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CBS, Sept. 20
Danon I mentioned in another thread a few days ago, he's an author of Israel's recently passed law banning political boycotts and an open opponent of a two-state solution. Zeev has proposed a network of 'rehabilitation' clinics for homosexuals throughout Israel. Hikind is a former lieutenant of the Jewish Defense League, a domestic terrorist group (classified as such by the FBI for their nasty habit of firebombing diplomatic facilities). Solomon Frager, whom Perry thanks in the transcript for organizing the event, is the chairman of the "Jerusalem Reclamation Project" which funds settlement-building in East Jerusalem. Nice vision of Jewish outreach he's got going there.Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday called President Obama's Middle East policy "naïve, arrogant, misguided and dangerous," and said that as president, he would reaffirm US allegiance to Israel and withhold billions of dollars in aid to Palestine if it continues to seek United Nations recognition as an independent state. Perry was in New York City, home of the UN, during its annual General Assembly meeting on the same day that Obama was speaking there, hoping to contrast his views with those of Obama, who has been sometimes critical of Israel.
"There is no middle ground between our allies and those who seek their destruction," Perry said...to a crowd of about 80 people, mostly journalists, in a ballroom at the W Union Square Hotel. He was flanked by more than a dozen influential members of the New York Jewish community, including Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Rabbi Tzvi Weinreb. Also there were two Knesset members, Nissim Zeev, founder of the powerful Sephardic Shas Party, and Danny Danon, the deputy Knesset speaker.
...In meeting with reporters after his remarks, Perry said, "Israel is our oldest and most stable democratic ally in that region, and that is what this is about. I also, as a Christian, have a clear directive to support Israel. From my perspective, it's pretty easy, both as an American and as a Christian, I am going to stand with Israel."