Groups Fear Public Backlash Over Iran

[Purveyor]

Forward Staff | Fri. Feb 02, 2007

While Jewish communal leaders focus most of their current lobbying efforts on pressing the United States to take a tough line against Iran and its nuclear program, some are privately voicing fears that they will be accused of driving America into a war with the regime in Tehran.

In early advocacy efforts on the issue, Jewish organizations stressed the threat that a nuclear Iran would pose to Israel in light of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s calls to “wipe Israel off the map.”

Now, with concerns mounting that Israel and its supporters might be blamed for any military confrontation, Jewish groups are seeking to widen their argument, asserting that an Iranian nuclear bomb would threaten the West and endanger pro-American Sunni Muslim states in the region.

Jess Hordes, Washington director of the Anti-Defamation League, said that the strategy of broadening the case against Iran was not an attempt to divert attention from the threats to Israel. “It is a fact that Iran is a danger to the whole world,” Hordes said. “We are not just saying it to hide our concerns about Israel.”

Yet many advocacy efforts, even when not linked to Israel, carry indelibly Jewish fingerprints. Last week, Jewish groups claimed victory when the United Nations approved a resolution denouncing Holocaust denial, with Iran’s regime as the obvious target. Additionally, numerous Jewish activists are pressing in advertisements and Internet appeals for Ahmadinejad to be indicted in The Hague for incitement to genocide.

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http://www.forward.com/articles/groups-fear-public-backlash-over-iran/

[Ghost Dog]

1. Sounds like these "groups" reckon the deal is struck,

and the deed about to be done.

Hubris. Guilt. Nemesis. Phoenix.

[MikeNearMcChord]

2. Day late, Dollar Short

Many racist and anti-semitic groups have already stated this.

[Ghost Dog]

3. Oh, well, there's clearly no possible problem

for any "group", then.

Thanks for clearing that up so lucidly.