ADL Chief Says Jewish State Founders Got It Right
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Published November 10, 2014.
Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman slammed Sheldon Adelson for his disturbing dismissal of democracy in Israel.
Foxman said the casino billionaire ignored Israels founders when he told a conference that God didnt mandate democracy in Israel.
Sheldon Adelsons comment suggesting that its not so important that Israel remain a democracy is disturbing on many levels, Foxman wrote in a statement to the Forward. In fact, the founders of Israel got it exactly right when they emphasized the country being both a Jewish and democratic state. Any initiatives that move Israel away from either value would ill-serve the state and people of Israel.
Foxman was responding to Adelsons comments at a conference put on by the Israel American Council on November 9.
God talked about all the good things in life, Adelson said. He didnt talk about Israel remaining as a democratic state, otherwise Israel isnt going to be a democratic state so what?
Adelson, among the leading American Jewish philanthropists and political donors in the world, is a major backer of the Israel American Council, among a bevy of other charities.
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