Washington – US President Barack Obama, in his proposed resolution for Congress that formally authorizes broad-scale use of force against the Islamic State terrorist organization wherever it is, specifically singles out several ethnic groups threatened by the group: Iraqi Christians, Yezidis and Turkmens.
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The sole Republican Jewish lawmaker in Congress, Lee Zeldin thinks the omission of Jews from the list of groups mentioned is a mistake, telling CNN the targeting of the Kosher deli last month in Paris that left four Jews dead, is proof that ISIS is committed to vicious acts against Jews around the world.
“I see an understanding, a recognition in the resolution with regards to ISIS attacks on Muslims, on Christians and others, and I didn’t see a reference to Jews,” the New York Republican told CNN on Wednesday. “And one of the efforts I’ve been involved in is trying to raise awareness for the rising tide of anti-Semitism.”
If passed, the authorization would be the first bill of its kind to authorize the use of force since Congress voted to authorize the war in Iraq in 2003.
Zeldin questioned whether the Jews were deliberately left out as an ethnic group that ISIS has threatened.
“I think that when the White House is drafting a resolution for the authorization of force, that every single word, every phrase in there is done deliberately — it has to be,” Zeldin told CNN.
“I strongly believe we were reminded in Paris that these radical Islamic extremists, they want to wipe Israel off the map,” said Zeldin. “They target not only Jews but our freedom, our exceptionalism as Americans — the whole western world.”
“The pursuit of ISIS includes a threat not just to Muslims, not just to Jews, not just to Christians, but everyone and it all should be recognized in the resolution,” he added.
Earlier this week, Obama came under attack particularly in the news and on social media circles, after he appeared to have avoided characterizing as anti-Semitic the January attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris.
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According to Obama, there is no such thing or entity as a “Jew”, Jews fall into a seperate category known as “random folks”
If this omission is a simple oversight, then we all have reason to question the competence of the president and the administration. If this omission was intentional, then our question is about the attitudes of this president and his administration. Either way, the present White House is an utter disgrace.
I won’t sleep soundly until this bad dream of a regime has completed its course. Heaven help us until 2016 and pray that nothing like this ever happens again here in our once great nation
Jews are in no way currently threatened by ISIS, and there is no need to insert them. The only need is for this politician to get some free press, and commentators # 1 and 2, to freak out Obama again, for no good reason.
According to his methodology, French people should also be included in the resolution, since they were targeted in the Paris attack in the same way as the Jews.
give me one Lee Zeldin any day over these cowards who are scared to tell the president that they are jewish and to stand up for jews , these jerks could not care less about isreal or jews ,David Cicilline, Steven Cohen., Susan Davis, Ted Deutch, Lois Frankel Alan Grayson Alan Lowenthal Jared Polis, Jan Schakowsky, Adam Schiff, Brad Sherman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, John Yarmuth, these J st lib are ashamed that they are jewish
“The sole Republican Jewish lawmaker in Congress Lee Zeldin” Wow, I am surpriced that the Republicans allowed a Jewish Lawmaker. Two month ago they didn’ have even one. Why is this fellow in the Republican Party?
Of course the omission is intentional. And not only because it is consistent with the scoundrel’s pattern of disgraceful Jew-hating behavior. Also telling is the fact that it takes a Republican to call the scoundrel on his hatred of Jews. All those Democrete lemmings, Jewish ones especially, ran for the cover. It would be so much better if they never even existed.
obama=anti-semitic democratic Jews=self hating Jews