Two pro-Israel lobbying groups — Emergency Committee for Israel and Christians United for Israel Action Fund, release a statement saying that if Democrats boycott Netanyahu’s speech to Congress their action will be construed, at home and abroad, as a victory for the enemies of Israel and the enemies of a strong US-Israel relationship.
“The bottom line is simple: the enemies of Israel benefit most from this campaign against the Israeli Prime Minister’s speech. Whatever their views on Israeli politics or the Iranian nuclear negotiations, members of Congress who are friends of Israel should not play into the hands of Israel’s enemies — and America’s — by boycotting this speech,” the statement reads.
“Boycotting Israel is high on the agenda of the enemies of Israel. Welcoming Israel’s Prime Minister to the halls of Congress is the least that those who claim to be friends of the Jewish state should do.”
Emergency Committee for Israel founder William Kristol at a conservative convention in 2011 (photo credit: CC BY-SA Gage Skidmore, Flickr)
The statements end with a promise to hold to account those who boycott: “And for those who would turn their backs on Israel and boycott its leader — they are no friends of Israel, and we pledge to do our best to educate voters about their undermining of Israel and the US-Israel relationship at this crucial hour.”
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