{"id":50281,"date":"2012-01-22T11:15:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T09:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=50281"},"modified":"2023-04-08T13:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T10:13:12","slug":"uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2012\/01\/22\/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Op-ed in Atlanta Jewish Times says the slaying of the president may be an effective way to thwart Iran’s nuclear program.<\/h2>\n

By\u00a0Chemi Shalev<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK – The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu consider ordering a Mossad hit team to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama so that his successor will defend Israel against Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adler<\/strong>, who has since apologized for his article, listed three options for Israel<\/strong> to counter Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons in an article published in his newspaper last Friday. The first is to launch a pre-emptive strike against Hamas and Hezbollah, the second is to attack Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities and the third is to \u201cgive the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the United States\u2019 policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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U.S. President Barack Obama taking the stage to speak at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism. Photo by: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Adler goes on to write: \u201cYes, you read \u201cthree correctly.\u201d Order a hit on a president in order to preserve Israel\u2019s existence.<\/strong> Think about it. If have thought of this Tom-Clancy-type scenario, don\u2019t you think that this almost unfathomable idea has been discussed in Israel\u2019s most inner circles?<\/strong><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Adler apologized yesterday for the article, saying \u201cI very much regret it; I wish I hadn\u2019t made reference to it at all,\u201d Adler told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. And in an interview with Gawker.com, Adler denied that he was advocating an assassination of Obama.<\/p>\n

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The op-ed in Atlanta Jewish Times.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The American Jewish Committee in Atlanta last night issued a harsh condemnation of Adler\u2019s article, saying that his proposals are \u201cshocking beyond belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

“While we acknowledge Mr. Adler’s apology, we are flabbergasted that he could ever say such a thing in the first place. How could he even conceive of such a twisted idea?” said Dov Wilker, director of AJC Atlanta. “Mr. Adler surely owes immediate apologies to President Obama, as well as to the State of Israel and his readership, the Atlanta Jewish community.”<\/p>\n

Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, also blasted Adler on Friday, saying “There is absolutely no excuse, no justification, no rationalization for this kind of rhetoric. It doesn’t even belong in fiction. These are irresponsible and extremist words. It is outrageous and beyond the pale. An apology cannot possibly repair the damage. Irresponsible rhetoric metastasizes into more dangerous rhetoric. The ideas expressed in Mr. Adler’s column reflect some of the extremist rhetoric that unfortunately exists — even in some segments of our community — that maliciously labels President Obama as an ‘enemy of the Jewish people.’ Mr. Adler’s lack of judgment as a publisher, editor and columnist raises serious questions as to whether he’s fit to run a newspaper.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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