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04/21/2006)
Jewish leaders warn of backlash as president cites Jewish state as rationale for possible strikes.
James D. Besser And Larry Cohler-Esses
President Bush is risking a backlash that could injure the Jewish community and his own cause by repeatedly citing Israel as his top rationale for possible U.S. military conflict with Iran, Jewish leaders and Middle East analysts warned this week.
Bushs repeated, sometimes exclusive, focus on Israel could spark public fury against the Jewish state and Jews if U.S. military action is accompanied by skyrocketing gas prices, terrorism at home or fallen G.I.s who might be seen as dying for Israel, some said. Others feared it could fracture the shaky international coalition Bush is striving to assemble to oppose Irans nuclear program by framing the threat as primarily to Israel rather than international stability.
Ambassador Edward Walker, a former U.S. envoy to Israel who now heads the Middle East Institute in Washington, termed Bushs Israel focus a terrible idea.
Just think about if gas prices go up to $7 a gallon as a result, and everybody is saying its because of Israel, he said.
I dont believe it is in Israels best interests to have the American people going into a major military action, which is what were talking about in Iran, with significant implications on the home front in terms of terrorism and energy prices, and then having people blame Israel, said Walker.
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said The linkage to Israel is not a good idea, because then the Iranians say, you see, its the Zionists driving this.
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04/21/2006)
Jewish leaders warn of backlash as president cites Jewish state as rationale for possible strikes.
James D. Besser And Larry Cohler-Esses
President Bush is risking a backlash that could injure the Jewish community and his own cause by repeatedly citing Israel as his top rationale for possible U.S. military conflict with Iran, Jewish leaders and Middle East analysts warned this week.
Bushs repeated, sometimes exclusive, focus on Israel could spark public fury against the Jewish state and Jews if U.S. military action is accompanied by skyrocketing gas prices, terrorism at home or fallen G.I.s who might be seen as dying for Israel, some said. Others feared it could fracture the shaky international coalition Bush is striving to assemble to oppose Irans nuclear program by framing the threat as primarily to Israel rather than international stability.
Ambassador Edward Walker, a former U.S. envoy to Israel who now heads the Middle East Institute in Washington, termed Bushs Israel focus a terrible idea.
Just think about if gas prices go up to $7 a gallon as a result, and everybody is saying its because of Israel, he said.
I dont believe it is in Israels best interests to have the American people going into a major military action, which is what were talking about in Iran, with significant implications on the home front in terms of terrorism and energy prices, and then having people blame Israel, said Walker.
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said The linkage to Israel is not a good idea, because then the Iranians say, you see, its the Zionists driving this.
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