Here is an excerpt of Jewish thinking..
Dr. Benjamin Emanuel, once a member of the Irgun militia that fought for Israel's statehood, was asked in an interview with the Hebrew daily Maariv if his son's appointment would be good for Israel.
"Obviously, he will influence the President to be pro-Israel," said the elder Emanuel, who immigrated to the U.S. from Israel in the 1950s.
"Why shouldn't he do it? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floor of the White House."
There was no immediate comment from Rep. Emanuel's congressional office.
While Palestinian leaders maintained a diplomatic silence, many ordinary Palestinians reacted with fury in comments posted on Web sites and chat rooms.
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"With the appointment of this Zionist, Barack Obama is proving that he is more Zionist than the Zionists," said Subhi Abu Ishira on the Palestinian NGO network, referring to the anti-Arab remark by Benjamin Emanuel.
The Window into Palestine blog called Rahm Emanuel "the son of a terrorist, a real living terrorist."
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, official spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said he had no view on Emanuel's appointment but doubted the optimism surrounding Obama's election would reach the Palestinians.
"He is talking about change," Abu Rudeineh said. "But for it to affect us, we have to see a change of American policy in the Middle East. The American policy is the same. It's not going to be changed."
With Michael Saul in New York
Ok..I have to get busy who is the Zionist? who is really the Zionist? for a Jew to even use the word augurs a lot of resentment, and toss to the side truth. It appears as if nothing short of wiping out every Arab will satisfy Jews..and what is with the comment about ..well what is he there for" to sweep the floors?" Well , well I say to Jewish people..don't get cocky ..because if you alienate enough people world wide your "Never Again" slogan can become a "Oh,no not Again" Oy vey!
This is beginning to get intriguing: please open this link and read for yourself, any thoughts on where this is heading? I would like to hear from members of the NOI?
since the Minister is WELL informed on these issues.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20... www.wordpress.com/tag/benjamin-emanuel/ Oops! we have a problem brewing.
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Thursday, November 13th 2008 at 1:16PM
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