A top Jewish leader on Monday urged the Obama administration to do more to push back against negative aspersions about the Jewish community and the state of the US-Israel relationship in the wake of recent tensions between the two countries.
“The outward appearances have been perceived and described in much of the media in very negative terms and I would hope that’s something the administration would address,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations.
He pointed to recent accusations that Dennis Ross, a key advisor to US President Barack Obama on Middle East issues, who is Jewish, has dual loyalty towards Israel, and the erroneous reports in the blogosphere that top US General David Petraeus said US ties to Israel were costing American soldiers their lives.
“It would be very unfortunate if this is allowed to fester,” Hoenlein said. “I would hope they would take advantage of every opportunity to set the record straight.”
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Monday, March 29, 2010
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