Some Americans who have moved to Israel are calling it \"US-sanctioned anti-Semitism.\" They are upset at US officials who have been investigating and conducting mass detentions of scores of Israelis in the US allegedly for spying, when time and again the charges have proven groundless. Fox News reports 200 Israelis have been detained or arrested to date. Many, but apparently not all, have been released. US officials have also spread the charges in the New York Times and Washington Post. The New York Times concluded, \"Israel Spy Inquiry Finds Nothing, Officials Say,\" and the Times (11/21) and Post (11/23) reported that of 60 Israelis arrested recently, none has been criminally charged.
An Ohio immigration judge criticized America\'s continued detention of Israelis. A recent American Jewish immigrant from Chicago concurs: \"Sounds almost like the Soviet Union, where Jews were picked up for spying. It\'s ridiculous.\" The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) blasts Fox News for leveling \"baseless charges\" in its continuing four-part series on alleged Israeli spying which \"failed to mention the Ohio judge\'s finding.\" Fox cited secret government documents and American investigators who refused to give their names. Israeli commentators have said that US officials apparently don\'t want to be held accountable for their charges. Why isn\'t Israel protesting the mass detentions and false media leaks? Observers in Israel say that Israel apparently wants US support now in its fight against the PLO and doesn\'t want a rift with America.
An Ohio immigration judge criticized America\'s continued detention of Israelis. A recent American Jewish immigrant from Chicago concurs: \"Sounds almost like the Soviet Union, where Jews were picked up for spying. It\'s ridiculous.\" The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) blasts Fox News for leveling \"baseless charges\" in its continuing four-part series on alleged Israeli spying which \"failed to mention the Ohio judge\'s finding.\" Fox cited secret government documents and American investigators who refused to give their names. Israeli commentators have said that US officials apparently don\'t want to be held accountable for their charges. Why isn\'t Israel protesting the mass detentions and false media leaks? Observers in Israel say that Israel apparently wants US support now in its fight against the PLO and doesn\'t want a rift with America.