Israel Advocacy Group 'Spells it Out' for Kerry
Americans For a Safe Israel 'reminds' US Secretary of State of the security threat posed by an Israeli withdrawal from Judea-Samaria.
Ari Soffer
An American pro-Israel group has weighed-in on the brouhaha over Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon's recent controversial comments about US Secretary of State John Kerry, in which Ya'alon branded America's top diplomat "obsessive and messianic" in his quest to impose a deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Ya'alon particularly took issue with what he saw as the plan's disregard for Israel's security concerns, saying that the security arrangements it detailed were "not worth the paper it was written on". A recent report suggested that the Defense Minister's diatribe was provoked by a concerted American campaign to use top military officials to convince Israel to make sweeping concessions.
Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI) added its voice to countless others - including politicians, military veterans and rabbis - who spoke up in support of Ya'alon's comments.
In a bid to "remind" Kerry of the existential threat posed by a withdrawal - particularly by rocket attacks - AFSI took the initiative to republish a recent presentation by Langfan illustrating the strategic importance of the Judea-Samaria region, and translated it into Hebrew and Russian "in case he doesn't understand plain English".
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Ya'alon particularly took issue with what he saw as the plan's disregard for Israel's security concerns, saying that the security arrangements it detailed were "not worth the paper it was written on". A recent report suggested that the Defense Minister's diatribe was provoked by a concerted American campaign to use top military officials to convince Israel to make sweeping concessions.
Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI) added its voice to countless others - including politicians, military veterans and rabbis - who spoke up in support of Ya'alon's comments.
In a bid to "remind" Kerry of the existential threat posed by a withdrawal - particularly by rocket attacks - AFSI took the initiative to republish a recent presentation by Langfan illustrating the strategic importance of the Judea-Samaria region, and translated it into Hebrew and Russian "in case he doesn't understand plain English".
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