A Saudi Arabian daily published in London, a-Sharq al-Awsat, recently carried an article which called on Arab readers in America to vote for US Senator Joseph Lieberman for President, if the possibility arises. While noting that ?no candidate for the American presidency has revealed so far... his position regarding the last existing colonialism in the 21st century - the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza,? the columnist writes that ?[t]he reserved reaction of the American Jews to the announcement of Joseph Lieberman, the orthodox Jew, of his candidacy for the presidency encourages the preference for the candidacy for more than one reason.?
First of all, the Saudi columnist explains, ?the fear that ?the Jews will be blamed for everything done by the American administration? - as stated by the [Zionist] Anti-Defamation League - this fear which could lead the Jewish president to offer the Palestinians what was not offered by the sole Catholic president (John Kennedy) and the heads of all the Protestant denominations who followed him to the White House, ending with George Bush.? Related to this, the a-Sharq al-Awsat article says that ?the first Jewish President of the United States must prove that he places his Americanism ahead of his Jewishness. The most visible proof for this would be the settlement of the Middle East conflict away from the flagrant bias of his Jewishness....?
The openness of the American people to a Jewish president, the columnist notes, ?would augur well for the ambitions of non-Christian minorities.? Philo-Semitism, or at least apathy, could serve the interest of the Arab minority in the US, as well, the author recognizes.
But that?s not all. Anti-Semitism would also serve the Arab interest, according to the a-Sharq piece. If the American voting public refuses to ?surrender his affairs to a non-Christian president,? in the words of the Saudi article, then ?[s]uch a refusal could ignite antisemitic trends which would force the Zionist organizations in America to launch a confrontation with the Protestant, Anglo-Saxon ?establishment? in America. Any ?side? struggle involving the Zionist organizations inside the United States would, in the long run, reduce the Zionist influence in Washington.?
[With thanks to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) for the text.]
First of all, the Saudi columnist explains, ?the fear that ?the Jews will be blamed for everything done by the American administration? - as stated by the [Zionist] Anti-Defamation League - this fear which could lead the Jewish president to offer the Palestinians what was not offered by the sole Catholic president (John Kennedy) and the heads of all the Protestant denominations who followed him to the White House, ending with George Bush.? Related to this, the a-Sharq al-Awsat article says that ?the first Jewish President of the United States must prove that he places his Americanism ahead of his Jewishness. The most visible proof for this would be the settlement of the Middle East conflict away from the flagrant bias of his Jewishness....?
The openness of the American people to a Jewish president, the columnist notes, ?would augur well for the ambitions of non-Christian minorities.? Philo-Semitism, or at least apathy, could serve the interest of the Arab minority in the US, as well, the author recognizes.
But that?s not all. Anti-Semitism would also serve the Arab interest, according to the a-Sharq piece. If the American voting public refuses to ?surrender his affairs to a non-Christian president,? in the words of the Saudi article, then ?[s]uch a refusal could ignite antisemitic trends which would force the Zionist organizations in America to launch a confrontation with the Protestant, Anglo-Saxon ?establishment? in America. Any ?side? struggle involving the Zionist organizations inside the United States would, in the long run, reduce the Zionist influence in Washington.?
[With thanks to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) for the text.]