"Israeli Activists Protest Bar Mitzvah for Rahm Emanuel's Son"

[Clio the Leo]

There are teabaggers in Israel! Who knew?!

Israeli Activists Protest Bar Mitzvah for Rahm Emanuel's Son
By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD
JERUSALEM, May 19, 2010

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's plan to take his son, Zach, to Jerusalem's famous Western Wall for his Jewish coming-of-age ritual appeared to have run into serious trouble.

Two notorious, right-wing Jewish activists got wind of the bar mitzvah trip, due to take place next week, and warned Emanuel they would "blow up" the celebration. They accuse Emanuel of being behind President Obama's tough stance against Jewish settlements in occupied territory.

Itamar Ben Gvir and Baruch Marzel wrote to Emanual: "We promise to accompany your son's bar mitzvah events in Israel, we will make sure to receive you as you deserve to be received ... with catcalls and disgust."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/rahm-emanuel-plans-sons-bar-mitzvah-fire-israeli/story?id=10686544

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and senior staff listen as the President Barack Obama delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House, following the House vote to pass the health care bill, March 21, 2010. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's son is also pictured. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

[zipplewrath]

1. Sins of the father

I don't much like the sins of the father being visited on the son. It's the SON's Bar Mitzvah, not his.

[asphalt.jungle]

7. what sins?

so the obama admin "trying" not to give israel a license to do any and everything they want is a sin in your book.

[zipplewrath]

8. Way before that

From my stand point, many sins predate this administration.

But furthermore, in this particular case, the sins would be defined by those doing the protesting.

You may note, I'm not there.

[asphalt.jungle]

11. what are rahm's sins toward israel as these extreme right wingers see it?

you say the sins of the father shouldn't be visited on the son and this would be appropriate if they were protesting rahm because he's the sinner, not the son. i want you to tell me how he sinned against israel. you brought up this angle.

[zipplewrath]

13. What are their complaints?

These will sound familiar to you.

They believe Rahm is responsible for pulling Obama away from Israel and causing the current frictions.

Even if true, it would seem inappropriate for them to be protesting the sons Bar Mitzvah.

[asphalt.jungle]

14. they are lunatics and just because lunatics don't agree with you

doesn't mean you're the one that has sinned. so if birthers start picketing the obama girls school your response will be that obama's sins shouldn't be visited it upon his daughters as if some lunatics believing he's a foreign impostor is a sin on his part.

there is no sin so the saying you decided to post is completely irrelevant to this situation.

[zipplewrath]

19. What the heck are you talking about?

My entire point was that screwing around with the kids is no way to address your political issues with the parents.

Do you disagree with that?

[asphalt.jungle]

20. then don't imply that rahm has sinned against israel *nm

[zipplewrath]

23. Maybe you should just read more carefully

What I obviously was suggesting was that politics should end at the "childrens edge", to quote another metaphor.

[phleshdef]

12. I think you probably want to walk that back a bit.

[zipplewrath]

22. In what sense

Remembering that I was using a metaphor, what should I walk back? I didn't realize it was controversial to suggest that children shouldn't be the targets of political protests against their parents. I know this place would go bat shit crazy if anyone did it to Sasha or Melia.

[phleshdef]

25. The sense that you left the possibility of Rahm being violently attacked by Israeli extremists as OK

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[zipplewrath]

26. Oh, yeah, that's what I did.

Try caffine free.

[phleshdef]

28. Its not my fault that you communicated your point poorly.

[zipplewrath]

30. Two way street

One must also strive to understand.

[Ian David]

2. In Israel, they're called MatzahBaggers. n/t

[Cha]

3. "Blow it up" WTF! Like that's going

to win them anything. Some people are so full of themselves..they're their own worst enemy.

[geek tragedy]

9. I'll take "what if a Muslim said it" for $400, Alex. nt

[Cha]

10. Zactly.

[BunkerHill24]

16. ROFL

:rofl:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

27. +1!

[Tarheel_Dem]

34. +1

[no_hypocrisy]

4. He should do it anyway as a learning experience for his son.

The kid will learn the complexity of Judaism and Zionism that can't be better demonstrated.

[Lance_Boyle]

21. I like this idea.

It would be an eye-opener for the son, and possibly for the father. Rahm needs it. More American Jewry should be exposed to the ugliness on the Right in Israel.

[Ikonoklast]

5. Right-wingers are idiots the world over.

Hate is all they have; no solutions, no ideas, no real moral ground to stand on.

[Azathoth]

6. Marzel and Ben-Gvir are fringe Kahanists

Marzel, as I recall, used to lead the Kach party before it got banned. These are the kind of people who each year celebrate the anniversary of Baruch Goldstein's shooting rampage. Sick people.

[ej510]

15. My great grandfather was an orthodox jew. He was against zionism, because

they do not follow torah.

[Cha]

29. Interesting..thank you. nt

[Jennicut]

17. The right wing in Israel is disgusting. Kind of like our's.

[ej510]

18. True!

They have a sense of entitlement just like the repukes.

[Sebastian Doyle]

24. When Rahm Emanuel isn't even right wing enough for you

that's pretty fucked up. I'm assuming NuttyYahoo (no fan of him either) will put a leash on these assclowns. I'm sure Rahm and his family won't be in any danger. Well, at least outside of that which is a typical day in the Middle East anyway.

[phleshdef]

31. Right because Rahm has such a right wing voting record.

[Sebastian Doyle]

32. If you refer to the base of the Democratic party as "fucking retards"

....you're a right winger.

[phleshdef]

33. Amazing, you just said that words speak louder than actions.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

37. You are not the base of the Democratic party.

Just because Rahm Emanuel was talking about you, it doesn't mean he was talking about the base of the Democratic party.

[stevenleser]

35. Which only goes to prove that a batshit wingnut is a batshit wingnut regardless of nationality

Every country has some.

[PopSixSquish]

36. I Wonder if These Two Idiots Realize that Rahm Has Secret Service Protection?

and any attempt to disrupt anything is not going to go well for them.

I would suggest that they find another way to state their grievances rather than disrupt a young man's bar mitzvah because they disagree with his father and his father's boss political positions...