my right!
And then, of course, you find Gov. Brewer ‘disrespectful’ because she chose to not break bread with the Communist-In-Chief; the man who has done all he can to destroy her State because she had the TEMERITY – the sheer GAUL – to not drop in worship and obedience. Why, the b**ch!!!!!!!!!!!!
You, pallie, are the very ‘fascist’ you say you will kill and dismember. YOU, pallie, are the ENEMY of our, not your, fair land. YOU, pallie, are not worth the electrons used to bring this message to your unseeing eyes, let alone the CO2 you spew into our – not your – atmosphere with ever exhale.
Leave. Leave now. That is an ORDER, sharecropper.
Report Post »philipzhao
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 5:24amJews in the world have been haunted forever because of Jewish disunity !
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:58pmextremist’s suck .no matter which side they they are on.doesn’t anyone use common sense and compassion anymore?
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:40pmGetcher Quran n, while supplies last. Perfect for grilling!
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:39pmUh oh. Stand by for more unexplained sudden deaths by “natural causes”……..Just sayin
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:10pmYeah, no KIDDING!
but ~~~ hold on a minute. Seems to me the Mongrel Media has already declared Brietbard died “of natural causes”. They know this even though the autopsy has not yet been done! BRILLIANT, these communist media types! Brilliant!
Report Post »Eff the Poor
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:28pmyep,… just like Vince Foster….
Report Post »eadamico70
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 10:24pmDidn’t Andrew say at CPAC that he was coming out w/information regarding the POTUS that would shock everyone?
Report Post »Does anyone know what that information was?
Things that make you go hmmmm…
justangry
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:38pmIs ECI made up of the good Jewish folks or the bad ones?
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:34pmWhy is not every American Jew a conservative? I’m serious. I don’t know. Is it money related? In other words, do they benefit financially from socialist policy to the point that they will risk living free?
Report Post »I just cannot understand so many Jews being for the welfare state and voting for the ‘D’s.
GeorgieJo
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:48pm56–Good question…ask HARVEY WEINSTEIN….mr hollyweirdo…He stated on tv recently that WITHOUT a DOUBT BHO would be re-elected
Mark Levine thinks differently.
OMG 2012
Report Post »wesinLR
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:00pmwho makes the food stamp cards? I am sure if you follow the money long enough you will see some aspect of it paying them off… you know we have the pay to play system going on, im sure it will bribe people when possible…
Report Post »tzion
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:20pm@Descendent
Report Post »I’m Jewish and I ask that question all the time. The only pattern I’ve noticed though is that the more religious Orthodox and Modern Orthodox Jews tend to be more conservative while Reform, secular, and less observant Conservative Jews are predominantly more liberal. Secular Jews in particular seem borderline socialist at best. I feel like this is a general trend for all non-extremist religions: the more secular the more liberal.
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:29pmI applaud the investment; a great message. I’m sure the Times were glad to get a few bucks, but I suspect they hated what they had to print.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:49pmA jewish family owns the NYTimes —–Right?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:01pmFox scarfed them up. I don‘t know if Rupert’s Jewish or not.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:29pmGood for them, time to turn up the heat on haters.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:27pmI love the wolf with the sheep mask. I love the cause but some hate it so deeply imbedded it may not do much to persuade anyone. I do absolutely love the message
Report Post »SoundStride
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:26pmGod promised Abraham: “Get out of your country, from our family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”(Genesis 12:1-3)
God’s covenant promises to Abraham are still in effect today because God never takes back his word. For any who desire to obliterate or harm God’s chosen people, I would think long and hard about it after reading, “I will curse him who curses you.”
Report Post »PoliticallyRightUs.Com
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 9:33amVery Well Said!
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