Ken Berwitz
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders has tappedseveral critics of Israel to advise him on foreign policy, including one whohas compared Israelis to “Nazis” and accused them of waging “a Holocaust.”
Sanders, who is Jewish and had family members slaughteredduring the Holocaust, recently disclosed that his top foreign policy advisersinclude J Street, a dovish Middle East advocacy group that backs some ofCongress\’ most vocal critics of Israel, former assistant Secretary of DefenseLarry Korb, and James Zogby, an Israel detractor who heads the Arab AmericanInstitute.
“Bernie seems to care very little about foreign policy, andso his views are shaped inordinately by advisers,” said Noah Pollak, executivedirector of the Emergency Committee for Israel, an advocacy organization. “Andnow we know who those advisers are. Two of them-Zogby and J Street-are leadinganti-Israel apologists for terrorism. By his association with these extremist groups,Bernie fails the commander-in-chief test.”
“Sanders commitment to get foreign policy advice from thesethree folks is indicative that his time on a kibbutz in Israel did little elsethan to instill in him a love for farming,” said Mark McNulty, the RepublicanJewish Coalition\’s spokesman. “J Street and Zogby are more committed to tearingdown our relationship with Israel than providing sound policy advice. Thechoice for Democrat Jews is stark and the more they learn the more a GOPcandidate committed to restoring our place in the world is an attractivecandidate.”
