 Cameron
Kerry converted to Judaism from Catholicism in 1983
when he married a Jewish woman, Kathy
Weinman. London, Sunday, July 18,
2004 Kerry sends
brother to Israel to shore up the Jewish
vote By Inigo Gilmore in
Jerusalem Image
below: Website note: No photo of Cameron Kerry
is available, so we substitute one of equivalent
value JOHN Kerry, the Democratic
senator and presidential candidate, has sent his
brother Cameron,
a Jewish
convert, on a delicate
political mission to Israel to shore up Jewish
support ahead of November's election. The visit,
which was due to end last night, has delighted
Israeli government officials but has dismayed
left-wing Israeli peace activists and Palestinian
leaders, whom Mr Kerry studiously avoided as he
voiced stridently pro-Israeli views on behalf of
his
brother.  David
Irving comments: I HAVE yet to fathom
the mentality of the Jews of Israel, who
seem intent on walling themselves into yet
another ghetto, even larger and more
hideous than those they left in Eastern
Europe during World War II. 
Israel's
"security barrier" But it is equally
hard to understand the knee-jerk reaction
of the Palestinians against the wall:
True, it represents another monstrous land
grab by these thieving invaders, who have
already, with the blessing of London and
Washington, seized lands and possessions
that belonged for centuries to Arab
families.
But if the Wall clearly
defines the "final demands" of the Israeli
people, and if it keeps these
objectionable people and their marauding
soldiers finally contained, then all Arabs
should rejoice.
Perhaps I am seeing
things wrongly here?  |
John Kerry hopes to reinforce support in
the November election In meetings with Ariel
Sharon, Israel's prime minister, Silvan
Shalom, the foreign minister, and Shimon
Peres, the opposition leader, Mr Kerry
delivered an unequivocal message from his brother:
that he will take a
firm pro-Israel line on all main issues,
including the controversial construction of the
security wall in the West Bank.  In
an interview with one Israeli newspaper, Mr Kerry,
53, said: "He [Senator John Kerry] is very
clear in his statements: the security of Israel
must come first and Israel needs to be able to
protect itself." He echoed the Israeli government's
line on refusing to negotiate with Yasser
Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and added:
"There is no Palestinian partner at this time. It
is not the place of the US to pressure Israel to
reach an agreement with the Palestinians."
More controversially,
he said the 425-mile security wall was
"essential for the security of Israel" - an
apparent reversal of remarks by his brother,
earlier in the campaign, in which he described
the wall as "a barrier to peace". The apparent change of stance on the barrier by
the Kerry camp came as the United Nations continued
to consider a draft resolution demanding that
Israel comply with last week's International Court
of Justice ruling that the West Bank separation
fence is illegal and must be dismantled. Mr Kerry's
new position will disappoint European officials,
who have been highly critical of the security
barrier. Cameron Kerry insisted that his brother
had previously raised questions only on the route
of the fence, not the issue of the construction
itself. Israeli peace activists were dismayed but
not surprised by Mr Kerry's public
pronouncements. Jeff Halper, a leading Israeli peace
activist and an opponent of the wall, said: "Bush has been incredibly pro-Israel
but the Democrats are clearly not a liberal
alternative who will be more critical of Israel.
"It is very distressing when you have issues of
conflict, occupation, and violation of human
rights, that the liberals seem worse than the
Republicans in their support for the most
extreme Israeli line. Just look at Hillary
Clinton. The Democrats will not give the
Palestinians or Israeli peace activists the time
of day." The Democratic Party is seen by most American
Jews as their natural political home. Mr Kerry's
own pro-Israel leanings may have been encouraged by
his discovery last
year that his paternal grandparents, who lived in
Austria, were Jews who converted to Catholicism.
Cameron converted to Judaism from Catholicism in
1983 when he married a Jewish woman, Kathy
Weinman. During the Democratic party primaries, Cameron
helped to arrange meetings between his brother and
key Jewish leaders, and he has continued to be the
campaign's "link man" to the American Jewish
community. One of the organisers of Mr Kerry's
visit to Israel is Jay Footlik,
[where do they get these
names?] an American Jew with close ties
to AIPAC, the main pro-Israel lobby group in the
US. Republican backing for Israel has also hardened
in response to the growing strength of the
evangelical Christian movement, which believes in
the Jewish people's right to reside in the Holy
Land and which the Bush administration has
assiduously courted for votes. The result is that
all the key Washington institutions support the
Israeli government. © Copyright of
Telegraph Group Limited 2004. 
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