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Israel Matzav: Reform leader speaks to J Street
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Reform leader speaks to J Street
Israel Matzav —
... criminal. It will become an instrument to inflame Palestinian extremism. And it will be invoked every time that Israel defends itself against attacks on its civilian centers. In short, it has made the work of peace much harder than it already was. I don't agree with a lot of what he says, but I thought that with the exception of his opening questions (the answers to which seem too obvious to me), his critique of Goldstone was spot-on. Many of those present at the J Street convention disagreed : Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the president of the Union of Reform Judaism and one of the ...
J Street Rising, Right Strikes Back
Taylor Marsh —
... nexus of people who sit on each other’s boards. They’re all very close to Aipac.” – Who speaks for America’s Jews?; J Street lobby group works to loosen big beasts’ grip on Congress
That “big beasts’ grip is AIPAC. The Guardian story has one side, while the JPost gives you the other, which the American right is oh, so eager to trumpet. The usual suspects are doing just that: see Peretz and Goldfarb.
J Street is streaming the conference. You can follow my reporting ...
OxBlog — ... STREET: Michael Goldfarb is not interested in constructive criticism of J Street. What Mike wants is to expose J Street as a fringe, left-wing activist group that only pretends to be pro-Israel to advance it's relativist agenda. So call Mike partisan, but don't forget that partisan critics often make substantive points, regardless of their intentions. And Mike is both very sharp and very entertaining, so it's worth reading his posts, including his three on-site reports from J Street's annual conference. Although neither Mike nor I are objective ...
Michael Goldfarb’s war on J Street
The Moderate Voice —
... is not interested in constructive criticism of J Street. What Mike wants is to expose J Street as a fringe, left-wing activist group that only pretends to be pro-Israel to advance it’s relativist agenda.
So call Mike partisan, but don’t forget that partisan critics often make substantive points, regardless of their intentions. And Mike is both very sharp and very entertaining, so it’s worth reading his posts, including his three on-site reports from J Street’s annual conference.
Although neither Mike nor I are objective ...
Neocon Smear on "Iran's Man in DC?"
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... Last week, Goldfarb described Parsi as "the Iranian regime’s man in Washington." Goldfarb didn't present any evidence to support this. He stated it as fact and moved on. When I emailed Goldfarb asking if he meant to say literally that Parsi is working for the Iranian government, he doubled down, replying, "If it walks like an ayatollah and quacks like an ayatollah.... Maybe you should do your due dilligence [sic] on Trita Parsi." ...
Not On Goldblog
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Parsi is, of course, one of the Iranian coup's most tenacious and dedicated opponents. The implication that he is somehow a tool of the regime is unfair, untrue and malicious. It is not, however, an accusation that he is actually funded and supported by Ahmadinejad and Khameini. That insane accusation is left to the Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb would seize and propagate. ...
Remembering a Revolution and Its Impact
Taylor Marsh —
... The outcome of the revolution was varied, but it certainly gave some in this country a suspicion of all things Iranian, including those trying to bridge the divide caused by zealots. During J Street, Michael Goldfarb’s attack against Trita Parsi, someone I have interacted with and heard through conference calls, accused him of being “Iran’s man in DC.” The right always willing to defame someone for suggesting a relationship with the Iranians would be good for this country and our national security, but maybe even Israel’s. ...
Bad news for Israel...
Commonsense & Wonder —
... . Both Michael Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard and Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic take a skeptical view towards Parsi and the NIAC: Goldfarb calls him "the Iranian regime's man in Washington"; Goldberg ...
