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Jerusalem, Thursday, August 12, 2004Nader defends
Israel 'puppeteer' comments By Janine Zacharia WASHINGTON -- Independent
presidential candidate Ralph Nader (below)
stood by his characterization of the White House
and Congress as "puppets" of the Israeli
government, in a
letter sent to
Anti-Defamation
League national director
Abraham Foxman this week.  In
early July, after Nader made the "puppet" comment,
Foxman and Barbara Balser, ADL's national
chairman, wrote to Nader, saying, "the image of the
Jewish State as a 'puppeteer,' controlling the
powerful US Congress feeds into many age-old
stereotypes which have no place in legitimate
public discourse."
In a three-page letter dated August 5, Nader
responded to Foxman by noting, "The Israelis have a
joke for the obvious -- that the United States is
the second state of Israel." "How often, if ever,
has the United States -- either the Congress of the
White House -- pursued a course of action, since
1956, that contradicted the Israeli government's
position?" Nader lamented what he described as the lack of
freedom in the US to debate and discuss the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and he attacked the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the
pro-Israel lobby, for its influence on Capitol
Hill.  | Abraham
Foxman, incorruptible
and beloved
long-term chief of The Anti Defamation
League (annual pay: $750,000) whose
strategies have led to a global decrease
in anti-Semitism. Not. |
"Citizen groups are in awe of AIPAC's ditto machine
on Capitol Hill as are many members of Congress
who, against their private judgment, resign
themselves to sign on the dotted line," he
wrote.Attached to Nader's letter were copies of an
article that appeared in the Nation magazine
about pro-peace movements in the US, and a letter
signed by hundreds of IDF reservists who refuse to
serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Foxman (right) said Nader was continuing
to spread a "canard" about the Jews. "He fuels the
conspiracy theory that the Jews control the White
House and the Congress. And it's a lot more
sinister after Iraq," Foxman said, adding that
Nader's comments "border on
anti-Semtism." © Jerusalem
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outraged at Ralph Nader's characterisation of US
Government as puppet of Israel |
 Video
clip of Nader's
remarks [C-SPAN:
Council for the National Interest forum, "The
Muslim Vote in Election 2004," in Washington on
Jun 29; note C-SPAN removes items after 15
days.] Mr. Nader begins speaking at
00:42:10, and continues for about 32 min. His
"puppet" remarks begin just after 01:05:10 and
run for just a few seconds.]-
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